Revolution Durham in County Durham

Ok but nothing special for the price 🤔

Service was friendly and quick and huge thanks to Megan and Kyra for the amazing work

Kuda was a fab server! Really efficient

Kuda did a fantastic job of looking after us. We had a great afternoon and some good food and drink. He gave us some good advice on drinks!

Really good food and drinks, kuda our waiter was fantastic would recommend

Good cheap lunchtime specials. Good atmosphere.

Gracie was mint, met our expectations and more. Made sure we were comfortable and happy the whole time during bottomless brunch and kept us topped up. Thank you to the Revolution staff for a great afternoon. All was great especially the food!

Kuda is the best server made sure we had the best day!

Kuda, was phenomenal really made sure we had the best day and that we got the best deals on extras!

Afternoon tea was lovely staff really nice

Good food, drinks offers and helpful staff.

Great atmosphere and live music on a Friday night, however needed more staff on the bar as service was very slow. Excellent choice of cocktails and 2 for 1 all night . 👍

Came to bottomless brunch to celebrate my friends 18th birthday. Service was incredibly slow, they did not know what drinks they were serving us and when asked if it was a peach and lemon they responded 'oh maybe', and one of our drinks had a fly in it. When we went to the bar to amend this, we did not get an apology but they did replace the drink.

Kuda is the only one that has came up made us feel comfortable and welcome

Came in on Saturday afternoon. Place was absolutely filthy with glasses and ice all over the floor, bar staff weren’t interested in actually serving anyone and we waited 30mins until we asked the floor staff if we could order our drinks through him (he was the only positive of our visit). When I mentioned to the manager how long we and others around us had been waiting at the bar for he just laughed, shrugged and then smirked. Managers attitude absolutely stinks.

Booked here with friends for bottomless brunch to celebrate a special birthday. Arrived at 3.50 for a 4pm booking. Stood waiting in doorway for nearly half an hour to be seated. Even the security guard stepped in to try get it sorted out only to be met with a torrid of abuse from one member of staff. We eventually got seated at an already empty table that was still filthy after a friend complained about the wait. We were offered an upgrade to premium as an apology for the service and were told we would receive 2 bottles of prosecco followed by our round of drinks we ordered with a very stressed out waiter. We sat a further 15 or so minutes without anything and no communication from any other staff member. Eventually a friend complained again and asked for a return of our deposit. We were told we could get this by emailing the next day. IF YOU HAVE BOOKINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RELEVANT NUMBER OF STAFF AVAILABLE FOR BUSY EVENTS!!

Booked in for bottomless brunch and waited over 30 minutes to be seated as table was not ready, eventually sat down to be left for a further 15 minutes without any drinks , we got up and left . Avoid at all costs

I had a negative experience due to the manager’s behaviour. They were rude and dismissive the entire time, and I had to hold back while dealing with this level of unprofessionalism.

Me and a friend booked in for bottomless brunch. We were served half an hour later. Drinks and service was very slow, I found I was waiting around 10-15 minutes to be served. Because the place was busy we were easily forgotten about. A lady came over to tell us our time was up, I tried to explain that it couldn’t be because we had not been served until half an hour later and we were waiting a while. She was very rude about it and we just left it there. For paying £40 for premium this was very disappointing

Came here for a project celebration, had stellar service from Kuda, very worthwile

Had a cocktail making class, as a bartender myself this class was very informative. There’s was just the two of us, class started as soon as we arrived. Kuda greeted us with a cocktail on arrival and many more during the class. Got to make a cocktail behind the bar then had a race who could make a cocktail the fastest. Even got some nachos at the end, 10/10 would recommend.

I popped in to here with friends for lunch. The place wasn't overly busy but appeared to be very understaffed. There appeared to be one person serving at the bar with no acknowledgement of anyone wishing to order food, looking at the app which you have to download it came up that they were busy and couldn't accept any more food orders. No one engaged at all with us. We left. All in all appalling service and we won't be back. The lady behind the bar was working her socks off though and was clearly doing her best.

Lovely staff, bottomless brunch Kuek and Harry couldn’t do enough for us all and constant drinks flowing 👍🏼👍🏼😎😎

Kuek & Harry very helpful. Constant drinks flowing for the table and always smiling 10/10 service Bottomless brunch

Lewis was fantastic. He is a joy to be served by. 😃😃

Lewis Truby Kelly was sublime he knew every cocktail and was a joy to watch at work. I wouldn’t have picked a better bartender to serve me. The whole crew was incredible the disco ball was a great shared drink for me and my fellow buddies. Thank you revs for a lovely time. I will be back.

