The Travelling Man in South Tyneside

First visit but will definitely be going back. Really enjoyed our meal,service brilliant, staff very helpful.

For all you seeking to buy a second hand BMW car, this place is next to a dealer in such attainments. It on a road linked to the A19 and has the country feel. A nice place to have a good substantial meal at reasonable cost and does tend to get fairly busy. Some time since I visited it as it is a little away from where I live . Has limited access for cars and am not sure of its wheelchair access so perhaps a call B4 going as recall having to go down stairs for access but wasn't as bad on my ability was better then. Has good bar facilities but limited outside seating. Still I enjoyed visits there and always left satisfied. U may have to bring your own atmosphere first time to try it out!

Lovely food and lovely staff would definitely recommend

We visited on a Saturday afternoon to a warm welcome and a friendly atmosphere, the four of us loved everything, absolutely fabulous food! Honestly worth the travel from anywhere to sample this food, you won’t be disappointed! Great service and compliments to the chef! Definitely a favourite and can’t believe it took us this long to try! We live close to bluebell/grange/stack etc and would gladly come here every time as it’s proper food!

Went out to travelling man with family, we got fish n chips, didn't even taste like fish, got chicken and chips, kids got pizza and chips, the food tasted disgusting, we left most of it, waste of money and today all of us can not keep off the toilet,will not be going back ever.

Great food very friendly staff recommend a visit you will not be disappointed

Can't give separate bill!!! How pathetic. Must be to hard for staff to work it out

Best home cooked food in the north east!

Great home cooked meals great value for money lovely staff

Beautiful food at very reasonable prices, desserts are amazing as well.

A quick dinner with family well looked after by the team of staff.

Amazing food and the staff are lovely. They are very well organised even when its really busy

I've had a Sunday lunch here. Absolutely delicious. The desserts are beautiful too. Staff are super friendly. They have specials on too.

Delicious meals in a friendly atmosphere. Very popular with regular customers.

Had a great lunchtime meal with three others. Had beef dupiaza with half rice and chips (homemade), others had fish and chips, kids chick nuggets and mince and dumplings all of which were great. Staff are so friendly and there is a relaxed atmosphere. Will return again and again.

Amazing service, great food, and desserts are perfect

Excellent Sunday dinner. All tasted freshly cooked to perfection 👌 highly recommend a visit

Came on a Friday evening & the service was fantastic. 3 course menu £12.95 & everything was piping hot. Didn't wait long for someone to take drinks order, then food order & then 1st course came 10mins later. Lovely calm & relaxing atmosphere. This is 3rd time here & certainly won't be the last. Peppercorn sauce is the best I've had.

Delicious food and lovely staff. Didn't wait long at all for the food to arrive. I ordered the tri-meat dinner. With beef, pork and turkey. Absolutely delicious. There is a special lunch menu which is only £7.50 for a main course. Highly recommended.

Been coming here for a few years now. Family of 4 including baby and child. Provided with high chair right away which was nipping clean - a rare find in some places! We were going to just portion stuff from our plates to feed him - waitress came out with a little bowl of mash gravy and veg for nothing for him!! Including little plastic cutlery which was really thoughtful & it was absolutely gorgeous. Food was delicious as per usual, potatoe skins all round to start, chicken loaded fries for me, chicken sorrentino (i think) for partner and kids sausage chips & beans for daughter who said "best place ever". I fancied a sweet rose for Mothers Day & it was just perfect. Lovely day thank you so much. Food was piping hot and so tasty. My daughter and I made a pig of ourselves with the dessert menu. Will be back soon!

Fresh food served hot and friendly staff, would recommend.

Sunday lunch is nice . Staff nice & jolly

Had takeaway Sunday dinner, mince and dumplings this was very disappointing veg tasteless, hubby had chicken which was very dry and difficult to swallow paid £18 for these dinners will not be going back

Best pub food around. Excellent service

Its been a very long time since we were here, it used to be a bar that also served meals, it's more of a restaurant that also sells drinks now, didn't check the menu but it seems to be very popular, over half full when we were there around 5pm. January 2024, four years since the last visit, tried the food this time. Absolutely no complaints about anything. Staff are good, food is good, service is great.

