The Sun Hotel & Bar

Alexander Volkanovski, one of the best pound for pound UFC fighters in the world and recent visitor to The Sun Hotel & Lancaster, has made a video in which we feature quite a bit. He's a big fan of our city.

Warning - it's there's language that's not suitable for children. 🥊🥊🥊

1000 YEAR OLD CASTLE and a Full English Breakfast | COOKING WITH VOLK in Lancaster England Volk explores a 1000 year old castle and then tries a tradiional full english breakfast in a Lancaster Pub0:00 Intro0:47 Haunted Castle6:00 Full English Brea...

Have you seen what our friends at The Lancaster Spirits Company have been up to?

We already stock their gins and vodkas and we cannot wait to add their first Lancastrian Whisky to our back bar!

Lancaster Music Festival.... kicks off at The Sun tonight, 6pm with a brilliant acoustic act, Amy Rae.

Then the quality acts move right through Friday and then into Sunday. Saturday is simply too busy for anything other than drinking and eating.

It's the busiest four days of the year - people visiting from across the UK - the hotel has been fully booked since November last year. We have every staff member working, the beer cellar is heaving, the bottle store is jam packed. See you all later! 🍻🍻🎸🪕🎻

It’s that time of year again - Love Lancaster BID awards are now open… and we’d love your vote!

Team Sunny work extra hard all year round to provide you with the finest ales, food, service, atmosphere and all the rest to be the best we can be (and we hope you agree) ☀️

If you enjoy your visits to us, whether it be often or not, for a meal or to pop in for a drink, we’d really appreciate if you took a few minutes to vote for us in this years bid awards.

Hit the link below and vote away! 🤞🏼

Nomination Form - Love Lancaster Business Awards 2023 - Lancaster BID Nominate your favourite Lancaster city centre businesses to let us know who you think deserves to win an award this year.

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Nomination Form - Love Lancaster Business Awards 2023 - Lancaster BID Nominate your favourite Lancaster city centre businesses to let us know who you think deserves to win an award this year.

TIS THE SEASON ...to get planning!

That's right, only 115 days until our festive menu is here 🥂✨🎄

Available to book for 5 - 30 people from Thursday 30th November 23* 🤤

2-COURSES £24 | 3-COURSES £28

All festive meals must be booked in advance with a £10 per person non-refundable deposit required to confirm each table. Please email [email protected] to book.

*Christmas menu is not available on Saturdays and seating times are limited on Fridays.

Job alert! 🗣️

We’re looking to recruit part time bar staff to work across our busy Lancaster based venues - the Sun Hotel & Bar, the Tite & Locke and the Tap & Still. We work on a weekend on / weekend off basis across a two-week rolling shift pattern, hours are part time (10-20 hours per alternate week). We are looking for permanent members of the team who will be available for 12+ months. We are also looking for staff who are available to work over both Summer and Christmas holidays, as these are our busiest periods.

If you’re just starting out and want to learn the ropes - send over your details too as full training is available. Please send your cv over to [email protected]

Introducing our newest addition to the collection - Faithless 166! A limited edition Cherry flavoured sour from this Macclesfield based brewery.

Get it while you can! 🌞🍒

Job alert! 🗣️

We’re looking to recruit part time bar staff to work across our busy Lancaster based venues - the Sun Hotel & Bar, the Tite & Locke and the Tap & Still. We work on a weekend on / weekend off basis across a two-week rolling shift pattern, hours are part time (10-20 hours per alternate week). We are looking for permanent members of the team who will be available for 12+ months. We are also looking for staff who are available to work over both Summer and Christmas holidays, as these are our busiest periods.�
If you’re just starting out and want to learn the ropes - send over your details too as full training is available. ��Please send your cv over to [email protected]

FATHERS’ DAY

Looking for a place to dine on Sunday 18th June? We’ve opened our table bookings for the day - jump online and reserve your space in our well room and conservatory area to enjoy roast dinners alongside our main menu 12-8pm.

Alternatively, as always, you’re free to show up on the day and grab a seat in our bar, lounge or garden - these tables are always left free from bookings.

Hit your table buzzer and enjoy table service both inside and outside too!!

Job alert! We're looking to recruit housekeepers to join our hotel team. We’re busy with bookings, have lots of lovely guests, there are plenty of shifts available and we’ll work around you to create a working pattern that suits your requirements.

The role can be demanding, with rooms to turn and keep s***k and span. If you’re an experienced housekeeper, with an incredible eye for detail, and want to help in exceeding our guests’ expectations - send over your CV to [email protected].

If you’re just starting out and want to learn the ropes - send over your details too as full training is available.

This job is part time, fits in around school drop offs and we’re really flexible with your hours. If you’d prefer to work mid-week - no problem! If you’re only available at the weekend we can sort that too! All we ask is you turn up when you’re scheduled. Any hours considered from 5-20 per week.

Not sure what to do with your first of three long weekends this month? Why not bob in and grab something to eat from our new spring menu? 🍽️

No bookings - just come say hello, take a seat and hit your table button. We’ll do the rest!

