Wylam Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne

What an amazing place. Based in this old grand building, the food and drinks here are fantastic. With the staff's hospitality levels being equally as superb. I couldn't have been more looked after by the team. Highly recommend! 😁

My daughter had her wedding here recently and it was a fantastic day. The staff are so friendly and very good at weddings.The food was to die for -sharing board for starter,galloway beef,dauphonise potatoes and veg for main course with apple crumble and custard for sweet - fantastic. The building is so good for a celebration and it's in a great location.The beers were really nice even though a touch on the expensive side - they are brewed on site. Highly recommend this building and set up for a wedding - truly memorable. Thanks for a great day and memories.

Recently went to a super wedding here. The venue was stunning with a great room for reception, breakfast and dance floor. The grounds is on a large estate with a lake out the front. They put m a great set of beers too. Highly recommend

Nice venue, but due to a wedding which seems more common than not, you are forced go sit outside, use portaloos and generally treated like a 2nd class citizen. Worst is the attitude of staff, who never listened to the orders. On two separate occasions I ordered a half pint, both times they just poured a pint... not sure this is so sensible when the beer you are serving is like 8%+. Just no attention to detail and not customer centric.

We had a fantastic day at Wylam Brewery celebrating our son's wedding. The venue was great, so well organised with a special shout out to Rod who did a great job on the day. Food was delicious, helpful and friendly staff. Thank you all!

Great place for local beer. Been here for a few concerts and would always return.

Outstanding Sunday roast. Genuinely one of the best I’ve had in a restaurant. The beef was really well cooked, the veg tasted amazing and the Yorkshire was good (and huge). Staff were really friendly and attentive, and there was a great selection of beer available. The space is open and comfortable. Everything was clean / well kept. Can’t fault it!

Very unprofessional, changed the timings for the concert by more than 4 hours on Sunday and not offering refunds to those who now can’t attend. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Nice beer garden, plenty of seats

Perviously worked here at various events, company parties & corporate events, always found the staff friendly & helpful. Fab looking building!

Took my eldest son visiting from Hong Kong last Sunday 2 June 2024. He said it was the best Sunday roast he’d had and rated it better than the ones he has had in the Chinnery at the Mandarin, HK. For those who don’t know the Mandarin, that is high praise indeed. Best.

Sadly missed the mark, not really a review I want to be writing but there was a lot that didn't meet expectations here. This seems like it could be a great location, and perhaps sometimes it is. As someone who is a fan of Wylam beers and was hoping to try a variety at their tap it was disappointing. When we visited there was a 'mexican stand off' event on with a variety of food trucks and a token system for purchasing from them, which was a bit of a faff with long waits. The main room was set up with long tables, but the music was so loud it was unbearable to be in there and impossible to hear anyone else, very few people were in the room. I feel sorry for the staff on the bars in there! The hall at the front had a few sofas but again the music was still too loud in there. What looks like it would usually be the main bar was much the same but with an added off smell. There were only 4 beers on tap at the bars that I could find and were selling beer in plastic cups with one IPA being £7 for a pint, which for a beer that hasn't had anyone else adding costs/profits direct from a brewery up north seems mad. I like my silly craft beers but that's too silly! Having met some of the brewers in the past this feels totally disconnected.

Used to love it here over the years but the prices are just silly now. £7 a pint of their house lager which is bang average. £12 for a disappointing burger and £5 for plain fries, taking the p**s a little now. Shame really, I wont rush back.

Expensive pint served in a plastic cup. I thought the idea of a brewery tap was to sell cheaper beer without transportation costs. £8 a pint seems excessive.

At Wylam brewery - great beer and venue - Zutons are the best wedding band one could hope for - granny taps her foot, plenty of teacher dancing and the young 'ns can look hip. But tonight they surprised me, thrashing guitars and eclectic sax with an assortment of anthems! verdict - the VERY best wedding band!

Wylam Wacky Warehouse… Don’t go on a Sunday afternoon if you’re expecting an adult drink at a brewery tap room sort of place. That’s what we were hoping for after a long walk but we opened the doors to a wall of noise, full of families and children running round. Could have been forgiven for thinking it was actually a Wacky Warehouse. No room for people who just want a drink (as it said on website) unless you like sitting outside in the cold. It seems like they’ve sold out to cash in on the Sunday lunch market that you can get everywhere else. Business is business I guess but I’ll not bother giving it a second chance.

Absolutely fantastic night for the Elton John night. Well organised, quick bar service and main hall had fantastic atmosphere. Band themselves were outstanding....

A brilliant brewery, restaurant and venue. Top quality beers in a unique location. They’re always running great dogs, craft fairs and food battles too. Make sure you look up what’s on!

Sunday Roast was absolutely superb. The pork was so tender it melted in the mouth, and all of the trimmings were done perfectly. Bonus points for a Yorkshire Pudding bigger than my head!!! Will definitely be back for another.

Attended Wylam Brewery for first time for charity Ball. Wonderful venue, great food and home brewed ales, beers. Friendly attentive staff. Please note single track lane up to venue.

We went to a soul & funk & r&b night on 24th feb trevor Nelson was dj had a very good night he did old school tunes as well as new got served quite quickly even though it was busy staff friendly and no trouble while there drinks prices are what you expect to pay in town please be aware if you are coming by taxi they only drop you off at exhibition park gates and you have a little walk to venue trees are lit up to help you to venue

One of the best Sunday roasts I’ve had. The whole experience from the quality of drinks, to the superb hospitality, (guy with blonde hair apologies for not getting your name) and of course the food. Top notch and definitely worth a visit.

Generally a good night in the beer garden, until after spending an evening there and taking our groups money all evening "the manager" decided at 11.05pm to not let me and wife use the toilet before our long walk down their drive. However they had some private function on with the guests vomiting and sprawled all over the front steps which was acceptable it seems........maybe it is all about the money Wylam!?.........not a great lasting memory guys, your hospitality needs more work.

Went to see Transatlantic Bowie January 2024, which was great. Wylam is a great venue just for going for a drink and/or seeing a band. They offer a limited menu of various burgers (one is vegan and others are animal meat) and various options for chips at £6. The £9 Robert Plant vegan burger was very tasty. I don't know about drink options because I was driving. The venue is in Exhibition Park and I parked in Claremont Road car park and walked about 10 minutes through the park (which is dark and I found a bit scary). Also went to see Transatlantic Fleetwood Mac in December 2023 who were absolutely amazing, the place was absolutely chocka and a great atmosphere for their 3 night sell out gig. They have a cloakroom and it's £1 per item.

Went for a much looked forward to Sunday roast dinner having previously seen them while in for a drink. Been lots of times before for beer. Roast dinner was not nearly as big as an £18 roast dinner ought to be despite being served on an enormous plate. I had two slices of lamb (menu as lamb shoulder), overcooked, a bit dry and about 4mm thick. 2 roast potatoes (most egregious), one miserly parsnip. A cough of cabbage and a dollop of mash. Any other veg was extra. The gigantic and very good Yorkshire was doing some heavy lifting on this plate. Service not great, slow and didn’t check that the food was OK. Will be back for beer but not for dinner.

Really not the best ... Waited for 1.5 hr for them to find a coat in cloakroom. Further coat still not found. Don't leave valuables here...

Lovely venue! Went to Wylam Brewery to see a Fleetwood Mac tribute. I can see why it is used as a wedding venue too.

Really attractive venue with possibly the friendliest bouncers I have met at any gig. Big downsides for me would be the chaos trying to get a drink. Service is painfully slow and noone seems to get the concept of a queuing properly. Some of the best tribute bands play this venue ie Transatlantic in their various guises. Sadly just as the audience are getting into the music there is always a half hour break which is presumably to get the now bored audience to pass the time buying more beer.This interuption certainly spoils my enjoyment of the music every time and is really irritating to the audience. So much so me and the wife left at the break last night for Rumours. Band were great but like a few others we couldnt be arsed with an unnecessary break. There really is no need for the band to have a half hour break after playing only 30 or 40 minutes! Really interrupts the flow and enjoyment and will certainly put me off booking again which is sad because Transatlantic are great on stage.

The venue provides a cool & serene environment for festive/party programmes. Has an in-house bar, also got a water front.

