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The first three runners that show there medal can have there dinner on us, join us today for Sunday lunch, serving until 6pm
Sunday lunch tomorrow, book now!!!! (0191)4283030 watch the runners from the lakeside. The road is still open on our side so you can still bring your car šš see you tomorrow
**JOB ALERT**
The Lakeside are looking for staff to fill the following positions: -Floor Staff -Wait staff... -Bar Staff
Please email a CV and your availability to danielhind@live.co.uk
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Great north run is nearly upoun us, come and watch your family and friends from the lakeside this Sunday. The road is still open and we will be open as usual and not forgetting our steak night this Thursday all day from 12pm, Two sirloins with all the trimmings, a sharing dessert and a bottle of wine for Ā£26.95 Book now on 01914283030
Calling all buskers! Tonight from 8pm we have the amazing Stealthy Rollers hosting our buskers night! Join us to see some fantastic local talent! Not forgetting our amazing drinks deals... Bottles of cider 3 for Ā£10... Bottles of lager 4 for Ā£10 And all night long 2 for Ā£7 on selected cocktails! We will see you all at 8pm!
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SUNDAY LUNCH, Serving from 12pm-6pm Book now on (0191)4283030 or send us a message on Facebook. our heated lake-house will also be open for Sunday lunch so you can watch your children playon our free bouncy castle and in our gardens.
Our lakes house gin bar and grill is open from 5pm serving BBQ FOODS, PIZZAS, TAPAS and more, 2 4 Ā£7 on most gins
Bank holiday Monday!!!!!! Serving great home cooked food all day until 9pm Our lakehouse is open serving kebabs burgers and pizzas come and join us
GIn GiN GIN!!!! Itās all happening tonight
Book your table in our lakehouse tonight for a bottle package, Ā£30 for a bottle of Edinburgh gin including a jug of mixers Pre bookings only for the bottle offer... Live Dj starting at 5pm
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Sunday lunch Today all day until 6pm No need to book just come straight down Followed by an amazing night of entertainment See you shortly
bottle of Edinburgh gin including a jug of mixer for Ā£30 pre-bookings only 2 4 Ā£7 on most gins Live DJ FREE bouncy castle And introducing our Gordonās pink jam doughnut cocktail
2 4 Ā£7 all weekend on selected gins Filling up quickly, our DJ is just setting up See you tonight
Donāt forget, our steak special every Thursday from 12pm in our steakhouse restaurant BOOKINGS only, ( subject to availability ) 2x sirloin steaks with all the trimmings, choice of sauce and side A bottle of wine and a sharing dessert for just Ā£26.95 BOOK NOW on (0191)4283030
We booked in for the Thursday night special steak night. From arriving to leaving I could not complain the young man who greeted us could not have been more helpfull (sorry did not catch his name) then the young lady who served us (Lucy) were so bubbly and friendly and explained how the steak night went. The food was delicious absolutely fantastic value for money and service was spot on Ā£26.95 for 2. sirloin steak ļæ½ with all the trimmings plus a sauce. a bottle ļæ½ of wine and a sharing dessert ļæ½ for two will defiantly be returning
We booked for a very large family gathering last Sunday 30 + adults and children. This place is amazing Bouncy Castle, Beer Garden and Lake House. Food was lovely but unfortunately i was not feeling too well on the day. What i had though was delicious the carvery, my partner had steak pie and children had childrens meals all really enjoyed the food. Definately want to return and try the kebabs /pizzas a true gem of a restaurant well done to all staff hope to be back soon ļæ½
Was at the lakeside yesterday with the family and our grandchildren we had Sunday lunch and it was absolutely gorgeous some of the others had pizzas and kebabs and again they were gorgeous and prices very reasonable the kids loved playing all day. All in all a fantastic day and definitely deserves the 5 stars ***** xx
My husband and I went to the date night (Thursday night promotion) has to say it was absolutely fantastic! Could not fault it at all. This promotion is great value for money only Ā£20 for 2 steaks and all the trimmings, bottle of wine, choice of side dish, sauce and puddings to share. We have eaten here a couple times and the food and service has always been great. It was that good we are booking for next week. Highly recommend.ļæ½
Met up with my husbands aunts and uncle and his sister , for lunch here. Lovely atmosphere. Food was excellent. Piping hot. 3 of us had the chicken stack with peppercorn sauce ...... delicious. , 2 had mince and dumplings and my husband had whole scampi tails. None were disappointed. 4 of us had pudding. Wonāt make the mistake next time ..... one Apple crumble and custard with 2 spoons next time !! Huge portion. Also delicious. Going again in June for my husbands 71 st birthday. The grandkids will love the new pizza area they are building outside. Canāt wait.
