Coast To Coast

I was in Newcastle at the weekend on a Hen Party with 24 other girls — it had been arranged as part of the plans that we meet at Coast to Coast.
I haven’t tried Coast to Coast before, although there is one 5 minutes from my work in Bolton, so i took some time to look over the menu.
They serve mainly american food — loaded nachos, potato skins etc for nibbles and starters to burgers, hot dogs, steak and fries, cajun chicken, pulled pork sandwiches and wraps.
I decided to go for the Jalapeño Cheese Burger — their prime burger topped with Jalapeño Cheese sauce, crispy bacon, mayo, rocket, tomato, red onion and dill pickle. The burger was cooked to medium, pink and juicy and tasted good — but the rest of the burger didn’t quite work. I was initially expecting the jalapeño cheese sauce to taste like jalapenos and have a bit of a kick. It didn’t. And it was too runny, making the burger incredibly messy to eat. Slightly disappointed, and it probably wasn’t worth the £12.95 that i was charged for it. I eat a lot of burgers, and this just wasn’t on par with the burgers i would usually eat — but it’s as good as you can expect from a chain restaurant.
The fries were good though and i dipped them in the cheese sauce that had consequently covered my plate.
I had a Russian Spring Punch cocktail in here too — this was lovely!
The staff were friendly, as geordies usually are, and they did very well to handle a group of 25!!!

I first came across this place on my birthday a few years ago. Parents were in town visiting so we went in search of dinner on a Wednesday night.
My mum had heard about this place opening, and as we approached we saw a bouncer, balloons, reals carpet etc. Turns out it was opening night and fully reserved for a private party for management and press, but my mum somehow managed to sweet talk the manager into giving us a table at the back.
The night was excellent — free food and drink, first class service and great live music.
Sadly after a year or so things have changed.
The place always seems to be empty when we go. On a Friday night there could have been no more than 10 people eating. I think this is due to the fact it’s overpriced for what it is and where it is, and the fact it’s located in the Gate. To get there or leave you need to walk through the carnage that is the ground floor of The Gate. A quick meal for 2 of us came in at over £70!
The food is good but not great. It’s themed on a road trip along Route 66 so expect burgers, ribs, fajitas etc. It’s basically a copy of TGIs or Hard Rock Café. The sad thing is burgers take up a big chunk of the menu but have always been disappointing. Equally I remember getting ribs once pre-​cut in a bowl. I want my ribs on the rack!!!
The salad with my steak last night was described as something along the lines of rocket with shaved grana padano and slow roasted tomatoes. What I got was a pile of sorry looking rocket with no cheese or tomatoes in sight. They also screwed up and brought me the wrong sauce.
They have a couple of decent beers like blue moon and Sam Adams on tap, and the milkshakes are pretty good.
The service was fantastic to start with, with a big emphasis on over the top, whatever you want Americanism that I’m fond of, but this energy seems to have faded away over time as well.
As my report card used to say, could do better if only he applied himself more.