The Castle Brew House in Northumberland

Food mediocre, barman obnoxious and rude!! Arrived around 2pm and asked if it was still possible to have something to eat, we got as answer "well, the menus are still on the table!". We were made to pay for the (flat) pepsi even before he'd filled our glasses. Even though we'd asked for "coke" he gave us pepsi, although when the next customers asked for coke, he told them rather abruptly they could have a can of coke or draft pepsi. When ordering a plate of soup he acted slightly confused and corrected us with, you mean a "bowl" of soup. All in all, a not very pleasant or relaxing experience, barman wasn't trying to be funny, just rude. There were only 2 other tables occupied with couples, one eating, one only with drinks. A place to avoid!!

Beware of Basil Fawlty the Barman, very Abrupt and insisted on telling customers how busy and overworked he was, ( there were only six people in!) when our food order arrived,( after been corrected on my manners by Basil) however it was perfect and beautifully cooked if a little pricey , so kudos to the chef. The bar is also very dog friendly so beware if your not a fan.

Awesome pub! Buckets of atmosphere, great food (the sharing boards are special) and pleasant folk at the bar. If I lived closer, my dog and I would walk here a lot!

Can't comment on the food as we didn't have any. Lovely place though, friendly, welcoming, clean and inviting. Staff very helpful and nice couple of pints of IPA and cider can't wait to return..

Friendly staff and nice food. Bit of a kerfuffle with the order - very professionally handled by staff

Lovely pub, very clean, staff were friendly and attentive, but the food was absolutely great. 6 adults each with a different meal and everyone commented on how nice the food was. Highly recommend

Nice if you like beers and nice food

Called here whilst visiting warkworth it was a rare sunny day so the wife and I sat outside food was plentiful as well as delicious slightly pricey but quality of fare and the view of the castle more than made up for it? Highly recommend.

Sat outside in the sunshine and ordered the sharing board. View of the castle 🏰

We often pop in when in the area. Real ale was okay. We do enjoy the sandwiches with chips but share one as a snack. We had Sunday dinner years ago which was lovely.

Pint of beer served not quite right by a barman that gave me the impression that he really didn't want to be there

Highly recommended the food. Very friendly staff.

Lovely place for a drink with great views of the castle however the staff need to cheer up and be a little more welcoming.. the miserable uninterested attitude spoiled the experience to be honest

Had a meal here yesterday with friends, service was very efficient and the food was very nice/tasty, the cost was good in relation to the quality of food. Will definitely call again.

Excellent service with very pleasant staff

We had a lovely meal here, no problem with changing a menu dish and a great selection of drinks. Relaxing and friendly atmosphere

Great weekend had,food and drinks a bit expensive, but ok overall.

Really nice pub, good atmosphere and really nice food. Service was excellent. Lil our server was fantastic she couldn't do enough. 5 star service from lil. Excellent well recommended

Nice pub with a spiffing view of Walkworth Castle

Perfect setting, fantastic service by Mark. A perfect lunch

Really nice pub attached to the Sun Hotel where we stayed. Had drinks and food. Both the starter and mains were really nice as were the drinks. Great outside area with an awesome aspect of the castle. With a good amount of parking, great location, good food, drinks etc it’s a worthy visit.

Busy on arrival, but it quietened down after 15 minutes. Ordered food and drinks. Food arrived within 15 minutes. Downside, burger served on a piece of wood, my pet hate. I didn't say anything but would request a plate the next time. You should get the option when ordering.

Super tasty food and very pleasant. Especially on Tuesday evenings during the pub quiz! Participating is definitely recommended.

Lovely pub right in front of Warkworth Castle

Just had drinks,friendly staff, good atmosphere just a pity some arse tried to give me drugs when I went to toilet.

Great little pub. The food is always great and not badly priced. It has an excellent view of the castle and a lovely garden to dine in.