I visited the lakeside yesterday for the first time with a group of friends for the ginfizz afternoon. We were seated outside in the āvipā area our sever rob was great and made us feel very welcome. We were given a list of several different gins which we could choose from and there was a good selection showing a variety of different brands and flavours. As the ginfizz special offer was Ā£23 for unlimited fins between 3 and 5 we thought there must be a catch but we were not disappointed. However if you wanted tonic with your gin you payed extra.
We had a brilliant afternoon and will definitely be back again!
An Extra thanks to rob who put up with our diva demands of some chicken nuggets!
Always loved the Lakeside and every time we go the service is amazing... This time we went for food with my 1 year old daughter who has a milk intolerance and they couldnt have been more helpful!! The chef personally came to speak to me to find out her exact allergies and explained that he would cook everything fresh and separate to ensure the food was safe. As a mam of an allergy child this is such a massive releif as it can sometimes be such a worry going out to eat!
Had dinner in the new outdoor / indoor section. Fab food, amazing service and all round lovely place. But a little suggestion..... having the speaker on the bar made ordering more difficult than it had to be....move the speaker!? Also, the choice of music was totally out of sync with the ambience, a chilled out tune would have made the whole experience much nicer.
Had dinner at the lakeside today courtesy of emma after a bad experience at the greyhound..the food was really nice and the staff were all lovely, we couldn't fault it at all. Thank u to emma, and staff at lakeside.
Bill Quay knit and natter group would like to thank all the kitchen staff for a great meal and the front of house staff for great service. All plates went back empty showing how much everyone enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Went in today for my dinner with my sister and my children , normally we canāt fault the place and the food is amazing but today we had a little skinny ginger lad serving us and his attitude was shocking from the start we where waiting for ages to get our drinks and after our meal I went and told him we where finished after waiting 15 minutes my daughter was waiting for her ice cream we waited a further 10 minutes and he still hadnāt been with ice cream we just got up and left , wonāt be going back .
Visited Lakeside today (Thursday 19th July), for lunch. Used to be a regular there, but, not been for quite some time. Food was good pub food. Service was always a problem, and still is. Place was not busy, service, snail like, would hate to experience when busy. Not sure we will return soon.
Treat my parents to Sunday lunch today with my 2 little girls. The Carvery was a bit of a disappointment. I think we maybe just had bad timing as everything was low and being topped up right as we were half way through plating our dinners up. I wasn't very impressed with the fresh veg being topped up on top of the left overs that were already there and would have liked to see the gastros refreshed completely. Once plated up, we needed to wait for more gravy as it was very low and I'd have liked horseradish sauce with my beef but that was also empty and at this point I was becoming a bit impatient waiting on top ups... I'd have preferred to be asked to wait 5 minutes for the carvery being topped up rather than being served in the middle of it. Once I finally arrived back to my table there was no cutlery ready in the boxes and had to wait again. On a more positive note it was tasty but would have been better hot and fresh without any waiting involved.
After dinner we went to sit outside and that did help me cheer up a bit, my daughter's loved playing outside and seemed to be having a great time and thoroughly enjoying themselves! It made up for the poor service inside.
