Ask Italian in County Durham

We had a lovley visit for my partners 30th birthday, Lee from Newcastle was very helpful he went above and beyond. Would definitely recommend.

Lovely quiet family meal out. Service a little slow to start. Once we caught the attention of Ellie it was excellent. Very attentive especially to our little girl. Thanks again.

Lee couldn’t have been more helpful and his team were very welcoming and service was excellent. Handled allergen issues perfectly, food was lovely and atmosphere great.

Our waitress, Molly was extremely attentive to my table's needs. She was extremely kind from the moment we walked into the restaurant to the moment we left. The food was fantastic, I will be eating here again.

Lovely food tonight at Ask and great service provided by Molly and Alex 🙂

Relaxed atmosphere. Friendly staff. Good food.

I thought the atmosphere was outstanding and the food was delicious molly served us and was fantastic.

Molly was lovely very attentive especially to our cheese needs 😂

Molly was our waitress and she was incredible very thoughtful and friendly and had a good laugh with us. Was non judgmental about us wanting loads of cheese aha. Fantastic service.

We were served by molly, she had an excellent demeanour and manner around the table, had a lovely jolly attitude and laughed with the table and our excessive cheese loving

Our server molly was amazing and kind and we were able to have a little banter on and she was so polite.

The food here was AMAZING, especially the butterfly prawns!! And Lee was our server today and he was the absolute best! Would definitely recommend!!!

Lee is AMAZINGGGG!!! The service is great~~~~ totally coming again

Food was exellent and the homemade lemonade was bussin the waitering staff are as freindly as a canadian in the middle of the woods espically molly who ensured we were satisfied with our fantastic meals

The staff were super professional and so calm though they had s lot to do! Really pleasant and helpful. Molly was our server and was lovely and helped us with our order.

absolutely incredible food and outstanding service by molly. she was lovely throughout and made the dining experience very comfortable, will definitely visit again!!

Molly was lovely, so friendly and welcoming!

Food took ages, they add service charge onto bill would prefer this to be my choice , food was bland

Food was amazing and Lee who served us was absolutely lovely

We were served by Molly at the Durham Ask. She was very attentive and helpful throughout. We would visit again

Lee was fantastic and gave us a great lunch experience

Fantastic food and service! Will definitely be returning!

We had a fantastic meal out. Lovely restaurant, great food, well located. Our waitress, Molly, was friendly and attentive and made our meal out a special occasion.

Loved it here!! Such a great time :)) Alex and Lee are the best!

Really lovely atmosphere and nice service. Love to Alex and Lee.😎

Great atmosphere, food was lovely and we were made to feel special by the best waiter (Lee from Newcastle). Can highly recommend!

Had an amazing meal out here. Staff were both bubbly and friendly creating a pleasant atmosphere. Lee greeted us and made us feel welcomed and our server Ellie was chatty and made nothing seem too much.

It's a great, relaxed place to take our little one and the kid's meal deal is very good value. Thanks to Lee for taking extra care to ensure that my little girl's allergies were properly catered for. Plenty of options for vegan / dairy free.

Pasta taste really well and good service

Absolutely love Lee gave us the best experience ever!! Amazing service, insanely fast with the food. Recommend to anyone and everyone!! (Great first date place🤭)

Molly served us today and she was very pleasant and we had a lovely experience. Will be coming back soon. Thanks for a great meal

Molly was amazing, she made my birthday meal extra special. Thank you x

Molly was our server today and she was lovely, food was gorgeous too🙂

Lovely lunch today staff helpful and made us feel very welcome. The food was lovely as always will definitely return always a smile and a wave from lee

Lee from Newcastle what a guy ... service was 1st class ... also a mention to Alex with the beautiful hair

Best experience food was 10/10 definitely recommend

Fantastic service at Ask Durham today in particular and incredible service from Alicia and Lee. We will be back!!

Ellie & Lee in Durham were amazing. We were all single on Valentine’s Day and he made us so happy :)

Service was excellent, especially Alex

Food was gorgeous! Would defo come again. Everyone was so welcoming!

Food was amazing. Very friendly staff and just an overall good place to dine

Thank you so much Ellie, our waitress, she made our night. She had a fab personality and made us laugh, what a lovely girl. We felt so welcome. Happy Valentine’s Day! We certainly had a happy one. Thanks Ellie xxx

Ellie provided an excellent service and is an asset to the company. Credit to her and the team, we had a lovely evening

Lovely valentines meal! The food was great and the service was quick! Alex was really helpful and seated us early. Would definitely return!

