Colmans
A glass seafront pavilion at sunset

Colmans Hospitality Group · South Shields

A century of the coast,
served golden.

Five generations of one family. Wild, sustainable fish chosen at the local quays. Restaurants on Ocean Road, on the seafront and in Newcastle.

100
Years on Ocean Road
5
Generations
6
Businesses
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Our places

Three tables, one family recipe — and a few new chapters on the way.

Colmans Fish & Chips
01

Colmans Fish & Chips

The original. On the same site since 1926 — sit-in restaurant and takeaway, no bookings, just walk in.

176–186 Ocean Road, South Shields

0191 456 1202

Colmans Seafood Temple
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Colmans Seafood Temple

A 1931 seafront bandstand reborn in glass. Lobster, oysters, the finest coastal cooking and an uninterrupted view of the North Sea.

Sea Road, South Shields

0191 511 1349

Colmans at Fenwick
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Colmans at Fenwick

Our first venture north of the Tyne. Chippy classics with quirky twists and day-boat specials, inside the North East’s favourite store.

First floor, Fenwick Newcastle

Reservations online

Also in the family

The Village Cafe

Coffee, cake and seaside comfort

Also in the family

Sandhaven Coastal Village

Opening spring 2027

Also in the family

Caer Urfa Properties

Caring for coastal buildings

Since 1905

It started with a shack on the sand.

“Quality is not expensive, it’s priceless.” Five generations later the family still personally choose their fish from the local quays — and have cooked it for royalty, for 850 guests at the British Ambassador’s residence in Rome, and for every South Shields family who ever queued round the block.

A 1920s seaside chip shop with a family outside

Seaside chippies, 1920s

  1. 1905A small hut on the South Shields foreshore — right where the Seafood Temple stands today.
  2. 1926Colmans opens on Ocean Road. A century later, it’s still the same site.
  3. 1940sOur 350-seat Lido restaurant serves as a Royal Marines base during the war.
  4. 2017Gandhi’s Temple, the 1931 bandstand, becomes Colmans Seafood Temple.
  5. 2025Colmans crosses the Tyne and opens inside Fenwick Newcastle.
  6. 2026100 years on Ocean Road, celebrated at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery.
  7. 2027Sandhaven Coastal Village opens beside the Temple.

Jay Rayner · The Observer

“This northern temple to everything fishy hits all the right notes.”

Wild & sustainable

Only wild fish from well-managed grounds, landed by local day boats using low-impact methods.

Additive-free frying

Everything is cooked in clean vegetable oil — nothing added, nothing hidden.

Oil into fuel

Leftover oil from our fryers is collected and turned into biofuel.

A row of pastel beach huts on a seafront promenade

Opening spring 2027

Sandhaven Coastal Village

Twenty beach huts for daily hire, retail pods for local independents, offices and event space — on South Promenade, right beside the Seafood Temple. Open all year.