The Victoria in Gateshead

Popped in here for a drink with friends the night before a wedding. I ordered a Guinness, which the young barman nearly threw over us as he put it down with such gusto. The pint was pouring all down the sides of the glass and it hadn't been left to settle like a Guinness should, there was no head on it at all. I said, in a polite manner, that that is not how a Guinness should be served and would it be possible to have another, these things happen with inexperienced staff so I didn't think it would be a problem. He disappeared and an older lady, who I assume was the manager or landlady, approached me from behind and began shouting at me that there was nothing wrong with the Guinness and they weren't going to pour another one as it would be wasted. She was quite unnecessarily aggressive when I was within my rights to request a new Guinness based on how it was served. They wiped the glass and topped it up so it had a head on it, but the whole encounter was bizarre and unnecessary. It's a shame that this happened as the bar has a nice vibe and it made myself and my friends feel very uncomfortable.

Sunday dinner was amazing, every part was delicious. Service was brilliant and food was really quick. Never had a bad meal here but was 1st trip for Sunday dinner - def will be back! Such great value too.

A great menu, very tasty lunch, comfortable, lovely staff and great value. Just what we wanted to catch up with family. Not sure why the telly was on! We get out to get away from it.

Sunday lunch,food was good but everything was luke warm,the plates/containers were stone cold,gravy was fantastic but cold!?Didnt complain as we really like the place and the staff are FAB!

We had friends who are local to the area take us to The Victoria for Sunday lunch today and I have to say that the food was exceptional and the service was 1st class…Look no further than this place for a great dining experience at very reasonable prices

My review is not food related but about the price of drinks. I had a large glass of Sauvignon blanc and asked for soda water to top it up but as the glass was small there was very little room to add it so I said I would have a small glass of soda water on the side. My husband chose a pint of lager. This came to whopping £14.20. I had exactly the same drinks in Bank along the road for £11.10. Absolute rip off. We are now no longer going to frequent this pub.

Booked the 'back room' function room for a family get together for 30 people. The authentic pizzas were amazing and plentiful for all guests and the staff were fantastic with their service! Really couldn't recommend this place enough

We love popping in here for a few drinks and normally go for a sandwich for lunch as they’re great value. Went for beef this time and loaded bolognese fries. Super tasty! Thoroughly enjoyed.

I always fancied going in here. It always looked so cosy and was often very busy, when I drove past. I got the feeling it had been taken over, but can’t be certain, because the bicycle wasn’t outside. Maybe someone had stolen it! On arrival, I asked for a beer shandy. There were mostly lagers on the pumps. The lady behind the bar said ‘they are all beers’ (She obviously, didn’t have a clue, because beer is an ale, not a lager)! I had an IPA shandy. My husband had Stella Artois. My IPA shandy had a funny taste - not clean and even his Stella didn’t taste as nice as the lager in Germany, where we had been recently). I had a chicken and bacon Caesar salad and a burger with bacon and cheese and my husband had chicken Parmo. The chicken and Caesar salad was quite nice. It wasn’t massive, but kind of filled me up. I gave 3/4 of the burger to the dog, the burger had definitely been deep fried, because it had a crispy skin! The breadcrumbs on my husband‘s parmo, looked incredibly orange; (but I don’t suppose this was helped by a Red Leicester cheese that was melted over the top). The skinny fries looked awful - straight out of the freezer and tasteless. For £40, I didn't think it was worth it really. I wouldn’t return.

Whenever you visit here you are met with friendly attentive staff, amazing food and fantastic service. Never been anywhere that is as consistently good as here.

Dirty place and unclean. Look at the rotisserie for a start.. the partly painted wall adjacent, with a dirty bucket alongside.Dogs yelping food on the floor , dirty tables.Service awful and downright terrible.Toilets nasty.To leave all the cutlery on the floor on the carpet whilst replenishing the drawers is unacceptable.Food poor.The food hygiene inspectors need to look at this place closely.Awful, would never recommend to anyone.

We visited on a friday evening around 6ish. The bar was quite full of very loud sweary blokes so we proceeded into the only half full restaurant and sat at a table in the corner. Shortly after sitting down a waiter appeared and rather aggressively asked if we had booked? We said no, so he told he we couldn't sit there as the table was booked, not that there were any notices on the table to suggest this table was reserved, nor were there any signs anywhere suggesting that some tables might not be available. The gentleman then continued his with his aggressive tone saying he had no tables spare but we could sit in the bar if we wanted (gee how kind!). We agreed only to discover the only table was next to said group of loud sweary blokes. We took the table and ordered the food. Fortunately large sweary bloke group left about 15 mins later as the food arrived. I ordered the pork with crackling and whilst it was nice, it was nothing special, and certainly not as melt in our mouth as at some places I've tried. I also had it with home cooked chips, about ten of them in total give or take, way fewer than I would have expected. These chips were a bit hard on the inside and could have done with a few more mins. During our meal the restaurant area (remember, the one that was fully booked) remained half full and one couple even walked straight in and sat down where we had originally sat without the aggressive waiter asking if they'd booked. Said waiter re-approached us in the bar area during our meal and asked us begrudgingly if we wanted to move tables. As we'd just started eating there seemed little point in doing so, so we declined, we did however ask him if the pub had Wi Fi, to which we got a very blunt "yes", nothing else however, like say, advice on the actual password required. All in all then the food was OK, the waiter was awful, the girl who brought the food over was nice. Put it all together and you get a distinctly average score and a pub that I can't imagine ever being a rush to return to.