Up North Pizzeria & Deli in South Tyneside

Tasty pizza, nice staff and clean restaurant

Fantastic little pizza place doing beautiful wood fired pizzas. Dough is perfection. Vegan and alcohol-free options available - basic vegan cheese £2 extra or a posh one for £3 - my advice is pay the £3 as it's divine

Lovely place, food is alway on point. The garlic’s bread is unreal.

By far the best pizzas around. Staff are always so welcoming and always a friendly atmosphere. Kids love it too, there is always a lovely selection of cakes and drinks, even a cheeky cocktail. Would recommend the hummus with the flatbread and olives. Amazing 👏

One of our favourite spots. Great choice of drinks and the food is unreal. Best pizza I’ve had outside of Naples by far. Dough and ingredients are unreal. Also such a big fan of the hummus - you guys should sell it by the tub to take away!

Dined in recently and ordered 4 pizzas. Amazing pizzas sadly let down by very rude and abrupt customer service. Such a shame

Great find! We visited at lunch time. Lovely food and vegan options! We will go back on a evening to try the cocktails

I cannot stress enough how insanely good this place is, especially as a vegan!

I go here often, the best pizzas by a country mile for vegans. I usually don't get vegan cheese added but as there are specials on for veganuary I tried the Courgette, White Onion, Pesto, Rocket & Julienne Bruno Super Straccia, absolutely fantastic, I hope they keep the cheese on the menu as an option 😋

Great place - looking forward to next visit Fresh food well served

We have been visiting Up North as often as possible for the last year+ and have always been amazed by the quality of the food and drink. Our last visit, during 'veganuary', we had an absolutely amazing pizza with the Jullienne Bruno cheese, it doesn't get much better. As someone who has enjoyed some of 'the best' pizza from New York city, for me Up North trumps it every time!

Stayed nearby, ordered 2 pizzas and a garlic bread for collection. Pizzas were being made when I arrived, so a few minutes wait, but considering it was 7.30 on a Saturday night, perfectly reasonable! The food was excellent, atmosphere seemed nice and chilled.

A favourite place of ours to go! Absolutely love the veganuary specials, such incredible vegan cheese!! Really hope they keep this on 🤞🏻 it went really well with the rocket and courgette!

Visited twice recently. Second time was a table of 5 on a Saturday night to celebrate a birthday. Brilliant friendly service, amazing food and great tunes/atmosphere. Good veggie and vegan options (including veggie Nduja!). Would highly recommend.

Great vegan options. Vegan cheese they had for veganuary was very good.

Absolutely amazing vegan pizza! The veganuary menu was delicious, blown away by the straccia cheese. Never fail to deliver a high quality pizza!

First visit today with friends , did not disappoint, food was lovely and fresh , great service, reasonable prices , will certainly visit again

Amazing food and prices. Service is always great

Best pizza around. Consistently great! Hope it stays here for the long term!

We love coming here - it’s our local coffee shop. The small pizzas for lunch are gorgeous and the staff are super friendly. It’s our go to place for lunch and tea. We hope they’ll do breakfasts in the future!

First time coming here tonight with my friends and this is directly aimed at the chefs LACK of customer service towards us at the end before we left. When it came to collecting our pizzas the chef belittled us by saying we hadn’t ordered a pizza with hot honey when in fact we had. The chef then very sarcastically suggested we were in the wrong about our orders. Instead of the chef apologising once he acknowledged they were in the wrong we had no apology and felt a very awkward atmosphere when leaving this place. The hot honey was eventually added to the pizza after a big song and dance on the chefs part about it Such a shame because the food was spot on!

They sell burned pizza, never ever try again 😖

Love this place. Discovered recently since moving into the area and wow! Talk about delicious. Always fresh hot pizza, daily salad is consistently amazing, ate here 3 times in the last couple of weeks. New favourite. Highly recommend the cocktails. Staff are funny and great characters. Look forward to another visit in the future 😁

Not only were the staff helpful and hospitable to us, they also extended their welcome to my very hungry dog. We got stuck after the Great North Run in wet clothes, with no food and a very sad puppy. The staff were really helpful and the food was delicious.

