I stayed here on the Saturday before the Great North Run, it was booked in June after my previous hotel cancelled my booking. So i was relieved to find this hotel, but horrified that it cost £213. This hotel at best is a £40 a night place.
I'm surprised it passed fire safety regulations as the room was completely wooden panelled.
The excessive noise from the hotel bar kept me awake. When that stopped drunk locals and traffic kept waking me up.
The room rate excluded breakfast, but that was probably a good thing judging by the rest of the hotel.
The receptionist was nice, but that doesn't benefit the experience of staying.
The rooms habe women's names rather than numbers, which was amusing.
However, I wouldn't choose to stay here ever again and only did because it was the only option available. Unless you are in this specific area for a reason it's not worth staying there and Newcastle/Gateshead is so small you could easily stay elsewhere unless there us a major event on.