The Manor House Hotel, Berwick-Upon-Tweed

The Manor House is situated next to the entrance to the Priory on Holy Island. Opening at 10am on our Sunday visit, we found 3 cask ales and a friendly barmaid. The house beer is The Manor House Ale from the Alnwick Brewery. In addition, there was Sharp's Doom Bar & Twin Coast. The cider was Sharp's Cold River. The room features plenty of wood with a wooden bar and wooden furniture. A Chesterfield and another sofa can be found in the front left corner. A TV is in the front right corner, whilst the rear right corner had a wooden cabinet with ornaments and a few pictures. This is clearly one that is popular with the tourists. Its location ensures that. Accommodation is offered, with the reception just off to the left of the bar. Lots of coffees and teas were being sold and there are cakes and muffins on offer at the bar. Children and dogs are allowed in.

A friendly hotel, nicely furnished but totally unpretentious. The large bar is open all day and there is a good lawned area outside. Alewise it had two brews specially made (or at least badged) by Alnwick Brewery and Sharps Solar Wave. A few pence more expensive than the other two pubs but it felt much more welcoming.

Larger white painted hotel next to the Priory and there’s a view of the castle from the front lawn / car park. It has a public bar with a rear counter, mostly open plan but pillars and a residual wall divide it up a bit. Board and carpeted floors and a navy surplus paint job. Tables and chairs throughout the smallish bar as tourist meals will be the bulk of the business but casual drinking is allowed, but not really encouraged. Three hand pulls, only the one in use with a house badged beer from Alnwick, a couple of T-Bars of the usual suspects.