A family gathering for some dinner early evening. The welcome was warm and friendly and some golf was discussed ahead of ordering some food from a good selection of options on the menu and specials of the day. Drinks came quickly and the bar is very well stocked with draught beers and non alcoholic options are available. The food was delivered all together and came beautifully hot and plenty of it. The whole party enjoyed the food and we would recommend The Castle Brew House without hesitation.

Friendly and welcoming hotel bar. Challenging and entertaining pub quiz every Tuesday.

This is a great little pub, right opposite Warkworth castle. Plenty of parking and loads of outside seating which is a real bonus when the weather is nice. The food is delicious 😋. You need a good appetite though as they aren't shy on the portions. Highly recommended. Also it's dog friendly which again is a real bonus.

Food is very beer food and portions are huge

Good pub. Good home brewed beer.

Good bar friendly staff. Table's outside lots of empty glasses left on them

Lovely country bar attached to the hotel next door. Food was a touch on the pricey side but you got plenty for it and the quality was good too. I got roast lamb dinner. I saw another patron getting fish and chips and the fish was humongous! Around five local cask ales on. Didn't stock top notch craft beers but probably not the market here for it, the cask was well kept and good enough to satisfy most. Lots of wood and bare stone, good feel to the place. They also have sky sports in numerous TVs which somehow don't spoil the ambience.

Stopped here for a nice lunch after visiting Warkworth Castle and walking to St. Cuthberts cross and back. Nice beer, friendly staff and a sharing ploughman’s lunch! Oh and warm enough to sit out the front and admire the view.

We didn't have the warmest of welcomes on our first visit but the food was very good.

Lovely building and nice staff.

Lovely venue, but quiet on a winter Thursday night.

I looked at Google reviews for Warkworth, and me and mine went to the highest rating one first. It was very full and cramped. The menu wasn't great, so we went here and were well impressed, much more roomy, better decor and the menu was much more impressive. The only staff member we met was friendly, intelligent, informative and witty. The food we chose was varied but everyone was very happy with the yumminess of our meals. Simply scrummy! Oh, and amazing value too!!

Great service wonderful experience thanks to the helpful staff.

Great place great choice drinks really warm welcome great landlord

Lovely food, good atmosphere, frequented by locals

Nice and friendly pub restaurant just next to castle. The menu was full of choice if a little on the pricier side for pub grub. Steak and ale pie came with a jug of the tastiest gravy I have ever had, and pie had superb flavours. I’m only giving 3 stars as the steak could have done with another half hour slow cooking as a few of the steak chunks were a bit chewy. That said, there was certainly no shortage of steak in the pie so top marks for that. Another grumble is the overall temperature of pie, veg and gravy was just warm rather than piping hot so it had gone a bit cold by the time I had worked my way through the generous portions. The burger my wife had was stacked and apparently very good. Would gladly visit again but £60 pub lunch for three people, just mains and a drink, won’t be so often. Dog friendly and our greyhound had plenty of space to stretch out.

Nice relaxed place with a good selection of food and drink.. Fantastic sharing platter 🤗

The best thing about this place was the bar ladies smile. She was friendly but the food was dire. The prices were higher than the website and the homemade chips looked liked they had been boiled and then shown the fryer for less than 30 seconds. Tasteless. I resent paying for food that I would happily have put in bin if I wasnt so hungry.

We were advised by bar staff there would be a 55 min wait for food. We ordered drinks, then returned to order food - told ‘I‘’m not putting any food orders through, we’ve got a backlog, come back later’. 5 hungry kids. Off peak late lunch time.

Great staff, friendly and helpful. The food was plentiful and delicious. Certainly made the start to our holiday memorable

Been here a few times. This time not great. Beers excellent. Dirty Burger was not bad, but the Triple Cooked Chips- oh dear! Two attempts to get them right. Greasy soggy, not pleasant at all. They do form an important part of a Dirty Burger, and so spoilt the overall satisfaction. When you paying £17 for a burger and chips, I think you would expect quality right through every time. It's not too difficult to cook fresh chips!

Great place to visit after going to the castle. Drinks and fuel stop - very good.

