My husband booked me a haircut here after the birth of my son as a treat. I loved the result, and…read morebooked another cut although i'm not sure that I would go back now after my second experience. The first time I arrived and was asked had i not received the message left for me, 'the girl who was booked to cut my hair was off ill'? I checked my phone, my husbands and the home phone although there was no message on any. However, as I was already there one of the Directors cut my hair, into a gorgeous style and i was only charged £15 for the cut. I was also given a booklet of money of vouchers to use on subsequent visits. I rebooked, with the Director, for around eight weeks later. I arrived to find the salon was still closed, so i had a bit of a wander around the Metrocentre to give them time to open up and get started for the day. When I returned, I was informed that the Director booked to cut my hair had 'rang in sick that day' so again my hair was cut by someone different! I didn't mind this although i was not told of the level of training that she had and so was not aware of the cost of the cut. I was expecting to pay around £35 as their website states the cost of a cut and finish by a Principal is £32. On making my payment I was charged £50, the girl behind the counter asked me if i had brought my vouchers as this would have saved me some money although I had forgotten to take them. The only way I can see that it could come to that cost is that they charged me for a cut and finish at £32 and also a shampoo and style at £18. Despite on both occasions the hairdresser booked not being available, my hair has been cut and i have never had to wait longer than 5 minutes for this to be arranged. Whilst the haircuts have both been fabulous and i was offered tea, coffee, biscuits and magazines throughout them I have really struggled to work out the costs of this salon. They don't appear to be very easy to work out and since I have been twice and haven't yet had my hair cut by the person that I had booked with I think i'm going to try elsewhere.

This is the place to go if you want a wee dram in gateshead. It has such a large range of whiskey…read morethat you can spend a while considering if you dont know what you are looking for. We knew what we wanted but they didnt have it. I ended up getting it edinburgh. They did have another single malt which we get which is about the same price of the supermarkets so this place is not over priced. It also has lots of offers on. I would ask the shop assistants if your not sure what you want as they are quite knowledable. They price of the whiskey goes from the small minature bottles that are a few pound to ones that are a few hundred They also do gift sets here if your looking for something special the shop is upstairs in the red mall