Banyan Bar & Kitchen in Newcastle upon Tyne

Walked the length of Newcastle, in the teeming afternoon rain, to dine here. Service was as dismal as the weather. When ordering drinks I asked which lagers were on draught, server turned to bar and recited, all I heard was Budvar on her half turn back to the table (of two). Asked for Budvar as the only option I caught. 10 minutes later another server came to say Budvar was off. I asked her to chose another lager for me, bearing in mind i had no clue from the previously muttered options; would think I asked her to donate a kidney. The food was great (verging on fantastic), but arrived lukewarm at best. This was pointed out politely when we were disinterestingly asked how everything was. "Oh" was the reply. Went to the bar to pay as server standing 2ft from us didn't hear, or chose not to, when we asked for the bill. At the bar, money taken, no curiosity about the experience. Walked out the front door, ignored by two servers standing there. Its a game of two halves, fantastic food and decor; abysmal hosting.

One of our favourite places to have a cheeky cocktail pint of blue moon

Ordered two courses and was impressed at the speed of delivery for drinks and first course (despite half of the drinks being unavailable) And then Nothing For an hour To the point where we had to chase the main courses which arrived in dribs and drabs. A free drink was offered and received for the inconvenience, but even that needed chasing. Nice venue, fun music. Poor service.

Great atmosphere, came for after work drinks with the team and Daniel Valez went above and beyond - great lad!

Bottomless brunch was great! The drinks came so fast and food was lovely, our waiter James P was fantastic and couldn’t do enough for us !

I’ve been to Banyan couple of times for 2-4-1 cocktails. Great atmosphere, good music. Just what you need when you’re out for cocktails.

Meh,,, Had to wait a while for someone to take our Drinks order, would of been quicker at the Bar, food wasn't that nice, ordered the chicken fajita wrap, had no taste, hardly any of the sauces were in it, only ate half of it, really bland. Fair to say we won't be returning..

Pint of budvar. Love the new glasses.

Brilliant Bottomless brunch. Great tasting food and the staff really on point with serving drinks

What a fantastic bar/restaurant! The staff deserve every bit of praise, so professional, attentive and humorous. Always feel welcome and it’s good vibes all around. The new menu is delicious, sooo many things I wanted to choose from. Can’t wait to come back and try something new next time. We had the pan Asian sharer this time and it was honestly unreal, too good to share 😍 could have eaten it all to myself and I’m not a big eater usually! We had a Caribbean cocktail that was LUSH and a rose spritz 100% recommend coming here for food, drinks and a great atmosphere!

Over staffed but still very SLOW service as staff were too busy chatting at the end of the bar constantly. POOR attitude also, service with a smile lacking, it looked like nobody wanted to be there, would not return!

From walking in we were treated so nice, we had not booked but asked for a bottomless brunch!! Nothing was too much trouble from our attentive waitress, wish I had got her name. Amazing experience, blonde cute waitress you were fab au

We went to Banyan, Newcastle yesterday for a Bottomless Brunch celebrating a 21st birthday. Our servers Grace M and James were absolutely brilliant - really attentive and friendly, they made our experience. The food and drinks were delicious and amazing value for money. By far the best bottomless brunch experience we’ve had. Would highly recommend and we will be returning!

Breakfast is good. Look for Grace she is very welcoming.

Went for food and 2 for 1 cocktails with a few friends. Both absolutely delicious. The venue itself is spacious and not at a detriment to its atmosphere as there are always plenty of customers. Staff are very friendly and service was excellent. We were served by Magdelene who was efficient and welcoming.

Absolutely stellar food. Had the Korean chicken burger and the schnitzel. LOVELY! Atmosphere great not to busy good music. Cocktails were tasty! Service was fantastic huge thanks to Bridget in particular for making our lunch worthwhile great service

Delicious food and friendly atmosphere. Recommended.

lovely staff. always a good atmosphere with great music. cocktails are a fairly decent price if you go during their 2 for 1 offer. I regularly come here

Some of the best food I’ve had. Absolutely lovley and will 100% be coming back. Worth every penny

Bloody chicken and looked pink slightly uncooked. Didn’t touch my meal at all. Staff took is without really saying anything or wondering why it was untouched so for that it’s a 1 ⭐️ huge bit of blood in chicken 👎

Great service, staff can’t do enough for you! Shahanaa was our server and made us feel so welcome, kept our drinks filled and was so lovely to deal with. Loved our whole experience at Banyan Newcastle

Just drinks this time but great atmosphere, greT time had.

