Reviews of The Blackbird Inn (1,451)
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Lovely food and great customer service, Sunday dinner is excellant.
Food/drinks/staff very good..... a bit slow on service of food
Great Sunday lunch as usual, very good service and nice atmosphere
Great service and lovely atmosphere. Very warm inside the teepee.
Great food staff and atmosphere. Feels very safe during this time
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Great food along with a great atmosphere and very attentive staff
Great as usual and great beer, Blackbird bitter. Mick Miller
great service would highly recommend sunday lunch and we will be going back to try the other menu
Great food, safe environment, friendly attentive staff. Let’s hope we can come back soon. 👏👏
Amazing food. Fantastic atmosphere. Wonderful service. Will definitely be back!
I went with my elderly parents, and they thought the food was fabulous.
Amazing sunday lunch once again whole experience was great definitely be booking again
Lunch time visit. Covid restrictions strictly enforced. Felt safe. Food very good. Staff attentive and friendly. All contributed to a positive experience.
The experience was nice but we were in the the restaurant in the bottom right hand corner table the diner on the table to our left was less than a metre from our table and it made us feel uncomfortable and did not conform to Covid 19 guidelines.
Friendly, professional. Prompt service. The restaurant was busy but the service was still good
So good we are to book again for next month
Excellent food and service can’t wait to go back again
Excellent food, excellent Covid awareness, excellent communication , excellent family celebration ! 😍
Located in the wee village of ponteland the blackbird has the rustic charm of a countryside pub .upon entering a warm greeting was recieved and we were shown to our table in the restaurant with the low curved ceilings again with fabulous rustic charm,the menu was quite difficult to read as the additional info was in yellow ink which disappeared however the food was fabulous I had vegan burger with chunky chips absolutely delicious all in all well worth a visit
Lovely friendly atmosphere... well COVID-19 organised too. Good choice of food
Tables were well spaced, food was nice and the staff were efficient.
Seated and served drinks and order taken timely. However 4 starters on menu and at time of ordering there was no soup of the day left. 2 people ordered the terrine to be told some 20 minutes later there was only 1 terrine and the other person was advised to take another starter. Starters came after another 15 minutes. It was not until after 7.45 that the mains came which I can say were okay though my husbands burger and bun did look burnt. During our wait we ordered more drinks which were 4 diet cokes and unbelievably they came to the table in 4 different glasses of which one was clearly smaller. When queried this I was told they couldn't find any glasses and I had to ask for the measure to be made up. We were not offered any desert because our time slot was up. Poor do overall and it wrong to use covid as a reason. It is actually taking too many bookings than they can reasonable cope with.
Always a welcome at the blackbird!! Lovely staff, tasty food and great beers! Can’t ask for more! Thanks guys!
Very impressed with the level of cleanliness and attentiveness of staff. Tepee outside was a brilliant idea.
Food was amazing and service was very good as usual
Great atmosphere, fab food and very pleasant smiley staff. We all felt very relaxed, which is commendable to the Blackbird staff for all their efforts during this pandemic. Very well run and first class service and food. Thank you for helping make our experience feel more normal during these difficult times. Happy customers who will most definitely return 😁
Great place, staff and food. Would definitely go back to eat there.
Decent pub food, good atmosphere and the staff were really nice.
Delicious meal last night. Really great service from our waitress. You couldn’t fault it! Re booked for next week. Thanks guys.
Delicious meal last night. Really great service from our waitress. You couldn’t fault it! Re booked for next week. Thanks guys.
Brilliant covid procedures staff all have visors. Both service & food was fantastic! A lovely day out with my mum at last in these crazy times 😀
Great service, food and ambience all within the Covid guide lines. Will definitely return.
An excellent experience set in the dining room with very good service and a superb meal.
Really friendly staff working hard during a really busy period. Food was lovely too!
Excellent ambience, brilliant customer service and great food . And it felt safe
First meal out since restaurants reopened. Very clear signage and made to feel comfortable by staff who talked us through new procedures. Staff were lovely and food was really tasty!
Very tasty food and fantastic service provided. Thank you very much
Great service, great food and good atmosphere. Much busier than I thought it would be post lockdown but well organised and clean.
Ambiance suffered as COVID safe and rather empty. Good safety measures in place and lovely service. Limited menu but cooked well.
Very pleasant, good food, excellent service and nice atmosphere. Recommended.
Good food, good service, under the current situation, it was a good experience.
We’ve been coming to the Blackbird for years, and the food has always been brilliant. But the on last 2 visits, one just before lockdown and the other after, The food just isn’t as good as it used to be. It was lacking flavour yesterday and just a bit basic. Which is a shame, as it’s usually lovely. We’ll still come back, but maybes not for Sunday lunch.
Very safe visit with excellent food and service great staff
Very well organised for social distancing etc Normal excellent Sunday lunch, large portions of beef and all the trimmings
Amazing service Staff very efficient,friendly and courteous. Exceptionally cleanliness throughout the building.We will be back!
Had a great experience- food was amazing and felt very safe and well run
Really well organised given the measures that were required. Great service & lovely meal.
Had we realised that the menu was only really takeaway options we wouldn’t have made the effort to dress up and come out
it was nice well organised and safe . food was nice
excellent service with good pub food ..we'll be back ...
Great food and service would highly recommend We will be back