Tyne & Wear Restaurant Guide

Apartment Luxebar & Dining Room

The 'Dining Room' is a good quality restaurant serving an excellent selection of modern and imaginative dishes - without being afraid to keep it simple when necessary. This is where East meets West, classic meets contemporary.

• Address: 28-32 Collingwood Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 1JF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European, Brasserie
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £25.00

Arami

Arami combines traditional Bangladeshi cuisine with award-winning interior design and is a welcome addition to Newcastle's outstanding range of restaurants. The eighty seater restaurant on Leazes Park Road, features a complementary mix of brown leather seating, neutral wall colours, natural walnut finishes, dramatic chandeliers and prismatic glass to create a light and contemporary atmosphere.

• Address: 6-10 Leazes Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £26.00

ASK - Newcastle upon Tyne

For some time I made the mistake of thinking that no group of restaurants in the region of 200 locations could hope to maintain the quality for which I was looking. Then one day I decided to put my prejudices to the test, walked into Oxford Ask! and discovered that I could not have been more mistaken.

• Address: Unit F6, The Gate, New Gate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 5XE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

At Bangkok Cafe

• Address: 39-41 Low Friar Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 5UE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £15.00

Barluga

The old Metropolitan has reinvented itself as Barluga, a new concept for the North East, with a degree of sophistication that for many is long overdue. A waitress served lounge, as in members club style - supported by a bar and restaurant serving modern British cuisine and seafood.

• Address: 35 Grey Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 6EE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British UK, French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £27.00

Barn Asia

The number of pan-Asian restaurant openings seems to be on the increase. This one combines Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai cuisine into one gorgeous menu of treats for those who find the food from those countries so compelling.

• Address: Waterloo Square, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 4DN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Asian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Bazil Brasserie

• Address: The Windsor Hotel , South Parade, Whitley Bay, NE26 2RF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £34.00

Beech Tree Restaurant

• Address: Forest Pines Hotel, Ermine Street, Broughton, Scunthorpe, DN20 0AQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British UK, European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £30.00

Big Mussel - Quayside

Your first instinct when entering the Big Mussel may well be confusion at the off kilter décor - do not be fooled! Once you get beyond the porch you find yourself in a functional restaurant you will itch to return to.

• Address: 15 The Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 3JE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Bills Fish Bar

• Address: 4a Victoria Crescent, Cullercoats, nr Tynemouth, NE30 4PN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fish & Chip
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £10.00