Top Lists Guides for the North East

The definitive picks. When you need to know the best, not just the good.

These top lists are the result of years of eating and drinking our way across Newcastle, Durham, Northumberland and beyond. Regularly updated as new places open.

High Life North Guides - Circo Italian Kitchen

Circo Italian Kitchen

A little further out at Quorum Business Park, Circo Italian Kitchen has built a serious following for its thick-crust Neapolitan pizza, made with quality ingredients and served alongside a...

  • Casual Dinner Casual Date Groups
  • £10-20
High Life North Guides - Square (Slices & Pies)

Square (Slices & Pies)

Square is Newcastle's dedicated Detroit-style pizza spot right in the city centre on Market Street.The dough is proofed for 48 hours and baked in blue steel pans, giving that...

  • Lunch Casual Dinner Vegan-Friendly
  • £10-20
High Life North Guides - Detroit Slab Shop

Detroit Slab Shop

Currently in residence at The Lockup in Byker, Detroit Slab Shop does proper square, deep-dish Detroit-style pizza — thick, crispy-edged and built for pairing with a beer or an...

  • Casual Dinner Groups Drinks
  • £10-20
High Life North Guides - Pizza Globe

Pizza Globe

Pizza Globe is a Jesmond takeaway built on being exactly what you want after a big night out, or honestly, any night.It's takeaway-only, no dine-in, but that's the appeal:...

  • Takeaway Late Night
  • £10-20
High Life North Guides - Maria Gianna

Maria Gianna

A sister venue to The Tower in Ouseburn, Maria Gianna is a proper Italian deli doing 72-hour sourdough pizza by the slice alongside pasta, coffee and gelato.It's low-key —...

  • Lunch Casual Dinner Takeaway
  • £6-12
High Life North Guides - Gingerino’s Kitchen

Gingerino’s Kitchen

A firm favourite for a quick, no-fuss slice in Ouseburn, Gingerino's Kitchen does thin and crispy stonebaked pizza using proper ingredients — San Marzano DOP tomatoes, 00 flour, fiore...

  • Lunch Casual Dinner Value
  • £5-15
High Life North Guides - I Scream for Pizza (Newcastle Quayside)

I Scream for Pizza (Newcastle Quayside)

Down on the Quayside, I Scream for Pizza does proper New York-style pizza: big, thin, foldable slices, made in-house with British Shipton Mill flour and baked in an imported...

  • Casual Dinner Lunch
  • £5-10
High Life North Guides - Flint Pizza

Flint Pizza

Flint has become one of Heaton's most talked-about openings, built around proper Neapolitan pizza, a tight selection of small plates and a well-chosen natural wine list.It's walk-in only unless...

  • Casual Dinner Date Night
  • £15-25
High Life North Guides - Fuochi

Fuochi

Tucked away on Westgate Road, Fuochi Pizza Experience is one of Newcastle's more under-the-radar pizza spots, and that's part of the charm.Run by Italians who clearly care about doing...

  • Casual Dinner Date Night Takeaway
  • £10-20
High Life North Guides - Sanco Pizza

Sanco Pizza

If you've been looking for the best pizza in Newcastle, Sanco is the answer - and it does things entirely on its own terms. There's no menu. There's a...

  • Lunch Date Night Groups
  • £16-23pp

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