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✨ A warm & welcoming local pub in the heart of South Shields, hiring our local people. ✨
📍 Find us above Ladbrokes, right next to the museum.
🥂 From bottomless brunch to hearty Sunday lunches.
☕ Coffee & cake by the glow of our three real coal fires.

FRIDAY NIGHTS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BETTER!Our Friday night Bottomless Brunch bigger, better, and boozier than ever!What’...
02/06/2026

FRIDAY NIGHTS JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT BETTER!

Our Friday night Bottomless Brunch bigger, better, and boozier than ever!

What’s included?

2 hours of bottomless drinks:
• Classic & premium cocktails
• Fizz
• draught lager and cider
• House spirits
(Mix it up — no need to stick to one drink, just one at a time!)

Delicious food options:
• Chicken or doner kebab
• Burger meal
• sharing fried snacking board ( selection of nuggets, mozzarella sticks, cheesey peppers, mac@ cheese balls, fries )

Prices:
• £35 for the Classic Brunch
• £40 for the Premium Brunch (access to ALL cocktails!)

Fridays are for food, drinks & good times — book your spot now!

🍹 The orginal and the only 2 hour Bottomless Brunch is here at The Criterion , pints of draught lager and cider are now ...
02/06/2026

🍹 The orginal and the only 2 hour Bottomless Brunch is here at The Criterion , pints of draught lager and cider are now available on our brunches 😋

3 Unique Experiences • 2 Hours • Unlimited Drinks
Cocktails • Fizz • House Spirits • draught lager and cider

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🥡 Friday Night Takeaway Brunch

A bold start to the weekend with a choice of:
• Double cheeseburger meal
OR
• Chicken, Dona, or mixed kebab

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🥪 Saturday Classic Brunch

A fun, sociable spread featuring a grazing board of:
• Assorted sandwiches, quiche
• Continental meats & cheeses
• crackers & pickles

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🍖 Sunday Lunch Brunch

The ultimate Sunday feast sharing board of:
• Homemade Yorkshire puddings
• Sausage meat stuffing balls
• Giant pigs in blankets
• Crispy roasties
• Roast meat selection
• Rich homemade gravy
OR choose an individual Sunday roast

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Pricing
• Classic Brunch: £35
• Premium Brunch (includes premium cocktails ) £40

Booking is essential just message the page – don’t miss out!

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26/05/2026

Our famous Sunday Lunch Sharing Boards have been such a hit at brunch… we’re officially adding them to our Sunday menu! 🙌

Think all the best bits of a proper Sunday roast, piled high and made for sharing:
✨ Giant pigs in blankets
✨ Sausage meat stuffing balls
✨ Crispy roasties
✨ Giant Yorkshires
✨ Silky cauliflower cheese
✨ A selection of pork, gammon, chicken & slow-cooked brisket
✨ And seriously… the best gravy you’ll taste

Perfect for catching up, digging in, and doing Sunday the right way 🤍

👉 Sharing boards for 2 — just £25
👉 Or go bottomless brunch from £35 per person (2 hours!)

Available on our Sunday lunch menu and as part of our bottomless brunch 🍾

Gather your people — Sundays just got even better.

Brunches and sharers must be booked in

Sundays are easily the most enjoyable and relaxed days here at the Criterion! 🍽️🍹🎲Join us for our amazing Sunday lunches...
24/05/2026

Sundays are easily the most enjoyable and relaxed days here at the Criterion! 🍽️🍹🎲

Join us for our amazing Sunday lunches, served from 12pm until sellout

* Complimentary cheese boards from 5pm

We’ll also have plenty of old-school board games out for everyone to enjoy.

Reservations for cheese boards are advised via Messenger. See you Sunday!

23/05/2026

🔥 BRO-UNCH HAS ARRIVED IN SOUTH SHIELDS 🔥

Bro! Here’s the first ever Bro-unch in South Shields… 👊

🎱 2 hours of pool & darts in our new pool room 🎯
🍺 2 hours of bottomless selected draught
🥃 Bourbon & whiskey
🍸 Cocktails included
🍔 Choice of meal:
• Burger meal
• Chicken
• Doner kebab

🔒 All in your own private room

💥 Only £45 per person 💥
(Minimum 4 people per booking)

Round up your bro’s, lock in your squad and get booked up 🍻🔥

🔥 competition time is back! 🔥 Details of competition at the end of the post 👇 A South Shields first and one of many book...
18/05/2026

🔥 competition time is back! 🔥
Details of competition at the end of the post 👇

A South Shields first and one of many booked in only at The Criterion

🎨 Channel your inner Picasso with a night of tipsy fun painting a live model in the buff!

When

Thursday June 4th doors open 6pm and model posing from 7.45pm so plenty of time

What’s included?
All the materials you need to create your masterpiece, plus a live model posing for an hour—plenty of time to capture every detail of his form 😉

Enjoy 4 drinks of your choice: pints of lager or cider, cocktails, fizz, medium house wine, house doubles—or mix and match!

You’ll also get a sharing cheeseboard (1 between 2) to keep the creativity flowing.

🏆 Prizes for:
🥇 1st place
🥈 2nd place
🎭 “Bobby Prize” for the most… creative (worst!) painting

All this frivolous fun for just £45 per head
💷 £10 deposit to secure your seat, with the balance paid on the night

⚠️ Limited to just 30 seats
📩 Message the page now to book!

🎉 Competition Rules 🎉

To be in with a chance of winning:
👍 Like the page and this post
👯 Tag the friend you’d bring along

Important:
• The winner will be selected from those who have booked and paid their deposit
• Your tagged friend must also have booked and paid their deposit to qualify

🏆 The winner will be announced once all seats are sold

💸 The winner and their friend will receive their deposits back on the evening—meaning nothing to pay for the event!

Sundays are easily the most enjoyable and relaxed days here at the Criterion! 🍽️🍹🎲Join us for our amazing Sunday lunches...
17/05/2026

Sundays are easily the most enjoyable and relaxed days here at the Criterion! 🍽️🍹🎲

Join us for our amazing Sunday lunches, served from 12pm until sell out, alongside unbeatable drinks offers from 3pm all night:

* Draught Coors, Cider & Stones — just £3 a pint
* Any 3 cocktails from our menu — only £12
* Complimentary cheese boards from 5pm

We’ll also have plenty of old-school board games out for everyone to enjoy.

Reservations for cheese boards are advised via Messenger. See you Sunday!

Can’t believe I’m posting this near the end of May 😳ButCold breezy days call for good old fashioned comfort food and a...
15/05/2026

Can’t believe I’m posting this near the end of May 😳

But

Cold breezy days call for good old fashioned comfort food and an open fire ! From mince and dumplings to fish and chips in front of the fire !

Breakfast menu available until 3pm and lunch menu from 12pm to 3pm

Bar open 9.30am until 11pm

Address

2a Ocean Road
South Shields
NE332HZ

Opening Hours

Friday 12pm - 12am
Saturday 12pm - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 10pm

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