Bland food pizza was cold carbonara had no taste told boy who came to collect plates it was absolute garbage never battered an eyelid just smiled at my Mrs avoid 100% rubbish

Beef ragu and papadelle very watery sadly and not very tasty . Staff very friendly .

Birthday meal for daughters 16th , staff were all friendly and polite, food was delicious, very generous portions , will be returning soon.

The food is always amazing and Lee, by far, provided us with the greatest service i want him to be my waiter at every restaurant!

Our waiter Lee was amazing and very accommodating to the whole table and had amazing service

Our waiter Lee was amazing! Such good food and great staff! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Our waiter Lee was so accommodating and the food was amazing! I definitely recommend !

Loved the experience here. The food was very fulfilling and delicious, the service here was amazing, especially Lee, he made me and my friends feel very welcomed and we all throughly enjoyed our evening. Highly recommend.

Alex was amazing! Very patient with a large party of giggly 12 year olds. Service with a smile and very understanding.

Would've given 5 stars as the food is lovely and we had a great time. Only reason I've marked it down was because we had to wait 45 minutes for our food. Staff were apologetic and we were given free desserts, but I was starving by the time we ate!

Lee was absolutely great with us tonight, such an inspiration to hospitality world

Lee was great tonight such a genuine guy and clearly cares about his restaurant

Server was amazing and even though it was busy with it being a Saturday night still got amazing service and couldn’t be happier. Will always come back again

Holly was absolutely brilliant, very polite friendly and attentive.

Food was great, drinks were lovely. Served by Lee who was great and very attentive. Will come again

Our server was Lee. Very attentive, approachable, friendly and funny. Looked after us very well and gave personal recommendations of the food which was appreciated. Lovely to have friendly and funny interaction with your server which is often forgotten these days. Thanks Lee!

This was my first visit. I was on my own which can be a bit awkward socially but I was made to feel very welcome. Everything couldn’t have been better. Friendly, courteous service, excellent food and wine, a positive, relaxing atmosphere and even excellent music that just struck the right note! A wonderful restaurant.

Very nice food definitely would come back

Molly and Ellie’s service made our meal amazing! had the best time celebrating a birthday!

Molly and Ellie were so lovely. Really looked after us. There were a few mix ups with what’s vegan or not none of their fault but they sorted everything out for us everything sorted within 2 minutes

Lee was a lovely server, lovely food

The servers Molly and Ellie were fantastic! Very attentive, helpful and friendly, and they asked if we had any allergies. Were overall super great.

The food was amazing and Lee was the nicest waiter, highly recommend coming here for the food and vibes!!

Brilliant food. Amazing, really friendly servers that couldn't have done more (thank you Molly and Ellie) we had a really enjoyable evening.

Special shoutout to Lee for being so accommodating for us. This was my birthday meal out with my dad and Lee was excellent at taking care of us! Thanks again :)

Waiter and waitresses are very welcoming and polite, food was unreal, didn’t have to wait long for our food and the price is warranted, don’t live in Durham, just visiting however, would definitely recommend!

They will give you free pizza! Just ask (Italian) ;)

Came with a big group and the staff were efficient and friendly

Brilliant night here with lovely staff and food

Lovely food and dining experience.

This is the best place ever (they gave us limoncello)

Molly & Ellie were lovely- such a nice meal :))

Alex was so attentive with the service and made us feel very at home!! The food was delicious and the atmosphere was brilliant! Thank you so much guys!!

Pasta is just as good as Newcastle 8 game run banging

Atmosphere is absolutely electric

Amazing lasagne! Great service from Alex and Andrew

Came for a staff night out, food was lush. Service from Alex and Andrew was class x

Have been dining in this restaurant since it opened and always enjoyed it. We dined there yesterday and what a disappointment. I chose lasagne but it was flat as a pancake, I struggled to find any mince , no cheese or white sauce! And charged £16.95. Come on Ask you can do better than this!

Ellie served us on New Year’s Eve- she was excellent, all aspects of the evening were fantastic! Great service, the right time between courses, chef skills super, Ellie was very attentive and great fun!

