The French Quarter in Newcastle upon Tyne

Fantastic restaurant. The food was great, I really enjoyed the wine/cheese selection and the staff were very knowledgeable and nice Highly recommended!

Just had a fabulous lunch with four friends. Will definitely bring going back.

An absolute gem of a restaurant. Food was delicious and there was an extensive wine list. I particularly liked the choice of very affordable wine flights which gave me the opportunity to sample different ones. They were all very good. The staff were friendly and very knowledgeable. All in all an exceptional lunch and good value too. First visit and will definitely return.

Amazing dinner with lush staff who really knew what they were selling. The pudding/wine flight is something else

superb food. Service was very good, look forward to returning again

I chose the French Quarter based on my previous enjoyable experience with a group of friends. On this occasion a friend and I were celebrating and we were looking forward to special food on a special occasion as the price dictates. However, I am sorry to say I was disappointed yesterday, Friday 12th October. We chose the fixed price lunch Menu which as an avid Francophile is often very good value in France and seemed to be the best value option. My starter had great flavour, prawns (x3) in a delicious sauce with nice tasting bread was enjoyable. The main course was presented as a salad with fondu style cheese, potatoes and ham. It was a rich dish, however, even taking this into consideration, it was a small portion with very little ham content and large off-putting lumps of potato, albeit with a tasty cheese sauce accompanied by a very averagely dressed green salad. It was the dessert which really fell flat in my opinion. Bearing in mind this course was priced at £10, yes, not 'a la Carte' but still pricey consisted of wafer thin shards of meringue, tasty strawberries topped with green foliage and minuscule dots of white chocolate which could barely be seen or tasted. This desert was dry and unappetising. The lovely glass of sparkling wine was good value as was the coffee. But, I'm sorry to say French Quarter, despite the warm, friendly welcoming staff, whoever oversees the food quality I have to say on this occasion it was poor value and lacked that certain 'je ne sais quoi'. I'm not usually the sort of person who complains either.

A nice little restaurant, under the arches of the main railway line into Newcastle Central Station. Not crowded, room between tables. The menu was a little difficult to navigate for a first-timer. However, the staff were efficient in explaining how it worked. I was with my daughter and her fiance. We had a mixed platter to start. A really nice selection and quite generous too. Mains, mussels, beautifully cooked, chips were superb! Advertised as moules mariniere, but were really ala creme. Nice though. Bouef bourginion was tasty. We ordered the bread basket, we needed to order a second one. Nice for a treat, too expensive (for me at least) to a regular haunt. Overall, a very pleasant experience.

Absolutely wonderful evening celebrating my wife's birthday. Food, drink and attentiveness of staff was first class. 3rd time I've visted and will keep going back.

The food was Absolutely Amazing

In my opinion the best restaurant in Newcastle. The menu is so good you'll want to keep coming back just to try everything, the figs with goats cheese is almost addictively delicious. Pairing with the great food is a drinks menu that can satisfy any palate, if you like wine it's got a fantastic selection (as you'd expect from any self respecting French restaurant of course), if you like cocktails it's got you covered there with classics and contemporaries, if you like beer it's got options to go perfectly with the food. I really can't recommend this place enough and even though it's on the higher end price wise I've never felt like I didn't get good value.

Ted our server was absolutely fantastic. Extremely knowledgeable about food allergies and made sure everything was gluten free for me. It has been a very long time since I have had such fantastic service. The food is very rich and flavourful and although it is a little pricey it is worth every penny Highly recommend

Great food and attention to detail. Staff is super helpful and friendly and the food is delicious 😋

Excellent and seemingly authentic French. Best dauphinoise I can remember after a dodgy looking but really nice baked Camembert. Bougignon was very good though bavette was a bit on the tough side. Noted it would. Ll have been better served on hot plates….personal preference

Little Saturday lunch date with my niece, wonderful service, delicious food and amazing Cafe Gourmand with wine pairings, just a truly wonderful experience every time we go 😊 thank you 9

