Tried this place as it was right underneath our hotel…read more Excellent service, very friendly. Passionfruit margarita was delicious as well as the food. Highly recommend the parmesan sweet potato fries. Didn't get to try the creamy Buffalo wings. My husband said they were too spicy for me and inhaled them so maybe it was a ploy... lol. Hopefully we will get to come back and try out more of the menu.

Trendy spot for food with 2 for 1 cocktails! I didn't even know that when I chose to eat here, so…read morethat was a pleasant surprise. I came in to try their gluten free pizza. I ordered the Meat & Heat on Gluten free crust and it was great! The crust had great flavor and texture. Not dry at all. The pizza had pepperoni, chicken, onion, peppers, and mozzarella. Absolutely loved it. For cocktails I tried the One Night Stand. It was amazing! It's also new to their menu so give it a try! It was light and refreshing but had a sweet kick. It was even better that I got 2 for the price of 1, can't beat that. If you are in Newcastle give this place a try, beautiful venue and kind service.

I have been going here on and off here for 4 years and it's definitely a neighbourhood favourite…read more The £4.95 meal deal (used to be £3.95) has become a well known and loved staple. The food is standard, nothing spectacular but for the price it is great value. I would highly recommend the Calzone, although it can be quite heavy. The amaretto cake for dessert is one of my favourites. One of the most disappointing aspects of Santanas is the staff. Some of them are polite and well trained but some our quite rude and comes across aggressive. Another downside of the place are their receipts - still hand scrawled pieces of paper. They can be quite unclear and have had a few indescrepancies in the past and been overcharged. Overall a good place to grab something quick but wouldn't go out of my way to eat here

Large party arrived on a quiet tues night in October pizza and other bits and pieces ordered all…read morequite good. Staff were a bit rushed but it was quiet my pizza was a bit burnt but ok. Coleslaw was on the cheap side but it got eaten nothing special

Best and most likely the most healthy pizza (or 'pie') you can get in Newcastle…read more Cal clearly knows his stuff as this pizza left a delicious after taste in my mouth, unlike dominoes/pizza hut which just leave me feeling sick. This thin pizza was the bees knees!

Cal's Own has completely changed, so any review prior to April 2016 will be for their old location…read moreand old menu. Now they are in Jesmond, with a bigger restaurant and a huge, awesome pizza oven from Italy. Their soft launch menu features only Neopolitan-style pizzas - you know the ones that are only baked for a minute or two in a super-hot oven, you eat with a knife and fork, simple fresh tomatoes and the finest mozzarella, not heavy with toppings? They're very busy, as everyone is excited about the relaunch, but we came on the second night they were open and got a table after waiting only 10-15 minutes at around 630 pm, but if we went any later we would've been waiting longer. Staff are still figuring out the kinks of having a new restaurant, but you can't hold that against them at all! They'll have it down to a science within a few weeks, no doubt. Just be prepared to forgive a few occasional serving missteps. The new building is casual but sleek and shiny, with a huge open kitchen where you can watch the master work! We enjoyed some huge plump green olives and drinks while we waited for our pizzas. And what can I say, for what they are, they are the best we've had outside Italy (and probably tied with those). Perfect crust. Light, fresh ingredients. Good size for one person (a rocket salad split between two is the perfect accompaniment and will help you fill up). The spicy sausage on top was great, but you can't beat the pizza margherita for sheer simplicity. However, my husband and I both agreed that though these pizzas were great, we terribly miss the old Cal's Own. His Brooklyn-style pies were absolutely second to none, and that's what we crave when we want pizza. Neopolitan style is elegant and wonderful, knife-and-fork pizza. But Cal did huge pizzas that were sliced, and topped with all sorts of wonderful things, and we miss those every day! We hope that after a successful start, that Cal will expand his menu to include those beloved Brooklyn pies, but we'll definitely be back to try these again too!

Rossopomodoro is still relatively new and it is one of the best Italian restaurants I've been to…read more It is on the first floor of John Lewis at Eldon Square. When you go up the escalator, go left and the entrance will be to the right. Once inside, you are greeted by humorous and efficient waiters who take you to your table. When we visited, it wasn't very busy and we were seated immediately by the balcony overlooking Eldon Square which was great for people watching. The pizzas didn't take too long to come and you could see chefs using the clay oven to cook them. They were absolutely delicious! The only other pizza places that even come close to Rossopomodoro are Paesano in Glasgow and Avanti in Jesmond. We were also given feedback cards, and I completed one and a few days ago, I got an email from them which had a free dessert voucher attached! How kind of them! I had a great experience and I can't wait to come back soon. I really will have to come back soon because my voucher expires April 29th!