Lewis, kyrah, kacey, Danny, joy, Kuda were great

kuda at revolution bars was such a good bartender!!! me and my bestie had such a good time! kuda was super sweet and so knowledgeble! we came out quite drunk. thank you so much🩷

Excelente visita el jueves pasado. El personal era muy amable y servicial. Reservamos una mesa y terraza solicitada que estaba lista para nosotros cuando llegamos chica encantadora explicó el menú y las ofertas. Comida y bebidas deliciosas. Bien preparado y fresco. No puedo esperar para volver y visitar de nuevo. *visitó la revolución de Newcastle hoy y fue tristemente pobre en comparación con el restaurante Durham*

Revolution Bar Durham. I do not to believe we could have received a worse service anywhere else. We wanted to order 2 Bubble Gum Daiquiries with flying sources and 2 main meals. We were told we would have to wait 1 hour for the meals, so decided to just have 2 cocktails which took forever to make and when they eventually were served, they looked nothing like on the drinks menu and the flying saucers were missing. I complained and was told they did not have the correct glasses for the daiquiries. Seriously? The blond woman serving was incredibly unpleasant and obnoxious. She said we had ordered these cocktails. I told her we had not and they looked nothing like on the drinks menu and she either gave us the correct drinks or a refund. I told her we would not accept those cocktails. She was argumentative and indifferent. She said she did not have the flying saucers. I told her we should have been informed when we ordered and we would have chosen different cocktails. She walked away and found two flying saucers under the bar and just stuck one into each cocktail. I told her that was unacceptable and wanted the manager who, unknown to me, had stood at the bar all this time and not muttered a word. He came over, no apology, and processed a refund. If was the most disgusting and appalling service. We must certainly will never go back. 😡👎

Lovely place. Good good and good drinks selection. Kim Kuda was really nice and fast with service especially

Pasó la noche del viernes en el 28 / 2 , aquí con su hijo y su pareja. Tenían el fondo, valía cada centavo. El tipo que tocaba la guitarra era increíble, tocaba una buena variedad de música. El ambiente era perfecto y el chico que traía las bebidas, los mantuvo viniendo. Excelente noche, esperando la próxima vez.

Entrad para esto amigos, es malo. Así que estábamos reservados para el sábado de brunch sin fondo recién salido (alerta spoiler, no era ni bottomless ni brunch). Estábamos sentados y nos reunimos con menús empapados y pegajosos (¡a un volante! ) y nos dijeron que nos revisarían cada 5 / 10 minutos para ver si queríamos algo y con las primeras bebidas tomaríamos el pedido de comida. Después de 15 minutos tuvimos que marcar a un camarero que pasaba para pedir que se tomara una orden de bebida (tenga en cuenta que solo tenemos 2 horas). Las bebidas tardaron unos 10 / 15 minutos en llegar y no se tomó tal orden de comida. Esperamos unos 10 minutos más hasta que marcamos a otra persona para tomar nuestro pedido de comida y otro de bebidas. Así que ya llevamos 40 minutos y tomamos una copa con otra a pedido, que tardó unos 15 minutos en llegar. Avanzamos una hora y no comimos ni bebimos más después, nos rendimos. Les dije que nos íbamos y que queríamos nuestro depósito de vuelta (que se ha dado después de algunas 'discusiones' de correo electrónico). La siguiente maravilla a contemplar era los inodoros - ninguno tirado, bloqueado, solo dos tenían rollos de papel higiénico, pisos nadando y absolutamente atascado. En general, no te molestes con el brunch sin fondo aquí, ya que tampoco lo consigues.

Shame there's no option for 0 stars! Where do I even start on the bottomless brunch, the 'less' bit was the only accurate description of this shambles! On arrival we waited to be seated, met with soggy, dismantled menus, don't even think the table had been cleaned it was so sticky! Bearing in mind it's 2 hours time limit. We were told by the waiter we would have a drinks order taken every 5/10 minutes. Welcome drink arrived 15mins after we sat down, 1st drinks order arrived about 20mins after that....then no further drinks arrived. We had to flag another waiter to take food order (we now 40mins into the brunch) .... the food never arrived! We asked numerous times to speak to a manager and was told he's busy but will be with you soon...he never came to see us, I went to the bar to speak to the manager again and he quickly went to a room behind the bar out of the way. Eventually we managed to speak to a manager and was told we could leave and to email for a refund on Monday. Eventually after many emails we were refunded. The place itself is disgusting, wading through the unknown to get to the toilet, half were blocked and overflowing, no toilet rolls, locks hanging off doors and the smell was revolting. Avoid this place at all costs! And the none exsitant bottomless brunch!

