We spent the night at the Doubletree before a 6:00 flight the following day. For an early flight…read morethe location can't be beat. It isn't physically connected to the airport as with other airport hotels, but it is a very short walk. It is also very close to the train station. I booked my room too late, and unfortunately paid a small fortune for it. Despite the price we had a nice stay. The staff greeted us at check-in and offered iced lollies to my two kids. We were also given warm chocolate chip walnut cookies, which I thought was a nice touch. Our room was large and the beds comfortable. One wall was floor-to-ceiling windows with a scenic view over the airport parking lot. The curtains were thick and did a good job of blocking out the light. We had fish and chips at the bar downstairs near the reception and it was decent. Overall this is a place worth staying at if your travel plans include awkward flight times.

Fantastic location, friendly & professional team, fantastic restaurant in the lobby!! Italian - we…read morehad the flatbread, pasta, and dessert. Chefs did an amazing job and you can view the kitchen from the dining room. Overall - Convenient, clean, and comfortable! I'll be back again

Orrigionaly called the North Seaton Hotel it was always known as the White Elephant. This was…read morebecause for the first few years there were no houses in the area and the place stood empty. Several years ago when the building was refurbished it stoped being a hotel and carried on as a pub with the new name The Elephant Its just been decorated but keeps its old style. Ashington Jazz Club meet there every first wednesday of the month

An old bar in middle of Ashington Hirst area been around for a long in the town. A great little bar…read morethat has recently been refurbished to a high standard. There is a small function room available upstairs but is small and an odd shape with a very small stage in a bay window. Being an old building the whole place has a bit of strange layout but other than that I nice little place for a drink. At one time there was a number of rooms available to stay in but I believe these are no longer rented out and that it is just a bar nowadays but I'm not one hundred percent sure since he refurbishment if there is now guest rooms available.

Located in a business center (I think P&G is the local corporate tenant), the location is about a…read more30 Pound cab ride from the airport and about 20 minutes from downtown Newcastle. Business travelers will find A full health club, a great English pub, a Starbucks and a Buca di Beppo in the lounge of this 3-story facility. If you haven't been to Europe, there are a few oddities you might never have experienced. First, there are no key cards here. You get a real key with an odd looking keychain. The chain acts like a master switch to the lights and TV. SO if you arrive at night and the door slams shut, you will be truly groping in the dark and wondering why the light switch does not work.. If this happens, open the door to the hall to let light in the room. Find the "thingamajiggy" on the wall and insert your key chain. Now flip on the switches. Newcastle can be fairly dark and the lighting is still pretty dark. Make sure you also turn on each outlet. No doubt after a long travel your phone might need charging and you don't want to find out that your phone is not charging just because you didn't flip the switch. The room is large enough and the bathroom is a decent size with heated towel racks. The gym is full service and very popular in the area. You will find many of the locals coming and going after work. Also the restaurant and pub are well utilized every day of the week. The Victory pub is probably where you would want to eat as service is a little faster and you can get more local fare. We ate at Buca di Beppo one night for variety and comfort food one night. The dishes were basic but different from the American menus. Highly recommend if you are strictly here for business and will not need to be in downtown Newcastle.

I stayed overnight here during a flying visit to Newcastle for the Rugby World Cup. The hotel is…read morelocated quite a distance from Newcastle City Centre, requiring a 30 minute journey by Metro & bus or a £20 cab ride. The hotel itself is a bit of a mixed bag, the ground floor reception area with bar & restaurant feels quite modern (I figured it must've had a recent refit) but the rooms were starting to show their age. The bathroom in my room in particular was looking a bit rough around the edges. The room was warm & fairly quiet, facilitating a fairly sound sleep, although there was some noise creeping in from surrounding rooms. There were signs stating they offered WiFi throughout the hotel, but I didn't use it. The health club looked fairly modern & there seemed to be a good number of locals using it. Despite the hotel being full over the weekend, the staff throughout where very friendly & helpful, they really did give a great account of themselves. All in all this was a decent, if short, visit to the hotel. I'd struggle to recommend the hotel to visitors simply because of its location, but if you were visiting the business park for work then I'd say you're best to stay here.

