Colmans Seafood Temple in South Tyneside

Fish and chips for 4 on a nice sunny autumn day. What more can you want

Fabulous fresh fish, mollusc allergy ruled out a lot of menu, due to sauces and shared frier, but grilled prawns & grilled fish were superb.

Restaurant is lovely and great food... takeaway service cancelled be a little slow.

Best fish and chips I've ever had.full review on trip advisor

I recommend this restaurant because of the professional staff and the perfect food. The best oysters I have eaten in my life!

Been here many times now, probably the best fish and chips I've ever had and everything else on the menu is excellent. In a great location and atmospheric building. Good service and friendly staff as well. Just remember that tips can only be paid in cash.

We just had a sneaky portion of chips to take away whilst a the beach for a walk. Nicest I've had in a long time, not greasy but not at all dry. We'll be back.

Lovely place to celebrate a birthday.

Having been brought up in the Mediterranean and in Africa areas, I reckon I know about seafood, but my first, and defnitely NOT my last, visit to Colmans seafood Temple, resrored my belief that all in NOT lost in this country seafood-wise, and that there ARE restaurants worthy of the name....unfortunately, exceptionally few... Along with exemplary service, patient and helpful advice, and a generally friendly, relaxed atmosphere, comes the tour-de-force of their fabulous, mouth-wateringly tasty menu! And what a veritable feast it was! Had an important family get-together to celebrate my grand-daughter's graduation, and the whole experience was absolutely superb and memorable. Thank you!...Will most assuredly try to find more events to celebrate in this way! A BIG BRAVO to all involved!

We arrived at just after half past 7 for my birthday meal. From the outset it was obvious that the staff did not want us to stay long - we were told we would need to order immediately after arriving. The food was lovely but I'd recommend going on a weekend in Summer when they might be more accommodating! I would highly recommend the scallops and suggest that you don't need sides as the mains are a very good size!

Qwolity not there for the second time

Sat outside on the benches which was lovely, be warned if you do this you’ll have some birds who make friends with you looking for scraps. Had fish and chips which was cooked to perfection.

Fresh delicious fish good service excellent ambience

£3.70 for a portion of Chips thay were like rubber, curry sauce watery and salty£1.70.it was all Awful and a waste of money

Had large cod×chips portion was reasonable but not what i would call large more regular in my opinion could not fault service or quality nice white chunks of tasty fish chips crisp and tasty mushy peas were spot on

Super for fish n chips lovers. Book in advance though, very busy Sundays. Staff lovely!

Fantastic birthday meal for our family. Definitely will be back

Super delicious food. The view is fantastic. The service is so good that because we sat and talked about Italy and coffee, they thought we wanted coffee and came and asked for it.

Very good fresh fish well cooked and presented. Expensive for basically fish&chip but very tasty. However, a must try is the seafood curry, excellent!

Great environment, nice food, friendly staff

Very good fish and chips. Best I’ve had

Excellent every time we've been. We usually just have cod, chips and mushy peas. We should something else but the fish and chips is sooooo good.

Fresh Oysters with a dressing of your choice are followed by the classic Battered Cod and chips with mushy peas. Beware, as it is a Temple, it can get quite echoey. The Colman difference is fresh fish cooked simply and possibly some secret ingredients in their batter.

Colmans exceeded expectations with its exquisite food. Every dish was a flavor sensation. While there was a slight wait for our starters, it was well worth it. The food's quality and taste made it a memorable dining experience.

Best place for traditional fish and chips and sea food ,,staff is very helpful and attentive, try and get a table towards sea for betted view

Went today with my brother sister and father cannot speak highly enough of the food and service everything was absolutely top quality will defi

The best fish and chips we've had in years. Friendly service, great location and a good choice on the menu. I wish we lived nearer !

£3.70 chips £1.70 curry sauce. Chips were hard and crunchy, curry sauce thin and watery. Very disappointing.

Great!!! A place worth recommending :)

ordered a hot seafood platter for 3, a prawn taco and mussels. The prawn taco is great. The mussels, i found a few undercooked mussels. On the seafood platter, most are good but again there are a few more of the undercooked mussels and one i have to spit out because of a bad smell. I mentioned this to a waiter who came to clear out table at the end. For over £110 food, well I don't think i will be back anytime soon.

