Allegria Italian Restaurant Stockton in Stockton-on-Tees

Great food, atmosphere and staff

Our favourite eatery in Teesside kindly agreed to cater a recent function on our behalf - Massoud and Hamideh pulled out all the stops and catered for twenty people - providing a wide selection of dishes to suit all tastes - beautiful food as always, will definitely be asking the Pomegranate team to cater our next event or family party :-) thanks guys

Pomegranate came up trumps for outside catering. We’ve been very pleased a couple of times now in addition to several visits to the tea room. One event was very short notice for a party to feed 70 people, where they lent us all the heated serving dishes. The food is always delicious and makes a fab change from other options. Everyone is friendly and helpful, and take great care about dietary requirements. Many thanks.

You never fail to deliver with great food and amazing friendly staff who always go above and beyond. Just love our Saturday morning breakfast. Our go to place in Great Ayton.

A delightful addition to our village 🙂

Definitely should stop here. The food was amazing and the staff were lovely! Great atmosphere and the food is halal. 10/10

Cute coffee spot. Lovely outdoor seating area and beautiful decor. A little expensive

Sunday lunch, very busy, food was exceptional, service was good considering how busy it was. Would definitely return.

Excellent all round. Lovely staff, wonderful food. The staff were very helpful and friendly and were great with our young daughter. They were able to supply a high chair and have good changing facilities for small children. Highly recommended

Just had lunch here. Do not walk past it. Best food I’ve had for a while.

Very underwhelming and expensive lunch "Special' lamb dish at £14.95. No Persian flavours including what was essentially boiled rice. Photo was as delivered - mainly 1/2 pot baked beans. Wouldn't return.

An absolute gem of a place! Delicious food, the friendliest welcome, and a relaxing, authentic atmosphere. Just perfect! Go…you won’t be disappointed! (And probably best to book as it’s very popular!) 🤩

Close family were so impressed after visiting Pomegranate that they booked them to provide the buffet for a large family and friends event. The organisation was excellent despite setting up outside the pavilion under umbrellas and rain then setting in. The Persian style food itself was divine. The non meat dishes were full of flavour. The lamb and chicken lovely and tender. Pomegranate's sweet trays were delicious especially the baklava. The family who run the business were efficient and extremely friendly making sure that everyone was well catered for. Now we ourselves must pay a visit to Pomegranate's restaurant.

Such a welcoming atmosphere, friendly service, and backing it all up with delicious food. Thoroughly enjoyed and recommend.

We called in for a quick bite to eat.. We ordered the Gul Borek and the seasonal soup. Food and service was great.

Absolutely surperb, brilliant 👏, can't fault in anyway whatsoever 👍, service was out of this world, thank you so much phil and clair

Exceptional Persian food, this is an hidden gem of a food place, service is fantastic as well, I highly recommend!

Lovely staff! The food is fresh every time I go, and I have never had a bad meal. The deserts are immense. I am not gluten intolerant but tried the gluten free cherry bakewell cake, and oh my lord, it was gorgeous.

What a gem of a eatery. Small, yes it is best to book a table. The food is SO GOOD, it looks too good to eat. The flavours are subtle but amazing. DO NOT MISS THIS PLACE.

What a fabulous find Great food So tasty excellent service

Already fallen in love with this restaurant

A real hidden gem. Great food and drinks, personal service, unique ambience for this neck of the woods. Lovely indoor and outdoor spaces. Try it, you'll be coming back!

Had a lovely breakfast, staff brilliant

Fabulously tasty food, great service and good choice of drinks. Parking a bit challenging.

Lunch with two friends, one of whom celebrates her birthday later this week, was delicious. We all had the day’s special, a rice dish with a beautifully moist and tender chicken leg. It was seasoned to perfection. Everything was very reasonably priced and the staff , who were very efficient and friendly, popped up at the end with a little candle-lit cake and sang ‘Happy Birthday ‘ to our friend. An excellent lunch.

Wow absolutely amazing! Beautiful food and amazing staff and atmosphere!! We’re very lucky to have it in the village

Stumbled across this gorgeous little café after being out walking and we are so glad we did! It was lovely! The cakes were to die for! I had earl grey tea but my wife tried the Persian tea, it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! The staff were lovely and friendly too. We will definitely be going back!

Excellent. Top notch breakfasts

Went for breakfast with a friend: our 1st visit to Pomegranate after having had it recommended to us. We weren't disappointed! An excellent menu - spoilt for choice with everything reading delicious & looking scrumptious when customers were being served! The Nagasi was very tasty & looked so appetising: perfect! We shall look forward to working our way through the menu in future visits. Service was equally excellent & the atmosphere was warm, friendly & so very inviting. Highly recommended!

An amazing place to explore Persian food and get a taste of authentic Iranian flavours. We have tried several different dishes on their menu and have been impressed by the quality of the food. Their service is also top notch. Lovely warm atmosphere with genuinely passionate owners. Very much recommended.

A really great find. Fantastic food, really friendly staff and atmosphere

What a super little cafe. Excellent friendly service. The food we had was delicious. Looking forward to a return visit.

Very friendly staff. Always feel welcome

Went for lunch and absolutely loved it. The food is vibrant and utterly delicious and the staff are really chatty and welcoming. Great Ayton is lucky to have this place

Lovely friendly staff beautiful food took a birthday cake in and the whole restaurant sang happy birthday which was wonderful for my daughters birthday staff were wonderful and even brought plates out for the cake really enjoyed the dining experience would go again

Love nice cafe with different food. Coffee with cream was nice. We sat in and had the Persian breakfast for 2. Different and very tasty and not so filling, like a full English, that you feel you can still wander around the village afterwards. Feta was probably the best I've ever had. Not been a fan of feta but this was very firm and tasty. Lots of nice bits to take out. We bought sour cherry jam, cookies and Turkish delight. . Can't wait to try.

Amazing restaruant, really delicous. Starter,main,dessert and tea were great. I wish they were open for dinner as well!

Lovely food, the shawarma was delicious. We will be back.

This is by far our most favourite place to go when we visit our parents in great Ayton Staff/owners are so genuinely friendly and polite, food is amazing from Breakfast to lunch.

Great little cafe that we found on Sunday after walking all day in the North Yorks Moors. Lovely cup of tea and carrot cake!

Lovely warm owners and absolutely delicious food. We just have to keep going back! Such a warm welcome, lovely folk and awesome food.

First visit after a friend recommended it for lunch and I wasn't disappointed. Service was excellent, friendly staff, attentive but not overly so. Food was amazing. It made lunch feel special. It's good value too, they seem to have hit the perfect balance, it maybe was more than I would normally spend on lunch but it felt like having dinner. Have already recommended it to lots of friends and will return myself soon.

Wonderful food and absolutely lovely staff. Made us feel so welcome and couldn't do enough for us. Highly recommended.

Superb cafe great service and food is truly exceptional.

Fantastic restaurant- service and food excellent, in a lovely village setting. Highly recommend.

A truly wonderful and lovely restaurant and coffee shop offering excellent and exquisite foods, drinks and desserts ... Delicious daily specials 😋😋 one of the best, effective and efficient customer service ... We have been here several times ... Extremely consistent high quality foods, drinks, deserts and service ... And competitively priced... 👍🏼👍🏼👌👌🤌🤌

Fantastic food, great atmosphere, with the most welcoming and friendliest staff. Would highly recommended a visit to anyone.

It is a fantastic place with high quality Persian foods and very good service. Love it and definitely come back again

Lovely friendly staff, amazing food and the setting is perfect. There marinated Olive's were absolutely gorgeous 😋Give them a visit you won't be disappointed 😋👌

Excellent food. Lovely service.

Great coffee, super friendly and gorgeous blueberry scone. Definitely going to be our cake stop if choice when cycling through Great Ayton in the future.

Beautiful decorations and an incredibly innovative idea, can’t wait to see this place.

Very busy and popular cafe with a different slant. The waitress couldn't have been more friendly and the food served was just perfect. I would highly recommend this cafe.

Brilliant food and homemade baklava 😋 wash it all down with their cardamom tea ☕️

Went for lunch with a friend and we both had a lovely meal. Can thoroughly recommend

An amazing home cooked Persian experience in beautiful surroundings. The owners are extremely welcoming and you feel part of the family! Great food at very reasonable prices. Highly recommended

Charming hosts, lovely surroundings and great food. I’ll be coming back for more!

Very friendly cafe and the food is delicious all homemade great place

Had a lovely persian tea and very tasty pastries. Friendly staff. Will definitely be back. Thank you 😊

Unfortunately I can't comment on the food ! I booked a table for 2 to celebrate my husband's birthday...On booking, the Pomegranate were informed it was a special occasion! On arrival we were shown to a " shelf " facing a wall with 2 high stools at the rear of the room ! We left.... extremely angry and disappointed. A birthday celebratory lunch completely ruined ! So, a word of caution..if you book a TABLE for 2, confirm that is what you will be allocated! 😏

Incredible authentic Iranian food. Very clearly all handmade and it was absolutely delicious! Amazing for breakfast, lunch and cakes/baklava. The service is exceptional and always helped with explaining the dishes. The best place in Great Ayton for food hands down

Wonderful food & fantastic service, would recommend to anyone keen to try something a bit different from the norm

Just amazing! Delicious food! There are plenty of options for cakes and sweet treats if you just fancy a coffee and a nice place to rest. It’s also dog friendly which is a plus! The staff are so accommodating to all our needs and very knowledgeable about the menu and were happy to give us some recommendations. Hamideh and Massoud, the owners are lovely and you can tell they are passionate about the food by the outcome. I really can’t recommend the Persian tea room enough. Overall a lovely atmosphere that requires a return visit.

Unbelievable food and fantastic service - can't wait to go back!

Highly recommended, absolutely superb food along with excellent friendly service. Already looking forward to my next visit

Amazing food - friendly, genuinely attentive staff. Incredible menu, with a daily special. Highly recommended if you want to have an authentic food experience.

This is a new restaurant opened early February 2022. Small, cosy and very friendly but only open for breakfast, a lunch and daytime teas and snacks. The food is authentic and very, very delicious. Prices are reasonable too.

Really nice, interesting food and a very cosy and welcoming environment.

Great authentic Persian homemade food ! Service is amazing and it’s dog friendly too ! I’ll be coming back very soon.

Amazing food at a great price. Trying to book, but, I fear it may have closed! Found a good restaurant too late.

Came here several months ago for a family birthday dinner. They were attentive but I think that could be because it was not busy, considering it was a Friday night. The starters were yummy, and came out pretty fast. The mains took quite a while and was average food. The drinks were fairly good prices but I think the food was quite expensive. Overall I think it’s a nice place to dine but wouldn’t come again because their are other places nearby that do similar food for less money.

Great Italian food...great value for money

Really lovely light pasta. Really good value for money. Staff really friendly

Lovely meal as always and friendly staff

food arrived with one sauce spilt over the contents of order and items missing. could only salvage half the food due to being covered in sauce the meal with the sauce could only eat half due to sauce missing. rang to complain requested to collect food as replacement was not suitable. when collected told no refund as half had been eaten. although it hadn’t. message from just eat that missing items and £4 had been refunded from a £43 order. disgraceful service.

Visited Allegria Restaurant with my family for a meal recently on a Saturday night. We arrived at 6pm which was a great time because by 7pm the restaurant was filling up quickly. The food was absolutely delicious and good value for money (under £20 for 3 courses!) They offer a Happy Hour menu everyday until 7pm and the main menu has lots of choices. The staff were also very friendly and attentive, even though they were run off their feet. I will definitely be returning to Allegria!

The afternoon tea was amazing. Really enjoyed it and will be going back.

We'd booked a table for after the fireworks - I was waaaaay late because of the chaos trying to get out of a car park that would shortly be locked, but they entertained my wife while she waited. Half pasta carbonara and a half pizza romana went down a treat after the wait.Thank you.

Nice warm welcome.friendly ambiance. Nice background music.attentive staff. And the food.mmmmm.i could have been sat by the side of lake Garda. See you soon.

After leaving it late to book anywhere , myself and my girlfriend couldn't get in anywhere (too busy, sat night) . So as we were leaving stockton we noticed this place was open , and worryingly empty for a sat night. Firstly the good points, nice and clean , nice decor and lovley staff. We ordered a garlic bread to share for a starter , which was dry , very hard and had a strange burnt taste to it even though it wasn't burnt?? Then my girlfriend had a parmo , which never had any bachemal sauce on and far too much mozzarella cheese to make up for that. We couldn't understand what had happened to Teessides famous dish?? I had the cannoloni which was ok but seemed to be covered in mozzarella (which I like , but far too much) . Unfortunately we won't be returning as we think there's more options in Teesside. We also find it hard to believe there's only good reviews on here??

I thought the food here was really good. Pizza was pretty big, I think they are 12 inch. Service was attentive and spot on.

Wonderful food and staff. A real gem

Beautiful food had the chicken and mushroom risotto and the wife surf and turf linguine both delicious and reasonably priced. Highly recommended

Absolutely love the food here. Enjoy getting a takeaway more since the restaurant had moved as the new place is really cold.

Our first visit but definitely not our last. The warm welcome we received from Lottie and her colleague were a good sign. Our food came quickly and both starters (potato skins and mozzarella) were really tasty.We had main courses of Bolognese and Arrabiata. Huge portions, full of flavour and perfectly cooked. Sadly, neither of us had room for the delicious looking desserts! A real hidden gem

The food is really nice here and the portions are quite big. It was definitely value for money. We got our food delivered and it arrived on time.

Fab place fab food n freindly staff

Went on new years eve, great vibe, waitress was very pleasant and did everything to make us comftable, food was fantastic (as always) definitely recommend! Atmosphere was great even tho they were very busy x

Friendly staff and speedy service. Food hot and tasty

Fabulous food and excellent service x x

My son and I were regular customers at the old Bridge Road premises. Went to Nelson Terrace just after it opened and said we'd never go again. However, we did go tonight and what an improvement. Food was as fantastic as ever - the difference was in the staffing. Lottie was brilliant, very enthusiastic and full of ideas as well as being full of smiles. Think we might be going there again

Excellent meal. Thoroughly enjoyed Chicken Thai followed by delicious cheesecake. Staff very efficient & attentive. Couldn't fault Allegria. 4 in our party & everyone was highly satisfied.

Great food, great service. totally recommend☺

Amazing food and excellent staff. I would highly recommend a visit

We used to goto the restaurant when it was close to work so decided rogue it's try before the fireworks.The new site is small but nice, clean and tidy and the staff are as nice as always. We had the two course special and our daughter had the kids meal deal which was drink, main and dessert. Our food came quicklyand tasted alright, not as nice as I have had in the past but things change and we all agreed we would go back again to try something else. The BBQ sauce was very acidic for my taste so I didn't have much with my starter of potato skins-they were slightly Crispy but we're okay.

Food was good friendly service! The main downside was we were sat near the door which was rather cold on the legs.

Perfect as always. Friendly and exceptional service. Food is to die for. Whatever time of day you go. And the portions are huge.. Great for a doggy bag x

We’ve passed this restaurant many, many times and, until about May/June this year, I’m ashamed to say we hadn’t tried it.

This restaurant has always been one of our favourite restaurants and continues to provide excellent cooked meals at very affordable prices. The service is always efficient and friendly. Long may the restaurant continue to prosper!

This little restaurant is an absolute gem. Friendly attentive staff and great Italian food. So reasonably priced it’s a steal.