Cafés • Pasta • Steak • Cheese
"Being from Australia with no knowledge of where to dine, a former colleague from Durham recommended St Vincent. We checked out the menu on line and decided on a 2 course meal special between 5:30 and 6:30 for GBP24. Our very charming waitress from Lithuania thought we were from down under and chatted knowledgebly about life in Newcastle. She was a delight. Our entree of sea bass carpaccio arrived. WOW. It was a meal in itself and beyond good. If I could I would have licked the plate. Then our baked hake on a medley of roasted capsicums arrived. Hake a boring fish, yet brought to life by the accompanying capsicums was enjoyed by each mouthful. The hake crispy on the outside and tender on the inside was clean yet filling. Do yourself a favour and dine at St Vincent. Oh and the wine pretty good too"
Soup • Beer • Cafés • Italian
"The staff were extraordinarily courteous and helpful. We were a little late due to traffic problems, and squeezing our meal into the gap before a theatre production. Nothing was too much trouble, the food was excellent and we had the perfect experience before leaving with plenty of time for our show."
Pub • Wine • Brunch • Cheese
"Wonderful place. Always feels celebratory even for a glass of wine and a light bite. Have gone back time and time again and never once been disappointed. The only qualm I have is that I hate service charge being added to the bill. The staff are uniformly fantastic they really do make the place and I'd sooner the guarantee of handing them their tip myself at the end of the night (having worked in service myself I know just how easily the process of incorporation can be abused, and how the servers themselves can end up missing out on money they have earned through skill and hard work."
