Tyneside Coffee Rooms

Newcastle’s Tyneside Cinema, rich in cultural heritage, is bursting with soul and personality. Mirroring these qualities in its café, then, would be no easy task.

Tyneside Coffee House does not disappoint. The hallway leading up to the café – scattered with old-fashioned film cameras dating back to the 1930s – really captures the history of the building, which goes back almost a hundred years.

The café itself screams Art Deco from the moment you enter the door. Fiery red seats evoke images of old-school movie theatres while the presence of James Dean and Audrey Hepburn on the walls capture the era; you are, effectively, sitting in a 1950s.

Aside from the relaxed and informal ambience, Tyneside Coffee Rooms offers a large range of drinks and food suitable for any time of day. It’s hidden somewhere between a coffee shop and a restaurant, rendering it suitable for breakfast, lunch or tea.

If you fancy a snack and a quick coffee or milkshake for lunch then it has a lot to offer. Almost any coffee or tea-based beverage you can think of, Tyneside Coffee Rooms will have, and all at reasonable prices. A large range of snacks and deserts are also available.

The café also boasts a menu of heavier meals such as haddock and chips, and spinach and feta goujons, as well as a wide range of alcoholic drinks.

Tyneside Coffee Rooms have managed to maintain an authentic sense of its origins but have done so with distinctly modern execution; its 2008 restoration has preserved the history of the cinema but at the same time brought it into the modern day.

The owner, John Oswell, was weary of changing the café too much. He wanted to keep his loyal clientèle, and so he modelled the café on a 1940s photograph of how it used to look. However, new ideas, such as the introduction of temporary exhibitions on the walls and a new range of infusion teas, aimed to bring it into the modern era.

All-in-all, this multi-purpose café offers a unique experience that you certainly won't find anywhere else in Newcastle. Enriched in history and tradition, Tyneside Coffee Rooms mixes retro and modern to create a café which truly is a pleasure to relax in.

I have no other option but to give it a…

5/5

The Tyneside Coffee Rooms
Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6QG

T: 0191 227 5520

Website: http://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/