The Old Boathouse

The Old Boathouse

A well-regarded seafood restaurant right on the quayside, known for a generous seafood platter and a proper sit-down splurge.

Address:

Leazes Street, Amble, NE65 0AA
Call:
01665 711232

Hours:

Daily: 10am - 8pm

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Good to Know

The Old Boathouse is a seafood restaurant right on the quayside, and one of the earlier ventures of Alnwick-born chef Richard Sim, who went on to open The Potted Lobster in Bamburgh and The Whittling House in Alnmouth. The menu is built around locally landed fish and shellfish, from lobster and whole sea bass to a big seafood sharing platter.

Why it's on our list: it's one of Amble's best-known places to eat, it has twice been named Coastal Fish Restaurant of the Year, and the outside tables by the harbour are hard to beat on a sunny day.

Worth knowing: book ahead in summer, especially for the platter.

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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