Afternoon Tea at Black Horse Beamish – review
For our first catchup of the year with the girls we ventured for Afternoon Tea and a children’s Afternoon Tea at the Black Horse Beamish, so thought I’d share an honest review.
As part of my five intentions for 2022 I want to make more memories and be more present and have less screen time.
So for my first catchup with the girls for this year, I thought an Afternoon Tea would be the perfect treat and something that Elsie would also enjoy so she could come along too.
The Black Horse Beamish
The Black Horse Beamish have a good offering for their Afternoon Tea and they also do a children’s Afternoon Tea so that’s where we decided to go.
They offer:
- Traditional Afternoon Tea – £19.95
- Prosecco Afternoon Tea – £25.90
- Gentleman’s Afternoon Tea – £19.95
- Vegan Afternoon Tea – £19.95
- Prosecco Vegan Afternoon Tea – £25.90
- Children’s Afternoon Tea £8.00 per child (under 12)
Afternoon Tea at The Black Horse Beamish
I gave myself a little extra time to find The Black Horse Beamish but actually it wasn’t as hard to get there as I had first thought.
I followed the directions from their website once I turned left at the entrance to Beamish Museum and the sat nav seemed to catch up. It’s also sign posted fairly well too on road signs.
It was busy when we arrived and a little confusing as to where we needed to go, we made our way through the bustling bar area and were then greeted and taken to a table.
After requesting a high chair (which we did at the time of booking) it was quickly brought over and Elsie refused to get in it – off to a good start then!
She sat on my knee until the food arrived and then sat on her own chair (little miss independent).
Our drinks orders were taken and it was a pot of tea for Catherine, a coffee for Joanne and a hot chocolate for me – Elsie had her own cup of water.
After a really short wait the Afternoon Tea was brought out to our table – four adult ones.
We raised it with the waitress and a lady (who we thought may be a manager) came over and explained there had been a mistake by the kitchen.
However, the children’s Afternoon Tea is pretty similar so we were told to just keep it and they’d bring out some jelly and a fruit kebab to accompany Elsie’s.
Elsie was absolutely thrilled to have the same Afternoon Tea as the rest of us and tucked in eagerly.
She particularly enjoyed the scones, polished off the jelly and fruit and tried everything and did really well!
For me, the highlight of the Afternoon Tea had to be the scones, they were still warm and really delicious.
I thought the presentation was nice and we were given some boxes at the end to takeaway our leftovers.
For me, I prefer a more rustic Afternoon Tea, and so do the girls and this one didn’t quite hit the spot with us.
It was also at the pricier end for Afternoon Tea, definitely more of a treat I would say.
I didn’t particularly enjoy any of the sandwiches nor were we given a menu or anything to tell us what the items were.
We all thought the restaurant was really lovely, the outside area looked really inviting (on a warmer day) and the playground looked great too but we wouldn’t have Afternoon Tea here again, but would be happy to try something else off the menu.
The staff were friendly and made a fuss of Elsie and they were helpful when we queried the bill at the end.
It was a lovely couple of hours catching up with my best friends and Elsie really enjoyed herself.
If you’re after a more upmarket dainty Afternoon Tea then the offering at The Black Horse Beamish may be more for you.
Where is The Black Horse Beamish?
Postcode for sat nav: DH9 0RW
How to get to The Black Horse Beamish
Follow the A1(M) until you reach the turn off for Chester-le-Street.
At the roundabout take the road sign-posted A693 for Stanley and the Beamish Museum. Take this road, and head for Stanley.
After crossing two roundabouts, you will come across a third, roundabout where the signs for Beamish Museum tell you to turn off to the right – take this turn.
Just in front of the arched entrance to the museum, there is a left turn, which you must take.
Keep on this road down into the bottom of the valley, past a high wall on your left and through a very sharp left- hand turn, past the Coppy Lodge on your right, until you arrive at a ‘T’ junction, with a hump-backed bridge to the left.
Turn right at this junction, the road goes up then levels out and then up and levels out again.
You will now see Black Horse Beamish on your right set back from the road down a short lane.
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