The Hunting Lodge Sizzling Pub & Grill In Monkseaton Review

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As a family we love to dine out, however having young children we normally stick to more relaxed family friendly pubs, as we find them great value, serve food the children love and they have a nice atmosphere. Sometimes you just can't beat a good pub lunch, one of our favourite pub chains to visit is without a doubt is the Sizzling pub and Grill chain as the food is delicious and amazing value. 

We reviewed The Anson Sizzling Pub & Grill in Wallsend, North Tyneside last year.

We were recently invited along to try out the menu at the recently refurbished The Hunting Lodge in Monkseaton, Whitley Bay. We have actually visited The Hunting Lodge before, although we have not visited for a few years and we were keen to see if it was as good as we remembered it to be. 

We visited the Hunting Lodge Sizzling Pub & Grill last Thursday, which was half-term. We had booked a table for 2pm and the pub was half-full after the lunch-time rush. The pub has had a make-over and looked so much nicer and modern compared to when we had previously visited. 

They have a bar area and then a separate dining area with a few toys and machines to keep children entertained. The staff were really friendly and welcoming and everything was nice and clean and tidy. Like most pubs, you order food at the bar and it is delivered to your table when ready. 

There was a good choice on the menu from pub classics like scampi and chips, gammon or chicken tikka as well as ultimate large plates, grills, burgers and light bites.

 As there was six of us dining - we decided to get the House Sharer as a starter for us all to share. The House Sharer (£8.99) consisted of Nachos, Southern-fried chicken pieces, BBQ chicken wings, onion rings, garlic bread and BBQ, Blue cheese and sweet chilli dips. 

For mains, I decided to get the Lemon Peri-Peri chicken and pepper skewers (£7.79) which came with chips, onion rings, dressed side salad, coleslaw and jug of Peri-Peri sauce. It was a generous portion and tasted delicious. 

My teen ordered BBQ Hunters Chicken (£5.99) which came sizzling on a bed of onions, served with chips and a grilled tomato. 

Her friend ordered the Backyard BBQ Burger (£7.79) which was a burger topped with BBQ pulled pork, salad, cheese and onion rings, served with chips and a BBQ dip. 

The other half ordered from the Ultimate plate section,  he went for the Chick-Tastic (£10.29). This was a huge plate of half a roast BBQ chicken, a lemon Per-Peri chicken skewer, a southern fried chicken fillet served with chips, onion rings, corn on the cob, grilled tomatoes and a jug of BBQ gravy. 

Kids menus are available which include a main, dessert and drink for £4.99, all day every day and they also had kids eat for £1 with every adult meal purchased offer on when we visited. 

They have a smaller under 5s menu or an over 5s menu, both my children are under 5 but they liked the sound of the meals on the over 5s menu best. My four-year-old ordered a cheeseburger with a side of chips and corn on the cob. 

My three-year-old son decided to copy his big sister and tried the BBQ chicken, with chips and a corn on the cob. 

The little two had to build your own sundaes which came with their meal deal for pudding. My teen also ordered a black forest sundae (£4.29) which was huge. 

We all really enjoyed our meals, we could not fault the food or the service at all. The total bill came to around £65 which we thought was really good value for a sharing starter, four adult mains, one dessert, two children meals with desserts and two rounds of drinks for six people. 

 

You can view the Hunting Lodge menu and check opening times on the website. 

The Hunting Lodge

Earsdon Road

Monkseaton

Whitley Bay 

Tyne & Wear

NE25 9SX

Limited parking available, close to local bus and metro stops.