WYLD Brings Live-Fire Cooking to Freight Island

Newcastle's city-centre dining scene has a bold new arrival. WYLD, a restaurant built around live-fire cooking, opened inside Freight Island on Newgate Street on 25 September 2026, adding a proper sit-down kitchen to one of the city's busiest social spaces.

Everything over open flame

The idea behind WYLD is simple and theatrical: cook over fire. Meat, fish and vegetables are worked over open flames and embers, the kind of primal, smoke-scented cooking that has become one of the defining restaurant trends of recent years, done here in the middle of the city rather than at a rural destination.

Sitting within Freight Island, WYLD lands in a venue that already pulls a crowd for its bars, street-food traders, events and covered social space. A dedicated live-fire restaurant gives that mix a genuine culinary centrepiece, and gives city-centre diners somewhere new for a longer, sit-down meal without leaving the buzz of the venue behind.

Best for: WYLD is inside Freight Island on Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5TG, a few minutes' walk from Grainger Market and the Monument Metro.

Another string to the city centre's bow

WYLD is part of a wave of openings reshaping where people eat in central Newcastle, from the Quayside to the old Newgate Street quarter. For anyone who loves the char and smoke of food cooked over flame, it is a welcome addition, and an easy one to fold into a night out at one of the city's liveliest venues.

You can find opening times and booking details on the Freight Island Newcastle website.