Sky Chinese Cuisine in Newcastle upon Tyne

Sky Chinese Cuisine is a Cantonese restaurant located in Chinatown, Newcastle, UK. There is an elevator along the main street, so it's best to take the elevator to the 3rd floor. (You can also go by stairs, but it's quite difficult lol) You can also enjoy various types of dim sum. I tried the shrimp dumplings and spring rolls and they were delicious. The inside of the store felt a little dirty, but it was a nice Chinese atmosphere. Most of the staff and customers were Chinese. This was one of the best Chinese restaurants I've ever eaten at in the UK. Recommended.

A really nice dining experience with excellent views of the city and lots of options on the menu.

A perfect experience. The staff were warm, friendly and welcoming. The food was absolutely amazing. We will definitely be going again. Highly recommended

Visited this restaurant last year. Best original chinese quisine I've tasted in Europe. A wonderful experience! ☺️😊

Walked in walked out shoes stuck to the floor walls were covered in dirt fluids were spilt and not mopped up absolute hole of a place..

We had the set meal B, which was a bargain at £23pp. The starters were lovely however there was small pieces of bone in my shredded duck which is why i didnt give 5 stars, it hurt my tooth twice. The mains were delicious too and we got the salt and chilli chips to go with it. Tried the lychee juice with grass jelly very tasty and about 6 whole lychees in it as well. Very quick service also. Will return

Authentic Chinese food, generous portions, and reasonably priced. Most clients are ordering real Chinese dishes.

This restaurant is popular with Chinese customers as the food is usually of good quality. We ordered half a chicken (sliced with ginger), braised pork with tofu and 3 treasures (tofu, aubergine and peppers). The chicken was fresh and the dishes were tasty. A tip: ask for free prawn crackers if your table hasn't already got them. Service was a little slow and you have to wave multiple times to get staff attention. The decor is the same as before, walls could be painted etc. We would be happy to come back for either meals or dim sum.

Under new management now, food is very good.

The food quality is mid but it is cheap so it matches the price.The waiters keep rushing for order every 30 seconds like they are about to die,The service was terrible

Getting worse these days was better back in 2019

Ordered on uber eats didn't get the right order when I complained wanted me to order again and pay so they could send me what I didn't get and only half beef with mushroom will never order from these again

The place looks like it's never been cleaned or decorated since 1985, the food was ok, service was ok. Would I go back? No, would I recommend? No. It wouldn't take a lot to run a hoover round and paint the place. Only decent thing was the price, it's fairly cheap. If you like a cheap,half decent Chinese and don't mind sitting in a bit of a scruffy hole then fill your boots.

Got the set lunch for £12. Couldn't finish it. Very good value.

The best morning tea shop in Newcastle, return to Hong Kong in a second.

A lovely restaurant with great food! The king prawn chow mein was perfect. Nothing to complain about food wise. However, it is located all the way up 3 floors. But they do have a lift.

The Chinese Restaurant provides delicious traditional restaurant food and let me think of eating the same food when I was young.

An amazing budget dining option if you're touring in Newcastle for the first time, as we were. All dishes are authentic and appetizing, and great for sharing as a family. The staff were very polite, and service was timely - including when we decided to make a second order having completed the first round of dishes. That should tell you how good the food was :-)

The greeting is friendly and courteous. The quality of the food is beyond my imagination. It is so delicious. It has enough flavor. The seasoning is just right. There will not be too much MSG that will make me thirsty. I must come to this restaurant again.

Taste of traditional Cantonese cuisine! The side dishes are delicious and the noodles are warm to the stomach. The waiters are kind and friendly.

A nicely decorated restaurant, with the right ambiance. The selection of authentic Chinese dishes was more than plenty - making it hard to decide! Everything we ordered was so fresh and delicious, with not too much salt. The servers were prompt and fulfilled our request for no onions. If I was in Newcastle again, I'd feel inclined to go back.

my favorite place to have dim sum in Newcastle and the price won't break your bank...nice!

