Northumberland
Wheelbirks Parlour

Wheelbirks Parlour

Wheelbirks Farm, NE43 7HY, Northumberland, United Kingdom

Cafe • Mexican • British • Vegetarian


"We love it here and come here often. My son loves the ice creams so much. The seating area for kids is lovely and separate from the rest of the seating, and it feels relaxed there. It can be very hot in the kids area on a hot day due to all the windows, but there’s lots of seating outside. The toys do often need updating/a clean but there’s a mix of bits there for the kids. More would definitely encourage more visitors though! The outdoor area has a slide and a swing and it’s beautiful. Lovely for the kids to see the animals and the view is stunning. The staff are always polite and helpful, we have visited countless times and I have never had anything but positive interactions with the staff. You can purchase drinks etc here to consume at canny crafty which is handy. They do serve sorbets but their menu in general is a bit limited for some dietary restrictions. We had some vegan friends who really struggled to choose a lunch that they would enjoy. We had paninis which were vegetarian which we enjoyed. I do wish they did a child’s portion of beans on toast, but we don’t really mind ordering the big one (it’s huge! . The milk isn’t pasterised but they do sign post this, so anyone with a weakened immune system/pregnant etc will be made aware. We love wheelbirks and think it’s a great, chilled day out. There’s some nice gifts in the shop too."

Newcastle House

Newcastle House

Front Street, NE65 7SS, Northumberland, United Kingdom

Sushi • Cafés • Kebab • Asiatic


"Gemma chef We went to the Newcastle house hotel in Rothbury after a lovely riverside walk and a wander through the town to see if we could get 4 nice coffees and 4 bacon sandwiches for brunch. We asked if it was possible as it was 11.10 am and breakfast finished at 11 yes no problem we were told. So the group including over 80s ordered coffees and sat down. Just before the coffees came the waitress came outside to tell us the chef was going on a break if we were ok to wait. It was a lovely hot day so we sat in the shade and waited. 25 minutes later another waitress came out to tell us sorry we can’t do bacon sandwiches after all we have these sandwiches though…. All lunches unfortunately which was a little early. I Explained we have sat here and waited for 35 minutes when we could have gone to any of the little cafes in rothbury for the exact same thing had we been told it wasn’t possible. Apparently Gemma the chef decided after her break to change her mind, absolutely not acceptable at all. Wouldn’t recommend at all when you can see we have oldies in the group and we checked first and we had the good manners to wait for your break to finish! Rude is not the word. The waitresses were both lovely but that was no help. The whole debacle was just time wasting and also in the whole time we waited there was only a total of 11 people sitting, I would have thought an order when no one is ordering anything other than drinks (tea and coffee) would have been great. The inside is shabby and in need of updating though looked clean, we didn’t use any facilities so can’t comment. The coffee was also not hot even though it’s from a machine so someone needs to get a grip of this place as we later wondered if that was why it was nearly empty. Won’t be back won’t recommend and definitely hope people take notice that at this hotel you definitely as a customer don’t come first!"