"The location was beautiful and the facility was lovely. The rooms were clean and comfortable and the staff were amazing really friendly and. Luke not have helped us enough. They did not do food at th..."
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About this bed and breakfast
The Shepherd's Rest offers accommodations in Alnwick, 28 miles from Lindisfarne Castle and 31 miles from The Maltings Theatre & Cinema. A 17-minute walk from Alnwick Castle and 18 miles from Bamburgh Castle, the property provides a garden and a bar.
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7.2Good
(175 Ratings)
"The location was beautiful and the facility was lovely. The rooms were clean and comfortable and the staff were amazing really friendly and. Luke not have helped us enough. They did not do food at th..."
The Shepherd's Rest offers accommodations in Alnwick, 28 miles from Lindisfarne Castle and 31 miles from The Maltings Theatre & Cinema. A 17-minute walk from Alnwick Castle and 18 miles from Bamburgh Castle, the property provides a garden and a bar.
Amenities
Kitchen or Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Parking
TV
Garden
Family friendly
Free parking
Things to know
Additional fees to expect
Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Booking.com properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.
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Ratings and reviews
7.2 / 10.0
Good(175 Ratings)
100% verified reviews
8.0 / 10.0
Alnwick is a lovely place for a visit. This place was quiet and had good parking close to town.
Staff were really friendly.
10.0 / 10.0
Great Stay at the Shepherds Rest
The location was beautiful and the facility was lovely. The rooms were clean and comfortable and the staff were amazing really friendly and. Luke not have helped us enough. They did not do food at this time of year (september) but the staff were happy for us to order in and eat it in the pub and helped us arrange to order food in. It was a great stay and I would have stayed longer if I could.
Nothing
4.0 / 10.0
Not worth £140 per night
The location was great. The views from the beer garden across the Northumberland hills were beautiful.
The room was supposed to have a full kitchen, but there was just a toaster and a small fridge. The TV was tiny and mounted at a very odd angle. It wasn't tuned in when we arrived so I had to tune it manually. The wi-fi wasn't working and the staff were unable to help with that. We had to pay BT for a day's wi-fi in order to access the internet. We had paid around £140 per night, which is way over the odds for a stay of this standard, especially when we had previously paid around half of that per night in Alnwick town centre, I was expecting more for my money, at least the ability for self-catering. On the Saturday evening there was a guitarist in the beer garden, and a couple of the locals were falling around drunk, stripping off their clothes and one woman even flashed her @rse. I know I can't blame the establishment for their behaviour but they were definitely in the wrong for continuing to serve them when they were so drunk. I felt sorry for the guitarist. If he'd played the theme from Deliverance it would have fitted the scene perfectly.
8.0 / 10.0
Good location, lovely view, helpful staff
The staff were friendly. Check in and out was easy.
The water in the shower was very hot and we couldn’t get the cold tap on.
9.0 / 10.0
Shepherds Rest
Susan was obliging and helpful.Village atmosphere. Country charm was great.
Nothing to complain about.
8.0 / 10.0
My Shepherd Rest stay
This is a lovely old building that must be difficult to maintain. The room was very clean. The staff were brilliant
Again, the history of the building meant that the facilities in the room (shower area) were not up to standard.
There was no evening or breakfast food service
10.0 / 10.0
A nice welcoming pub with accommodation. Friendly staff. Clean, comfortable room. Would stay again.
Very friendly
Nothing
10.0 / 10.0
Great little stop over
Great location, room is what you expect for the price. Stafford were friendly and helpful.
9.0 / 10.0
Great walks into town and nice country view, friendly people
Country View
1.0 / 10.0
I would not recommend a short or a long stay there
Staff were friendly
Booking.com stated toiletries would be included which they were not. however, the were very friendly and extremely helpful specially when I showed you that the booking.com states there would be toiletries available.
I have to state that I had requested a quiet room which I repeated when I was shown to the room. I was told it was front facing room but there was minimal traffic and I could shut the window to cut our the noise. Well, the traffic noise did not subside till 1am and started again at around 5.45am. I could not shut the window. The toilet holder was broken the shower hose kept falling down, the bed sheets were rough, I am assuming flannelette or some such. The TV had indoor aerial which meant, the reception was poor. The picture was disrupted every time a car passed. It was impossible to watch anything on the TV.
The room was not worth £81. I came late for me to get a good night’s rest which was impossible.
8.0 / 10.0
Comfortable with a great atmosphere.
