The Blue Stone Tea Shop in County Durham

Had the most amazing festive afternoon tea here with friends. Everything was delicious & a party member with coeliac disease was well looked after. Nothing was too much trouble. I believe that everything was made with love....sign of the best establishmets.

We go here most days friendly staff and food is brilliant can't have a favourite because everything is tasty

This is my favourite place for lunch. Staff are so friendly and service is excellent. The food is outstanding and good value. I’ve said before but an absolute gem of a place

Wow what a gem.Had a small breakfast,cooked from fresh and an amazing brew while I waited.Staff were spot on and carried A lovely smile.I shall return.Lovely.😁👍

My son and I dropped in to this amazing cafe after having a really stressful day sorting stuff out for elderly relatives. Often passed it and drooled at the cakes in the window. but never been in. Our visit really brightened up our day. Presentation of the food was extra special, coffee was delicious, staff were really lovely, friendly and efficient. We will be back and if you are ever in the area make a point of visiting. Very varied menu with something for everyone. Thank you for cheering us up Bluestone Tea Room.

Had 2 lattes and a lovely cheese scone with a piece of cheese and chutney. Bought some homemade apricot and lentil soup to try for tea. Very nice place and helpful staff

Met friends for breakfast, superb fresh food. Service was excellent, little touches like bringing extra hot water for the tea halfway through the meal. Lots of homemade cakes and cheesecake wrong time of the day for me to try but they all looked lovely. If you wish to go to a quint tea room with lovely fresh food and excellent service which is extremely clean this is your place.Crook is lucky to have this little gem.

Always visit this café when we are in Crook. It's one of the reasons to go there. Highly recommend the cooked breakfasts.

From the outside (when i've been sat in the car waiting for the lights to change) i always thought it looked a little sad (strange mirrored windows) -How wrong was i! The food was truly homemade, and delicious-bubble and squeak with poached eggs on top (beautiful poached eggs) followed by summer pudding (again homemade, with fruits from the garden) with cream. The staff are lovely and it the prices-well super value for money!

We visit this tea room every time we are in Crook and I have never been anything other than completely satisfied. Food is great and the service is exceptional.

This place is a true hidden gem. The staff are so friendly and the food excellent. Service is fantastic. I’ve been back a few times recently for lunches

Fabulous venue The atmosphere was amazing and the staff were so courteous and competent 👍 The food was brilliant and so tasty. I had home made French onion soup and it was one of the best I have tasted👍👍 We will definitely use again if we are in the area. This venue is a must to visit

We call in here every visit to Crook. Rang for a table booking the same day got that ok. Ordered mature cheddar jacket potato for me and Kev had bacon and egg bun. Potato came with lovely diced side salad and fab dressing. Kev said bacon in bun really good quality, he is a bit of a bacon and egg expert after all! Followed by bakewell tart and I had sticky toffee pud and custard all seemed to be homemade. Delicious food great coffee, if I lived in Crook Id be the size of a house, be in here all the time.

We have visited this wonderful establishment ever since it was opened. The menu is very varied. The owners and their customers have some traditional favourites. But there are always some new dishes to try. Their afternoon teas are amazing. Everything is homemade on the premises. Booking is essential.

Travelling down from Beamish I searched for tea rooms and found this gem. In a little town with parking close by. Gorgeous coffee and a pot of very nice. The menu was varied and good value. Welsh rarebit delicious with side salad. Shared a yummy chocolate cake too. Highly recommended.

Wholesome freshly prepared food served by sincere and considerate staff. Plentiful portions of healthy and tasty food. Good value for money and welcoming to my four legged companion and elderly mother. Looking forward to returning.

I've just had a recent visit to this lovely tea shop with my friend and cannot praise it highly enough. I found it very welcoming as soon as we entered. The food is superb , really fresh and everything is home made. What I particularly liked was the fact that my tea came in a matching china cup and tea pot. This was our first visit but most certainly won't be our last.

Popped in for an afternoon scone and a cuppa. Service was great and really enjoyed the Cherry scone with jam and cream. Really friendly atmosphere

Great service, very covid aware, fabulous food. We had tuna mayo wholemeal bun which was served with side salad and dressing. Also a homemade cheese scone with dainty dish of butter, cheese and chutney. All in all a relaxing sit down with lovely food in...

We have called here a few times now and I must say it’s always the same high standards first class food lovely surroundings and lovely staff despite us turning up near to closing time sorry ! Nothing is too much trouble we had a late...

First visit and service was friendly, quick and excellent overall. Cream teas and cakes were delicious. Really enjoyed our visit and will definitely return soon. I’m picky about coffee and this was good stuff!

This is my review for the Blue Stone Tea Shop in Crook - I think the staff at the Blue Stone Tea Shop are so welcoming, kind and they always make you feel like you belong there. The staff are worth so much more than...

So very pleased that Blue Stone has reopened for customers to sit either inside or outside....Safely! The menu is varied and offers excellent choices. Staff are very mindful of safety measures and this makes the customers feel safe and at ease. Thoroughly enjoyed our lunch.

I cannot recommend this place enough. We have lived on two different continents and in six different counties within the UK, and truly I have never found a cafe / tea room that I love more than this little gem in Crook. The meals are...

Wonderful!!! Fabulous food in a great tea room with a fabulous atmosphere! I had a lovely baked potato with the ‘Blue Stone bacon and mushrooms in a brandy cream sauce’... so so nice!!! The side salad was yummy too - lovely flavours and colours!! For...

We went here for lunch today when visiting my cousin in Crook. It was her choice. What an amazing place. A good choice of food, with an added specials board. Very friendly service and the food was beautifully presented, the attention to detail second to...

Everything about this place is simply first class. You always receive a warm welcome, the choice of food is very good, and everything is always cooked to perfection. The best breakfast in the area by a country mile. Obviously great quality produce is used and...

A first visit to Blue Stone today and it certainly won’t be the last. Incredible cheesecake and coffee, which was described by my friend as the best she’d ever had. The staff were really welcoming and We’re looking forward to returning in the near future...

The staff are very friendly and attentive. There is a lovely calm atmosphere inside; you never feel rushed. The home made cakes are delicious. I thoroughly recommend this little tea shop.

Delicious food hot and cold, a great selection of cake and scones all freshly prepared all the family including the children enjoyed it. Prices very reasonable

I am so glad we stopped in. The owners are welcoming and the food is outstanding. I had the best poached eggs on avocado toast ever! And we have a lot in the United States. A little hint of cayenne and lemon makes the avocado...

This is a lovely, friendly cafe with excellent food. The owner and staff are so welcoming and helpful. Being local they are very knowledgeable about the area. We had three visits during our stay in the Crook area and each time had excellent food and...

The whole family visited this restaurant for breakfast on a Saturday morning, the decor is lovely and it was a really friendly reception. All four of us had the full breakfast, and I have to say it is the best freshly cooked breakfast I can remember having. We will return in a week or so on our next visit to the area to have another early morning meal. I recommend everyone tries this brilliant cafe, I promise you that you will want to return

I was visiting family from Bristol, my parents are tea drinkers so I was desperate for a good coffee so visited here. We had lunch too, and the coffee was great, they had soya milk which was perfect as this can be difficult to come by. Great coffee, food and the staff were absolutely lovely. The place was really very clean too.

This was just perfect in every way. The warm and friendly welcome. The brunch was beautiful and plenty of choice. We also couldn’t resist the cheesecake and chocolate cake. I would have uploaded pictures but starting eating before I remembered.

Lovely tea shop were they serve artisan bread and a good selection of tea and coffee. They also do lunch a cater for small parties

Lovely. Clean. Friendly place... Freshly made ... Big portions.. Lots on the menu... Cakes are Yummy..Go at least twice a month for a catch up with friends..

Lovely food, freshly prepared, served by very pleasant staff. So good we went back the following week.

I have been here many times. Lovely food and friendly service. My husband has the same thing every time. Avocado and poached egg on toast he loves it,

Great food. The artisan bread is scrumptious, I could eat it every day. Friendly and welcoming, a lovely place to meet friends for morning coffee or a light lunch. Good value for money. Will definitely go back.

Each visit is met with a smiling face, unfailing good tea and coffee and an intriguing choice of cakes. They really can't do enough to help you and are thoughtful about the way they do it.

Just visited the blue stone tea shop. Had lemon meringue pie it was delicious. Highly recommend to anyone

I wanted to celebrate the first warm day of spring with icecream and a cold drink to go, and so popped in here for the first time.

Upon entering we received a warm and friendly welcome from the member of staff. We ordered coffee and cheese scones. Both the coffee and cheese scones were nice. Will definitely be going back when next in Crook.

Callled for a light lunch; unfortunately (for us) the cafe had been very busy so the choice was a bit limited. My daughter had the last piece of quiche and I was left with cheese and onion flan. It was delicious!

We have been going regularly to this cafe in Crook, the food is very good value, the omelette is excellent light and fluffy, The good thing is we can take the dog inside and in the summer there are seats outside so if your in the ares it's really worth a visit.

