Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Deals in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne: a special dinner, a river view or time in the pool?

Newcastle makes a rewarding short break when you choose the evening first. You could spend it at a Michelin-starred restaurant on the Quayside, settle into British pub cooking at The Broad Chare, or explore the food scene in Ouseburn. The right hotel depends on which of those plans appeals, whether you want a river view and how much time you expect to spend in the hotel itself.

Our four central hotel choices offer five different dining pairings. Each quoted restaurant is independent of the hotel, so these are separate room-and-dinner comparisons. That can make for an enjoyable city evening, but it also means checking the table reservation and the journey back to your room. For a quieter stay with dinner in the hotel, we have included Jesmond Dene House separately as a nearby alternative.

Where would we start?

• Best for a Michelin food occasion: INNSiDE Newcastle with House of Tides, for the highest restaurant distinction among the central pairings.
• Best for a romantic hotel stay: Hotel du Vin, particularly if a characterful room with a roll-top bath is part of the occasion. Price the exact room category.
• Best for a river-view weekend: Malmaison, with a specifically booked Bridge View room and The Broad Chare close by.
• Best for a spa and pool: Crowne Plaza Stephenson Quarter, with Mineral House facilities and the option of dinner at The French Quarter.
• Best for a dog-friendly hotel meal: Crowne Plaza, which offers pet-friendly rooms and designated lobby dining areas. That meal needs its own price, separate from the French Quarter pairing.
• Best for a pub-led food evening: Malmaison with The Broad Chare, for British cooking and a Quayside base.
• Lowest indicative total: Hotel du Vin with Cook House, at £230 midweek or £250 at the weekend. Cook House serves evening dinner Wednesday–Saturday.
• Best nearby hotel for a quieter luxury occasion: Jesmond Dene House, with AA Red Stars and Fern in the hotel, beyond the central Quayside shortlist.

The hotels and restaurants worth comparing

INNSiDE and House of Tides: our restaurant-led occasion pick

INNSiDE by Meliá Newcastle gives you a modern Quayside hotel base for dinner at House of Tides, Kenny and Abbie Atkinson’s Michelin-starred restaurant. Its produce-led cooking draws on European influences, making this the pairing we would start with when the meal is the main reason for travelling.

The guide totals are £390 midweek and £435 at the weekend for two. The restaurant is 0.1 miles from the hotel in our catalogue, but it is a separate business and booking. Confirm the current dinner menu rather than assume the recorded meal allowance buys any tasting format you choose.

Dinner currently runs Thursday and Friday, 6pm–9pm, and Saturday, 5.30pm–9.30pm. The restaurant’s Sunday After Hours offering is a different experience; it should not be treated as the same Michelin dinner comparison. House of Tides also states that it cannot offer a vegan menu.

Choose this over Malmaison with The Broad Chare for the more ambitious restaurant evening. Choose Malmaison if a pub meal and a lower total suit the trip better. If the river outlook matters, select an INNSiDE river-view room explicitly rather than rely on the hotel’s Quayside address.

Hotel du Vin and Cook House: our value and romantic-room comparison

Hotel du Vin Newcastle occupies the former Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Company building near Ouseburn, with 42 bedrooms and suites. Its character and room choices make it our first comparison for a romantic stay: Deluxe rooms have a free-standing bath, while some suites offer more elaborate layouts. Those categories need their own room price.

The lowest central pairing in the current results combines Hotel du Vin with Cook House at £230 midweek or £250 at the weekend. Cook House is 0.3 miles away in the catalogue, rather than in the hotel. Anna Hedworth’s restaurant has an informal, industrial setting and a seasonal menu: sample dinner dishes include fried oyster mushrooms with buffalo sauce and celeriac shawarma.

We would choose it for an Ouseburn evening and a hotel with character, rather than for pool facilities. The menu mixes British ingredients with wider influences and includes substantial vegetable dishes, so it is worth looking at the actual selection rather than assuming a conventional bistro meal.

Evening dinner is served Wednesday–Saturday from 5pm. Sunday service ends at 3pm, and the restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday. A Sunday room booking therefore needs a different dinner plan. Hotel du Vin’s own Bistro is another option to price separately; the Cook House total does not establish the hotel’s inclusive dinner package or a suite rate.

Malmaison and The Broad Chare: a Quayside pub evening

Malmaison Newcastle is the choice we would compare for a riverfront weekend with a lively food-and-drink itinerary. Its Bridge View rooms specifically overlook the Millennium Bridge. Standard rooms and suites differ, so pick the outlook and room style before deciding what the stay is worth to you.

The current pairing with The Broad Chare is £240 midweek or £295 at the weekend for two, with a 0.1-mile restaurant distance. The Broad Chare offers British pub cooking in its upstairs dining room, with a separate downstairs bar-food menu. It suits an evening built around a good meal and a pint or wine, rather than a long Michelin tasting menu.

We would choose it over Hotel du Vin when the Quayside setting and The Broad Chare’s cooking make the stronger case. Hotel du Vin has the lower guide total, especially at the weekend; let the dinner menu and room choice decide whether the extra spend is worthwhile.

The dining room currently serves dinner Monday–Saturday, 5.30pm–9pm, and closes on Sunday evenings. Its Sunday lunch and bar opening hours do not establish dinner availability. Malmaison’s own Chez Mal restaurant is a separate on-site alternative, with its menu and hotel offers checked independently.

Crowne Plaza and The French Quarter: pool time and French small plates

Crowne Plaza Newcastle – Stephenson Quarter is our most practical comparison when a pool or arrival by train matters. The hotel is close to Newcastle Central station, with Mineral House facilities in the property. Its ten-metre pool, spa pool and steam room are open to hotel guests; treatments require separate arrangements.

