Eat & Drink in Newcastle
Restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, bakeries, and food events — the best places to eat and drink in Newcastle.
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View all →Newcastle's Christmas Craft and Flea Market
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM · Boiler Shop
£3 adults; under-12s freeCraft & Flea Christmas Market at Boiler Shop
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM · Boiler Shop
£3 (under-12s go in without paying)Newcastle Christmas Market 2026
Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-5pm · Grey Street
FREEArgie Bhaji Food Battle
Fri 3pm till late, Sat noon till late · Wylam Brewery
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Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Newcastle City Centre
Where to get ice cream in Newcastle city centre, from Di Meo's award-winning gelato by the Ouseburn to Amorino on Grainger Street and the late-opening dessert parlours.
Best Indian Restaurants in Newcastle City Centre
From fire-led cooking behind the Quayside to a Punjabi dining room trading for more than forty years, Mumbai and Delhi street food and a vegan stall in the Grainger Market, the city centre's best Indian food.
Best Italian Restaurants in Newcastle City Centre
Where to eat Italian in Newcastle city centre, from a Sardinian family favourite on High Bridge to fresh pasta made daily by the Tyne Bridge, a pizzeria in a listed Mosley Street building and a dependable Grey Street chain.
Best Pizza in Newcastle City Centre
Neapolitan on Grey Street, Detroit squares on Market Street, Chicago deep dish in the Bigg Market, bottomless slices on Forth Banks and a market-stall slice: where to eat pizza in Newcastle city centre.
The Best Beer Gardens in Newcastle City Centre
From a terrace under the Tyne Bridge to a beer garden built into the old town walls and a brewery's parkland grounds, here is where to drink outdoors in central Newcastle.
Newcastle Restaurant Week: How It Works and How to Make the Most of It
Newcastle Restaurant Week runs twice a year, with well over a hundred city-centre restaurants offering fixed-price set menus. Here is how the scheme works and how to get the best out of it.
Local Places
Full directory →The Old George Inn
Food & DrinkTucked down a cobbled yard off the Cloth Market, the Old George is widely regarded as Newcastle's oldest surviving pub, a Grade II listed inn dating from the late 16th century.
Blackie Boy
Food & DrinkA Groat Market pub whose site has carried the Black Boy name for more than two centuries, once home to the 18th-century Swarley's Club counted among engraver Thomas Bewick's haunts.
Bacchus
Food & DrinkA long-established real-ale pub on High Bridge whose ocean-liner interior celebrates Tyneside's shipbuilding heritage, a repeat CAMRA award winner with around nine handpumps.
Duke of Wellington
Food & DrinkA classic small cask-ale pub on High Bridge with a long trading history, once known as Stokoe's after the wine merchants that occupied the building.
Livello
Food & DrinkA sleek, contemporary cocktail bar on Lower Dean Street with backlit bars and resident DJs, shifting towards a club feel later in the evening.
Tup Tup Palace
Food & DrinkA long-standing late-night bar and club on St Nicholas Street offering table and bottle service, busiest at the weekend.