We noticed this café/bistro a few weeks ago on a part of Whitely Road that we don't normally…read morefrequent and finally got around to visiting. The décor is very up market, in keeping with the slightly top-hat and hunting pink feel to the name, almost as if it were once situated in Harrods and has been lifted up and dropped in this slightly run-down and tatty area of Whitley Bay. I must say I felt a little out of place, having popped out from home in just jeans and t-shirt, maybe next time I'll smarten up a bit first. The food was very good, I had the scallops with black pudding along side a "dieting" smoothie, my wife had a tuna and sweetcorn toasted sandwich with an Amaretto latte; when the food arrived it was almost a shame to eat it as they were works of art. Prices were slightly higher than other lunchtime places in town (normally two lunches with drinks are in the £10-15 range and this was £20). I can only think of two downsides to the visit. First, I found out after my visit that they serve a very highly rated afternoon tea and second, despite being only one of two tables in use at the time our food took almost half an hour to arrive, which felt a little excessive given the dishes ordered; perhaps we caught the kitchen out in some way. Update 29/3/2013: Visited for afternoon tea today, and it is as good as other reviewers say. First course is a plate of sandwiches (with the crusts cut off). Tuna and sweetcorn, ham a wholegrain mustard, chicken & mayo and cream cheese with cucumber. As an additional surprise the chicken appeared to have been freshly grilled as the sandwiches were warm. Second course the lightest scones we had ever eaten (apple and cinnamon) with strawberry jam and clotted cream. To finish, cakes. The red velvet cake was like a giant cupcake, avoiding the usual trap of being dry, and topped with lashings of butter-cream icing. All washed down with tea chosen from a myriad of loose-leaf green and black varieties available. All very nice and jolly civilized.

Great Cocktail Bar. Also had sharing platter with the Mrs (stopped her drinking more cocktails)…read more Loads for the money!

Popped into Hinnie's for Sunday brunch at 11, with the husband and the toddler. They have high…read morechairs, kids menus, and some little colouring pages and crayons, so that's a win in my book. Also, whoever is managing their music playlist is clearly my twin, as the tunes were basically right outta my guilty pleasure Spotify playlist (I Would Do Anything For Love, Bittersweet Symphony, Livin On a Prayer, etc - my late 80s and early 90s dream playlist, basically). Music was weirdly incongruent with the décor - bright, airy, classic, and chic but comfortable. But hey, I'm not complaining. Brunch menu is fairly standard - porridge, benedict, full English, with a few surprises like Brioche eggy bread, and Eggs Royal with kippers and avocado. We went for the Full English - with an extra "Baby breakfast," a half portion of the Full English to supplement for the toddler - and the aforementioned eggy bread with bacon and maple syrup. Plus a very nice coffee to start. I have to say, while satisfying, given that this place seems to advertise itself as a bit more unique and high-end than your average café, the food was fairly basic. Full breakfast was fine, but none of the components really seemed like anything special. White toast - had to ask for butter - clearly from a cheap store-bought loaf. Black pudding straight out of the package, and same with the hash browns - in those perfect, pre-made triangles. The sausages were small, but had nice flavour. But the overall impression was that I've made better fry-ups at home, with a bit more effort towards using nice ingredients. The eggy bread tasted good, but was quite odd - it was hard to recognise the object on the plate as bread. There were two spherical pieces of bread, but as sphere is not a normal bread shape, it almost looked like they had made eggy bread out of a stottie or a bun or something. It was very soft, no knife required, as opposed to being made with a thick crusty bread that bites back. The maple syrup was nice, but the bacon was soft and quite fatty, when clearly it should've been so crispy that it could shatter. It was a strange experience only because I expected that given the aethestic of the place, the food would be elevated somehow beyond basic café fare, but it was not. Wasn't terribly expensive - full English £9 and eggy bread £5 - but I would've really liked to see a bit of creativity in the kitchen.

Brilliant location and views only matched by the friendly service and consistently great and…read morewonderful value carvery. My go to when I'm home

Good selection of beers and spirits and an amazing view. The bartender will even put your drink in…read morea plastic cup in case you want to take the drink outside.

One of the best in Tynemouth. Service, food and personality of the staff can't be matched in tiny…read morecoastal city. Ask for John!

Lovely new Toby Carvery, serving delish foodread more

my egg was green and they left tomatoes on my friends burger when they said no tomatoes.read more

Following the recent refurb of what used to be the wacky warehouse (we're going back here...) meant…read moreit was only a matter of time we stumbled past this on route home. Following some drinks in our local we decided we should grab some light bites before heading home. There was 12 of us arriving pretty late and after ordering one the longest bar bills we eventually were sorted and a long table was put together for us. The staff were pretty good considering it was late on a Saturday evening and they eventually joined in our good humour. We were a mixture of cultures from America, Australia and Newcastle... we must have been the highlight of their night as it was pretty quiet at 9pm! We all ordered some appetisers - nachos, chicken wings, potato skins... alongside numerous beers, wine and vodkas. The BBQ chicken wings were of course, messy but cooked to perfection with the meat just falling off the bone! The nachos did arrive without the pulled pork however no one noticed as we all tucked in. Our bizarre selection meant we asked for a dessert to arrive with the mains but it must have also got lost en-route with the pork... Having said that it's obviously not the best place in town but great for a quick bite and a swift drink... we all throughly enjoyed our night think it was a case of our rowdy company being more important than the venues...