Hard Rock Cafe - Newcastle upon Tyne

Hard rock cafe newcastle introduced a complete vegan menu in December 2021. loved the slider, hot dog and chocolate karamell tart.

Hard Rock has a separate vegan menu. What I do not have is a separate stomach for salt, which is what I would have needed to eat the inedible which accompanied by SEVENTEEN POUND hotdog. Updated from previous review on 2024-02-19

Yes they have a vegan menu, but I still can’t get over the poor quality of the food for the prices they charge. I had vegan fajitas £17) which was a huge dump of green beans with a few mushrooms and red peppers thrown in. Didn’t taste like any spices or flavour to it. Yes portions are huge, but this disappoints me as wastage is massive too. I ate as much as I could but still more than half left. Other half had the jackfruit chilli which I tasted. Very average. Spicy but didn’t taste of much else. Service was average. Had to try to get waitress attention a few times. I’d put on the booking it was a birthday and needed 2 vegan menus. Still had to ask for the menus and only given one. No acknowledgment of the birthday. Overall I’ll not be back to any Hard Rock. I went to the Manchester one a few years ago and had same experience. Totally overpriced and underwhelming.

Fantastic Vegan Food, Some of the Vegaterian options can be made Vegan. Very helpful staff who have lots of knowledge of their big menu, good options of drinks, I did enjoy the Motorhead Over Kill Beer. The inside looks grate. I went for a friends birthday meal out for her 50th the staff all sang Happy Birthday to her gave her a free dessert.

I went in the weeks that the restaurant opened and there was only one vegan option at the time, it was good they offered vegan cheese and mayo for the burger but this wasn't clear on the menu (but I was pleasantly surprised). The deco is cool as you would expect from a HRC. Portions very generous and cocktails delicous. I note they have since offered a full vegan menu which I am yet to try, but will update once I do. Update from visit 14/02/22: the new vegan menu is much more extensive than the previous and I really do appreciate the effort. However, after the service we had at our valentine's visit I cannot not reduce from 4 stars to 3. We had a booking at 9:30pm, we had a wait for our table, no vegan menu given, had to ask twice till I got given it. Our drinks took more than half an hour to get to our table, we didn't have a drink until 10:15, 45 mins after our booking and food came about 10 mins after that. I had the vegan hotdog which was OK, a bit bland and the chilli a bit watery. I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt given if was valentine's and as we love HRC, we will probably give it another try maybe just for a drink. Updated from previous review on 2022 02 15