Friendly staff, good food selection. I had the revitalize bowl which tasted good and fresh.

Bridget and Nia were fantastic hosts, our glasses were never empty. This is the second time I have been here and it is fantastic.

James was an absolute superstar during our bottomless brunch! He’s such an asset to the team. What a lovely lovely person he is!!! <3

Nice place, nice staff, clean toilet.

Best place in Newcastle in my opinion for a bottomless brunch, we have been a number of times now with different sized party group and it has been amazing keep doing what your doing guys ✨️ thank you we will be sure to be back soon, 5 gold stars 🌟 🤩

Excellent chefs, shame about front of house..arrogant, rude and entitled. Unfortunately won't be back.. Great food by the chefs though ..

Booked for bottomless brunch here and we were told we were the first to try the new menu which we must say we were very impressed with l! I had the breakfast hash which was delicious, especially washed down with a poached pear spritz or seven 😜 The drinks selection was very good with plenty of choice to suit all different tastes Service was impeccable, Austin our waiter kept us topped up with prosecco whilst regularly talking orders for cocktails and other drinks I would highly recommend booking here for bottomless brunch! Make sure you ask for Austin 👍

Shocking food.. nothing like the website pictures. Please.please.dont bother wasting your money on food. OK plc for drinks..

Great atmosphere and always love the cocktails in here

Excellent Bottomless brunch, friendly, quick, attentive, Ella H made the night.

We had a large group, which I understand is difficult to deal with, but we had preordered every dish for each person and they forgot one. Wouldn’t have been a huge deal, but the waitstaff refused to go back and make the missing dish unless we payed AGAIN for it, even after showing the original order form. Absolutely baffling service decision.

Clean warm and inviting. We only stayed for drinks so cannot comment on food.

Food was lovely, but both of our first choices were unavailable as was my first choice of beer. A little disappointing. Our choices were Steak & Ale Pie and Chicken Fajita Wrap. The beer I wanted was Madri.

Excellent service , really nice food and great atmosphere

Always made very welcome b4 we even settled in our seats a member of staff brings a bowl of water over for my guide dog lovely cocktails x

Nice friendly staff,good food with a good atmosphere

We didn't eat here we just met friends for drinks and liked it and will visit again

外から見て雰囲気が良さそうだったので前の日から楽しみにして入店したのですが… はっきり言って、とても残念な時間を過ごました。 先ずは接客。今回イギリス旅行に来て唯一の店員の接客に苛立ちを覚えたお店でしたね(席を2度も変更させられた…) 次に料理。ハンバーガーを頼んだのですが… 申し訳ありませんが、おそらく私の人生で最も美味しくないハンバーガーでした(ポテトはパサパサだし) これで￥２４００かと思うと悲しくなりました。

Pre-booked table for 4. Had to wait 45 minutes for a second round of drinks, an hour and a half for food order to come. Food order was wrong. Once the burger arrived there was no bun as they ran out. It was hard to get servers attention.

Had a brunch there on sat 7th! Well worth the money, food and drinks were amazing! The 2 lasses serving are a credit to your business, lovely lasses and worked hard

Popped in here for a quick lunch last Saturday as hadn’t booked anywhere and were pleasantly surprised that they could fit us in. Really quite big inside which you don’t realise from outside. Good atmosphere, good tunes and fab food. Can’t beat a decent club sandwich and that’s exactly what I got! Filled to the brim and served with fries, very tasty indeed. We will be back on our next visit to Newcastle 👍

We went to banyans last night for the first time food was delicious and 2 for 1 cocktails were amazing highly recommend!

Such a lovely atmosphere, food was amazing. Service was spot on too, the server was extremely polite and friendly. The vibes are amazing, they have some nice booths you can sit in, a disco ball that isn’t too bright, and even some good funky lighting. I got the chicken schnitzel, it was absolutely gorgeous, cooked to perfection. Would definitely recommend checking this place out, a massive 10/10 from me <3 Thank you for the great time!!

