The Broad Chare — Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

This was our first visit for my wife’s birthday and although overall we enjoyed the meal it was sadly let down by a few important things, which is a shame considering we had expected much more based on online reviews! Perhaps we caught them on a sub-par day and all 4 of us did choose the same meals, so we only had that to go by.

The roast beef Sunday lunch arrived on cold plates and the gravy had the consistency of water. The beef, although tasty was medium/rare and not particularly how we would choose to have it! It was also rather chewy and there was generally a lack of seasoning within the meal itself. Our desserts, - the chocolate pudding did save the day somewhat as it was really delicious… however, yet again, it was luke warm and we were left feeling that it should have been a hot pudding to go with the ice cream for maximum effect.

It is also worth noting that the wooden seats are particularly uncomfortable.

Ultimately this experience did not meet our expectations and came with a pretty punchy price tag. On a final note it has to be said the service and atmosphere was very good and there was a great selection of drinks to choose. Would we return? ….. possibly to give...

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