Harden's says
An open-flame restaurant, part of the new 'container community' under the Tyne Bridge in Gateshead.
Harden's survey result
Summary
An unabashedly carnivorous outfit in a “fantastic location on the quayside” – part of the container-bound By The River Brew Co. – housing brewery, street-food market, and bike shop. The “brilliant food is cooked over flame”, with a “lovely use of different cuts” doled out in “hearty servings” (“the pig’s head crackling is so plentiful you have to share it with other tables!”).
Summary
“Wood-fired wonders from one of Newcastle’s best!” – a “tremendous menu” of “raw-in-tooth-and-claw meat cooking over open flame” draws aficionados to this “wonderful location, right under the Tyne Bridge”. There’s “nothing here I could cook at home – many things I couldn’t even imagine. Risky, but it works!”
Summary
“Very good” reports again on this restaurant that’s part of the container village under the iconic Tyne Bridge, run by the ‘By The River Brew Co’. There’s also a covered terrace and outdoor market. Grills over open fire are at the heart of the menu, and there are many exotic local brews to wash down the food.
Summary
“Right on the banks of the Tyne, under the iconic Tyne Bridge, with some of the UKs best city views” – these “trendily laid-out, converted shipping containers” have “a fabulous setting” and are “quirky in every way”. “Start with a beer: there’s around 15 to choose from, many brewed on the premises, served in 1/3 and 2/3 measures (a good plan given the strength range, of 5%-10%)”. The food is “cooked in-view” in a ‘fiercely seasonal, open-fire kitchen’ and the fairly eclectic results are regularly outstanding: “mains were as good a meat as I’ve had. The Barnsley Chop was gargantuan, cooked with seafood (it works!). The whole lemon sole easily fed two, and was perfect”. The odd reporter does strike unlucky, though: “duck predicted as ‘tender’ wasn’t… steak and bone marrow was very salty yet vegetables were bland”.
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Have you eaten at Trakol?
Hillgate Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2BH
Restaurant details
Trakol Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Oysters with caviar, followed by a feast of pigs head, pork, black pudding, steak bone marrow, Caesar salad and vegetables … six ravenous blokes were satiated and delighted and we didn’t get close to eating it all! We can’t believe Trakol closed at the end of 2023 … it will be sorely missed!"
"Starters were pleasant, the cheese and onion custard a particular high. The mains were underwhelming; the asparagus salad only contained four spears; the plaice was slightly overcooked at the edges and under towards the centre, although the sauce was pleasant enough - I left loads. The rib of beef feasting platter was okay. We did leave quite a bit of food and the waiter did not pick up on this, we didn't go for dessert. We paid the bill and said we'd go outside for a few drinks to take in the Tyne and the city. We had one cocktail before the bar closed at 9:15 which was a shame. "
"Great cooking, trendy restaurant brilliant service "
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £26.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 10.00% |
Hillgate Quays, Gateshead, NE8 2BH
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑6 pm |
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