Our breakfast room was formerly the kitchen in Victorian/early 20th Century times, retaining the original sandstone surround for the former cooking range, now housing a cosy Jøtul wood burning stove, lit in the colder months.
Our award-winning breakfasts include a diverse range to suit all palates including vegetarians. Quality, locally sourced produce is used on our menu including Carters of Bamburgh (one of Rick Stein’s Food Heroes) and world famous Craster kippers from L Robson and Sons. We are very proud to be members of the Produced in Northumberland accredited scheme. In addition to our cooked variety, we provide freshly prepared fruit, natural yoghurt, homemade muesli, cereals, toast and our own homemade preserves. We serve a selection of Ringtons teas/herbal teas or `Daily Bread’ roasted and freshly-ground coffee, from Pilgrims Coffee on Holy Island.
Due to social distancing rules, we have provided two tables of two which are around 2 metres apart and two sets of guests can be seated at a safe distance. The larger of the two tables can seat four but this would only apply to guests who are in a household bubble . We ask that your breakfast choices and chosen time is pre-ordered the night before (as per pre-COVID arrangements) to ensure that it is served freshly-cooked-to-order and to your exact requirements. Although we can accommodate two sets of guests in the Breakfast Room, there will still be the option of staggered breakfast times, between 8 am and 9.30 am. Each table has it’s own little buffet area.
We grow most of our own herbs and nasturtiums; these colourful edible flowers and peppery leaves are used to decorate our breakfast dishes and are edible too! Our own homemade soda bread is also available by prior notice. This can be put in the special instructions if booking online or mention this if telephoning.
*We do not normally serve cooked breakfasts earlier than 8.00 am. If you require an early start, then alternative arrangements MUST be discussed with us PRIOR to making a reservation, please.
We can usually accommodate special diets such as gluten-free, dairy-free, coeliac and vegan with advance notice, please. This is so we can make any preparations and obtain any necessary ingredients to meet your needs. Prescription foodstuffs such as gluten-free, soya/dairy-free can be brought with you if possible. If booking online, please put any requirements like this under Special Instructions or telephone us if you would rather speak to someone!
We are a meat-focused establishment with our breakfast menu primarily featuring meat, fish and eggs. If we are required to purchase prescription and special foodstuffs (in addition to that already offered), then the cost of any extra items (e.g. dairy-free spreads, gluten-free products) will be charged to your room. Likewise with vegan diets as we provide a separate bespoke menu which requires special foodstuffs to be purchased outside our standard breakfast menu. Our Vegan breakfast menu is £5 per person, per day. Please discuss with us before making a reservation.
Coeliac, nut or wheat allergies: We use nut and wheat products every day in our kitchen and breakfast room and whilst we ensure every care is taken to avoid contamination with nuts or seeds, we cannot guarantee this. This also applies to coeliacs; we cannot guarantee fully that there will be no cross contamination with gluten products.
We are sorry but we do not provide evening meals.
There are eating establishments locally and many lovely establishments a short drive/taxi ride away. Due to social distancing measures, establishments are running at reduced capacity and it is strongly advised that you pre-book for supper. We have an extensive list of local gastro pubs/restaurants under our `Local Area’ page on our website. If you have any particular requirements or any questions about where you can dine or would like us to recommend somewhere, then please just give us a call or email us and we will assist you where we can!
We are keen supporters of shopping locally and aim to be as environmentally friendly wherever possible to reduce food mileage and waste. This also helps our small, independent businesses, market towns and local economy to thrive. This applies also to recycling; paper, plastic, bottles, tins, cardboard and garden waste are recycled. We also re-use newspapers – for lighting our two stoves and also very useful for stuffing wet walking boots!
All our marmalade, jams and muesli are homemade on the premises. The fruit used to make our jams are very local! Blackberries are hand-picked by ourselves, from the wild bushes in and around Belford in the Autumn season and raspberries/strawberries are handpicked by us in the summer months from a local farm. Our ground coffee from Pilgrims on Holy Island, is delivered to us in large reusable plastic tubs. When we need more, refillables come in biodegradable packets which can then be composted. Our local suppliers extend to our environmentally-friendly coffee pods for the guest room Nespresso machines which are also biodegradable. We no longer use plastic bottled water in our rooms, refillable recycled glass bottles are filled using our wonderfully pure Northumberland tap water!
R. Carter & Son, Bamburgh
Chain Bridge Honey Farm, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Coffee & Kin, Alnwick
L. Robson & Sons, Craster
Ringtons, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Pilgrims Coffee, Holy Island
Trotters Bakers, Seahouses
