MAYDAY! MAYDAY! First date restaurant recommendations needed.

[SiM]

Because no-one is quite that silly

True, but there is always someone clowning around on hexus

[malfunction]

actually....Russ is the man for this.

Ask him what you need. He's smoother than greek yoghurt

But which one has the most bacteria in it?

[Russ]

good bacteria? or STD bacteria?

[MadduckUK]

Eeeek I read that as 'a healthy Madduck and Chips' to begin with. That really did start to make me wonder what sort of a date it will be!

[sitalchauhan]

whats tubgirl all about then?

Ahhh! I just searched to see what you was on about and think I am going to die!! AHhh, my eyes!!!

[mosherben]

pubs ftw! Went on a pub crawl with a girl for first date. 2nd date was at the pictures, and I'm seeing her again on Thursday

[finlay666]

pubs ftw! Went on a pub crawl with a girl for first date. 2nd date was at the pictures, and I'm seeing her again on Thursday

must be newcastle because that is how me and my current gf started seeing each other lol (about 6 months now) met her at northumbria students union on a sat night

hmm mosher....any of the following:
trillians, quinns, HoS, legends, hancock, cluny?

sorry for going OT but was it a uni related pubcrawl?

[mosherben]

Nope, Rafferties, Dog and Parrot, the bar next to Digital (forgot what it's called) and Eclipse.

Wasn't a uni related pub crawl either.. I started talking to her online and then BANG! All is good, she's 18 and I'm 21

[Tarffie]

You cradle snatcher, you.

[TeePee]

Italian on a first date. Does noone know The Rules?

[finlay666]

Nope, Rafferties, Dog and Parrot, the bar next to Digital (forgot what it's called) and Eclipse.

young-un/inexperienced newcastle goer! (and im a couple years younger than you )

Rafferties used to be Quinns,I know people (..and I ocassionaly went...) who went when it was still Quinns
(Great jukebox though)

Dog and Parrot....used to be good till it turned a bit indie (camp david is ok for a quiet drink with female mates before digital though)

bar next to digital.....Baron & Baroness I think you mean, or across the road by Switch/loft and stuff?....

[Russ]

Italian on a first date. Does noone know The Rules?

If.. you know the girl well, and she likes Italian thats fine, but if you don't, then, you sit two feet from her while she forces down spag bol which she doesn't like..

[mosherben]

young-un/inexperienced newcastle goer! (and im a couple years younger than you )

Rafferties used to be Quinns,I know people (..and I ocassionaly went...) who went when it was still Quinns
(Great jukebox though)

Dog and Parrot....used to be good till it turned a bit indie (camp david is ok for a quiet drink with female mates before digital though)

bar next to digital.....Baron & Baroness I think you mean, or across the road by Switch/loft and stuff?....

Aye, it was the Baron and Baroness.

Could always consider the goose as a good start up point, or prehaps even Lloyds down at the quayside.

[kalniel]

If.. you know the girl well, and she likes Italian thats fine, but if you don't, then, you sit two feet from her while she forces down spag bol which she doesn't like..

Go to a good italian then. If she doesn't like anything on the menu ask if the chef will mind making something else.

[autopilot]

Just don't do what i did and go to a Mexican and ask for the really mega hot spicy rice. Then sit there in front of the girl i was trying to impress red faced, sweating with my nose running.

[Rave]

The first date I took my wife on was to see a French film at an art house cinema. She was studying film history at the time though, so that's probably not much use to you.

We did have a good chat in the foyer when we were waiting to go in though (in the course of which I discovered that she was nearly 5 years older than me ).

Aaaanyway, with my OT hat on- I once took a girl I fancied to Yo! Sushi, the original one off Tottenham Court Road (or maybe Charing Cross Road, I forget). For reasons I won't go into I didn't really have a chance with her but it was still a nice date and it's an interesting place to eat. Although I don't know if Yo! Sushi branches are everywhere now making it a bit less interesting.

Second edit: I think the secret of successful first date planning is flexibility: have lots of backup plans. For sure try and find out what she's into and plan around that- but have an idea about what you can do however things turn out. She wants a drink? You know a couple of places nearby. A meal, or a night of dancing? Ditto.

Finally, exhibitions/museums/art galleries are suprisingly underrated date venues IMO. If you're after a relationship rather than a quick shag then you really need to get chatting- and where better to find something to talk about than a museum?