Went for Sunday dinner. Canny busy. Had a table booked for 7 people. Looked like you should wait at a little desk with a laptop on at the entrance, but no sign to say that. I waited there for a while. No-one came. Went inside, wandered round but felt very in the way so went back to entrance. Saw one of the group by the bar so joined them. They had been told the table wasn't ready yet so to hang around. We felt in the way. Staff were passively aggressively suggesting we were in the way by basically walking into us, and at one point putting a barrier up by us but without saying anything. No suggestion as to where we could wait out the way. Drinks were expensive. Pork and beef were very good. Avoid the lamb. Yorkshires were tasty but greasy. Roast potatoes were sub par. Not worth the money. Staff attitude was a massive letdown. Wouldn't go back. Wouldn't recommend. Better value places in the area.

A great night at the Talisk concert. Great venue and great beer.

Amazing Sunday lunch 😋 with first class service !

Amazing venue Good beer Friendly staff

Fabulous range of beers brewed on site. The food was amazing too!

We came for the battle of the curries. Such a fun night lovely range of options and great drinks

Awesome brewery, awesome beers, always awesome events. Love it. Great family friendly space

Great roast dinner with excellent range of beers in old industrial building

Excellent venue, great night had

Initially I thought this would be a pain.... no places to park close by BUT.... the 12 minute walk was a breeze and the place itself fantastic to watch a gig with the beer making it a great experience. The staff were helpful and happy to help and the whole experience was excellent - highly recommended if you have a gig there!

Nice venue. Went to see a concert- Gary Numan -excellent . Had a beer - it was ok ( had better ).

First time I've ever been here, and it was for a sold out Gary Numan acoustic / unplugged gig. Was a bit wary getting there, 19 minute walk from my hotel, BUT, actually turned out to be a really easy and straightforward walk, heading through a park up to the venue. The venue itself was really nice, going through the entrance straight in to a bar area, with bar and merch available. Fairly quickly the security people opened up the venue hall where the gig was going to happen. Capacity of 800 people, and this hall also had 2 bars, selling their own brews. The lager was really nice, though a tad pricey at £6.50 a pint. So, great venue, great bars - all that was left was, was the sound and vision great? Well, yes it was! Uninterrupted views and really good sound. All round, great venue. Nice little touch was the purple lights illuminating the walk through the dark park afterwards...

Had an amazing day for my daughter's wedding at Wylam Brewery. Staff were so organized and attentive. Thoroughly recommend them if you want some magic in your life.

Busy at this time but atmosphere great, nice ice latte

Attended a wedding and reception at this venue. Very helpfull and approachable staff. Food was top notch and the beers were very good. Thoroughly recommended

What a dissapointment. We checked the website before we went. "Just having a beer then just rock up'" But that was not what we were met with. Have you booked. We are fully booked. But they found us a barrel to sit at. Beer choice was pale, pale, pale. Found a dark beer on the bottles and cans menu. Sorry sold out. Sunday food menu was RED meat or vegetarian. Where was the fish or white meat option? They really need to cater for more people.

Nice beers and nice environment. The only downside was having to use plastic cups even when sitting in the bar area. Out first drink was in a glass. Some of the beers are quite expensive but plastic cups and beer is such a crime. Would have been 5 star otherwise.

Great beer, Sunday roast and they are dog friendly

Been twice now for the food vendors, Friday is definitely better to visit than a Saturday, venue is far too small for the amount of people they let in and becomes over crowded quickly. Music by the 'DJ' on the stage is terrible, needs a live band instead. Alcohol prices are a tad steep at around £5/6 for a pint and the wait time at the bar can get up to an hour. Definitely recommend getting there early. Ladies toilets could be maintained throughout the day better as well, found no loo roll in a few toilets and no locks on some doors. Actual food vendors are really good and super friendly and a good way to sample.

Terrific place for an excellent Sunday lunch in superb surroundings. Beers first class as always. Home of Jakehead 🐍 Not over priced. Great service.

Went today for the Mexican battle event and the food and atmosphere were good. Abi, one of the bar staff members, was incredibly helpful when I was deciding which cans to take home for my beer-loving partner. Very knowledgeable about the beers and made some great recommendations. The beer tasting and brewery tour events are definitely something I'll look to book in the future too. Highly recommend for beer lovers.

Too darn far for older people to walk and no public transport. I'm still sore after the climb up to the place yesterday.

A wonderful brewery in a beautiful setting. There was a wedding reception happening when we were there, so only a small part of the brewery was open to the public, but still plenty big enough. Lots of outdoor seating too and an outside bar. Had a great range of beer.