Bottomless brunch disgraceful service in 45 mins only 2 of us had a drink other 3 waited over 1 hour for there drink. Complaint to the waiter as was told they doing there best as they busy. £35 each we only had few drinks no food came till we were about to leave the table after sat on it for 2 and half hours then food came which again was so disappointing think it must been kept warm and forgot about as the pizza was dried up and waffles where black couldn’t even eat them. Would I go again or recommend DEFINITELY NOT. There’s loads other lovely places in durham to do bottomless brunch. Other tables near us also complaint and got there money back and left

To the bar staff working on Friday evening - thank you for making our friend's birthday so special! And for going out of your way to help us find a way to light up the cake that was safe but still spectacular :)

Positive: good food, nice staff, nice interior and views. Negative: cold, long waiting.

We got a table without booking, drinks were good, food was good, it did take a while but it was busy, Harrison was a credit to Revs, very helpful and attentive,

had a bottomless brunch booked for 3/1/2024 at 1pm, the establishment failed to inform us that they weren’t opening until 3pm after letting us book in for brunch and taking the deposit from us. poor communication from management with an email at 2.30pm informing us that they weren’t opening until 3pm

Amazing service by Kyrah, Charlie, Joy and Danny. So attentive and lovely people. Brilliant food and drinks too!! Thank you very much for having us!!

Came for a bottomless brunch. Absolutely terrible service. Had 1 drink in the first 50 minutes and some of our party didn’t get served any at all. Spent a fortune. Make sure you pay these people after you’ve been because if you pay early they’ll just rip you off. Will not come back After the 2 hours most people had had 3-4 drinks. Had to go to the bar to iterate our order. We paid £45 a head. Basically works out £15 a pint and a dry chicken burger. Avoid avoid avoid

Reservamos un brunch premium para 14 personas para una celebración navideña de obras. Esto estaba lejos de ser un servicio premium, con algunos miembros del grupo esperando más de 30 minutos para su primera bebida. Mal servicio de mesa, con muchos de la fiesta solo recibiendo hasta 4 bebidas en la franja horaria de 2 horas. Numerosas preguntas / quejas hechas al personal de espera y como organizador puse una queja con el gerente que dijo que nos habían dado una extensión de 30 minutos en nuestra reserva, esto no se transmitió a la parte que ya había comenzado a irse. Huelga decir que no volveremos a usar este lugar y que escalaremos con nuestra empresa para evitar usar Rev en el futuro.

Extremadamente gran servicio! Personal muy servicial y amable. Muy rápido con las bebidas (aunque estaba muy ocupado) la comida era agradable. Sin duda volvería y recomendaría este lugar para una barbacoa

Thank you Jake for a great bottomless brunch

Not my idea for a beer, but people seemed to love it...

Attended the childrens Halloween party with my daughter and granddaughters and they had a wonderful afternoon. It was value for money costing only £4.50 for the little ones and free for my daughter and I. They got a spooky mocktail and pizza which they enjoyed, plenty to keep them entertained with crafts, balloon making, disco and games. The staff were lovely and friendly and overall we had a lovely afternoon.

Really enjoyed my time at revolution a few weeks back. Hannah couldn’t have been a more attentive host, kind, caring and a gracious smile to top off all my drinks. Can’t go wrong for £35 bottomless either.

Great drinks for great price 👍🏾 👌

I went there for the past couple of weeks on every Friday to get food to go. The first four times were great the servers were wonderful, but the last two times I went there was one girl server who had an issue and kept saying that I could not get food to go. I told her that I had no problems with any other server in doing this. She had a bratty attitude even when I thanked her for my food.

We found all the beer options very expensive.

Lovely place, atmosphere was amazing!

Brunch sin fondo servido por Luke, muy atento desde el principio, genial con las bebidas, sin embargo, mientras estaba en su descanso nos quedamos sin servidor sin bebidas y tuve que buscar a alguien que resultó en casi media hora de espera. Le expliqué esto al gerente y él felizmente se ocupó de nuestras bebidas y extendió nuestro tiempo, que era totalmente justo. Luke regresó de su descanso y las bebidas y el excelente servicio fluían de nuevo. La pizza estaba bien. Buen ambiente. Volveré 🍸

The waiter Jake was absolutely fantastic. Glasses never empty and a great atmosphere. Will definitely be choosing Revs for future Brunches.