Sky is a wonderful place to enjoy some of the best, traditional, Chinese cuisine around Newcastle. Step into an elevator straight from the street and up to the restaurant for an enjoyable experience with a warm welcome and traditional cuisine.

Absolutely amazing food, quick and efficient staff and good value for money. I would highly recommend to anyone in the area.

What an amazing authentic chinese restaurant the food was beautiful and staff was amazing too couldn't fault it brilliant

Nice authentic Chinese food. Reasonable prices for the city. Nice service. Would come again. Paper steak was very nice as was the mixed pork sanpin

Nice place for traditional Hong Kong food.

(Update on 2024-6-22: Can uphold its standard of food and service.) Good service. Staff with polite manner. Dim Sum was very good as the taste is same as in Hong Kong. Must try if you like Chinese food. Good to gather with friends and have a chat within the delicious food.

Highly recommended, must try in Newcastle. Waiters are friendly and helpful, food are very delicious and hot!!

Hi! Is this the takeout of braised pork with pickled vegetables? ! ! It was cut into a mess, and it was all big fat meat!

First time here and the food was amazing. Very friendly service. We have found our new place to go. Couldn’t fault it thank you

Great Chinese Food, And This Restaurant Looks Good!

Very nice place for Chinese authentic dim sum and banquet. Price is setting around 20-30 per head.

Good taste, good service, reasonable price

As soon as I ate the last piece of food on my plate, the staff immediately cleared my plate without asking our permission. We were really surprised by that action and then she smiled at the other staff as if she had won over us. We have been to the restaurant many times but did not expect to receive a rude attitude from the staff here. This makes us wonder why we are treated this way. IF ANYONE IS INTENDING TO COME HERE, PLEASE CONSIDER AND THINK AGAIN BECAUSE THE STAFF ATTITUDE IS NOT RIGHT

Authentic dim sum that was freshly cooked and served piping hot! Very reasonably priced which is a plus. Staff was attentive and polite.

Been there many times before because it is only the Chinese restaurant worth to visit for Chinese yum cha and authentic Chinese cuisine. The downside is the toilet area is a bit dirty.

Very good Chinese style restaurant, very nice service, will come again.

Wow.. The Food was spot on, first I've been here, Best Chinese food I've had 3 courses I had & good Portions to definitely will be back

Food is always good at this restaurant. Service is the only let down. Very hard to flag down anyone as most of them are chonese students who are more interested in chatting among themselves.

I was surprised to see the variety in the reviews for Sky. We visited on an early evening before going to a gig on a walk in, not realising that Newcastle were also playing at home that night. So, for a Tuesday, it was busier than we’d expected, but we were still able to get a table for two on a walk in basis. It was immediately reassuring to note that the restaurant was used regularly by some football fans as part of their pre-match routine, and also that about half the people dining were Chinese. Stowell Street has a range of restaurants and there are some that don’t seem ever to be used by the Chinese community themselves. Anyway, even though it was busy, our meals came quite quickly. I had a Szechuan Pork and my wife had pork, spring onion and ginger, both with fried rice. Portion sizes were good and the meals could not be faulted. All in all, given the quality of the food and the price, we left feeling we’d received very good value for money. Service was efficient and polite.

The food was mediocre at best.2 of the male staff were fondling each others buttocks right beside our table. The waitress dropped our pancakes and left us sitting with our duck going cold, as it was on cold plates while she replaced them. No hotplate to keep food warm, waiter threw our starters on the table and another waitress came up and sorted it. The soda water and blackcurrant was tasteless. There were wires coming out of the aircon units. The place is in dire need of a face-lift! I would not recommend anyone go here. Wait til you get home and order from your favourite takeaway.

Cheap, delicious, central and somewhere different! I see a lot of comments on here claiming the staff behaviour is a bit cold. Just because they don't have a fake smile plastered on their face 24/7 doesn't mean it's somewhere to avoid. They are there to work, provide a fast speedy service to serve piping hot food which I have received every time. I have always felt a homely vibe from this location as I have been going since I was a kid!