I probably won't hurry back for a carvery but will come and try other food in future and hopefully my initial first impression can be changed with a second try
Went on the 14th of March 18 for my little girl's birthday. Ordered 3 lots of mince and dumplings and all of our meals were barely warm. I was asked by by a waitress how our food was and told her the problem. Her reply was " I'll tell the chef. " That was it ???? Nothing done about it mind you ! Not impressed in the slightest. Ordered 2 pots of tea and they were cold too
We went for food on Friday, I normally like the place but this was not a good experience. Everything was just little things that if happened by themselves I would overlook.
Firstly the starter, we had potato skins and garlic mayo, they were actually potatoe wedges with a lemon mayo, it was nice enough and we liked it but just not as advertised. Secondly we had the fillet steak, I had mash with mine which was lumpy... I donāt get lumpy mash at home, I really donāt expect it whilst out, I got my steak medium/well (I only like a little bit of pink), it was completely well done with not one bit of pink. Again it was ok and ate it (just not to the standard Iāve had before it thatās to be expected). Next the service..... wow was it slow. It wasnāt even very busy to warrant it, we were sat in the conservatory there were 4 only tables including ours. 1 table got up and went to the bar to get their own drinks twice that we seen, which in a restaurant that isnāt even that busy is crazy.
Then there was the cocktails. We bought our first 2 outside of happy hour. The menus now donāt have the happy hour times printed on them, the waitress wasnāt forthcoming with the information so we asked when it was. To get drink service we had to ask for drinks as they took our plates away as they were not around paying attention in between. They had āran outā of āeverythingā that they make cocktails with and couldnāt make any more by 9! We had to ask for our last 2 drinks on happy hour because they tried to give us just one of each (rather than the BOGOF). Then only returned to the table with 1 and said they didnāt have the ingredients for the other one and tried to walk away, after pulling them on it and saying can we have an alternative then, we were then told theyād ran out of everything else so they couldnāt make our other free cocktail or give us an alternative ļæ½, the waitress said this giggled and span on her heels and was off. We didnāt see her for another 50 minutes when we had to get up and get the bill from the bar so we could leave.... Yet when we left there were people at the bar making cocktails ļæ½ļæ½.
The toilets were freezing and out of the 3 there, the only one that had toilet roll in was the one with no lock.
They did give us the price of 2 drinks off but the service was slow and all in all it wasnāt a good experience. It tainted our night out together and we wonāt be back in a hurry
Booked a table for 4 last Thursday. Waited ages to be served at the bar for a drink and stood ages to be seated in the restaurant. Staff just kept walking past us and ignored us. We ordered starters and mains. The starters were nice. Waited and waited for mains. So much so the waitress asked if we wanted to see the dessert menu. We explained we were still waiting the the main course so she chased it up. Mains arrived over an hour after the starters. The chicken stuffed with chorizo was dry,er than Gandhiās flip flop. The peppercorn chicken stack was more of a splat than a stack. The fish and chips were fine. We were all really disappointed with the night. Couldnāt recommend unfortunately.
What can I say im appauled. We ate here a few weeks ago during the day and it was beautiful. I decided to take the family tonight and we have left feeling completely greenļæ½... Firstly while waiting to order i witnessed the pizza chef blow on the pizzas to get rid of burning cinders, very unhygenic. Secondly the chef that was making the other meals kept dipping his hands in a dirty barrel to rinse his soiled hands. After 30 mins the waiter came over to say he apologised but our food order had blown away!?? So could he take it again ļæ½. My nieces tapas came first and for Ā£12 It was tiny!All meals were soon delivered and i was horrified when i looked closer at my meal. The wedges were completely raw and two of them had a huge rotten patch in the middle which was completely disgusting. I don't mean the usual brown patches you can sometimes find in potatoes i mean completely rotten not only that but it looked like a baked potatoe and not wedges!!!! Why would the chef allow this to leave the kitchen? The waiter agreed and was apologetic and said he would refund the order. It took 4 attempts to chase this refund which I eventually received for one of the meals. My sister is now feeling extremely poorly since returning tonight. The hygiene levels leaves alot to be desired not to mention the awful value for money. Most of us left still starving.
