Port of Call
Bar and grill over two floors on Park Lane, serving burgers, wings, tacos, flatbreads and Sunday dinners, with a top floor and tipi for private hire.
About Port of Call
Port of Call is a bar and grill at 1-3 Park Lane, beside the Park Lane Interchange on the southern edge of the city centre. The bar and restaurant are spread over two floors, and there is also a top-floor room and a tipi space that can be booked for parties, birthdays, engagements and Christmas functions.
The food is built around a rotating chef's specials board, with burgers, loaded fries, wings, tacos, kebabs, flatbreads and salads, and Sunday dinners served until they sell out. Drinks are served until late, and the venue shows live sport, opening early with breakfast on some big match days. Its position next to the bus and Metro interchange makes it an easy meeting point, and the Green Terrace and Stockton Road pubs are a couple of minutes' walk away. It took part in Sunderland Restaurant Week in September 2026.
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