Shilling

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17 Sandhill 
Quayside
Newcastle upon Tyne 
NE1 3AF 

0191 230 5229 
www.shillingnewcastle.co.uk 

Accessibility? No 
Gluten free? Yes 

As my friend and I staggered out of Shilling, which occupies what used to be Rumpoli’s, right underneath the world’s best bridge, we reflected upon the fact that if it had opened just a couple of short years ago I might have raved about it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a decent restaurant serving some very nice things cooked with no little skill and even a whiff of flair and humour. It’s just that where once this would have stuck out like the shy one at an orgy, the whole strip along the Quayside is now a veritable shrine to Bacchus and Ceres. 

Right now, from the fine dining at House of Tides to the informal Barrio Comida, from the gastropubs of the Broad Chare and The Bridge Tavern to the subcontinental style of Ury, via the high-class cafés Violets and Quay Ingredient, not to mention reliable stalwarts such as 21 and Caffe Vivo, Newcastle’s Quayside is a remarkably rich and delicious stretch of real estate. And yet: still they come!