The Twice Brewed Inn in Northumberland

Went for a Stargazing weekend. Positives: excellent food and accommodation. Location is ideal for walking Hadrian's wall/ visiting Sycamore Gap. Brilliant little microbrewery and tap room. Bar staff very friendly and knowledgeable. Negatives: very awkward interaction with one restaurant waitress on the first evening. Seen to the table but only 3 menus for 4 of us. She said she would get one but didn't. My wife went up to get it after some time only for the waitress to say " I can get that for you"! A bit late. Followed by no-one coming to take a drink or food order for over 20 minutes so we had to attract her attention. She did not apologise for the delay butclaimed to have been busy. We had watched her setting up tables for breakfast instead yet this was around 7.40 pm. When challenged on this she became aggressive rather than apologetic. She took the order but when asked for a jug of water, she ignored the request and stormed off. (the water did arrive, she just failed to acknowledge the request. This put our group at unease as we had 2 more breakfast and 1 dinner service to go! This may seem petty but it reaput a dampener on the weekend. Her customer service skills were non existent. All the other servers were polite, frank attentive. The bar seems to discourage later evening drinks as all the chairs/stools get put up on the tables as people leave, well before last orders. After coming in from the stargazing event around 10pm on a Sunday night, we weren't even sure that the bar was open. It was and the team were friendly but it just wasn't a welcoming environment to see the place ready for hoovering! Finally, the stargazing event was badly organised. There was no information at check in. We got most info from one of the waitresses and even then the directions weren't clear. We have been to an event down south before which had better presented information. The actual set up is very good with a great guest speaker. Unfortunately for us, rain and cloud stopped us from using the telescopes outside. The planetarium was an excellent facility. It is a shame that these issues affected what promised to be a great visit to a lovely pub.

Enjoyed this hidden gem. Food was great and no skimping on the portions. The ale was nice too.

Evening meal after a long day's walking Hadrian's wall. Lovely food all round

Good clean rooms. Friendly service. The food is very good and the beers excellent and well priced.

Very nice place to stay after a 15 mile walk along Hadrians Wall. Conveniently located adjacent to the pathway. Lovely food only minor gripe was the room was small. However it was only for one night so no big deal.

Below average Sunday roast with bisto gravy...

We stayed here while walking Hadrian’s Wall. Terrific place. Good food and beer. Friendly staff. Room didn’t have a ton of floor space around the bed but in that trade-off I’d rather have the bigger bed anyway. Highly recommended!

Service (in the dining room) is decidely the lowest score as the food is solid, particularly at the bar.

Good food & beer, and a great place to warm-up!

Great place, had a lovely pizza with a couple of beers.

Came in late after a long travel, staff were very welcoming and friendly Food - great price Fantastic selection of beers & ales

Always a treat coming here. Good selection of ales and good food. On Hadrian's wall is so good for walking near by.

Fantastic food, great beers and great service. Excellent value

Will always eat here if in the area. Worth a trip to see for yourself but you will need to book a table. However if they can accommodate you they will.

Wow - we LOVED the food. Not to mention how welcoming and friendly they were. Plenty of tables, obviously awesome beers from their own brewery, and fast service. I really really enjoyed the battered coley on an Italian style tomato base - thank you so much!!

Very disappointing. Came here during Covid and was really looking forward to a return visit. Food was distinctly average and nowhere near in line with the price charged. At nearly £18 for some chewy pasta with squares of squash and cold feta, it felt like a total rip off. Felt telling that the staff never enquired if everything was alright for us. And to top it off we waited ages to pay the bill - being told “I’m serving” when we eventually managed to get someone’s attention. I don’t know that they’d have noticed if we’d just got up and left.

It was a little expensive, but that's to be expected. The beer from the in-house brewery was disappointing only had on IPA'S I like a traditional bitter.

Everyone was so nice! The food was great, very tasty and good portion size. The service was wonderful and servers were very kind. The atmosphere was relaxed and not too loud.

