Charlotte's Kitchen

Aperitif

➤ 7 High Street West, Sunderland I-SR1 3EX, United Kingdom

Piatti • Vegan • Steak • Mexican • Italian

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"The place was rammed on a Tuesday night which meant that service took a while, but it was friendly and accommodating. Once we ordered, food came out pretty quick despite it being busy. The food is average, nothing to rave on about like so many people here. I’d recommend the goats cheese starter for sure. The mains dishes are plentiful but if you’re after elegance, you might want to head somewhere else. Oh, and it’s dirt cheap! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £40–50 Food: 3 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 3"

Bistro

➤ City CampusPark Lane, SR1 3, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Piatti • Fish • Wine • Bistro • Cheese

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"The service is good not polished (they are learning) but willing, helpful and friendly. The food is better than the average restaurant thoughtful menu with unfamiliar combinations served attractively and tasting good. More adventurous than usual (as you might expect from a catering college) and it brings it off. I thought it risky to offer battered fish (such an everyday dish) until I tasted it the batter was extraordinary and the fish right. What did surprise me was that there were only 3 tables occupied at 7pm on a Thursday I would have thought that it would be booked out especially at the prices charged (low side of average). Oh Well, such is Sunderland, and I shall go back regularly."

Marinavista

➤ 3rd Floor, Marine Activity Centre, SR6 0PW, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Piatti • Pizza • Steak • Pasta • Italian

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"We arrived for our 6:30 reservation and waited at the door for 10 minutes before being acknowledged. Our table was not ready and we were finally seated just before 7. Another 15 minutes passed before our drinks order was taken. The food being served to other tables looked delicious, but the service we experienced was very poor. We decided to leave and were thanked on our way out as if we had just finished our meal. Overall, we were disappointed with the experience. We ended up having a pleasant meal at Santinos by the seafront instead."

The Engine Room

➤ High Street West, SR1 3HA, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Piatti • Steak • Pizza • Coffee • Chicken

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"Recommended to come here and eat before attending a concert. Found a table and sat down and after 10mins a waitress came and took our order which was our starters and mains. Starter arrived in good time we had the fireman's sharing board which was really nice and big enough for four people to share and our 2 for 1 cocktails also arrived in good time and were nice. Then after that it went downhill we waited over an hour after we had finished our starter for our mains I asked a waitress to see where our meals were when clearly we knew we had been forgotten about she never came back with an answer so with my patience wearing thin I asked a gentleman with a clip board who was directing people to tables . He said he would look into it and came over after about 5 mins to apologise it was their mistake and our order had been missed and offered us a free drink. My friend and I asked for a vodka and lemonade and another a Disarano and coke and a bottle of water which arrived within 6 minutes. Our vodka and lemonades had never seen vodka you couldn't taste it at all but my friend said he could taste his Disarano. We waited another 10 minutes and our mains arrived three of us had posh finger sandwiches and the other had a steak sandwich which she left as it was dripping in fat and the roll was barely baked. Our posh fish finger sandwiches were also dripping in fat with no taste we asked for extra tartar sauce to be told by a different waitress that its in the sandwich so in other words your not getting anymore. There was barely any in. We all ate them as we were hungry but they were poor. We asked for the bill and paid and went elsewhere for a cuppa. We know it was busy with being a pink concert on at the stadium of light I personally don't think there was enough staff on to cope with the volume of people so our first visit put us off from ever returning."

Miller Carter

➤ Newcastle Road, SR5 1JT, Sunderland, United Kingdom

Piatti • Meat • Steak • Cheese • Chicken

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"After a few years we decided to try out miller and carter again. We had previously visited with family and had a less than ideal experience. Fortunately this is no longer the case and after being served by Antonio and then Kasey we had a fantastic shared butchers block. The sides and steaks were all fantastic and we felt the quality was outstanding. The service from Kasey was outstanding, she had a great attitude and personality. We even stretched to dessert which again was fantastic. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5"