A popular Newcastle teahouse which closed its doors more than two years ago is reopening after being snapped up by a North East leisure group.
The venue first opened in Newcastle’s Eldon Place in 2013 as the Quilliam Brothers’ Teahouse, inspired by the teahouse culture in Budapest, Hungary. It was sold to new owners in 2019 when its founders decided to move overseas, but the venue went into administration and has not reopened since 2020.
Now the business is under the ownership of the Northumberland Restaurant Company, a group which also includes the Northumberland Pub Company and Kennedy and Rhind Ltd. Work is under way transforming the prominent site into the Claremont Tea House, with an opening date set for February.