Wildernest - Sunderland

We came here for restaurant week which was 2 courses for £10 or 3 courses for £15. We were sat at our reserved table and given our menus, we had to catch a waitress to show our voucher for restaurant week menu who also informed me if we went to the bar for our drinks, it was happy hour until 7pm which was great to know as we got 50% off 2 rounds and a free round. We ordered our food and the service was great. Food was nice and good portion sizes. A lot of people just drink here rather than eat so it can become loud

Popped in solo on a work trip as I'm staying in the hotel next door. Had some dinner (Moroccan chickpea curry which was really nice. Rice was slightly undercooked and curry was slightly over seasoned but overall a great, hearty meal. and decent value. Staff were lovely and helpful and seemed on top of things. I noticed them go above and beyond for a family who were asking for some off-menu frozen non-alcoholic cocktails (as someone with a rich history working in hospitality, I know how disproportionately annoying and frustrating it is when people ask for this! . Great selection of draught and bottled/ canned beer too. Cocktail menu looked brilliant. The real strength of this place is its amazing decor; inside and out. I sat outside where they have a fire pit and nice covered seating until around 9pm which was lovely. Absolutely worth a visit!

My family and I visited twice in one week. Very nice restaurant in terms of drinks (plenty to choose from). However I did struggle finding food that did not seem spicy. So I ended up choosing sides, one being lobster mac and cheese which I would highly recommend! Staff were friendly and made us feel very welcome.

Have wanted to try here for a while. It was a friends birthday It was great from start to finish Sharing platters were delicious I had the prawn curry Soooo tasty. Staff were so pleasant and friendly and there were some good deals too. Will be back to try the cocktails

First time being here after seeing so many good things. Group of 5 of us booked and table was ready on arrival Sunday lunch menu alongside normal menu which was good especially since it was bank holiday! Server was really friendly but clearly ran off her feet.. drinks took an eternity as there was only one man on the bar ?! but all of a sudden after we got them there was 4/5 on the bar so obviously catering to the needs of each individual bar within the palm. Still took ages for drinks though! We got a mixture of Sunday lunches and normal menu. Food was LUSH. Sunday dinner which I had was very well presented. Veggies gravy separate which is always good. Drinks need a bit consistency. Two bloom marmalade gin cocktails looked completely different and also overhead they ran out of marmalade so to mash oranges not ideal! Rose sangria is highly recommended though! All in all a good experience but I don’t think they realised how busy it wouldve been!