We popped in after the Great North Run, along with a lot of other very cold and wet runners. We had garlic bread, cocktails and coffees. The food and drinks were amazing and all the staff were brilliant with the runners.

100% recommend. From high quality dough to the fresh ingredients this pizzeria moves in to my top 3 pizza restaurants, as it is the weekend of the great north run I had to wait for the pizza. However, it is worth the wait. I enjoyed a great pint of Camden Town in the sunshine before taking the short walk down to beach to carb load ready for race day.

- Fantastic Neapolitan pizza ✅ - Heavenly peach and burrata starter ✅ - Free parking ✅ - Walking distance to the beach ✅ What more do you want?

10/10, perfect local pizza. Service is super quick with pizzas in and out of the oven In minutes! All of the staff are super friendly and welcoming and to make the place even better it’s dog friendly! Will definitely be coming back. Would recommend reserving a table as space is limited, however you can get pizzas to takeaway and there is outside space to sit in and this location is a stones throw from the beach.

Lovely evening spent at Up North, the staff were massively accomodating for our group of 15. The staff were very attentive and provided top class pizzas that everyone thoroughly enjoyed.

Super tasty food and friendly staff! Will definitely be back

Love it. If you want a treat, freshly made dough and ingredients, made in a proper kiln, also vegan option pizza, stunning cakes - Up North is the place. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, reasonable prices and gorgeous food.

Come on, you can’t possibly get a pizza as good as this anywhere else. Excellent food and great staff. We love this place. It was raining outside but I’m not sure I can blame that on the restaurant. ❤️

This is my favourite pizza in the entire country. I love the team here. There is so much love and attention that goes into the food. It only goes from strength to strength. This is my happy place. I will have my wedding here.

My Mrs popped in for a coffee and light bite. She said the place is lovely and the food looked delicious.. Had a great vibe and good choices of food... Just what we need in that area !!! Nice one Up North... Provide quality and people will support you

Went to Up North for the first time for my birthday meal. The food was fantastic but what really topped the night was the people that worked there, 11/10 would highly recommend for both quality of food and service.

I never normally leave reviews but the vegan pizza I had was so good that it deserves praise. The best pizza I have ever had. The staff are so friendly too.

By far the best pizza in south shields. Lovely place to eat in or out. Open kitchen so you can see what's going on. First time from using this gem of a place. We ordered a margherita and a spicy meat feast with two garlic dips. Fantastic dough with lovely charring on the edge of base, my daughter who is veggie said it is hands down the finest margherita she has ever had. My spicy meat feast was very good, the little drop peppers where a revelation they popped in my mouth and were so sweet to compliment the chilli base sauce along with the pepperoni & njuda. The one small gripe i had was that the jalapeños were the pickled variety, if they'd of been fresh it would of been perfect. Saying that it in no way detracted from the expirience. Summary i shall return again and sit iin next time. Please if you love pizza then this place is very very very good. This place and Gallo Nero do the best in the town as they both know that a quality base and quality ingredients make a taste sensation. Up north also cater for vegan's and alcohol. Our score 10/10

Popped in for a coffee, noce atmosphere, friendly staff, lovely coffee....will be back.

Best pizza in the north east! Evening visit when it’s just pizzas and a few sides, but who needs anything else when the pizzas are this good.

Lovely pizza. Light fluffy dough.

I've just had the most amazing vegan pizza ever. The nduja. wow. Go for it. Devour it. Magic.

Fabulous restaurant, lovely service with delicious authentic pizzas. Lovely spot for a cup of tea and cake too.

1st time tonight....Absolute quality Pizza..... so light n so tasty..... melted in my mouth and the flavours were awesome... top quality ingredients used with you can tell with the taste.....also got myself 3 tins of San Marzano Tomato's from a good selection of products they sell, which you don't normally find anywhere. ...I Will definitely be back...5 ☆

By far the best Neapolitan Style pizza in the North East. Perfect every time and definitely worth a trip to South Shields for this🍕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food was fresh and quickly served too. The staff were also polite and my son even got a 🎁

Popped in to get a coffee and quick sandwich. The Italian toastie (xmas limited edition sandwich) was so good I nearly shed a tear. Flat white was excellent too.