If you aren’t a fan of stairs then take the lift. It’s quite a big dining hall. Lots of Chinese people which is a good sign. The dim sum was nice. I liked the pork and prawn dumplings and the beef bao. We came at about 6 and they had already run out of some items we wanted to try. They stop selling cheung fun at 5. The honey chilli chicken and singapore noodles had the same problem as there wasn’t enough spice. The meat in the singapore noodles was sooooo tasty. I wouldn’t order the honey chilli. The deep fried vietnamese spring rolls had an awful taste and texture. Felt like they got stuck in your teeth. When we walked out we noticed everyone seemed to be ordering a dark noodle soup/broth which looked very tasty.

Very busy, Sunday lunchtime. Because we had booked, we did not have to wait long before we had a table

Food was very average for an area excelling in Chinese cuisine. The staff unfortunately didn't even warrant an 'average' as they were slow, forgetful and basically looked like they couldn't be bothered. When they brought out the wrong food they tried to talk us into having it as it had been already made. The same happened with the drinks order and there was no convincing them that it wasn't what we ordered and all we got was ''well I'll leave it and see if you like it''!! In a nutshell, we won't be hurrying back.

Gets packed every time we're in there which must mean other people rate it highly too. Can't fault anything .

Booked table for 21 people (2 x tables) celebrating mams 80th birthday meal. Eventhough the restaurant was busy the service was superb, food came out very quick fresh and piping hot. Service from restaurant excellent. Thank-you very much. Jacqueline Munroe

Very nice service and great food to eat

Booked for 5pm as pre theatre meal for 4 Took drinks order, 1 drink not available so had to change. Given 3 menus, all very confusing, would have been easier to give us the sheet as displayed outside or on the website. We chose 3 starters again 1 , the buttefly prawns not available and 4 mains and not available the sweet potato fries! Starters nice, tasty and plenty of them. Chicken and beef strips and spring rolls. They started to clear the dishes away before we were all finished.. They didn't come back again until the mains arrived, so we're having to move the dirty plates around to get them put down. Plates were not hot and the meat wasn't particularly hot altho the sauces were as were the chips and rice. So the meals were cold quite quickly. Noone came back to ask if everything was OK ir if we wanted anything else. We sat finished for quite awhile then we asked for the bill then they came quickly and cleared the table. Disappointing 😞 and won't return. £77 for 4 soft drinks 3 starters and 4 mains with sides. So not badly priced.

Best & the most authentic Chinese restaurant in Newcastle. The portion's huge and the food's just amazing! Staff is lovely too. Some workers were here as customers which is a good sign. We got mapo tofu rice and beef flank rice and felt really full. Would happily visit here with my family next time.

Complete variety of dim sum, fried taro wedges are very crunchy, rice rolls are smooth, authentic Hong Kong style BBQ, recommended dry fried beef river, golden prawns, staff service is attentive, friendly and polite

Excellent as usual. All our dishes were well cooked and flavourful. Staff were efficient and friendly. My two grandchildren, often a little picky, loved the food. We look forward to our next visit.

Only been once. Asked Chinese outside they said it was best in street I totally agree it was so tasty best meal ever thank you & staff wonderful

Had a great time went for a birthday party with family food was excellent loads to eat and inexpensive had the lunch time special

Basic decor think it's just a place for the local Chinese to eat its upstairs tried some off the food it was ok could have defentily been better ordered sechwon squid but tasted like somthing totally difrent think it's just a basic place

It tastes like a Hong Kong tea house, extra points

As of 2024, one of only very few decent Chinese (Cantonese) restaurants left in Newcastle (e.g. Happiness Inn before COVID) . Sky isn't exceptional but, with almost no other choices, serves it's purpose well

Best Chinese Restaurant in Newcastle With reasonable price 👌🏻

Avoid this restaurant, food just average, dim sum are very bland, they put a lot of MSG in everything! Prices are higher than normal Chinese restaurants. Force customers to pay 10% service charge, not an honest business, told me 29th Dec is Xmas and I have to pay service charge, BUT service charge is actually optional by law!

