Newcastle-upon-Tyne Restaurant Guide

Blackfriars Restaurant

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Today Blackfriars Restaurant is one of Newcastle's most recognised restaurants, with inclusions in the Good Food and Michelin Guides and an AA rosette; it was also the Metro Newspaper's 'Restaurant of the Year', and was awarded the 'Best Roast Dinner in the UK' by Kevin Spacey.

• Address: Friars Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4XN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, English
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £17.00, Dinner: £38.00

El Castano

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El Castano is a relatively recent addition to Osborne Road's lively bar and restaurant scene. The Spanish theme starts as you walk through the door, well demonstrated by its bright entrance, new decor of terracotta tiles, prints of bullfights and background music, making it feel like a little piece of Spain in the heart of Jesmond.

for £5.95

• Address: 44 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE2 2AL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Spanish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £9.00, Dinner: £22.00

Brasserie and Bar at Malmaison - Newcastle

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Newcastle has changed, in some places almost beyond recognition, and it is not just the physical aspects of this vibrant city. Down on the riverfront within easy reach of the millennium bridge, Tate of the North, the Sage Music Centre and Baltic Mills contemporary Arts Centre is another major conversion, the award-winning Malmaison.

• Address: Newcastle Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 3DX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Grill, Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £33.00

Grainger Rooms

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Within the burgeoning economy and growth that characterises the North East these days, Grainger Rooms are very much a focal point, drawing their name and their inspiration from the spirit of Sir Richard Grainger, who transformed Newcastle, then the "coal hole of the North" into an example of enlightened municipal development in the early 19th century, effectively laying the foundations for the great city of today.

• Address: 7 Higham Place, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 8AF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £42.00

La Toscana Ristorante

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The Mediterranean influences of La Toscana Ristorante have been pleasing those who were in the know since 1973, and delighted Geordies nowadays tend to take Salvatore and his staff as a Newcastle institution.

• Address: 22 Leazes Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4PG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £27.00

Mandarin

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One of Newcastle's most popular Chinese restaurants, Mandarin operates on the banquet basis, starting at £9.80 for the happy hour banquet, and working up to the climax of the imperial at £32 each for a party of six or more.

• Address: 14-16 Stowell Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 4XQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Chinese, European, Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £22.00

Marco Polo Restaurant & Bar

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One of the most respected restaurant names in Newcastle is Marco Polo, acquired by new owners towards the end of 2005, and now once again a brand leader for Italian cuisine in this thriving and vibrant part of the UK economy.

• Address: 33 Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 6JQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £26.00

Secco Ristorante Salentino

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For centuries, family owned enterprises have been characterized by a passion for the business and decisive leadership; they can usually credit their longevity to being very customer centric and also uncompromising in terms of quality.

• Address: 86 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 6SG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £28.00

Spice Cube, The

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In terms of an overall impression, almost all restaurants tend to slot into a number of groups, and Indian restaurants are no exception. So it is particularly impressive when an Indian restaurant sets new standards in a switched on hot-bed of gastronomic fever such as Newcastle on Tyne, where quality eating out is enjoying a surge that exceeds even the greatly increased national interest.

• Address: The Gate, Newgate Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 5TG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £25.00

Starters and Puds

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Down in the bowels of Newcastle upon Tyne, at 2-6 Shakespeare Street to be precise, are the vaults of the former Bank that once operated here. Nowadays they make an intriguing home for Starters and Puds, a new restaurant which has brilliantly developed the spaces where the money used to be stashed away.

• Address: 2-6 Shakespeare Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 6AQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bistro, Modern European, Casual
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £19.00, Dinner: £27.00