We attended the lakeside as a group of 8 for a 21st birthday. After arriving at 4.30pm, we were seated in the restaurant we then decided we fancied the tapas and pizza as you canāt get this in the restaurant we got moved to the lake house. After placing our order we waited 1 and a half hours before being told our pizzas were no longer available as it had started raining and our pizza had turned to āmushā the way Courtney handled the situation was disgusting and she even laughed st us when we were telling her about this. After ordering yet more food it still took another hour to even come to our table. By this point we were all starving and our night totally ruined.
The lakeside has such potential to be an incredible restaurant/bar but the staffs attitude and lack of care for customers is absolutely disgraceful. We will not be returning any time soon and will definitely not recommend this place to any of our clients.
The Lakeside does not normally allow customers to reserve a table in the bar area, but due to my dad being blind, they have always been happy to accommodate him. He is familiar with the bar area and feels comfortable being navigated around it. The bar is less crowded and not as formal than the restaurant area, which helps him relax while eating (something he does not like to do in public, due to the risk of him making a mess).
The new Management Team have decided that they will no longer allow him to book a table in the bar area. Despite explaining the reasons for this, they have instead offered to guide him down the stairs to the restaurant, past the busy carvery area, to the restaurant in which he does not feel comfortable.
Hugely disappointed!!!!!
We booked in for the Thursday night special steak night. From arriving to leaving I could not complain the young man who greeted us could not have been more helpfull (sorry did not catch his name) then the young lady who served us (Lucy) were so bubbly and friendly and explained how the steak night went. The food was delicious absolutely fantastic value for money and service was spot on Ā£26.95 for 2. sirloin steak ļæ½ with all the trimmings plus a sauce. a bottle ļæ½ of wine and a sharing dessert ļæ½ for two will defiantly be returning
We booked for a very large family gathering last Sunday 30 + adults and children. This place is amazing Bouncy Castle, Beer Garden and Lake House. Food was lovely but unfortunately i was not feeling too well on the day. What i had though was delicious the carvery, my partner had steak pie and children had childrens meals all really enjoyed the food. Definately want to return and try the kebabs /pizzas a true gem of a restaurant well done to all staff hope to be back soon ļæ½
Was at the lakeside yesterday with the family and our grandchildren we had Sunday lunch and it was absolutely gorgeous some of the others had pizzas and kebabs and again they were gorgeous and prices very reasonable the kids loved playing all day. All in all a fantastic day and definitely deserves the 5 stars ***** xx
My husband and I went to the date night (Thursday night promotion) has to say it was absolutely fantastic! Could not fault it at all. This promotion is great value for money only Ā£20 for 2 steaks and all the trimmings, bottle of wine, choice of side dish, sauce and puddings to share. We have eaten here a couple times and the food and service has always been great. It was that good we are booking for next week. Highly recommend.ļæ½
Met up with my husbands aunts and uncle and his sister , for lunch here. Lovely atmosphere. Food was excellent. Piping hot. 3 of us had the chicken stack with peppercorn sauce ...... delicious. , 2 had mince and dumplings and my husband had whole scampi tails. None were disappointed. 4 of us had pudding. Wonāt make the mistake next time ..... one Apple crumble and custard with 2 spoons next time !! Huge portion. Also delicious. Going again in June for my husbands 71 st birthday. The grandkids will love the new pizza area they are building outside. Canāt wait.
I visited the lakeside yesterday for the first time with a group of friends for the ginfizz afternoon. We were seated outside in the āvipā area our sever rob was great and made us feel very welcome. We were given a list of several different gins which we could choose from and there was a good selection showing a variety of different brands and flavours. As the ginfizz special offer was Ā£23 for unlimited fins between 3 and 5 we thought there must be a catch but we were not disappointed. However if you wanted tonic with your gin you payed extra.
We had a brilliant afternoon and will definitely be back again!
An Extra thanks to rob who put up with our diva demands of some chicken nuggets!
