Huge room with lots of facilities for tea, coffee, hot chocolate etc plus a small jar with some nice biscuits in. The restaurant seems to be a bit of a foodie destination and the food, although not cheap, is really good. There’s also a lovely courtyard out the back with big bird feeders in which is full of wildlife and very pleasant.

The system for breakfast isn’t great. Rather than a buffet system for cereals and drinks everything is waiter service. This means the staff are run off their feet and also you end up waiting for everything - so breakfast takes ages. The dining room is huge and could easily accommodate a buffet table so am not sure why it’s like this.

Lovely hotel, good location. Welcome on arrival in the bar and friendliness during stay and on departure was excellent - lovely people. Room (in main building) was comfortable and clean. Bit of noise from other guests, but to be expected given age of the building. Very good restaurant for dinner and breakfast. The observatory behind the hotel provides an excellent beginners guide to astronomy (main reason for staying), with a great teacher.

Menu was veggie friendly, but more vegan options on the menu would be great. Only plant-based milk alternative was soya, which is a common allergenic - option of oat would be good.

This is a lovely hotel. We stayed for one night to visit the Dark Sky Observatory that they have on-site, and were very pleased with the accommodation. The hotel has been nicely modernised while still keeping the character of the original buildings. The food is very good - we had dinner the night we arrived and breakfast the next morning and both were excellent. WiFi is good, parking is easy and visiting the Observatory was very enjoyable. The staff deserve a special mention, they were friendly and helpful, but also very efficient. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

I liked a lot the food offered for breakfasts and dinners. It was very nice and some dishes were exceptional. I loved the beef cheek, for example. The room was clean and quiet, it was nice to sleep without any distraction at all. There are lovely routes for hiking around the place, and we tried one of them. Also, there are easily accessible by car historical sights related to the Roman Empire in just 8-15 miles away from the hotel. Battlesteads is a lovely place!

It is hard to come up with something which I did not like about the place.

The place was clean and warm, the bar staff were never in the bar ,seems as tho he or she mainly he is away doing something else , also the barman seemed a bit off with u . Also my biggest complaint was the price of an average bottle of wine 26.90 , the food cajun chicken was not spicy and undercooked just all placed in a shallow bowl with the chips and lettuce very expensive 4 a pub meal ,we got a £3.00 discount 4 this , also i did not know u could not stoak the fire in bar and i was spoken to like a child for doing so ,very disappointed with my stay

The surrounding area

Whilst exploring Northumberland and surrounding area, my father and I stayed for three nights at Battlesteads Hotel. The room was comfortable and maintained everyday with a range of complimentary tea, coffee and delicious biscuits to choose from. The food at the hotel was fantastic: there was a good choice on offer for breakfast each morning and the evening meals were delicious and of high quality. A big thankyou to the team at Battlesteads for such a welcome and pleasant stay. From the cleaners who maintained our rooms and gave a cheery ‘good morning’ to us each morning as we got up for breakfast, to the Reception, bar and restaurant staff who were always friendly, polite and extremely helpful. They went above and beyond to help my father to arrange vehicle recovery when his motorcycle broke down and the maintenance worker on site also took his time to try and help resolve the issue. We genuinely felt welcome and will certainly be recommending Battlesteads to any family or friends intending to visit the area in the future.

Nothing

Had a lovely 1 night stay at Battlesteads. The bed was the most comfortable bed I have slept in! Great facilities in the room, including teas, coffees, fresh fruit and biscuits. I ate in the restaurant too and the food was delicious. The village itself is beautiful and I had a thoroughly enjoyable stomp by the riverside before dinner. There is a leaflet on walks by reception as well as other local attractions. I had booked into the dark sky observatory for the evening which was the purpose of my visit bit it was too cloudy to see anything which was a massive shame, but we can't control the weather!

The room was advertised as a small room, but was quite spacious and very comfortable. Breakfast was excellent - the homemade black pudding, exceptional. Dinner was a little pricey but excellent quality Staff fantastic and attentive The main reason for our stay was the attached observatory, which gave a superb talk on the wonders of the solar system. Only a pity that the rain stopped us from seeing anything through the telescope!

Nothing that the hotel had control of. Rain, no Sunday service on the buses etc

We hadn't actually expected much from this hotel, as it was kind of a stop off on the way home from our road trip, and when we went in we thought 'okay, this is fine.' But the staff were immediately brilliant, and the room was superb - clean, tidy, comfortable, and with some excellent add-on basics, such as proper milk, a tea pot, fresh fruit, tissues, washing flannels, and a jacuzzi bath. Superb. Then we went for a pint in the garden, and after a few ropey beers during this trip the ale in Battlesteads was superb - well kept, and tasty. The garden was magnificent, with lots of areas to sit, flowers and wildlife everywhere, and in the evening sunshine we were delighted to watch the birds fly around the myriad of feeders. The sustainability aspects of the hotel were great, and visible everywhere. There was a sense of real pride about it. The evening meal was terrific. Again, we hadn't realised that the hotel had such "gastro-chops", but my wife had two starters which were amazing, with the plates decorated with fresh edible flowers from the garden, and my cajun chicken was superb. We had a cheeseboard for dessert, which was made up of local cheeses from just down the road. That night the room was comfortable and wonderfully quiet, with the only sound being an owl patrolling around the village in the wee hours. Restful and relaxing. Breakfast the following morning was equally fantastic, with a delicious smoked fish omelette to scratch my wife's kedgeree cravings, and my Northumberland grill was perfect, with local produce perfectly cooked. Can't fault it. Throughout the stay we were looked after wonderfully by excellent staff, and a good number of them too. From the younger ones through to the older professionals, everyone was friendly, efficient, fun and ready to look after your needs. There was an unobtrusive sense that we were valued guests, which was superb. We've already rebooked for another stay later this year.

Can't fault anything - all superb.

The hotel was clean, tidy, and comfortable. The room had everything you would need. Iron, ironing board, kettle with tea and coffee facilities. There was also the perk of fruit and biscuits left for the guests. Being a female in a hotel room alone, i liked the fact the hotel was locked after a certain time, and only guests with a fob could access the premises. .

I can't fault this hotel. Some would say the service is slightly slow, but the employees carry out multiple rolls in the hotel so understanding. I was on a leisure break so didn't worry me.