Quite an experience. A very comfortable bed and a huge breakfast. What’s not to like!
The Macerator in the toilet was a bit noisy.
8.0 / 10.0
Friendly host, clean apartment and cute. The main bed wasn't very comfortable but.the pullout was.
Staff were friendly and accommodated our bag storage for the day. They also linked us with a local cab company.
The location is a little bit out of town. There was no food services in place the day we arrived which we were not aware of.
9.0 / 10.0
Comfortable stay in a conveniently located and cosy pub.
Comfortable stay in a convenient location. Friendly and helpful staff. Satisfying freshly cooked breakfast.
Nothing
6.0 / 10.0
Comfortable
Staff very helpful. Nice spot for visiting alnwick and surrounding area
Bed comfortable.
Noise from swinging pub sign, needs some wd40.
Bathroom small for us larger people but ok.
Room Slightly dated.
8.0 / 10.0
Cheap and cheerful.
Friendly staff , short walk from carpark to room . Pub in ground floor with jovial local folk .Nice room .
Noisy plumbing in en suite bathroom .
6.0 / 10.0
Pretty basic accommodations and a noisy pub.
Amazingly friendly and kind pub staff.
Room right on top of noisy pub. Far away from charming Alnwick. No food available (at all, not even pub snacks) the night I was there. I would not have booked if I had known that. Very basic accommodations, although clean and tidy. All that being said, not cheap either.
5.0 / 10.0
Expensive
I was charged a fee of £99 that I wasn’t aware of
1.0 / 10.0
Not worth the money
The staff were friendly and helpful with the window we couldn't shut in the bedroom.
The room looked shabby. The room had been "cleaned" could smell bleach, but nothing was really clean. The bathroom was terrible, smelt of sewage, lots of hair everywhere and made a horrible sound everytime you flushed, put the tap on or used the shower. It states breakfast is available, but no one asked if we wanted it. When we checked out it was all locked up and didn't look like breakfast was an option. We wasn't even sure if we were going to stay the night (but we had stuff on in the area)
10.0 / 10.0
Wonderfully quaint Shepherds Rest
We loved our host Clair, she went above and beyond to make our short stay comfortable. We would absolutely recommend this little pub to anyone wanting a friendly relaxed stay.
We weren't notified that meals are not served during the week but our host Claire helped us out enormously 👍
1.0 / 10.0
Extremely noisy and no way of locking the door.
Nothing
The room was the noisiest we have ever stayed in. You could hear absolutely everything. Music, voices, doors slamming every minute or so. It was unbearable. On top of that, the toilet had a macerator which ran every single time the toilet was flushed, every time the tap or shower was run and even when urinating in the toilet! We told the staff that the macerator is broken and the staff said it's always been like that. Clearly the owner is not maintaining their facilities.
The room was directly over the bar and I cannot emphasise how loud it was. Luckily we had a speaker with us - we had to play music loudly until after 11pm to drown it out, when we just wanted to rest as we were really ill.
This was advertised as a B&B - they said they weren't doing dinner and there was no mention of breakfast so I don't think it is a B&B.
We messaged the owner about the noise and they said we should have expected it as it's a pub - but it does not state this in the listing. If they were honest and listed the room for half the price that would have been fair enough, but no.
I had serious safety concerns about the room and would absolutely not have stayed here as a female solo traveller. The room door did not have a key and there was no way of locking it from the inside.
Do not stay here.
7.0 / 10.0
It was adequate
Location and price
Kettle needed cleaning and quite noisy
8.0 / 10.0
Ambling in Alnwick
Loved the friendly staff and locals and the location was ideal for our stay in the North East. A great genuine old fashioned pub!The bed was comfortable and all the room facilities were fine.
There wasn't a rubber safety mat in the bath which made having a shower a bit tricky!
8.0 / 10.0
Lovely stay
Nice location, easy to find, friendly welcome.
Everything was perfect
7.0 / 10.0
More a pub than a B&B. Nice location.
Great location on the edge of Alnwick Moor with Morrisons down the road. Landlady very helpful in providing a table, microwave and extra bits of cutlery etc. Nice big room, good views. Comfy bed. Good properly cold fridge.
It's just 3 rooms above the pub. Poorly insulated so you get the pub noise, though it stops before 11pm. Not enough hot water sometimes.
