Best Restaurants in Hexham

In total, there is 1 award winning restaurant in Hexham, based on the combined awards from the leading UK restaurant guides.

Were you expecting to see more restaurants in Hexham? Remember at Leading Restaurants we only list restaurants holding awards from major restaurant guides; currently less than 3% of all restaurants in the UK and Ireland hold an award from a major guide.

The best restaurant in Hexham is The Beaumont Hexham (based on our unique combination of the leading UK restaurant guides). The Beaumont Hexham currently holds 1 AA Rosette.

There are currently no restaurants holding a Michelin Star in Hexham and indeed no restaurants at all in this location listed in the Michelin Guide; perhaps the Michelin inspectors will visit soon!

There is currently a single listed AA Rosette restaurant in Hexham which holds 1 AA Rosette.

Hexham has the sort of market-town appetite that rewards anyone who arrives hungry. Set in the green folds of Northumberland, it combines a sturdy rural larder with a long tradition of inn dining, tearoom comfort and quietly ambitious modern cooking. The town's older rhythm, shaped by abbey, market and coaching trade, still seems to echo in the way people eat here: breakfasts that mean business, pub lunches with proper gravitas, and suppers that lean proudly on local beef, lamb and game. There is also an enduring affection for Northumbrian detail, from pease pudding and regional cheeses to the simple excellence of good sausages and pies. At places such as Bouchon Bistrot, diners have long found a polished, French-leaning confidence that sits surprisingly well in this corner of northern England, while the town's cafes and bakeries keep faith with the more homely pleasures of strong tea, fresh scones and generous cakes after a walk along the Tyne or a browse through the market. What makes Hexham interesting to a critic is not merely that it can feed you well, but that it reveals the history of the area through its tables. Nearby country house hotels and old inns have helped preserve a culture of hospitality in which dining is treated as part of the landscape rather than an afterthought. The Beaumont Hotel, with its established place in the town, speaks to that tradition of serving visitors who came for trade, touring or the clean northern air. A little further afield, the wider Hexham district has earned admiration for destination dining, including the much-praised Restaurant Hjem at Wall, where local produce is handled with a calm, modern intelligence. Even when the cooking becomes more inventive, the region rarely loses its grounding; the best meals here still taste of pasture, hedgerow and river valley. In Hexham, food is not presented with metropolitan swagger so much as with a certain Northumbrian assurance, and that, in the end, is its great charm.