We were there a party of 12 every meal we had was fantastic no complaints of anything that was put on the table excellent looking forward for the next one well done travelling man

i went here for a 16th birthday food was lovely and staff were great certainly recommend you try here for food

Excellent all round will be back soon

19:90 for 2 pork dinners that bad even Bells my English bull terrier refused to eat it.

Great pub grub our second visit, and we will be back

Food was very tasty and piping hot. Good selection on the menu. There were others dining when we arrived at 7:00 but very few when we left at 8:30. Apparently each night varies - some are busier than others so probably worth reserving a table if you can. Great find. Excellent value for money. Staff very friendly and welcoming.

Nice pub, food great tasty piping hot, decent menu good friendly staff. Will be back for more.

Excellent service and staff are very very friendly, well recommended.

Food was delicious, staff friendly, service was excellent, highly recommend

Visited with my mam recently food was lovely.

Love Sunday lunch at traveling man fresh veg every time

Great pub, food is always tasty and very reasonably priced.

The mince and dumplings will not disappoint, the food was eclipsed by the friendliness of the staff. Lovely little pub

Went for lunch, 5 adults and 2 babies had a great time food was marvellous,staff were great very friendly place

Lovely meal first class service reasonably priced

Sunday lunch was really nice, it was busy but didn't have to wait too long for a table. Only thing that couldn't really be helped was we were close to another table with an older couple in and we heard every bit of their conversation and they were a bit loud. But that's nothing to do with the pub itself.

There were four of us. We had the three course Dinner. The food was plentiful and very tasty, well cooked and delicious.

Great food and service, fantastic staff went out of the way to accommodate our group with a wheelchair space and highchair needed x

Who puts these reviews on here, have they not been anywhere good?? No welcome, poor service and microwave reheated food and couldn’t wait to get out of there. Wouldn’t return and definitely wouldn’t recommend

Excellent food, service and price, highly recommended

Rubbish chef wanted with micro wave experience .

Eat here regularly as a family. Always made welcome and the food is lovely tasty and fresh.

Lovely place good service and very good food

Nice little pub not what expected nice food and fantastic service the girl that served us was very polite and friendly. A ++ guys

Been to The Travelling Man dozens of times and the food and service is always spot on and great value for money.

Fantastic Pub serving genuine home cooked food. The menu has so much choice and everything we've eaten up to now has been perfect. Very tasty and good size portions. 3 course set meal is great value. Good choice of drinks. Staff very friendly and hard working, nothing is too much trouble. Great atmosphere and excellent service. We pop in here when passing from Middlesbrough. Well worth a 40 minute drive, you won't be disappointed. Can't wait for my next Yorkshire Pudding Wrap :)

Delicious food, great service from very friendly staff, clean and tidy. Definitely would go back. Great value for money.

Never been for years, thought we would pop in for lunch. Staff were great, sorted a table, drinks and food order taken quickly. Lunch was delicious, definitely will return.

Good food, very hot, nicely cooked. Black pudding stack starter was very nice with peppercorn sauce - on the salty said, good for me but worth knowing. Rump steak surf and turf - requested rare, cooked as asked for. Could do with seasoning, not as flavourful a cut, would benefit from the optional (£3) peppercorn sauce. Fries were soft and sweet, tasted like beef dripping was used, very good. Only the scampy was a let down - not up to the standard of the other ingredients and only 4 small one. £21 in total, we'll priced, good quality, served fast. Ate at 6pm on a Monday.