Our food came 40+ minutes after ordering. the jumbo dog in the menu said it came with chilli and…read morecheese and came with only onions. the nachos came from a packet and were a small portion. they came after almost an hour. how long can nachos take? my mothers burger was extremely spicy without being listed which is an issue due to being intolerant. the chicken was extremely tough to the extent that it couldnt be eaten. it was also very expensive for the quality.

Travelling home from Scotland we needed a break and a bite to eat. Coming off the main road we…read morefound this, initially quiet, pub. I say quiet as it was early lunch time and it did fill up considerably with a wake. However, service was so friendly and quick. We chose a sharing platter having asked what it included as there were smaller, single, choices. We were told it consisted of a bit of each of the single platters ?????? LOL. Not quite true as it consisted of the quantity of the smaller platters on one tray. Totally brilliant. It astounds me that above the Watford Gap prices go lower but quantity rises. We are fleeced in the south. Really nice, friendly pub with fantastic service. Guys it was a nice break from our journey, thank you. Oh yeh, btw, even as oldies your music is a fantastic choice.

Arrival time/date at Hotel Bar: Thursday 6th October 2011 at approx. 7pm…read moreDisgusting Bar Service and Overpriced Drinks After enjoying a recent few nights at the Premier Inn at Macclesfield North, my wife and I were impressed with this hotel group. We therefore decided to stop fro a drink at a north east Premier Inn before catching a flight from Newcastle Airport. I ordered a pint of Bombadier beer for myself and a vodka and orange for my wife. The barman asked if my wife would like to 'double up' on her vodka. She said yes, primarily because in the north east region a 'double up' usually costs just an extra pound. We both noticed that the barman put the first measure through an optic from a Smirnoff Blue vodka bottle and the second from an unrecognisable vodka bottle which looked like a cheap and dubious 'house' vodka. I was immediately disgusted by the young dark-haired barman who seemed to have a cocky attitude. He then asked for about £9.70 for the drinks. I said that I was disappointed with such a high price and said that he should warn customers about high prices for doubles in future. He shrugged his shoulders, grinned and said: Not my fault I only work here. I then politely pointed out that we were dissatisfied and that if there was a competence problem at the hotel bar, it was down to him, not his management. He giggled and again made the same inane remark: I only work here. We paid, we drank our drinks and then left the hotel, which used to be known at one time as the Wheatsheaf Hotel. We will never return to this hotel. We feel cheated and we consider that the barman was perhaps not a decent, honest man. If you don't wish to pay through the nose, or receive a dubious mixture of known and unknown brands in your glass, or to be treated in such a cavalier 'couldn't care less attitude' by incompetent ignorant bar staff, then this is a hotel bar that you should perhaps avoid. Zero marks for whoever recruits and trains the staff here.

Novotel has become a regular haunt for me since I gave up the country pursuits of my previous home…read morefrom home. At first, my thoughts were, it's OK. OK as in OK. Average. That'll do. But slowly, there are little things that have made me like the place more and more. Sure, it's still average, it isn't going to make for a memorable experience, but it is comfortable and relatively well maintained. I'm in here every week, and it's nice that from the 2nd/3rd week in, the staff knew my name. My previous stay, I barely registered over 3 months of weekly visits. I stay in the superior rooms, which have great showers, and the beds are pretty comfortable. I've even managed to venture into the gym, which, only 3 machines and no cleaning equipment, isn't ideal, but it's OK too. Now the restaurant, it's definitely nothing higher than an OK. The food is very much feels like freezer food rather than particularly fresh, but it's certainly OK enough, although more vegetarian options would be nice. I haven't bothered with breakfast, for the cost, I know as a veggie it won't be worth it (13.95 for breakfast? No way....). Parking costs £5 a night as well, so be prepared. Novotel, it's definitely OK, but sometimes OK is good enough.

Nice looking hotel however we stayed and parked our car there 3 years ago and it was broken into…read morewhilst we were on holiday , more than 8 cars were done when we were away so beware of this if you plan to stay here.

