Jeff Lyall — Newcastle Eats

Newcastle Eats is a food blog featuring restaurant reviews & local food writing for the greatest city in the world, Newcastle upon Tyne. Collecting large restaurant bills, and documenting them here since 2011.

Created by Jeff Lyall.

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Urban Night Feast Newcastle

September 20, 2012

One of the biggest street food events to hit the region.

High Bridge Quarter Autumn Festival 2012

September 4, 2012

Food & drink festival making High Bridge the place to be in NE1.

Browns Newcastle Bar Snacks

August 30, 2012

Nothing to write home about, twice.

Pots and Pancakes, North Shields

August 16, 2012

Painting pottery and eat pancakes!

Newcastle Restaurant Week August 2012 (Updated!)

August 7, 2012

It’s that time again already?

Garden Shed, Newcastle

July 25, 2012

Miss you, canny sandwiches of Eldon Garden.

Malmaison Newcastle Brasserie 2012*

July 12, 2012

Celebrating the launch of its new menu and head chef.

Afternoon Tea at Fisherman’s Lodge, Jesmond

July 2, 2012

Oh, this was an interesting ride…

Quay Ingredient, Newcastle

June 21, 2012

Canny sandwich shop

Afternoon Tea at SIX

June 5, 2012

Brilliant views of afternoon tea over Newcastle.

Delicious Festival, Sunderland

June 4, 2012

UPDATE: This event was cancelled at the last minute and I doubt it’ll be back.

Garden Kitchen, Eldon Square

May 22, 2012

Finally, somewhere great for Eldon Garden.

Raval, Gateshead

May 17, 2012

2 Hits, 1 Miss

Tynemouth Food Festival 2012

May 8, 2012

What started as a little gathering, has now grown into a sizeable festival for NE30.

Northumberland Cheese Company Tea Room, Blagdon

April 13, 2012

Cheeeeeeeeeese with everything 🧀

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Few pics from Dood from just after it opened - Ku

Few pics from Dood from just after it opened - Kunafa was great
- Monkfish the best of the bunch
- black chickpea hummus nice and rich
- could have ordered another portion of this aubergine dip
- surprisingly decent chips, if not fitting
- had better manakish Seems to have been popular since day dot, but I’ve heard very mixed opinions. What did you think? #newcastleeats #foodblogger #persianfood #quayside

March leftovers: - lovely pink rhubarb panna cott

March leftovers: - lovely pink rhubarb panna cotta
- the best burgers in another town
- where to even get tacos from anymore?
- I love brown food but changing seasons thankfully means fresher vegetables
- old news but really impressed by the patisserie at Spanish city
- slab of meat and pastry after a walk up in sunlun
- pulled the pizza oven out at the first glimmer of sunshine
- new kebab place, it’s alright
- the almond PAC fast becoming a fave Reviews of the burger, the tacos on the site now, with the rhubarb and more coming this month. #newcastleeats #foodblogger #march2025

Was lucky enough to visit @solstice_ncl last year

Was lucky enough to visit @solstice_ncl last year and have the full shebang: - ‘Pea & celery’ was my pick of sixteen dishes on ‘Best things I ate in 2024’ (find that on the site)
- Duck liver & PX as pretty as it gets
- Smoked eel brandade and chicken skin 😮‍💨
- ‘Catch of the day’ with Craster kipper sauce
- ‘Honey’ 🐝
- Lamb, turnip and a big red
- Halibut sashimi
- Scallop
- Petits fours
- Wine older than I am ⭐️ ⭐️ surely, and a full review on the site if these have tickled your fancy, or Google ‘solstice Newcastle review’ #newcastleeats #michelinguide #foodblog

Back in the game, February leftovers… - Panacke

Back in the game, February leftovers… - Panackelty at Propa — chock full of corned beef and a wedge of stottie, christ 🙌🏻
- Full Scottish at Smoke & Sear — Irn Bru on the side, obvs
- Donzoko Tap probably being my most visited boozer this year so far
- Mussel and nduja flatbread at St. Vincent 😮
- Made a few biryanis lately with the help of Dishoom, banging
- check out @gnp_pies I promise you will love them
- Triple pep from Rudy’s
- Flame-grilled meats at the coast
- Made a clafoutis with some cherries past their best
- Couple of donuts post kebab
- Second wine tasting of the month
- Might be the best burger I can remember having
- Eating @perellofoods by the tin load now, the best #newcastle #foodblog #feb2025

A few bites from Manchester recently: - savoury s

A few bites from Manchester recently: - savoury squash and beans on a cold day
- Caesar with the best buttery rotisserie chicken
- finally got round to a happy, happy hour here 😵‍💫
- gorgeous pastries at Companio
- cheeky Nells, still one of the best
- laughably large schnitzel
- a very good steak and onion sauce Flying visit but there’s always something new and fun to be had in Manchester alongside classics. See you again soon 🐝 #manchestereats #pizza #steak #foodblog

Sunday roast @restaurantfaru, just one of the best

Sunday roast @restaurantfaru, just one of the best I’ve had in ages, can’t really fault it. Link in bio if you wanna get into the detail 👨🏻‍💻 #durhameats #sundayroast #roastbeef

If you’re headed to the monthly @drumnthigh pop-

If you’re headed to the monthly @drumnthigh pop-up on Friday here’s what you can expect - crispy batter, great fries, lots of sauce, beige is best, and of course, juicy chicken. For those with longer attention spans there’s a full post on the site, link in bio ✍️ #friedchicken #chickenburger #sandyford #newcastleeats

Some lovely, lovely dishes from the @31thequay set

Some lovely, lovely dishes from the @31thequay set menu for November last week
- blackberry and vanilla mille-feuille
- hake, langoustine sauce
- lemon tart, crème fraice
- soufflé, cauliflower, walnut
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