Lovely place for nice quiet meal meal beautiful prices good to staff excellent service ask if everything ok we said yes we go bk again 10 out 10 from me been in today x

Great food, good lunchtime deals and great service

Went to this place for Sunday lunch was very nice quick service and very attentive staff nothing was too much bother .They've also got a rewards card which if you go regularly you end up with a free meal

Lovely for a quiet drink. Food nice. Staff lovely

Great food at a very reasonble price

Just had 3 takeaway Sunday lunches. Excellent meals and terrific value Will definitely order again. Marks out of 10 ten

Had a beautiful meal and very friendly staff we will be back again

We went out for our lunch, after looking at the menu we were going to leave after we finished our drinks but then thought give it a chance. We weren't impressed, I had the vegetarian curry that had no taste, I left most of it, the only thing we all enjoyed was the chips won't be going back.

Popped in for cheesecake, absolutely fabulous 👌 xxx

Had Yorkshire pudding wrap 'beef' absolutely lovely and 2 chicken tikka specials. Thanks to the waitress that served us. Wasn't expecting that. ;) . Will be back.

Great food and service, I definitely recommend a visit.

Nice pub, warm and friendly with great food. Free car park at the back, with step free access vi a small ramp. Sunday dinner is fantastic.

Absolutely gorgeous food here, so cosy and welcoming

Five star food and service as usual one of our favourites in this area we come back time after time. We would recommend to anyone.

Excellent service and friendly staff, food is delicious

Very friendly helpful staff. Food competitively priced and nice atmosphere.

Lovely mince and dumplings. Noisey with lots of young kids

Nice pint, and lovely meal. Definitely be back.

Lovely food,good price and staff very friendly. Will always go here

Great home cooked food very reasonable very friendly staff

Been here a few times now food great staff friendly my daughters always ask to go here

Visited 23rd August table for 5 excellent meal excellent service will definitely visit again thankyou the travelling man

Good food, good service and good value for money. Staff very friendly and accommodating good with children/families.

Nice quiet place wit nice prices.. food was OK except some things that been clearly microwaved.

Popped in for lunch which was very nice and reasonably priced. The staff were attentive, friendly and pleasant. 🙂

Lovely pub, great staff, excellent food 👍

Amazing food, huge portions & excellent value for money. We visit regularly and have never been disappointed. Staff are so friendly, quick service & very helpful. I'd highly recommend.

Good food served piping hot, great (hard working) staff and a relaxing atmoshere

Great food, friendly staff and great prices

I enjoyed a vegetable fajita and a few pints of Guinness, and the service was good and friendly.

Fantastic place to visit great menu great prices. Very freindly staff. Well worth a visit

Toasty food a good selection of specials all with Swift friendly staff

One of the best chicken curry ever., definitely coming back.

Lovely food and excellent staff

Very friendly staff and food was excellent highly recommended and the service was excellent too

We go weekly, amazing pub grub!! And the girls are superb, there great with our kids, there always happy and smiling, 1000% recommend, try there mince and dumplings or even better there roast dinners are absolutely unreal.

Just had specials meal. Starter 5 breaded mushrooms over cooked, nearly burnt. Main course steak chewy and only warm, chips overcooked and soggy, peppercorn sauce tasteless. Burger burnt round edges lacked seasoning, cheese on urger tasteless.. Anything that had to b cooked was poor. Roulard was nice, no need to be cooked just thawed out. Service was good. Very poor meal, will not go back. They are misding a trick, give tasty and wel cooked food and you will get repeat customers. Quite simple but travelling man do not seem to understand this basic requirement☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

Well priced meals and lovely, pleasant, professional but friendly service. Would happily revisit if passing again.

Lovely food .. friendly helpful staff

Late lunch and always made to feel welcome by kay and her staff . I chose steak with chips . Husband had the famous mince and Dumpling. Steak was probably the best I've had in ages cooked just the way I like it

Meals are reasonably priced and good traditional meals. Very pleasant surroundings can be quiet in the bar on a night time.

My favourite place to eat. Food is always the best.

Lovely meals and very fast service

Visiting the area for the day and found this little gem. Coming from Cheshire we had to try the parmo and it was delicious. Home made chips were to die for. I had biscotti cheesecake for pud and my husband had Jammie Dodger sponge both come highly recommended too. Staff welcoming and very friendly too.

Really nice food and really friendly staff

Always nice food and excellent staff