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Marsden Grotto Restaurant (South Shields)


Marsden Grotto Restaurant (South Shields) Restaurant / Cafe National

Marsden Grotto Restaurant (South Shields)

 
Description: Coast Road / South Shields / NE34 7BS GB / Tel: +44 1914-555-410. / The Marsden Grotto, locally known as The Grotto, ... more
Marsden Grotto Restaurant (South Shields) ... is a public house located on the coast at Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear. The pub is unique in being the only 'cave bar' in Europe. The Grotto is now a pub/restaurant serving mainly seafood.

Newest Review: ... and oyster bar (great views) and then from here you walk down to the bar. The bar itself is actually in what feels like a ... more

 ... cave, because the whole place is actually built into the rocks with the more conventional building jutting out from the rocks. There is a heated open terrace complete with tables and chairs, and this area looks out onto the beach. The bar is in the middle of the room, and go behind this, and you are in the "pirate's cave". It does feel like this, as all the stone is exposed, and it is dark with twinkly lights even through the day. There are life size pirates and divers at ceiling height and the whole pla...more

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by - written on 10/02/07
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JUST BEEN FOR A MEAL[09/02/07] ARRIVED 20 02 SERVED FIRST FOOD 20 52. WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG. FOOD OK BUT NOT ENOUGH OF IT. I HAD THE FILLET OF BEEF ,COULD HAVE PUT COMPLETE DINNER ON A SAUCER. TEMP. IN ROOM FREEZING NO WONDER REST. EMPTY.

juicy_lucy
Premium Review Smugglers' Cave (841 words)
by - written on 16/10/06 (Very useful, 1976 readings)
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Quite a famous place, situated as it is close to the Marsden rock, which unfortunately collapsed (in part) in 1996. In the 1700s, Jack the blaster came to live here, and apparantly supplied refreshments to smugglers. His successor excavated a ballroom out of the rock, and created a hotel here, and in 1898, Vaux and Sons took over the lease, building the lift in the 1930s, to bring visitors down to the beach. The building which stands here now is flat roofed, not very attractive, and needs a face lift; however, it obviously "works" as it is because the place is always busy. The restaurant/bar stands at the edge of the beach, with a small ...  Read the complete review

 

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