Battlesteads Hotel & Restaurant

Very pleasant short break at the Battlesteads Hotel in this lovely part of Northumberland.||Friendly reception and given a first floor room. Comfortable room within a generally old building with history. Fresh fruit a nice touch on arrival. Loved the jacuzzi bath and bathroom products.||Enjoyed the 8 course taster menu. Well put together with delicious local products in the main. Waitress knowledgable, introducing each course and able to explain the ingredients. Didn’t go with pairing wines but enjoyed our own selection from the wine list at more modest cost.||Dining room felt a bit Spartan - table cloths for example would have been nice. In busier periods the feature conservatory would be used as it was for breakfast and that would no doubt have a nicer ambiance. Breakfast was lovely, particularly the Northumbrian platter. Toast would have been appreciated but probably an item we should have requested on the supplementary menu. ||Quiet time of year so ample lounge space.||Will be nice when weather closes in and log burner is lit.||Didn’t book or considered the dark skies observatory but reviews of its use are good.||Battlesteads well located for Roman Wall and for Kielder reservoir visits. (Recommend Tea on the Train in Bellingham and the interesting Heritage Centre attached).

We had a lovely night here and thought our room was wonderful. We had paid for a superior room and it was well worth it. It was large, airy and had all things needed for a really comfortable night. The hotel has a very nice atmosphere and a beautiful garden. Many of the dining tables in the conservatory overlook this lovely environment. Dinner was good. Breakfast service was rather chaotic which is the only thing that wasn't excellent. There is no buffet. You order and everything is brought to the table. We ordered a portion of granola then some cooked food items. The granola never appeared so we abandoned that idea and the serving staff didn't realise it hadn't been brought. The one of our breakfasts had the wrong items on it. Other than disappointing breakfast service, the hotel was excellent and we would definitely stay again.

Lovely restaurant/ hotel with friendly staff. Sited in a small village and well appointed. Very sympathetically renovated where old meets new. Beautiful sunken beer garden with seating for sunny days, well appointed bedrooms with all you’ll need for a stay, delicious dinner and breakfast with a nice choice on the menu. Ample parking and two disabled parking slots

Just had an excellent 3 nights in an accessible room. My husband is in a wheelchair and found everything suitable for a comfortable stay. Room on the ground floor was an excellent size, the bathroom was brilliant and so convenient. Whole hotel is spotlessly clean and staff very friendly and helpful. Food is superb and well presented. We will certainly be back, hopefully in the summer so that we can sit out in the amazing walled garden

We recently received a voucher for a champagne dinner at the Battlesteads, which we put to good use at the weekend. As always we received a lovely welcome by attentive and friendly staff, excellent food and an efficient and prompt service. This is not our first visit to the Battlesteads, and we have always received a consistent service, lovely food and a warm welcome. The champagne dinner was a real treat for us both! Would highly recommend.

We were given a warm welcome to this lovely country pub. Large car park and beautifully appointed bedrooms. The food was delicious and freshly cooked, using home grown and local foods. They have a environmentally friendly approach to the management of the establishment. Breakfast was good too. A big thank you to the landlord lady, and the lovely staff. Would highly recommend.

Super cute place - very cozy and by far exceeded our expectations! Warm welcome and great food and drinks. Excellent service in the pub and restaurant. We were booked for the dark sky observatory and the experience was fantastic.

What a fabulous hotel in a gorgeous area. Lovely restaurant and dining experience.|We booked a Lodge for my parents with accessibility and it was fantastic. Very Dog friendly hotel with a lovely goodie bag and welcome note left specifically for Doris. Lovely in room treats from amazing coffee bags to home made biscuits and a fruit plate. We will definitely be back.

We stayed at the Battlesteads Hotel in August 2011 while walking Hadrian's Wall. Prior to the start of our walk, we were informed that when we reached Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, we should call the Battlesteads, and someone would pick us up and drive us to the hotel. However, when we called we were told it would be at least an hour before someone could come by, a bit off-putting considering we had been walking for several hours and simply wanted to shower and relax. We ended up hitching a ride with a tour group who was also staying at the hotel (we met their very kind bus driver at the tea room at Chesters), and were shown to a very small room that overlooked someone else's front yard. The room itself was comfortable, but so small there was no where to put our luggage. We simply had to step over our suitcases to move to either side of the bed. The bathroom was a bit of a surprise because it had a more modern look, complete with gray, rubbery floors. It certainly did the job, but the accommodations were not posh by any means (and I was not expecting luxury). After our showers, we had a few drinks in the garden before meeting a friend for dinner in the pub. The garden was lovely - the flowers were still very much in bloom, and a wooden fence around the property provided privacy from neighbors. It's my understanding that the pub uses fruits and vegetables grown in the garden. Dinner, on the other hand, was not what I expected from an award-winning pub (my partner informed me that the Battlesteads was "Pub of the Year" in 2010). The hake and chips was rather bland and the mushy peas did not boost the flavour profile. It seemed to me that Battlesteads was trying too hard to appear cosmopolitan, rather than focusing on good food and flavour. I appreciate locally sourced food, but it has to taste good as well.

This place is lovely- my mother and I stayed last summer for just one night, and I wish it could have been longer. We had a nice twin room- slightly dated but very clean and comfortable, I suppose you'd call it quaint. The bar areas were very comfortable, but it's the food that really got me. I surprisingly had the nicest fajitas I've tasted! They also had a great selection of local cheeses. The waitstaff are all very knowledgable about the food and wine, and were more than happy to advise. We really enjoyed our stay, hopefully we'll be able to come again.

We are from Texas . We stayed here with our friends from London, while hiking the wall. The hotel staff went above and beyond in their services. The staff was cheerful and extremely helpful. Denisa took care of us, as did the rest of the crew in the restaurant. We would stay here again.