Grotty horrible place, food average at best and service atrocious. The atmosphere feels extremely outdated I was waiting for the red curtains to open and someone start singing Tina turner karaoke…. Food really average but what really stood out was the staff saying they couldn’t remove the service charge during holiday season. If your restaurant wasn’t grotty food terrible I’d be happy to pay service charge. Staff rude on the way out cursing in Chinese having idea I speak Chinese. Would never ever recommend to anyone this place needs reporting to environmental health and torturing 🔥 Will be reporting to trading standards after blindly lying to me ( I have businesses in hospitality and catering ) about service charge.

Avoid this restaurant, food just average, dim sum are very bland, they put a lot of MSG in everything! Prices are higher than normal Chinese restaurants. Force customers to pay 10% service charge, not an honest business, told me 29th Dec is Xmas and I have to pay service charge, BUT service charge is actually optional by law!

Grotty horrible place, food average at best and service atrocious. The atmosphere feels extremely outdated I was waiting for the red curtains to open and someone start singing Tina turner karaoke…. Food really average but what really stood out was the staff saying they couldn’t remove the service charge during holiday season. If your restaurant wasn’t grotty food terrible I’d be happy to pay service charge. Staff rude on the way out cursing in Chinese having idea I speak Chinese. Would never ever recommend to anyone this place needs reporting to environmental health and torturing. Will be reporting to trading standards after blindly lying to me ( I have businesses in hospitality and catering ) about service charge.

I've been here twice now, and both times have had very good service! I did have very quiet times both times I went but the service was friendly and let us stay early when they hadn't opened for service yet and have some tea before we could order food. The three meats platter was a good portion and the crispy pork belly was delicious. I also love the XO turnip cakes and their selection of dim sum is decent though not complete. Getting into the place is a bit odd but the restaurant itself is great!

Very tasty food and very quick service. Probs needs a refurb, but that's not a biggy. Very busy at Sunday lunch, but that's typically a good sign. Note there's lots of stairs but there is a lift. We'll definitely be back.

Went tonight for food, it being the work Xmas night out. Food was ok freshly microwaved but the service was diabolical. Seated just after 6pm by quarter to 7 hadn't been asked for drink or food order. Had to put an arm up to catch someone's attention. Had to ask for more plates after the starter as the duck had came and they didn't bring plates. Same with the mains. We swiped some plates off the table next to us. Not once did anyone come to the table to ask if we needed anything, again arm in the air for drinks. The place is rotten manky dirty. Toilets are disgusting. Overflowing sanitary bins and the muck behind the toilet😱 £465 later, would I go back? Definitely not!

The dining environment is superb, the facade is particularly innovative and instantly recognizable, and I love the restaurant's Japanese tofu, which has an unforgettable smooth texture!

3rd Visit to Sky Chinese Cuisine - and last. Waited a little to be greeted and shown to table - as would expect. Took time looking at Dim Sum menu and wondered if regular menu was available. Observed those arriving after us being given a regular menu on their table. Tried to catch attention of waiting staff every time they passed - serving others, picking up finished dishes, and taking orders of others. Felt like we were covered by an invisibility cloak - as gazes went over / around and no eye contact was made and never had an opportunity to raise a hand to indicate we were ready as was not looked at. After observing the second table of folk to arrive after us having their order taken, and sitting for at least 30 minutes, we decided to leave ........... and leave we did - totally unnoticed or acknowledged. On our first visit here we waited 45 minutes to be served and another 45 minutes for food - the food was fabulous - hence why we returned a second (slow service but quicker than previous) and third time, putting our experience down to a busy day / short staffing ......... Seems that there is another reason for the time it takes us to get served here, and it appears that this won't be everyone's experience. We enjoy the food here - but won't be back as not looking for a long leisurely meal over a number of hours at 1pm on a Saturday. There were 6 of us and like a lot of tables had the mixed age range of a family group.

