The Red Kite Pub in Gateshead

Dog friendly pub, great for a walk and spot of lunch, food is pub grub and so so tasty, blown away by the flavours and just damn good cooking

Popped in for lunch,food just average

We are so lucky to have this lovely, cosy,friendly, family run pub as our local. Since Nicola and her family have taken over the running of this little gem of a place its gone from strength to strength. The food is second to none, beautifully cooked, generous sized portions and reasonably priced. The staff are courteous, friendly, attentive but not intrusive and quite honestly so accommodating that nothing is too much trouble for them. I cannot praise them all enough and wish everyone all the best for the festive season. Cheers everyone! 🍻

1st visit in a while, walked our 2 x 6months puppies down to try a little socialisation. They were a little hyper/loud in some moment's and we didn’t think they would settle (but they did) Staff and some customers were very understanding and helped make it easier. We managed few drink and picky food that were delicious. Nice pub and staff, always has that country feel to it. Would recommend it very welcoming.

Realy nice Can get a bit noisy with it been all open

My wife and I went here for Sunday lunch after a recommendation from a friend. Its safe to say that we were not disappointed. The service was prompt, attentive and friendly, a young lady showed us to our table and took our drinks order then the owner took our lunch order. When it came, the amount of food was huge, hand carved meat and fresh yorkshire pudding, 2 types of potatoes and 6 veg with extra gravy. The meat was perfect so much and so tender. Next time I'll order a small portion! We paid as much for 2 with drinks as we have for 1 elsewhere. Full marks

Go here often, with the dog Can't beat the hot roast beef sandwich with skins

Lovely meal really enjoyed it staff were good and very helpful

Vile! Had a long black hair in my food which I complained about but nothing was resolved unfortunately. I spoke to a lady who did not apologise or offer to get me a new meal, her reply was the chef hasn’t got black hair well neither do I I am blonde. I did not eat any of the food and went fused about paying for it but an apology would have been nice.

First time here and only positive feelings. Food is amazing and freshly made. Friendly staff. Starters are huge. Prices are very affordable. Pub is dog friendly. There is a washing station for dogs outside for those who came back from a walk.

We had a lovely time, the bar staff was kind and helpful, the food was fantastic and overall a great place to go for a birthday meal. I went for my brother in law's birthday and like always we had a great time. The bartender was called Iestyn Webster and he helped me a lot to figure out what drink I want.

Great quality Sunday lunch. Didn't wait long to be served. Spot on portions & very tasty. Well cooked & hot. A credit to the chef, owner/manager(s) & staff running the place now. Vast improvement since my last visit. Highly recommended & will def be returning. Thanks

We booked for steak night . We where a bit apprehensive. As never ate here . Our meal came & all I can say it looked amazing. Much better than high end restaurants

Awesome food and service every time I come in. The place has been turned around since Nicola & family have taken over.

Nice staff food was OK no atmosphere very small menu probably would not go again although Sunday lunches are supposed to be nice the menu on Google is out of date

Fish and chips were perfect and the lasagna was also really good we will be coming back in the future. Well worth a look and lovely outside sitting area as well as dog friendly

Great food and a reasonable price. Will be back.

Waited nearly an hour for food that had obviously been left under a heater. Staff quite surly when asked where the food was and literally threw our cutlery on the table. Not sure they know what a customer is! Food quite awful and brought the children's food out on hot plates! Will not be revisiting!

This family run pub is very well run from ordering drinks to offering you a menu they make you feel very welcome.This is are 3rd visit and will definitely be back again even if it is a 40 mile round trip .The food is first class would recommend the mince and dumplings .l had the chicken Parma today first class meal

Ordered a takeaway Sunday dinner and I wasn’t disappointed, it was absolutely delicious, one of the best I’ve had and will definitely be going back 😁

Three of us ventured in on a night which had a ' Steak night ' offer on. You can have 2 steaks and a bottle of wine for £35 which is superb value. The fact that when you taste the steaks and the quality of their cooking, you realise it is better than good value, it is actually fantastic. You'd pay £35 for 1 steak in Newcastle alone for example. So 2 of us had the steak offer, and the other had a cod and chunky chips choice, all so tasty and well presented. The steaks were huge rumps, with fresh onion rings atop, very lightly made, a bit different to the small heavy ones you usually get anywhere else. All in all 3 great choices and brought to us by friendly waiting staff. A nice dining area at the back of the pub looks out over the beer garden and woods to the back of that, just great. Try it as I am sure you will love it in here.

