Fun eclectic strange but awesome bar. Took my American girlfriend there last month and she…read moreabsolutely loved it as I do. Brilliant atmosphere great drinks and live music. One of the first must dos on every trip back home

Came here for a little celebratory dinner recently, as it's one of the relatively few upscale…read morerestaurants in Newcastle. It's very out of the way, but if you're up for a walk, it isn't really that far from the city centre on a nice summer evening. Service was extremely friendly from beginning to end. Our server was new, I think it was his second day, but he was funny and delightful and always answered our questions even if he had to ask someone else. Other hosts and servers came to take our coats and offer us water, and we felt very "looked after" all evening. I had a few glasses of wine - they only do 125 ml and 250 ml, so though I had originally planned on a 175 ml...well, oops! Guess I have to have a big 'un! They had quite a nice list of bottles, offering a variety of choices. We started by splitting the ham terrine with a crispy pig's head fritter, which was very good and must be ordered with bread - they'll bring it to you for free if you ask! Nice toasted bread on a plank with soft butter. The terrine was delicious, and went well with the creamy caper sauce served on top. The little fritter was excellent, filled with tender, flavourful cheek meat. Yum! I had the hake for my main, which was cooked very well, and was fresh and light. The flavours were subtle and simple, and I think I hoped for a little more close-your-eyes-and-sigh amazingness. My fiancé loved his veal, which I tasted and thought was absolutely excellent. Both dishes were beautifully presented and filled with fresh ingredients. The double-dipped chips were outstanding, as was the seasonal side of rainbow chard. For dessert we shared some kind of luscious chocolate thing (useful I know) with raspberries and a side of fantastic ice cream. All in all, a great place to go for a celebratory meal. It is a little pricey but very appropriate for the lovely setting, excellent service, and high quality of food.

This is the third incarnation of a restaurant at The Biscuit Factory I have been to. The first was…read moreBarn at The Biscuit Factory, then came Black Door at The Biscuit Factory, and now it's NE2 Food Social. It's not the best name in the world, and the guests at the meal I attended last Saturday agreed it sounds like a soup kitchen! It's the old Black Door chef, having parted from the owner, who has gone to the Morpeth Black Door. If that makes sense :-S However, the food was fantastic. My pea soup was VERY pea-ey, in a green and pea-esque way. I was going to say full of peaness, but that sounds really wrong :-) My main was Coley and greens, which was fresh and tasty, and the dessert was Lemon posset, which had blackcurrants on the top. They counteracted the sweetness of the posset, and flattered the flavour of the lemon. The staff were friendly and helpful, and completely on the ball. My only criticism was that I got the sediment from the red wine 3 times in my glass which, although harmless, looked like tealeaves, and on the second time I asked the waitress to change my glass, she thought it necessary to tell me it was "just sediemnt" implying that I perhaps should accept my fate. I replied that I knew what it was, but that it didn't make me want it any the more. It's an odd location, the Biscuit Factory, but I would say it's easily one of the best around Newcastle.

Fantastic art supply and art learning centre smack in the middle of Newcastle. Friendly art…read morepassionate staff, good selection of products and lots of courses and workshops going on all the time. Plus they offer custom framing on sight for your projects.

Great if you enjoy a wide range of beers and the food is outstanding. A great live music venue with…read morea fantastic vibe. Staff are friendly and helpful.

The Cluny's a great venue…read more But, as there so often is, there's a but... The Cluny's a great venue but on this occasion the sound wasn't great. A worrying amount of feedback throughout Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra's album launch made for numerous mildly annoyed ears and some serious death glares from the band in the general direction of the sound man. Having said that, there might have been a problem with the equipment or instruments or cables, and when the sound was good, it did stay that way for a while. I once watched my sound engineer friend set up a ten piece ska band in the basement of a tapas restaurant. Just watching this made for a terribly stressful experience. At the end of the night, he was one giant bead of sweat. Rob Heron's band were on the larger side that night, with additional brass players. So I get that sometimes things might not go to plan. Regardless, it really didn't make the night any less enjoyable and we all agreed that we'd come back to the Cluny in a heartbeat and even love to play as a band. It's a great sized venue with a genuinely homegrown feel to it. From the posters strewn across the wall, it's clear that the Cluny is proud of its local music scene. With a kick-ass kitchen next door and what looked like a knock-'em-dead selection of beer, the Cluny is quite the place for music in Newcastle. Oh, and the floor bounces, YEAH.

I hired Dandy Events for chair covers, chair bows, table runners, table clothes and napkins, my…read morewedding June 2010 and I would NOT recommend them to anyone. We spent a lot of money with Dandy Events and when we collected the tables clothes, runners and napkins, 2 days before the wedding we found them to be dirty and all different shades. After contacting them to sort it out, we were confronted with aggression, excuses and T&C's thrown in our face. Really poor quality and customer service. No follow up, apology or refund offered. We had been told later by the wedding venue that they have experienced the same problems with Dandy many times and they have been warned.