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Ocean Road restaurants, South Shields: where to eat, with checked hours
Ocean Road runs from South Shields town centre down to the seafront, about a ten-minute walk. (Visit South Tyneside (council): Visiting our beaches; checked 10 Nov 2026) It is lined with restaurants, takeaways and cafés, and is especially known for its Indian restaurants; ChronicleLive calls it the North East's own "curry mile". (ChronicleLive: Restaurant on North East's own 'curry mile' to shut down; checked 10 Nov 2026) The council's visitor site keeps a list of more than 25 places to eat on the road, but it was last updated in December 2024 and at least one place on it has since closed, so we only give details below for places we have checked on their own websites. (Visit South Tyneside: Places to eat on Ocean Road (last updated Dec 2024); Shields Gazette: Another South Tyneside restaurant to close its doors for good; checked 10 Nov 2026)
Checked: addresses and opening hours
Fish and chips; the council describes it as a family-owned restaurant that started frying in 1926. (Visit South Tyneside: Places to eat on Ocean Road (last updated Dec 2024); checked 10 Nov 2026) Restaurant: Mon–Sat 11:00–17:45, Sun 11:30–16:45. Takeaway: Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00, Sun 11:00–18:00. (Colmans Fish & Chips (venue website); checked 3 Nov 2026)
Italian. Mon–Sat 4pm–10pm, Sun 12pm–10pm. (Pacino's Italian Restaurant: contact us; checked 10 Nov 2026)
Italian. Its two websites disagree on hours: one says Sunday to Friday from 4pm and Saturday from 12pm, "to late"; the other lists Tuesday as closed, Sunday 4pm–8:30pm, Monday and Wednesday to Friday 4pm–9pm, and Saturday 12pm–9pm. Ring before you go, especially on a Tuesday. (Da Vinci's Italian Restaurant: contact and opening times; Da Vinci (online ordering and booking site): contact; checked 10 Nov 2026)
Indian. Mon–Thu and Sun from 5pm, Fri and Sat from 4:30pm, until about 10:50pm; delivery is also offered. (Spice Garden South Shields (restaurant ordering site); checked 10 Nov 2026)
A fully vegan and vegetarian café that opened in 2019 in partnership with AutismAble. It says it is dog friendly and stays open late at least one Friday a month for live music. Closed Monday; Tue–Sun 10:00–15:30. (Sea Change South Shields (venue website); checked 10 Nov 2026)
A pub and restaurant; the council describes it as family-run with home-cooked food. (Visit South Tyneside: Places to eat on Ocean Road (last updated Dec 2024); checked 10 Nov 2026) Pub hours: Mon–Thu 11am–11pm, Fri–Sat 11am–midnight, Sun noon–10:30pm. (The Marine Pub & Restaurant: contact; checked 10 Nov 2026) Food serving times: not confirmed on the pub's site; ask when you book.
Ice cream and coffee. This was Minchella's first parlour, with the ice cream made in the factory behind it. Mon–Sat 9:00–16:00, Sun 10:00–15:00. (Minchella & Co: Ocean Road Parlour; checked 10 Nov 2026) (Minchella's also has a seafront café on the Elevated Walkway: see Food with a view.)
Mon–Sat 10am–3pm, inside the free museum. (North East Museums: Visit South Shields Museum & Art Gallery; checked 3 Nov 2026)
Also on the council's Ocean Road list (not checked by us yet)
These are on Visit South Tyneside's list. We haven't confirmed their current hours, so check with the venue: Bell Passi (Italian), Café India, Dilshad, Fishermans Catch (fish and chips), GinGer Indian Street Food, Indian Brasserie, Italianish (Italian and Spanish), Kuzey (Turkish), Radhuni, Rosies II (café), Royal Tandoori, Star of India, Tandoori International, The Clifton Hotel (coffee shop), The Criterion (pub), The Lounge and Zeera Indian Cuisine. (Visit South Tyneside: Places to eat on Ocean Road (last updated Dec 2024); checked 10 Nov 2026)
Two places on that list have closed: El Tio Latin shut in September 2026 after ten years, and HappyCow lists Delhi 6 as closed. (Shields Gazette: Another South Tyneside restaurant to close its doors for good; ChronicleLive: Restaurant on North East's own 'curry mile' to shut down; HappyCow: Delhi 6, South Shields (listed as closed); checked 10 Nov 2026)
Tips
- Many of the restaurants open in the late afternoon or evening only, so for lunch, look at the cafés and Colmans above.
- On Great North Run day expect queues everywhere near the finish; see the Great North Run guide.
- Parking: the town-centre and seafront car parks are on our Parking guide. The Word car park on River Drive is closed from 16 November 2026 to 27 February 2027.
More: Food and drink · Food with a view · Dog-friendly places
Sources for this page
- Visit South Tyneside (council): Visiting our beaches, checked 10 Nov 2026
- ChronicleLive: Restaurant on North East's own 'curry mile' to shut down, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Visit South Tyneside: Places to eat on Ocean Road (last updated Dec 2024), checked 10 Nov 2026
- Shields Gazette: Another South Tyneside restaurant to close its doors for good, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Colmans Fish & Chips (venue website), checked 3 Nov 2026
- Pacino's Italian Restaurant: contact us, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Da Vinci's Italian Restaurant: contact and opening times, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Da Vinci (online ordering and booking site): contact, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Spice Garden South Shields (restaurant ordering site), checked 10 Nov 2026
- Sea Change South Shields (venue website), checked 10 Nov 2026
- The Marine Pub & Restaurant: contact, checked 10 Nov 2026
- Minchella & Co: Ocean Road Parlour, checked 10 Nov 2026
- North East Museums: Visit South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, checked 3 Nov 2026
- HappyCow: Delhi 6, South Shields (listed as closed), checked 10 Nov 2026