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Serves meat, vegan options available. On the ground floor of the Tyneside cinema in Newcastle. Labeled vegan items include a seitan hot dog, falafel bowl, super salad, and fresh bread. Also has a vegan sticky toffee pudding. Open Mon-Sat 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-18:00.
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Pilgrim St (at High Friar Lane), Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, NE1 6QG
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13 Reviews
First Review by hack_man
KateEmmett
Points +4055
New improved vegetarian-vegan choice - Edit
Baffled that an arts menu has such a poor choice of vegetarian food. The venue is good but all there was on the menu for vegans during a February snowstorm was a salad for £9.50.
Read moreUpdated July 2018 to say they listened and now have far better vegan options!
2023: reduced menu, at least at lunch time, with vegan burger, vegan hotdog, vegan aubergine BLT and soup
Cinema sells several flavours of Northern Bloc ice cream and sorbet
Updated from previous review on 2023-10-31
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ryanzmo
Points +28
First Review - this place is lovely - Edit
A good few vegan options, lovely atmosphere, and the staff are very friendly. Will probably be a regular here for as long as I work on Northumberland Street.
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JaneyBL
Points +151
Lovely atmosphere and good choice of vegan options - Edit
Love this bar before a trip to the movies but equally would pop in for a drink just because it has a nice buzzy atmosphere. The menu is mainly burger/hot dog options (vegan options for both) so I went for the tofu salad and it was surprisingly tasty - very fresh, really well dressed, spicy. Friend had the burger and thought it tasted like a moving mountains one.
Read moreOnly disappointment was the single use ketchup sachets. Not sure why they are still using these 🤷♀️
Pros: Multiple vegan options , Great atmosphere , Movies!
Cons: Single use plastic ketchup sachets
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ulitka123
Points +20
Lovely cafe - Edit
Lively cafe with good atmosphere and vegan options.A number of vegan choices - the aubergine ‘blt’ was tasty but a bit chewy. The tofu salad was delicious.
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glittersugar
Points +160
Vegan afternoon tea - Edit
My partner and I went here for vegan afternoon tea. This was a treat for me as I haven't been able to have afternoon tea for a long time. The tiers were very cute. I would recommend contacting in advance to find out what they are offering (afternoon tea menus change) and making a reservation
Read morePros: Vegan afternoon tea, Nice ambience, Reasonable prices
Cons: Strongly recommend making a reservation
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GDamy
Points +40
Bunless hot dogs😒 - Edit
I went here with 2 friends, we ordered the seitan dog which sounded lovely. However we were told after a while that they had no vegan bread cakes and asked if that was okay. We weren’t sure if they were offering us non vegan bread cakes or telling us we couldn’t have bread. We ordered the hot dogs without buns anyway. They were okay- mushier and less chewy than any seitan I’d had before. We had to pay the same amount and weren’t offered any alternative to bread buns. I don’t think I would go back here again.
Read morePros: Had 2-3 vegan options on the menu
Cons: Expensive , No vegan bread buns , Food was mediocre
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lucymc
Points +58
Great food - Edit
We had the tofu noodle salad. Really tasty and a good portion size for the price. Others options sounded interesting including seitan dog. Nice atmosphere
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Therian
Points +16
delicious food, great atmosphere... - Edit
... as well as friendly and helpful service. All meals and even drinks are labeled as vegan if appropriate. We had a seitan hotdog and a bean & kale ragout, which both exceeded our expectations. Most beers are vegan, coming from local as well as international breweries.
Read morePros: actually very vegan friendly menu
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Jaydigriz
Points +170
UPDATE - Edit
As indicated this is to flag recent changes and updates to menu which has undergone definite leap in vegan options. Added photos to menus. Now has super salad, seitan hot dog and fries and more, also had a vegan sticky toffee pudding. The venue is always special place, now with range of vegan options even better.
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vegananna
Points +58
New menu :( - Edit
This cafe always had a vegan option in the mains but I went the other day and there wasn't one :((( Very disappointed, all there seemed to be was a salad and the soup of the day - soup was very nice in all fairness but it isn't really the best for an evening meal, especially since there always has been a vegan main :( whyyyyy Tyneside
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lllama
Points +66
Very limited choice - Edit
Having read the previous reviews I knew vegan options would be limited but was going to get the roasted vegetable wrap - but it wasn't on the menu when I went mid-week.
Read moreVegan options are limited to almond porridge (at any time of the day), Asian salad with tofu and tofu scramble - but when I went they'd run out of tofu. The salad was also expensive. There's also a fruit smoothie and juice of the day.
Strangely, they have beetroot falafel on the menu but it's vegetarian, not vegan.
The regular bread isn't vegan although I think the sourdough is.
In the end I oordered fries (a side dish) - which were delicious - and a hot drink with soya milk. It's not a bad place but wasn't work the effort of a special visit. It also did smell somewhat of meat inside.
It would be great if they could add some vegan choices to the menu, e.g. vegan pancakes with syrup or fruit, a vegan bread basket, and a vegan wrap.
Pros: Nice food , Friendly, helpful staff , Wheelchair accessible
Cons: Very few vegan choices , Runs out of tofu, Faint smell of cooking meat
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DonnaC
Points +1684
Basic for vegans - Edit
Nice place with a good atmosphere but limited vegan choice. All we could have was a roast vegetable ciabatta. The drink selection is good, we just had a couple of Italian beers but there's plenty of variety if you want anything else.
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hack_man
Points +25370
Part of the Furniture - Edit
Having grown up in the North East of England and been aware of the Tyneside Cinema as a kind of retro place where film buffs would to go to watch cult movies in the 80s and 90s, I was most interested to see it on Happy Cow. Only a few years ago the cinema was very close to extinction. Now, it's a thriving heartbeat of a place where people who would like to think they are cool want to be seen. We thought we'd give it a go. On Saturday 8th October 2016 it was absolutely bustling. This is good to see. There was even a baby shower in progress and staff were obviously busy. The beer and wine are clearly vegan labelled as well as the food. Unfortunately, on a Saturday the only vegan choice was a chargrilled vegetable ciabatta with coriander hummus. We shared this with fries. More vegan options are available during the week. Not somewhere I would rush to go back to for food but the Tyneside Cinema is an important part of city heritage and it's good to see it doing well and here to stay for the longterm.
Read morePros: OK for vegans, Vegan wines , Vegan craft beers
Cons: Very busy at weekends, Meat is served
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