High Tide

04/06/2026

Back again this week with our HAPPY HOUR!
Running all night long on Thursday
5-6:15pm on Friday
4-6:15pm on Saturday
Come down and get your pizza and pasta fix 🍴🍝🥂🍕
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04/06/2026

Approaching fast…book now or go hungry 🤣
Sunday 21st June 2026…serving from 12noon…call 0191-2513065 to book your table 😊

01/06/2026

Shared from our fellow restauranteur The Roxburgh so so true 🙏🏻

Please share far and wide.

It’s starting to gain more traction in the media, with many high-profile chefs and industry leaders raising awareness of the growing crisis facing hospitality. Restaurants across the region and other parts of the UK are being crippled by VAT. With with food costs, energy bills, rent and wages all rising, handing over 20% VAT on top is pushing many businesses to breaking point. Independent restaurants especially are struggling to stay afloat, with owners working longer hours for less return. Many are cutting staff, reducing opening hours or like a lot of friends places are closing altogether because the numbers simply don’t add up anymore. The sector keeps being told to absorb costs, but there comes a point where restaurants can’t keep raising prices without driving customers away.

The hospitality industry is one of the UK’s largest employers, supporting around 3.5 million jobs across restaurants, catering businesses, pubs, bars, hotels and other hospitality venues. If rising costs and the current VAT burden continue to force businesses to close, the impact will extend far beyond restaurant owners. Hundreds of thousands of jobs could be put at risk, reducing tax revenues, increasing pressure on welfare systems and damaging local economies that rely on thriving hospitality businesses. Rather than generating more income for the Treasury, excessive pressure on the sector risks creating unemployment and undermining an industry that contributes billions of pounds to the UK economy every year.

The north east’s reputation is built on our warm hospitality. Imagine a north east where there’s no where to go for a pint before the match or to wet the babies head with the lads. Or no where to catch up with the girls before the concert. No where to propose to your love over a candle lit meal. No place to take the kids for a spot of lunch because you just have to get out the house in the summer holidays. Or no where to go because you’re just rubbish at cooking and want a well cooked meal cooked by professionals and people who care about looking after you.
It would be sh*te wouldn’t it? So please if you see any online petitions to the government take a moment to sign them because a world without hospitality would just be rubbish.

Also support local when you can…
Also buy a Roxburger. A non profit pop up with all profits going to the government via our quarterly VAT bills

www.theroxburgh.co.uk/the-roxburger

30/05/2026

Like the look of this view… Well come and join us from 4pm tonight! That’s right, we’re now open earlier on Saturdays!
Pop down for a cold beer or a refreshing cocktail in this gorgeous sunny weather! 🍹☀️🍺🌊😉

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29/05/2026

🚨🚨🚨NEW MENU ALERT🚨🚨🚨
We’ve got plenty of newness to choose from or some old favourites! As well as our happy hour running from open - 6:15pm Friday, Saturday and all night Thursdays 🍴🍝🍺🍕Pop down and enjoy some delicious food, great views and good vibes! 😎
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29/05/2026

Sundays with us… We still have some spaces if you want your fill and to enjoy a day of no cooking! Book in 12pm - 4:30pm
Call or text 0191-2513065 / 07801-659931 🍴🍺🥕🥦☺️
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27/05/2026

Don’t panic 🫨 we have had a break…back open tomorrow THURSDAY 28/5/26 at 5pm 🤩

We do have a couple of small changes…in what seems like a bit of a weird time within our sector
1) we will be running our Happy Hour £25 special menu ALL EVENING ON THURSDAYS ONLY (Friday 5-6:15pm & Saturday 4-6:15pm)

2) We will trial a 4pm opening on Saturdays (people seem to want to go out earlier at the weekend)

3) our menu will be tweaked a touch and a few old ideas will be seen 👀

DON’T PANIC Korean chicken 🍗 , pizzas 🍕 and Sunday roasts will be just the same 😮‍💨

* if we have missed anything please let us know *

08/05/2026

We are open as normal this week! So come down and get your fix! Pizza, Korean chicken, wine or beers! 🍻✨
Last chance to book in for a Sunday lunch, as we are closed for 2 weeks from Monday 11/5/26 and we will return back to work on Thursday 28/5/26 🥰

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27/03/2026

Introducing our new summer cocktails 🥥🍹☀️
We have got our cocktail shakers at the ready, serving up our delicious cocktails from our upstairs bar, come down, sip away and give them a try! ❤️

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26/03/2026

Tenshinhan - Japanese style crab omelette, served with steamed rice and a sweet miso fish broth! 🐟🇯🇵🍳❤️
Something a little bit different on our specials board this week! Pop down and give it a try! 🥰
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