Fifty Six Restaurant in County Durham

Honestly one of my all time favourite restaurants. The staff there have made me feel welcome every time I go and the food is fantastic. If you’re looking for a go-to restaurant for Chinese food I would give this one a shot

Authentic Chinese food cooked the way they eat it. Really good atmosphere and a clean restaurant

The food and the environment is extraordinary~

Delicious food and good service

A Chinese restaurant in Durham with a warm atmosphere and friendly and enthusiastic waiters. There are many dishes and the taste is very good. We recommend the spicy hot pot, spicy mix, desert sand lamb chops, and boiled beef. You might as well try it.

Ordered takeaway, still trying to find a good Chinese in Durham, the reviews looked promising saying it’s traditional Chinese dishes. Which is true, however the flavour is not traditional. The chicken in my sweet and sour chicken was very poor quality- I was honestly questioning if it was even chicken because it looked so stringy plasticky. The sauce also lacked flavour. And the batter was soggy. Decent portion but very average taste.

Extremely awful restaurant serving the lowest quality food with the poorest service attitude. What’s worse? Food seems to be made by people without household registration. Are sanitary standards in place? It says cash only, is correct amount of tax paid? Who ensures that cash is not involved in money laundering? Seriously, is there any authority supervising this? I’d rather throw money into a ditch than paying cash and encouraging this. Other customers, just be aware of this.

lovely service, amazing vegetarian options, would definitely recommend xx

Owen front of house was very friendly and really helpful....portions are massive and food is well cooked and well presented...seems really busy early evening but restaurant is small and booking recommended..prices are not expensive for the portion size..food is delicious and would recommend will eat here again when visiting Durham

Chicken really tough, curry sauce congealed, hard rice. Such a shame as it used to be great but a total waste of £50

Visiting Durham & Ordered salt, pepper & chilli chips but what I received were definitely not salt, pepper & chilli chips, they were plain & luke warm the rice was also just say warm, only good side was curry was a lot warmer than the rest. Was overcharged £1.70 for plain chips & definitely wont be using this takeaway again when im visiting Durham

The worst Chinese takeaway in my life. The fried rice is basically mushy rice with stone hard pieces of chicken and 4 prawns. The chicken wings were edible. It wouldn’t be the worse if not for the prices. Mad expensive for subpar quality. Never ever again and trust the rating you guys. There’s a reason it has few stars. Never ever again

Good food and generous portions

Good food and generous portions

Food arrived kind of warm and 2/3 dishes were just bad. I mean how do you make egg fried rice taste of playdough?

Ordered sweet and sour sauce poured it all over the food to only realise the sauce was sweet chilli so meal ruined and couldn’t eat it, tried to complain last night however it just kept saying order is on way and no options to challenge

There was a lot of confusion. I went inside and noone was there, the guy working in the desk even didn't know if the restaurant is open or closed. The menu is vast but maybe my choice of food was bad. I didn't like it much. The fried rice was ok. And found it's little pricey too. In my personal opinion I didn't find the food that good.

There was a lot of confusion. I went inside and noone was there, the guy working in the desk even didn't know if the restaurant is open or closed. The menu is vast but maybe my choice of food was bad. I didn't like it much. The fried rice was ok. And found it's little pricey too. In my personal opinion I didn't find the food that good.

Traditional Chinese not your usual bog standard food. Only customers in were from the Chinese community which is always a good sign. Good service quickly served a real find .

Wonderful food. Great portions. Quick turnaround.

So disappointed. We’ve been using this restaurant for years. Tonight, the order was late. I called to ask for an update, told the order was on the way, lady rudely hung up and cancelled our order for no reason.

If you want and authentic Chinese restaurant, this is it. The menu was educational but the food was great. Massive portions designed for sharing

Ordered delivery via just eat. Incredibly disappointed; poor value for money, meat was tough and dry, as were the starters. The duck was mainly gristle and my husband couldn’t chew it. Will not be using again. 2/10, would not recommend.

Delicious Chinese Northeast food

There is too much loose meat powder in the beef, and the lamb chops may be the only fresh food, but I have seen that all the food delivered is packed in plastic bags and there is nothing fresh, oh! Maybe the vegetables were fresh, but the rest revealed a rotten smell. The sanitary condition is even worse, it is really a disgusting place.

Ordered a Takeaway through Uber eats Never again half and hour later than scheduled time and cold!!! Pancakes were missing for the duck Chips were clearly reheated covered in the most awful spice Contacted them and said they’d refund the duck price.

Not quite authentic Chinese food I would say. Much adapted to the local taste I suppose.

Missing main item of food and what was delivered was freezing cold. Terrible service

Food was very late - the status kept showing expected delivery time at 20:20, but didn’t arrive until after 21:00. For the past several months my favourite dish ‘Buddha’s Feast’ has been showing up as ‘unavailable’ when I order. The garlic & chilli vegetables were inedible - very gloopy with an unpleasant taste - quite heavy on the fish sauce which was odd for a vegetarian dish. The lemon chicken is usually nice, but today it didn’t taste right. Very disappointed.