Didn't dine but the restaurant was busy snd the ales were excellent

Four of us and three dogs visited last week both for Sunday dinner and recovery chips and drinks after doing a length of the wall. Service, staff and food brilliant. Thoroughly recommended. Hard bit - leaving!

I have a food allergy and had an adverse reaction to some food which didn't have the allergens I am allergic to specified. I mentioned this to the staff and was informed it was my fault for not letting them know in advance that I had an allergy. I was not even offered an apology. Amateur hour.

Great yummy comfort food that i bought three meals for myself. Lol. Get the twice brewed ale.

Extortionate prices🤬 for home brewed beer, £6.10 for a home brewed larger 5.1 % absolutely daylight robbery. Avoid this place at all costs.🤬👎 Total RIPOFF. I will never be coming back. Ever.

Great pub with an mazing atmosphere. Doggo friendly too.

Very busy and the staff seating people were harassed and very Unhelpful, I almost walked out at that point but we'd drove 45 mins to go there , so we overlooked this and found a table in the garden , food was very nice although rather pricey for what it was, 38 quid for 2 steak sandwiches and chips and 2 cokes , Very busy looks very nice , I'd go back of I was close but I'd not travel to go back

We went for dinner and breakfast the following morning as we were staying at a local campsite. Dinner was LUSH! Really tasty, well presented with a great choice of their own brewed beer. The service team were really friendly. I'd recommend booking ahead as it was really busy. Breakfast was disappointing though, which was such a shame. Tiny portions of everything in the full english breakfast, plus it had all been clearly sitting around for a bit under heat lamps as the bacon and sausage in particular was really hard and chewy. Didn't set us up well for a day on the wall I'm afraid, but we cycled on with the memory of our great dinner the night before and got a pastie for elevenses.

Trading on location, service was okay but not great, the food was good but all the menu options came without a proper portion of veg so had to add a side (nearly £5) and the beer I tried was okay. I had the trio of pork which was good with a side of seasonal veg with a pint of IPA which came to £42. Not exactly pub prices! Didn’t help that there were families with rowdy kids which certainly didn’t add to the ambience. The seating was basic & suited a cafe rather than a bar or upmarket restaurant. Have been wanting to visit this place for years. Disappointing and won’t return. Left feeling pretty ripped off tbh.

Had a lovely lunch here. The Inn serves hearty, good quality food that is great for walkers. The ales are excellent and the service was great. Good vegetarian options. Will definitely come back.

Lovely atmosphere and friendly service. I had a beef burger and chips. It was assembled nicely but like most pubs the beef was low quality and lacking flavour. Pecan pie was nice and the in house gin was a fun treat.

Although the food was amazing it’s more the FOH staff i have the issue with unfortunately. Stood a good 5/10mins before anyone noticed us and then to see then stood at the bar? The servers all looked about 14 and didn't look they knew what they were doing? Rushing around, jumping table to table with orders, i’m surprised the kitchen could keep up! They didn't know which beers/ales/ lagers they were selling. Staff standing around bar area chatting in a group not very clear who were the managers out of the older staff as they all looked a bit lost and flustered to honest! Oh and tall muscular bald guy stomping almost throwing his weight around looking very unapproachable serving the meals was something else, maybe he was the manager he looked stressed. Struggled to get their attention for bill but eventually got it and they had the cheek to put a service charge on! I don't mind leaving a tip but i decide how much and when deserved, based on the food alone 100% deserved the amount they were asking but the service is the deal breaker, i paid it purely for the chefs they outshone the front and we didn’t even see them

Lovely food and views. Child friendly. Dog friendly. Enjoyed the steak & ale pie. Very popular. Great service and friendly staff. Great for a pit stop after a long walk.

Bit disappointed here. Had heard a lot about this place and it's "famous" Steak and Ale pies. Unfortunately this was the most disappointing pie of our Hadrian's Wall tour. (With 3 dinners all being steak and ale pie) Pastry was overcooked/burnt, meat quantity sub-par and gravy just "average" not really worth the hype. Service was less than expected and required prompting for service (even though we were at a booked dinner table) little interaction with staff when looking for recommendations for beers etc. Wouldn't recommend.

