Jingling Gate

Been a while since I was at the Jingling Gate, but last night (Saturday night) we sat down to a booked table for five at 6.30pm. I think it's a Greene King pub, but this is probably the best one of that pub chain I've been to for food and atmosphere. We found the food was very good/excellent. If your meal comes with chips and want to go healthier, it's worth adding a side or two of vegetables, as they were were good quality and fresh not frozen. We had Hunters Chicken, Gammon steak, Sirloin steak, a rustic chicken and pulled ham pie, and Scampi for mains, just the one starter, a couple of puds, a coffee and chocolate toffee shortbread, three double gins three pints of coke and a blackcurrant and soda came to roughly £120. It's good value with some dishes available on a two for offer from £14.99, but you can push the boat out if you want. The table service (which is always an unexpected treat in a pub) was prompt, attentive and Katie our server was also really friendly, and enthusiastic about the pub and it's activities. She's a credit to the Jingling Gate and did a great job! We'd been to the Theatre in Sunderland in the afternoon but chose to eat closer to home. It was a good decision! We left about 8.30pm and the place was absolutely buzzing. There was a band due to start which seems to be pretty regular on Saturday nights and I would have liked to stay for that, but the dogs at home meant we couldn't. One final note, they also respect the blue light discount for NHS etc...

We went on Thursday night for food and the quiz, great atmosphere and a good quiz and the best Gammon I've had for a while, they have a good collection of guest ales. We were shocked when we got the bill, the entire family meal cost the same as a recent meal at McDonald's, we expected it to be much more. We were served by Katie she was very pleasant and efficient. Highly recommended.