Kitchen opening times:
Saturdays 8-11am | 12-3pm | 4-9pm
Sundays& Bank Hols 8:30-11am | 12-8pm
Mon-Thu 7:30-11am | 12-3pm | 4-9pm

New menu alert!!

Twice a year we upgrade and revamp our menus. We try to keep many of the absolute favourites whilst hunting for new dishes to become brand new favourites.

This time round we have added some lighter, spring flavours, sharpened up some of our more traditional dishes and added extra pizzazz to every item. No resting on our laurels!!

All food is cooked to order. Nothing makes a "ping" when it's ready for service, we add extra vegan/veggie dishes on every new menu and every ingredient is delivered by local suppliers. 🥑🥦🍞🍲

We operate a "walk in" policy at the weekends. Booking is not required. Grab a drink, take a look at our menu and settle in for the night. 🍻🍻

BREAKFAST 🍳

Certainly one of our favourite meals of the day!

Book a hotel room directly via our own website and you can choose any meal from our breakfast menu every morning during your stay with us 🛏️🍽️

Not staying? Not a problem - join us any time during breakfast service and take your pick from our selection. Coffee and juice included too ☕️

Breakfast served:
Mondays - Fridays 7:30-11am
Saturdays 8-11am
Sundays & Bank Hols 8:30-11am

Celebrate New Year’s Eve with us! 🥂

We’re open as normal this evening - you can join us for drinks and food as you please and stay as long as you like once you’re here.

Food is served 12-3pm and 4-9pm with last orders at the bar at 00:45am 🍽️🍻

Wishing all our customers a bright and happy start to 2023 🍾🎉

Need a last minute gift idea? Jump on our website and order an online voucher to spend on food and drinks next year 🍺🍽️🎁

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Gift Voucher - Monetary Gift Vouchers - From £20 The Sun Hotel & Bar is an award-winning boutique hotel with fabulous rooms, food and drink.

Cheers to the festivities!! 🥂🍻

We’re open for drinking and dining over the Christmas period. No bookings required - swing by as you are and grab a seat for as long as you please once you’re here.

🍽️ MAIN FOOD MENU SERVICE
☀️ Wed 21st - Sat 24th Dec: 12-3pm & 4-9pm
🎄 Christmas Day: closed
🎄 Boxing Day & Bank Holiday Mon 27th Dec: 12-8pm
🎄 Tue 28th Dec - NYE: 12-3pm & 4-9pm
🥂 NYD & Bank Holiday Mon 2nd Jan 12-8pm

🍻 BAR SERVICE
☀️ Wed 21st & Thu 22nd Dec: 11am - midnight
🍷 Fri 23rd & Sat 24th Dec: 11am - 1am
🎄 Christmas Day: closed
🍾 Boxing Day & BH Tue 27th Dec: 11am - midnight
🥃 Wed 28th & Thu 29th Dec: 11am - midnight
🥂 Fri 30th Dec & NYE: 11am - 1am
🍺 NYD & BH Mon 2nd Jan: 11am - 11.30pm

Return to normality follows the above!

We wish everyone a safe and happy celebration of the holiday season and hope to be able to welcome you and yours for food, beers and everything in between!

Don't worry if you are scheduled to visit The Sun on Saturday and you're stressed about missing the England v France World Cup game.

We have TVs for the bar area, perfect for those that want to see the game whilst leaving the rest of the pub football free.

Saves people staring at their phones and using up all the WiFi! 🤓⚽️

Today is the day our FESTIVE BOARD lands!!

Find it on the Specials Board throughout December - no bookings, just stop by, grab yourself a table and hit your service button 🛎 Let our staff come to you!!

Our kitchen team have really pushed the boat out this year and you'll find your festive board packed with the following:

🎄Panko crumbed turkey sliders
🎄Proper stuffing sausage rolls
🎄Baked camembert
🎄Ham hock croquettes with curried mayo
🎄Drunk pigs in a cider sauce
🎄Posh sprouts with truffle & parmesan
🎄Bread, oils & drips
🎄Mince pies

Main food menu served Mon-Sat 12-3pm & 4-9pm | Sun & BHs 12-8pm 🍽

As we head into the busy festive season we wanted to remind everyone you don't need to have booked a Christmas meal to come in and enjoy a drink and/or to dine with us throughout December.

Our team will be ready to cater for you whether you're after a festive board, a bowl of soup, a plant-based cauliflower schnitzel (📸), maybe our delicious duck duo (📸) or perhaps just a pint of Blonde?

