The 68 Cafe in County Durham

Very friendly cafe with very nice food. We had a breakfast and it all seemed like quality, fresh produce. Would definitely recommend.

The best chocolate brownie I have ever had in my life.

Food was excellent and the homemade cakes are something else. Highly recommended. Guy

Great place and very tasty full English! New favourite place.

Lovely hot food mince and dumplings and steak and kidney pie very good

First visit here with our Grandson for some lunch and were impressed with everything. The staff are lovely, the food delicious and well presented and such a good choice to choose from. The 68 Cafe is very clean and tidy and well run with a steady flow of happy customers, will be returning to try out more of their lovely food.

Wow what a find on a really long journey. Food was fantastic and the cakes were out of this world. A must if you need to stop or live near by. Staff were excellent

Great cafe to stop off Lovely breakfast all day 😋 Very friendly staff

They allow dogs outside, but be aware that some of the outside seating area is covered in astro turf, which is not good for dogs. Take out coffee was acceptable and the caramel cake was very dry. Service was good and fairly quick

We Visit this place often ,always good food.

Just used the outside coffee truck but sun ☀ was shining so sat in garden to drink our coffee and eat our cake

We have passed here several times never thinking to stop. We did stop this time and loved it. Great service, a good cup of tea and a slice of lovely home made cake.

Go here often great menu atmosphere and the staff are brilliant love it.

Soo rude staff. Just by 10 pm they ask to leave

Lovely place, lovely views, lovely food. Can't fault it! Just grabbed a small breakfast, as I couldn't resist some delicious cake...

This was a great stop on our way through. Sometimes it’s hard to find gluten free food on the road, and the 68 Cafe hit the spot with gluten free paninis. The serving sizes were generous, the dishes were creative, and the food was tasty. We finished off our meals with a slice of gluten free carrot cake (excellent) and gluten free chocolate cake (which was a bit dry and the only disappointment here).

On Route to Scotland, we always call in to the 68 cafe

Nice food, excellent coffee, Lost two stars, as not true dog friendly dogs only allowed outside, no point coming on a rainy day .

Small café foods simple and service quick and with a smile few more vegan options on desserts would be nice but overall very nice..view is hard to beat

Busy café. Easy to find with enough parking. Large portions were tasty and warm. Reasonably priced.

Excellent food and fast service, plenty of choice beautifully cooked and presented, and don't forget to check out the cakes!

Was OK for a small breakfast, and it was a small one. But at large breakfast price. Tea extra.

This cafe has always been dog friendly but they've now changed their policy and we were refused entry this morning. Very disappointed and won't be visiting again. Dog walkers beware - this is no longer a friendly cafe

First visit we will be back, enjoyed.

Had lovely meal. Eat here quite often. Food lovely. Nice size portions . Always tend to book as place can be very busy at times. Service Always good..Staff Always polite and chatty. Would highly recommend.

Just called in for some cake and coffee. Service was very good, friendly, and helpful. The prices are very reasonable, and the menu looked quite varied. I sat outside where the views are excellent. Would recommend.

Great little cafe for a more than welcomed breakfast, tasty, local ingredients!

Very welcoming, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere, great menu selection, excellent quality food.

Found this little gem purely by chance on route up North. Ample car/motor cycle parking, well maintained both outside and in main Cafe, clean, lots of room both inside and in the well presented and maintained garden area. Staff were welcoming, friendly and helpful with a smile. The menu was comprehensive catering to all tastes, without being over priced. Being Sunday when we attended the place was full of what appeared to be regulars for the clearly popular Sunday roast, and what a hearty fabulous looking plateful you had delivered. We would certainly highly recommend this roadside Cafe to all travellers, one not to be missed if your in the North East.

Stopped for breakfast before the long trip home. It was all cooked perfectly and very tasty.

Out for a nice ride out. Came across this cafe. Good assortment of food, Sunday lunch looked very nice, we had hot beef sandwich with chips. Lovely. Nice friendly staff. Good assortment of desserts too.

Lovely service and food was delicious- we were staying in the nearby pods and they dropped off to food to us which was really convenient. Prices are also decent for what you get too When I eventually get a car I’m sure I’ll be back here!

Brilliant stop off for a breakfast, but the deserts look great

Staff are Fantastic, Brilliant Cafe

Good home made food and a fantastic view

Had a lovely breakfast quick service although it was quite busy, food lovely. Set us up nicely for our trip.

Great place, good is good, staff Fri and in a very good location with far reaching views. Would highly recommend.

Only had a take away coffee but the place was busy, the girl serving was friendly and the food looked very good.

