The best restaurants in St Chad's Sunderland North East

Tried this new restaurant for the first time last week. We were so impressed with the lovely fresh pasta and sauces. Dishes are prepared behind the counter in view of the diners. Best pasta meal I have had in the UK for years. The prices are very reasonable and we have booked for dinner next week. So happy that Maidenhead finally has a restaurant that we want to return to.

Tried a few times generally decent food except the chicken is awful and lets the place down. Same issue with previously named Vuchan. Two better Indians in SR3.

Great pub, very friendly, great meal selection most meals have dink option, wife had Chicken, ham, pie. I had smothered steak, I can honestly say it was one of the best steaks I have ever had. This place is a gem run by very friendly staff. Well worth a try

I only had 4 items and never received the new footlong that they have and disappointing so will not be ordering from here again

Fish was disgusting, batter was soggy af and dripping in grease, same with sausage. Everything was luke warm except the pie which was stone cold.

This was a first time order for a special anniversary. We were meant to be going out but I wasn't feeling too good (I have Fibromyalgia) so we decided to order a posh meal instead of the usual takeaway fare. The Bruschetta starter tasted strongly of basil and had melted cheese overpowering the tomatoes. I have never had Bruschetta cooked like that and I've eaten in many Italian restaurants including real ones in Venice and Rome. It's usually small diced tomatoes mixed with diced red onion, extra virgin olice oil and basil. Sometimes there will be a little drizzle of balsamic. I couldn't even detect the garlic rubbed on the bread. The tomato was whacking great chunks which had turned to mush under the huge smothering of cheese. The salad garnish was nice at least. My husband enjoyed his Smothered Potato Skins but did comment on the very large portion! Not a bad thing, I know lol. The mains - My steak was cooked to perfection (not lean though, as promised on the menu - I cut off quite a large chunk of gristly fat) and the chips were lovely. However, the Diane sauce just tasted of cream - the mushrooms had no flavour and there was absolutely no hint of Brandy at all. It was very disappointing. My husband didn't enjoy his Chicken Parmo as he felt that there was far too much cheese and that's all he could taste. The Sticky Toffee Puddings were amazing though - generous and moist with a lovely toffee soaked airy texture. The portion of cream that accompanied mine was laughable, however. It was the size of a dip pot and quickly soaked into the pudding so was undetectable anyway. I had to add ice cream from my own freezer to enjoy it. My hubby had custard with his - wish I'd had the same. Service was good and on time, everything was packed well and portions were very generous (apart from the cream, lol!) Based on everything not having much flavour though, and the weird starter, I don't think I'd order again. It's a real shame as it did put a dampener on what should have been a perfect evening. I really wished we'd gone out instead.