Friendly staff, great location and banging food. Amazing smores brownie as well. Also dog friendly which is a plus!

I’ve followed up north pizzeria since they toured the north east in their van, and they’ve only gotten better! Unreal food every single time

Had a veggie option tonight friends had meat option ....I'm not a veggie but fancied a change .... So tasty and defo the best pizza this side of shields. Ive had pizza here many a time and well worth the money and super staff too so friendly. Sorry ate it looked n smelt so good I ate it before I took a pic will do next time xx

Best coffee in the area! Lovely staff and amazing cakes 😍

Pizzas are outstanding, one of the best I ever had. Service is quick Would definitely recommend

Overall a good pizza with a good base and flavours. However, please, please, please, invest in some decent cutlery. The dine in eating experience was spoilt significantly by cheap pressed steel knives and forks.

After a hard week love Friday best pizza and pupperchino in shields x

If you are missing the pizzas from little green, Sandyford, then a visit here is a must. Former LG pizza chef Steven is at his excellent best, his pizza dough is outstanding, the passion he has for creating top quality pizzas is clear to see and taste! LG vegan favourites Rustica and Diavlo are on the menu alongside Up North creations both vegan and non vegan. Though not on the menu a really nice salad was made for me, there is a good range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The venue is really cute and clean, staff super friendly, good music playing, a few minutes from the beach.... We loved it and will definitely visit again.

Best pizza I have had in a long time. Quality authentic ingredients used and friendly polite staff. Defiantly will be going again

Absolutely loved our first time having pizza at Upnorth. Ive been in during the day for cuppas and cakes and they've been delicious...but their pizzas are even better. Fab customer service and suggestion of trying the chilli honey dip. We ended up buying a bottle to take home because it was so so good! Great range of drinks and craft beers too. Perfect prep and serve time and perfect pizzas! Will be back soon for sure.

Excellent food, atmosphere and friendly staff. Xx

Very disappointing pizza, soggy and a unpleasant. Asked for extra chillies - no sign of a chilli, just some chilli oil/sauce. Will not be using this outlet again.

Outstanding pizzas here! We’ve been for afternoon coffee and evening pizza. Both times the staff have been amazing and friendly. The pizzas themselves are the best I’ve ever had…would love to know how they make their dough!

Amazing fresh cooked pizza, good beers and lovely staff

Spot on. Proper Napolitan style sourdough pizza. As close to Naples as one can be. Always delicious. Pizza, cakes, prosecco. Few visits now and perfect every time. Owners and staff super friendly and accommodating. Always a treat! Thank you!

Gorgeous Food. The chilli honey drizzle on the pizza was delicious. Quick service, dog friendly, nice staff and cool interior. Would highly recommend.

Pizza heaven!!!!! Top quality ingredients and believe me when I say you can taste it 🤤 staff are lovely, the selection of drinks is great and I can’t wait to try the lunchtime deli.

Absolutely amazing pizza, great flavour and the crusts (which I normally don't like) were light and fluffy - I ate them all! Good range of drinks to accompany too and the dogs even got a puppuccino each. We will definitely be back!

Pizza here is great one of the best iv had. We travel up from darlington to enjoy the food. The shop is really nice and the owners Tim and Ashleigh are brilliant. Would definitely recommend.

Recently opened, I love pizza and cook my own from scratch, so had to give this a do. It's a Deli by day and Pizzeria by night. Dog friendly! We had 3 x 12 inch pizzas - a Marghertita, Ham and Mushroom and a Spicy Bufula (see picture of menu). Prepared and served very quickly, pizza of this quality doesn't take long to cook. Excellent ingredients. light base with a great tomato base topping. Very friendly staff eager to help. We will return; this place has the ability to become a favourite of ours with easy parking and a lovely family atmosphere. Keep it up and I'm sure you'll do really well; thanks UpNorth!