Whatever you fancy - we're got you covered! Feel free to swing by as you please, take a seat at one of our unreserved tables and stay as long as you'd like once you're here! Let us do the leg work, hit the service button and we'll bring everything to you 🛎

🍽 Main menu served: Mon-Sat 12-3pm & 4-9pm | Sun & BHs 12-8pm
🍻 Last orders at the bar from: Mon-Thu 11:45pm | Fri&Sat 12:45am | Sun 11:15pm

December is creeping ever closer... have you ticked off presents for everyone on your nice list yet? 🎁

Fear not if you haven't! We've got you covered - pop in and purchase a gift voucher for your chosen £amount at the bar now. Could be enough for a bowl of chips and a pint 🍺 or splash out and cover an overnight stay with breakfast in the one of our rooms 🛏

Better yet - the gift recipient can take their pick of Lancaster Brewery's venues to spend their voucher in. Maybe a meal at Mill at Ulverston or a bottle of The Lancaster Spirits Company Firecracker gin - the choice is theirs!!

It's the Lancaster Christmas Market at Lancaster Brewery from 3pm tomorrow - we're raring to see all the festive treats and gifts from incredible producers from across the North West.

Whilst you're there, you can pick up gift hampers for the lover in your life and get the brand new Firecracker Gin in a gift set from The Lancaster Spirits Company for the G&T drinker on your present list.

Kick off the festive season with a bit of shopping, plenty of yummy food and a cheeky tipple. Plus, there's live music, kids entertainment and crafts!! We'll see you on the shuttle bus from The Tite & Locke - Lancaster Railway Station 🚍

opening hours for 2022: Friday 25th Nov 3-9pm | Saturday 26th Nov 3-9pm | Sunday 27th Nov 12-6pm

As the World Cup excitement gathers pace for the fans and increasingly infuriates the non-fans, Lancaster Brewery is pleased to offer something for everyone.

And so - every England match will be shown live on the 12 foot screen at the Brewery and at The Sun we have a football free world. All our usual delicious food, chirpy staff, unique service buttons and lovely drinks - no tv sport at all.

Visit the Brewery for football music, football prices, football wins. Visit The Sun for all the usual atmosphere but without the World Cup hustle and bustle.

Fancy something delicious to eat today?

Why not pop in and order one of our Head Chef's favourite small plates - ham hock terrine? Perfect as a grazing snack, great as a starter and even better when ordered as a sharing feast alongside our other small dishes or perhaps on the side of a gourmet board 🤤

We leave all tables free from reservations at the weekends so you can choose to join us whenever you fancy and you can stay seated as long as you'd like.

🍽 Our main menu is served 12-3pm & 4-9pm on Saturdays | 12-8pm on Sundays

Oh my FESTIVE - just look at this year's special gourmet board for December 😍

Too tasty to share but far too much for just one person - our kitchen team are serving up the following... 🍽

🎄Panko crumbed turkey sliders with cranberry mayo
🎄Proper stuffing sausage rolls
🎄Baked camembert
🎄Ham hock croquettes with curried mayo
🎄Drunk pigs in a cider sauce
🎄Posh sprouts with truffle and parmesan
🎄Bread, oils & drips
🎄& mince pies to finish (or maybe take home if you're full!)

Our festive feast is available on our Specials Board two weeks today from Thursday 1st for the entire month of December. No bookings - swing by during your shopping trip, for a catch up lunch or a Christmassy treat tea, take a seat, hit your table service button and let us do the rest!!

Have you tried The Lancaster Spirits Company's English Grain Vodka yet? It's creamy and smooth - plus it's made right on our doorstep by the talented team distilling inside Lancaster Brewery.

Here's our lovely supervisor, Koda, choosing to serve her LSCo vodka over lots of ice, with a slice of lime and spicy ginger beer. Order at the bar now... or better yet, take a seat in our lounge area, hit the table service button and let us do the leg work! 🛎

Our friends over at The Lancaster Spirits Company are giving away a bottle of their 001 batch of Firecracker Gin. Take a look at their page to find out how to enter!

As we head into the colder and darker months we're looking forward to cosy evenings in the pub... fire on, beer, wine and boozy hot chocolates delivered straight to your table alongside yummy home cooked food from our new menu. And when you're done? You don't even need to go home - you can book to stay in one of our 16 bedrooms!

Hit the link in our profile now to book your stay with us via our own website - you'll see availability updated in realtime, get the best possible pricing AND receive complimentary breakfast. As an added bonus use code WINTERSUN for 15% off your stay for bookings from 1st December 2022 to 28th February 2023 (minimum spend £65 and discount does not apply on Saturdays).

Our new Winter Menu landed yesterday and we think it's one of our best yet... the kitchen team have surpassed themselves! 👨‍🍳

Take a look at the full menu by clicking the link in our profile and come say hello to order your chosen plates. No need to book a table - you're more than welcome to join us without a reservation 🍽

Main Menu served: Monday - Saturday 12-3pm & 4-9pm | Sundays 12-8pm ☀️

Our kitchen team have been busily designing new dishes for our Winter Menu and we cannot wait for you to sample their recipes...

The menu is available from today and we can't quite figure out what to order first? This duck plate is certainly near the top of our favourites list 🤤

Don't forget - you never need to book a table to dine with us. We leave the majority of tables free from reservations so you can join us as you please and stay as long as you like once you're seated 🍽☀️

Main Menu service times: Monday - Saturday 12-3pm & 4-9pm | Sunday 12-8pm