Just had a great lunch at The Red Kite. One of the nicest roast beef sandwiches I've had for a long time. Really tasty gravy (and lots of it!) to dip your sandwich and potato skins in. Would thoroughly recommend!

An amazing place and Ghost and Etta both enjoyed their doggy ice creams!!

Okay food, Worst service ever. Waited over an hour for fish & chips & a burger wouldn't go back

Food was amazing great service staff couldn't of helped more definitely be going back there again not bad prices

Incredible food Amazing, fast service Nice and clean Good prices Great access to the Red Kite Trail Will be visiting again very soon :)

Very dog friendly place which is lovely to visit whilst walking around the derwent! They have a canny little garden you can sit in with the dogs. Only negative was the sheer amount of cigarettes left all on the ground from trampy customers- it just let it down as it made it feel dirty. It wouldn't stop me visiting again as we find a nice cold drink is a lovely half way point whilst out walking.

Huge portions, good value and very tasty food.

The staff were amazing when I got lost at an event, really helped me, speaking to my friend and making sure I got back to the event HQ.

Saturday evening 7.15 we arrived at The Red Kite, large board outside saying ‘ delicious new menu served 12 noon to 8.45. Male behind bar said no food only drinks. We asked why….. oh because we’ve been too busy. Never again. Disgraceful. Go somewhere else.

I was looking forward to a pint on a hot day. Stood at the bar for nearly 10 minutes with no sign of any staff Eventually, somebody within sight of me watching the football ambled over and served me, then off to the tv again Then female bar staff ambled around and disappeared again Couple came in and were left standing at the bar. I didn’t get my real ale as there wasn’t any! But I did have the experience of sitting next to a table with chips, paper and indescribable slop on the floor. And there was me thinking the Red Kite had risen from the ashes Some chance !

After being informed the Red Kite do fantastic Sunday dinners, my wife and tried it today. We were not disappointed, a very tasty dinner and lots of it. I think we have found our new go to for Sunday dinners!

Superb service, so polite and extremely helpful .I have food intolerance, so I called ,the day before and asked for a baked potato with prawn and salad. It was soo tasty and loads of massive prawns. My friends had mince and dumplings also scampi. Both meals were huge and superb. Can't praise this place enough, a rare find !!!!!!

Waited half hour for starter of soup n it was curdled. Then the Sunday dinner was an hour wait after that. We wont be returning.

Decided to call in this afternoon and try the food, I had the Gammon and the missus had the Parmo both meals were delicious and we couldn't fault either of them also the young lad serving was very polite and helpful, We will be going back again and we will be telling our friends to give it a try .

Lovely food and really large portions. The barman was very pleasant. Was a Wednesday lunchtime so very quiet but will definitely go back.

Beautiful meals now that there's new management and there not expensive either

Ate here for the first time in about 5 years Booked a table online but didn’t need to as there was plenty of tables when we arrived. All staff were pleasant & helpful. Good menu & Specials board available. Food was piping hot & chips perfect. Also got 2 doggy ice creams afterwards as we’d left the dogs at home. Will definitely be back here.

Good food, great outdoor space on the odd occasion when British skys are not full of rain 😀family run and a warm welcome awaiting.

Wow!! What a wonderful meal, great service and lovely staff. It's been a long while since our last visit and SO glad we went back....highly recommend x

Food was amazing will be returning!

Just recently been taken over. Food was okay fish was a whale. So give it a try.

The bar meal was excellent, plenty to eat and good quality, better than most bar meals. The view from the restaurant area was over the beer garden to the green 'meadow'

One of the best roast lunches I've had in ages. Tender meat, beautifully cooked and plenty of veg. Super service. 👌

Very Good Great little gem of a place . Must try We've eaten here midweek before and it was excellent. But this time we had Sunday lunch . Great value . Staff were fantastic. Highly recommend

Didn't try the food this week but it looked good and I heard no complaints. Proper disabled toilet. Very clean and Tidy. Friendly helpful staff. Only downside is a lack of disabled parking. Will post again next week after we try the food.

