Bistro 23
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Bistro 23

A family-run bistro on Northumberland Street with an excellent seafood platter and daily specials, popular enough that booking ahead is essential on evening service.

Address:

23 Northumberland Street, Alnmouth, Alnwick, NE66 2RJ
Call:
01665 830393

Hours:

Tuesday: Closed

Mon, Fri: 11am - 4pm

Wed - Thu: 11am - 4pm, 6:45pm - 10pm

Sat - Sun: 10:30am - 4pm

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Good to Know

Bistro 23 is a family-run tea room and restaurant at 23 Northumberland Street, open since 2003. By day it's The Tea Cosy Tearoom, serving brunch, cakes, light lunches and afternoon tea. On selected evenings it becomes a small bistro, with a short menu built on local fish, Northumberland lamb and other produce from nearby farms and the coast.

Why it's on our list: it has a long-standing reputation as one of the best-value proper restaurants on this stretch of coast, with well over a thousand reviews praising the cooking, the generous portions and the warm, attentive service.

Worth knowing: the evening bistro only runs on certain nights, which change with the season, and the business was put up for sale in 2025 so the owners can retire. Ring ahead to check what's open and to book.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

We're working our way around Northumberland, personally visiting and reviewing as many of the places featured in our Listed section as we can. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

In the meantime, we do our homework. Before adding somewhere to Heather & Sand, we research it, look at what other visitors have to say and check that it has a good reputation. If the feedback isn't encouraging, it generally doesn't make our list.

Of course, a little online research is no substitute for muddy boots, a decent coffee and seeing somewhere for ourselves. So until we've visited, we'll leave the personal review to one side.

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