The Blackbird Inn

Wonderful atmosphere, great staff and always excellent food. This evening meal was as good as ever but their Sunday lunch is, in my opinion, the best in the north east!

A booked party of 7 and arrived on time. Wait of 1hour for starters another 30 mins for main course after prompting. Rushed dessert. Unacceptable!

Great food , service and atmosphere. Varied menu with choices for everyone. Will visit again . Staff are friendly , efficient and know the menu well .

Great setting, fabulous atmosphere and superb food. Waitress and bar staff very kind, courteous and attentive. Sprouts a bit hard but that’s today’s modern cuisine.

Service was excellent, food was incredible! Staff were very attentive and couldn’t do too much. Beautiful setting, cosy and well decorated for Christmas! Would recommend!

Great pub and lively atmosphere with a pretty restaurant sparkling with Christmas lights. We had the chicken liver pate and tempura king prawns for starters. Both were delicious. They were not too heavy leaving plenty room for the main meal. My partner had the Duck and I had the beef burger with chips. Very good too. The waitress was very pleasant and attentive. We will return!

Love this pub. Always busy with a good atmosphere. The Sunday dinner is one of the best I've ever had. Fresh , tasty and big portions!

Delicious roast lamb dinner. Fresh vegetables, fluffy roast potatoes, tender lamb. Good fish and chips. Nice serving staff who were smiling and polite. Reasonable price.

Delicious Sunday dinner with the family today. Simple kids menu which suited my daughter very well and the roast dinner was fantastic! Extra vegetables and gravy as standard! Friendly staff. Will be back!

Food choice is not huge but it’s all good. Plenty of gins to choose from. Staff are attentive and pleasant. Overall it’s been one of our favourite places to eat.

Great food, lovely location. Main courses were great value for money! Our second visit here, thouroughly impressed both times. We will certainly be visiting again!

Great food, amazing frangipane desert!! Really busy and noisy downstairs on a Friday night so if you want to be able to talk ask for a table upstairs. Great atmosphere though. Would definitely go again.

Great pub and restaurant , consistently good and incredibly friendly and helpful staff. Food choices excellent, all very tasty.Very cosy on a winters night and a good vibe.

We stopped at the Blackbird en route to Newcastle Airport as we wanted a good tasty lunch before flying and we reckoned we would not get that at a reasonable price at the airport. Wereally enjoyed the food at the Blackbird- tasty and good portions. Service was also great. We will definitely return if in the area again.

We went to the blackbird for Sunday lunch and booked in advance. Our order was taken fairly quickly but we then had to wait 45 minutes for our meal-2 roasts. I thought after all this time that they would be fresh but they weren't, everything had obviously been cooked previously and kept warm. Nothing tasted freshly cooked, especially the roast potatoes which were hard and very dry. I can't understand such a long wait for food to be served from a hot plate. Nothing on the meal was particularly awful but nothing was nice either and the long wait was unacceptable for what was served, no apology or explanation was given for the wait. The table behind us asked for the bill after waiting too long for their deserts, they only wanted a child's ice- cream! The serving staff were very friendly, but let down by the food and long wait. Would not return.

We booked as a family of 4 for lunch. Great menu choice, fab food with excellent and friendly service. Lovely ambience. Strongly recommend. We'll be back!

Called for Sunday lunch having booked 2 weeks in advance - lovely food with good presentation. Friendly staff - great atmosphere, very busy and will definitely return - Thankyou

Ordered 2 steaks, one meal was completely wrong and we were told that to put the order right would be 20 to 30 minutes wait. With one meal correct we were not prepared to sit and wait for the correct meal to be prepared. We accepted the incorrect meal for which we were charged £4 extra. This was not really acceptable as we were the only ones in the restaurant. We will go elsewhere in future. Steve Dugdall

It was very nice food in a lovely and pleasant environment. Attentive and friendly staff. I would highly recommend a visit if you are in the area.

Very very nice food lots of people in but this did not cause any problems to the service will be going back very soon brill place

Service was on the slow side, once the placing was order we waited 40 minutes. When I asked how much longer our food was going to be I was then told the "nut roast" which was order takes 25 minutes!! Which was not explained by the waitress when placing the order, the food was very good despise the poor service.

