Everything we serve is cooked from scratch in our own kitchen, and the blackboard menu changes with the seasons — Northumbrian lamb and beef, game in autumn, fish from the coast, and herbs, vegetables and soft fruit from the cottage gardens.
Lunch is served 12–2 and dinner 6–8, Wednesday to Sunday, with Sunday lunch a fixture for miles around. We’re a small kitchen in a quiet village, so booking a table is always a good idea.
No fuss and no foams, just generous plates of proper food, cooked the way it always has been at the Pheasant. Think pies with crisp pastry and rich gravy, tender Northumbrian lamb, a Sunday roast with all the trimmings and puddings worth saving room for.
It’s the kind of cooking that brings regulars back week after week, and has walkers planning their route around lunch.
Real ales by the fire in two oak-beamed bars.
Sunday roasts from 12 — please book.
Tables fill quickly, so please book ahead.
Closed Monday & Tuesday — residents’ breakfast is served every morning as usual.
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The questions we’re asked most about eating and drinking at the Pheasant. To book a table, or for anything else, give us a call.
We strongly recommend it. We’re a small kitchen in a quiet village and we do fill up, particularly at weekends and through the summer. Tables are booked by phone on 01434 240 382.
Lunch is served 12–2 and dinner 6–8, Wednesday to Sunday. The bars are open 12–3 and 5.30–10.30 on those days. We’re closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, although residents’ breakfast is served as usual.
Yes — our Sunday roasts are served from 12 until 2. It’s the busiest sitting of the week, so please call 01434 240 382 to book a table.
Yes. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes are always available, and we can work around most other requirements — just tell us when you book and the kitchen will look after you.
We’re sorry, but we don’t take dogs anywhere in the inn, including the bar. Assistance dogs are welcome by prior arrangement — please contact us before your visit so that we can make the necessary arrangements.
Pull up a chair by the fire for lunch or dinner — or stay the night in one of our eight en-suite rooms and let breakfast take care of itself.