I’ve been here a few time now and always leave feeling impressed by both the service and the food. The staff are all incredibly friendly and helpful whilst the food is cooked to perfection. The mixed charcuterie and cheese board is a great starter to any meal and the bavette is my favourite dish. Loads of great wine to try, too! And in a really quirky building with a great atmosphere. Book well in advance as it is v popular. Thank you :)

We had an evening by the bar having some lovely drinks and tapas. Ted behind the bar is enthusiastic and friendly and has a lot of knowledge about the drinks and food. The staff in general very friendly and welcoming. A happy place to visit for some super tasty food and wine. It seemed fully booked so worth reserving a table if you can.

Really impressive experience. Vibe is lovely, classy without being stuffy or overly formal. Incredible food and quick, friendly service. Portions were generous and worth the money. Recommend the potatoes dauphinois, beef bourginon, bavette steak.

The staff were wonderfully helpful, the vibe was gorgeous and the food was absolutely perfect. Celebrated our anniversary here this Saturday gone and will 100% be coming again!

Great restaurant, staff were welcoming and we felt at ease. Really relaxed atmosphere. The menu and the format may put people off, but the staff do a superb job explaining the process. Food and wine knowledge excellent. Food quality and taste was exceptional. Elle was our waitress and she was top class.

One of my favourite restaurants in the town!

Amazing food and great wine selection. Great service and they were able to fit us in without a reservation

Delicious food and wine. The customer service was excellent.

One of the best restaurants in Newcastle. Affordable, great value for money with excellent customer service.

Nice place, been here several times. Good food, but unfortunately, nothing wowed us last time. Our last visit was during a restaurant week, and I have to say it was very disappointing, not a strong menu and presentation, food cooked well,but as I said nothing excited us. In total, I would give this place a solid 3.5 out of 5.

Amazing service and wonderful options of wine, cheese board was also tasteful 🧀 We were not really impressed with the food though and quantity of it, as we had higher expectations based on the hype around the place. We would definitely revisit for wine and cheese options

There two of us and we had 3 small plates for lunch and they were miniscule. There simply wasn’t enough to eat and the servings have got smaller. I like this place but I will seriously consider not coming back. Very disappointing. Pudding was good though.

Great food, ambience and service

Fantastic evening after graduation. French tapas is a great idea and a nice change from 'fine dining' when you select a taster menu - you're able to choose what you want and have plenty of variety. Eaten at SIX recently and enjoyed this as much.

Nice Restaurant We tested the menu at noon and were satisfied. Friendly servants, meals ok, but we had to wait very long for our dishes.

Outstanding service, food and drinks. Will most definitely be back

Great place which we booked for my daughter’s graduation. Restaurant were very understanding about moving the booking time and were very accommodating. Food and service were excellent. Would highly recommend.

First time here, great food, even better service. Will be coming back! Unfortunately I didn't get any food pics.

Food was lovely but the evening menu was small and not much choice. Waitress recommended their beer on draft but wasn’t great at all.

For two people, a small charcuterie board and one or two extra dishes (highly recommend the baked camembert and the aubergine caviar) will have you full. The chocolate mousse is beautiful, if you have room for dessert.

The staff were fantastic, as was the food. If in Newcastle, a place not to be missed.

We chose a selection of three aperitifs (2 veg, 1 meat) followed by lemon sole with almonds, boeuf bourguignon and gratin dauphinois. All dishes were delicious. Our drinks were good, house fizz, wine flights (3 glasses of different wines), zero alcohol cider and Pineau des Charentes. Desserts were class and French. Yes 10% is added to the bill and I expected it and not a problem if tipping for quality is your thing. Will I be back - oh yes!

Been there for few drinks , love the place. Wilk definitely go back for the food

Brilliant place, always great food and a marvellous selection of wines and spirits. A total French experience.

Great quality meal and service. Recommended.

