[Closed] Newcastle - where to eat and drink

Broad Chare on the Quayside.

I go there for work every couple of months, if you like a burger then Fat Hippo on Gray St is very good.

Broad Chare is great. Other current favs are St Vincent next door, Kaltur in High Bridge and the French Quarter. All really good.

My Delhi on Clayton Street for good Indian food, Kaltur as mentioned for tapas they have 2 places now and Sushi me Rollin’ at Stack for sushi.

Drink wise wander around Grey St area and you really can’t go wrong.

Thanks.

Annessa Buffet
If you like curry then this place at quayside behind the courthouse just next door to Travelodge.
Apparently the won The Food Awards England 2019 - Winner of Best Buffet Restaurant.
The only downside is the ventilation ... you will smell like curry and kebab after that.

To do in Quayside area....Betty Surtees House, The Baltic and The Sage.
Within a few minutes walk - Grey St, Grey's Monument, 'Grainger Town' esp Grainger Market, the Lit & Phil if you're that way inclined, St Nicholas' Cathedral, the old city walls.
It's a very compact city so you won't need to use public transport but the walk down to and back from the Quayside using Dean Street and Sandhill is a little steep; if you have time, fancy a trip to the coast and weather is not (too) inclement get the metro to Tynemouth - Riley's fish shack on the beach, Collingwood Monument, walk the north pier, breath in north sea air.
Walk through Jesmond Dene if you have time; pop into Jesmond Dene House for afternoon tea - booking probably required but you could call at short notice.
Loads to do and see; you'll run out of time.
Enjoy!

Biscuit Factory cafe for lunch with the added bonus..lots of art to look at.

Broad Chare and have a pint of the Wylam Brewery Writers Block. Bridge Hotel also good for beers.

If you want to treat yourself to a Filet Steak ..trust me there is nowhere better than this place ..expensive but worth every penny
https://www.sabatinis.co.uk/

Go up fairly regularly for work, and to see friends in Gosforth. My pub choices are The Forth on Pink St and Earl of Pitt St. I tend to stay that side of town so easy to wander to.

Broad Chare and have a pint of the Wylam Brewery Writers Block.

If you like Wylam Brewery then you could go to their brewery tap in Exhibition Park: https://www.wylambrewery.co.uk/about/

Pricey but a bit of a step up from their old cattle shed in Heddon.

Graham (from Wylam)

Try Dhabiwala opposite Bacchus for indian street food, very nice as is Bacchus for beers.

Oh dhabiwala also very good as is Sachins.

Apparently Newcastle has the highest number of places to eat per square feet then anywhere else in the U.K.

Apparently so, yet here I am sat eating a fish finger sarnie in the house just 2 miles away.

Haha!

Nowt wrong with a fish finger sarnie..living the dream there mate ..😁

As a slight thread hijack, what's good in Newcastle for 11 - 15 year olds to do?

Lane 7 for bowling

There’s an axe throwing place now too I’ll come back with the name. Hatchet Harry’s

Center of Life usually has something on.

Climbing Wall again I’ll come back with the name. Err! Newcastle Climbing Centre a metro hop will get you near it

Science Museum

Hancock Museum

That should do for starters.

As a slight thread hijack, what’s good in Newcastle for 11 – 15 year olds to do?

Go to Jarrow Hall in, well, Jarrow. It used to be called "Bede's World", and is one of my favourite museum in all the UK.

At the very least, it has a working reconstruction of a Saxon village, including livestock. And if your child(ren) like science and/or history, they will love learning about things like astronomical observation in the early middle ages.

I promise... it's brilliant!

Oooh! Forgot about that there’s also Segnedunem. Probably nothing like how you spell it, it’s Wallsend has a museum on the Roman occupation.

There is also this just over the Tyne Bridge in Gateshead ..if they are into that sort of thing ..
https://g.co/kgs/LuoeSX

Trakol on the river is supposed to be good. By the river brew co. for a drink as well. Both "a bit" hipster 😉

Pedalling squares to watch the CX worlds and get a sandwich.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Raval yet. Awesome, award winning indian food. Or Ouseburn - loads of places to eat/drink ending at the Free Trade to spend 20 mins in the gents reading the graffiti. Good ale too and views back up the Tyne to the bridges.

For kids there's a clip n' climb in eldon square leisure centre, places Drac has mentioned are all good, discovery museum, space themed crazy golf at Mr Mulligans, angry bird crazy golf/Namco funscape at the metrocentre...

All look good. I’m not going to starve or go thirsty.

@GrahamS Wylam Tap was already on the list.

Drac - Segedunum; Wallsend - my home town and I couldn't wait to leave it but that was aeons ago.
Must return sometime.

All look good. I’m not going to starve or go thirsty.

It is pretty difficult to do.

frankconway ..it hasn't really improved too much ..I'm there fairly frequently ..

Oh dhabiwala also very good as is Sachins.

I have eaten at the latter but me Not impressed at all. Not my style of curry. Their Dhaal was average and I think I can cook better than that.

At Annessa the dish that I like instantly is their Channa Dhaal eaten with roti (you called them naan bread) as I used to eat them for every breakfast. I can say that all the Dhaal dishes I have eaten in UK theirs are the best. If they cannot cook a simple good Channa Dhaal then you know the place is overpriced.

As a person who used to eat curry for breakfast everyday and almost every lunch in the far east I can say that Annessa is impressive. Even my friend from ****stan (he is the one that introduced Annessa to us) says they are good. Our curry is Southern Curry and the spice is slightly different but I know a good curry. i.e. price and taste. 😅

There are certain dishes at Annessa that if you want to eat them at restaurant you might have to pay more and there is no guarantee they are good. I also really like their traditional desserts.

