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Hilton Newcastle Gateshead
Bottle Bank
Gateshead
NE8 2AR
0191 490 9700
www.hilton.com
Mon-Sat 6.30am to 10pm
Sun 7am to 9.30pm
Accessibility: Yes
It does have the most incredible view.
Straight over the river, with the cityscape framed by the huge sweep of the Tyne Bridge, it’s a breathtaking panorama. Though the Hilton stands high on the Gateshead bank of the Tyne, the hotel’s website places it in Newcastle, which must irk everyone south of the river.
This is a flagship hotel for the whole of Tyneside, a first choice for putting up posh guests and VIPs. It hosts big conferences and banquets – and, although catering for hundreds is a tough call, I can attest that they do it very well.
But this wasn’t a meal for hundreds – it was just me and a business colleague, power lunching in what the hotel calls its “casual yet elegant” restaurant.
