Black Bull Hotel

Hotel

Excellent service and food. Lovely friendly atmosphere.

Good pub food, great staff service.

Lovely food and bar staff Elle was excellent with her hospitality. Thanks & Kind Regards Lee Johnson.

Just stopped off for a meal whilst passing through from Wigan. Lovely little pub and great food.

Spent two afternoons in the Black Bull our first time in Kirby Stephen great food and staff. Thank you John, Brian and Michael for your warm welcome.

Lovely 2 night stay here. Very friendly, very Covid safe, very clean small hotel. Felt very welcomed. Bed very comfortable and room large. Only gripe was shower wasn’t that powerful but otherwise a lovely place to chill out.

Good food — all home made. Very friendly and lovely with the dogs — even bought them a bowl of treats and some water.

Fantastic food, friendly staff. Portions huge! Highly recommended!

We recently booked in for a meal. All covid secure. The food was outstanding, 5 star rating in our opinion, and very reasonably priced, they even offered smaller portions at a reduced cost for the smaller apitite, which was still plenty. Would definitely recommend, very skilled chef.

A great tradition pub in the Main Street in Kirkby Stephen with attentive staff a great pint of real ale.

We stayed there for one night with our dog. Room lovely and clean and very comfortable. Staff were friendly and helpful. The menu could do with a bit choices.

Went for my 60th food was great good service and friendly staff.
Thanks for a great night.

The atmosphere was great, and meeting up with the locals that knew us and our mum and dad.

Excellent pub. The best in kirkby Stephen. One very good vivacious barmaid who is always willing to please. All food excellent apart from the vegetarian butternut squash risotto. Sadly, it was bland.

Delicious food and couldn’t fault the staff. I will be going back again.

We had Sunday lunch there. It was beautiful, well presented. Good portion of lamb, and perfectly cooked vegetables. Staff friendly and welcoming. Would certainly return.

Had dinner here as recommended by C2C guide book. Both meals were served quickly, but luke warm. Chicken burger was actually 3 poor quality chicken pieces, not as menu describes. Had to spit out pieces of gristle! Left the salad as looked soggy and on the turn. Nobody really cared that we said it was poor quality food, and still charged full price.

Great friendly pub… lots of Character.
Love the 'Jackie' posters on the ladies room walls too!

Called here after a stroll through the town after a long walk, the bar maid was very welcoming and gave our dog some nice fresh water and gave him some doggy biscuits, a couple of regulars came in and our dog welcomed them, they loved him, one of the guys had just got back from Australia, thank you for making us feel very welcome. Xx.

What a find! Unique boutique style rooms and the best steak I've ever eaten. Stay here if you are visiting or stopping over in the Eden Valley.

Good sized, well equipped room (I especially appreciated the complimentary Jelly Babies). Friendly and efficient staff. Two minute walk to launderette (very handy for coast to coast walkers). Restaurant served freshly cooked food.

Lovely staff and a friendly warm welcome. We had a meal in the restaurant which was amazing, even though they were really busy they still accommodated us. We would defiantly recommend staying here and will be returning in the near future.

Great place to make a stop on the way to Lake district for food. Nice scones.

Wonderful service & the food was fantastic. The rump steak was Devine it melted in my mouth. I can’t thank the staff for making Our Birthday celebrations go with a bang. This place is a must if you are staying nearby. One day I dream to stay over in the hotel section of the pub.

Very pleasant staff. Saved us from a very hungry night by squeezing us in for supper. We did not realize that all the other places in town closed at half 3. We had just walked in on the C2C trail. Wanted to find the place we were staying, and grab a shower before supper. What a surprise to find no place to eat. Thank you Black Bull for cheerfully finding us a spot.