Food was really great, loved the the tapas type french food

Great first visit, food superb. Great selection of drinks. You might need to book.

the staff go out there way to tell you what your getting well overpriced though for what you get you even have to buy bread as an extra for some of the starters that should come with bread as standard extra fiver please rip off

Let me say this outright because it's ten stars all around i love eating here or grabbing a take out its a ten star in my book and do give it a try

Lovely food, great service...thanks for a lovely meal

A difficult review this one. The food was actually lovely but the whole experience was spoiled by the guy who served us. Did the hard sell and then 75 minutes into the meal when we asked for a break before ordering dessert said he could 'give us 10 minutes' . I asked him to confirm that we had the table for another 45 minutes as I had been asked to agree on the email confirming our booking. He agreed this was the case with no apology and added 10% service charge to our bill without even pointing it out. I would not have paid it had I known. A lovely evening spoiled

Lovely meal at the French Quarter. Service was relaxed, food was great and the wine list extensive. Definitely worth a visit.

What a lovely restaurant. My son had been there once and knows how much we enjoy good food, nice wine and how much we value a good atmosphere. The French Quarter managed to tick all the boxes for us. We had a nice selection of food to share among us, two wine carrafes and some dessert. Everything was lovely, and the service was superb. We will visit again when we are back in Newcastle again.

After reading others reviews about the Discovery Wine tasting flights I decided to book a wine and cheese date with my fiancé here yesterday and we weren't disappointed in the least. From the moment I picked up the phone to book a table until we walked out the door we were treated like royalty by the lovely staff. Wine selection was incredible and beautiful. We ordered the large meat and cheese selection board and white wine discovery flights. Everything was divine. Great experience. Will definitely be back.

Excellent again, very busy so pleased we booked.

Day out to The Toon and stepped off the train and went to lunch here. Very nice. Good food and drink, and cheerful service. One of the group recommended I have the "Jockey's Whips" (chips) and they were nice chunky crispy ones. Overall a recommendation. Price was a wee bit steep but I didn't order the wine or see the bill so someone may have ordered a couple of bottles at the top end!

I had been French quarter twice. The first time on lunch was quite nice. I found out don’t be too greedy other too much foods. Two starter and two main course share with my friend. The portion is small but it tastes nice. It just bought me back second time for my husband birthday. The lunch service is just so so. 20 to 30 £ each with drink. But it is very very good you found French food at Newcastle which is great. Because it was my husband birthday. We got recommendation from the waiter he did give us good choice. The French quarter portion a bit smaller then normal and also it was birthday. We were keep ordering a lots foods. Still did not feel full 🤤. £ 80each only one drink. I am sure if you enjoy wine then the foods match with it will be excellent and it is the style of this menu created for.😊

Fantastic afternoon at the French Quarter. Food to die for and the wine was delectable.

One of the best restaurant experiences I have ever had. Excellent food, every dish was perfect, friendly service that was attentive and professional without being over formal. If it was closer to home I would be a regular.

Typically French. Food amazing. Good portions,authentic.

We had a very pleasant dinner here, last weekend. The food was very good, especially cheese and the gratin dauphinois potatoes. The atmosphere was very relaxed and the service was excellent. Highly recommended for a meal in Newcastle centre

Pork medallions deserve a medallion amirite

They really really looked after us here. Proper Francais style. Take a look at the pictures, they speak for themselves. I didn’t have any wine coz have given up drinking but have included the menu for you all. Highly recommended for good affordable and tasty filling guilt free food.

Nice food and a good atmosphere, the servers were really friendly. I got the fish skewers and green beans, it was nice and light.

Second time that we've been and both the food and service is second to none , great atmosphere but the only minor quibble that we have is that they only serve a miniscule amount of bread with your starters and therefore you have to order and pay for more , come on people don't be so tight

Booked here after reading all the excellent reviews and we weren't disappointed. From start to finish we had a fabulous evening......the food was delicious and Luke was a friendly, knowledgeable, entertaining server!

We were served by grace who was lovely and knowledgeable and made our dinner perfect. The food and wine was also delicious! Highly recommend x

Great food. Expensive but good as a special treat. Vegan options too few would be my only negative comment.