Absolutely terrible service,we were shown to our table on arrival but then once sat down we were totally invisible to staff and waited a good half an hour if not longer still unattended to so left the premises via the mancky stairs and the minging sticky carpet! This isn’t the first time we’ve had this happen to us there but the first time it happened we did eventually have a member of staff come and serve us 40 minutes after arrival and then just as long after that we got our food which sadly was really good which is why we gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried them out again, but I’m afraid to say it won’t be happening again, there’s way more better places to eat in Newcastle than this one with staff that actually would like to make you feel welcome and to provide you with a better service than Sky Chinese Cuisine do

I started going to Sky just after it open and rated it to be the best Chinese restaurant in Newcastle. After the lockdowns, the owners sold up and it rapidly became the worst restaurant on Stowell St. I decided to give it a go after reading some positive reviews. The dim sum was as good as under the old regime. Having had my confidence restored, I plan to go back for a more substantial meal. To the non Chinese eye the restaurant itself looks scruffy and in need of refurbishment. However in my experience places like that always tend to sell the more authentic food.

We visited for lunch, initially to go somewhere else, they were closed…… thankfully. I had chicken/sweetcorn soup and sweet and sour chicken (best I’ve ever tasted) was just delicious….. hubby had little chop suey rolls and beef in black bean sauce … 10/10

I have been to 4-5 restaurants in this street, but sky is my favourite and the staff are brilliant, food is beautiful especially Robert he made us feel very welcome. Can't wait to go next week for the lobster dish it looked amazing. UPDATE we returned on the 27th of August and it was a totally different experience. It was a total shambles we were sat down the staff took our drinks order. We ordered dim sum. The items came 10 minutes apart we had no plates or cuterly we had to ask for them. Then our starters came then literally our mains came while we were still eating our starters, 2 of the mains we got came sweet even tho we asked the staff if they were sweet or spicy because I can't eat sweet stuff we had to ask for plates and cuterly again But had to make do with what we got. It's a shame because the week before it was the best ever. To be fair they seemed short staffed..

Very tight seating but food is good

Authentic chinese restaurant friendly helpful staff, beautiful food would 100% recommend a visit, we will definately be back

Exceptional food, really tasty. The staff were fab too. The dim sum (which we didn't have but tables around us did) looked amazing so we took an order form, which is how you order it, and will do some research on what we may order next time.

週末の飲茶に行きました。混み合っていましたが、手頃で美味しく色んなものが食べられます。ニューカッスルに行くときはまた必ずここで食べたいと思います。

THE BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN NEWCASTLE! If you’re looking for a Chinese restaurant with authentic flavours, then look no further. The Dim sum is second to non and the ho fun beef noodles is my fav! I couldn’t recommend this place more. When looking at some of the 1 star ratings for this restaurant on Tripadvisor it makes me laugh. If you’re wanting hot and sour soup or sweet and sour chicken balls to arrive at a super quick pace then maybe try an all you can eat buffet. Although, this restaurant will serve those dishes, it is the authentic ones that really blow your mind. Once again, great food and service has always been very good every time I’ve been.

A beautiful authentic Chinese experience, with excellent customer service and quality food. As a real foodie I really regard high quality ingredients and taste. This experience was wonderful and it will definitely be our go to!! It was also fantastic to see Robert, the manager there eating! Robert was very friendly and lovely!

Three course lunch menu is a steal! Wee hidden gem in Newcastle highly recommended, especially the ribs!

We enjoyed a lovely meal with a variety of very delicious dishes from the Chinese, Malay, Cantonese cuisine. Thank you very much for your hospitality.

Food is fabulous. I've been here couple of times and it's always been good and well priced

Great food staff were OK not chatty but if asked anything they will answer I couldn't falter the menu I couldn't use chopsticks so they gave me a fork I visited valentines day but it was for a family funeral