Never fails to deliver great food, staff are wonderful and location with sea view is amazing.

Lovely setting and great food. Staff were very friendly and accommodating with the children. We had Mussels which were great, and humongous! Malaysian fish curry was really tasty too with a nice kick.

Takeaway fish and chips - perhaps not the cheapest, but delicious! Fast service.

First visit with family. Nice venue, food all fresh and well cooked. The seafood platter was filling and tasty. Good service. Only thing missing on the platter would be a couple of dipping sauces. Will be back again

Fresh Sea Foods and Good Sea Views

We arrived yesterday hadn't booked a table but we were shown to a table in the bar. My son is in a wheelchair and facilities are very good lift to restaurant which was very accessible. The staff were all very nice and service was very good not long to wait . We will definitely return

My wife and I had the most amazing anniversary lunch here. The staff were very welcoming and friendly and they had all signed a card which was a really nice touch. Fish a chips are the best I have ever had and the views were perfect. Overall all a very classy place, wonderful experience, and excellent food. We will definitely be coming back again. I would highly recommend.

Having a gluten intolerance l opted for baked sea bass and new potatoes l found service first class!

No need for blasting music at us, suggest a more relaxing theme would suit the clientele. My option of going for the scampi was definitely a mistake, I've tasted much better from Aldi and Lidl, should have stuck with the cod fish.

Superb food, superb venue and brilliant staff.

Best fish n chips I've ever tried

Had fish and chips . Fish was lovely. Chips were alright , could be better . Staff were nice

Bit of a wait but food, service and views were great

Booked in advance for 2 got a hopeless table tagged onto another, very mediocre food, coffee was cold, staff were pleasant but whole visit was disappointing

Food lovely. Staff polite. Clean restaurant.

We had a take away. Queues were massive (we joined 4th from the front and they just got bigger and bigger behind us) and it did take a long time to get served but the food was definitely worth it.

Best fish and chips we've had in years. Superb.

First time I have eaten here and will not be the last... had my first oyster and it was lovely also tried hake which was excellent

Really good seafood restaurant right off the beach. Food quality very good, as is the service. A bit pricey but it's nice food in a prime location. May advise to book ahead as the restaurant area was full, but they were able to seat us in the bar.

Couldn't fault the place at all?! food was lovely, 1/2 lobster n chips 20 quid was very reasonable, only have 4 stars for atmosphere as well were In the bar( which was quiet) as no tables free ! I will be back for more of the menu !

Superb place, food, views & service. Would highly recommend.

Started with Souffle Arnold Bennett with Gruyere cheese and Parmisan, absolutely out of this world. Then small portion of fish and chips, the fish was sooo fresh and the batter was gorgeous. Then shared Minchellas 3 x ice cream. Car Parking was bad and restaurant was very loud. I didn't care as the meal was delicious and of course my lovely companions x

Amazing sea food, I had lobster as you don't often get the chance, it was good, we saw dolphins swimming in the bay as well, it was pretty lovely. Staff very accommodating, about what you would expect to pay in a restaurant of this standard. Parking can be difficult to get a space outside so we just go straight to the overflow. I would come again, thank you very much. Really enjoyed it. 👍🫶😊🦞🦐🍤

This place is beautiful!! We've been looking for a good, local seafood restaurant for a while now, and Colmans did not disappoint!! Wow!! Exquisite seafood served with the backdrop of the sea! Who could ask for more?! 5 stars all round!!

My 2nd visit. Fresh catch of the day are amazing- had 1/2 lobster and roast seabass. Chils delish. Great views of the sea (not all tables), recommend the sticky toff pud. Could do with more choices of draft beer- only had Moretti. Book early!

Great staff and fantastic food and cocktails. Very smart and modern location with great views and handy council car park near by. Spotlessly clean. An all round great experience. When booking on line double check the have received your booking as we have had problems a couple of times. Update 16/9/23; all the above comments about food & staff remain relevant. Staff are brilliant & there's a great bar/cocktail area too. Great atmosphere but it can get a bit noisy at times, probably due to the modern hard surface decor bouncing sound around & a/c can be a bit too cool sometimes. Highly recommended this place for a special occasion or just for an everyday eat out opportunity. But, it is popular so either book or be prepared to wait - more than worth a wait, and there is always that cocktail bar!! UPDATE; 23/02/2024, All of the above remains true & accurate. Another shout out to the staff who are amazing & food is of the highest standard.

