Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Tyne And Wear
Hardens guides have spent 15 years compiling reviews of the best Tyne And Wear restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 144 restaurants in Tyne And Wear and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Tyne And Wear restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. Colmans
Fish & chips restaurant in South Shields
182-186 Ocean Rd - NE33
“Famous for fish for nearly 100 years” – fans hail this family-run veteran as “the top fish ’n’ chip shop and restaurant in the North East”: “super-motivated staff are welcoming and friendly”, there’s a “busy and exciting buzz” and the main event is “always well appreciated”. “The new seafood palace nearby is fine, but you can’t beat the old original!” (See also Colman’s Seafood Temple).
2. Dabbawal
Indian restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
69-75 High Bridge - NE1
“Head and shoulders above your ordinary curry house” – with “palate-zinging” but also “delicate and original” dishes – this eleven-year-old street food pioneer near the Theatre Royal (with an offshoot in Jesmond) is a “perfect location for a night on the Toon”. “Even the mocktails are fantastic!”.
3. Dabbawal
Indian restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Brentwood Mews - NE2
The home-style Indian street food can be “out of this world” at this quirky, colourful Jesmond sibling to the city-centre HQ, and preferred to the original by some; fans can’t get enough – and “even get take-outs from here now” (well it is named after Bombay’s proto-Deliveroo lunch-delivery men).
4. Valley Junction 397
Indian restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
Old Jesmond Stn, Archbold Ter - NE2
“In an old signal box joined with an old carriage” – this quirkily located Indian comes heartily recommended by a small but enthusiastic fan club.
5. Café Royal
British, Modern restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
8 Nelson St - NE1
With its “wonderfully elegant” Georgian architecture and tall windows, this “very popular” café bistro is a “nice spot to read the paper and have breakfast” (the former provided on Sundays), but also to sample the “delicious” Mediterranean food or splash out on an afternoon tea.
6. 21
British, Modern restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
Trinity Gdns - NE1
“Still ranking as the best overall restaurant in town” for many reporters – Terry Laybourne’s “consistently excellent” flagship – in several guises and at different addresses since 1988, and still one of the most commented-on destinations in town – “delivers every time”, with “exciting and appealing” brasserie-style cuisine and “staff who take a personal interest in customers”. “It’s as good for a business lunch, as an evening dinner or Sunday lunch”.
7. Pani’s
Italian restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
61-65 High Bridge - NE1
Brothers Roberto & Walter Pani opened their “lovely” and “buzzy” favourite in 1995 – “a great-value Italian venue which rarely disappoints,” offering a “varied menu of high-standard” Sardinian and Italian classics. “Staff are very motivated”, while last year’s “successful refurbishment makes it brighter inside”.
8. House of Tides
British, Modern restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
28-30 The Close - NE1
For “an outstanding all-round gastronomic experience” most reporters continue to acclaim Kenny Atkinson’s converted sixteenth-century former merchant’s townhouse on the Quayside as Newcastle’s No. 1 dining destination.
9. Peace & Loaf
British, Modern restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
217 Jesmond Road - NE2
“Fun and delicious amuse bouche” accompany the “top class taster menu (unpredictable and beautifully prepared)” at Dave Coulson’s stylish venue in Jesmond, but there are also a wide variety of à la carte and prix fixe offerings from which to enjoy his deft modern British cuisine.
10. Francesca’s
Italian restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne
134 Manor House Rd - NE2
“It’s always busy but that only adds to experience” at this “cheap ’n’ cheerful”, “fantastically buzzy” Italian diner in Jesmond (where there are often queues). “Lovely food and fantastic value for money” ensure high loyalty amongst fans (“I’m still eating here 30 years later”).
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