Anglers Arms

Not sure why there is a picture of Newbiggin on a choppington place. It's an awful BnB..tried provided constructive feedback before and get shot down as a "Karen" and blocked etc which is a shame because the place has so much potential. There is a definite damp issue, breakfast is poor, facilities are poor and music plays beyond closing time, it's not family friendly, poor facilities. But you can see they are starting to decorate and the curtains are nice/ bed comfy, location ideal to explore local area The negative reviews are consistent over last 2yrs. And it's always the guest's fault? The higher starred reviews are linked to the meals only and not BnB so this is misleading. We only ate breakfast there which was awful but cannot comment on their main meals. Someone commented that this is the Fawlty towers of the north, very true! When I realised that, the stay was rather amusing. Do not book here. Read the full reviews. There are many other local family run establishments nearby that are a pure joy to stay in for similar or less price. Hopefully, the owners will take into account the improvements they need to do to make it into its full potential but judging by their childish attacks on reviewers, it doesn't seem likely.

Lovely Sunday lunch cooked to perfection. Trio of meat was great and plenty of perfectly cooked veg. We did have a starter but won’t next time, only because we were too full. This is worth a visit and worth the money.

Would not recommend staying here! The staff were friendly upon arrival but due to a leak we had to walk around the outside of the pub and up back fire exit to get to the room. The room was spacious and clean with lots of tea and coffee however there was no hot water from the tap in the sink and we could not lock the door at all so just had to leave it unlocked as we headed out. The bed was comfortable but the room was cold, without heating on. Breakfast was a joke...we'd agreed to have it at 9 o'clock... Still had to walk out the back fire exit steps to the front door which was locked...we knocked on the window... no answer! We went back around the rear where the kitchen was and knocked on the window there... no reply or sign of life...we tried to go through the internal door, stepping over a large tank of water collected from a leak to the pub... the door was locked! We called the pub... no reply so we left without the breakfast we'd paid for! It's a shame as we were told by locals that the place and food were nice however we'd never stay here again and certainly wouldn't recommend it.

The rooms were really good and the breakfast was excellent. We both had an evening meal on arrival and they were great and really good value. We were made extremely welcome and would not hesitate in staying at the Anglers again.

Visited the anglers arms for Father's Day as I'd heard some really good reviews about the place so thought we'd give it a try POSITIVES Very good value for money, 1 course £11.95, 2 courses £13.95, 3 courses £15.95 The red haired lady on the bar and taking orders is an asset to the place, very friendly, helpful, made you feel welcome and always a smile on her face Loads for gravy with meal in gravy boat which my dad loves, likes loads of gravy on his dinner The roast potatoes were the best I've ever had anywhere on a Sunday lunch Veg was all cooked perfectly, and served with a huge Yorkshire pudding, which is my fav NEGATIVES We both had crispy potato skins for starter. They came piping hot which is a good thing, but they were not crispy at all. Some of the larger ones were undercooked and you could taste raw potato in the middle. Supposed to be crispy bit they were like limp lettuces. When u picked one up on your fork it just flopped over like it had really had enough and just given up the will to live The young blond girl who was bringing the meals out, came with our main meals when we hadn't even finished our starters. I told her we weren't finished and her reply was just " oh I thought your plates had been cleared" no apology or anything she just plonked our meals on the table , no customer service skills whatsoever I had the beef, which was ok, I've had worse but I've also had a lot, lot better. The problem was with my dad's lamb. You could have soled the bottom of your boots with it. He was unable to cut through it. He even resorted to asking for a steak knife to try and cut it and still struggled, sawing away at it like it was a tree trunk. I ended up giving him my beef and we brought the lamb home to give to the dog. Apart from the lovely girl on the bar (red head) the rest of the staff really needs to go on a customer service course. Older lady with blond hair looked down her nose at everybody and obviously thought she was above everyone else. Only time I saw her being pleasant was when I went to pay the bill. All in all, it was ok, not great but the negatives definitely outweighed the negatives and prob wouldn't go back