Lush afterwork experience asked to charge my phone. It was busy but Jack went above and beyond when a booth became free. 10 out of 10

Beast Terry's chocolate orange brownie I've ever had! Lovely cauliflower curry !

Great pre match drinks.. Better now Mr Oliver not about.. 👍

It's like a tfi tbh.. ok,clean, friendly staff

Lovely lunch date - spacious and welcoming. Lovely setting. Had food (sandwiches) came with house fries - nice food.

Neve was an amazing server! Highly recommend banyan for a couple drinks and food!

Had cocktails 2 for 1 very nice, no passion fruit apparently too expensive now lol, good service and nice inside seating available outside.

Good value cocktails on the 241 special - had the berry Collins and can highly recommend it!

Waiting 40 minutes for the food when the place was quiet and the chips arrived cold. They also add on a 10% tip without asking you so you have the awkward moment of having to ask them to take it off the bill if you don't want to pay it.

Was in here lastnight to celebrate my cousins graduation, amazing service from josh and another girl (sorry didn't get her name) food was beautiful and didn't wait long, we were quite a large party and the place was packed but never felt rushed at all! At the end the servers brought out presents and cupcakes that we had took along earlier in the day, they even put a fountain candle in, which was a lovely suprize and a very nice touch to end such a lovely meal! Thankyou again banyan! Xxx

Food wasn't that good, very noisy, staff pleasant.

We had a private pre-booked event from work as a socialising night. It seemed like the staff was annoyed by our presence when we were using drink vouchers. There was even an unnecessary problem when I asked for gin and tonic to be separated while another time another bartender suggested it by himself, so I was confused. I wonder if there is not enough staff for the amount of people as there were two events happening at the same time. Food was ok but more like snack options, especially for vegetarians.

Got caught in a rain storm so we ducked in here for cover. Cool place. Cold beer.

Service was shocking, no one took notice of us, asked how the food was and they got our order wrong. Waitresses did not know what they were doing or serving and it was very overpriced- £9 for 1 dry duck bao bun is a joke

Had bottomless brunch with 5 friends, really great value for money, drinks were flowing, food beautiful, Josh our server was lovely, and kept making sure we were getting the most out of our experience, highly recommended

Cocktails and coffee lovely evening.

Had a fabulous day yesterday Saturday 3rd June food was amazing vegetable malayan curry, and Josh the young man who served us was just so helpful and pleasant, made our day even better.

Had breakfast outside here on a sunny day in the toon. It was a sunny Saturday and lots of groups out on birthdays/stags/hens and like us, going to the rugby league magic weekend. The atmosphere was great and no trouble seen at all. Standard price for central Newcastle but the food was great. We ordered to our table via the QR code and the service was really quick. We stayed a couple of hours enjoying drinks in the sun and we were never pressured to move on but there always seemed space for newcomers arriving. The inside had a great decor too. Really friendly staff working hard too.

Food was gorgeous and the staff were lovely. The location is spot on for people watching in the outdoor area out the front. 😁

Couldn't fault them on the bottomless brunch. The food was tasty, the service was great and we all enjoyed ourselves.

The drinks are amazing and the atmosphere is fantastic! I like the modern design

Me and my fiancé went here today For a sunday dinner and it was disappointing to say the least, everything was dry and we got the steak added as an extra cost, the chicken was bone dry so glad we had gravy, £56, i will never go again

Absolutely brilliant place, great staff serving quality food and drink

Very friendly and fast service, only had a snack, but the food was delicious, and served with a smile. Thank you.

Great food and atmosphere. Always a good place to come for afternoon or evening drinks. Would definitely recommend.

Horrible!!!! I got California sushi bowl, it was only one spoon rice with a ready pack salad and some smoked salmon obviously straight out of package. The mocktail was ridiculously sweet. The worst food ever. I ate myeal only because I was hungry I didn’t enjoy at all!

Headed to this bar on a Bank holiday Sunday at 10.30pm, was told ot closed at 11pm, despite the website saying 12.30 close!

