In The Visitor Centre, a cafe serves drinks, snacks and home-made sandwiches which can be enjoyed at one of the indoor tables, outdoors in The Courtyard or deck overlooking Capability Brown landscape.

There's free entry to The Visitor Centre and its facilities, so its a great place to stop for coffee and to buy plants, local produce and gifts and find more about the region.

Within the walls of The Alnwick Garden,The Pavilion features a self-service space with fantastic views of the Grand Cascade that offers a wide choice of meals, snacks and drinks throughout the day.

    * Breakfast, 10 - 11.30 everyday
    * Lunch, 11.30am - 3pm everyday Sample lunch menu
    * Afternoon tea, 4 - 6pm everyday

The Pavilion and Visitor Centre is available for events. For more information please call 01665 511350.

The Treehouse

The unique dining experience on offer in The Treehouse is nothing if not unusual. The roaring log fire in the centre of the room, the living tree complete with green leaves growing through the restaurant, the fascinating craftsmanship which has created screens from fallen branches and the dimmed lighting combine to create an other-wordly, magical environment.

The delicious menus include a fantastic range of locally sourced produce, helping The Garden encourage and support local producers.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, a delicious a la carte menu is served from 7pm. On Thursdays, dinner is accompanied by live jazz, and on Fridays, diners can enjoy a wide range of live music from folk and blues to Northumbrian and world.

    * Breakfast, 10 - 11.30 everyday
    * Lunch, 11.30am - 2.45pm everyday
    * Dinner, 7 - 9.30pm Thursday to Saturday

No reservations are taken for for lunch Monday - Saturday, but reservations are recommended for Sunday lunch and dinner.

Please call 01665 511852 or visit The Treehouse or the information desk in The Visitor Centre.

For coffee and lunch a valid admissions ticket for The Alnwick Garden is required to access The Treehouse.

Sample menus for The Treehouse

Our menus are seasonal and change throughout the year.

Morning coffee

Morning cake selection, all £2.50:

Donkins chocolate tiffin

Caramel shortbread

Assorted morning pastries

Drinks:

Filter coffee  £1.50

Cappucino  £1.80

Latte  £1.80

Espresso  £1.80

Freshly brewed tea  £1.20

Herbal teas  £1.40

Hot chocolate  £2.30

Orange juice / Apple juice  £1.50

Fentiman's traditional lemonade  £2.20

Fentiman's ginger beer  £2.20

Coke / Diet coke  £1.50

Mineral water, still or sparkling  £1.75

Lunch Menu

Soup of the day  3.50

Bacon sandwich  3.95

Homemade wild mushroom spring rollls  7.25

Open Northumrbrian steak sandwich  8.50

Turnbulls Northumberland sausage  6.95

Pasta bolognaise  6.95

Tagliatelle with locally smoked haddock and fresh prawns  7.50

Swallows of Seahouses smoked salmon  9.95

Treehouse meat platter  7.50

Margherita pizza  5.95

Alnwick gardeners' lunch  7.50

Fat chips  3.50

Desserts       All Priced at 4.25

Sticky toffee pudding

Raspberry and white chocolate cheesecake

Northumbrian fruit cake

Kirsch soaked cherry and frangipane tart

Sample Sunday lunch menu

The Sunday lunch menus changes often with seasonality and local availability. The following menu is a sample.

Two courses £12.50

Three courses £16.50

Starters

Chef's soup of the day

Wild mushroom and chervil risotto with fresh parmesan

Tea-smoked chicken and apricot terrine with toasted walnut bread

Crispy Boulmer crab cakes with homemade tartare sauce

Treehouse chicken Caesar salad with garlic croutons

Mains

Roast srip loin of Northumbrian beef, Yorkshire pudding and a red wine jus

Roast loin of pork, sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce

Roast chunk of cod, fresh herb mash, cream sauce

Wild mushroom and savoy cabbage parcel with a chervil beurre blanc

Desserts

Baked white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake with a fresh berry compote

Warm sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch schnapps sauce and ice cream

Individual lemon meringue pie with chantilly cream and vanilla ice cream

Duo of chocolate, dark chocolate tart with a white chocolate ganache

Local cheese platter with wheat wafers, celery and fruit pickle

A la carte dinner

The Treehouse is open for dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 7pm, with last orders taken at 9.30pm.

Booking for dinner is recommended (01665 511852), although you can come along and soak up the atmosphere in The Treehouse bar while you have a drink and wait for a table.

A delicious a la carte menu is served, which changes often with seasonality and local availability. The following menu is a sample.

Sample menu

Starters

Terrine of local pheasant and smoked bacon with walnut bread toast  6.95

Crispy Boulmer crab cakes with homemade tartare sauce  7.25

Poached king prawns Thai chilli jam, creme fraiche and a light herb salad  7.95

Sauteed wild mushrooms in garlic butter on toasted brioche  6.95

Mains

Lemon peppered duck breast, rosti potato and a Cumberland jus  18.95

Grilled sirloin of north country beef, hand cut chips, flat mushrooms, roast tomato, confit shallots and Bearnaise sauce  22.50

Roast rack of Ingram Valley lamb with herb crust, roast heritage potatoes and rosemary jus  18.50

Whole roast seabass stuffed with fennel and lemon with salsa verde  18.25

Roasted butternut squash risotto with parmesan crisps  14.25

Desserts

Dark chocolate tart, caramelised oranges and white chocolate ganache  6.50

Hot sticky toffee pudding, butterscotch sauce and Wheelbirks ice cream  6.50

Raspberry creme brulee with hazelnut shortbread  6.50

Selection of Northumbrian cheese, chilled grapes, celery, fruit pickle and wheat wafers  7.50

The Treehouse is available for hire outside of Garden opening hours, for more information click here.