Always loved the Lakeside and every time we go the service is amazing... This time we went for food with my 1 year old daughter who has a milk intolerance and they couldnt have been more helpful!! The chef personally came to speak to me to find out her exact allergies and explained that he would cook everything fresh and separate to ensure the food was safe. As a mam of an allergy child this is such a massive releif as it can sometimes be such a worry going out to eat!
Had dinner in the new outdoor / indoor section. Fab food, amazing service and all round lovely place. But a little suggestion..... having the speaker on the bar made ordering more difficult than it had to be....move the speaker!? Also, the choice of music was totally out of sync with the ambience, a chilled out tune would have made the whole experience much nicer.
Had dinner at the lakeside today courtesy of emma after a bad experience at the greyhound..the food was really nice and the staff were all lovely, we couldn't fault it at all. Thank u to emma, and staff at lakeside.
Bill Quay knit and natter group would like to thank all the kitchen staff for a great meal and the front of house staff for great service. All plates went back empty showing how much everyone enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Went in today for my dinner with my sister and my children , normally we canāt fault the place and the food is amazing but today we had a little skinny ginger lad serving us and his attitude was shocking from the start we where waiting for ages to get our drinks and after our meal I went and told him we where finished after waiting 15 minutes my daughter was waiting for her ice cream we waited a further 10 minutes and he still hadnāt been with ice cream we just got up and left , wonāt be going back .
Visited Lakeside today (Thursday 19th July), for lunch. Used to be a regular there, but, not been for quite some time. Food was good pub food. Service was always a problem, and still is. Place was not busy, service, snail like, would hate to experience when busy. Not sure we will return soon.
Treat my parents to Sunday lunch today with my 2 little girls. The Carvery was a bit of a disappointment. I think we maybe just had bad timing as everything was low and being topped up right as we were half way through plating our dinners up. I wasn't very impressed with the fresh veg being topped up on top of the left overs that were already there and would have liked to see the gastros refreshed completely. Once plated up, we needed to wait for more gravy as it was very low and I'd have liked horseradish sauce with my beef but that was also empty and at this point I was becoming a bit impatient waiting on top ups... I'd have preferred to be asked to wait 5 minutes for the carvery being topped up rather than being served in the middle of it. Once I finally arrived back to my table there was no cutlery ready in the boxes and had to wait again. On a more positive note it was tasty but would have been better hot and fresh without any waiting involved.
After dinner we went to sit outside and that did help me cheer up a bit, my daughter's loved playing outside and seemed to be having a great time and thoroughly enjoying themselves! It made up for the poor service inside.
I probably won't hurry back for a carvery but will come and try other food in future and hopefully my initial first impression can be changed with a second try
Went on the 14th of March 18 for my little girl's birthday. Ordered 3 lots of mince and dumplings and all of our meals were barely warm. I was asked by by a waitress how our food was and told her the problem. Her reply was " I'll tell the chef. " That was it ???? Nothing done about it mind you ! Not impressed in the slightest. Ordered 2 pots of tea and they were cold too
We went for food on Friday, I normally like the place but this was not a good experience. Everything was just little things that if happened by themselves I would overlook.
Firstly the starter, we had potato skins and garlic mayo, they were actually potatoe wedges with a lemon mayo, it was nice enough and we liked it but just not as advertised. Secondly we had the fillet steak, I had mash with mine which was lumpy... I donāt get lumpy mash at home, I really donāt expect it whilst out, I got my steak medium/well (I only like a little bit of pink), it was completely well done with not one bit of pink. Again it was ok and ate it (just not to the standard Iāve had before it thatās to be expected). Next the service..... wow was it slow. It wasnāt even very busy to warrant it, we were sat in the conservatory there were 4 only tables including ours. 1 table got up and went to the bar to get their own drinks twice that we seen, which in a restaurant that isnāt even that busy is crazy.