8.0 / 10.0
Defo re visiting when the weather is better - lovely little pub and b&b
Really enjoyed this stay and the staff was so lovely couldn’t have made me and my friends more welcomed
They cooked a spread for nye and we had a party and they let myself family and friends with children all stay in a little section of the pub and it was lovely for our duration of the stay
My room was cold the first night cos the window wasn’t shut properly but there was heaters and extra covers for us to use and any thing I wanted I’m sure Susan and Claire would have got it for me
The rooms are slightly dated but it didn’t stop me enjoying our stay - the building is old so I didn’t expect the ritz
8.0 / 10.0
Lovely would defo come and re visit even just the bar as it’s so friendly
The staff first of all were so lovely and it felt like just staying at family home - very accommodating and trusting , they put a spread on for NYE and fireworks and it was lovely, they let us as a group keep the children in till late and also they let us bring our own food in to nibble on as they weren’t serving food so it was perfect for our group of friends to be in a warm bar with room for the kids to be all together and alcohol and soft drinks were served for the adults -
The bed was comfortable we were in the family room and amenities were in for us to be self catering
It wasn’t loud considering bar underneath
Claire the bar staff was so helpful and lovely as well as the other lady but I got on with Claire straight away
Susan had another bar and gave free shots to my boyfriend and his friends while they visited there
I’m looking forward to the summer as I will be back.
Such a friendly pub and b&b will hope the on in the summer but I think if I asked Susan to make me something she would go out the way to do that
Hospitality was lovely
I would have loved to have been able to bring my dog but understand it’s a cleaning thing after dogs been in room it can cause allergies and need to get deep cleaned
The room could have had a mini cooker or an airfryer in of some sort
Also I think it could have been a little cleaner but I got used to it been like home from home feel and not so much a clean hotel room
The first night was freezing but I think the cold had got through a window and it wasn’t getting warmer but there was two heaters in the cupboards so I used them and it was fine the next few days - hence why I’m still lying in bed writing
This cos it’s so cosy
I think room is slightly dated but it’s an old building but it is what it is and It wouldn’t stop me from coming back here.
6.0 / 10.0
Meet our needs when traveling by car for an overnight stop.
The room was large but the facilities were very basic. There was plenty of parking.
Didn't represent what was described on the online site.
8.0 / 10.0
Very good
Staff were friendly and we were able to park at the pub before a short walk into town - saved parking!
The boiler made a loud sound whenever we flushed the toilet or had the hot tap on. No major issue in fairness.
9.0 / 10.0
Superb
Super friendly staff, nice food, great location
Noisy plumbing, decor a little tired in places
9.0 / 10.0
Superb
Quiet lovely place decent size room bed comfortable staff friendly
Only thing I'd change is bathroom door opening into room to create more room in bathroom
The hill to get to pub lol
7.0 / 10.0
Good
They do meals
Noisy toilet
8.0 / 10.0
I turned up later than expected, but still received a warm welcome. I had a good nights sleep
Location and friendly staff
Smoking outside drifting inside
10.0 / 10.0
Fantastic location
Amazing very friendly staff. 10 mins from alnwick town and then your in beautiful countryside. Very friendly cows near by. Great room. Spacious everything I needed for travelling alone. Felt really safe. Booked up again for August. Think it will be my go to place to stay. Easy access to everywhere on foot or by bus. 10 stars review. Thank you. 🌹 Anne 🌹
Nothing
10.0 / 10.0
Quiet, relaxed and lovely weather.what more could I ask for.
Lovely view over the hills from the room. Just on the edge of Alnwick but walking distance to the centre. Large room, breakfast good. Nice pub menu for meals. Staff all friendly.
Nothing I didn't like.
6.0 / 10.0
Good location at decent value but facilities were not in line with the property description.
Good location just outside of Alnwick with ample parking
The property advertised a kitchenette with microwave and kitchenware. The kitchenette comprised only a kitchen sink, a kettle, a toaster, a small fridge and a work surface. There was no microwave or other cooking facilities and there were no plates or cutlery, etc
7.0 / 10.0
Good
Very friendly staff, big fluffy towels
It was a bit basic,p no choice of items for breakfast, bit noisy at night, (I hadnt realised it was a pub)
FAQs
Is parking included with this bed and breakfast?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at The Shepherd's Rest. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this bed and breakfast?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this bed and breakfast. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is The Shepherd's Rest pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this bed and breakfast is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at The Shepherd's Rest?
We found 7 amenities for this rental. This includes kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, tv, and garden.
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