nice pint and friendly service

comfy rooms, delicious food, perfect hosts!

Gorgeous (massive) comfortable room, with 4-poster bed, fireplace and lounger, with huge bathroom too! Everything you’d need, including 2 huge bay windows overlooking the High Street, to watch the world go by 🙂
And, YOU MUST experience the homemade curry 😋

Stayed for 3 nights at the Old Well Inn. Very comfortable large bedroom with a King Size double bed. Plenty of wardrobe space with hangers.Our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was also made very welcome.The hotel is well situated in the center of the town with free street parking. Staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfasts good and plenty of it. Nice bar areas with a very good beer garden at the rear. I have read the earlier review about the TV not working and when we were there it did not work due to the fact that the local transmitter had burnt down, not the fault and out of the control of the Hotel, no one in the town or surrounding areas could get a signal. I have read the pathetic moaning of previous reviewer and all I can say is if all you go away for is to watch TV then you may as well stay at home. Get a life!

Livery rooms, very friendly and good beer

Superb pub with excellent cask ales and an eclectic menu - usual pub stuff but also ‘Indian’ food. Gorgeous back garden backing onto old castle walls attracting the sunshine, especially at lunchtime. An all round excellent place.

Lovely, comfortable, unpretentious pub, friendly service, excellent pint of Timothy Taylor's. Four other real ales on the bar. Great oasis in which to take advantage of the weekend unexpectedly beginning an afternoon early and watch the world go by. 🙂

Had a really nice meal here after a walk. Great food & beer. Friendly staff.

Very quaint pub with so much atmosphere and attention to detail.
Lovely, friendly bar staff too.

lovely pub great food and a great pint ..the beer garden out the back is beautiful

Called in for a drink after visiting the castle and walking along the river. We sat in the beer garden which is very relaxing and peaceful. Although it was lunchtime we weren’t hungry but saw lovely food being served to other people.
After wandering around the town and looking for somewhere to eat we returned and ordered the fish and chips. Wow! They were cooked to perfection, the fish was delicious with crunchy batter and everything was piping hot.
The beers and wine were lovely too with good choices.
Staff were very friendly and gave great service.
We will return on our next visit to Barnard Castle.

lush garden . lovely friendly staff too

We only called in for a pint, but really enjoyed it, the staff were pleasent and attentive, the food looked great and good value for money. Will definitely be back.

Overnight stay on 26th June to celebrate my birthday, it was the first time staying away from home since start of pandemic. Immediately felt at ease as inn had robust covid safety measures in place. There was a bit of confusion on arrival as previous occupant of our room had walk off with the keys. However this was quickly solve by very helpful staff and owner Roma. As we were a late booking and all other rooms were filled we stayed in a family room (1 double and 1 single bed). The building was built around late 17th century and had all the charm of this age of building, wonky floorboards, low door ways, fine for me at 5’ 1”, although my husband had to bend his head every time he went through doorways. As stated staff were very friendly and helpful and the cooked breakfast was wonderful. I was also greeted at the breakfast table with a chocolate cake, with birthday candle and a card from the owners and staff. I cannot recommend this inn highly enough, would definitely visit again. More

Lovely place to stay , owners are so friendly , they make you feel so welcome . Amy the bar manager is so pleasant and makes you feel at home. All the staff are friendly and helpful . Food is nice breakfast sets you up for the day .The bed has to be the biggest I have seen and so comfy . Rooms clean , tea making facilities and an hair dryer .

An excellent first ever visit to pub in a town I know pretty well. I’ve just never visited before, but I really wish I had years ago.

Served by Lucy, who was a real credit to the place. She was very friendly but most importantly provided excellent customer service on what I found out was a week into her first ever job. They’ve obviously trained her very well in such a short period of time. Briefly chatted to who I assume was the supervisor behind the bar who was also very friendly and professional.

Lovely beer varieties on offer. I didn’t stay for food but was pretty gutted about that. Everybody around us did have food and it looked and smelled very nice indeed.

Also a lovely, friendly atmosphere in the beer garden with lovely surroundings.

Highly recommended. More

lovely beer garden, great host and an excellent curry. 10/10. ❤

Bought a sharebox takeaway a couple of days ago. I should have done it before. Absolutely brilliant. Apart from being remarkable value, this is much more authentic Indian food than many will have experienced. If you're looking for a chicken tikka masala, it may not be for you. But if you're looking for well-balanced, incredibly tasty, authentic Indian-style food, give it a go!

Thanks Roy and Rima for the food tonight. Really enjoyed my thaali with chicken and the spicy bean burger was fab as usual.

The loveliest pub garden in Barnard castle