Stopped in for lunch on a Sunday, but didn't fancy a traditional Sunday lunch.  The weather was…read moregood, so we sat outside on the patio to people-watch.  It's a lovely spot, lively and scenic in the heart of the Quayside. The menu was full of Italian standards, and seemed fairly inexpensive.  I really had no expectations as I'd heard nothing about Uno's before, and the whole family was pleasantly surprised by how good our lunches were.  We started with whitebait and calamari - I didn't taste the calamari, but the whitebait were piping hot and perfectly crisp.  Even my 20-month old loved them, to my great surprise!  The calamari came with the Sunday lunch - only £14.95 for three courses, and my mother-in-law thought the sea bass (Chef's "fish of the day" option on the Sunday deal) was absolutely gorgeous, and it came served with bright vegetables.  My husband and I shared a lovely Rustica pizza (£9.95) with a crisp crust, juicy tomatoes, lots of parma ham, Parmesan shavings, and rocket.  Even better was the spaghetti meatballs - not an enormous portion of pasta, but the meatballs were abundant!  For £9.95 you really get your money's worth in the meat department, but more pasta would've been nice!  However, the meatballs were truly a cut above.  They really reminded me of...well... meatballs that I would cook.  You could see inside them the onion, spinach, herbs - they were not uniform, hard balls - they were hand-formed and full of different ingredients besides meat, and they were soft and delicious.  The toddler really enjoyed them too! Desserts - sticky toffee pudding and tiramisu - were just fine.  Classic and well-presented, but not staggering. Everyone enjoyed their meal, even those who are normally quite hard to please, and we all felt it was a little unassuming gem of a place.  Would absolutely come back next time we are craving Italian!

Very reasonable prices. Food was delicious. Wait staff was amazing. We got the mussels with salmon…read more The Sticky toffee was really good too! Great location in the heart of the city.

There is no doubt Portofino's is a stunning and beautiful restaurant and the food is delicious and…read morethe service is great and cost is reasonable but and I know that its quite a long restaurant and there's nowhere for the staff to roam around but to stand nearby opposite diners and watch them eat is quite uncomfortable and off-putting, for me anyway. Also I noticed that as the queue was beginning to grow, I was getting 'the look' and felt a bit pressured to give up my table which was fine as I was preparing to leave but I didn't appreciate the pressure. But I cant take away from the exceptional food and the building and decor is stunning and for that I would recommend Portofino's to others visiting Newcastle.

Cannot believe I have only just discovered this place! I went here with the girls last night as we…read morewere looking for somewhere cheap and cheerful seeing as it's not quite pay day and we had heard of the happy hour menu offering 2 courses for £8.95. I wasn't expecting such high quality and delicious food at the same time so I was pleasantly surprised! What a beautiful building inside-the roof is quite spectacular and makes this relatively small restaurant radiate grandness! The service was spot on too-very attentive staff who went the extra mile when they had run out of one of the options on their 'sweet of the day' happy hour menu and let us replace it with any other dessert for the same price! My only gripe would be there is nowhere to wait if your table isn't ready and so you end up huddled in the doorway. My friends ordered pasta dishes and I've never seen one of my friends actually finish every mouthful on her plate which was a good sign! I ordered the Pollo di Pancetta which was beautifully cooked with a lovely selection of vegetables. The red wine sauce for me was quite subtle and not as thick as I would have liked but certainly didn't take the shine off the superb quality of the food. For dessert all three of us opted for one of the cheesecakes. All I can say is......wow! I highly recommend this restaurant and wouldn't be deterred from eating here outside of happy hour neither as I think the quality is worth paying for! That said...what an ideal destination for food straight after work!

Another excellent meal at Francesca's. One of our first meals out since the lockdown. They have…read morebarriers up between tables, visors worn by the staff and the prawns as good as ever. See you again soon!

This is a Pizzaria at its authentic best…read more Everything thats served here is from Italy, and everything is deliciously made. I hated pastas before I visited this place. Great service, great food. A nice place to chill out with friends without digging too much into your pockets.

Pizza Mozzarella is at the end of my boyfriend's parent's street so we've bought food from there a…read morefew times when we've stayed with them. They do the usual pizzas, burgers, chips, kebabs etc. I ordered burger and chips last time and I've also had a pizza before and a garlic bread on another occasion. Everything I've ordered has been very nice tasting, a bit greasy but I think all takeaways are really. The prices are very reasonable and the food is always ready quickly. No complaints about this takeaway apart from it obviously being unhealthy!

Descusting me family ordered a pizza chips garlic sauce and chilli sauce and a 1/2 litre of Pepsi…read morecame to a total of £13.50 and we told HIM we could have 14.50 and he took £15.50. So we rang up and asked for the £1.00 back so they said they will and that was at 19:00 and now it's 19:45 . Then we complain because the chips were stone cooled so we rang up and told the Lass and she gived the phone to the manager and HE started to shout and Bould at us and said il give u the chip money back and we will give him the chips back we aren't going to give the chips back like u kidding me so still waiting for the money and it literally 20:00