This review is a small adventure…read more.. After arriving in Sunderland later in the evening, right around 8 PM, I decided to do a short stroll then find something to eat. Turns out, there isn't much to do in the city center after closing time on a Friday. I stumbled across this little place, and I stopped in to see what the prices were and what the food was. Turns out, the food was really better than I was expecting. These little takeaway places are a dime a dozen in Newcastle, and they usually are full of greasy comfort food. The place sold greasy comfort food too, but the pepperoni pizza was the best that I've had in the UK. It was definitely a New York style pizza, at heart. The pepperoni, however, were under the cheese, something more typical of Chicago style. Good crust, good sauce, and good cheese--the pizza was a winner. Good pizza at a very very reasonable price! The real adventurous part came when the owner saw me snapping photos of his place... He was concerned, rightfully so, I believe. He told me that I should ask permission before I take pictures... eh, I'll take my pictures. When your store front ends up on Google Street View, (http://bit.ly/aQlPns), you can't really complain about a student snapping a few pictures of your store... The owner, after hearing my story, encouraged me to take more pictures. He was even kind to me after it. I dropped a can of Coke that I just purchased from his store while I was getting out my camera (to appease him). He swapped it for free! So, it was an adventure. This place is just a short walk from the banks of the Wear, which is a very nice area of for walks and viewing public sculptures. If you're in that area of Sunderland, stop on in. If you take some pictures of this place, however, you might want to say something to the shop owner...

Always a fabulous dinner at Mamma Mia. The Specials Board is exactly that - changes frequently with…read morewhatever has been bought in that day and loads of new and interesting dishes. The decor ambiance and lighting are spot on, and it's a privilege to have such a top class restaurant in walking distance in Whitburn.

Impromptu meal, got treated to a rib-eye steak, huge! Another regular of ours, they've done wonders…read morewith this place, love it!

Best part about this place is the balti pizza everything else is good but the balti pizza is awesomeread more

Lovely neighbourhood Italian on Seaburn seafront. Don't expect high end dining or fancy…read morepresentation here, it's good solid Italian fare and none the worse for it. I had a nice chicken breast with white wine and mushroom sauce with a good selection of crisp fresh vegetables. Good generous portions and tasty with it. My wife had a very good vegetarian pizza - crisp, tasty and with a good depth of savoury flavour often missing in vegetarian pizzas. Finished off with a decent tiramisu.

Always try and eat here when we return up North. The ambiance is excellent, the food is excellent…read moreand the staff are excellent.location is excellent too. If you like quality Italian food then a visit is a must if you are in the area but do yourselves a favour..book a reservation as it is always busy, especially at weekends. As we now live in the West Mids, visits are restricted to a couple of times a year but it makes our visit all the more worthwhile.try it, you'll like it. Trev B

There are an abundance of pizza shops in Sunderland. A lot of them are ok but seriously lack in…read moreconsistency. One night they are nice the next night they are awful. Manhattan pizza co. is one of those that constantly serve out good, tasty food night after night. Ive went there for over 20 years and can safely say Ive nver had a bad order. I do have one complaint which is they have chavs hanging about outside the shop and sometimes cluttering the floor in there.

Manhattan do some nice pizzas, some can be greasey though, but generally they do nice food, I have…read moreventured here on some occasions mostly being satisfied with my food!

Excellent value and probably the tastiest donner kebab I've tasted. The staff are very friendly and…read morehelpful.

as the other reviewer said the best tasting Kebabs ever and are so big they make a meal for two and…read morefor the price very, very good value. the staff are friendly. well recommended AAAA+++++

Love this restaurant!!!! I have ate here many times and the food never disappoints. I had the…read moresalmon pasta from the specials section and it was simply sublime. Recommend to anybody interested in going.

My colleagues and I came here for a work lunch, and everyone was absolutely thrilled with the…read morechoice. It was bustling on a Tuesday lunch time (admittedly it was half-term), so I'm glad we booked in advance! The servers were kind and considerate across the board. I currently have a bunch of weird dietary restrictions and they couldn't have been nicer about it. I was frankly amazed with how considerate they were, checking with the kitchen about everything, and taking it very seriously and not making me feel like a picky idiot. They have a great multi-course lunch deal, but only get this if you're super-hungry as the portions were hilariously massive! The size of these dishes was unreal - huge portions of fish, giant calzones, cavernous plates of pasta - everything looked great and my colleagues were thrilled. Due to my restrictions, I had a more boring meal of a fresh side salad with oil and vinegar (though it was nice and and colorful, with bright greens, juicy tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumber), some cheese bread that they gave me gluten-free (normally it's garlic bread but they left the garlic off for me), and a chicken breast with arrabiata sauce sans onion and garlic (again, they went out of their way for me). The gluten-free pizza bread was actually great - it's really like a small pizza appetizer, not "bread" so much, but the GF base was super crispy and it was covered in melty cheese. It isn't really fair for me to comment on the main - how can you judge a tomato sauce when you've forced them to take out the onions and garlic?? - so all I can say is the portion was huge (the chicken must have been a monster!) and I was so grateful for how they helped me out. Servers are more than happy to wrap everything up if you don't finish it. Desserts are big too and looked great. All my colleagues were patting me on the back for choosing this place. We all recommend it highly and I'm sure we'll be back!

Baba's is my favourite kebab shop in Newcastle. They have an incredible selection of high-quality…read moremiddle eastern and greek food and it's always very fresh and well seasoned. The naan's are really tasty. Our favourite dishes are the Chicken Grilled and Lamb Kofta kebabs, although the barbequed lamb chops are also amazing. We've tried the pizza once and it was also yummy, although not the big draw of this place. The prices are really cheap for the quality of food you receive and the service is fast. Baba's has a delivery service through just-eat.co.uk which we've used several times as well. Definitely check this place out - worth skipping over your local kebab place in favour of this West Road gem!

Ordered the lamb kebab mix after hearing how fantastic this place was from my friend. It was so…read morefull of flavour and was every bit as nice as I had been told it was. We ordered chips with it which were much nicer than the usual takeaway chips you get these days and the bread was more like a nana than a pita bread which was also lovely. Android users can download an app which makes ordering so much easier and It also gives you 10% off every order too. Great taste and great value for money too.