Dining out in North East England is about choice and pleasure. Select Oldfields of Durham and Newcastle for contemporary British dining and locally sourced produce. For meticulously prepared French cuisine, make it the Bouchon Bistro in Hexham, named Best Local French Restaurant by Gordon Ramsey.

Discover some of NewcastleGateshead’s restaurant secrets including Taste of Persia for authentic delicacies, Caffe Z for Italian classics cooked with love and The Sky Apple Café for tasty vegetarian dishes. Take your pick of restaurants on pretty Hartlepool Marina, try out treehouse dining at Alnwick gardens and get a true flavour of the East in ChinaTown.