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Orange Otter cafe and bar shopfront on Mortimer Road at dusk, deep green frontage with orange lettering and warmly lit windows

Orange Otter, cafe and bar on Mortimer Road, South Shields

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Opening day · Friday 6 November 2026

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“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
Virginia Woolf

The menu

Breakfast until 12pm, the daytime menu until 5pm, evenings are pizzas and tapas from 5pm, and Sundays mean a proper roast. There is a kids menu, plus vegan and vegetarian options, just ask the team.

Breakfast until 12pm

  • Breakfast bun, 1 filling (sausage, egg or bacon)£3.50
  • Breakfast bun, 2 fillings£4.75
  • Breakfast bun, 3 fillings£5.75
  • Full English Breakfast (regular)£12.00
  • Full English Breakfast (large)£14.00
  • Steak & Eggs£17.50
  • Egg on Toast (poached, scrambled or fried; add smoked salmon +£2.50)£6.95
  • Eggs Benedict£11.00
  • Acai Bowl: Berry Bliss£8.95

Daily specials from 12pm

  • Monday: Honey Chicken£10.50
  • Tuesday: Homemade Lasagne£10.50
  • Wednesday: Beef Dip£10.50
  • Thursday: Chicken & Leek Pie£10.50
  • Friday: Homemade Chicken Curry£10.50
  • Saturday: Mince & Dumplings£10.50
  • Sunday: Traditional Sunday Roast£14.50

Baguettes, wraps & toasties with side salad

  • Ham & Mature Cheddar£6.25
  • Tuna Melt£6.50
  • Chicken Mayo£6.25
  • Fish Finger Sarnie£6.50
  • Ham & Pease Pudding£5.95

Jacket potatoes with side salad

  • Cheese & Beans£6.25
  • Tuna Melt£6.50
  • Chicken Mayo£6.25
  • Chilli£6.25
  • Coronation Chicken£6.50
  • Cheese & Coleslaw£6.25

Coffee & drinks

  • Espresso£2.90
  • Americano£3.30
  • Flat White£3.80
  • Latte£3.80
  • Cappuccino£3.80
  • Hot Chocolate£2.20
  • Puppuccino (for dogs)£1.00
  • Hot Matcha Latte£4.50
  • Iced Matcha Latte£4.70
  • Teas (English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Peppermint, Green)£2.90
  • Syrups (caramel, vanilla, hazelnut, salted caramel)+£1.50

Alternative milks available: almond and oat, on request.

Breakfast extras

  • Spinach£1.00
  • Smoked Salmon£2.50
  • Halloumi£2.50
  • Mushrooms£1.00
  • Avocado£1.50

Something sweet custard or ice cream

  • Sticky Toffee Pudding£4.75
  • Apple Crumble£4.75
  • Carrot Cake£4.75
  • Old School Cake (vanilla sponge with custard)£4.75
  • Victoria Sponge£4.50

Pizza night evenings from 5pm

  • Classic Margherita£12.95
  • Wild Mushroom & Truffle£14.95
  • Chicken, Pesto & Mozzarella£14.95
  • Spicy Chorizo & Hot Honey£15.95

Pizza nights: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Tapas night evenings from 5pm

  • Set one: garlic & chilli prawns, patatas bravas, crispy chicken bites, chorizo in red wine & honey, garlic aioli, mixed olives & bread£18.95
  • Set two: chicken, pesto & mozzarella, spicy meatballs, padron peppers, roasted red peppers, hummus£18.95

Tapas nights: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Sunday lunch with all the trimmings

  • Slow Roasted Beef£14.50
  • Roast Chicken£14.50
  • Honey Glazed Gammon£14.50
  • Trio of Meats£18.95
  • Extras: cauliflower cheese £4.00, pigs in blankets £3.00, stuffing £2.50, extra Yorkshire pudding £1.50

All served with roast potatoes, mash, Yorkshire pudding, seasonal vegetables, cauliflower cheese and rich gravy.

Offers

  • Pizza Night (Monday, 5pm to 9pm): any pizza£12.95
  • Tapas & Wine Night (Thursday, 5pm to 9pm): tapas selection and a bottle of house wine£20.95
  • Date Night (Friday, 5pm to 9pm): any 2 pizzas and a bottle of house wine£25.95
  • Cake & Coffee (11am to 1pm): any slice of cake with tea or coffee£4.50
  • School Kids Breakfast (7:45am to 8:30am): 2 filling breakfast bun and juice£3.50
  • OAP Special (12pm to 2pm): daily special with tea or coffee£8.00
  • After School Deal (3:15pm to 4pm): pizza slice and juice£3.50

Kids menu includes a drink

  • Sausage, Chips & Beans£6.50
  • Chicken Goujons, Chips & Beans£6.50
  • Fish Fingers, Chips & Beans£6.50
  • Cheese & Tomato Pasta£5.95
  • Margherita Pizza£5.95
  • Jacket Potato (cheese, beans or tuna mayo)£5.95

Every kids meal comes with a drink: milk, water, orange or blackcurrant squash.

Vegan & vegetarian a smaller menu, big on flavour

  • Vegan Breakfast (VE)£11.50
  • Avocado on Toast (VE)£6.95
  • Vegan Breakfast Bun (VE)£5.95
  • Mediterranean Wrap (VE)£6.50
  • Falafel & Halloumi Wrap (V)£6.50
  • Butternut Squash Risotto (VE)£7.50
  • Vegan Margherita (VE), evenings£12.95
  • Vegan Meatballs (VE), evenings£6.50

Vegan and vegetarian options are also available on the main menu. Download the full menu below.

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Opening hours

Monday to Sunday
7:30am to 11pm

The bar takes over from 5pm.

Find us

75A Mortimer Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE33 4TS

We're on Mortimer Road in South Shields.

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