Great place to visit for lunch, all homemade food and great service

Nice outside space, great cakes

Love the 68 Cafe brilliant food and staff friendly and helpful but it does get busy

Although it was Mothers Day and we hadn't booked anywhere for lunch , we managed to get a table at The 68 Cafe . 3 adults , we all had roast beef Sunday lunches . 1 piece of caramel cake ( it was quite a large piece ) and 1 Apple and blackberry crumble with custard . 1 decaf tea , 1americano (large ) and a flat white ( large ) , also a fentimans soda .Total about £52 Well worth it and the atmosphere was buzzing . Thank You xx

Had a bacon bun to takeaway- nest bacon butty I've had in a long time! Will definitely be back for more.

Large all day breakfast. Couldn't finish it. 😜

Excellent food, good choices, reasonable prices, will definitely visit again

Very nice. Good place for a stop on the A68. Lots of selection. Inside and outside seating.

This has become our regular pit stop after visiting Hamsterley forest. Great food, service and prices.

First time here and wow well impressed out with friends for lunch Ordered the steak pie and they didn't disappoint so much meat and loads of gravy with boiled potatoes and vegetables Very impressed from start to finish We shall certinaly be back

Always consistently good been many times. Staff very pleasant and helpful.

It was packed but it didn't take long to serve us we both had mince and dumplings with vegetables. I don't know what I expected but I was disappointed.

Just driven 30 mins to bring my daughter here and its closed even though it says it closes at 4.30pm .. and it's only 3.15pm.. Won't be coming back here again.

Lovely fry up breakfast. Good variety in choice in the English breakfast menu to suit everyone. There are plenty of parking spaces. Clean and tidy inside. Will come back.

Great value, especially for seniors.2 course Inc tea for a tenner.car park is bigger now

Visited for breakfast was led to a seat next to the door I asked to be seated further in this was met with derision by a snouty nosed waitress with a poor attitude. She then left us sitting for 15 minutes walking by with a sarcastic smile and not taking our order. Perhaps a course on customer care wouldn’t go amiss here. We left, I’m not paying good money for poor service.

Very nice place , staff nice ,wonderful coffee ☕

Great little place. Good value. Tasty food. Loads of sweets.

Felt the menu was lacking a bit to usual not a great amount of choice but food was very nice

No longer dog friendly for some reason , wasted journey.strange for a countryside cafe

Really nice cheesecake. Good outdoor seating. Expensive for 2 coffees and 2 cheesecakes !

Brilliant cafe with smiling staff 😀

Had to eat outside as we had the dog bit chilly but even so well worth it. Plenty of choice good GF menu staff excellent and Garden area first class

Wir waren hier per Zufall auf der Durchreise Richtung Schottland für ein spätes Frühstück. Das 68 bietet eine große Auswahl an Gerichten für Frühstück, Dinner, Lunch und Kaffee. Das 'Full English Breackfast' war lecker zubereitet, kam schnell und war sein Geld mehr als Wert. Weil die Kuchen so gut aussahen, haben wir auch da noch zugeschlagen und etwas mitgenommen (sehr empfehlenswert). Wer in der Gegend ist, sollte hier unbedingt einen Stopp einlegen.

Beautiful location. Its a while since we visited but was very disappointed with the lack of fruit in our toasted teacake and it was only half toasted. My coffee was weak but tea was nice.

We hadn't visited for a few years but were looking forward to returning. My wife's tea was lovely but my coffee was very poor with little taste and to cold. We tried a large toasted teacake. Half toasted and lacking fruit for its price. Overall very disappointed.

This place never disappoints. Great food and lovely friendly staff.

This place is always popular & once you've been you will see why.

Lovely quick service and meal was lovely. Been there 4 times now. Love the meals. Very friendly atmosphere. Can't knick the place one bit.

Lovely stop for home baked cakes, scones and coffee

Great place to break a journey north.

First time here and was well impressed. Lovely food and service.

A fairly small but well run roadside cafe. Reasonable choices and prices. A convenient stop on the north bound side of the A68.

A bit to posh for me Bit a posh nosh Will not be going back. I will visit the tea van down the road next time

Always very busy but lovely cakes on offer

A very pleasant place with views to take a break from traveling

Came here today for lunch after recommended by a friend and wasn’t disappointed. Very nice food, friendly staff, quick serving time and incredibly clean. Will return 😃

Needed a quick stop for coffee and food after a 3 hour drive. Very friendly service, lovely bacon roll. Cakes looked lovely. Everywhere very clean. Outside seating, views and eady parking. Good value

Sat outside which was nice it was a pity the view was spoilt by the green yurt structures because it is a lovely area .