Oh ya ... plenty of good fish and chips near the coast and one near Cowgate (I think that area is Cowgate ...). 👍

At Annessa the dish that I like instantly is their Channa Dhaal eaten with roti (you called them naan bread)

No we don’t Rotis are different so with that I’ll ignore your recommendation on where to go for Indian.

As a person who used to eat curry for breakfast everyday and almost every lunch in the far east I can say that Annessa is impressive. Even my friend from ****stan

Sounds a better recommendation but Dhabawalla, Sachins and My Delhi all usually have Indian people in eating too as they do traditional Indian food and not just British style.

Rotis

Roti Not Rotis.
If Dhabawalla and Sachins are your taste then go for it coz they just don't do it for me especially the latter. Just not good enough for me.

As for Annessa if you have not been there then give it a try. My only complain at Annessa is their ventilation system. I will always go to Annessa as I am willing to forgive some of their imperfection. At Annessa Not all of their curry are British Style and only few dishes are.

Roti Not Rotis.

Same thing I have more than one though.

Never been to Annessa as I try to avoid buffet places as they tend to be inferior, I may give it a though.

Never been to Annessa as I try to avoid buffet places as they tend to be inferior, I may give it a though.

Give them a try.

Yes, I also avoid buffet (Chinese) but somehow am surprised by Annessa.

Yup but Chinese buffet I’d recommend is My Shanghai on the coast road really is very good.

Yup but Chinese buffet I’d recommend is My Shanghai on the coast road really is very good.

Will give that a try if I visit my friend at Whitley Bay.

As for Chinese Restaurant I only go to Happiness Inn (oldest Chinese restaurant in town) the one opposite the bus stop/behind M&S, and I only order from their proper Chinese menu. However, I think they have either integrated into one menu now or have two for you to choose from 😅 My favourite is the triple cooked pork belly with bean curds sauce and yam. Please Do Not order this if you are put off by fat and the look of layered fat (it is supposed to be layered fat). The taste is NOT for everyone who do not know the taste of fermented bean curds ... even my father does not like it 🤣

The fish & chips mentioned by chewkw at Cowgate is Fenham Fish Bar ..everyone has their favourite chippy ..but this outlet only cooks to order which is taken when you walk in and the fact that it is always busy is testament to how good they are ..
https://g.co/kgs/HBz61d

The fish & chips mentioned by chewkw at Cowgate is Fenham Fish Bar .

Yes, that's the one. 👍
Eaten twice there (take away) when we drove passed. Was lucky they were less busy on that day. 😃
Was meant to go there more often but always end up at those chippy at the Coast, coz me friends live there.

For a night out with mates for drinks the choice between Fish & Chips or Curry for me is simple. I would always go for Fish & Chips. The combination goes down very well 😅

If I were to open an eatery it will be Fish & Chips ... 😅

bookmarked this thread as in-laws are in Cullercoats.

Staithes at the Tynemouth Fish Quay looks like its worth a look for an up market pub meal.

Also, we often have lunch at Fuego in the Fenwicks food hall. There's also a nice shellfish bar there as well as a grill place that looks nice if you want some red meat.

My Brother in law rates Blackfriars Restaurant at the friary refectory.

At Whitley Bay metro station not far somewhere there is another good fish and chips (not sure which direction as me mate the local only knows) they have fish cooked in smaller chunks bite size, and they are very good too. I think it was behind the shop and it is a rather small chippy.

The taste is NOT for everyone who do not know the taste of fermented bean curds … even my father does not like it

Yeah I agree with your father, tried it once never again.

Also, we often have lunch at Fuego in the Fenwicks food hall.

Its good but Kaltur and the one in the Grainger market are far superior.

Yeah I agree with your father, tried it once never again.

That is a very traditional dish 😄
Their cooking style is different from my mum as most families have their own way of making them. i.e. the mixture of the ingredients can be different. They are very popular with most people back home except my father ... 😂

Don't knock Wallsend.... my mum's side of the family are from there and I spent many a happy hour playing on the fort before they excavated it properly!

Not been back to Newcastle since my Grandad died though, so that's 20-odd years. Must make the effort.

Thanks for all the what to do with kids responses, some good ideas there.

theotherjonv - love Newcastle, always have, so many happy memories.
As for Wallsend, destroyed by the demise of ship-building. Don't get me wrong, I lived there from birth to 18; my Dad was born and died there.
Swan Hunters main gate when the hooter went at 4.30pm; gates open, 10000 men pour out. When Swans closed all of those jobs went as did many others which were dependent. Then consider the naval yard at Walker.
Sure, there was limited new job creation based on drilling platforms for oil exploration but it was....limited.
But...educated in Newcastle which is where my social life started.
On the rare occasions I return it's to Newcastle, the coast (Tynemouth upto Seaton Delaval) and North Northumberland.
Wallsend doesn't feature.

Yep, my auntie had a house on the main road past the shipyard almost opposite the gate. The hooter was a feature of summers up there for me....my great uncle was a foreman in SH, when he got dementia in later life he used to get out of the house and turn up there for his shift, his 'awld lads' would phone my auntie up and tell him 'Walter's clocking in again' and sit with him until she could get dressed and get there.

I've still got a cousin still there but there was a family falling out - terrible thing but my mum and aunt are both quite unforgiving people; they missed his daughter's christening because my Grandad was on his last in his hospice and they stayed with him (the rest of us went, indeed I'm Godfather) but as it happened Grandad hung on for another couple of days. My cousin's wife said some terrible things about Grandad not even knowing if they were there or not and that was that. 10 cross words and 20 years of separation.....and I had to choose sides.

That's quite cathartic......right, time's past and I'm still in contact with them by social media, still send christmas cards, etc. Next time I'm anywhere near I'm going to see them, we were very close as kids.