El Coto in Durham is now closed; thank you to all of our regular customers for supporting us over the last 9 years, we hope to welcome you to El Coto Newcastle in the future. We can accommodate large parties and also have a first floor restaurant available for private functions. Our extensive menu has a wide range of hot and cold tapas, salads, cured meats and of course "paellas"; a traditional Spanish rice dish.

We also offer a range of tapas selection menus, great for large groups and for the indecisive diners who find it too hard to choose from our large range of dishes! The dark wood floors and wooden ceiling beams combined with a simple, rustic dcor offer a cosy and informal setting suited to both a quick bite to eat or a special occasion.

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We can accommodate large parties and also have a first floor restaurant available for private functions. To enable us to accommodate guests at a range of different times during the evening, please note that at weekends we normally operate sitting times. We usually offer guests their table for 2 hours for bookings before 8pm.

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Tapas are small portions of food and the idea is to share as few or as many dishes as you fancy. Our tapas are portions of dishes typically found in the gastronomy of Southern Spain and all of our dishes are home-cooked using both ingredients sourced from Spain and locally bought produce. Our extensive menu has a wide range of hot and cold tapas, salads, cured meats and of course "paellas"; a traditional Spanish rice dish.

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Carol Crouch

Jan 29, 2022

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Homely atmosphere. Fantastic menu. Food tasty! Had a lovely meal, would highly recommend.

Christine Anderson

Jan 09, 2022

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Absolutely loved this tapas restaurant the food was really good and the lunch special really good value. The waitress was first class will definitely return

Robert Brown

Jan 05, 2022

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Absolutely delicious food, would definitely recommend it ! Ole ! Ole !

Stuart Forster

Jan 03, 2022

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Was allocated an extremely wonky table for two in the back corner of the restaurant. That made a negative first impression. After moving to a stable table, the Valencian style seafood paella proved an enjoyable dish.

Rob Rowell

Dec 16, 2021

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First visit. Only had one drink in the bar area pre match. Really impressed by the lone bar person who kept the queue at the bar moving nicely, serving customers quickly and calmly.
Will have to return to sample the food.

Gemma Richardson

Dec 11, 2021

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One of our favourite places to eat in the whole of Newcastle. If you want amazing tapas this is the place to come, none of the chain tapas places even hold a candle to el coto.

Sandra Scarfe

Nov 22, 2021

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Great food very tasty and large portions. friendly staff and a lovely atmosphere.

Elisabeth Ellen Marshall

Nov 14, 2021

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We got one of the set menus. There was four of us and I don't usaly like tapas because I go home hungry!! But I was very pleasantly surprised. They brought out the cold tapas first and then the warm dishes. Food was amazing and I went home with a full tummy and content having a lovely birthday meal.

Helen Sara Knott

Nov 10, 2021

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Lovely tapas but the portions are large. well priced but will order less next time 3 each was way to much.

Neil Hutchinson

Oct 27, 2021

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Excellent food with a wide choice of tapas and other dishes. Good drinks selection as you'd expect. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable.

Andy Harvey

Oct 21, 2021

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Superb! Proper tapas here in England! The best tasting jamon I've ever had, and that's including from Spain! Croquetas to die for! Don't let the empty bar at the front put you off, as it very nearly did with us! Venture in and experience a little bit of Spain here on your doorstep!

Agnes Smith

Sep 17, 2021

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Been here quite a few times and enjoy everything I have on the menu. I recommend it to anyone. Lovely place gorgeous food and beautiful staff.

Gary Coates

Sep 13, 2021

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A fantastic experience for a family meal to celebrate our wedding anniversary,so much lovely food to choose from and every one was delicious ,our waiter was excellent don’t remember his name but he was from Argentina

Rebecca Cape

Jun 15, 2021

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Lovely service from start to end!
Chose tapas for 2 and added on 3 extra dishes, definitely more than enough! Very authentic and tasty food!

Qype User Jtej

Sep 15, 2011

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As the promotion says- authentic tapas some of our party hadn't long returned from a Spanish holiday and felt that El Coto was the genuine article. Small and cosy; reasonably priced; likely to be more food than you can eat. We used a combination of set menus and this worked well. Went during Uni hols- I believe it can get quite busy in term time.

Angela P.

May 11, 2010

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Had the set tapas menu for 3, which was 15 quid each (this was at dinner). There was more than enough food for three people and we were all stuffed by the end. There were about ten small plates with the set menu. What I can remember:

chorizo in white wine sauce
chicken in a creamy tomato sauce
green olives and bread with garlic mayo
cheese and ham plate
whitefish croquettes
beef stew
chili prawns
pork loin in creamy mushroom sauce
bacon-wrapped dates

The plates seemed to be hit and miss. Some were really great (the bacon-wrapped dates), some werent (they didnt cook out all the alcohol from the