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. 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.
Breakfast is served at one communal table, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. *Guests have a choice of cooked breakfast times served at 8.00, 8.30, 9.00 and 9.30 am. We ask that your breakfast and chosen time is pre-ordered the night before to ensure that it is served freshly-cooked-to-order and to your exact requirements.
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 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.
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 on our menu), then the cost of any extra items will be charged to your room. Likewise with vegan diets as we provide a separate bespoke menu which requires special foodstuffs to be purchased. 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 do not provide evening meals. There are eating establishments in Belford and many a short drive/taxi ride away. Please go to the `Local Area’ section on our website where there is a comprehensive list of local gastro pubs/restaurants. We are happy to reserve a table(s) on your behalf, if you wish us to do this (recommended in the High Season).
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
