Loch Fyne Restaurants Ltd
Restaurants in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
West Avenue
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 4ES
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Tried twice to give it a second chance!
Having been once for a meal and disappointed with temperature of food (still frozen!) we still thought that another visit might prove more enjoyable. Our second visit was early on a Saturday before going to the theatre and our order was eventually taken and we were given undercooked food replaced with overcooked food! This venue has an open kitchen and we watched a member of staff pick his nose then rub result under the kitchen pass! To top it all our drinks were muddled up, we wrote a letter following our visit and have not heard anything from the company...................nine months ago. My husband and I eat out a lot and this is the first letter of complaint that we feel that we had to write.
A User - 08/09/2009 | report this review
Delicious
Loch Fyne - i'd heard about them before but never visited one of their restaurants. I'm so glad we now have one in the area. In a nutshell, i loved it! When we arrived i was surprised to find it situated in an old church - the decor is perfect and really adds to the ambiance. You might expect that it would be cold and drab interior based on the property, but that couldn't be furthest from the truth. The menu is extensive and all will find something they like. The food arrived quickly and i can't rate it highly enough! Its gorgeous - both how it looks and also how it tastes. Wonderful in every way!
A User - 10/09/2008 | report this review
Fishy heaven!
I wasn't aware that the Loch Fyne chain had come to Tyneside until a friend took me for lunch there one day.Loch Fyne is situated in a suburb of Newcastle called Gosforth which is a 5 or 10 minute drive from newcastle City centre. The restaurant is in a converted church which makes the most of the high ceilings with a fantastic staircase and an upper level, although we sat downstairs the day we went.The decor is warm minimalist with white walls and lots of aged wood from the original building and photos on the walls. The food is excellent and they do a fantastic lunch time special for about £12 although we ate from the a la carte menu. I had a wonderful fish pie which was really tasty and I think had isle of mull cheddar on top. The seasonal vegetables were perfectly cooked and to top it all off we had a lovely bottle of wine.The staff were excellent, very professional and polite and helpful without being intrusive and nothing was too much trouble.When you consider how easy it is to spend money on a lunch and not get anything special the set menu really does represent good value in lovely surroundings so what are you waiting for...
A User - 04/08/2008 | report this review
Great value for Sunday lunch
My in-laws live in Gosforth but we've only just got round to trying this local restaurant - and we all wished we'd been sooner and vowed to come again soon!The restaurant is situated in a former United Reform church, and the interior design makes great use of the space, with the large window above the entrance attractively framed by wine racks, and an imposing staircase leading to the upper gallery.We all chose from the Sunday lunch menu, which has limited options but is great value at £12 per head for two courses, £15 for three. Chris and I both started with the Thai style fish cakes, which were delicious, and my father-in-law enjoyed his kipper. Mam was saving herself for dessert, but tucked into the complementary home-baked bread with relish! Three of us then had the pollock, which came with mash and a light mustardy sauce. As part of the lunch deal you can choose a side dish from the main menu, so I had a green salad while the in-laws went for peas and broccoli. Chris meanwhile had a pasta dish, again with a salad on the side. We all enjoyed our mains, though I would have liked a little more heat to the mustard sauce as I found the dish a bit bland.We all chose different desserts. Chris enthused about his chocolate tart topped with caramalised pineapple, I loved my classic creme brulée (perfectly crisp on top and creamy beneath), and Mam her banoffee pie, while John was happy with his selection of ice cream too. With a pint of beer, half bottle of French white wine and a large bottle of sparkling water, we paid just £75 for the four of us - fantastic value for such a good quality meal. We will be back!
A User - 02/05/2008 | report this review
Fablous Seafood
You think you've been to everywhere in a small city, and then you end up going to somewhere completely new, and having a fabulous time. Such as it was when I drive past Lock Fyne on the Gosforth highstreet, and ended up going a week later with my team at work. Lock Fyne is a chain, albeit a small one, which specializes in seafood and wine, always a winning combination. The Lock Fyne in Newcastle is out of the city centre in the Gosforth area, occupying a converted Methodist church just set back from the road. The building itself is sympathetically converted and very present, though the rustic “hewn from a barn door†style table was a little small for size, especially once the seafood plates arrived. Our waiting staff we're very friendly and prompt, and didn't even mind us being carp at picking wines, coordinating mix'n'match starters, and one person refusing to eat fish. As for the food, I had a smoked mackerel pate to start which was beautifully light and airy, but with a peppery crunch and some excellent oatcakes, followed by the hot lobster and seafood platter, which was huge. There was comfortably enough for two to share, and had a whole lobster, a handful of rope grown mussels, several langoustines, fresh prawns, queenies (small scallops) and cook oysters (different again to fresh cold ones). All in all is was a wonderful, salty, garlicky, buttery mound, about three quarters of the size of a dustbin lid. I ended up with butter running down my arms to my elbows, cracking fresh morsels out of their shells with the tools provided and dipping them in the garlicky butter, happy as a pig in poo. All considered, the bill for six, including wine, champagne, ports, coffees and food, came to about 60 quid a head. Expensive, but excellent value for money in a gluttonous, hedonistic, epicurean manner.
A User - 08/04/2007 | report this review
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