Lovely place with a beautiful atmosphere and the most delicious food and amazing service. Have been twice and will go again.

Unreal food , tasted lovely , staff friendly, lovely place will be back

We didn't have food but it did look lovely.

Excellent sharing board to start, great wine. The main coarse was okay not as good as wine and sharing board. Will be back to try it again.

Very good food, excellent wine list with regular “specials”, top notch service, chic but not at all pretentious. This place is rather good!

We had a fantastic lunch after hearing some great reviews. Will 100% be back, we can highly recommend eating here

A real find . With an excellent priced menu. Very authentic. Essential to book in advance.

Tres bien. Magnificent meal. Wine 🍷 delicious 😋 Staff very friendly, service very good. Good atmosphere Recommend will definitely be returning 🙂 😊

Lovely place in fact a hidden gem. I could dine here daily given the chance (and funding) Wines are also exceptional as are the staff. If you have never been go soon !!

Good menu, well cooked. Service excellent.

Wonderful food, especially the cheese plate and some great wine. We come here almost every time we visit Newcastle. The service was excellent and very helpful with my allergy.

A little slice of France in Newcastle! it is not often (as a Parisian) that a place nails French food! The French Quarter does! The food is simply delicious with a menu that will leave everyone satiated! The cheese was divine and their wine flights perfect for tasting and sharing! Highly highly recommend especially since the staff was so kind, helpful and polite! A great place altogether!

A little bit noisy for me, but happy people can sometimes speak too loudly! Didn't spoil the meal though.😁

I went here for Valentine’s Day and it was absolutely amazing! Staff were so friendly and the food was divine. My partner and I are both vegetarian and we felt like there were more than enough options for an enjoyable meal. Convenient location in central Newcastle if you fancy going for more drinks afterwards. Highly recommend!

The French Quarter exceeded expectations which were already high before we arrived. Our waiter was incredibly friendly and was able to offer recommendations when we asked for advice which was greatly appreciated. The food was so heavenly there was no time to capture pictures. The most exquisite dishes to recommend were the fig and goats cheese, and the poached pear. Unlike anything we have had before and have been thinking about it for a week straight since. Thank you very much for a wonderful evening.

Tapas style food didn't seem that appealing at first. However, it does mean that you do get to savour a number of dishes, this adds to the experience. The food was extremely tasty and well presented. With the high lights being potato gratan and goats cheese on figs with honey. The bill was reasonable. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable. It's not the place to go if you want quantity over quality. But definitely somewhere to go if you want to experience and enjoy good food.

Great food and service will definitely go back

Absolutely wonderful. This was my first ever solo restaurant trip, after I lost my husband 4 months ago, so I was a little nervous. But the staff were so friendly and attentive and I didn't feel out of place on my own. I had a mixed meats and cheese board, as well as the discovery flight of red wines - it was all incredible and I can't wait to return.

Food is excellent staff very friendly and helpful already planning a second visit

Not the cheapest but food is good and service very attentive. We went during a promotional period so not the range of dishes available. Interesting venue in one of the railway arches. Good wine list including carafes of house wine. Worth searching this place out.

A warm, buzzy atmosphere on a cold Tuesday lunchtime. Service was friendly and excellent: showed thoughtfulness and care. Lovely variety of dishes, beautifully cooked.

Excellent three course lunch during Newcastle Restaurant Week. Friendly and efficient service. Well worth a return visit.

One of the finest restaurants of Newcastle. French cheese charcuterie board was too good & the French fries . The French toast dessert was the best in the world . The wine collection is huge & we had ordered a bottle of red wine . The mains menu was good too . We had ordered a basa fillet & it was melting .

Good food well cooked, excellent wine list.

Confit duck delicious, all food very nice. Chloe and all the staff are really friendly and helpful

Fantastic little bistro with lovely staff. Loved our meal there!!!

Such a lovely place. Really gets the atmosphere right with cool interior and great service. The food is great and there's a good selection for vegetarians and vegans alike. Would prefer to have a "pronunciation guide" for the dish names as they are in french and it would save me a bit of red-faced butchering of the language (don't worry, there's a description of what you're eating in English). Great selection of wines and other drinks and many bottles waiting to be taken home.