Stopped here for a pint and some food on our way to camp for the weekend, cask beer seemed to be well kept, burger and chips was good, one friend had a caesar salad which looked very nice. We dined outside in the back beer garden which was well kept and a little quirky. The barkeeper on at the time was particularly good, friendly and helpful. An enjoyable start to a great weekend.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Good place for a drink. Locals use it a lot. Rooms could do with a refurbishment. Surprisingly a big bathroom with my single en suite room. Dinner was OK but definitely not homemade. Breakfast was good, just need the guy serving it to cheer up. Wouldn't stay there in the winter. Provided a small heater which would not warm up the room, luckily during my stay the weather was very hot.

Lovely selection of pub grub. Cosy proper pub feel, and some comfy sofa's out back! The bar staff were lovely and there are some real ales on tap, not an amazing selection but a couple of good local ones. Would recommend. Free Wi-Fi. Friendly to C2C's too, many stay here!

Lovely pub atmosphere and great food. Good value. We has a lovely stay.

Fantastic mothers day Sunday roast, a few different meats to choose from very tender meat huge plates full of food well presented. Lovely waitress kept checking everything was ok cleared table as soon as we needed it to be cleared. The deserts that followed were absolutely fab. Will definitely be back again for another family meal. Really lovely little pub.

Great pub, dog friendly, good food and beer, super landlord and staff.

Had a lovely lunch here food well presented and tasty would recommend it.

A warming, vintage environment with an open fireplace. Bar staff were very friendly and always happy to help. Drinks were good too!

Best Sunday lunch for ages. Really friendly staff Yorkshire puds like top hats b deffo returning thankyou bri nd paul a.

Warm welcome and cosy room's lovely fire in the bar lovely food and friendly staff.

Great location, rooms are far better than you might expect from a pub in a small market town on the edge of nowhere. Have stayed several times. Good food, good value and lovely staff.

Lovely friendly staff and lovely food. A nice lunch time experience complete with open fire.

A great place for solo Coast to Coast walkers; one of the few places with a single room. It was comfortable and the food was good.

Good atmospheric pub in the middle of town. Convenient and friendly, worth a visit after a long walk!

Called in on way home from Lakes for dinner, staff very welcoming, dog was welcome in the lounge or bar too, the food was amazing, everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meal. Would definitely recommend and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

We had dinner here coming in just before 20:00. The personnel was very nice and accommodating. It's a dog friendly place with good food for a good price and a selection of craft beers on tap (3 at a time).

We went there for dinner. The food was very delicious and the service was really good. We will come back!

We just went into the pub for eating. It was very friendly and welcoming and even though we are german they nicely exlained everthing we wanted to know. The food was delicious and we look forward to visit again!

Nice friendly bar. Welcoming staff and a good pint too.

We called in looking for food on our journey from Dufton to Edale. The place was busy but the lovely young lady behind the bar found us a table was was very courteous and helpful. An equally lovely young lady served our food which was 5*. Thanks them both, and all the kitchen staff, we had an excellent meal and went on our way. Highly recommended.

Had a last minute stop here yesterday after a hard day's cycling. The staff and owners bent over backwards to accommodate my needs. Room was lovely and clean with loads of nice touches. Evening meal and breakfast, both outstanding. Enjoyed my unplanned visit so much, am gonna go back.

Conveniently located. Pleasant atmosphere in the bar area, with further rooms behind.

Good service nice beer and good food.

Lovely little hotel serving some great food. Our room was very nice, modern decor and very clean. We had a very nice meal in the restaurant (not the usual pub grub) and the breakfast that was included with our room was of a very high standard. I would recommend this place to friends and happily stay here again.

This was my second visit in 4 months. Last was spent in the beer garden, mainly with visitors. The food (it was lunchtime) was as excellent as the weather was gorgeous. This time it was autumn and so, inside. It was early evening and the main bar quickly filled with locals stopping off, for a swifty after work. On both occasions the staff have been helpful and willing to engage with all their clients, making for a great atmosphere. They also have accommodation which, if the rest of the place is anything to go by, will be clean, functional and comfortable. I, for one, will definitely go back to The Black Bull — and I can't say fairer than that.