Duke Of Wellington — Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

My girlfriend and I went here last night for dinner a few drinks after she'd finished work. After about an hour of being there, there was a fight that broke out between a few guys that were having a drink outside. Got very physical and very heated, and one of the bar staff (who happened to serve me earlier) came out and ended up getting caught in the cross fire when he tried to intervene. Not good at all. A few moments later, after things had started to settle, there appeared to be another fight / argument that was going on inside the pub. We were outside ourselves by that time, and left shortly after. We noticed several police vans had turned up, and were parked round the corner.

Not really what you want when you plan on having a nice meal out on a weekend with your other half.

That aside, the pub itself is big, and is nicely done out inside. For real ale fans, there was a couple of hand pumps on the bar, of which one appeared off at the time. The one that was on was Greene King IPA. Would have been nice to see both beers available. I ended up opting for a glass of Rioja and my girlfriend a Carling shandy.

The food was okay. My girlfriend's steak was overdone. She asked for medium and it was tough and well done. My chicken burger and fries were fine. We have been to another Flaming Grill pub before, and the food was better than here.

I want to give this place another chance, and we probably will, but maybe it's a good idea getting some door staff on a weekend, so there's no trouble in the smoking / outdoor seating area outside? I also hope the attention to detail is improved, such as getting the steaks right for the customer, making a bit !ore effort changing the barrels over for the real ale so there's always two choices available.

It's a nice pub in a convenient location for us, so I hope the few things that need to get straightened out end up do getting...

Went today with my husband and son for dinner, tried to order 2 16oz steaks but was told they only have the 9oz steaks which is fair enough if they have ran out. I ordered the 9oz steak with the hunters topper and asked for it cooked medium well, I also asked for it to be on a plate instead of a sizzler and completely plain, no tomato or anything else with it. Husband also wanted his on a plate and also cooked medium well. When the food came they were both on the sizzler plates with a tomato and loads of onions underneath the steaks. The steaks were no where close to being medium well and were very chargrilled and actually burnt on the edges. No one came back to ask if everything was OK with our food like in most places. It wasn't busy either so no excuse to not look after your customers. My husband actually said when he came back from ordering i don't think she was listening so God knows what we're gonna get. Very disappointed. I didn't send the food back as I thought if they can't get a simple steak and chips order correct the first time then they have no chance a second time. After scraping all the onions off we did eat the food but it wasn't the best as it was quite burnt. We ordered desserts and I asked for chocolate cake with custard, it came on a plate, which I find very strange. Custard is particularly difficult to eat from a plate!! I have been to lots of Greene King pubs for food but definitely will not be coming back...

I've raved about this pub to everyone I know to the point I think they find me annoying now 😂 The food is brilliant value for money. Not sure where else you can get a sharer steak with an entire baked camambert to dip and enough chips and waffle fries to feed an army for £25. The flat breads are also lush and so is the bbq sharer. My hubby has also had the burgers there a couple of times and really enjoys them. We always sit outside and the employees are happy to bring our food out to us every time and some of them will even bring our drinks outside of they're not too busy. The outside seating area is huge and it is absolutely lovely. The bar staff are so friendly! I think we have been there at least once a week for the last couple of months. It is a little bit of a treck for us since we don't drive but I will happily take a taxi to spend a few hours in what has become my new favourite pub. Coming from someone who doesn't drink often at all that's saying something, but I am happy to come and spend time in the sun and have a berry punch. Looking forward to seeing you guys...