The Fat Hippo in Newcastle upon Tyne - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Today's visit was very disappointing. When I arrived at the restaurant and gave my name. The order wasn't looked for, and priority was given to delivery drivers over customers collecting their own orders. My order was left in a box going cold. I was told my order was being prepared. When I eventually got my order and I confronted the manager, my concerns were dismissed and in no way addressed. The food was also not up to standard. The trash browns had very little cheese on them. The Born Slippy burgers had no cheese in them and very little pork meat. The Wild Bill burger didn't have a waffle and very little cheese. I would expect this sort of thing at McDonald's, not at this sort of restaurant and not when I have paid £81 for 4 take out meals.

Jess was amazing! such perfect service

Great food and Great service from server Jess

Great food, Fred was very helpful

amazing food good prices for the portion and the staff are super super friendly

Food is always fantastic and we come all the time and have never had a bad experience, Phoebe served us and was awesome as always too 😁😁

phoebe was a lovely waitress!! such quick service and amazing food

Lush food as always. Talia was great 🫶

Everything excellent! Delicious burgers (I had the Philly sliders which were excellent and deserving of a permanent spot on the menu!). Service was fast and friendly and the prices reasonable for what you got!

The food is excellent and affordable there is lots of vegan and vegetarian options as well probably the best burger ever I heavily recommend the food

Menu was a bit intimidating but Talia explained the whole process to us and was very attentive throughout!

Shout out to Tristan for providing exceptional service!

Great meal, good quality food and beer, thank you Talia

Amazing food, great service from Fred

The food was amazing! The burgers are some of the best I've ever had. Giuseppe was an accommodating server.

The original Hippo. Food and service were great as always. The best kind of burgers. A little quiet tonight, but that was just what we needed.

Amazing food great service. Thanks Fred. Only problem is I can't walk because I've eaten too much.

Great food and great service would recommend

Fantastic place to grab a quick lunch with great service from Phoebe. Nicely priced, very tasty and some unique offerings

10/10 chef must be Harry potters old boy because the food was magic

We fancied getting some burgers and realised we hadn’t had a fat hippo burger in years so we popped into the Jesmond restaurent and we were not disappointed. The burgers were just as delicious, juicy and amazing as we remembered if not better! I got the classic Fat Hippo beef burger and my husband got the hot honey chicken burger and we were both delighted! I highly recommend getting extra sauces as they’re delicious too. We got rhetorical garlic one and then the liquid cheese which was just unreal! Fair warning though, come prepared to end up covered in sauce/food but in the best way 😂 honestly just so good! We also have the cookie dough pots for dessert. My husband had the Aoki one which he loved and I had Gimme Smore, which they actually customised for me as I was worried it would be an overload of chocolate sauce so they offered to swap one layer of chocolate sauce out for some caramel which really worked! The lady who looked after us was lovely and chatty and really made us feel welcome! Can’t wait till next time we get to come back!

Visiting the area and we love a good burger so thought we would give Fat Hippo a try. We were not disappointed. Friendly welcome to a virtually full restaurant at 7.30 on a Monday night is a good advert in my eyes. Very quick service getting drinks and placing our order. I don't eat gluten and was pleasantly surprised a could have my burger on a gluten free bun. The food arrived very promptly and it was delicious, one of the best I've had. Reasonable prices, great choice, great atmosphere. Would highly recommend a visit.

I've tried Fat Hippo many times but this was my first visit to the Jesmond spot. It's quite small but still as cosy as the other Fat Hippo places. This time I tried the burger with the chorizo and it was incredible and my partner had a limited edition Kraken burger which was also delicious! Just like their other places it's dog friendly which we love and service was perfect.

Excellent service and delicious food. Great for picky eaters and vegans.

Great vegan options - we have Harlem fake and Oprah sin-free (from the secret menu) and vegan dirty waffle fries. An absolute winner. Kids are normally fussy but love a vfc and both love the fat hippo sauce. Kids had dessert too. Prefer this location to Newcastle as a nice small space, with windows and always a quick service!

Excellent service from Phoebe and food was great.

Food was delicious but two hours later what I suspect to be food poisoning kicked in and I spent the rest of the evening on the toilet. Pretty much the whole of the following day had slightly upset stomach so probably won’t be ordering again. A shame as like I say the food was delicious.

Lovely food, lovely staff, lovely place! Talia was our lovely waitress.

Fantastic service and fantastic food! Special mention to our server talia who done a great job.

Treated a couple of old friends to a Monday night bite to eat at one of my favourite burger places, The Fat Hippo, Jesmond, I’d last reviewed the Fat Hippo,Jesmond back in 2021. I arrived late due to thinking the meet-up point was at another venue, but I eventually got there in the end, so upon entering The Fat Hippo, Jesmond I was immediately pestering the lovely staff as to the location of my friends who had opted to sit outside to eat. Staff and their service incredibly friendly and on the top of their game, the lovely young lady regularly serving our group even seemed to genuinely find my awful banter funny. She got one over me at the end though when I’d asked for the bill, then cheekily implied that I couldn’t pay up, she calmly said that this wasn’t a problem as there were plenty of dishes to wash, hahah touché! She’d probably heard it all a million times before though, but great banter nevertheless, I loved it, and once again, absolutely first class service. Fat Hippo, Jesmond food, top notch as always, unfortunately my favourite burger is no longer on the menu these days, but that wasn’t a problem, a customised one (secret-menu-style) was especially whipped up for me and it was bang on perfect, talk about customer service, thank you so much! Decor and ambiance? We dined outside because the weather was warm and dry, but from what I saw entering and leaving it didn’t look like the interior had changed all that much? Full marks to everyone at The Fat Hippo, Jesmond, great food, excellent service, and I definitely highly recommend this venue.

