eating out in newcastle recommendations

edtheduck_2

Hi
going to slieve donard tomorrow and want some ideas on where to eat please. somewhere decent as its OHs birthday.

i know where i dont want to go or isn't open:
percy french
mourne in dundrum
new indian
burrendale restaurant

but what about these:
stoneboat
harbour house (?) annalong
what used to be zio - not sure what its called
o'hares (?) down at the bottom
donard hotel - is there a restaurant?

thank you

Golden_Anemone

Villa Vinci - just past Donard Hotel - really wonderful italian food with a great family atmosphere and lovely staff. I love it.

Farther down the promenade, up nearer to Donard Park, there's Sea Salt. I'm just not sure if they open in the evenings midweek. Tiny place but amazingly good food, locally sourced and lovely friendly staff too.

They'd be my choices in Newcastle. :-)

dizzyg_2

Have to second Villa Vinci. Celebrated my best friends 30th here and had a great time. Food was delicious and the staff were fantastic. Prices were very reasonable as well.

edtheduck_2

Thanks Golden anenome and dizzyg - i have a funny feeling that's where Zio used to be and i think that we'll try there then as it will be v handy to the SD.

RTNI

OH and I went to Villa Vinci back at start of Feb on a Sunday evening - we did not have a good experience to be honest. Service was awful - had to ask for our drinks twice, parmazanne (sp?) cheese 3 times and we gave up waiting for our plates to be collected and went up and just paid the bill there and then.

Food was lovely though, have to give then that. Place was not overly busy - plenty of staff in the place but one girl seemed more interested in sorting the menu's out than the customers. Shame really as it had been recommended to me by a friend.

eslick

saw this on the main screen and didnt recognise any of the place mentioned, then realised it was Newcastle Northern Ireland and not the one in England

jjd

Unsure of where is good for an 'adult' meal as normally we are looking for something with the kids but I can say that I would advise you to avoid O'Hares. We were there a while back, the waiting time to be served was crazy, forgot our drinks order, then brought our meals out before the kids and the kids meals didn't come for another 20 mins despite asking 3 times. THen when I was chopping up the chicken for my child it was still frozen inside... nice:eek:. Needless to say we promptly left.

edtheduck_2

well we ended up going to the chowder house (part of the donard hotel) it was lovely and reasonable value too. Apparently they've been there a couple of years...but who knew? lol
so, hth others.