Dog friendly. Food v good and staff were attentive and frienfly

Glad this place reopened. Absolutely lovely pint and such a nice chilled out place to visit. All staff in the few visits I've had have been amazing, but the stand out staff member was the lady who lives in Ryton who also worked there for the previous tenants. Really nice person who really sold the place, and the new owners. She really loved her job and the customers. Me and my partner stayed longer than planned because of her.

Just visited for first time and will definitely return had 3 course meal all of which was fantastic its been a long time since I have had food that nice and price was very much worth every penny

Lovely Sunday lunch, one of the nicest I've had in a pub, nice drinks too. Will be back.

Great dog friendly pub in winlaton that does a cracking Sunday lunch

Staff are superb, decent beer, nice coffee too. Going to try the food next time I visit

Sunday roast absolute class one of the best I've had in the area. Hats off to all.

Sunday dinner is gorgeous! Lovely atmosphere and staff very friendly and helpful. Def going back and recomending

Delicious Sunday Roast and great service

We arrived late so the ace wasn't busy hence 4 for atmosphere. Our fault not theirs . Very enjoyable food , grateful service .

A party of us booked the Christmas lunch and this was superb. The food was well presented, very good quality and plentiful. Staff were pleasant and helpful. An excellent time was had by all.

Popped in for a quick drink and the service was fast and friendly and can't complain with the price of drinks.

My partner and I had the most amazing chicken and mushroom pie with seasonal vegetables and a lovely rich gravy. Traditional suet pie was yummy. For dessert my partner had the homemade sticky toffee pudding with butterscotch sauce and ice cream. It was devine! The staff were friendly and attentive. Really enjoying having our lovely local pub back, doing what it does best…..good quality food with friendly helpful staff. Thank you

The Kite has been taken over by new management and is just great! The food is delicious and well presented. Staff are so polite and helpful. The TV and pool table are gone so it won't please everyone but it's a lovely local pub for walkers, dog walkers, diners.

The Red Kite has been taken over, and the new occupants are fantastic. It used to be you waited ages for service but not anymore, very attentive staff, menu, drinks, order, food delivered, dessert, exceptional. Loved the Sunday lunch. Definitely be back again

Called in for a light lunch. Soup 🍲 and a sandwich 🥪 £8.00. Excellent food and great value for money. The staff are all very friendly and welcoming. I will definitely be back again.

Cool pub we stoped at on our derwent walk.The food and customer service was awesome! Nicola the manager was rocking it and ran a tight ship.

Lewis was our waiter for the day who was absolutely delightful We had super the day which was a root vegetable for three of us and a side of potato skins and a homemade pate to die for Definitely will be back definitely recommend and begrudgingly leaving this as it'll probably be a lot busier next time! 🤣🤣

Pub food very nice, quiet this time of year but quality food at a decent price

Lovely pub with a good choice of beers. Food was excellent with happy staff pleased to help in any way.

Popped in for a pint after a long walk. Amazing customer service and very dog friendly

Great place, location and friendly staff

Food not what I expected for price. Disappointing. Drinks are also pricey

Probably the worst eating out experience we've ever had. Most of the main courses were unavailable. What we did have was overcooked and pretty basic. The "beer garden" was paticularly scruffy.

Went for lunch and got some great sandwiches! Staff were really kind and the atmosphere was chilled. Lots of toys in the corner for kids to play with. The food took a second to come out, but was worth it.

On behalf of all the parents of St Joseph's Highfield I would like to say a massive Thank you for accommodating us on year six leavers. You have gone above and beyond for us and the children and hospitality has been great. service and food fantastic.

Good value food, with varied menu.

Food was amazing, only downfall had to wait 45 minutes for meal wish I'd been told when ordered about the wait.

Ordered hunters chicken to be told no chicken. Reordered two all day breakfast and a burger. The food arrived one hour and five minutes later. I did request three times while waiting, was there a problem only to be told no the food was on its way. I do not work in the pub trade but even I know that pigs in blankets are not served with a full English. If I had been told at the beginning that there was no sausage I and my grandchildren could have chosen something else. Very disappointed.

Lovely pub, nice meal apart from the tartar sauce

Came to this lovely friendly pub for Sunday lunch. We weren't disappointed, the food was lovely, the staff were very friendly and the pub has a great atmosphere. It's also dog friendly which is a bonus. There's a great big beer garden at the back, lovely to sit out with a drink in the sun. Will definitely be back.