Personally I found the interior to be a little reminiscent of care home, but I’m a designer so I’m preceptive to these things. The staff are friendly. Nothing wrong with the food. I just feel things could be done with a focus on healthier dishes and local meats etc(perhaps it is already local but that wasn’t highlighted). The chips would be better if made using freshly cut potatoes fried in beef fat, rather than pre cut and frozen catering ones.

We have just been to the cafe for breakfast on our journey back to the homeland from a week of work in Scottish Scotland where we were supposed to be getting breakfast provided. There was no bacon! The standard breakfast was delicious and the nice lady even gave me extra bacon!! I would definitely recommend you and will return. Thank you very much! 🧡

Best bacon rolls ever!! Fab garden at the side to sit and enjoy our food with our dogs. Lovely service.

Very good home made food and cakes. Great views too!

Good little stop on the a68 - food is decent enough and the place is clean. Ample parking and friendly staff.

Home cooked food, wonderful cakes and good clean atmosphere and staff.

Very nice place. Been meaning to call for a while as its just up from where I live.

Great food Great atmosphere Defo recommend

The breakfast was excellent will be back again

This gem of a Cafe is located around a mile from my home and I seldom visit, this is about to change. Today I had the best breakfast of my life. The A68 Special Large Breakfast at £11.14p it's was superb. Black pudding, two rashers of bacon, two sausages, two mushrooms, egg, beans and a slice of fried bread and one slice of toast. Cooked perfectly, you could taste the constituent parts and not grease like other places, this is no greasy spoon, and is a roadside restaurant for those in the know. Of which there were many in attendance, regular customers were enjoying everything from toasted sandwiches, to Sunday Dinner piled high, it looked delicious. Never fall into the trap that the A68 Cafe is a regular greasy spoon roadside cafe, it is not, it is a destination for an extensive range of quality food coupled with fantastic service. The counter was covered in an abundant arrange of fresh home baked cakes, at which customers had called into simply to purchase to take them away. The service was cordial, cheerful and quick. Added to the comfortable immaculately clean environment that I had to enjoy my meal, added greatly to the experience. This must be the No 1 roadside cafe in the north of England, never mind County Durham and it deserves all the accolades that it has garnered. The old adage " you only get what you pay for" springs to mind, it was worth every single penny. And I will be back sooner rather than later!

One of our favourites, great food, lovely choice of cakes, and spotless

Great selection of cakes, quick and efficient service. Everything really fresh. Will be going back.

2 bacon egg and mushroom rolls to take away £13.40 Not the best ..

Nice clean good food what more could you ask for. We always call here when we travel to Scotland

Sunday morning breakfast and the place was about half full,good parking and would eat there again.

Had been told good things about A68 Cafe so thought we'd give it a go. Upon entering youre met with numerous covid/hand san signs and instructions...yet tables arent cleaned down to a standard that matches such hygenic instruction. Was met with a rushed greeting and asked to wait whilst another lady cleaned the table (she wasnt, she was talking to the table next to it), left us stood cluttering the main doorway. After spending 5mins there finally seated (with the table cleaning lady still stood at our table talking). Picked out meals off menu's under the glass which is how the cleaning standard was truly noticed, then up to order, nearly £40 later for 2 meals and kids meal. Atmosphere in the place is strange, hard to pinpoint but it wasnt a 'this is nice' feel. Meals arrived, lumpy mash (worse than school), over cooked sausages, 2 button mushrooms (on their 'BIG' breakfast), fatty and salty bacon, cheap watery beans that were like bullets. Overall really really poor and bland tasting food, especially given the meals ordered - they should be the bread and butter of such a place. Really disappointing.

It is a regular stop on our way back from the Borders This time we had our friends with us. They were impressed with the friendly service, delicious food and location. We love it.

Great food, beautiful cakes and good coffee. Never been disappointed yet, always worth stopping for.

Got the large breakfast, sausages were warmed up and I was unable to cut them. The mushrooms were really tough and so was the bacon. Might be just a bad day but not worth the £11 and change I paid..Was with a friend and she enjoyed her pie.

Lovely food was very busy but staff seemed to cope well not to long wait for food. All I would say is felt like as soon as we where finished want us of table. But maybe as a busy Saturday

Tremendous customer experience and the staff were absolutely brilliant!

Found out of the blue and what a find fantastic food and very accommodating

I love this place and always go when taking the A68, sometimes making a detour to visit. They have a pretty varied selection of food ranging from the obligatory all-day breakfast to homemade pies and decent vegetarian selection. Homemade cakes and sweet pies if you fancy dessert, all of which are amazing, with the key lime cheesecake being practically a transcendental experience. There is a good-sized car park outside and a beautiful view across the valley, too.