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Every restaurant here delivers to your door or lets you collect. Your choice. There is no account to set up and no new app to download, as long as you have WhatsApp.
All our delicious local restaurants:
Panang curry at Tyne Taste Thai papaya salad platter at Tyne Taste Tom yum prawn soup at Tyne Taste ★ 4.9 (61)
Thai

Tyne Taste

Longbenton

Bold authentic Thai flavours cooked to order, from a family kitchen that cares.

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Collection & delivery
A panuozzo held in front of an Uncle’s apron Mortadella and pistachio panuozzo at Uncle’s Spicy salami panuozzi wrapped in Uncle’s paper ★ 5.0 (230)
Sandwiches

Uncle’s

North Shields

Panuozzo bread baked on site every morning, split and filled to order with proper Italian fillings.

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Collection & delivery
The Willow fish and chip shop in Wallsend Fish, chips and mushy peas at The Willow Freshly fried fish at The Willow ★ 4.7 (586)
Fish & chips

The Willow

Wallsend

Award winning traditional fish and chips, cooked fresh to order, with a burger bar and proper Irish curry sauce.

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Collection & delivery
The Deli Around The Corner shopfront in Tynemouth Inside the deli, shelves of local produce A hamper of Northumberland produce ★ 4.7 (45)
Deli

The Deli Around The Corner

Tynemouth

Cheese cut to order, pies and sausage rolls from local bakers, and shelves of Northumberland produce.

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Collection & delivery
Freshly baked pizzas in boxes at Gingerino’s Kitchen The orange Gingerinos building on Stepney Bank Golden baked calzone at Gingerino’s Kitchen ★ 4.7 (531)
Italian

Gingerino’s Kitchen

Ouseburn

Handmade 14 inch stonebaked pizza, by the slice or whole, plus mini calzoni. From the big orange building on Stepney Bank.

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Collection & delivery
Inside Thao’s Kitchen, Ouseburn Neon Vietnamese Food sign at Thao’s Kitchen Vietnam posters and conical hats at Thao’s Kitchen ★ 5.0 (52)
Vietnamese

Thao’s Kitchen

Ouseburn

Southern Vietnamese street food and seriously good Saigon coffee, made fresh to order.

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Collection & delivery
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How to order

Four steps, all on WhatsApp.

No new app to download, as long as you have WhatsApp, and no account to set up. Your order goes to Bites Local on WhatsApp, we pass it straight to the kitchen, and every update comes back to you in the same chat.

  1. 1

    Pick a restaurant. Browse the local kitchens below and open the one you fancy.

  2. 2

    Build your order. Add your dishes and choose collection or delivery, then tap Send order on WhatsApp. Or skip the menu and just message Bites Local what you’d like and where from.

  3. 3

    The kitchen accepts, you pay on your phone. You’re told how long it’ll take, then pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or card from a link in the chat.

  4. 4

    Collect it, or track it to your door. Collecting? You get a time to pick it up. Delivery? A local courier brings it and you get a live tracking link.

Changed your mind? Reply CANCEL before you pay. Lost track? Reply STATUS any time.

Restaurant prices. Two small extras, shown upfront.

The price on the menu is the restaurant’s own price, with no markup. Your bill shows everything else before you send your order: a delivery charge if you want it brought to you, and a flat £1 platform fee.

Food
Menu prices

The restaurant’s own prices, exactly as they set them. No markup.

Delivery
From £2.99

Priced by distance, so drivers are paid fairly. Free if you collect.

Platform fee
£1

One flat fee per order, whatever you spend. It keeps Bites Local running.

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