You certainly are an opinionated bunch Newcastle.
And that’s a fact that isn’t only true of civic issues like the light rail, Supercars or the placement of power polls, but food as well.
Throughout this year, we took to Facebook to ask your opinions on the best eateries and drinkeries around. Everything from breakfast, kebabs, and hot chips to cocktails, cold brew and curries were covered.
And as we reach the pointy end of 2019, here are ALL the results in one handy place! Click on the category links to read the full story!
Bon appetit and cheers!
Kebabs
1. Cappadocia
2. Mayfield West Kebabs and Charcoal Chicken
3. Oasis Kebab
4. Charlestown Kebabs and Crepes
5. Mustafa’s Kebab House and Cafe
Sausage Rolls
1. Millers Pie & Sandwich Bar
2. Cardiff South Butchery & Pies
3. Blakeney’s Pies East Maitland
4. T&P’s Firestation Pie Shop (Sadly now closed)
5. Grice’s Bakery and Café
Breakfast
1. Table 1 Espresso
2. Mockingbird Cafe
3. Three Monkeys
4. East End Hub
5. Happi Kitchen
Coffee
1. Main Coffee Co
2. Espresso Macchina
3. The Oily May Espresso Bar
4. Side Pocket Espresso
5. Xtraction Espresso
Hot Chips
1. Mayfield West Kebabs and Charcoal Chicken
2. Cappadocia
3. Kahibah Hilltop Takeaway
4. The Ritz Cafe
5. Big Bertha’s Takeaway
Pies
1. Blakeney’s Pies
2. Millers Pie and Sandwich Bar
3. Merewether Fresh Bake
4. Barry’s Pies Blacksmiths
5. Pies To The Max
Curry
1. Surtaj Indian Restaurant
2. Sapphire Indian Restaurant
3. The Grand Pavilion
4. Raj’s Corner
5. Sticky Rice Thai
Dumplings
1. Sukimama
2. Dumpling Story
3. Eight Buns
4. New Shanghai
5. Franky’s Lan Zhou Noodles
Vego/Vegan
1. Pino’s
2. Bonta Vera
3. Susuru
4. The Kent
5. Momo Wholefood
Cocktails
1. Babylon Newcastle
2. The Blind Monk
3. The Koutetsu
4. 5 Sawyers
5. Coal and Cedar
Pizza
1. Valerie’s Pizza Parlour
2. Lime Gourmet Pizza Bar
3. Napoli Centrale
4. Fire & Stone Pizzeria
5. Masa Madre Sourdough Pizza
Cold Brew
1. Mr Sister
2. Main Coffee Co
3. Little Wolf Espresso
4. Darks Coffe Roasters
5. Laneway on Darby
Caramel Slice
1. Civic Digest
2. Millers Pie & Sandwich Bar
3. Homemade
4. Xtraction Espresso
5. Bread and Water Maitland
Vanilla Slice
1. Millers Pie & Sandwich Bar
2. Georgetown Cake Shop
3. Sweet Poison
4. Merewether Fresh Bake
5. Homemade
Milkshakes
1. Jim’s Dairy Delite Bar
2. Greg And Audrey’s
3. Claire’s Cupcakes
4. Three Monkeys
5. 23Hundred Cafe
Pub Grub
1. The Easy – Lass O’Gowrie Hotel
2. Winnie’s Jamaican – Finnegan’s Hotel
3. Burwood Inn
4. The Stag And Hunter
5. The Criterion Hotel
Egg and Bacon Rolls
1. Black Circle Cafe
2. Eightbulls
3. Good Tucker Bakery
4. The Kiosk, Newcastle Beach
5. Little French Cafe
Cheeseburgers (our picks)
1. The Edwards
2. Milky Lane
3. Rascal
4. Newy Burger Co
5. McDonald’s
