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Reviews of The Black Bull Inn

4 out of 5
The Black Bull Inn
2-4 Main Street, Lowick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

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10/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Lauren

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel. Conveniently located for Northumberland. Great breakfast and dinner. Very friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect - six out of five!
A blissfull Nortumberland sanctuary. Quality fittings and finish throughout and the menu is served fresh and piping to order, generous portions, perfect cuisine. Cannot fault it. Outperforms places priced way higher. Perfect journey break on our way North for us. We will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Philip

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice room But the speaker for the dining room music was on the ceiling under our room So no chance of an early night from us having an early start The the next morning music playing from 7:30 am so no lay in either
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Warm welcome at this refurbished comfortable village pud. Good atmosphere with excellent food and drink.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Garry

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice place to stop to split a long drive down south. Really good location for exploring more locally and good drinks and food in the pub. Definitely will be back.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

SUSAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We have stopped at the Bull for past 3 years. Great stay everytime. The staff are fabulous at looking after us. The chef goes above and beyond with my gluten and lactose intolerance. Meals out this world. The accommodation is exellent, elegance in design and decoration. Very, very clean. Lovely village setting and central to visit Northumberland. Seahouses, Eyemonth or going on train to Edinburgh. Will to visiting in the future. 5 star holiday. One word fabulous. Feel at home when stopping at the Bull. 😍
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Amanda

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our 'welcome' was not overly friendly but the property has been modernised with newly refurbished and tasteful rooms. Also very clean. Lots of accessible power points in room and generous tea & coffee supplies plus free water bottles. Room would benefit from coat hooks behind door, and somewhere to put toiletries in bathroom. Also a proper chair would be more useful than a stool. Cooked breakfasts are ordered off a menu with decent choices made to order. Pastries and fruit to have with yoghurt would improve the offering.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Wendy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay
The Inn was very tastefully decorated, the room we stayed in was nice the only issue we had with it was the shower was very small. Handing in the key I couldn’t find anyone to hand it to so called out to anyone in the kitchen where I was told “well you will have to wait”! VERY RUDE!! Not a nice end to to a nice stay .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
September away days
Very comfortable stay at Black Bull - ideal location for visiting around the area, Bamburgh , Lindisfarne, Seahouses - a lovely few days, good food and friendly helpful staff - thank you
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lwson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Howard

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pennie

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

R. David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent country Inn
Overnight stay. Second visit to the Black Bull. Staff friendly. Would love to return.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All round excellence
Great location. Room excellent. Service was second to none. Sunday roast were brilliant, the game starters were excellent as was the fish whether pain cod & chips or gourmet sea bream. Breakfast were huge. Off the tourist coastal trails bur handy for Chillingham wild cattle.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Forbes

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Janet

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Callum

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Deborah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay inly stayed one night wish we had booked more, close to attractions. Clean, beautiful decor and friendly staff. Food excellent will be returning. Great find.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jules

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant short stay.
Cosy and welcoming, the bedroom was very well appointed and full of character. Breakfast was excellent but personally struggled for choice on the evening menu, but that is personal to my tastes. Opted for the fish & chips but just average but the Black Bull burger was good. The real ale was perfect. Lovely one night stay in a deluxe room in lovely rural Lowick Northumberland.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Black Bull
Had a great stay at The Black Bull. The food was delicious and an excellent breakfast
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect pub
The Black Bull is just the type of pub you would like to find at the end of a summer's day. Relaxed decor, delicious food and helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All aspects of the Black Bull from hotel itself to food, staff and location were brilliant. The only problem was you cannot check in before 4pm. We arrived at 3.40pm and were not allowed even into the building. We sat in the car park. Not the best welcome. Maybe an overzealous member of staff abiding by the booking in time, but thankfully following that episode, everything else was magnificent.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What a great place to stay!
We loved this stop on our trip, the Inn is very nicely decorated throughout with a cosy bar, great seating areas inside & out and the rooms are really great. The food in the restaurant offers an excellent choice and the portions are a really good size, and extremely tasty, and the breakfast has such a great choose. Staff are all very friendly and helpful so we would go back in a heartbeat, highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent country pub.
The Black Bull is a wonderful place to stay whilst in Northumberland. The rooms are modern, well furnished and clean. The staff are friendly and caring. At breakfast there is a good selection of dishes, all good quality food. The only complaint we had was the length of time it took to be served dinner. Whether they had staffing problems that night I don't know, but from arriving, and the table was pre-booked, it took about an hour for us too get our food. When it came through, it was delicious.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Frances

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jackie

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

R. David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Hotel
Lovely stay. Room and meals excellent. Staff friendly.Hope to return.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Great place to stay easy to find. Beautifully furnished and very comfortable. Breakfast was great and evening meal excellent. Great staff. Nothing too much bother.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Duncan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hotel
Very friendly staff and the room was very comfortable. Breakfast was excellent and good choice of drinks in the bar
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neill

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We needed a base to explore the area and the Black Bull Inn was ideal. The friendly staff made us feel at home, our room was comfortable and had refreshment facilities. The food was to a high standard and the choice was comprehensive. We would stay there again when revisiting the area. It is close to Lindisfarne,Holy Island and other interesting places such as Seahouses and Berwick upon Tweed.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nikita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing stay
Looked like it has only just been refurbed. Everything was spotless and looked new, also lovely bar area and amazing breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best pub with rooms I have stayed at.
Great pub with amazing rooms above. Such a nice place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malvern

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Russell

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023