We turned up early at 4pm on the 8th, ASK was one of our go to restaurants. On ordering we noticed the restaurant was cold (-2C outside) and it just got colder. We had to put our coats back on to finish our meal. The only other occupied table was given a heater but we were not offered one. Food came and was over heated, the pasta had gone dry on the top. Meatballs were acceptable but the lasagne was no more than half an inch thick with almost no sauce and two sheets of pasta, would have been poor as a starter and no good as a main. We had a second main for £1 discount code and as requested this was shown to the server who did not bother to put it into our bill so when we paid full price without realising on the table QR as there was no table service visible at all, we ended up paying full price for two very bad mains in a freezing cold restaurant. Also, the expensive wine was the worst I have had in a restaurant for a long time. If you don't have heating, do not accept customers. If you do not have a chef, this is not and excuse to serve reheated pre-prepared food, you are not a takeaway. If your servers are shown a discount code apply it when shown! ASK used to be nice but is now a disgrace.

Nos levantamos temprano a las 4 pm el día 8, ASK fue uno de nuestros restaurantes. Al ordenar notamos que el restaurante estaba frío (- 2 C fuera) y simplemente se enfrió. Tuvimos que ponernos los abrigos para terminar nuestra comida. La única otra mesa ocupada recibió un calentador, pero no nos ofrecieron uno. La comida llegó y se calentó demasiado, la pasta se había secado en la parte superior. Las albóndigas eran aceptables pero la lasaña no tenía más de media pulgada de espesor con casi nada de salsa y dos láminas de pasta, habría sido pobre como entrante y nada bueno como principal. Tuvimos un segundo main por £ 1 código de descuento y como se le pidió esto se mostró al servidor que no se molestó en ponerlo en nuestra factura por lo que cuando pagamos el precio completo sin darnos cuenta en la mesa QR ya que no había servicio de mesa visible en absoluto, terminamos pagando el precio completo por dos muy malas tuberías en un restaurante frío helado. Además, el vino caro fue el peor que he tenido en un restaurante durante mucho tiempo. Si no tiene calefacción, no acepte clientes. Si usted no tiene un chef, esto no es una excusa para servir comida pre-preparada recalentada, no es una comida para llevar. ¡Si se muestra un código de descuento en sus servidores, aplíquelo cuando se muestre! ASK solía ser agradable, pero ahora es una desgracia.

Food was very nice service was 5* Food presented very well and the chef also added the presentation to the kids dessert. Lee from Newcastle lives in shields works in Durham made our visit that extra special Will defo be back

Had a wonderful evening at the Ask Italian in Durham. Lee was a wonderful server and was very attentive to all of our needs. As a coeliac the pizza was delicious and extra cake was taken to ensure all my food was suitable for my allergies.

Alex & Lee are fantastic servers and are always friendly and recommend the delicious food!

We were met by a great waitress Ellie who showed us to a lovely table, and was very knowledgeable about the menu, she looked after us really good, she was very attentive and lovely, and the chef Josh was immense! He made the dishes exactly to what we wanted, I would say it's one of the best italian meals I've had for a long time, really tasty and presented brilliantly we will definitely be back soon.

Fantastic place to celebrate Mum's birthday between Christmas and New Year. Staff really accommodating with Cake and bottle of Fizz! Hope to do it all again next year!!!

Excellent service by Lee. He found as a table despite it being busy. Was kind and attentive and very patient- highly recommend

Lee was helpful and friendly throughout our meal.

Thanks for making this family occasion a fabulous experience. The service from Ellie was first class. She is a lovely person. The food was delicious. I am a vegan and Ellie was so well informed of what would be a great meal, she took time to explain what would work well. Thank you so much

Ellie and her team run the Ask restaurant in Durham wonderfully. We were a party of eight, and everything went perfectly. We will definitely return soon! Thank you for making my mother-in-law's 87th birthday exceptional! 🥳

Lovely meal, mushroom Truffle calzone with chicken and salami misti pizza. Biscoff cheesecake and bamboloni sundae and a bottle of red wine 🍷 fantastic service from Lee, works in Durham lives in Shields. Recommend a visit anytime.

Fantastic birthday meal for family of 6 I was celebrating my 70th birthday Our food selections is not in the food options

Ellie could not have done more to make us feel welcome and looked after. She was friendly and professional. The place was busy but she was calm under pressure. Good work. Regarding the food, my vegetarian pizza was quite nice. But would like to see a really good veggie calzone on the menu (but not with vegan “cheese” which is a monstrosity🤣) All veggie/vegan choices well signposted.

Another great meal! Thanks Lee and the team! ❤️

Lovely place for a dinner!! always a treat :)

Friendly and fast service, perfect place♥️