If you are visiting Hadrian’s wall and looking for a place to eat, Twice Brewed Inn is well worth a visit. This place given it is high up in the middle of nowhere was packed with diners in the evening. Food was really good and excellent value.

lovely place, glad we booked. Will be back. thanks

a highlight after our hike at hadrians wall!

Nice small hotel/inn/brewery. Pub has really large portions, more taste would be nice. Really good beers with many varieties. Gins, okay but not much difference to other similar distilleries. Small rooms are really hot in warm weather. Do not take room 13. (!) it has kitchen's air vents just outside the windows. no peace until 2200.

Amazing to be back at Hadrian's wall and to spend some time at The Twice Brewed Inn. Amazing hospitality and food. Steve and his team do an amazing job with this busy and popular pub, roughly half way along the wall wall, within a few minutes of Sycamore gap and close to a brilliant Youth hostel and Vindolanda Roman fort.

I wish we could rate this as 5/5 given how nice the staff were. But the pub offers poor food and atmosphere, despite its high profile. It has a brewery, and yet on the evening that we just wished to drink their beer, we were only allowed to sit outside, and on a chilly evening. We ate in the pub twice, and had some meals that were fairly nice (there were 5 in our party), but most didn’t come up to scratch. As we encountered overseas tourists walking a leg of Hadrian’s Wall, and heading for Twice Brewed for the night, I winced at the thought of the English fare they would encounter. Disappointing, almost an exploitation of the captive audience. Other pubs in prime locations do better.

We (4 couples) stayed here two nights while hiking Hadrian's Wall Path (booked by Hillwalk Tours). The staff was very accommodating allowing us to use their laundry facilities. We enjoyed two breakfasts and dinners here and all were excellent. They also prepared bag lunches for our walk. Their brewery was very good. A great stop for our rest day on our walk and very close to Vindolanda Roman Fort.

Stayed here for a night as part of the star gazing event (excellent). The rooms are very comfortable, with a warm and welcoming appearance. Lovely bathroom products and excellent shortbread! The food in the restaurant was absolutely fantastic; I had their famous pie and it was honestly the best pie I have ever eaten. Clearly home made and utterly delicious; the beef was so tender, perfect pastry and amazing gravy. I had with skinny fries, which again were absolutely perfect. Faultless. The desserts were utterly divine too. Service was excellent - the staff were very friendly and were clearly working their socks off in a full restaurant, hats off to them. Had an excellent full breakfast the following morning; there was also fruit, yoghurt, pastries, cereal and toast on offer. Once again, wonderful staff who were very friendly, such a warm Northumbrian welcome. I wouldn’t hesitate staying here again; an excellent location and wonderful, friendly service; what’s not to love.

Great food, great atmosphere and service. Lucky to get a table according to the lady whom seated me as it was a busy Sunday. Got the lamb Sunday roast with mint sauce. Great meal and didn't need to add Salt. Not expensive either

Meg severed our breakfast today food was incredible but the service was off the scale so friendly and so helpful MEG thank you so much

Beers are great. But We ordered loaded chips which were not given to the table until we asked were they were, about 30minutes late. The food came out a minute later or so later but tasted as if they had sat for a bit and then were microwaved. Staff did not seem that friendly, no question of how everything was, just pay the bill and go. I'd save your money and time and go elsewhere unless you are just getting beer.

Really nice pub and enjoyed the star gazing experience

Was here about a week ago with my wife, and got a couple of drinks and hand cut wedge cut chips they were the BEST chips I have had for over 40 years , keep up the great work. Love the chips 🍟

Friendly staff, great location, lovely food. The only negative is paying for parking.

Slow service, poor food. One good beer but ran out and still off next day

Stayed at Twice Brewed Inn for a long weekend whilst attending family wedding in the area. Everyone of the staff we met was friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble. We stayed in one of the cabins which had everything we needed and was expertly cleaned by Angela and the ladies. Couldn't find fault with any of the food we had, the breakfast was huge - I didn't need to eat at lunchtime!! Lots of choice for evening meal and beautifully cooked. I loved the smoked haddock in a cream sauce. Would we stay there again? Most certainly.

