News & Updates

Spring is just around the corner, but its still pie weather!  Dave is on making some fresh beef pies today.  Traditional suet pastry, succulent beef and rich gravy served with mash and peas, or for those who just can't resist, we can do it with chips instead!  It will...

The infamous Smoggie Mike McGrother comes to Crathorne Arms with his Wild Rover Tour on 3rd June 2016.  The front man of the Wildcats of Kilkenny has launched his Wild Rover tour.  Following in the footsteps of his grandfather Jimmy McGrother.  A Plater by day, Jimmy...

Music Lovers, get your dancing shoes on...... The Colin Holt Band with Snake Davis returns to The Crathorne Arms.  On the 27th April we have the privilege to host this fantastic band.  As usual we have our Prix Fix menu available for those who would like to have a...

Blue blue blue blue.....room. Feeling a bit down, under the weather, BLUE?  Come and have a pick me up from our Prix fix menu, served all night Tuesdays - Thursdays and until 7.30pm Fridays.  Or come and try our heart-warming favourites from the lunch menu, Croque...

Put your sunglasses on and dine like a rock star in our fabulously, outrageously vibrant orangery.  Its like a wake up call for your eyeballs!  No one else could get away with a colour scheme like ours, mixed with our vintage plates and decades of mix and matched...

Our Reception area was the next to receive the paint treatment....welcome to the mellow yellow room.  Relax in the comfy sofa and get toasty by our fire, even eat here if you desire.  We warn you, once you sit down, you wont want (or be able) to get back up!!  the...

Next on our painting agenda, The Restaurant.  As usual, we havent been shy when it comes to picking colours.  The Blue and green compliments the out door eating area, maybe a bit chilly at this time of the year, but come summer, the perfect place to dine al fresco....

  Welcome to our new Red Room!  As you all know, we've been here for over 2 years now, and we decided that we needed a lick of paint.  So in true Crathorne style, we went all out!  The first to get the treatment was our music room.  As long as we've been open, it has...

As tradition dictates, every year we host the Crathorne Hunt! Locals and Hunt riders came to partake in a bacon buttie and a shot of whisky, medicinal obviously. One of the oldest hunt packs in the country, a great day was had by all, and lots of manure to fertilise...

.....but we do make a mean cup of coffee.  Aaannd, its local!  Our supplier, Andrew Henley at Railtown Coffee comes from Darlington and sends us the most fantastic coffee beans.  Now here is man who knows his stuff.  He regularly pops in to check our machine and to...