La Vina in South Tyneside

Great food, great atmosphere, nice service. Tad pricey. First visit, would definitely go back.

Lovely restaurant, relaxed vibe and great service. Vegan pizza was exceptional and great value for money.

We eat out a lot and this venue just blew me away! Doubting that the 5 Tapas for £30 would be filling enough for 2 people, we also ordered a pizza. How wrong could we be. The tapas were incredible, bursting with flavour! Every single dish brought a new taste experience that I have never had before. Just unbelievable. Possibly the best food I have ever ordered at a restaurant. We had to take a lot home as we were just stuffed, and the staff were more than happy to provide boxes. Can not seriously recommend this more highly. Amazing food, really friendly service. Please visit. :)

Was really looking fwd to a date night with the husband here as it looked so lovely from outside & the menu sounded great. Service was great, very efficient but the food wasn't as tasty as I'd hoped. There were also fruit flies buzzing about, several of which landed in my drink. And although this was exchanged free of charge it spoilt the experience really.

Fantastic atmosphere, delicious food. Manager/owner very friendly and welcoming. Will definitely be back.

Amazing ambiance and service. Paella was beautiful, both the fish and the meat. Tapas was also fantastic. Will be returning and bringing friends! Thanks for a fab evening!

My wife visited today and there was one other table with customers and she asked if she could order food and the waitress said “have you booked” no sorry we haven’t, the reply was “well you can’t order food”People came to sit outside and was served food.Well don’t worry we won’t book in the future.Rude to say the least

Unacceptable long waiting times. Reasonably nice food. Poor overall experience.From arrival it took in excess of 1 hour 30 minutes to receive ANY food which warrants one star. Sitting down to eat at 830pm and not getting any food until 10pm is wholly unacceptable. I understand it was a busy night, but all tables are booked, therefore you know exactly how many people are coming through the door.If you can’t handle the demand or don’t have enough staff turn people away so it’s at a manageable level. It’s a shame as a nice restaurant in the village would be ideal! Won’t be retuning.ONE TO AVOID READERS

Had a fantastic late morning breakfast and drinks here recently. Staff were lovely, elevator as we were a large party. The full English breakfast I had was excellent and used good quality ingredients. Will definitely be back!!

Went in for lunch and took 1h 15min for their ‘express’ menu to come out. Didn’t come out in the order tables ordered. Didn’t send out kids food first one dish came out then the kids was 10 minutes later and the rest later again. Wrong drink and wrong main provided.Food itself was nice other than the Katsu was a sharp tomato curry.