The restaurant have good music and a nice atmosphere, the staff is very friendly and helpful. The food is defiantly worth taking the trip all the way down from Manchester as recommended by dear friends of mine.

On a visit to Durham with friends, we stopped at this restaurant on the first day after a long journey, everything tasted amazing, so good that we went back on our fourth and final day to try more of the menu. Big surprise everything was incredible again. I don't usually leave reviews but this was a very pleasant experience that I'll remember.

The small portion of salt and chilli chips did not have fresh onions, peppers or chillies like every other Chinese restaurant I have been to in the UK... just a red dusting of powder on them. The salt and chilli chicken pieces were like mush inside, clearly fresh pieces of chicken breast had not been used. It was inedible. The meat in the chicken chow mein was slimey. I really would not recommend, especially considering the prices of the dishes. Go elsewhere!

Food was okay but portion size was reduculous for the price might as well of had a pot noodle

Huge portions, quick and friendly service, with great food, all at reasonable prices. This was our first time at Fifty Six, but it won't be our last.

Mapo tofu is full of Sichuan peppercorns, and the oil is so thick that I can’t even eat it. It makes my mouth numb. I’ve ordered pork twice and it’s hard to explain. The beef is so hard that it’s hard to bite through.

Luke warm, ordered skinny fries got normal chips which were soggy, the salt and chilli chicken was bizarre, just like over spicy rubbery chicken, no onions or veg cooked with it, never had anything like that, overall, not pleasant!

Food tasted ok but very small portions compared to other suburban takeaways

Driver went to wrong delivery address. Called me to say he had arrived. He hadn't. Told him I was at Premier Inn and gave him full address again (even though it was correct on the order). Rang me again and he had gone to wrong Premier Inn!!! Food was stone cold and inedible when it arrived. I was unable to order something else as I had paid on work card and maxxed out allowance. Awful

Best Sichuan food in Durham. One of the best in North East.

This order has not been delivered and the restaurant defer all fault to Just Eat. No apology or offer to rectify the issue.

Prompt delivery food piping hot.

The food was never delivered. I called the restaurant they said the driver had already taken the food around 40 mins ago. On the app it showed delivered 1.5 hr ago. As the food is not here I can't comment on the food quality.

The king pao fish was good but slightly salty … perhaps too much soy sauce

Meal was colder than I would expect. Needed reheating. King prawns were a very odd texture.

Nice meal great delivery nice driver 👍🏻👍🏻

Disappointing, soft prawn crackers, burnt seaweed and overcooked king prawns in a thick jelly like sauce.

We had the braised pork noodle soup, spicy braised beef noodle soup, and the lamb chops. The lamb chops were really good and it came in a really grand presentation. The pork noodle soup was really nice, but the meat can be a little bit more tender. For the braised beef soup, it was nice but the broth was just more spicy and you can’t really taste the richness of it compared to the pork one. But overall, good food and fair prices. We got 10% discount for cash payment and it totaled up to £37.35 for all three dishes (incl the jasmine tea too!)

There was a lot of uncertainty, since the restaurant didn’t confirm the order for a long time.

Just eat driver didn’t even arrive Phoned the restaurant for help and the women on the phone told me “it’s not there problem and that I have to contact just eat” They didn’t even offer an replacement meal or anything absolutely a joke!

Excellent authentic food nothing anglicised. Like most Chinese restaurants you get 10% off if paid by cash.

food was piping hot delicious will be ordering again

Food was terrible. Freezing cold when arrived I had to heat it up

terrible food over cooked chicken not able to eat. advised pick something else next time. shocking service got £3.00 off bill

Food wasn't great, tasteless. And hardly any squid in the salt and pepper squid/overcooked snd dry.

Forgot the hoi sin sauce. Always something missing.

Honestly just get some frozen oven chips from Aldi - they taste better.

My order didn’t even turn up. Took money but never turned up or answered the phone when I called.

Fast and efficient , tasteful quality meal

We received the wrong noodle order but they rectified straight away, excellent customer service.

30 minutes late and when the food did arrive it was freezing cold would not order again from here

We ordered a duck dish and got pork with little to no meat, just fat and crackling. In an unknown sauce. Chicken was OK, but parts were dry and chipy. Not ordering from here again. 😒

To begin, our dumplings were chilly, they caused taste pollution in me and my companion’s mouth. Second of all, the vegan duck came without pancakes, which I specifically requested in a ‘Note to the restaurant’. Last time I ordered, my vegan duck was complimented with pancakes without request or a price and I was ecstatic. It was also dry, clearly had not been marinated in the sauce for a long enough period of time. The taste was abnormal; I have feasted many a takeaway from this establishment previously, and yet this time the vegan duck was simply inedible. This was disappointing, quite frankly. The dumplings were partnered with a tub, containing at maximum a pinch of soy sauce; this greatly saddened my friend and I. The soup was tasty enough, but the consistency was mediocre. The height of this takeaway was the chips, which were the cheapest component. This brushed our smiles into frowns rather rapidly, as we had been looking forward to this meal for the entire evening. You just lost the trust of a loyal customer. Goodbye Fifty Six Restaurant . Forever.