We got married here and had such a beautiful day. Special mention to Lauren who just made our day perfect and was so helpful and flexible with the planning beforehand. Rod was amazing and organised everything perfectly on the day. Couldn't have asked for better people to coordinate our day and make it so special.

The place is absolutely massive, like a cathedral of beer. They can afford a place like that thanks to £6/pint prices 😐 The place was absolutely bustling on a Sunday, great to see. The place doesn’t do wifi - odd, no? Water pressure in the men’s was a bit shabby. Pint was good, staff were very helpful.

A nice venue with a pub like vibe to have events in. There is a large outdoor space and a good selection of drinks, however drink prices are quite high.

Very nice atmosphere, nice beer, nice food and nice day

Service seems more interested in speaking to each other than serving a long queue of customers on a busy Friday night...

First of all, let me state this is a great venue! But we went to see the Big Country gig last night. They weren't so good. The sound quality was awful. We were at the front of the stage for the first two songs and had to move to the back of the auditorium to try and enjoy the music. The support band was very good.

Great venue for gigs and events, not too large to have hoards of people. Drinks are eye wateringly expensive though e.g. £7 for a pint of so-so cider.

It's a red hot day today so I go inside for a pint....but informed that it's shut??... A closed door avoids Disappointment

Visited today for their Mexican event and thankfully it was a lovely day so able to sit outside. Some great street vendors selling small portions for £4 each and of course all the great beers. Great place situated in the town moor exhibition park.

Great quality beer and really good service.5/5.

We went to the Born in the 90's event here and it was brilliant. Really good atmosphere

Went for the Slice Wars, the pizza competition. Although I had to walk a long way from the city center, it was worth it

A great beer every time there was a good selection last time. The venue is nice. I only wish you could see more of the brewing stuff as that is all pushed to the back out of the way.

Character-full place in lovely setting.

We decided to visit this place after a trip into Newcastle one Sunday afternoon. Parked at Claremont Road and walked over as it was a nice afternoon, though there is a car park on site. The exhibition park was quiet so we naively thoughts the pub would be quiet too. Oh dear. On entry it was like a school dinner hall. Large shared tables bursting at the seams and teaming with kids, running wild and mostly being ignored by their parents sipping cold tap. We were approached by a harassed looking staff member who was friendly, said if we hadn’t booked there was no chance of a table for food. On explaining we would just have a drink then, he said the only seating was outside and pointed to the exit to the outside seating and dashed off. Stood in the bar queue for 15 minutes as they were busy doing trays of table orders. Bought a soft drink and a pint of beer - £9. The noise was deafening and the atmosphere can only be described as kindergarten. We took our drinks outside which was much quieter but we’re dismayed to find an empty bar outside, where if we had been told, we would have got our drinks from. There was no queue there! Large outside space and got a table no problem. Ambient music. Only drawback here was customers didn’t have their dogs on leads and I ended up with muddy paw prints on my jacket from an excitable cockerpoo. Summary - avoid Sunday afternoons unless you want to sit near Tarquin and Teresa cooing over baby Thatcher whilst their other 6 woke kids run riot. Pick an evening or preferably one of the live events my mates go to that are meant to be epic. Amazing choice of beers on tap but sadly can’t comment on food. Outdoor loos were reasonably clean portaloos. Would we go back? Yes for the choice of beers and outsude on a summer night with the fairy lights, it’ll be lovely. But never again on a Sunday.

Had a swift pint after the Ladies match at SJP, then a walk home over the moor

Good beers, Sunday roast and dessert.

Finally found the brewery after lots of head scratching and then realising that you can’t actually access via car. We went when it was “battle of the burgers” so the entire site was rammed. The building is great and having a brewery in there is great. Had some nice beers as well but disappointed that there wasn’t any DIPAs on at the time

Only one vegetarian/vegan choice for Sunday lunch - this came swimming in gravy, masking the flavour of the food.

Great venue! so beautiful being next to exhibition park. Went to battle of the burger, couldn’t recommend more. Great food, great venue will definitely be going back. Aside from the events it’s a great venue in general for a night out, a must if you’re in newcastle

Absolute gem of a place, stunning location and amazing beer. The truffle fries were also a big hit. We were made to feel very welcome by the lovely staff. Unfortunately we were only visiting Newcastle for the weekend, if I lived there this place would be my regular. Cant wait to visit again!