Perfect food with a small thoughtful menu, amazing wine/drinks list and attentive knowledgable staff with great surroundings. Have recommended to family and friends and would deffo come back! Thanks for a lovely time

Great food and excellent beverages. Highly recommend to try this place out. It’s high quality French food with a tapas twist. Food always tastes great and service is fantastic.

If there was an option I would also give 5 stars for value and 5 stars for the wine list. I have been in the hotel and wine trade around 40 years. Rarely do I give 5 stars across the board. A proper French bistro experience in the heart of Newcastle. Who would have thunk it? Already planning a return from Leeds just to dine here again. Well done all concerned 👏🍷👍🏻

Impeccible seevice, delicious and fresh food with tasty wine. Well worth the cost. The service was fantastic and we were given lots of advice around the menu when choosing. The cheese and meat platter was perfect for two and in fact I think our eyes were bigger than our bellies! Being a dessert fan, I wasn't disappointed and the creme anglais was delicious. A strong recommendation from us, especially if you have a taste for French cuisine. We will definitely be making a return visit!

A very pleasant little taste of France in the North East of England. Immaculately kept, great use of space at ground floor and first floor levels of this arch. Seating arranged nicely, but not crammed in. Cheese and charcuterie boards consumed. Generous content for the price. Personally felt they padded the cheese board with too much Comte, but general quality levels were suitably high. Sausison with wild boar was a delight. Even the little details like a brilliant tang to the cornichons speaks to the quality of the place. Wine flights and specials both provided excellent value to try new and interesting things. The unique selling point is the sheer Frenchness of the place, with a vast amount of options for the wine and very knowledgeable, friendly staff, it's a winner if you like cheese and wine for sure.

Excellent eatery! Great food and warm friendly and highly efficient staff.

What a fantastic place. Genuine taste of France 🇫🇷. We started with sharing charcuterie which was amazing. My friend was GF and they had so much choice and were really attentive to what she needed offering alternative bread but so we could still share the platter. We had steak Bavette, bouef borguinon, dauphinoise pots (which were so good), and various greens. All excellent, especially the steak. Sharing the plates was really nice. Excellent wine selection. £44 quid a head was a bargain. Too full for pudding but it looked great. Service was superb, friendly, knowledge and attentive. I can't wait to go back.

What an amazing find, was recommended by word of mouth and thankfully I listened. Friendly welcome from Eleanor who is a credit to the business and very knowledgable and approachable. There was no pretentiousness which you often find in so called posh places, family run and you can tell the difference from a chain restaurant. Loved the idea of French tapas small plates and I have to say it was a taste sensation, tried escargot for the first time which made me feel like I was doing a taste test on I’m a celebrity. Wouldn’t normally contemplate eating snails but gave it a go. Glad I did, they were great just don’t think about what they are! Definitely be back and price wise was fairly reasonable for what we got.

Visited with colleagues for an early dinner. First time dining here. The restaurant is charming & the staff very friendly & helpful. For 4 we ordered 2 bottles of wine 2 portions of bread & 2 dishes each with one person also having pudding. I went for the moules mariniere & potato gratin. Potato Gratin was lovely the moules were nice. My constructive feedback would be size of the pot (although admittedly cute to look at) they came in made it difficult to access the sauce at the start - a shallower wider dish would have been preferable so I could get more sauce on each mussel and got the full taste more. Although it is a small plate restaurant both dishes were good sized portions and plenty particularly with the bread. All my colleagues enjoyed their food. Bread was freshly sliced & the garlic oil as well as the butter was a lovely alternative. Great wine list with lots of choice. Came to £39 each including 10% service charge. Would I visit again? Yes

Very good service and very good food

Really great food and service. Reasonably priced and several options from sharing boards to main meals. Really enjoyed it and will go again. It’s not a huge place so suggest you book in advance especially at the weekend