The best restaurants serving British food in Hartley Northumberland North East

Yet another Sunday lunch adventure with the good lady friend and her dogs in tow, and the destination yet another TripAdvisor award winning venue that I’d been keen on visiting for a while now, the Delaval Arms, Seaton Sluice. Due to time-slot availability we had to settle for a later lunch booking at 1500, but all was good, I’d seen some positive reviews and photos, so my expectations were already pretty high for the Delaval Arms. A nice friendly greeting on entry and we were immediately shown to our table in what looked like the main bar area, but thankfully we were tucked away at the very back of the room in snug 3, I loved it, we had a cosy little corner out of the way to ourselves. I selected some Guinness 0% and a glass of red wine and ordered our mains in immediately (Unfortunately there were no starters on offer?) So a beef dinner for the lady and a trio of meats for myself. I ordered in extra vegetables, roasties and even some chips as we were both breakfast-lite and ravenous. Food came within good time, I’m not a particularly big fan of this centre of the plate stacking presentation trend but what came out of the kitchen did look great, pop on the extras that I ordered in and it looked like a lunch fit for a king. Both huge lunches were polished off in record time and we were both in agreement that it really was excellent, for once I had loads of roasties so I was very happy. We finished off by both having a second course with sticky toffee pudding desserts which were delicious, once again I’d eaten too much and was ready for a nap. The Delaval Arms itself, a nice venue, good ambiance, well lit, staff and service friendly enough and helpful, the food was genuinely excellent and competitively priced, so full marks awarded and that’s with my overlooking that there wasn’t any starters on offer, but the mains more than made up for it. I’m more than happy to go back, and I’d definitely recommend the Delaval Arms.

Italian style ice cream in many delicious flavours offered in the completely unexpected venue. The place shouldn't be missed during hot days at the Blyth beach. Plenty of free car parking space nearby.

Christmas lunch was superb, enjoyed by all six of us. Beautifully presented on nice hot plates, staff very friendly and courteous. Would definitely recommend.

Christmas dinner 2024 the service was excellent & the food was fresh & delicious, our table was nice & private but we still experienced a nice atmosphere👍

This place is the best I love the food I love the staff there all MINT super happy 😁 I’ve been working my way through the menu now and it’s all lush from egg Benedict to the massive breakfast they even have smoked kippers which is my favourite and the fish chowder isdelicious Yess it’s a big 10/10 from me