Then there was the cocktails. We bought our first 2 outside of happy hour. The menus now donāt have the happy hour times printed on them, the waitress wasnāt forthcoming with the information so we asked when it was. To get drink service we had to ask for drinks as they took our plates away as they were not around paying attention in between. They had āran outā of āeverythingā that they make cocktails with and couldnāt make any more by 9! We had to ask for our last 2 drinks on happy hour because they tried to give us just one of each (rather than the BOGOF). Then only returned to the table with 1 and said they didnāt have the ingredients for the other one and tried to walk away, after pulling them on it and saying can we have an alternative then, we were then told theyād ran out of everything else so they couldnāt make our other free cocktail or give us an alternative ļæ½, the waitress said this giggled and span on her heels and was off. We didnāt see her for another 50 minutes when we had to get up and get the bill from the bar so we could leave.... Yet when we left there were people at the bar making cocktails ļæ½ļæ½.
The toilets were freezing and out of the 3 there, the only one that had toilet roll in was the one with no lock.
They did give us the price of 2 drinks off but the service was slow and all in all it wasnāt a good experience. It tainted our night out together and we wonāt be back in a hurry
Booked a table for 4 last Thursday. Waited ages to be served at the bar for a drink and stood ages to be seated in the restaurant. Staff just kept walking past us and ignored us. We ordered starters and mains. The starters were nice. Waited and waited for mains. So much so the waitress asked if we wanted to see the dessert menu. We explained we were still waiting the the main course so she chased it up. Mains arrived over an hour after the starters. The chicken stuffed with chorizo was dry,er than Gandhiās flip flop. The peppercorn chicken stack was more of a splat than a stack. The fish and chips were fine. We were all really disappointed with the night. Couldnāt recommend unfortunately.
What can I say im appauled. We ate here a few weeks ago during the day and it was beautiful. I decided to take the family tonight and we have left feeling completely greenļæ½... Firstly while waiting to order i witnessed the pizza chef blow on the pizzas to get rid of burning cinders, very unhygenic. Secondly the chef that was making the other meals kept dipping his hands in a dirty barrel to rinse his soiled hands. After 30 mins the waiter came over to say he apologised but our food order had blown away!?? So could he take it again ļæ½. My nieces tapas came first and for Ā£12 It was tiny!All meals were soon delivered and i was horrified when i looked closer at my meal. The wedges were completely raw and two of them had a huge rotten patch in the middle which was completely disgusting. I don't mean the usual brown patches you can sometimes find in potatoes i mean completely rotten not only that but it looked like a baked potatoe and not wedges!!!! Why would the chef allow this to leave the kitchen? The waiter agreed and was apologetic and said he would refund the order. It took 4 attempts to chase this refund which I eventually received for one of the meals. My sister is now feeling extremely poorly since returning tonight. The hygiene levels leaves alot to be desired not to mention the awful value for money. Most of us left still starving.
We attended the lakeside as a group of 8 for a 21st birthday. After arriving at 4.30pm, we were seated in the restaurant we then decided we fancied the tapas and pizza as you canāt get this in the restaurant we got moved to the lake house. After placing our order we waited 1 and a half hours before being told our pizzas were no longer available as it had started raining and our pizza had turned to āmushā the way Courtney handled the situation was disgusting and she even laughed st us when we were telling her about this. After ordering yet more food it still took another hour to even come to our table. By this point we were all starving and our night totally ruined.
The lakeside has such potential to be an incredible restaurant/bar but the staffs attitude and lack of care for customers is absolutely disgraceful. We will not be returning any time soon and will definitely not recommend this place to any of our clients.
The Lakeside does not normally allow customers to reserve a table in the bar area, but due to my dad being blind, they have always been happy to accommodate him. He is familiar with the bar area and feels comfortable being navigated around it. The bar is less crowded and not as formal than the restaurant area, which helps him relax while eating (something he does not like to do in public, due to the risk of him making a mess).
The new Management Team have decided that they will no longer allow him to book a table in the bar area. Despite explaining the reasons for this, they have instead offered to guide him down the stairs to the restaurant, past the busy carvery area, to the restaurant in which he does not feel comfortable.
Hugely disappointed!!!!!