The Joiners Arms

5.0 star property
5-star beach inn with restaurant

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Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; British cuisine
Castle View Cottage | Private kitchen
Breakfast, lunch, dinner served; British cuisine
Coquet | Living area
Coquet

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Room service
  • Air conditioning
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

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Newton by the Sea, Northumberland, Chathill, Alnwick, England, NE66 3EA
  • Beadnell Bay
  • Dunstanburgh Castle
  • Embleton Bay

Room options

Aln

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Sandwood Bay

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Tweed Suite

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Bunk Beds

Sennen Cove

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Till

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Bunk Beds

Castle View Cottage

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

Coquet

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Sebastia

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Rede Shepherds Hut

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Silver Beach

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Bill Bags Cape

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Alnwick

Alnwick retreat .Within 2 miles (3 km) of this Alnwick inn, you'll find Embleton Bay and Beadnell Bay. Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club and Embleton Tower are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Club - 6 min drive - 4.9 km
  • Seahouses Golf Club - 9 min drive - 12.0 km
  • Bamburgh Castle - 13 min drive - 16.4 km
  • Alnwick Garden - 17 min drive - 20.1 km
  • Alnwick Castle - 19 min drive - 21.3 km

Getting around

  • Chathill Station - 10 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Ship Inn - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪The Jolly Fisherman - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪The Running Fox - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪The Landing - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪The Tempus - ‬11 min drive

About this property

The Joiners Arms

5-star beach inn with restaurant
Along with a restaurant, there's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. WiFi is free in public spaces.

The luxury The Joiners Arms also features a terrace, a garden, and a picnic area. Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 5-star Alnwick inn is smoke free.

  • 5 guestrooms or units
  • Full breakfast (free)
  • Deli
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Outdoor picnic space
  • No smoking on site
  • Bar or lounge
  • Dining venue
The Joiners Arms offers 5 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Languages

English

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Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Accessibility

  • No elevator

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance

Access methods

Private entrance

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted. Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed.

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

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The Joiners Arms Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 102 out of 169 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 41 out of 169 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 169 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 169 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 169 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service with well trained staff; food delicious with ample choice; bedroom small but quirky and comfortable. Lovely bath and shower; nexpresso coffee maker; large fluffy towels, bathrobes and slippers. Great coastal walking from the door.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

BRIAN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
The staff were really friendly and helpful from checking in to leaving . The room was amazing and super clean with super comfy bed . Food was great also and restaurant bar area really nice . We would definitely come back again .
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Louise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed our stay. Food was excellent. Only hiccup was no hot water on the first night, which was rectified as quickly as they could. Only suggested improvement would be to add a lamp/light switch next to the bed - it was a bit odd not to have it.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Exceptional staff, friendly and efficient. Cool setting and comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
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Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dominic C

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Simon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Room tired and dark decor, no bathrobes or locally sourced treat as advertised! Noisy room above the bar. Nice location of hotel, with some lovely walks around it. Evening food very disappointing, steak small and chips covered in paprika they were barely edible! Liqueur coffee not possible as only synthetic squirty cream… not what I’d expect from a so called 5 star luxury hotel!!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Travelled with family

Just ok, didn’t live up to what we’d seen on Insta

The room was dark. There was 3 of us, 2 adults and an 11 year old yet only 2 glasses and 2 bottles of water. Only 2 cups. 2 English breakfast tea bags. We arrived at 2.50pm to check in to be told the rooms weren’t ready yet and to get a drink in the bar. We’d traveled for 5.5 hours so we’re happy to do this however we then seemed to be forgotten about as others checked in a matter of minutes after we’d enquired and we didn’t get a key until 3.35pm. We ate in the restaurant and expected more from we’d seen on Insta to what we got. The food was just ok. Breakfast was a let down with the buffet being left on the bar near the door . When we got to breakfast during the recommended time slot of 8.30am there was one slice of cheese and once slice of meat left… We wouldn’t be rushing back even though the location is great.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Gail

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Morgane

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with family, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overnight stay

We attended a wedding and stayed in the cottage for just one night, was close to the venue clean and tidy slept six. We weren’t in it really just to sleep. The following morning had breakfast at the joiners arms which was beautiful l.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Kenny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely country inn with rooms

Very relaxing and comfortable stay in an inn with lots of character.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Alan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

david

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excellent gastro pub

Bedroom was very comfortable food excellent
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Nicola

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Richard

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

Excellent room, service level could be better

The hotel clearly didn’t have enough staff, just two people running around covering the bar, restaurant and checking people in. We attempted to check in at the specified time of 3pm and told the rooms were still not ready, we were checked in and then had to wait a further 20mins before we actually checked in, the room was nice and very well decorated just a shame about the lack of staffing resource taking the edge off the service level which is a shame.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fabulous food and stay!

Tremendous stay at the joiners arms. The rooms had deep pile carpet, bed and shower was incredible, my wife loved it, from start to finish. Highly recommended.
Enormous Bratwurst and chips!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Georgia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
We stayed in tye tweed suite which has a hot tub in the back garden. The hot tub was not private and we had other parties looking out the window into our garden area. When we arrived at 4.45 we tried to book in for dinner and we told that we could have a table for dinner now, but apart from that they had nothing else for the evening. We had to book and drive 15 minutes to another restaurant. On our way out at 6.30 we popped into the pub for a pop and there was lots of tables not being used. Don’t understand how they couldn’t accomadate us. Car park is not outside the property. You need to walk 5 mins up the street and park in a car park which in my eyes was not safe at all. When having to walk to our car to got for food the road to the car park was pitch black. Not one street light on. The property inside was lovely, and the breakfast was Nice.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carlie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024