Hot, tasty, generous portions. Best Sunday lunch I've had out in a long time. The restaurant is lovely, both upstairs and down. Will definitely return.

Excellent meal - super service by friendly and attentive staff. Duck was superb. Only shame was the liver was not on the menu but the pork was lovely.

A very good menu with a wide choice, the result was a excellent meal well presented, served in very plesent surroundings served by very attentive staff.

First visit to The Blackbird and we found that it had a great atmosphere even though it was rather busy. Our part of four had different meals and all were satisfied by the standard of the food. We felt the menu was a little small with a limited choice and the main meals were only just warm enough. We will however try this restaurant again in the future.

We spent a very pleasant evening at the Blackbird - the service, food and wine were all first class, and on our experience we would certainly recommend eating here.

On arrival we were shown to a bar room table that was such a height as to require bar stools to sit and eat Sunday lunch which was totally unacceptable, we were then shown to a small table which was barely large enough to sit four people never mind the five that we had booked for, food orders were taken and the staff later informed us that there was a 40 minute delay to service. The table was too small to accommodate the drinks and the food so some drinks were needing to be placed on a ledge behind the bench seat, once the accompanying vegetables arrived it was difficult to accommodate these dishes too and the whole experience felt cramped. The waitress managed to pour the gravy from one of the plates she was serving into the lap of the guest she was standing beside. Not the best experience of dining and we will certainly be trying other establishments before trying this one again.

Sunday Lunch was fantastic. Staff were really great. Highly recommended for families. This place is well worth a visit. Good choice of drinks, especially real ales and gin.

first visit and we really enjoyed our meal. the staff were very friendly, and the food was lovely. I had fillet steak it was cooked perfectly to my liking, wife had chicken, and she loved it. were never hurried between courses and the sweet was worth waiting for. will definitely be back. only one minor criticism if any, with not having been before and not knowing were restaurant was, we entered through a packed bar and had to push through one way then back again. but don't let that put you off.

The Food wasexcellent and the waitress was excellent perfect service with a friendly manner. only fault was long waiting time for food but I realise that it was very busy

Dined in bar area, quiet Monday evening with few diners/customers but order took long time arriving. Food fresh, overdone batter spoilt appearance on 3 of our 5 mains, but tasty overall. Staff showed more attention once food arrived - could have been more proactive in keeping our party aware of the lengthy wait. Understood kitchen had been recently extended, but resulted in long wait time issues, hope that will resolve soon as food was generally good in both portions & taste.

Very Good attention to detail and Good Food as well. Very Good Customer Service and getting People Served and Sat Dowan was good. The Range of Beers and Drinks very Good indeed.

The service offered by the maitre 'd was second to none, restaurants staff were friendly and attentive without being too overwhelming. Sunday lunch was beautifully cooked, most enjoyable afternoon.

A goog sign - the [ub was busy. Our order was received within ten minutes - quite promising. Excellent Beef , Veg - particularly the parsnips and the Yorkshire Pudding was nice and crip.

We ate in the bar - cosy and nice atmosphere. Sunday lunch in order, very generous portions provided, food prepared to very high standard. Staff polite and efficient.

My starter looked like a work of art. Very attentive service from the time we arrived. A superb Sunday dinner and a great way to celebrate a family birthday.

Good atmosphere and good food. Our table was in the tunnel room and it was cosy. Slow roast rib of beef was delicious. Recommend the red Shiraz - perfect. Will be back.

After a fab experience the first time we were very disappointed waited ages for our food staff seemed to be in a muddle even the next table to us were not happy. We had our 83 yr old mother with us which was hard for her

Fab menu, fab food, lovely staff , excellent prices. Really enjoyed our meal. This is an excellent pub and we will definitely be back there is loads to choose from on the menu. The mango mousse with pineapple is absolutely gorgeous.

First time at Blackbird, meal was excellent as was service, parking was a problem but to be expected on a Sunday lunch time, but will definitely be back.