Newcastle Restaurants
The restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories:
Expensive (over £50)
Moderate (£35 to £50)
Cheap (up to £35)
These prices are based on the cost of a three-course meal for one including a half bottle of house wine or equivalent (where available).
Expensive
Blackfriars Restaurant
Tucked away in a peaceful square that was formerly used by the Black Friars, this elegant restaurant serves excellent locally sourced British food including aged beef, old breeds of pork and lamb, delicious award-winning cheeses and ice creams, walnuts from the trees in the courtyard, organic vegetables from their own allotment and wild garlic, nettles and blackberries from Jesmond Dene. Its dining history dates back to 1239 when it served as the monks’ refectory.
Friars Street
Tel: (0191) 261 5945.
Website: www.blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk
Brasserie Black Door
This 100-seat brasserie serves excellent modern British food in a relaxed, informal contemporary arty atmosphere with light wooden floorings, a range of soft furnishings and warm colours.
The Biscuit Factory, 16 Stoddart Street
Tel: (0191) 260 5411.
Website: www.brasserieblackdoor.co.uk
Jesmond Dene House Restaurant
In a quiet, woodland setting this luxury boutique hotel offers an award-winning restaurant featuring classic continental dining combined with local elements. Only the very best seasonal and local produce is used. The restaurant is split into two so diners can eat in either the dramatically decorated former music room or the Garden Room with its outdoor terrace in the summer.
Jesmond Dene Road
Tel: (0191) 212 5555.
Website: www.jesmonddenehouse.co.uk
Moderate
Café 21
Generally regarded as one of the very best restaurants in the north east, Café 21, situated near the Tyne Bridge, serves modern British and classic bistro style dishes in bright and stylish surroundings. The food is fresh and flavoursome, prepared and presented with flair and assurance. The excellent service is attentive and friendly.
Trinity Gardens, Quayside
Tel: (0191) 222 0755.
Website: www.cafetwentyone.co.uk
Cheap
Barluga
One of the city’s most striking bars, with an award-winning interior set in a typical gracious Victorian building on the city’s most handsome street. This gastro-pub offers excellent-value modern European food and wine (particularly early evening) and attracts a mixed crowd as well as Newcastle’s beautiful people.
35 Grey Street
Tel: (0191) 230 2306.
Website: www.barluga.co.uk
Uno's Trattoria
A near legendary quayside restaurant with a vibrant feel and great food. Everything is very reasonably priced and the happy hour pizza and pastas are astonishing value for money. Uno's is also known as a popular haunt for visiting celebrities.
18 Sandhill
Tel: (0191) 261 5264.
Website: www.unotrattoria.co.uk
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