Just drinks which were ok as 2-4-1cocktails, bar service was good but lack of tables for big groups

Great place to meet on match days or entertaing business guests, especially since some changes to the staff were made as the previous booking and greeters at the entrance were pretentious and cocky. Could do with better menu as the food served is a little overpriced for what it is and portion sizes

Greeted by friendly polite staff. It was quite busy this time, maybe because it was restaurant week.still managed to get table though. Had a lovely 3 course meal, crispy kingprawn rolls, filled by firecracker chicken salad and I just managed to squeeze in ice cream, I did have diet pepsi though😋 It was clean and tidy. The toilets are upstairs so is the accessible toilet but it does have a lift. Monument metro is the closet but you can also get local bus service which is also close. Lovely food, great prices, atmosphere was also good Would I come again, yeah as I have visited a few times now and have already recommended to my friends and family 🙂X

Really good. Would recommend bottomless supper

If you are looking for a bar to start or finish your night out, then this would tick all your boxes. Great atmosphere, amazing staff that gives you brilliant service. The location is brilliant. Didn't have food, so I couldn't rate it. Definitely be back.

Emma was so kind when serving us. she made me and my girlfriend feel very welcome and looked after. Highly recommend

Had food twice once on Saturday for lunch could not fault either meal it was so good we went back on Sunday intending just to have drinks instead we ended up eating a gorgeous Sunday dinner including wine for a very reasonable price

Great spot to meet up with friends. Nice staff.

Atmosphere good but boy do they charge the earth for 2 drinks 😯

Music's a bit loud downstairs but food always good, some good vegan options. The avocado hummus is delish

Staff were really welcoming and helpful. Asked for extra sauces and they went above and beyond to get us what we asked for. The food was gorgeous we ordered burgers with Mac and cheese side and the cocktails are very delicious too!

Great vibes here for 2 for 1 Cocktails and food. Cocktails are good and standard quality of say las iguanas / rev de Cuba. Nice big space for mates and couples. Done out in a trendy style - flowers, dark colours, neon lighting. Big spaces and lots of seating. Toilets clean. Mates food looked good

Always great drinks and atmosphere. We visit every time we go out into Town.

Lovely service from staff, good drinks and food. Overall clean, friendly and welcoming. Would come again

Shocking.. well over priced, the staff keep coming to your table asking if everything is ok whilst your eating your average meal.. 4 times in 1 hour different staff came over, i found this extremely rude and unprofessional.. i will certainly not be going back and would not recommend this bar to anyone..

1 of the best bars to start yr night off

Second vist here, same great food, same great service

Great location, food, drink and atmosphere. I've been twice this week because it ticks all the boxes for casual food and drinks in the centre of Newcastle

Great food and service as usual.

Just popped in for a drink . Very nice and the Staff were very helpful 👍🏻

Party of 8 of us & had pre-booked food, had to reorder 3 meals when we got there as had taken them off menu, then cold chicken skewers 🙈 No service & waited about a hour for each drink, spoke to duty manager not really interested, no offer of apology

Cant go wrong with 2 for 1 cocktails made with premium spirits 🍹🍸

Food was delicious, service was friendly and attentive. ❤️

Lovely cocktail and 2 for 1 Is definitely a bouns

Love restaurant week where you can try places you haven't been before. Banyan offered 2 courses for £15 so we worked out that we got the starters for free as mains would have been £15. Had a duck bao bun starter which was very tasty and very messy! Daz had goats cheese and spinach aranchini balls which were also good. The Malaysian cauliflower curry was lovely and served with rice and flat bread but I did have to send it back as it was cold. It came back scalding! He had a Korean chicken burger and chips and his mouth was burning by the end as the spice just grew and grew! Lovely glass of Shiraz and a pale ale came to £47 as they include a 10% tip. Great atmosphere even at 6pm on a Monday night in January as there seemed to be a couple of works dos just having a drink and friendly young staff. Toilets upstairs but there is a lift.

Brilliant music, great cocktails and delicious food. So glad we tried here! The staff were really friendly and kept checking on us frequently which was great for ordering more nibbles and drinks. Really enjoyed our night here, thanks!

Food was amazing. Thai Curry was fantastic and chicken skewers! 2 for 1 cocktails also really nice. Only 4 out of 5 as it was pricey, 2 of us for lunch came to £88.

Nice meal ....and cocktails on at 2 for 1. Had trouble pre-booking on the website but we still got our 50% off our food after we explained to the waiter. I'd go back again