Lunch at Marsden Grotto

Marsden is a beach between South Shields and Sunderland on the North East England coast. It is overlooked by high cliffs which contain a number of caves. Some of those caves form part of Marsden Grotto, a pub and restaurant.



There is a car park at the top of the cliff and there are two ways to get down to the beach. The first is by lift (see above) and the second is by taking the long flight of steps. When we were there a couple of weeks ago, we took the steps down and cheated ourselves of the additional exercise by returning in the lift.





The Grotto fronts onto the beach and is built into the base of a cliff. Caves form part of the building.









Above is the bar area at the front of the building. We had lunch here. The food was good (scampi and chips) but I think it was a bit overpriced for the North East. Prices are what we would expect to pay in London.