Mint Newcastle

Next month you may wish to loosen your belts and ditch the diets, as Newcastle Restaurant Week is back for this year’s second helping of discounted dining across the capital.

Between 8th and 14th August over 100 restaurants will be serving up set menus at special prices of just £10, £15 or £20. With a wide range of cuisines on offer ranging from street food and pizzas to fine dining, it’s an opportunity to try out some new restaurants, or to revisit some of your favourites without having to splash out quite so much.

Several well known chains are participating, including Las Iguanas, Pitcher & Piano, Pizza Punks, Turtle Bay and the Real Greek, as well as some acclaimed finer dining establishments such as Horticulture, Route, Blackfriars Restaurant and 21. A recent winner of BBC’s Top British Takeaways, My Delhi, has a £15 menu on offer; Khai Khai, which was recently visited and lauded by Gordon Ramsey, has a £20 offering; and the Broad Chare, which came second in Big 7 Travels’ list of The 50 Best Gastro Pubs in the UK has a 2 course £15 menu or a 3 course £20 menu to choose from.Some upmarket drinking establishments are also participating including the 3sixty champagne lounge and Fenwick’s Roof Thirty Nine.To partake in any of the offers then browse the Restaurant Week website, choose your venue(s) and download a voucher to bring along for each one. Make sure you book first too – because if January Restaurant Weekend is anything to go by, then demand is going to be as hot as the Firestone pizza oven, the griddle at Rio Steakhouse and the curries at Dabbawal!