I've visited a couple of times now to sit in the beer garden, which is an absolute oasis! It has a lovely, chilled, relaxed vibe and was full of lovely people and families (a real contrast to the stag-hell you sometimes find in the city). The building is spectacular, the beer garden is well organised and the setting is stunning. The beer was very good too. I only wish there was somewhere this cool in my city… My most recent visit (pictured) was the first time I’ve sat inside and that was equally nice. Very cosy and a lovely atmosphere. The nibbles were also decent.

Visited 5/2 to see Colin Hay, brilliant gig. Really good venue especially for a more intimate gig.

Amazing Sunday lunch, friendly and efficient staff with a great atmosphere, it’s dog friendly which is important for us. One tiny criticism their amazing craft ales are becoming a tad expensive at £7 a pint.

Good venue but the drink prices are very expensive. Nearly £14 for a double?? Also takes ages to get served

Nice atmosphere, good choice of drinks,

Without a doubt, the best roast dinner that I have ever had that wasn’t home cooked. Staff were super friendly, nothing was too much trouble. Good selection of beers. Thank you for a great afternoon.

Great location, good selection of food . We went for a Sunday , was excellent. We'll worth a visit.

£27 same bottle of wine £12 in Wetherspoons, £32 bottle of prosecco...really!!!!!!!

Fantastic selection of beers and good food too!

Can't fault anything here. Great beer, food and atmosphere. Love this place

Nice place looking over the lake at exhibition park.

Came for a visit from York with my son as previously had some great beers here. However you can now only have the expensive craft beers served in Plastic cups. I had one drink and left.

The Wylam Brewery Palace of Arts is a spectacular venue. The live gig we went to see was awesome & the acoustics were very special. Food & drink is served in rustic halls with comfy chairs & sofas & long bench seats & refectory style tables. The Exhibition Park setting belies the city centre location. being picturesque & serene. Vast green spaces, beautiful trees & a lake with swans make it the perfect escape away from all the hustle & bustle of city life.

Fantastic place to see gigs but far too expensive for drinks large wine 🍷 and a lime and lemon £12:50 But the staff are very nice,

Good place to eat and drink. Great live music venue.

Amazing Samantha Fish gig tonight!

This is the best Sunday lunch roast in Newcastle! We’ve been sampling our way through a number of Sunday roasts and this takes the top spot. The pork belly with crackling was gorgeous, served with mashed swede, perfectly cooked cabbage, a huge parsnip, roasties and a massive Yorkshire pudding. Delicious! We also ordered a side cauliflower cheese which was incredibly gooey and cheesy and tasted amazing. The food came out super quick as well, we got it within 5-10 mins of ordering which was unexpected but very well received! On top of it all, the beer was delicious. Try both the Lush and Falling into Echo if you like citrusy pale ales!

We visited today (Sunday) and it was more like a restaurant serving Sunday Roasts than a tap room. No real space for people just wanting to drink the beer - we squashed in at the bar. I think I was expecting a more traditional tap room vibe and expecting a larger variety of Wylam beers - more unusual ones perhaps. I think it would be different on a different day of the week. Staff were friendly and the beers that were available were tasty.

Fantastic, lovely place with nice food and very good beers!

Superb Sunday lunch, cool guy on bar slim hair in bun very good at his job knowledgeable about beers etc beer selection great, lovely guy on front desk managed to get a table as we didn’t book staff are excellent can wait to come back great value for money x

Waiting around to much for show to start

Staff very friendly . Food delightful 😊 Well recommend 👌

Top beers, top tap room, great venue. We have been to a few gigs and Evernote here, even a craft ale festival or two. They also cater for weddings and other private functions. Good beer garden less wet days, good to watch next doors model railway in action if you’re lucky.

Excellent venue and great selection of beers and gins

Loads of varied events, good atmosphere, amazing architecture and constant food events!

Great location, great beer! Reason for not giving 5 stars: No non alcoholic beer on tap and served in a plastic cup was a massive let down.

Wow. The lamb Sunday dinner was incredible. Service was great & dog friendly too. Loads of drink choices as well. Couldn’t recommend any more highly