From there it’s ten minutes into town on the train (not the metro) – trains are regular and run until 10.30 on the way home. It should only be about a tenner for a taxi too.
In the town centre, there are shit loads of places to eat. There’s The Broad Chare for fancy pub grub, Pan Haggerty’s or Blackfriars for modern english stuff, there’s Rasa for indian and lots of other places. We like Nudo, the Sausage Emporium and Lane 7 which are all smaller, relatively new places. Osaka is decent sushi but I didn’t think it was anything exceptional. I quite want to go to South Side Grill at the moment, might go there tomorrow. As a little place for brunch I quite like Quay Ingredient
A short metro ride from the station and you have Jesmond which is full of places to eat. Peace and Loaf is high up on our list at the mo and the persian place and Jam Jar have had some good reviews.
There’s lots of fish restaurants in Tynemouth and South Shields which get good reviews too and if you’re feeling adventurous you could go to Cal’s Own for pizza.
Or you could head the other way, Artisam in Corbridge is a great Chinese, Bistro En Glaze in Wylam is tasty and eclectic if you can get used to the strange decor and Bouchon Bistro in Hexham is excellent classic french style.
This is a good place to start looking:
http://www.scranonthetyne.com/reviews/