Eat | High Force Hotel | Forest-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham

We serve delicious, home-cooked food all day, from breakfast, snacks and lunches right through to evening meals in the relaxed setting of The High Force Hotel.

With an exciting menu offering classic British food alongside some international favourites, we try our best to showcase the many wonderful producers and growers in Upper Teesdale. Even our coffee is roasted locally!

We are dog friendly so, whether you’re visiting for a stroll to the Waterfall, Sunday lunch or an overnight stay, your four-legged friend is welcome too.

Sunday Lunches

High Force is making its mark for its outstanding Sunday lunch menu. Come and enjoy a traditional roast dinner with the finest cuts of local meat, home-made Yorkshire Puddings, crisp roast potatoes and freshly cooked seasonal vegetables with a generous serving of gravy.

Sunday Lunch is served between 12 noon and 6.00pm (subject to availability). Bookings are taken between 12 noon and 3.00pm and it is always recommended for larger groups. Otherwise just walk in and make yourself comfortable; one of our friendly team will ensure you are looked after and take your order.

Breakfast, lunch & dinner

Breakfast is served from 8:00am – 11:00am, Whether you prefer a Full English or just some eggs on toast, we welcome you to start the day with us.

Lunch and Dinner – Our main menu runs from 12noon right through until 9pm (8pm 1^st November – 31^st March).

For those wishing to enjoy a great coffee or snack on the go, we offer a takeaway menu served from the bar or our ice cream kiosk in the waterfall carpark.

JANUARY OPENING – During January the hotel will be open for food from 9am to 5pm Sunday to Thursday with normal opening (9am to 8pm) on Fridays and Saturdays. Normal hours resume on 1st February.

High Force trail will be open from 9 – 4pm every day.

Full English Breakfast, High Force Hotel

Choose your setting

You can choose to eat in one of our two cosy little bars, in the tearoom or outdoors on the patio, in the courtyard or in the garden.

Our ground floor public areas are warm and welcoming, with open fires and log burning stoves. There is nowhere better to sit on a cold winter’s day to read the paper over a Gin and Tonic or glass of wine.

Breakfast is served in our lower bar, offering dual aspect windows to let the morning sunshine stream through.

Raise a glass to the taste of Teesdale. We are passionate about looking after our beverages the good old-fashioned way, with excellent cellar management and knowledgeable staff to make for a perfect pint of any of our ﬁnest ales, ciders and lagers. You can try local real ales including our guest hand pulls which change every week, premium quality continental lagers and scrumptiously refreshing ciders – or why not choose from our wide selection of bottled drinks, including both alcoholic and non-alcoholic?

We all love Gin here and we have a fantastic selection of gins for you to sample, whether it’s in one of our gin cocktails or as a traditional G&T, we have something for everyone. Fever tree mixers are served as standard, but with other options available to suit every palate. The High Force Hotel’s well-stocked wine cellar brings you wines from around the globe. You can enjoy a selection of our wines either by the glass or of course the bottle; there are wines to pair with all our dishes and to suit every taste.

Tea & Coffee – we have selected the very best in all that we do and tea and coffee is no exception. Our teas are supplied by TeaPigs, who we have carefully chosen for their commitment to giving back to communities that bring us our tea. They source from well-run, sustainable tea estates and always try to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. We share this ethos and are proud to supply ethical tea which has been plastic free for over 10 years.

Lonton Coffee – who’d have thought of roasting coffee in Upper Teesdale? Lonton are a small collection of individuals who have come together to source and roast only the finest coffee. Situated just a few miles away in one of the outlying villages, Lonton have become renowned for quality and being trusted providers of great tasting coffee.

High Force Kiosk

The Waterfall kiosk is open seasonally and has a fantastic range of delicious ice creams from local creamery Brymor.

Brymor are animal lovers like us and believe their ice cream is the best due to the love and affection they show their own happy herd of Guernsey cows who in turn, produce the finest, creamiest milk.