Reviews in Bamburgh

Asked to pre-book our meals for all three courses the day before and when we arrived they had lost our order. No worries. Starters and main meals were tasty and well presented. No Yorkshire pudding with your beef - this Yorkshire man was aghast! Paid the pound for a Yorkshire pudding for each member of our group. Had to wait 15 minutes to order dessert. 15 minutes later tea and coffee arrived but no pud. Reminded them of our order. Finished tea and coffee and still no dessert. Asked again and said it would come soon. 15 minutes later desserts arrived. Tasty they were but by this time we were ready for off. Pub not busy. £220 for five of us so not a cheap Sunday dinner. Captive audience with chalets and holiday apartments nearby but would think twice about returning when there are other nice village pubs nearby.

Delightful meal, Great service. A lovely chilled Sunday afternoon.

We are vegetarians and had the vegetarian sharing plate. It was lovely. The staff couldn’t be more helpful and the surroundings are very nice. Lovely to see dogs are welcome. We will be back.

Great meal especially the dessert

Excellent meal. Was spoiled by continuous barking dog. Our guests were not amused.

Very attentive and friendly service. Lovely home made food. Recommended!

Cosy atmosphere on a cold winter evening. Cheery staff and delicious food. Would not hesitate to recommend.

Great food, lovely staff

Excellent all round. Nice food, pleasant location. Staff second to none. If you have a dog, you'll be well taken care of. We will be coming back.

Great fish dishes

Excellent service and food was delicious.

I could not say enough great things about our afternoon. The staff were excellent and the food delicious. The apple desert was just adorable

Delicious meal, made to order. Good selection. Staff were so friendly.

Group of 15 pre booked. So easy to book and confirm menu in advance. Team so welcoming, attentive and friendly. Food - stunning in taste and presentation. Best Sunday roast out for many many years. Gluten Free family catered for well. This is my new place to visit when back home!

We had Sunday lunch and the food was delicious. Excellent quality beef, vegetables tasty and not over cooked, served with a flavoursome gravy. Puffing was an apple and cinnamon tart which was light and beautifully cooked. Staff friendly and obliging. Nice comfortable atmosphere.

Our friend booked a table for 6 at 2.30 pm on Remembrance Sunday, as she had eaten there before and had enjoyed the quality and service. Unfortunately our experience was somewhat different. We were warmly welcomed and shown to our table which was away from the main restaurant area. A very pleasant young man took our drinks order, which were delivered quickly. Our meal order was then taken. We had to wait some time before three roast beef dinners arrived and a further five minutes before a pork and lamb shank dinner was served. The roast dinner meals were barely warm and served on cold plates and one had one slice of beef, one two slices and the third three slices!! The pork and lamb were also barely warm. We were not asked if we wanted any horseradish, mint or indeed apple sauce and there was no stuffing with the pork. The three beef eaters had to start eating before the other two. When our friend asked for mint sauce that came immediately as it was obviously ready in the kitchen. Very disappointing to say the least. On a positive note the food was excellent and beautifully cooked. We also asked for a further round of drinks when the pork and lamb meals were served, unfortunately we never got those! The woman came to the table when we had all finished our meals to see if we had received the drinks. It was too late then. When we were asked if everything was satisfactory we told the young woman about our problems above. She apologised but told us the manager had left three weeks previously and had booked a party of over 20 people as if in spite and no telephone contact numbers! She had Melissa's email and could have contacted her to explain the situation and we could have moved the time of our meal. We weren't asked if we wanted desserts and the woman said when we were ready to pay we would receive a 10% discount. We felt as though she wanted to see the back of us! It was obvious the large party took preference over our booking. Very disappointing. Maria Murphy smurf1953.mem@gmail.com

Unfortunately we will not be returning We booked a table for Sunday 12 November at 4.30 pm on October 16 as we were going to be on holiday -we were really looking forward to eating at the Apple Inn Despite booking early the table reserved for our booking was pushed away in one of the smaller rooms - we were given another table when we asked to be moved We ordered a trio of meats -we were told that there was no beef left but would be given extra piece of pork belly we also ordered extra side of cauliflower cheese and told this was not available as was the apricot stuffing not available -we were given an extra portion of pigs in blankets I had asked asked for gravy on the side when the meal arrived it was covered in gravy ! The meal was taken away and was returned without gravy as requested my husband did start his meal minus the buttered greens which only arrived when reminded we hadn’t received them halfway through his meal. We did speak to the manageress who only reiterated that food was only subject to availability and wasn’t concerned about the poor experience we had received We holiday frequently here in Northumberland and The Apple Inn is now off our list of restaurants to visit Very poor show

Lovely Sunday lunch, great atmosphere and fantastic service especially considering the large party that was in mid afternoon. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff.