The Blue House in County Durham

Myself and husband live local to this pub so decided to have a Sunday lunch out as a treat. Pulled into the car park, plenty of spaces so that was a bonus straight away. Went into the restaurant, we were greeted by a lovely polite lady, was asked if we had booked a table?, explained we hadn't , but that wasn't a problem as we were seated immediately. We struggled to decide what we wanted to eat, but husband decided on the 3 meat Sunday roast, I opted for the steak pudding, it was advertised with mash ,but they were more than happy to change it for home made chips for me. I have to say the portions are more than generous, hubby's Yorkshire puddings was ginarmous!!. The food was served piping hot, lovely tender meat and vegetables had a tiny bite to them. Could not fault it. Throughout the meal we got asked if everything was ok, very attentive polite staff. All in all a superb meal at a very reasonable price. I would not hesitate to recommend.

Huge portions and lots of choice, very busy place and I could see why.

Lovely pub, cosy, nice atmosphere and lovely food. Decent priced as portions are decent.

Incredible value for money especially 2 meals for £25 Batter on the cod is amazing

The blue house is always nice and cheerful. The food is lovely and not expensive 5☆

Fantastic Sunday lunch will definitely be back

Can not knock the food it was beautiful service was perfect and food was piping hot will defo be back

Absolutamente increíble comida la mejor cena del domingo de la historia de la salsa era el lugar y el tamaño de los pudines de Yorkshire donde masiva. Porciones donde absolutamente increíble. Personal donde tan encantador y amable Me encantaría volver de nuevo

Visité con la familia y todas las comidas eran muy buenas, excepto los filetes, ambos estaban muy bien cocinados, pero eran muy masticables y grasosos y con un precio excesivo, no es bueno.

La comida es preciosa con porciones muy generosas. El personal es encantador y muy amable. Muy bonito por dentro y patio para comer fuera.

The parmo with bbq brisket was lovely, interior could do with updating but food is very good

pedí una taza de papel o algo más liviano me dijo que no. pedí si podía tener una de paja colocada encima de mi vaso ninguna asistencia se ofreció para quitar el papel. La comida estaba bien sin quejas, pero cuando pregunté el proyecto de ley le dije a los niños carne asada era £ 8. 95 . . Mientras me alejaba la señora mayor me llamó y me dijo que eran £ 6. 95 poner £ 2. 00 en mi mano herida. Al revisar el menú al salir con la ayuda de mi amigo los niños asan la cena fue de £ 4. 95 todavía cobrado en exceso por £ 2. 00 El personal había abandonado el restaurante en ese momento. ¿Puedo decir que la joven fue amable .. Establecí un correo electrónico que no fue reconocido en la dirección anunciada. Mi compañero escribió la queja para mí y envió entrega registrada absolutamente ninguna respuesta. Si usted es mayor solo puede comer con una cuchara y está en yeso no espere ayuda de cortesía aquí.

Booking is essential at this lovely little gem of a place . We went for Sunday lunch and it’s the best we had !! Beef is thick veg is fresh and pudding are massive ! Deffo be back

Very good food reasonably priced and very friendly staff. Will definitely go again the chips were lovely

Regular visitor food and staff - top marks as always

Nice atmosphere, friendly staff. Good variety of menu. Plenty free parking. Recommended.

Had a brilliant steak. The staff who served me was very nice.

Great meal large portions pleasant staff good value

Lovely food, good portions and prices, lovely staff also 😀

Qué gran lugar es este. La mejor comida de pub en cualquier lugar. Gran calidad, un montón de ella y servida por el personal muy amable. Los precios son excelentes también, así que lo que no hay que gustar.

Quality food and service. Love going there for food and drink. Buetiful as always.

Food is gorgeous with generous portions. Lovely friendly staff

Great food, great service. Definitely will return.

A lovely little restaurant, great meals and reasonable priced,

Lovely hidden gem. Food was delicious and really filling. Very clean and tidy staff lovely and polite. Would definitely recommend and will be coming back.

Small 'house' restaurant very very friendly and attentive staff. Excellent menu choice and very well prepared food. Didn't try the pub area as it was closing soon. Good amount of parking and a small outdoor seating area. Draft IPA by Grand Central was a pleasant addition.

Mi tío recomendó La Casa Azul y diré que volveríamos de nuevo. Éramos 7 de nosotros, y cuando reservamos la mesa nos preguntaron si pre-pedir para que no nos decepcionaría si algo no estaba disponible. Los tamaños de las porciones eran generosos, por decir lo menos, caliente y muy sabroso. Volveremos la próxima vez que volvamos a la zona.

Lovely Sunday lunch. Pic taken before veg was served

Fish and chips are by far the best in the country most try

Lovely food, great staff very friendly .

Really nice place not the cheapest around but what you get is very good only 4 stars as they could offer more non alcoholic beers. Recommended

The food was red hot and tasty. The serving was more than ample. Staff were pleasant. We returned and had an amazing meal staff went out of their way for us the chef was amazing. Highly recommend.

Lovely place to eat. Great staff

Great food and huge selection at reasonable prices. Portion sizes are incredible. Make sure to book in advance though. Would highly recommend.

Como siempre buena comida a un precio razonable , personal amable servicio rápido Comida siempre preparando menús calientes y extensos - algo para todos

Excellent Service, Food and Quality. Highly recommend

Great menu, lovely restaurant sticky toffee pudding yummy 😋 my daughter had the cheesecake & said it was the best she's ever tasted 😋 🤩🤩🤩

Excellent food, excellent service, highly recommend this place if ever you're in the area.

Looking for a new house to move to in the area, getting peckish after a 3 hour drive, then looking at houses, needed refreshments , didn't know the area just entered local pubs near to me into google and the blue house came up, am I glad it did, what a meal my wife and I had, Steak & kidney pie with veg for the wife and battered cod with chips for me, absolutely brilliant meals, more than enough for us, luckily we were hungry, very tasty and so fresh. I would recommend this place to eat, reasonably priced as well, excellent service from the waitresses, hopefully our house hunting will end with us getting a place near this restaurant. looking forward to eating there again.

Lovely food. Nice surroundings. Best to book.

Este es un pub que no te puedes perder, yo y colegas visitamos después de mirar las críticas y no nos decepcionaron. El pub estaba lleno cuando llegamos y asumimos que sería un poco de espera para ser atendido. Este no era el caso en absoluto, el personal fantástico era increíble y muy servicial. Los titulares fueron geniales y fueron seguidos por un curso de mains que fueron excelentes. Gran personal gran chef gran comida

El menú es extenso, porciones muy generosas, las comidas siempre se cocinan a la perfección, y una buena relación calidad-precio. Nunca tienes que esperar mucho antes de que tu comida sea llevada a tu mesa. El personal es amable y servicial

Personal agradable y amable. Precioso jardín de cerveza. Disfrutamos del pescado con patatas fritas y guisantes mushy que eran tan agradables que pensamos que valía la pena compartir la buena noticia. Definitivamente volveré aquí.

First time there to celebrate my birthday, Staff very friendly and helpful, service First class, and food fantastic, highly recommended this restaurant and will definitely be back again 😀

Absolutely lovely food was amazing

Wow! Visited for a family meal and each of us were massively impressed. We were seated quickly and shown the drinks menu, lots of options including some tasty cocktails. The food was outstanding, really great home cooked grub that just put a smile on your face 🙂 I opted for the mince and dumplings which was unreal, presented in a really pretty way and tasted amazing. So pleased I went for a dessert too, the lemon tart was outrageously good! The staff were all really friendly and done everything to make sure we had a lovely evening. We can’t wait to come back again!

Absolutely top nosh grub, especially the fish pie 👍

Good food. Booking a table is advised. Quaint eatery converted from historical stables or suchlike, on it's own out of the way on crossroads from Haswell not too far from Durham. Can't mistake it when in sight. Its Blue. Ample car park to rear may be crowded at busy times.

Staff were friendly and good service and food was very nice

All five of us had roast beef dinner absolutely splendid 😋.

Absolutely knocked it out the Park,food service was prompt,staff were very welcoming and knowledgeable regarding the menu,great easy atmosphere. The quality and quantity of the food was delicious, you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere better.

Food plentiful,waiting staff pleasant and helpful ,prices good

Went for a family birthday meal, first time we have been. Food was absolouteley beautiful and piping hot. Staff were lovely. Will definitely be back.

Lovely place with really nice food. I will definitely be going back

Lovely Sunday family lunch, we all enjoyed everything we had , tasty homemade food and excellent service 😋👍

Amazing food, atmosphere brilliant. Staff lovely. Love it always come back.

Unbelievable food and service, second to none

Amazing food every time, will happily return many more times

A local village pub that serves great pub grub in a friendly atmosphere…. Tremendous

First time here on Saturday night and was very impressed, the food was delicious with a menu I'm keen to explore more in the future

Katsu Chicken. Sauce too much chilli 🌶 in. So bad could not taste the rest of the meal. Had stomach issues all night & for several hours the following day.

Food lovely as usual reasonably priced and lovely staff

Lovely friendly service food gorgeous

Excellent food and service. Very generous portions. 2 meals for £21 great value. First time here and won’t be the ladt.

The blue house got recommended to me for been a lovely quiet place with lovely food and large portions & good friendly service, I had the parmo this time and it was very tasty, I recommend booking a table, 😋 I'll be back for more 👌

Went today, four of us, 3 pints Birra moretti, bottle of merlot. 4 great, delicious mains and 4 lovely desserts. Lovely friendly staff, quick service and at £23.50 a head you cannot go wrong. We shall certainly be back.

The Blue house has a amazing menu, lots to choose from. Our meals were excellent. Service was great. Enjoyed everything x

The service was excellent. We went for Sunday lunch at 2.45pm and I think service finishes at 3pm on Sunday. The staff were really friendly. Sunday lunch had a choice of beef, chicken, pork and roasted ham or you could have 3 meats for £15.95. Plus extra gravy is 50p per jug. The lunch was lovely, hone cooked food. I had pork with a gorgeous and light crackling. Mashed potato, roast potato, roasted parsnip and a separate turin of carrots and savoy cabbage (make sure to carefully pick out the separate veg because the bowl was full of water). The food was really tasty and the meals were served very quickly. The heat in the main room was Insanely hot, which may be an issue for some people. We would definitely recommend.

Fantastic mince and dumplings..all the food here is prepared and cooked on the premises you won't find better 😋

Canny place with delicious home made food.

I would prefer not to recommend "The Blue House". It'll make it more difficult for me to get a table, but these people deserve to be known. The food here is INCREDIBLE. Service is a delight and the atmosphere in the restaurant is like sitting in a friend's dining room. It's cosy and relaxed, drinks promptly served and just wait for the food... Steak and Kidney steamed pudding, whatever potatoes you like, chips are marvelous, mash is smooth and creamy, REALLY fresh veg and a pudding big enough to move into. Meat that melts in the mouth with wonderful gravy. Desserts! 4 different cheesecakes, syrup sponge, sticky toffee pudding, meringue nests - what to have????? YOU MUST BOOK!

absolutely great day with family at the Blue House. Great meals not one complaint from all guests, friendly staff and meals great. Thank you all the family and all the staff at the blue house for making this special day perfect

Perfect chilled environment for catch up with friends, staff were polite and helpful, ordered the burger and chips and wasn’t disappointed, really enjoyed the flavours of the burger and the homemade style chips were cooked to perfection, will be going back and recommend to friends and family to go.

Lovely Sunday dinner would definitely recommend.

Absolutely amazing freshly home cooked food. We ordered off the 2 for £21 menu, and it was great value. It's definitely worth a look, but you need to book to get a table. 5 ☆☆☆☆☆

Excellent food, wonderful service. Reasonably priced and so easy to park. Loved it. Best to book though.

Having visited here for a lot of years, previously I would have described the food as average pub grub and dismissed this as an option as we usually go for food which is a bit more special or interesting. Recently we visited as we were hearing a lot of good comments from people we know so thought we’d give it a try. I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised at what we were served - it was amazing and not what we were expecting. Afterwards I got the opportunity to speak to the chef and he was telling me that he was getting more free reign to be more creative and keep looking out for the specials as this is where he could do his thing. We went again last night and I had the duck. Again this didn’t disappoint - presentation was amazing, tasted amazing, cooked to perfection. I don’t usually write reviews unless I’m warning people about bad experiences, but I would really urge people to go here and try the specials, you won’t be disappointed. Well done to the owner for letting the artist in the kitchen do his thing, and well done to the chef for transforming my opinion of the place. Top marks, see you soon

Absolutely amazing Sunday roast. The portions were very generous. We had the dog with us so ate in the garden which was clean and tidy. Staff were so friendly and efficient. I would definitely recommend

Sunday dinner is amazing. 3 meat load on plate

Absolutely lovely place to eat. I had a lamb liver sausage casserole and wife had a roast chicken dinner and was sooooooo tasted and filling. The staff were amazing and polite. Top dog grub 🫶🏽

2 of us visited here recently and won’t be back in a hurry. Ordered jacket potato with salad and a steak and ale pie. Jacket potato was the size of a small garden potato and the pie was as dry as sticks. Both plates of food took ages to come out as well. Tables and chairs have been crammed in so there’s no room to move your chair if you need to either. It’s far too crowded. Not impressed at all.

Good food, great staff and good atmosphere. Would recommend.

Always really nice food and excellent service and great value. Highly recommend

Staff were lovely and very accommodating. Food was amazing and big portions. very affordable prices. Love the updated selection of coffees. Will most definitely be going back! Really fast service. Love it there and would recommend everyone going

Sunday roast was awesome Value for money nice and cosy

Has another amazing meal here tonight. The specials menu is outstanding. Last week my husband had the venison and it was delicious, this week he tried the cod lion and it was equally fantastic. Staff always friendly and happy to go the extra mile. Highly recommended!

Food is always amazing here and plenty to choose from, great if you’re wanting a real ‘pub grub’ meal. Prices are fair and service is brilliant.

Every thing a bout the place was good x

Not often you get a few different vegan options in this area! And vegan desserts too. A lovely inclusive restaurant that caters for all. The whole family (adults and kids) really enjoyed this place - great food, good value and lovely staff.

Lovely. Massive portions. Cosy. Good value for money. Had a great visit.

Absolutely wonderful place. Turned up with friends on a Saturday evening and they managed to fit us in. Gorgeous food, lovely staff. First visit and we will be back soon 👍👍👍

My wife and I visited this establishment for a mid week lunch for the first time, and were pleasantly surprised at the fantastic food , good service, and very reasonable prices compared to other restaurants around the area. We will definitely be visiting this place again soon.

Been to the blue house lots of times and it never disappoints. Never had a bad meal here so far and the standard is always consistent, really good prices for the quality of food you get. There is a great atmosphere, it’s always clean and tidy! The staff are so polite and provide great customer service, could not recommend the place more!

Lovely find, really good food and a surprisingly large selection.

Loved it. Quaint place to eat with plenty of excelent food and great service. Very pleasant and relaxing! Laini Rose. 🌹💋🌹

There was a few of us went for a meal. I didn't really enjoy mine but everyone else's looked delicious, would go again but have something else .

We were on holiday and spotted this pub thought it was going to be average but it was anything but. Great menu great food great price and great staff. Booked to go the following day for lunch 2 main courses for £21 again expected small portions but biggest yorkshire pudding 6 slices of beef lovely veg and thick tasty gravy partnel had the home made fish cakes they were perfect. Pity we our holiday ended .

Lovely little place with excellent food, great value for money, especially the two plates for £21 menu and excellent portion sizes. Friendly staff and a nice atmosphere 🤩

It's truly, honest-to-god food, cooked perfectly and served with a smile. I would have given it 5 stars, which it deserves, but I have to keep something in hand for eateries that exceed this quality. Haven't found any yet though!

Value for money, very nice staff, great food and service. Don't have to wait long for food a big plus for hubby 👍