What more can you say about Colman's that hasn't already been said. Outstanding traditional fish and chips (battered cod) but also do a great cod in garlic butter with capers along with many other fantastic fish dishes. It's won many national awards for good reason.

Got a takeaway of fish and chips, mushy peas and curry sauce. You'll be hard pushed to find better fish and chips than Colemans. Absolutely delicious. The curry sauce is fabulous as well. If you're in South Shields you must visit. There's another Colemans on Ocean Road which is the original restaurant.

Fabulous sea views from every table. Very good fish and chips.

Proper English seaside fish restaurant. Beautifully designed with excellent staff that friendly, helpful and smile (memo to young serving staff everywhere!) We had fish, chips and a beer. Top class! Recommended, don’t forget to book; this place gets busy.

Lovely seafood restaurant. Lobster was perfect, mussels were lovely, crab salad was fresh. Sea bream was tasty. Lad at the circular bar was very friendly. Our wine came in an ice bucket, very nice.

Three votes for excellent seafood, served by very nice friendly and attentive people. Amazing view of our favourite beach too.

Fresh haddock perfectly cooked, great service at a fantastic location, nothing negative all positive and consistently good!! I would give it 6 stars if I could

Good views of the sea accompanied by incredible oysters. Recommendable!

excellent Food, service and ambiance The place is facing the sea and the view is nice clean and tidy I visited on a Sunday and it was crowded The service is excellent and the employee, Pinky, is excellent and friendly We ordered garlic shrimp that were very juicy And the salmon with teriyaki sauce is excellent And excellent potatoes Rice and cola The food is delicious, I recommend it The price is reasonable for the food, service and location

Amazing service, fantastic friendly staff and wonderful food. Would definitely recommend.

Had the takeout fish and chips. I've eaten here a couple of times and easily the best I've had outside of the north Yorkshire coastline. Fish batter is very crispy, and chops cooked perfectly. Same with the scampi. I recommend trying the mushy pea fritters too 👌

Service and food outstanding, however desperately needs some sound deadening to soften the hubbub on busier days. The noise levels spoil what could be fantastic.

This is for the chip shop under the restaurant, chips poor waited 40 minutes in a queue but had had the chips a few weeks earlier and were lovely so crispy probably best we had had! so didn’t mind waiting. Chips limp greasy not enough salt and vinegar as they don’t let you put your own on. Sausage average, fish was nice I was told. Cans of drink warm . Very disappointing.

Graduation lunch yesterday. The food was fantastic, and lots of choices of beautiful fresh fish and shellfish. Varied and different ways of cooking a variety of different fish, as well as the traditional haddock, Cod and Scampi. The prices were extremely competitive given the beautiful location and ambience of the restaurant. The staff were professional, attentive and informative about the different items on the menu. If you’re in South Shields, this is a fantastic choice for seafood fans!

Food tasts absolutely lovely, but the price is high for the extras. A small box containing full price cod and chips. £3.70 for this little portion of chips.

We visited on a midweek afternoon did not book but they managed to fit us in, first impression the place looks very nice great location with excellent views. We ordered fish and chips for two we probably waited about 30 minutes for our food to arrive it was nice but if I am honest nothing special the fish in my opinion was quite thin (Cod ) but nice, what you do notice is due to the design on the building it is quite noisy. Would I return, not sure possibly, would I recommend yes it's a nice place if only for the location.

Brilliant food lovely helpful staff and fab surroundings will definitely be back

Nice fish and chips with a nice view. It's cheaper though in the Ocean Road site

Excellent service. Fish beautiful. Chips leave a lot to be desired. My first couple of visits they weren't good,then they improved. The last couple of visits the were dry and Lots of marks on them.

