Blackfriars Restaurant

Friars Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XN -

From
£600 min spend
Up to
50 guests
Internal Catering
allowed

About Venue

Welcome to Blackfriars, believed to be the oldest purpose-built dining room in the UK! Dating back to 1239, the restaurant served as the refectory for the 'Black Friars' of Newcastle. We're open for lunch and dinner and also have hundreds of events in our Banquet Hall, Cookery School, Tasting Room and Dormitory Meeting Room. Blackfriars offers an exciting range of events for private and corporate groups from 8 to larger parties of up to 50 people including; weddings, private celebrations (birthday, anniversary, christening's), authentic medieval banquets and bespoke cookery and tasting events.

Number of guests

Start date

End date

My dates are flexible

Select a space:

Dormitory Meeting Room

From £350/day

up to 40 standing

Medieval Banquet Hall

Tasting Room

Capacity & Layout

Standing

up to 40

Dining

up to 50

Theatre

up to 30

Boardroom

up to 14

Cabaret

up to 24

Classroom

up to 10

Food & Beverage

Catering arrangements

Catering facilities

Refreshments

Alcohol

Facilities & Amenities

Heating

Natural light

Table / chairs included

Tea

Audio & Visual

Sound system

Projector & screen

Flipchart

WiFi

Space Rules

Allowed events

Wedding ceremony licence

Licensed for alcohol

Location

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Reviews

Crozza
August 2025
First visit here was for restaurant week, service was speedy, food was delicious, and well presented and the setting was fantastic, (we were seated in the banqueting hall). No complaints, empty plates all round. Highly recommended 👌
Kristy “Captain of the tiny army”
July 2025
Came for our 1st year wedding anniversary. The staff were all lovely, really nice to chat too, welcoming, professional and friendly. Everyone on the night was 10/10. Food was delicious, a good gluten free selection and understanding of coeliac, I'm not poorly this morning writing this so that bodes extremely well for there understanding too. They went the extra mile for us for our anniversary and it made our night that extra bit special for us. Thank you for amazing night.