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I Like It Well

Advantages: Easy to follow, charming, funny, daft...
Disadvantages: Can be a tad "hey nonny-nonny" for today's sophisticated tastes!

Lots of people think that they can?t go to see a Shakespeare play unless they know it inside out. It seems to be the perceived wisdom that to attempt to follow the action would just be too unlikely to succeed if you were to misguidedly just roll up and drop in on one of the plays. I tend to broadly agree with that view myself ? Hamlet, Othello, Lear and others all have their ?grand themes? and important imagery which might be lost on you if you didn?t know the text first. However, that isn?t always the case. The comedies are sometimes just funny you know?and easy to follow?and accessible?honestly! I?ve read, or watched, or read AND watched most of the tragedies and comedies in my time (and assiduously avoided most of the histories?but that?s by the by!) Yet for some reason ?As You Like It? had somehow escaped me?up until last ...

Kirsty1 08.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of As You Like It - William Shakespeare

I like it

Advantages: Good atmosphere and hearty portions
Disadvantages: May be too much entertainment at the weekend!

As you like it Situated in Jesmond, a short car drive from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, this is one of those places which I think you would have to know it was there; there is little chance that you would be passing, and so go in for a meal. First impressions are of a rather unattractive building set in a rather bleak square just off the by pass. It's almost certainly somewhere which unless I hade been before I would go to on the assumption that it "looked pretty". Once inside the restaurant/bar, impressions quickly change. ~~The restaurant/bar~~ There is a large entrance area, and anyone having made a reservation for the restaurant should make themselves known at the small desk; this is especially important when it gets a bit later in the evening because they do charge an entrance fee, although if you have eaten in ...

danielalong 11.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of As You Like It, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

I certainly like it!!

Advantages: Organic, locally sourced food, relaxed yet sophisticated, welcoming to children, stylish and original. Simply wonderful.
Disadvantages: None.

?As You Like It? which opened at the start of 2007 is currently the hottest restaurant in Newcastle to visit. Described as a Gastro Pub and Terrace this beautifully fitted restaurant serves an interesting but typically English menu all organic and locally sourced. I have been lucky enough to visit twice recently. Once on a Saturday lunchtime and once on a Saturday evening (different weeks mind you!) It?s fair to say that my partner and I fell immediately in love with ?As You Like It? an experience that I imagine has been shared by many of the clientele. The décour of ?As You Like It? is the first thing to impress. It?s a surprisingly huge place including an upstairs area only open in the evenings, a good sized terrace (although sadly the adjacent car park does not offer the not the most amazing of views) and a basement area ...

nickyturnill 16.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of As You Like It, Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne