The Blackbird Inn

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Fantastic Sunday Roast, rare roast beef was perfect. Lovely wine & fabulous staff. Pub, nice & busy, so wise to book ahead. Will definitely come back.

We dine at the Blackbird quite regularly and have always received great food and excellent service. My elderly mother who recently moved back to the north east to live always takes visiting relatives to the Blackbird to eat, she loves the gallery room.

I like this place, food is good but the service is slow. If they just told you it was going to take so long, but 45 mins?! Nevertheless I like it and recommend it.

The Blackbird in Ponteland is a fantastic venue for a meal or a drink, the staff are outstanding and the atmosphere is brilliant, highly recommended.

Great atmosphere, lovely building and decoration. Fantastic food, very reasonably priced. Staff friendly, helpful and accommodating nothing was too much trouble. Well worth a visit.

excellent good service lovely atmosphere we would recommend anybody to go and try - i met a friend i hadn't seen for 47 years - lovely experience

Nice atmosphere in the bar area but let down badly by very poor food. Ordered the prawn salad starter and it was literally a gem lettuce cut in half with a handful of prawns scattered around. Won't be back for food!

Served piping hot. Lovely vegetables and plenty meat. Lovely surroundings. Favourite place for a Sunday lunch. The service was very good. Will definitely return. Highly recommended.

Lovely setting and excellent service. Food is top end, definitely restaurant quality rather than pub grub. The children's portions are a good size and the bar staff know their stuff and very much involved in your drinks orders.

We had an absolutely delicious two course Sunday lunch, it would of been three courses but we were to full, the desserts sounded fab next time will definitely try one, especially the almond panna cotta with cherry ice cream. The pink prosecco complemented the meal perfectly. We will definitely be back!

We arrived for our table at 8.00m, the time we had booked. We eventually received our food at 9.15pm, after continually asking where it was. The waitress was very polite and apologetic and we were offered a discount on our food, but the wait was unacceptable

The food was good but the service very slow and the waitress failed to offer to fetch more drinks from the bar, top up the water jug or even bring the card machine over for payment (all of which we had to request after waiting patiently for longer than we'd typically expect to.)

Great food today at the blackbird. Majority of staff great, but could do with a little cooling in the restaurant area, hot day and temperature was through the roof

Excellent food, friendly staff with goo knowledge of food content. Good location with plenty of parking space. Definitely will come back in the near future.

The food was excellent and the service was efficient. There was an atmosphere of warmth and welcome. The menu was wide ranging and I have every intention of returning

The visit was disappointing, we waited for 10 mins at a table we had booked to order but no staff came. So we had to go to the bar and order ourselves. This happened with drinks, main course and dessert. The inn and room was almost empty. Staff just seemed to be chatting amongst themselves behind the bar. The food was nice though

Lovely pub, excellent staff and yummy food - not to mention an amazing selection of gin! Would definitely visit again with our family and friends.

Went for family lunch (3 generations) good range of high quality meals and lighter bites so something for all. Would advise booking a table as popular place.

We had a great lunch at the Blackbird Inn. It was a busy Sunday lunch service. Staff were cheerful and food was lovely and reasonably priced.

Great pre-Christmas get together with colleagues. Good food, good service, good drinks. All together a great venue (upstairs restaurant). The overall experience was one we all enjoyed.

Everything was fabulous! The food, the service, the staff were all top notch and we'll certainly be back! In fact the plan is to bring the whole family next time!

Very good overall. Very good food and very friendly service. If I had to find any criticism , it would be that the starters are perhaps a bit overpriced ; and the skinny fries, while very tasty, came with a bit too much salt on them for our personal taste. But overall a very good meal and we shall be happy to return.

We all enjoyed our meals, a Dunday lunch. The Yorkshire puddings were a little well done, but the meal still tasted lovely. Would go back.

Good atmosphere upstairs in the restaurant with large tables and comfortable chairs. Nice food and great beer. Very friendly and helpful staff, good efficient service.

Buzzing atmosphere in historic looking pub. Because it was busy, service was slightly slow but the food was worth the wait, not massive portions, more about quality and taste. The staff were very attentive and friendly, will be back!

Great food, beautiful decor and friendly staff. Have been to this restaurant before and every dish I have tasted has been delicious. Lots of free parking.

As usual the restaurant gives us more than expected. So glad to see the blackbird back up there as one of ponetelands best pubs and restaurants.

Excellent- superb food and attentive service made for a very enjoyable evening, also a good selection of Gins and a good wine list we had the old vine Zinfandel