The Blackbird Inn

Lovely meal and great service cant wait to come back

Stopped here for Sunday lunch on our way down to Newcastle. An excellent meal and quick service despite the pub being very busy. Would certainly come again. Thanks.

Fantastic food as always. Big portions though. Excellent choice of gin

Excellent service and ambiance, food ok but lamb a little tough

Great food lovely staff and a fantastic atmosphere set in a fantastic building

Great food and good service; enjoyed by children and adults alike.

Came today (29/12/19) for Sunday lunch with two besties and it was just an amazing visit from start to finish with ambience, our table upstairs, the service and food quality all being spot on. We will be back soon 😃

An enjoyable evening was had by all. Staff were friendly and efficient. The venue was very busy.

Very enjoyable visit across the board from service, food, value, staff and experience. Highly recommend and will be back.

Simply the best Sunday Lunch highly recommend. Lovely setting in the restaurant or bar

Amazing food with a lovely atmosphere. Wonderful polite staff. Great place had a fantastic time.

Very nice meal in lovely room upstairs, great service. I would recommend and we will be back.

Wonderful food and brilliant service. Would recommend without hesitation. Looking forward to going back.

Great pub, great atmosphere and fab food highly recommend .

Excellent service, food and really friendly staff, it was really busy but we were never rushed or had to wait for anything. Really impressive.

Great atmosphere, beef very good but vegetables rock hard, will be back

So nice to be away from TVs! Food. Excellent: tasty, interesting, very well cooked, good choice. Friendly and. Efficient service. Will return!

Booked for lunch to catch up with friends. The atmosphere was nice Christmas crackers on the tables. I ordered the chicken satay burger it was delicious. Good afternoon good food with friends

Great thank you for our Christmas work night out super 👍

There for Christmas lunch...service, food, atmosphere was great. Thank you.

We did not know that we were booked into the bar area not the restaurant

The waitress was helpful and attentive. We all enjoyed the food so would happily return for another visit.

Very nice for pub lunch, at a fair price 👍

Some of the party were a little cold due to the location of the table

First time here for Sunday lunch, which was beautiful with generous portions and lovely staff, be back again very soon.

Great atmosphere and good food and beer. What's not to like.

As always, great food and good service. Sunday lunches are very good

Food was exceptional and the general ambience of the pub/restaurant was lovely. Perhaps a slight bit rushed to order our food but they weren't pushy when we asked for more time to choose. Overall would definitely recommend.

Very nice meal at a good price - staff excellent

Really good food, lovely atmosphere, reasonable price, will be back!

This is our second visit to the Blackbird, with the same friends. Excellent food, we travelled from Washington ( Tyne and Wear) so quite a distance on a miserable wet night but worth the effort. We will return

Thoroughly enjoyed our evening. Thought desserts were rather expensive so did not partake, though we did have coffee with a mince pie, which was a lovely touch.

Will be returning as it was perfect for our first date.

Excellent service throughout and fantastic food. We will be back 😁

Catch up with girls very nice atmosphere food good but not when you are trying to cut the calories had a nice night staff excellent thank you

A thoroughly enjoyable evening. The staff were pleasant and helpful, the food was fresh, tasty and not overloaded with carbs. Most importantly they were able to supply a diabetic pudding, having been given a reasonable amount of notice. Could we perhaps find a diabetic dessert appearing on the menu at some point?

excellent experience, and food. busy but still with good staff and a vast choice

Fabulous Sunday dinner we will be back! Great portion sizes and choice of veg 😊

Sunday lunch was lovely. Beef cooked to our liking and a good selection of vegetables. Will certainly go back for Sunday lunch.

Really homely atmosphere and fab food, will most definitely be coming back!

Lovely food and good atmosphere. Will definitely go back again.

Great food, really busy place, booking essential on Sundays I would think

Good food and ambience for Sunday lunch and excellent service.

We had a lovely table and the place was busy with a good atmosphere. However the service was really poor. We ordered mains only and it took about 45 mins from ordering for them to arrive. The staff serving us barely said a word. Not what we’ve come to expect from The Blackbird. We also waited longer than expected for desserts to arrive. The food itself was very average and none of us were particularly impressed. Such a shame as this was for my fathers birthday and we’ve had good experiences previously. Sadly this visit has put us off returning any time soon.

Lovely surroundings, the open fire was most welcome after a chilly walk. The Sunday lunch was very tasty with a nice selection of veg and a very tempting choice of puddings. Will definitely be returning

Good food, efficient friendly service. Our American guests thought it was the best meal.

Fab food and service, can't wait to come back! Thank you

superb food in a lovely location !! top rated Sunday lunch.

Excellent service excellent food! We’ll be back soon . Thank you!!

Downstairs bar very lively, but upstairs restaurant very quiet with some of the character of the original building (castle then manor house) still visible. Lovely food served upstairs accompanied by a fantastic 'bin end' 2015 Pauillac bordeaux. Excellent service. Highly recommended.