Beautiful bar restaurant in a spectacular location. Booked a table for Saturday night. Food was great and so was the service. Wee bit more expensive than in local towns like Haltwhistle and Hexham but you expect that sort of thing when you're out of the way . Still well worth it .

Seemingly big enough to absorb any number of car occupants (car park seemed near full when we arrived) but quiet inside. We all enjoyed the food (and my wife loved the shandy). Efficient service, reasonable prices.

Cozy (large) café with a cozy atmosphere. The company is organized efficiently and professionally. Fairly pricey, which can be explained by the location; there is little/no competition in that area. Enjoyed it very much.

Excellent food. Beer brewed on the premises. What’s not to like! Drove over from Keswick just for lunch

Perfect! Good choice in menu, friendly staff. We visited twice in 2 days. Wish it was my local

Firstly- who picks the music? A very weird and obtrusive 80s playlist completely out of step with the environment. The food - your Cumberland sausage is very bland and tasteless not matching the description. Seemed like a cheap catering company job not hand-made. No seasoning and only just cooked enough with no charring or flavour to the outside. This was my second choice as you only had one steak left at 6.30pm on a Saturday. The bhaji burger was overcooked. We sent the cheesecake back as it had blue spots which looked like mould which the chef denied but it put my wife off and neither of the portions were finished (just swap it regardless of the chef's ego). The steak was ordered medium rare and came out medium well. I can do way better with a trip to Aldi and cooking at home. The environment itself was so untidy. Junk electricals just dumped on the shelf and the floor. An antler decoration looked like it had come off the wall and just dumped on top of a high chair. Boxes of deliveries and packs of salt lying around. Cardboard box of polystyrene behind one of our seats belonged in the bin. You must have a store room somewhere and it would take less than 5 minutes to tidy these out of your front-of-house before service. Sloppy. The table (between the toilets) was wobbly and needs fixing or chucking out. The waiters were v slow to come back to check or clear the table (we had to ask). You can do much better than this. We're local (Tow House) and dont often go out Saturday night but we'll be going into Hexham or Haltwhistle to try many other places before we ever come back to you for an evening meal. Shame as the Sunday roast we had a few weeks back was pretty good. We had friends staying with us from down south and built your place up as a meal to look forward to and they were really disappointed. I get it you may be busy and short of staff but if you can't do the basics and make an experience which is superior to eating and drinking at home, people won't come back.

Cracking service friendly atmosphere with helpful staff. Beer and food are both excellent. Dog and family friendly. Good parking. I'm not sure if overnight stay in campervans is still available

A fantastic experience. They welcomed 36 soggy cold teenagers for the Euro final, sorting us an area to watch football as a group. Could not have been more welcoming and friendly. We're super nice about multiple children ordering one drink each. Wonderful staff and exceptional service. Would recommend! Thanks to all, it made our day!

Dog friendly. Great food and lovely atmosphere.

What a warm welcome on a wet day. We popped in with our dogs after a walk on a rain swept afternoon for late lunch. We received a very warm welcome from the staff, who throughout our visit were thoughtful and friendly. We ordered Cumberland sausage with mash and a trio of pork for mains. Both dishes were beautiful and skillfully made. Desert was just as special, their divine pecan pie with ice-cream was superb. What a fantastic place, the food, wonderful staff and service, what more needs said.

We stayed here with our dog for 3 nights to do a little hiking in the area. We were greeted very warmly at check-in and small questions were answered promptly and nicely. The rooms are well equipped for a B&B and are also reasonably large. We had a small problem with the TV, which was resolved very quickly on our first evening out with the dog. 👍 The breakfast and dinner at the B&B is excellent. The price for the room and the food is reasonable. Thank you for your hospitality during our visit.

A nice pub and brewery with a wide selection of craft beers. Anything from a typical ale to an exotic fruity sour - something for everyone. Great place to stop for a refreshment if you're out walking along Hadrian's Wall!

