Brasserie buzz on the Newcastle quayside
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR
Reliable modern cooking in a Victorian villa
GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR
Seasonal cooking in a splendid mansion
CORNHILL-ON-TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND
Modern grill dining in luxury hotel
SEAHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
Full of character, a popular meeting place
BARNARD CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM
Imaginative modern cooking in an Arts and Crafts stately home
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR
Thrilling modern food in a genuine castle
HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
French brasserie fare in designer hotel with superb wine list
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR
Local supplies for country-house cooking
BAMBURGH, NORTHUMBERLAND
Accomplished cooking in a lavish country mansion setting
BILLINGHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
Modern treatments of local supplies
CHATHILL, NORTHUMBERLAND
Ambitious cooking of Northumbrian produce
MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
Assured cooking in smart country inn
HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
Carnivore heaven in golf-oriented hotel
DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM
Gourmet paradise down by the riverside
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR
Avant-garde brasserie cooking for the Jesmond set
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE & WEAR
Age-old hospitality 21st-century style
BLANCHLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND
Asian fusion cooking in a converted church
TYNEMOUTH, TYNE & WEAR
Revitalised gastro pub near the quayside
NORTH SHIELDS, TYNE & WEAR
Sound modern pub cooking under the beams
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND