The Malmaison on The Quayside is in a great spot and has a good choice of rooms . The restaurant serves pretty good standard food .
The Vermont is a nice place , just up from there .
Sandman Signature is next to SJP and is a nice business type hotel .
There’s also a Premier Inn next to The Tyne Bridge . If you can get one of the river facing rooms , they are huge with very large windows offering excellent value .
Then they can stay up all night listening to the half million seagulls that nest under the bridge.