Lovely food, great service and an off menu item made on special request which was very much…read moreappreciated.

This is a great place to take the family from the Great Grandparent Grandparents Mums and Dads and…read morechildren ...The Food is Excellent Desserts are divine and plenty carpark area great for disabled and a play area outside for the older children and indor room for the younger ones ...... Not to far from Hexham or Newcastle .... Weekend Evenings seem to have music on I think its in the bar though .... Great place to take visitors to the area ... Good North East Hospitality

Classic English pub food and pub culture. The food is good but not great. I had a steak, ale and…read moremushroom pie that had the potential to be a five out of five if it didn't lack that much salt. My company had rump stake that was served over cooked and chewy. The staff was slightly unattentive even though that the pub was far from full. But cosy atmosphere and clean!

White Swan has everything you'd want in a local pub including very nice food and well stocked bar…read moreand taps. The service is friendly and the food arrives in good time. On two recent visits we ordered the steak and ale pie, and the chicken leek pie. Dinner was served with potatoes and fresh veg and both were a tiny bit too salty! Would recommend allowing flavor of the nice gravy to stand on its own. Generous serving of French fries known here as chips better than the mashed potatoes. Soup of the day parsnip apple was very good. Pizza has thin crust and generous toppings. Ovingham White Swan a best kept secret, worth stopping in.

Great pub for a feed. I must have eaten here over 30 times over the last few years and I've never…read morehad a bad meal. First class table service and a great choice of beers and wines. Tea time two course special for a tenner, you can't go wrong.

This place is tucked into a nook near The Quayside Maritime Museum when driving past if you blink…read moreyou will pass it, so eyes wide open after the roundabout because you don't want to miss this place. The food is good, the drinks are nice and the prices are reasonable. The service is warm and friendly. They have indoor and out door dinning when weather permits. It's a nice place with great water views of the marina and boats. Very scenic and picturesque. They have nice areas for a quite dinner for two as well as areas for big parties. Great place to stop in for food, don't miss this while your visiting The Quayside Museum.

I gave this five stars because excellent place to go to chill out or just and have pint. This place…read moreis good at serving food it is one of my favourite places to go in hartlepool. I normally get a 8os steak with chips. Every time go I am never disappointed you sit out side and you can see all of the boats. The staff are good and polite the food all ways comes out in good time. I would give this place a try.

Great choice of beers and the wine is above pub average. Nice cosy family pub. The food is…read moreoverpriced and quite bad. It is microwave chain pub haven here. Even though the menu is pretending to be something else. If you must eat there don't go there for Sunday lush as it almost birds eye ready meal style. Also not recommended if you plan to have some laughs and some lively conversation as the staff is very keen on keeping the volume to quite. Quiz nights I think are on Monday but better call to check. Not dog friendly but will provide bowl of water in the beer garden. It is only about a 1 minute walk from Bank Foot metro station.

Great location. Lovely boozer and great food. Nothing to fault the place on tbh.read more

We loved this stop for lunch on our walk across Hadrian's Wall. The service was excellent and the…read moreenvironment was warm and welcoming. The food was delicious as well. The staff were friendly and helpful! We highly recommend this stop. It will not disappoint!

Friendly staff. We arrived in after food is served but the staff sorted us out. I would definitely…read morerecommend.

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.

The staff were lovely and friendly…read more We went for Sunday lunch and the food was fantastic. Very big portions and reasonably priced. The owner showed us round the accommodation that is available at the back of the public house, he showed us the disabled room, which was very well equipped, we would not hesitate to stay there or recommend it to anyone. There are plenty of parking spaces at the rear of the pub. We will return in the future to dine again.

The Ship Inn is a great restaurant/pub which always lives up to its fantastic reputation. The food…read moreis always amazing and Sheila has a wonderful, ever changing menu. This place is always top on my list to visit when I am in the north east.