The French Quarter pairing is £255 midweek or £290 at the weekend for two. The restaurant is at Arch 6 on Westgate Road, 0.2 miles from the hotel in the catalogue. Its approach is sociable French small plates and wine, rather than formal, lengthy fine dining.

We would choose it over Malmaison when you want a swim before dinner or a convenient station-side hotel. Malmaison makes more sense when a bridge-view room and the Quayside are the priorities. The £42.50-per-person dinner component is a guide allowance: choose the dishes you want and allow separately for wine.

The French Quarter currently opens Tuesday–Saturday and closes on Sundays and Mondays. Its weekday fixed-price lunch is a different menu from evening à la carte dining, so it should not be used to price this dinner. Mineral House’s pool hours are currently 7am–9pm, which leaves room for a swim before the meal.

Crowne Plaza with Long Friday: change the neighbourhood and evening

The second Crowne Plaza pairing takes you to Long Friday on Brentwood Avenue in Jesmond. Its seasonal small plates, wines by the glass and cocktails make it an alternative for a less formal, sharing-led evening.

The guide totals are £270 midweek and £305 at the weekend. Unlike the French Quarter pairing, this is an outing to another neighbourhood. Plan transport and the return to the hotel rather than treat it as a short station-area walk.

We would choose Long Friday when its menu is the reason for venturing into Jesmond; The French Quarter is the simpler geographical pairing with Crowne Plaza. Check the restaurant’s own reservation options and current service times before booking the room. Its website currently welcomes both reservations and walk-ins.

The nearby alternative: Jesmond Dene House

Jesmond Dene House deserves a separate comparison if you prefer a wooded setting and dinner in the hotel to a central Quayside base. Its AA Red Stars recognise the hotel experience, and its position beside Jesmond Dene makes it an appealing choice for a quieter romantic occasion.

The North East guide currently shows £253 midweek and £283 at the weekend for two with Fern, using a representative dinner calculated from the evening menu. Fern is an upmarket neighbourhood dining room with seasonal local ingredients, informal service and no dress code.

We would choose it over the four central hotels when the house and setting matter more than walking out onto the Quayside. It also removes the journey to a separate restaurant. Fern’s evening service runs Wednesday–Saturday from 6pm; Sunday lunch is offered, but that is not a Sunday dinner service. You can compare it with the central hotels in our wider North East England guide.

Which offers the best value?

Hotel du Vin with Cook House leads on the central guide price, but only works as an evening pairing on Cook House’s dinner days. Malmaison with The Broad Chare costs £10 more midweek and £45 more at the weekend. We would pay that difference when the restaurant or a specifically chosen bridge-view room suits the occasion better.

Crowne Plaza with The French Quarter adds pool facilities and a station-side base at a modestly higher midweek total. Its Long Friday option costs more and adds a journey into Jesmond. INNSiDE with House of Tides is the higher food-occasion spend; the restaurant accounts for much of that difference, so compare the meal as well as the hotel rate.

For dinner in the hotel, Jesmond Dene House is competitive with the central comparisons, provided its service nights suit your trip. The best value is the stay that includes the evening and room you actually want, rather than simply the smallest headline figure.

A guide to the total cost for two

Bringing a dog?

Crowne Plaza is a useful starting point because it explicitly offers pet-friendly rooms and dedicated lobby areas with table service for guests dining with a pet. Reserve the appropriate bedroom and ask for the lobby menu and price. The French Quarter and Long Friday totals describe different meals, so their dog policies need checking separately.

Malmaison also welcomes dogs in suitable rooms, with an extra nightly charge. Its policy says dogs cannot be left alone in bedrooms. At The Broad Chare, dogs are welcome in the bar, snug and open beer garden, but not in the upstairs dining room. If you want to eat there with your dog, confirm the bar-food options and reprice the evening rather than assume the quoted dining-room meal works.

Make the city itinerary fit the restaurant

For a Quayside evening, Malmaison and INNSiDE give you close hotel-and-restaurant pairings, while Hotel du Vin suits plans centred on Ouseburn. Crowne Plaza is the practical station-and-pool choice. A short restaurant distance is helpful, but Newcastle’s changes in level and your chosen walking route matter; check the actual route if easy access is important.

Give the meal room in the itinerary. Choose a Quayside walk before House of Tides, an Ouseburn afternoon before Cook House, or pool time before The French Quarter. For a quieter day with a woodland walk and dinner under the same roof, compare Jesmond Dene House instead.

Is this an inclusive hotel package?

The guide totals combine one night for two adults, breakfast and the recorded dinner allowance. The four central hotel pairings require separate restaurant bookings and are not inclusive offers sold by the hotels. Room upgrades, drinks, service and transport can change the cost. Hotels also offer their own dining options and packages, which may use a different menu or dinner credit. Confirm the room and meal basis before booking.

Can I book these dinners for a Sunday stay?

Check carefully. Cook House ends service after lunch, The Broad Chare’s dining room closes for evening dinner and The French Quarter is closed. House of Tides advertises a separate Sunday After Hours offering, while Fern’s Sunday service is lunch. For a Sunday overnight stay, agree an alternative evening meal and price it before reserving the room.

If a different kind of break would suit you better

Our North East England guide compares Newcastle with Northumberland country houses and County Durham spa stays. Start there for Matfen Hall or Seaham Hall if you want more of the weekend to revolve around the hotel. For another city break, compare York or Edinburgh.

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