The Stonehouse is a nice pub/bar. I enjoy going there to drink great beer while watching sport on…read moreTV. Very relaxed atmosphere with seating inside and out. Has a great selection of beers, wines and spirits accompanied by a great variety of cold snacks. Food is served daily. This place has all the amenties you need: large plasma TV, snooker table, music, cigarette vending machine, snack vending machines, male and female toliets, another 2 TVs. Nice and quiet during the day but very popular and busy on an evening. Clean and tidy with nice looking interior and art on the walls. They serve great beer and lager at around £2.50 a pint. Service is friendly and very good indeed.

I have visited Cafe Lilli twice now, the first time for an evening meal with my husband and the…read moresecond for lunch with a large group of female friends. When my husband and I had dinner there I thought that my meal of pasta in a pesto and pice nut sauce was absolutely delicious, although to be fair the portion size wasn't quite big enough for me! My husband was not impressed with his meal at all; he had pasta in a salmon sauce and he didn't like it! He's not a big fish man really but in his opinion this seemed to be the least fussy meal on the menu! I've always tried to persuade him to return but he always finds an escuse! The second time I visited I had the same meal again, which was again delicious, and just the right size for a lunch. I followed this up with a delicious pudding of pannacotta which was one of the nicest I've had anywhere. I would really recommend Cafe Lilli myself; I thought that the menu was reasonably priced, the service was great and the wine list extensive.

I have eaten here a few times and always here people saying how good it is. Yes it is good for…read moreNorton however the menu is small and hardly ever changes, it is also quite expensive for the North East, the prices are more based on Yarm than Norton. There are normally about 5 starters and 6 main courses to choose from. I don't really know anywhere better in the North East but that is not saying much.

Theme nights here! Yes, excellent! Bottles of wine and…read morethemed food from the region, the chef is excellent, stuff to pick at at the theme nights, and I've been to party style events there too, with of these sorts of things upstairs, but downstairs is great for casual drinking and nibbly food. They catered well for the event, lovely bread, stew, gorgeous cheeses, quiche, all buffet and antipasti style stuff. They have a great selection of wines, as you would expect, wicked cheeseboards, gins liqueurs and whiskies that even kept the Scots happy. I would recommend here either as a place to have a chilled drink, or a lovely meal, definitely try the theme nights too. It can be a little clique-y though, but most are friendly and welcoming enough.

Amazing place with an excelent bar, but for me (not a big drinker) the food is the thing here. The…read moredinner options seem to change every night, but always exquisite. Great decor and place to eat!

If you love bubbles then this place is for you - basically a champagne tasting lounge where you can…read moretry loads of different small batch bottles in tasting flights or drink the whole bottle! Ok so I think may need to remortgage the house if I was to hangout here every day but as a special treat (or weekly indulgence to enjoy life ;-)) it's worth it. We went for the oak and rare flights with 3 glasses each for less than £20 each - perfect for an aperitif before dinner next door at Norse. The staff were super friendly, professional and knowledgable. At first I did think this is the worst name I'd ever heard for a place since Ned Flanders 'Leftorium' - but it really grew on me the more I've thought about it. Maybe because the experience was so nice and chilled out - it could be called anything!

Had some lovely bubbles here for a friends birthday late last year, barely open and clearly already…read morea roaring success..service impeccable, enthusiasm and product knowledge in abandon and tasty tasty champers. Everyone also knows that I'm a cheapskate but I thought the tasting flights were super reasonable and very generous at £12 for 3. I was also really impressed at the shop bottle prices which for 'exclusive grower champagne' were much less than I thought for such a unique product...I will be heading back to sample some more next time I'm up north although I think there is an online shop now too...hmmm options!

Excellent food and service, really friendly staff. We had a really lovely evening here and would…read moredefinitely go back!

Omg this is my forever place in hsatigate food wine service atmosphere is all fabulous. I highly…read morerecommend and will come each time I am back.

My husband and I went here twice in a Saturday night we liked it so much! First we went earlier in…read morethe night, around 10:30pm, where it was crowded but not overwhelming so. A HUGE pour of wine (no measurement yay!!) was only a little more than a fiver- I'm used to the same price for half that glass in London! The bartender was helpful and cheerful and the music was not too loud to block out convo. After pregaming we went to Soho Rooms next door to dance for a few hours and then came back for another round at The Vineyard as it was playing Latin music (yes!!) and there was some dancing. No cover either time. We left after a while but had such a good time.

My friend Butcher introduced me to The Vineyard four or five years ago - and rather than being…read moremesmorised by the selection of beers (Duvel). I was mesmorised by the fucking toilets. Srsly, it's like walking into the set of some fucking Hollywood epic or some shit. When you walk in - you half expect to see Peter O' Toole as Lawrence of Arabia leaning over the grandiose urinals holding his errrr - bottle of Duvel. It's definitely some experience. Hennyway. Apart from the toilets, and not exactly having a massive variety of beers to choose from, aswell as the place being small, and being prone to fill up EXTREMELY quickly. This place has a wonderful charm, which it would be fantastic if half of the overly pretentious Newcastle bars could replicate. Highly recommended. Four stars.

Had a couple of drinks here on Boxing Day. Great little find…read more Pretty good selection of wine and beers. The food we tried (free samples brought with drinks) was very tasty! Would definitely go back for drinks and a proper meal again.

We walked over to Dacantus on a Friday afternoon, this is a gin bar recommended by Johnny and Chris…read moreat The Botanist (feels funny saying Gin Bar, like Carrie Nation and the Prohibitionists are going to come charging through the door and challenge my femininity and sobriety). Out of curiosity... I made a note to look up the meaning of Dacantus (this is a Spanish place, only one person working here (the bartender when we arrived) isn't Spanish) - the closest I could get was "wine aerator" but I think that's because there's a wine aerator branded Decantus. We'd never seen Beefeater 24, so hubs ordered one with grapefruit and cardamon garnish and Fever Tree Light Tonic £6.50. When hubs tasted this, he said "wow" very softly and his eyes lit up. I had Bombay Sapphire with juniper berries and lemon peel and Slim Schweppes Tonic £5.95. They really twisted those peels to get as much aromatic oil out of them as possible (and they did it with two sets of tongs, not their bare fingers). The cardamon was a ground spice. The ice was very large - less dilution of the cocktails. I liked the juniper berries quite a bit. We were offered an aperitif to accompany our gin & tonics, chicken in a mustard sauce, quite tasty. Then we ordered the pork cubes. Not at all what we expected! It was a larger portion and the food was universally delicious! We'll be back in summer of 2016!

Amazing restaurant, High-quality food and great service from the staff…read more Very good value for money & portions just right. Highly Recommend going here.

really great food. I…read morenormally get there 2 for £10 deal. gammon or parmo are my fav's with massive homemade chips.