After perusing the menu for some time (staff seemed to ignore us for a longish time) we eventually ignored the set menu and plumped for a mix of dim sum Only the ribs in a very meek ie.flavorless sauce was not enjoyed I think this was because the ribs were mainly fat and bone I knawed.away at them because I was hungry ,my effort was not really rewarded . My favorite dim sum was the dumplings.with pork and chives....the chives really improve any of the dumplings another nice one had a boiled quails egg in it my partner.and I both enjoyed them despite the waiting time I did not like the tea I was.served I had asked for chrysanthemum tea what I got looked like camomile but tasted bitter mystery tea. Service.when it eventually came was fine The restaurant itself has seen better days and reminded me of the earliest Chinese restaurants that were a feature of every town back in the sixties ,I did enjoy the views on the second story restaurant so if you have problems with your legs take the lift you will see at the bottom floor outside ,button right at lift door you need to know this as there is several buttons

I love the dim sum, they are portion size and taste better than others

Always the best chinese food in the North east

Enak, banyak, murah dan layanan prima

Decent chinese food, priced slightly higher for the quality. Staff entirely clueless and often late to even provide cutlery. For a sit down restaurant, expected better service.

Great place. Food like if you were in China. Will return for sure

Service & quality has dropped a bit since change of ownership

Amazing food , best restaurant in China town , staff are lovely .

📍Sky Chinese Cuisine, Chinatown @ Newcastle Upon Tyne Literally up in the 'sky', the entrance to this restaurant is through a lift, directly at the front door. Go up a storey, and you are welcomed by the aroma of freshly steamed 'Dim Sum' in a beautifully decorated location. I was surprised that despite it being a Monday afternoon, the restaurant was packed. It's a testament of how good the food is. I came to know of this spot thanks to the invitation of Freda, a fellow doctor colleague back in Malaysia. All the way from Middlesbrough, she spent a day in Newcastle JUST for Chinatown's amazing cuisines. The food was truly delicious. -Hor Fun with beef which was richly marinated, with tangy thick rice noodles. -Roasted Duck Rice. The duck was succulent and juicy, perfectly roasted, and complementing the fragrant oiled rice. -Dim Sum - beef with chilli, not too spicy -Chrysanthemum tea, freshly brewed in a teapot, with rock sugar at the side Mr Robert, the owner, attended to us and was most friendly. This spot is a lovely place for great Chinese food.

A great place for a cantonese dimsum experience.

Nice, authentic Chinese restaurant serving authentic Chinese dishes. This is where the Chinese go to eat! Need I say more?

Best chinese restaurant on Stowell Street China Town for authentic dim sum food. Fresh and made to order, salty savoury flavours food how it should be.

Tasty authentic food and friendly staff. Thank you

The portion was quite large and the dim sum price is not too overpriced. The dining experience was nice and I enjoyed eating here. Would definitely be here next time. I was surprised there wasn't a lot of people even at 7 pm.

Un amigo y yo fuimos aquí para un almuerzo "barato y alegre" antes de un empate de la Copa FA en SJP. No nos lo ofrecieron, así que tuvimos que pedir el menú "Almuerzo especial". Habiendo dicho eso, pensamos que era un buen valor para 9 (para dos cursos), selecciones razonables de entrantes y platos principales. Tuve gambas y albóndigas de cerdo (3) seguido de carne de res con pimientos en salsa de frijoles negros. Una botella del vino tinto más barato, un francés muy aceptable, no vintage, tenía 16 años, lo que hace que nuestra factura total, antes de la propina, sea 34. El servicio fue eficiente, así que estábamos dentro / fuera en una hora. El partido de fútbol que siguió fue menos satisfactorio.

Came for lunch today to see out 2019 with the family. Had a mixture of dim sum and noodle and rice dishes. All came out quickly and was piping hot. Food was ok. Some of the portions were small like the char Sui buns - however the prices are a bit higher than some Other restaurants in the area. Staff were very niceAnd attentive. The decor is looking a bit shabby. All in all it’s ok.

Very odd entrance which led to a scruffy underwhelming restaurant. Food was average although not particularly cheap but the staff were attentive.

El restaurante está en el tercer piso, por lo que la entrada es a través de un ascensor situado en la acera. El restaurante está bien pero le falta un poco de carácter. Sin embargo, la comida es buena y el servicio fue rápido y servicial. Hay muchos restaurantes para elegir en este camino, muchos llenos de comensales chinos, pero el menú fijo en el Sky tiene una buena relación.