Bealim House — Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

As I entered asking if they were open for coffee the member of staff with a red t-shirt and a pony tail was rude and just grunted.

She then proceeded to serve every other customer except me. They were buying alcoholic drinks whilst I waited at the coffee counter and she knew I was stood there waiting for her to serve me. There was no direction of where I was meant to order.

Then I asked the other member of staff and she said “well you can order where you like and we are busy” So rude.

I was eventually served the coffees but I will not be coming here again and I do not recommend anyone else does for coffee.

If they do not want to serve coffee at a busy time, then they should not be...

Had a great time here for a friend's birthday, and I say that as a non-gin-drinker. Or at least not usually - if you don't drink gin normally, you should try the gin here as it's a little "softer" than many popular brands. I quite liked it :-) Try the raspberry gin sling - even non-gin-drinkers will like it. It's also a fascinating place for a wander around, as the way the gin still is incorporated into the building really is quite unique. Another worthy addition to Newcastle's increasingly interesting...

Fired down a somewhat turbo style solo Guinness on a Thursday evening here. It was fairly quiet so the choice of seating or standing area was optimal. No issues with anything really. Standard enough city central price, which isn't so cheap but not so extreme plus it's a nice looking bar. I may not return so quickly because it's way off my beaten drinking track, but I would give it the thumbs up to anyone who might ask for my opinion...