Missing part of the order, which was refunded but then the restaurant tried to deliver an hour later.

Slightly late but the food was excellent

Probably some of the best Chinese food I’ve had. Keep up the great work.

2.5 hours?! Too long to wait. Food was nice but not worth the wait time and price for that. No updates and communication is none existent from restaurant and JustEat.

Rubbish food. Just use flavors from Chinese grocery stores. Very high price, very low food. My recommendation is: never go to this restaurant. 食物是用华人店的调料做的，一点诚意都没有。价格死贵，食物质量很差，味道差，不新鲜，红烧肉用糖和色素做的，面里头放了奇怪的调料，吃完以后口干，狂喝水。总之，千万别来！！！

Specifically asked for no mushrooms in anything but you still put mushrooms in curry.

Food was great. Will order again. Delivery time was long but that was because there were no drivers. I can recommend this restaurant.

Food was cold on arrival. I presume as it was 15 minutes late.

Half the order was missing, called to query it, was told everything was there - assured them it wasn't, then man said the part of the menu which said one of the meals came with chips was not right and it just came with veg...food was actually nice, which is a shame as service makes all the difference to repeat custom, which we won't be now!!

First and last time unfortunately. Hate writing bad reviews but this was really bad

Was late and also left on doorstep on the cold. Had no idea it was there. Not a lot of time to reward as baby woke back up for feed. Are a cold meal with partner. Really important these in time. Last three meals with just eat have been 1 that was one hour late one 25 mins early and this one 30 mins late. I won’t be ordering from just eat again. I don’t think

Really enjoyed my vegan meal, it can be hard to find, would recommend!

2.5 hours late. Food was cold. Want money back

Me and my girlfriend ordered tonight and she ordered a salt and pepper chicken, she then proceeded (3 hours later) to come down with a fever and nausea. Which are both signs of eating undercooked chicken. Need I say less

Soup was very tasty, chips were great and good sized portions.

Someone did froude. I didn't order from that restaurant

Always accepted that this restaurant is very expensive but their food was always amazing. Tonight we found that the food was mainly vegetables and the quality had somewhat slipped. The prawn toast was burnt too. The price was far from justified. Very disappointed

The food had lovely flavour but was way way too spicy

Food was terrible sweet and sour sauce was like water and battered prawns were soggy wasn’t happy

The mixed vegetarian starter was passable but the King prawn Thai Green tasted like a bag of sugar had been poured into it. It was extremely sweet and granular. Definitely won’t be returning to this restaurant.

Excellent Vegan options, everything was delicious. Will definitely order again.

Food good on time ,but service charge and delivery charge were to High half the price of the meal don’t think I’ll use the service again.

It was a lovely meal. The staff were lovely and made sure I was comfortable whilst I waited for my collection. The food was well cooked, definitely freshly made to order and very hot. The only criticism is that the menu is limited in some respects. We would love to see some new additions appear as options!

Quick delivery and great food as usual.

Ordered the veg dumplings, but got the prawn ones instead. Extremely disappointing as they were ordered for a vegetarian so were inedible.

It has a lot of chili when i requested a little spicy only then it has a lot of sauce on it which removed the crispiness of the prawn.

Been here numerous times before and gotten beef satay, always loved it . Today’s went in the bin with the rest of it , £25 wasted

Half an hour late ready to be collected

Food was really great, very tasty, delivery on time. Will order again.

Despite being late, again the food was lovely. The only criticism would be that the noodles were luke warm

Crispy shredded beef & fried noodles......really tasty, would definitely order again. Delivery on time too!

I don't usually leave reviews but this place was outstanding. Food was amazing, the options for vegans is brilliant and the delivery was quick. I do suggest the coconut rice. Beautiful. This is my goto takeout now. X

Very fast service, ordered and delivered in just under 30 minutes. The food is delicious, fresh and complex flavors, much better quality than any Chinese takeaway we tried before. You pay a little bit more, but well worth it!

Meal was good, but Prawn crackers were soft

Excellent prompt service. Food delicious and very hot on arrival. Thanks

Lovely taste as usual but prawn crackers need to be made fresher. A bit rubbery on our last two orders.

Rip off Did not get my food they delivered to the wrong address did not read my note to the driver so he delivered to the right address I rang restaurant said they was not them lost out on £19 just eat says I’ve got to wait 14 days for a review if I get my money back or not will never order of this site again it’s a joke so got no food and lost £19

Really lovely food here. Lots of choice. Sweet and sour was gorgeous. They did forget one dish, so we had to chase. But apart from that no issues at all. Authentic Chinese, made freshly and came out piping hot. Would definitely go again.