The best restaurants in Bywell Northumberland North East

Me and the wife visited here for a full English breakfast , and I must say it’s one of the best I’ve had , food very fresh and hot , caramel latte best ever, and the staff very friendly . Highly recommend, free car park at the rear.

I’ve been lucky enough to experience Flat Earth a few times and there’s always something different. Imaginative use of flavours, all ingredients home made, such a refreshing change from the usual take away offering.

The food at the White Swan is lovely. I’ve been numerous times as this is my local pub. However, the service doesn’t always match the standard of the food. There is a middle aged lady who works there, with brown hair who is fab, very friendly and attentive. Whenever this lady is on shift, you can’t fault it. However, this is the third time that I’ve been, where this lady hasn’t been on shift and the customer service in the pub is severely lacking. Tonight, the only interaction from staff we had, was to order our food and when it was served. The very basics were there, but I recommend staff avoid discussing personal conversations and online shopping, and focus on the customers who are dinning. If the younger staff have training in customer service, the pub will be spot on.

Eat here quite often, but overdue first review. Excellent food and service. Calamari the best I've had, mussels terrific, sea bass and schnitzel also brilliant. Service great too. Thanks Jack and Ken

For some reason we had not been here for some time and walking through the doors on a dark and windy Halloween evening immediately wondered why not? The food choice and quality is top class. As are the friendly and very efficient staff - both in the restaurant and at the bar. While the decor and ambience is everything you could hope for in a lovely country pub, restaurant and hotel. Excellent value too. We felt welcomed and treated in a special place where the staff - front of house and kitchen - made that extra effort to ensure everyone went home with a smile on their face. Well done to all involved.

Recently taken over after 25yrs, really disappointing, mediocre food and service. This place used to be rammed for lunch yet today was only missing the tumbleweed, waitress miserable, food v average, lukewarm and worst gravy ever, all veg on the plate, never asked once was the food ok, never came and asked us if we wanted more drinks or dessert. I’ve worked in catering and know how hard a good lunch service can be but with only two in the whole place they couldn’t have cared less….bring back hot plates, steaming bowls of veg and good beef gravy 😢

We decided to finally visit after having passed a good number of times. The food was lovely and the staff were nice and friendly.

Great breakfast, been a couple of times and always a good experience. Something different? Try Shakshuka with Nduja. It's very tasty with lovely fresh sourdough bread and really nice. The full monty is great if you fancy a hangover cure! Friendly service, good value and well worth a vist!

I ordered gammon and chips with a side of peas and a pint of beer. Staff were really nice and OMG this food was amazing. The chips were proper home made ones and the gammon melted in my mouth 100% spot on. Hotel room was great and I would return.

Food good apparently but not really a village pub anymore. Called in for a pint and although there are four hand pumps there are no kegs attached to them so no proper beer. "We don't sell enough to warrant buying it in". So if you're looking for a meal probably ok but if you're wondering about a pint you'll be disappointed. Shame, it used to be good.....

Sunny day. Sat outside ,view over Tyne valley breathtaking. Very busy. We had to wait for a seat. Spent time looking in Christmas shop. Well designed.

Found the service patchy, restaurant empty and some food options lacked pride in presentation.

Called in today for a drink and meal with my husband, the pub has new owners, place has been decorated plus a new menu, food was amazing we had the steak pie and fish and chips, food was well presented and piping hot, gluten free well catered for, staff knowledgable and very friendly, so glad it has reopened. Would highly recommend!

Love the Boathouse - fantastic beer selection, great atmosphere and brilliant staff 👍🍺

Paid over £6 for bacon egg and mushroom sarnie and coffee wouldn't have minded the price but there was only 3or 4 slices of mushroom in egg was snotty the bacon was cooked well but when they asked if I wanted Brown or White I assumed it would be in a bun (roll, bap) but to my surprise it was in between to slices of white soggy bread. The coffee was good to be fair. Won't be in a hurry to return.