We had arranged lunch for 14 of us a week in advance. Upon arriving, we were told that our (reserved) table had already been taken by one person, so the waitress put together a couple of tables which was fine. However, when we asked for the vegan chicken wraps on their menus the waiter told us that there was none, nor was there any oat milk (also advertised on the menu) for lattes. Still we carried on. I tell you, it took at least an HOUR for our food to arrive. One of our guests ended leaving because it had taken so long, while the rest of us were forced to grin and bear it. I asked the waiter 3 times if he could check with the kitchen how long our food would take, but each time after he said yes, he just continued taking orders from other tables. Food was nice when it eventually arrived but the service was appalling, Will not be returning.

Had a few very nice cocktails but had a few ingredients missing

Jordan was very helpful and accommodating nice food and drinks

Lovely revolution in the heart of Durham city. Special shout out to Jordon, very attentive and friendly offering table service and recommendations. Lovely vibes, nice food and nice atmosphere. Definitely be coming back!

It is a good place to have a cocktail or beer but the service is almost never in service. It is like a self service place. You have to go to the bar and order.

Well been sitting here 50 minutes and still no food. Would hate to see how long it takes if they are busy. Another 5 minutes and we are walking

En primer lugar, me gustaría animar al equipo de Revs que lee esto a revisar mis otras reseñas en trip advisor - ¡Soy un compartidor de positividad siempre que sea posible! Sin embargo, el estándar de la comida y el personal cayó tan por debajo del estándar en la víspera de la boda de mis primos que tuve que dejar una reseña. Como punto a tener en cuenta, hemos visitado una vez para el brunch sin fondo y tuvimos un tiempo encantador! Sin embargo, el viernes fuimos a tomar el té (cenar) y bastante rápido nos sentimos decepcionados, no había jugo de piña o leche para nuestros cócteles solicitados, pero luego fue la comida que fue la más decepcionante. Al ordenar, el miembro del equipo que servía volvió a leer la orden, sin embargo, por cualquier razón, la hamburguesa de filete de fili salió del kirchen, lo que era incorrecto. Al informar al personal que no era lo que pedimos nos encontramos con una actualización de que tomaría otros 20 minutos para corregir el error, momento en el que se solicitó un reembolso. El servicio recibido fue realmente horrible, que nos dijeran que estábamos equivocados, otros miembros del personal riéndose detrás de sus menús, hablan de vergonzoso. De todos modos, el reembolso fue dado y luego... la comida correcta llegó en 5 minutos! ¡No podíamos creerlo! Como nota adicional, la comida no era genial en absoluto, una hamburguesa de coliflor tenía más “recubrimiento frito” que la coliflor y la pizza estaba fría, pero la principal preocupación es la falta de servicio al cliente, que tenía que ser el enfoque principal de mi revisión. Tal vez solo un día libre, pero con suerte se pueden hacer mejoras para garantizar que las cenas pre-boda no se arruinen así para nadie más. Gracias.

I'm on a bit of a bad run of luck recently. We visited here 14/09/24, we were the only table upstairs in the conservatory part, and the service was absolutely shambolic. We were here for 12, the young gentleman serving must be new because he was more intent on chatting to the other server behind the bar than carrying out service. Upon entering, there is a huge sign outside that says all pizzas £5. When we go in, I ask about it, and the server says, I have no idea about it, says £11 on the menu. After ordering our drinks, we were served with 1/3 drinks to the table. 10 minutes go by and i notice the second of our lovely refreshing beverages sitting on the bar waiting to be delivered for the last 10 minutes. The third drink, just a mirage. Eventually I have to get up from the table to go and ask if that was our drink, it was, alas it was delayed on it's journey to the table because "I'm just finishing off inputting your food order" So now we have our drinks and we're just sitting waiting for food. 1 o'clock and we are finally delivered some food. A chicken skewer starter and a mac & cheese main, unfortunately the server putt the mac through as a starter, which although tasty, was tiny. The vegan burger and fries was rated a solid 2/5 as it was cold. The chicken vegan wrap was a more solid main and was moderately warm, so that was always a plus. When the two vegan mains arrived we asked for some vegan mayo. The young guy went to go get them from downstairs, then stood at the bar for 5 minutes chatting whilst the food went even colder. I decided to ask a different server and they said "we don't serve vegan mayo". 5 minutes later the mayo arrives and I give it a try, to confirm it is certainly not vegan mayo. (This just meant I had 2 mayo's to go with my chicken skewer starters). Ultimately this was an abysmal experience. Whilst we were there another table came in and ordered drinks, where half their drinks were brought to the table, the other half left on the bar. On another table a father was furious as he'd been asked to moved tables with his child for the third time. I'd seriously avoid this place as the food was bang average, the service was terrible and it wasn't the warmest either.