1st time here, the waitress who served was polite and informed us that the curry sauce we ordered was large and one would do both of us but we decided on ordering two and she said if we didn't Finnish the curry she could pack it up for us to take home which we did

Lovely food and service, best fish n chips i ever had,seafood also amazing 5 stars!

Great view, delicious fish and chips, great price-performance.

Rate this venue highly. Always good service and food.

Booked a table for my Nans 96th birthday we turned up late however nothing was a trouble and the staff where all amazing, what a lovely atmospher and amazing food.

Love it, don't mind price especially when it's seafood and it's this good decent drinks also

Fantastic fresh food in a wonderful location

Stunning restaurant and views. The food was delicious. It is expensive though so be prepared for that.

First of all, absolutely stunning views, although we didn’t get a window table it was still outstanding. Up there with the best fish and chips in the North East, the fish curry tasted amazing but they need to work on its presentation, a bit old school. Service is good and prices are about right Top tip, book or you won’t get in.

I ate here today with my wife 2/07/24. We had the scallops to share and then fish and chips cooked different ways each. 4 hours later mine came up again. Apart from that it was a lovely experience

Lovely meal and excellent servers. Really clean .

Excellent. It was my birthday and they gave me a card and suprised me singing with a free desert n sparkling flare

The restaurant is by the sea. You get a very nice view. Their reputation is based on fish and chips and I must say they deliver according to their reputation.

Fabulous. Had 2 of each of 3 varieties of Oyster, followed by the Seafood Sharing Platter and Cartmel Toffee Pudding for dessert. Oh and cocktails ;) All delicious, expertly prepared and plentiful.

Having been to the original Colmans in South Shields we were keen to try the new 'Temple'. The architecture is very impressive with great views of beach and front. However, the acoustics in this lovely building are such that sound reverberates around so difficult, coupled with poor music sound system, to hear properly and other people voices were occasionally over-powering. We love fish restaurants and know most from Berwick to Bridlington and although food was excellent believe there are better at half the price. Amble and Seaton Carew spring to mind. So in the end was it worth the money for the excellent location. Nice experience but expensive and doubt we'd rush back.

Our third visit and it has been awesome every time.

Visited Colmans yesterday, we booked a table in advance but were late arriving, we rang to explain and it was not a problem. Had my first ever oyster and it was delicious. The fish and chips were the nicest I have had in a very long time, The batter was light and crispy and the chips cooked to perfection and not in the least bit greasy. The staff were very friendly and attentive. I have no hesitation in recommending Colmans, it was our first visit but certainly won't be our last.

Absutley the best oysters ever. Server was brilliant offering advice on dishes. Food highly recommended. Definitely one of my favourite restaurants

A Unique restaurant. Its a converted seaside bandstand! The food was so delicious I forgot to take pictures! Three of us, with 2 glasses of wine, 1 beer, 3 courses, 3 puddings, came to around £90. Fish and chips, and 2 Haddock dishes. 2 Affogato, 1 mixed fruit posset. Excellent friendly service. Highly recommend.

Lovely location , lovelly staff and Fabulous food. The standard is extremely high and only slightly beaten by their own original Colmans restaurant,which is 5 mins away on Ocean Road. Essentially they are their own competitors

Always amazing! We got the seafood platter for the second time and it never fails to wow. Food was quick. Servers are so lovely and we will keep coming as it’s our favourite restaurant! Beautiful view too

Absolutely Outstanding Service and Food , best Fish & Chips I've ever had .

Excellent food, fresh, well cooked and good portions. Service was good too 5***** all round, we will be back...!

Scampi was amazing, as is the fish and everything else on the menu. Customer service like it was before covid. Staff extremely polite and treat you very well, they are always ready to help and great at there jobs. Food price is mid range. Not cheap but not expensive either and you definitely get what you pay for. Locally sourced ingredients cooked to a high standard... Was so nice I was nearly finished before I took a snap

What a great place. A warm welcome and we were shown straight to our table. The atmosphere was buzzing with people having a good time. The food was amazing, delicious and looked fantastic. I had the mussels starter followed by the prime cod main, which to be honest is one of the very best I've ever had, it just melted in your mouth. Will 100 percent be back. There's ample parking adjacent to the restaurant for a few pounds and free after 8pm I believe. Highly recommended.