Nice location. Cozy appearance. Friendly bartender. But lunch was bad. I had fried scampi. Clearly from the freezer because the scampi were wet with water.

Lovely pub and town. However, barman had very odd affect and offered no customer receipt for beer bought on a card, prior to then suggesting that I hadn't paid. Then changed his mind. Bizarre. I would have come back again and stay, but not now. Not sure what was going on.

Underwhelming. We came for dinner and we had the salmon. It was so small it was more like a starter which is a shame because It was actually fairly nicely cooked and tasted great, but the piece of fish itself should have been double the size. Normally I would have mentioned it to the staff but the bloke on shift at the time was clearly not interested. We already felt that our presence alone was an inconvenience to him. Im sorry but if you're going to work in hospitality then at least try to be hospitable. The music was awful as too. Lots of room for improvement at this place. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be back to experience it.

good service, nice food, clean bathrooms & good atmosphere in both inside and outside seating areas

Good choice of beers, ales etc. Stopped above it for the night, The Sun Inn.. Lovely room, nice view of the castle. Breakfast, kippers, poached and you can get extras which were excellent. Pleasant and friendly staff.

Brilliant location on route to Bamburgh. Great seafood platter and dog friendly

Canny food good experience Cheers

Sorry guys but that was the worst Roasted pepper soup ever......should have made more of a fuss but I am pretty unwell so couldn't be bothered.

Good Location. I won't eat anything from this kitchen again. A friend who works here showed me some pictures of the kitchen.

Food was abysmal for the majority of the family. The tuna cheese melt tasted off and wasn't melted at all and the fish and chips tasted of grease and cooking oil. All around not a great experience...

Nice pub and friendly atmosphere

Over priced, cheap food. Tasteless, congealed mash with the kids meal and sweating cheese and pork pie that was so cheap it was white and gristly inside with the ploughman's. Excellent location but food was extremely sub par, especially for the price!

Popped in for Sunday lunch after visiting amble market, I’m not from the area but found this places and wasn’t disappointed with the meals we received. It’s always a gamble going to a place you’ve never been when it comes to the quality of food, these did not disappoint, highly recommend!

Very friendly staff and great service.

Just across the road from Warkworth Castle👍Ideal drink stop🍺 before dropping down into Amble for a spot of lunch in the Fish Shack🍽🍾😊👍

The fully loaded burger was the best I've tasted in a very long time, simply lovely.

Great place for a drink but also good food. The Sunday lunch was amazing. Would definitely recommend

pub is gorgeous.. Great atmosphere staff are lovely but food is not so good.. we had a sharing fish platter.. the only fish with flavour was the tiny amount of smoked salmon, even the scampi was just big enough for the borrower's!! but please don't let this put you off other meals.. cause the fish and chips was like a whale !

One of our favourite places & we always visit when in the area.

Nice place . disappointed in the ploughman's lunch every thing was shopped bought

Very good friendly staff. Open fires recommend a visit

Warm, dog friendly pub. Food was fantastic, make sure you leave room for the dirty burger! Staff were welcoming and well worth a stop off if passing through Warkworth.

Good food, choice of beer and excellent service

Excellent food & very warm atmosphere.

Friendly helpful staff, good atmosphere with fireplace on cold days. Does food all day (has a child menu)and you can sit inside or out. Dog friendly.

Very old pub in the shadow of Warkworth castle. There's a slim chap who works here that, from what we witnessed, spends most of his day turning people away, especially if you arrive in walking gear. On a cold day in November he wedged the door open so you didn't feel the affect of the log burner in the corner. Shame really, could of been a far better experience

Popped in today for lunch after a visit to the castle and hermitage. The food was delicious, drinks and food at a very good price. We didn't have to wait long (even with my hubbie having the homemade burger, made fresh). Dog friendly too.

