We stayed for 2 nights in this brilliant pub with our dog Daisy. Its incredibly dog friendly and the owners friendly dogs wandered around the bar area freely. The staff are incredible and could not do enough for us. The bedroom was large and clean...with tea, coffee and biscuits that were renewed each day. They even provided a dog blanket and bowl ( although we brought Daisys bed) it was a lovely gesture. The food was great and we ate there both nights. The pub had a lovely lively atmosphere with some live music on the Friday evening. We were lucky with the weather and walked a fair stretch of Haidrians wall which wasnt too far away. I will definitely stay here again.More

Nice food and friendly service. I had the chicken cobbler and husband had the game casserole - both were very tasty and we enjoyed the vegetables, which were a bit different. Service was very friendly and prompt even though the hotel was very busy.

Dangerous and disappointing.i ordered from their gluten free menu,it's not worth the paper it's written on after ordering the game casserole, I was told you won't get the dumpling it clearly states with a dumpling on the menu,so I changed and ordered the belly pork...starter from the GF menu,again I was told well that isn't the actual sauce that you will get with it because the sauce that you get with it contains gluten seriously on a GF menu main o had the GF stroganoff, within in 15mins of finishing my me I was vomiting,doubled over in pain and was burping terribly,I had clearly been given something with large amounts of gluten,I don't think this place realises the dangers of eating gluten when you are celiac .More

Day 2 of our Hadrian's Wall hike ended here, and we are glad it did. It was a great place to recharge. We took advantage of the b&b, and breakfast the following morning gave us the energy to keep going. Thank you!

After driving round looking for a rural pub to have lunch outside in the sunshine. All the pubs we did find to have outside seating finished serving at 2pm. We found the Howard arms. First impressions looked good, beautiful looking building the main bar has...a lovely cosy feeling. Having never been before we asked if there was anywhere to eat outside, the girl behind the bar said yes out the back of the building. When entering the court yard it looked lovely, only a few tables, and a covered area with two large settees and benches. It was nice to sit in the sunshine finally. The young girl took our drinks and food order within 5 minutes of sitting down. Whilst waiting for our order we noticed that the court yard was very dirty, cigarette butts littered the floor. The leather sofas were filthy and there was random stuff crammed everywhere! Our food arrived 30 minutes after we had ordered it. My partner had the steak pie and chips, I had the southern fried chicken burger with chips. My burger was very bland no flavour at all to it. My partners pie he said was ok, but has had better. The waitress never asked if we enjoyed our food we never saw her again after she had served the main meals. We had to go to the bar to settle our bill. I would understand if the pub was busy but it wasn’t! The food was not worth the price being charged. Service was poor.More

Had two excellent meals and a light lunch at the Howard Arms - great food and for ale drinkers don't miss the Thwaits IPA. It's a dog and walker friendly hotel with three resident dogs so you can be sure of a doggy welcome. Well...deserved 2022 Thwaits pub of the yearMore

Family of 6 for Sunday lunch 5 beef, 1 chicken for was ok beef was chowy, and with drinks and a bill of £180 I think it was ridiculous. Not even fresh mashed potato and very little vegetable for that price and the drinks we...had were all soft drinks . To to priceyMore

Stopped off here for an overnight stay on our way to Scotland. Pleasant market town and all locals seemed very friendly and welcoming. Very relaxed dog friendly bar area and evening meal was good. Having driven for several hours we were obviously tired and looked...forward to an early night and comfortable sleep (we are in our late ‘60’s). Our room was immediately above the bar area and we knew we were in trouble when a band started up at around 8 pm. It is no exaggeration to say the room was shaking, bathroom tinkling and our dog was frightened. When it got to 10 pm I could stand it no more and telephoned downstairs. I was told it would finish at 11pm but she would ask them to turn it down (which didn’t happen). Explaining that I was not happy that we had been put in this room above a loud band and that we should at the least have been warned so that we could try and make alternative arrangements we were told to raise the issue in the morning with the owner. He was not to be seen so we had breakfast and settled the bill with the young morning staff. I expected an email apology from the hotel during the rest of our holiday but nothing was forthcoming so I sent an email to the hotel which was not acknowledged or acted upon. This is what I find most annoying. A shame because this could have been a good stay.More

We booked but as a party of 16 had arrived causing this super popular pub to be a little behind. We were treated very friendly and professionally by Hazel. It was worth the wait as the Ribeye was simply the best!!!! I am very fussy...when it comes to my Steak and our Ribeye was tender and beautifully cooked to the perfect Medium Rare. Our meal included a bottle of Merlot which was a good compliment to the meal. Our dessert consisted of Strawberry and Prosecco cheesecake, see the pictures. Highly recommended 👌More

Great value deal on tea and sausage bap. The sausage was particularly impressive. Friendly staff and quick service. We’ll definitely be back next time we’re in Brampton.

This is the best pub around this area,the food and beer are first class. Hosts Andrew and Ruth are the hardest working friendly people. If you passing call in.

Any hotel restaurant that is full on a Monday night in August has much to recommend it as a place to eat. This is comfort food from a Thwaites establishment in the middle of Brampton. We had the cobbler pie and the steak and ale...pie. The latter might have been improved further with the addition of kidneys to break-up the pulled beef. both pies are generous in size and come with mask or in some case chips and other vegetables although the vegetable portions aren't of the same size as the pies. My one grip - cold bitter. Serve larger cold but bitter at room temperature please.More