Waited over half an hour for food and drinks to arrive (approx 20 other customers so not at all busy and other customers complaining about very slow service). Cup of tea arrived, dirty cup (see photos), no milk or teaspoon. Food arrived, decent fries but bread stale (see photos). Had to request serviettes. Cutlery on table dirty. Asked 3 times about Meerkat deal as was a Wednesday, told manager would check on placing order. Poor lone waiter having to deal with customer concerns about service, Manager Josh was nowhere in sight and did not answer when waiter tried to contact him. Would NOT recommend PHOTOS OF UNEATEN STALE BREAD ATTACHED There are so many negative reviews, I wish we’d seen them beforehand. It seems the manager is so busy responding to reviews he doesn’t have time to see what’s happening on the ‘shop floor’

Nice And chilled atmosphere on a Wednesday afternoon. Good food and decent prices. Shout out to josh & Michael for top notch service

Good food and good service. Will be returning

Encantador lugar junto al río. . . nos dieron un almuerzo por la tarde por nuestra hija. y Hubby. fue absolutamente encantador ya que somos el personal, no podrían haber sido más útiles, sin duda volveremos a este lugar encantador. .

We popped in for a quick cocktail, Morgan and Josh were very good, great staff very helpful.

We got cocktails and food and the service was super quick, Morgan was knowledgable about the cocktails and was quick to recommend drinks we would like.

Booked in for birthday brunch our table was given to someone else but we were found another one. Waited nearly 45 minutes for food which was OK but was clearly all microwaved egg was like a rubber joke egg! Staff really need to smile a little more. Had a lovely atmosphere but the music was very loud at 5pm while eating

Fantastic service and a view to die for

Lovely greeting, helpful staff. Prompt service

Good food and great location, also dog friendly. Lunchtime deal was great value.

Had to ask for our prosecco to accompany our cornstarch martinis otherwise they'd have omitted it

Drinks are amazing and jake is great will Defo recommend revs

Came here for my birthday, amazing service and great atmosphere!!💖💖

Kaccy was exceptional with her attention to our needs and her service was the best i have ever received at a brunch experience thank you kaccy xx the whole table agreed ad they all cant sign into google lol xx

Had a lovely meal but it was tarnished by a woman with blonde and brunette hair, she was very rude and abrasive with us, it ruined our experience.

Jake is an absolute fabulous host best ever totallly a tentative and always checking to see if we were happy during our bottom brunch for our friends birthday

Basura no malgastes tu dinero. Sobreprecio. 24 libras por cuatro pintas. No me importaría, pero los baños son asquerosos. Si quieres que la gente pague estos precios al menos arregla los baños. No volveré a visitar

Kacey was fantastic service, really helpful and kind.

Server was 10/10, good crack, quick service!

KC was so lovely, lovely atmosphere! Definitely recommend, food very tasty

Lovely bottomless brunch! Will be back again

The best zombie cocktails I've had outside of Jamaica xx

Really nice place. Staff really friendly and helpful and accommodating. Great food.

Hannah provided excellent service

Kacie our waitress was really attentive and helpful Always on top of our drinks for us

Ridiculously slow and shoddy service, horrendous hygiene, desperate atmosphere.

We were served by Casey, lovely lass

amazing food , absolutely amazing service . not 1 fault high recommend to a friend

Lovely staff and wonderful service

Great atmosphere, Great food and Staff were amazing

Harry the waiter was amazing ! So helpful highly recommend. Needs a pay rise !

Harry provided great service to hen do party. Good was late but was able to stay longer due to that! Thanks Harry! xx

Great food and lovely staff. I enjoy my visits there. One of my favourite places.

Delicious burger and exquisite cocktails

Paid for a premium bottomless brunch, the wine came with no glasses which then took a further 10 minutes. The cocktails took too long to come out and were of poor quality and then they had no pizza claiming that they had run out of dough! Won’t be back. As to the comment below, I appreciate that it was busy however I was booked in for that time and as for the table it was not prepared we were put on a small round table next to the bar which we were fine with but that does not excuse the fact that no glasses were supplied and if we hadn’t gone to the bar and asked a different member of staff we would not have been given them. Due to the lack of dough one of our party did not eat had this all been explained we would have come back another time and despite the excuses you gave each person paid £42.50 for a premium brunch that you did not provide.

Tuvimos el desayuno sin fondo buena comida tuvimos la pizza y los desayunos las bebidas estaban bien (caro si no en el brunch) el servicio era bueno para todos tuvimos una tarde agradable

I didn't try the food so I can't comment on that, it's very nice inside and out, but the prices are stupid, we've all seen the cathedral we know what it looks like, the view doesn't justify the prices

We had traditional afternoon tea it was lovely very filling they was great with my husband allergies thank you so much

Went for a staff do, service was slow as they were understaffed, everything else was excellent!