Lovely cosy pub and dog friendly!! Polite and smart staff

Really lovely Sunday lunch. Was very busy. Recommended to book. Just had evening meals there midweek. Was not a huge m nu but the food was nice

Lovely Pub with a great view! Best coffee we've had but Guy who served us was miserable & felt on edge when ordering

Great food! And hypo-allergenic dog! It's fibreglass! 😉

Met our 3 year old granddaughter and her parents there for lunch. Very Covid friendly . Staff very helpful. Food was very good.

Only on hand pull on, quality average. Did not eat there but the food looked good.

Lovely and cosy, my favourite boozer in Warkworth

Great service and food very good. Lovely staff who care for their customers needs

Last visit here was good, this time even better. Great quality food, really well prepared, excellent ales and very good friendly staff.

Amazing staff and service and lovely food and atmosphere

Very nice food very good service.

Had a lovely family meal sat out in the evening sun. My partners burger looked fantastic and got a big thumbs up from him, I had scampi which was spot on and lots of it, the chips are a must have! Only suggestion would be more veggie options. Service was excellent 👌 Dog friendly too.

Some staff abrupt and brusque. Menu limited and food unexceptional.

Best fish and chips I've had in years. Great staff and service.

Tasty food, good beer and great service. I recommend to everyone for nice afternoon or evening meal.

Second visit in a week. First visit on a Saturday when there was a light bites type menu available. Sat outside on the tables near the road, pleasant enough. As a result, we arranged a return trip today (Sunday 11 July) to meet up with friends. Mistake! Ignored for ages after being told to wait in a certain place to be seated, once seated we watched as other people arrived to have their orders taken and served! Eventually got drinks from a choice of 2 cask ales (Brew House?) - really poor table service. Asked for menu, disappointing and very limited. Saw other people leaving much of their food so the clues were there. I had fish and chips but it was greasy and expensive (about £14 I think). Getting our table cleared was another chore that the lad ½ did then disappeared! We eventually got another round of drinks in before heading inside due to the weather. Once inside, we were once again invisible and in the next hour and half nobody attempted to serve us.

A fantastic pub with stunning views of Warworth Castle. An absolute must to visit for a cold drink and beautiful surroundings. Reasonable priced drinks too. There is also a hotel & a steak house next door.

Rude, rude, rude, rude and rude. Is the only 5 anything you are getting from me. From the moment we walked through door was made to feel like we was a inconvenience. The guy running the bar was clearly hungover and In well over his head. Shame because the food looked amazing and so did the bar just ashame it was so let down by this rude mannered man. Didn't even finish our food as he came over and opened a window beside us when was clearly cold already. Even went to the car to get a blanket.

Great outside seating area with shade under an ancient tree. Just over the road from Warkworth Castle. Friendly staff gave efficient service of good beer and tasty food.

Stopped off here for a bite to eat whilst out for a walk with the sister, it was a glorious day. We took the last seat that was available outside and what a spot. It was that hot I felt like sunbathing. The manager brought us some menus and took our drinks order, however they also have an app that you can order off. I prefer to talk to people so I stuck to ordering when the server came to our table. Food took a little while but that's what you expect when it's freshly made. I had the spicy burger and my sister had had fully loaded burger. my oh my it was visually appealing, I just had to take a photo. It came with slaw chips and onion rings on a chopping board style plate.. and for £14.95 it was definitely worth the money, mouthwatering chilli infused burger in every bite with jalapeno poppers to top it off and chefs special spicy sauce . If you like your burgers I would definitely recommend here plus thr views of Warkworth Castle are gorgeous when your enjoying your meal from outside.

Lovely pub and decor, beer very good. But left after being ignored for 20 minute trying to order more drinks. Staff looked straight through me . I had my hand up to get their attention. Finally made contact with a barman who promptly disappeared not to be seen again. Place was not busy.

Real nice lunch staff very warm and welcoming would recommend this dogs allowed which was great as we holiday with our dog

Listed as 24 hours, yet don’t answer the phone at 22:30... hospitality should be on top of their game during these times !!

Wonderful and dog friendly . Lovely meal well cooked and reasonably priced

Lovely cozy pub nice surroundings good food and good drinks