Rugby tour to Newcastle, hotel help please

[tampon]

I have just tried to book 14-15 rooms for newcastle central travelodge and after ringing up for months saying they don't do a more than a coupke of months advance bookings they have a new system where you can book upto 12 months in advance. This now means they don't have enough rooms for us on the saturday night.

Can anyone think of any hotel near the centre, that charge around the £50-£70 a night mark ?

We normally find a local B+B and get in with the owner reassure them that we are drunkern boys but we are from surrey and very polite boys as well. Any of you lot know/own somewhere like this ?

Also anyone know/own a resturant that would do a deal on a set menu for a rugby team ( about 30-40 guys ) to eat and pay for ( copious amounts ) of drink on top. ?

Any help would be greatfully recieved

[minimax]

depends if you want to be central or not..

the novotel on the western bypass (A1) is north west of the city and about 3 miles from the centre, they'll do cheap rooms...handy (a mile away) if the place you are playing at is either ponteland or gosforth

re: food, there's a lot of good indian places on the quayside try posting this on the NE forum and you'll probably get some good replies

[minimax]

just thought, there's a fantastic chinese place just up from the quayside near to the station...give me a minute and i'll google it - their food is good and they don't mind loud parties

[tampon]

minimax said:

just thought, there's a fantastic chinese place just up from the quayside near to the station...give me a minute and i'll google it - their food is good and they don't mind loud parties

Thanx

[maxrider]

minimax said:

the novotel on the western bypass (A1) is north west of the city and about 3 miles from the centre, they'll do cheap rooms...

IIRC we stayed there when on mates stag weekend, ok place but too far out in no mans land and a £5 taxi ride to the centre.

[staceyb]

There are 2 Holiday Inn Expresses one on St.James Boulevard - around a 5 minute walk from the Central Station and another one on St. Mary's Place which is the top end of Northumberland St (main shopping st)

www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults?_requestid=289297

As for restaurants there is Blue Coyote on Pilgrim Street which does everything from pizzas to mexican to steak and veggie food too.

Or Stowell St which is classed as China Town and The Gate full of restaurants and bars and clubs and a casino and a cinema.

[minimax]

staceyb said:

There are 2 Holiday Inn Expresses one on St.James Boulevard - around a 5 minute walk from the Central Station and another one on St. Mary's Place which is the top end of Northumberland St (main shopping st) www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotelsearchresults?_requestid=289297 As for restaurants there is Blue Coyote on Pilgrim Street which does everything from pizzas to mexican to steak and veggie food too. Or Stowell St which is classed as China Town and The Gate full of restaurants and bars and clubs and a casino and a cinema.

blue coyote is not bad at all, but the Gate won't accept stag or rugby parties

[eldudereno]

What dates are you looking for?

[tampon]

eldudereno said:

What dates are you looking for?

friday 26th til mon 29th of may ( bank holiday weekend )

[eldudereno]

Unfortunately you're going to struggle getting those prices at anywhere apart from the Travelodge at the moment, you're talking at least £75 for rooms elsewhere. Might have to book somewhere out of the city centre and also book a couple of mini buses to get you back. If you leave the pubs/clubs at the wrong time, you're talking about an hour long wait for a taxi.

[martin350]

just had a look at the village newcastle they have the rooms your after
but its about 5-6 miles from the centre but on the other hand you have whitley bay which is about 3-4 miles another great nite out. taxis are a big problem in the city may be book a return ...........

[Walter Wallpaper]

www.laterooms.co.uk has always comes up trumps for me for bargain late bookings.

[minimax]

oh yeah, taxis are a complete nightmare in newcastle - even if you book one there is absolutely no guarantee that they'll actually be anywhere near where you've arranged them to be. best bet is to hire a minibus and a driver to take you in to town and wait for you plenty of firms will do that...

[tampon]

minimax said:

oh yeah, taxis are a complete nightmare in newcastle - even if you book one there is absolutely no guarantee that they'll actually be anywhere near where you've arranged them to be. best bet is to hire a minibus and a driver to take you in to town and wait for you plenty of firms will do that...

Thankyou guys, useful tips

[staceyb]

Here's the site for Blue Coyote you can look through the menu's and stuff www.blue-coyote.co.uk/