Our Time at Beadnell Towers
We’ve eaten at Beadnell Towers, stopped in for drinks and even called in for the occasional coffee over the years. It’s been a little while since our last proper meal, though, so consider this the beginning of our review rather than the final word.
For us, Beadnell Towers sits towards the top end of what we’d normally spend on dinner, which makes it more of a special-occasion place than somewhere we’d wander into on an ordinary Friday evening. That said, it’s somewhere we regularly recommend when friends come to stay — and the reports that come back have always been very good.
Relaxed, but still a little bit special
What we’ve always liked is that it manages to feel smart without becoming stuffy. The atmosphere is relaxed, the staff have always been friendly and you can happily settle into the bar for a drink without feeling as though you need to make an occasion of it.
Dinner feels slightly different.
You certainly don’t need to arrive dressed for the Ritz, but put it this way: Lucy would probably wear a dress. That tells you roughly where it sits on the Heather & Sand scale of things.
We’ve taken Meg into the bar area with us and know the hotel welcomes dogs. We’re less certain about dogs in the main restaurant, so that’s one of the things we’ll check properly when we return.
Would we recommend it?
Yes — and we already do.
Beadnell has plenty of places where you can grab something casual after the beach. Beadnell Towers is where we’d point friends wanting something a little more special: good food, a lovely setting and somewhere you can make an evening of it.
Heather & Sand verdict: Beadnell Towers isn't an everyday dinner for us, but perhaps that's part of its appeal. It's somewhere we save for an occasion — and somewhere we're quite happy recommending to people we like. We're overdue a return, so we'll be back soon for a proper Heather & Sand update.
