Always a fabulous dinner at Mamma Mia. The Specials Board is exactly that - changes frequently with…read morewhatever has been bought in that day and loads of new and interesting dishes. The decor ambiance and lighting are spot on, and it's a privilege to have such a top class restaurant in walking distance in Whitburn.

Impromptu meal, got treated to a rib-eye steak, huge! Another regular of ours, they've done wonders…read morewith this place, love it!

This review is a small adventure…read more.. After arriving in Sunderland later in the evening, right around 8 PM, I decided to do a short stroll then find something to eat. Turns out, there isn't much to do in the city center after closing time on a Friday. I stumbled across this little place, and I stopped in to see what the prices were and what the food was. Turns out, the food was really better than I was expecting. These little takeaway places are a dime a dozen in Newcastle, and they usually are full of greasy comfort food. The place sold greasy comfort food too, but the pepperoni pizza was the best that I've had in the UK. It was definitely a New York style pizza, at heart. The pepperoni, however, were under the cheese, something more typical of Chicago style. Good crust, good sauce, and good cheese--the pizza was a winner. Good pizza at a very very reasonable price! The real adventurous part came when the owner saw me snapping photos of his place... He was concerned, rightfully so, I believe. He told me that I should ask permission before I take pictures... eh, I'll take my pictures. When your store front ends up on Google Street View, (http://bit.ly/aQlPns), you can't really complain about a student snapping a few pictures of your store... The owner, after hearing my story, encouraged me to take more pictures. He was even kind to me after it. I dropped a can of Coke that I just purchased from his store while I was getting out my camera (to appease him). He swapped it for free! So, it was an adventure. This place is just a short walk from the banks of the Wear, which is a very nice area of for walks and viewing public sculptures. If you're in that area of Sunderland, stop on in. If you take some pictures of this place, however, you might want to say something to the shop owner...

Love this restaurant!!!! I have ate here many times and the food never disappoints. I had the…read moresalmon pasta from the specials section and it was simply sublime. Recommend to anybody interested in going.

My colleagues and I came here for a work lunch, and everyone was absolutely thrilled with the…read morechoice. It was bustling on a Tuesday lunch time (admittedly it was half-term), so I'm glad we booked in advance! The servers were kind and considerate across the board. I currently have a bunch of weird dietary restrictions and they couldn't have been nicer about it. I was frankly amazed with how considerate they were, checking with the kitchen about everything, and taking it very seriously and not making me feel like a picky idiot. They have a great multi-course lunch deal, but only get this if you're super-hungry as the portions were hilariously massive! The size of these dishes was unreal - huge portions of fish, giant calzones, cavernous plates of pasta - everything looked great and my colleagues were thrilled. Due to my restrictions, I had a more boring meal of a fresh side salad with oil and vinegar (though it was nice and and colorful, with bright greens, juicy tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumber), some cheese bread that they gave me gluten-free (normally it's garlic bread but they left the garlic off for me), and a chicken breast with arrabiata sauce sans onion and garlic (again, they went out of their way for me). The gluten-free pizza bread was actually great - it's really like a small pizza appetizer, not "bread" so much, but the GF base was super crispy and it was covered in melty cheese. It isn't really fair for me to comment on the main - how can you judge a tomato sauce when you've forced them to take out the onions and garlic?? - so all I can say is the portion was huge (the chicken must have been a monster!) and I was so grateful for how they helped me out. Servers are more than happy to wrap everything up if you don't finish it. Desserts are big too and looked great. All my colleagues were patting me on the back for choosing this place. We all recommend it highly and I'm sure we'll be back!

Lovely neighbourhood Italian on Seaburn seafront. Don't expect high end dining or fancy…read morepresentation here, it's good solid Italian fare and none the worse for it. I had a nice chicken breast with white wine and mushroom sauce with a good selection of crisp fresh vegetables. Good generous portions and tasty with it. My wife had a very good vegetarian pizza - crisp, tasty and with a good depth of savoury flavour often missing in vegetarian pizzas. Finished off with a decent tiramisu.

Always try and eat here when we return up North. The ambiance is excellent, the food is excellent…read moreand the staff are excellent.location is excellent too. If you like quality Italian food then a visit is a must if you are in the area but do yourselves a favour..book a reservation as it is always busy, especially at weekends. As we now live in the West Mids, visits are restricted to a couple of times a year but it makes our visit all the more worthwhile.try it, you'll like it. Trev B

Best part about this place is the balti pizza everything else is good but the balti pizza is awesomeread more

Gills chip shop are based all over the place in South Shields, they are very popular as they do…read moreproper chips that are quite cheap. They also do things like pizzas, kebabs and pizzas. The sauces from here are very good, especially the chilli sauce as it is hot but tastes lovely. The garlic sauce is also very nice and goes lovely with their chips. The fish is always nicely cooked and the pizzas can sometimes have an excessive amount of cheese on them but they do taste ok. The prices in here are quite reasonable and the service is always quite good and the food is perfect to have on cold days

Been to this fish shop for years but for the last 3 weeks the chips are rubbish. It soggy and…read moregreasy. If they wont improve back where they used to we wont been coming back. You probably lose more other customers too

I ordered a mixed kebab and chicken knives pizza food full of salt disgusting I asked a refund…read morethere would only give me ££12 for the mixed kebab honestly staff was horrible food disgusting never order from there again I will be making further complaints to health and safety as food full of salt even the delivery driver told me he would not eat the good as he said he as seen how it's cooked

excellent food big portions, i'll definitely call again , it's well worth the money, i'm…read moredisagreeing with most customers reviews, as they want to eat and get extra for free , i was at this place when customer left the shop with full order and came back to claim the missing food , owner showed him cctv and he left with head down , some pe are disgraced

Unfortunately it is not one of the best places to have some decent meal. It is not what it used to…read morebe years back, unfortunately the quality of service and food deteriorated over time... shame as it once was a lovely place

Staff are ok here but thats about the only positive, the food is so bland and badly cooked I…read morecouldnt believe what i was eating. The garlic bread nearly broke my front teeth and was like a giant, rock hard crisp. The pasta I had was tasteless and was really average, you can probably guess I didnt hang around for dessert I was so disheartened from the eating experience.

In need of a meal on a Saturday evening we ended up at Smashburger. Not cheap, but the burgers were…read moreexcellent and so were the sides of loaded fries. Well worth coming back to if the focus is on quality rather than cost.

Definetly reccomend this burger place there was a a create your own burger section which was…read moreabsolutely great concidering im picky with my burger choices. There was even reriffable drinks which is always great!!! I was very full after my meal but it was very tasty! Thankyou for a great service :)