We'd always wanted to try this pub, and finding ourselves near the Metro Centre, we called in. Despite there being a board outside proclaiming a new menu, when we had bought our drinks we asked for the menu to order lunch. Sorry... No food today. The very busy lass behind the bar was apologetic telling us that the chef was in hospital, and they had nobody to work the kitchen. But then... why put the board out? There were no other staff around, and only 2 other customers, so we drank up and left. We won't be back. We've since found out from friends of ours it has changed hands recently....Who knows, but if you want customers then serve food!

Beautiful place set in country surrounding. New management. Outside seating leading to woodland at back. Dog friendly.

Bad service had to get own cutlery, rice so over done chicken sizzler was burnt , got a refund , but lacking in service waited 40 min should of listened to the table next to us as they said food was bad , wouldn’t come back

Slow Service. No starters we requested.

Located in the beautiful surroundings of Derwent Valley and River. We made a booking 1 week before we went for lunch at the Red Kite. When we got there, no one had even seen the booking and it was a warm day on a bank holiday Monday, so it was very busy outside. Due to the fact there was already a delay on drop in orders, we did have to wait a considerable length of time to get our food. The food was standard pub grub, so it was ok but quite honestly, from my sister’s previous experience, it didn’t live up to the hype she had created for me. We later discovered they were quite short staffed so it is no reflection on the girl who was trying to serve us and manage the bar. And in fairness, the Manageress did take 25% off our bill for the inconvenience but I can’t say it’s left a memorable experience or the desire to rush back. Perhaps given different circumstances, it could have been a much better experience.

Ok been here tonight for the 1st time with the new owners. Great service, lovely staff and atmosphere. Bought tickets for the charity night at end of July going to be great night. Ps Harper your hair doesn’t need brushing it looks great🤣

Nice friendly and staff are very helpful and it. Had.a.good.view.of.the.forest

Great staff, nice food it was. Update : But no longer, only time we've both sent our meals back,,, it's gone badly wrong,, Avoid 👍👍

Avoid. High prices for basic (and cold) food. A 40 minute wait for burgers even though the place was pretty empty. The burger was burnt and the chips I think were twice fried to heat up and still came out cold. We won't be coming back.

Person who looked after us worked really hard to make sure we all got what we wanted and had a good time. We all had basic stuff but it was delivered well, on a sensible budget.

Lovely beer garden , I would like to know more about the food available, not much on the Facebook page about the dining .

Great dog friendly pub. Friendly staff and lovely food!

We booked in for 2:30. Was told to sit down while they prep our table. Waited 30 minutes. We again said to the staff we're still waiting and they just told us to order a drink while we wait. We left because even tho we had booked they were seating people who've just turned up. Shocking service.

Fantastic spot a have a walk.Then in for a drink & pub grub.Theres a new chef so maybe give it time.Not for us.

So glad it is open again . lovely food and the young girl who was just learning was very nice and polite

Stumbled upon this lovely pub after a long walk, very much in need of a drink and food. We ordered the Sunday carvery and honestly couldn’t fault it. Amazing food and the staff were all lovely. Amazing desserts too! Highly recommend.

Dreadful! Despite booking in person and explaining it was for our anniversary, we arrived and found they had run out of food. Couldn't believe it. Very disappointed

Dated and dirty, inexperienced staff, drinks took an age to come as did food which was cold and tasteless, 2 meals we re missing no suggestion of a complimentary drink or pudding to make up fo the extremely poor service. Avoid!!!!

Lovely, friendly staff and the food was absolutely delicious. Had the cheese burger 😋👌 Will definitely be back

Staff are super friendly and food was lush, will defo be going back 🙂

Not from the area but went in for lunch this Friday on the way home ...Food and staff 10/10..but the pub was cold ..Karen in the corner winging not stop about their food .."wrong order "food was cold etc Then the woman who was clearly high as a kite..(yes I do know what that looks like ).screeching ,shouting ,swearing.absoluty bonkers !shame as we would of stayed longer ..nice quiet lunch it wasnt

Very tasty Sunday lunch. Friendly service.

Nice village pub, very welcoming and friendly.