Our latest visit was for lunch on a murky Monday. Well, it was July. As ever the service was excellent from start to finish and the food terrific. A menu of wide choice from snacks to full meals. All delicious. With a seriously impressive choice of drinks at the bar should you be lucky enough not to be driving. The Twice Brewed Inn is always superb and never disappoints. To find such excellence in such an amazing location makes it even more special.

We’ve been here before quite a few years ago, it was pretty rough and ready then, not so now! Lovely food in a smart restaurant, great beers from their own brewery. Not sure about the atmosphere now, big television kills conversation, staff putting chairs upside down on tables at 10.20pm when the website says 11pm closing not very good.

Great location at Steel Rigg. Only Hotel on the Hadrian's Wall Path that had a drying room. Food was great and their self-brewed beer very delicious

Glad we booked a table, it was busy. Husband happy because TVs had the football on and the beer on tap was good. They definitely looked short staffed but the food was great and the staff were efficient and friendly. Would definitely go back.

Went camping for the beer festival. Seemed to be quite disorganised and the field that we were told to camp in, was full of sheep / cow poo. Could of at least cleaned that up somewhat.

We ate here before attending the star gazing in the same location. The food was lovely and the staff were very friendly and helpful. The men in our party were even more impressed as the football was being shown. Would definitely recommend.

I stopped here for dinner after a long day walking. I’m quite passionate about pizza so wasn’t expecting it to be up to my high standards. I think it was probably the best pizza I’ve ever had. The dough was perfectly airy and the topping amazing. Hopefully the chef will see this as I should have given my compliments when in the pub but didn’t.

We stayed for 2 nights, in a very comfortable and clean room. The staff were lovely and very helpful in all areas. We had our evening meal on the Friday in the restaurant and it was excellent. The portions were very generous too. We have visited before, but we came this time for the beer festival which was a great success. I highly recommend the Twice Brewed Inn to walkers or people looking for a well run hotel with good food and drinks.

Cold pints, fast service, and good food!

I was lucky enough to be there for a beer and wine tasting event. The choice and variety offered was spectacular and I would certainly be returning.

Gorgeous place, gorgeous food! lovely outdoor pods we enjoyed with the dogs 🙂🙂

Great place for a cold beer whilst walking the wall.

Nice pub with a lovely beer garden in the back with a great view. Lots of different beers. Didn't have any food but the crisps were nice 🙂!

Lovely pub, had a great meal here while walking The Pennine Way.

Excellent base to park and explore hadrians wall then lunch before home.

Recently came here for lunch and beer after walking parts of the Hadrian Wall. Nice menu with lots to offer. Staff members were friendly amd welcoming. Food was fresh, warm and tasted great!

Recently came here for lunch and beer after walking parts of the Hadrian Wall. Nice menu with lots to offer. Staff members were friendly amd welcoming. Food was fresh, warm and tasted great!

A nice 2 nights stay while walking to JOG. Fabulous large drying room. Very tasty meals. Generous breakfast. Bus stop if you wished to travel on a day off to sightsee. Friendly staff. A brewery on site. What else is needed…

Stopped for lunch as the boy was hungry. We liked it so much we went back for dinner!

Lovely modern pub with good food and excellent beer.

Lovely place to stop for a meal along Hadrian's Wall.

Perfect in every way... simple as that.

Lovely pub, service was efficient, but disappointed with Sunday roast. I had lamb and my husband had beef but neither tasted of anything. Veggies under cooked and mashed potato was gloopy. So disappointed.

I had a fantastic stay at The Twice Brewed Inn at Once Brewed. They offer a fabulous range of beers and the rooms are lovely, clean, and equipped with excellent showers. The pub food is great, and the pecan tart was delicious. Breakfast was wonderful and plentiful. The location is superb for those walking Hadrian's Wall, making it an ideal stopover for a stay or refreshments. Highly recommended!