Have just spent 4 nights here. Nice friendly staff. Good sized , well appointed room (no 2), on the…read morefront of the hotel which means its a bit noisy from traffic, though it didnt bother us at night . (At the back you get the church clock chiming instead). Shower head had a leak where pipe meets the head, needs replacing. We had dinner all 4 nights from same menus, but plenty of choice, most well presented and cooked. Wine reasonably priced. Car park only for 9 or so cars, there might not be a space if you arrive late, but main town parking is nearby. Good enough for us to go back at some future stage

Choose this as it we wanted a weekend away after Christmas for a bit of relaxation and peace…read more We googled and found there was a car park at the back of the hotel and others close by. We got here Friday evening, parked up in their small car park. Don't know how many rooms they have but they only have 9 car park spaces. We were greeted by a very nice and friendly receptionist. She showed us to our room, 4, which was the first one at the top of the stairs. The room was warm and cosy, much needed on a cold January night. She told us when breakfast was and left us to it. Our room was similar to others in the photos. We grabbed our stuff and got comfy. After a good night's sleep, breakfast was a selection of fruit, croissants, cereal and a variety of cooked meals. Next evening we had our evening meal here too. We both had the same and was delicious with great polite and friendly staff. I would come again as its a lovely friendly little hotel.

Loads of fun; "Don't touch that plate, I told you yesterday it's hot."…read moreWe had a smashingly good welcome here and were well cared for by Sean and family. On arrival we were given tea or coffee while we filled in our registration and a bucket and brush to clean our hiking boots (which remain strictly in the foyer, not the hotel.) Acerbic wit with a smile was the standard and it suited us to the ground. Sean's well practiced spiels are a comedy routine in themselves so pay attention and don't miss a word. He was very helpful on tide and bus and taxi information. Our room was nicely proportioned and the bathroom spacious. I visited in another room upstairs which was equally nice. Furniture is simple, stout, workable and unpretentious. All rooms have only showers. Our towels were rough but this is probably local hard water, They were new and thick and clean. Breakfast was excellent and if you are not awake on reaching the breakfast room, I assure you that you soon will be. There is lovely art around and some of it is for sale by Sean's son. Tea service in the rooms was generously stocked with a wee biscuit or two. Check the website to see other options like renting the entire place or having a wheelchair accessible room. Fabulous choice for staying on Lindisfarne. I would most certainly return here.

Alright... now there is a jump isn't there!…read more I've since stayed at the Horton.. a lot. But I moved on to another hotel in the end as I found it... lacking. Depsite multiple entreaties on a weekly basis, the options for a cooked vegetarian breakfast only appeared for one week of my stays, and disappeared again, never to return. Staff never seemed to remember me, despite my weekly visits over a course of about 3 months (bar one, who was lovely). The garden rooms have walls so thin, you can hear people blowing their noses next door (oh yes, and other delights). The vegetarian options revolved around a puff pastry plate that had various vegetables on top (tomato/beetroot, vegetable, tomato... you get the picture) - what started off as impressive started to simply tail off towards average. Hiked up prices over Christmas and the noisy rooms were the killer for me though - what I had liked about being tucked away in the country was lost when you had Countdown at 5am playing next door. There is the portrayal of homeliness and hospitality (and in fairness, the first week I was there, the waitress who looked after the hotel was nothing short of fantastic... no one else lived up to her level of service after that), but it was simply a veneer. Having stayed at another hotel (more budget than boutique), I've had much better experiences, and even after a couple of weeks, they knew who I was and my preferences. After 3 months at the Horton, they didn't even come close to that. It's a shame, but it simply didn't live up to the initial standards of my first week there.

Sadly we didn't stay here, but we did eat in the restaurant twice. It was delicious. Great variety…read more Helpful staff. The whole place looked newly renovated and was beautiful. We asked a lot of questions about local fare and got great explanations. Wed love to return to the area and stay here next time!

Just stayed at this lovely little hotel. The staff are very helpful & friendly. The evening meal…read morewas divine, newly started Steak night on a Friday. £30 pr couple, including a bottle of house wine. The room was clean and tidy, and very warm. During this cold snap. Bathroom was nicely modern with a great shower, plenty of hot water. Breakfast was included in the room rate, plenty of choice, from the full monty Northumberland style to a more healthy option. Well deserved 5 Stars. Limited parking at the front door for 6 cars. Great views of the Castle & not far to walk to the beach.