This is a lovely tea shop to visit. The freshly prepared food is always good and it is a must to sample the scrumptious dessert counter! The atmosphere in the tea shop is truly welcoming and the staff are so attentive. A little gem in Crook!

This tea room serves excellent green tea and gluten-free polenta and orange cake. The "snug" has blue and white China plates on one wall and on the window sill, as well as an old Jones sewing machine by the entrance. All this helps to produce a peaceful, relaxed feeling. If in Crook we would definitely visit this tea room again.

Fantastic Welsh rarebit and maltseser cheesecake big big piece. Great place to visit worth popping in to crook for this place online

Nice little tea shop with tea in proper pots with vintage style cups and saucers. Good cakes and scones. Nice fir a gossip and catch up with friends. Lovely friendly staff and good service

This tea shop is fabulously quaint and ideosyncratic. We had great tea coffee and scones. It was scrupulously clean and prices were good. We got a lovely warm welcome and were made to feel very comfortable - as were all the customers who came in while we were there. Has a very nice feeling about the place, we will be back. Recommended.

I travel with work a lot and so when I get home I don't want to go to restaurants, but simply want good home cooking. And this is the point of Blue Stone Tea Shop - everything is homemade, and delicious. Yesterday I had the most beautiful apricot and lentil soup, followed by risotto (took 20 minutes to come as it is made from fresh, and well worth waiting for), and scrummy cheesecake. Lovely lattes too and excellent value for money. Great cooking by David and Barbara, great supervision by Paul, great service from Lee. Highly recommended.

Pretty airy tea shop with a lovely display of homemade cakes and quiche to greet you and aroma of freshly brewed coffee in the air we had a late morning visit just missed the full English breakfast so decided on homemade quiche cheese and onion very tasty pastry made to perfection followed by a generous slice of moist almond cake and lemon drizzle cake which had the right amount of zing will be happy to visit again to try some more of the dishes

Great coffee, thoughtful service, lovely atmosphere. I was even served a separate dressing with my salad without even having to ask! Most places never dress a side salad. Nice little touches everywhere. A new fav for me :)

Plenty of choice to suit the family parents, grandparents and children 5&7. Tasty food simply presented cooked to order, reasonably priced. Cakes to satisfy the sweetest tooth, scones, and ice cream in children's favourite flavours. Everyone left satisfied. Would recommend.

Best brekki in crook for me , I have eaten here many times and it has always been brilliant , food is always 2nd to none here , and it might be a little more expensive than some but the quality has always been very good , definitely a place to come to for a brekkie or lunch and the selection of cakes is always fab

A wonderful cafe with a lovely atmosphere. My husband and I enjoyed a delicious breakfast and cake - fruit scones with cream and jam are fantastic! Lovely staff and first class service. Can't wait for our next visit! A real asset to Crook!

What a lovely serene atmosphere. We ate home cooked food. I had risotto. Very good. Clean environment, great staff. Loved it and will be returning.

We were meeting American relations for the first time and arranged to meet here. I'd phoned and booked the week before and they had been very helpful on the phone. On the day the food - 10 afternoon teas- were perfect. Plentiful tea and coffee, and more than enough sandwiches, cakes and scones. Again the staff went out of their way to help us.

Living in crook for the best part of 30 years I have eaten in every establishment their is , the blue stone tea shop which has been various types of cafes over the years ,

REAL food in a fantastic setting - the hosts are polite, efficient and knowledgeable about the area. VERY clean, very smart and yet remarkably cheap for what you get NOT A CRUMB OUT OF PLACE. Park in the Market Square and walk the short distance to this wonderful tea shop.

Cheese and onion flan? Yes please! We visited last weekend for the first time from Newcastle. Won't be our last visit. Very clean, biggest cheese scones EVER! and tasty baked potato with tuna. Great job everyone xx

I enjoyed a fabulous cream tea with my sister at this tea shop.

This family run tea shop is the perfect compliment to Crook. Excellent fresh food, great coffee and friendly service to make you feel welcome!

Although Crook has a few cafés, the Blue Stone Tea shop is a welcome addition. Their home made soup is delicious and their cakes and scones are too, In fact all the food I have eaten there has been.

Lovely ambience, spotlessly clean and attentive service. Food above average which compensates for slightly limited menu, cakes to die for. Will certainly be there again.

My wife and I had another lunch here with fellow musician friends. There is a lovely friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome. The lunch menu is all home cooked. I had pea and ham soup with a bun and then blueberry and lime drizzle cake with an excellent latte. Yummy! This is a great tea shop with plenty parking nearby and is highly recommended.