Very nice glass of cider didn't eat but judging by the number of people eating it must be ok

Appalling attitude and lack of customer service! We walked for several hours along Hadrian's wall in the rain and popped in here to escape the rain, hoping for some food and a drink. It was around 1pm on a Sunday so we knew it might be busy. When we got there we were told they were fully booked. We noticed only 4 or 5 tables taken and dozens empty. We were told we could have a drink 'outside' but they wouldn't serve food. We asked several members of staff, including the assistant manager if we could just sit inside at an empty table until the bookings arrived but were told quite sternly NO. We had two drinks, so were there for about an hour and a half. When we walked back through the bar we found it was as empty as when we first arrived. When we asked again, we were told they had over 100 people in the restaurant. We popped into the shop to buy some of their locally brewed beer. You can see into the restaurant from there. We noticed about 20 people. Such a shame. Its the only pub around and a perfect spot for visitors to the wall, especially Sycamore Gap but don't waste your time and money. They don't deserve your custom. We left still wet, hungry and very disappointed.

Visited after walking from Steel Rigg over to Sycamore Gap (which was very emotional to see with the tree not there). After visiting Sycamore Gap we carried on to Crag Loch and walked on to visit this wonderful establishment. There were quite a lot in our group all ordering different drinks and meals and all came out really quickly. The food was lovely and really generous portions. Staff we all friendly and very professional. The shop on site sells all the attached brewery's produce and so we have taken a couple of souvenirs home. Would highly recommend anyone in the area visit, you won't be disappointed!!

Great brewery, great ale, lovely food, VERY busy (but dealt with it amazingly), feels somewhat less personable service given the busy-ness for food, but worked well. Excellent (proper) pies too!

We stayed one night on our way West on Hadrian's Wall. The rooms were very small but adequate and served us well. The staff was super friendly and seemed genuinely interested in our experience. Breakfast was fast, delicious, and suited our needs for the hiking very well. The 5th review star is withheld because we had a 1+ hour wait for dinner and seemed abandoned throughout. The dining room and/or kitchen seemed understaffed. After 20 minutes, we decided to go and get our own drink at the bar, even as dining staff stood around and chatted (surely kitchen staff don't go fetch beers?) We were footsore and tired, so perhaps our patience was limited. So... visit the bar and get our own drink and take it to the table.

I came to Twice Brewed already fallen in love with cask ales. I had the Sycamore Gap pale ale. It was the PERFECT beer! Being 66, I've had many beers in my day. And my search for the perfect beer ended at Twice Brewed. (I also had a burger, which was excellent, and the service is awesome!) Oh may the day come when I can return to Twice Brewed and taste perfection...again.

A wonderful old pub and brewery on Hadrians Wall, just opposite the now sadly demised Sycamore Gap. This is a haven for trekkers, locals, passers by, and whoever likes old fashioned quality with upgraded facilities. Great range of beers, accommodation apparently and also true pub food. Highly recommended.

Table booked for 8pm - ordered American Burger and the trio of pork, 2 glasses of red. If you wanted veg with the pork that was an additional £4.95 Given no choice on size of wine required- they were large. Food not served until 8.50 pm, but it was very welcome and tasty when it arrived. Shocked upon paying to discover the wine was £9 per glass and a service charge of 10% automatically added to the bill. Sad no apology forthcoming for the delay in service - only told they had a big party in the room next door - so that supposedly explained it all.

with 2 courses around 30 poun doer person lovely and quirky food

Great atmosphere, friendly staff and an amazing selection of their own beers on tap and in the shop. Their homemade Steak and Ale pie was delicious. Dog Friendly

Guy brought the food without any cutlery, a little arrogant with it, we had to walk back up to get it, no offer or apology, not great

Always a great selection of real ales, often stuck for choice after sampling a few. Always a warm welcome, it's always comfortable and always look forward to grabbing a drink or two after a day climbing on Peel Crag. Perfect way to finish the day.

Love this place. Especially with the brewery and variety of beers.

Busy popular pub on the Hadrian's wall trail.

Must visit for fans of beer, the north, life in general

Great pub and good outside area, too. Management MUST spend time training and developing young workers. Our young waitress was very nice but lost work wise. Needs an experienced person near her to guide and support. Give her the confidence to develop. We need locals in the workplace!!! Cheers