Really quick and delicious food. Huge portions and our server Phoebe was lovely and attentive

Lovely food and great service by Chloe. Thank you again!

Love the Fat Hippo. Great food, service and value in a quirky atmosphere.

Great burgers, lovely fries and quick service: this is THE place to go for a brilliant burger. This place do burgers right. The quality of the ingredients and carefully though out flavour combinations are a consistent hallmark of this great burger joint.

Ordered the American burger, very tasty.

Was really good burger will be back soon 😀

Food arrived freezing cold , drinks missing, called up and the person said to contact Uber, pointless and a waste of money

Very disappointed with the chicken we had. The chicken thighs were dry and the coating was over cooked. It wasn’t a good. The fries were very spicy too.

At fist I nearly walked into the kitchen, door confusion 😆. Food was Very nice, tasty and the drink was perfect. I will defo be back 😊

A hip place to have a burger in Jesmond.

Superb bugers. Friendly staff. Great beer. What more do you need to know?

Always amazing food! Talia gave exceptional service - super friendly!

Perfect service, our server Talia was lovely. Would definitely recommend!!!

Great time Good service from Natalia

Big thank you to the staff at Fat Hippo in Jesmond had a lovely meal and very accommodating to gluten free ! Special mention to Chloe super friendly and nice !

Had mam in wheelchair no space terrible access

Customer service is great, friendly staff. The food is scrumptious and everything is very clean.

Great food as always and great service from Chloe

Great food, great staff, loved it

Tahlia was an excellent waitress very attentive and friendly

Amazing quality food and excellent service. We were served by talia and nothing was too much trouble. Can’t wait to return

Great food and atmosphere, great service by Talia, would recommend

Lovely time, lovely food, excellent service by Talia!

Talia provided great service. Food was incredible.

Servers, Talia and Chloe made my day. The food was simply devine! I have never tasted a burger like this one. WOW 🙌🏼! Service was fast and sharp, and welcomed two lovely dogs with open arms. WOW 🙌🏼! Delish! Get yourselves down to jesmond fat hippo asap… its like no other. WOW 🙌🏼!

Fantastic burgers with a tremendous price-to-portion ratio. Service is always excellent, especially Talia, who checked in and ensured we were doing well.

Great restaurant and amazing service from Caitlin

Great food and great service from Tristan

Jess was friendly and gave us directions. Ace burgers

Great evening, the particular highlight was Tristan, whose diligence is a credit to all who wear the black hippo t-shirt!

What a fab place! We went last night with friends. Great food, amazing burgers and cheese balls especially good, and the service from Talia was brilliant. Thanks!

Great burgers and Talia was lovely

Thank you to Tristan and the team! We had a lovely meal.

Food was amazing And the service was great Thank you Jess !

Jess and the other guy who’s name I can’t remember were great!

Really good food and great service. Shoutout to Jess

Talia was so lovely! Fantastic service and delicious food.

Our waitress alliance was lovely friendly and welcoming great little find

Food was super and Talia was so lovely! Great service

Fat hippo is the only place I’d want to have my leaving the area meal with friends. Great food, friendly staff, no dramas.

Really small venue which really suited our group of 10.

Had an amazing meal!!!! Tristan was fab, great customer service. Will be coming back soon

Tristan was lovely. Wings were insane

Tristan was a great friendly waiter. Food was bussin. Will defo be back before I graduate this summer

Best wings I’ve had in Newcastle!! And our waiter Tristan was a dream, defo coming again!!

Tristan was serving us. Great service and very kind! Promotion pending…

Tristan was our server today. The food was great. Top man, top service, top bloke!

Great food, perfect service,Tristan was a great server :)

Brilliant food and great service talia and phoebe served us and both girls were great

Such amazing service from the lovely Ellie

Visited with my family earlier this evening. Seated quickly, served fairly quickly too, some colouring for little one to do whilst waiting which was a nice touch. Front of house staff were friendly. The burgers????? WOW(compliments to the chef) highly recommend Fat Hippo. Glad we live hours away because i think it would fast become a favourite place for us. Thank you for the hospitality

Nice burgers, generous portions. Talia was very kind and professional…

Lovely food, Talia was spot on !!

Great bait and service from Talia!

Always friendly and good food. Thanks.

Talia was lovely and very attentive - food was lush as always ☺️

Brill food and Ellie was class on service

Really great food and fantastic service!

always an amazing place to get a good burger, lots of variety and brilliant atmosphere will be back again! thank you ellie for being so accommodating!

Really liked this quirky place. Service was quick and friendly, booth by the window was comfy. Menu was based on their specialities of burgers and fries and the versions we got were very tasty and filling. Drinks prices a bit steep but I suppose its getting like that everywhere now 😞 Overall I would certainly go there again.

Amazing customer service and amazing burgers and sides. Tried the vegan chicken burger which came with fries and a choice of a side. Very tasty and filling. The resturant had a great atmosphere, the tables and decor was very nice and well lit through the windows. The waitresses had amazing customer service. 10/10.

Amazing food, and perfect service from Phoebe! Thank you very much ! Highly recommended

Talia was a great help and super friendly!

Talia was absolutely amazing: she was so attentive and thoroughly made our visit. Thanks so much for accommodating us at such short notice! X

Good food and customer service 👌

Thank you Chloe for the burger recommendation!

Super accomodating and friendly, excellent service from Chloe

Chloe our waitress was fab! So helpful and polite :)

Our server Chloe was very friendly and attentive with anything we needed, food came quickly

Great service, Chloe was grand and very helpful!