Francesca's in Newcastle upon Tyne

Had to queue for 90 minutes but worth the wait. Food amazing and plentiful. Reasonably priced. Love the place. Can't book a table just turn up and be patient especially on a weekend.

Fantastic atmosphere. Food beautiful. Waiters excellent and prices to match. Definitely value for money.

Very long 2 hr wait only then to nearly have same size group get a table before us until we pointed this out. Whilst you can't book, a wait that long and being put into known size groups in numbers means they shouldn't make mistakes. Very nice atmosphere, quite an extensive menu where you can opt for half and half on some dishes like pizza and pasta for a small extra charge but in my opinion average food. You can get drinks at the bar and take outside whilst queuing.

Regular visitor since the early 80s, when the pizzeria was just the middle section, and the queue was out of the door, with a bottle of wine to share in anticipation.Food is still great: amazing value, and consistently top notch. Friendly, welcoming staff too.

Highly recommended. They take no bookings so you just turn up and queue as we did for almost an hour (at 7pm) but it was well worth the wait. Loads of different Italian meals and wines at a reasonable cost. You can chose half and half - pizza and pasta. We all chose seafood variations and agreed it was the best Italian meal we had had for years. We will be queuing again very soon.

While staying in the area and after seeing the high rating, thought I would give this place a go.Went early after reading about potential queue, but I wasn't early enough and waited 45 mins to be seated. The smells were good and kept me in said queue. The place is really really busy and the crowd seems to be mainly students, was so hungry and really looking forward to this authentic Italian experience unfolding before me.The staff were all great and friendly, the food here was it's let down, don't get me wrong it's ok hence the 3 stars but was expecting so much more. For the price though couldn't complain.The half pizza half pasta I got was average, don't understand how they do half a pizza, I imagine kitchen full of half pizzas being brought out as ordered as mine didn't feel fresh and the cheese potentially processed as it had a very greasy feel to it the Carbonara I would put on par with a supermarket microwave meal.The place is always busy so appeals to a certain crowd.

Best Italian. Food was delicious, service was great.

Great food and atmosphere. A very novel idea as you can order your favourite pasta and pizza dish as a half and half! Ridiculously reasonably priced food and drink too, with an authentic, rustic and Italian feel. The only complaint I'd have is that the queuing time was longer than usual, and there was no option to book. But a big queue is always a good sign!

The food was amazing, the portion sizes massive but really well priced! This was the best Italian restaurant that I have been to in a really long time. If you are celebrating a birthday or just fancy a lovely meal out, I would highly recommend this restaurant! You don't have to book just turn up and wait for a table :)

There were quite a lot of crowds when I arrive. Waiting around 15 mins for the seat and I was impress how the waitress were nice and welcoming. The food were alright but I would to point out there were relatively cheap. Portion were big as well so it will be perfect if you’re hungry or low in budget. But the quality were not outstanding in any mean. I ordered a tiramisu for dessert and it was probably putted in the fridge too long which have a hint of taste in it.