We’re bringing back our Eat Out to Help Out menu due to the cost of living
A popular South Shields Indian restaurant is bringing back a Covid menu to help with the cost of living.
A South Shields restaurant is bringing back its Eat Out of Help Out menu as people’s spending habits change due to the cost of living crisis.
Zeera Indian Cuisine, on Ocean Road, will be offering three courses for £14.95 throughout May - the same menu which it operated during the Government’s ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme following the first Covid lockdown in 2020.
The restaurant has decided to run the discounted menu after seeing a decline in customer numbers due to the rise in things like energy bills and food prices.
‘We've watched regulars become occasional visitors’
A post on social media said: “The cost of living has changed the way people eat out.
“Energy bills, food prices, the weekly shop — everything has crept up, and the simple pleasure of sitting down for a meal with the people you love has quietly become a luxury for too many families.
“We've watched regulars become occasional visitors.
“We've heard the conversations at the door, the apologies, the ‘maybe next month’ and we refuse to accept that as the new normal for our community.
“South Shields has stood by Zeera since we opened our doors on Ocean Road in 2007.
“Through every season, every milestone, every quiet Tuesday and every full Saturday, you've been the reason we've kept refining our craft.
“So when times get hard, we don't think the answer is to pull away from the community that built us. We think the answer is to lean in.”
Roll the dice
Alongside the discounted menu, Zeera will also be offering customers who dine with them the chance to ‘roll the dice’.
No matter the size of your table, customers will get a chance to roll and if they land a six, the meal will be on the house (covering up to four guests).
The restaurant added: “It's a bit of fun, a bit of luck, and a small thank you for choosing to spend your evening with us.”
If you wish to book a table for the Eat Out to Help Out menu, you can call Zeera Indian Cuisine on 0191 456 1811, email [email protected] or online at: https://www.zeeracuisine.com/.