The Shepherd & Shepherdess Inn

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  Adam Painter

  ·1 week ago

  “Lovely traditional pub, with wholesome home made food. 100% recommend. Well priced and friendly accommodating staff.”

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  Claire Moody

  ·1 month ago

  “Superb food, friendly and professional welcome and service. Food served quickly, clean and presentable pub relaxed atmosphere. Recommended!”

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  Lainie638

  ·3 months ago

  “Lovely pub, we visited on a recommendation as we wanted a play area for the children. There is parking for about 30 cars. Friendly staff, quick service, once ordered we didn't wait long for our food which was delicious. Good sized portions. We would definitely come again.”

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  nathan wilkinson

  ·3 months ago

  “Great pub in a perfect setting when visiting Beamish Museum. 6 of us ate here for 2 nights in a row and the food was superb. The fish and chips is very understated , its huge and should be called Whale and chips ! Staff were all very friendly and service was fast. Gutted we missed out on the Sunday Roast but can't win them all !!”

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  Ann Stuart Heath

  ·5 months ago

  “Sunday lunch. Roast lamb was a mini leg of lamb which just fell off the bone. Veg was fresh, plentiful and hot. We were too stuffed to have dessert. The people around us all cleared their plates and everything that came out of the kitchen looked fantastic. I think I'll keep returning and just just eat my way through the menu!”

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  Claire Milford

  ·5 months ago

  “Lovely country pub with great food and service. Quiet and relaxing atmosphere with lots of free parking. Highly recommended.”

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  Craig Johnson

  ·6 months ago

  “First time visiting the Shep, and really enjoyed it. If you're looking for good food and drink options right by Beamish, this is literally next door. They pile the plates high! We didn't need this much food, but it was excellent quality too, especially for the price. The menu has a good range of chop, steak, fish, vegetarian and regular dish (e.g. pies, burgers etc) options. One of our group was vegetarian and they had the lasagne which was decent, lots of fresh vegetables and a good dish. Plenty of good lager and keg beers on tap, plus at least one cask (Wainwright Gold was on when we visited, but it looks like Timothy Taylor Landlord might be on sometimes too). Guinness 0.0 is also in the fridge too for the non-alcoholic drinkers. The staff were really friendly and welcoming too, and we'd gladly go back.”

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  Allen Stokell

  ·7 months ago

  “This was our first visit and we found it wonderful the food, staff/service and atmosphere were amazing. It was cozy, the food was fantastic in our opinion, the staff were very friendly and polite. The food arrived hot and in good time even when it started to get busy. It wasn’t to loud you could hear yourself and enjoy the food, drink and atmosphere.”

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  Nick Middleton

  ·1 year ago

  “We'd heard about this place from friends, then when some family visited us we came here for food. It was well worth it. The main course was lovely, had proper homemade chunky chips, the mixed grill was £14 and was huge. Plenty of choice for main course and desserts, chocolate fudge cake would be my recommendation. Plenty of staff to take your order. Has a nice outside play area, parking can be a bit hard, it very busy and we outside seats you can struggle a little bit.”

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  Steven Tilly

  ·1 year ago

  “Had a nice dinner for for here. We all had different things, including two vegetarian choices. One of us had the steak and ale pie and found there was so much meat in it she was too full to eat it all! Definitely nothing to complain about there. Service was good, beer was decent.”