The Moorings Hotel

The Moorings was Great, clean and fantastic value for money, i can highly recommend his place, staff helpful and a very good price. will be back again the next time were in the area, this place is under new owners and went out of the way to give 100% service,

Overnight stay on way to Beamish. Good,clean comfy room. Enough parking, restaurant next door was excellent and service was excellent we would definitely highly recommend. Great choice of food. Breakfast was at 10.00 too late for us we were offered 9.15 am but it was cereal only so opted out . Will find alternative. Two miles from Chester le Street which has all amenities.

We were visiting the area and this hotel was central to everything we wanted to visit. Quite close to Beamish museum. Hotel is a bit of an add on to the bar and restaurant. It's nice and clean but the bar staff aren't very hands on with booking in and such...bar itself is nice, live music on Friday nights which was lovely. Main attraction here is the restaurant which is amazing..worth staying at the hotel for that alone

Warm welcome, attentive service, nice atmosphere, lovely food. The manager & his team went out of their way to help us celebrate a birthday. On a Friday night there's a singer in the downstairs bar, which helped make it more of a night out than just 'meal out.' The food was great, but I think what sets the place apart a bit is the friendliness of the staff.

The hotel accommodation is in a separate building adjoining the inn. Guests are advised in advance to go to the bar to checkin. Me : "Good Evening, I have come to checkin for 2 nights". Response: " You must pay now" I explained that I had just completed a long journey and wanted to go to the room to freshen up then return for a meal. So a young restaurant waiter was told to take me to my room. The room was modern ,fine and clean except that it appeared that somebody had used the toilet and not bothered to flush it. However it just required a good clean. No teabags, one pack of biscuits and 2 mini pots of milk ! Returning from the restaurant it is necessary to use a keypad to enter the hotel block .This is fixed at waist level and impossible to read standing up so one has to kneel on the floor to use it. Not easy for an arthritic 70 year old. I had to leave on Sunday morning before the published breakfast time and after asking, was offered a bowl,spoon , pack of Cocopops and half a 4 pint bottle of milk. As there is no fridge I suggested that the mini UHT milks might be better. On Monday I went for breakfast at 0830 to be greeted by two other hotel residents who said that the chef had just arrived and breakfast was 0900 (checkout is 1000). After a short time the chef appeared (there were no other staff) and asked if I wanted breakfast. "Yes, please" I said "what is the choice" Reply "English Breakfast" , so that is what I opted for ! No juice offered; a few mini Kelloggs boxes on the bar and the half 4 pint bottle of milk left on the table. Tea was offered but go and find your own cups (no tea-spoons). The meal was fine and arrived by 0915. The other couple had been to The Moorings on several past occasions and said that the good reviews were before the establishment was taken over six months earlier. It seems that the restaurant is the main business and that the hotel side of little interest. I found the cleaner to give my keys to .I will not be back

Room was OK. Plenty space and an outside area. No use for business Trip as breakfast isn't served until 9am! Who does that? Water in hot tap absolutely scalding, that definitely will cause burns. Too few staff to be efficient and their not happy and welcoming.