The Church Mouse in County Durham

Brilliants service and great food Liam was a delight

Had an amazing breakfast here this morning brisket hash was just divine. Caitlin coped admirably making sure everything was in order for the 13 of us. Thank you Caitlin . Beautiful place and will definitely be back

Lovely meet up with 7 friends..bar great, staff great, atmosphere great. Ordered a £12 bar snack of whitebait & olives.. plenty there, nice n fresh! Bedrooms light & airy.. not slept in the bed yet but bathroom is nice n clean.. all good for us. Breakfast from 9 on the premises in the morning.

Great time and food at the church mouse. Havent been in a while and will be coming back. All staff were great. Especially Rory who served us, super helpful and friendly.

Brilliant lunch thank you Caitlin and Rory

The food and service is always perfect here. Caitlin was lovely and friendly, looked after us very well thank you :)

Really nice service from Caitlin and lovely food

We attended on Mother's Day, Food was delicious. Service was excellent. The young lady serving us was attentive but not overwhelming and everyone at our table commented on how that improved our visit. Will definitely eat there again.

Excellent service throughout. Rory was brilliant. Thank you for making our visit so good.

Caitlin seemed to be on her own and was very efficient and friendly. Service was excellent

Food is always so delicious and lovely beer garden. Kaitlyn was so lovely serving and clearly has a passion for her job. Love it here.

Excellent food and service. Liam was very helpful and friendly. Will be back.

Such a lovely pub- we had bar snacks and they were amazing! Rory was super helpful and made the best porn star martinis!!

Beautiful food, highly recommend

Excellent food, great waitress ELLA was her name and service, made Mother’s Day very special.

Recommended after positive experiences by others, we booked a table for a Friday night. We were shown to a spacious table in a busy period although not every table was taken. It took approximately fifteen minutes to order drinks and a further fifteen for them to arrive. The butter was rock hard and unspreadable on the lightly toasted bread served with my starter. There was another long delay for the mains to arrive. As someone else has commentated on here, the fish and chips were disappointingly small, cold mushy peas and the batter does not come away easily from the fish. It took a long time for our plates to be cleared away which was not great. We ordered another round of drinks which took 25 minutes to arrive. By now the place was mostly empty and there was no excuse for this. I had to find someone to ask to settle up, which took approximately fifteen further minutes to transact due to a faulty pdq machine. There are obviously lots of people who have had a positive experience here, which is great. Mine was not one of them. It is so obviously understaffed during busy periods that you might have more luck on a lunchtime. I could not recommend the experience and would not rush to return.

Beautiful food, beautiful setting

First time for me and thoroughly enjoyed it. Tracy was a gem and gave us great advice. Celebrated a friends birthday. The food was delicious and it as nice to see it was busy on a Tues. I’ll be bringing my hubby back again. Thanks ever so much! Mrs Renton

Excellent steak service a bit slow tonight but very friendly and apologetic

Excellent food and service. Tracey was very helpful and friendly. Will be back.

Fire was on making it feel really cosy.Food was delicious

Superb visit to the Churchmouse to try the new menu. Great quality food, delivered with great service from Matthew. (Thankyou Matthew). Pub was busy when we arrived with a great atmosphere. Thank so much

Came into the Churchmouse for an evening meal with the wife. Ordered the katsu Curry which is out of the world. Our server Rory was amazing. I would like to say that the other staff are great. Would also like to mention Matthew who came over with the bill and Reece who brought us our food. Churchmouse is our favourite place

Liam was an absolute gent waiter of the year what a ledge promote him !

We came today for a meal with family. We were served by Matthew. He’s some boy like. He was kind, chatty at times and made sure everything was perfect for us. He was really really lovely and made our experience here so much better so thank you! Food was lovely. Definitely recommend coming here! We shall be back!

Lovely warm atmosphere, our server Ella was very friendly. The food servings were large with a lot to choose from. Plenty of parking available.

Lovely service from Tracey and Reece and food was extremely delicious and the hot chocolate from Reece was very delightful and very creamy. Reece needs a pay raise.

Really disappointed with the Sunday lunch we had today. It's nothing like it used to be. The same veg that was on the plate was served on the side, perhaps to get people to buy more as the other veg that are included elsewhere in other places were an added extra. The veg sticks starter my grandson had were a bit ropey, with skin not peeled off the carrots properly . Poor service too. We asked for extra gravy but didn't get it. It was pointless asking again cos we'd finish. If we'd waited for the gravy the food would have been stone cold. The table we had was very poorly lit and dark. Sadly, we'll be giving this place a miss from now on

There was 4 of us in today. We were in for my brother’s birthday. Liam the lad serving us was brilliant he went above and beyond to make us feel welcome, he was very attentive the food was good and a reasonable price. Will definitely be back.

Had a lovely time at the church mouse, the food was very nice and the sticky toffee pudding is the best I've had. The recommendations from our waiter liam was very well chosen l chicken burger and sticky toffee is a must. Liam is a friendly staff member who's full of energy it was a pleasure to be served by him.

Beware the service charge which is disgraceful -especially as the service was not that good. Amost £20 added and for what ? With prices alreadty very inflated for what you get. There was an extremely long wait for food. We had only ordered main courses but still waited almost an hour with no apology or explanation. (the people on the next table had arrived much later but were served at the same time ) The children's meals should have included a free drink but it was never mentioned and drinks were ordered and charged to the bill. The " dry' " burger of one of the children s meal was actually black. One bite and it was left uneaten. Some of our group would have liked a pudding but staff never returned to ask. We did not raise this issue as by this point we just wanted to leave. 6 adults and 3 children to celebrate a birthday and it was an expensive disappointment. Perhaps large groups are not really wanted.!

Well looked after by Reece, great food and great atmosphere as usual.

Excellent, and Kate who looked after us was lovely. Thank you!

Superb food. Never had a bad meal yet.

Caitlin our server was fantastic, food was amazing , will definitely be back

Very cozy warm feel to it .we have been a few times here and will be returning

Great Sunday lunch. Attentive service by Ella. Warm atmosphere and real log fire completes a great meal out with friends

On the whole a lovely Sunday lunch, good service and great atmosphere. We really like it here. Only comment would be that my cauliflower cheese was slightly cold and meat was a little chewy however did not spoil the experience.

Matthew was such an excelent server..a true gent

Came for a birthday lunch, food was lovely, service was fab, thank you Ella for looking after us :)

Family meal for 9. Food was served all together and hot - thank you

Food was average came out Luke warm. Waitress was lovely but the service was poor - we felt forgotten about. Seemed under staffed. Such a shame as it has great potential.

Ella was very attentive to our table which was fantastic. We felt very looked after and the food was amazing as always. Such a relaxed and chilled environment.

Really good, would go again thank you to Ella

Midweek meal out, food was nice, service was ok, small mix up which was quickly sorted. Would return.

Ella was a lovely waitress and the food was amazing

Lovely food. Fantastic service from Ella.

Sunday lunch could be hotter. Waitress kindly heated it up. One/two large gravy boat would suffice. We had 10 small on the table.

Ella was great and food was brilliant! Great for vegetarians

Great food and amazing service. Ella was great at serving us throughout the meal!

Lovely evening. Food was superb. Great service from Ella.

Just had food and drinks with our little guest Sophia from Chile. Alex was lovely very friendly as were all the staff. We thoroughly enjoyed our evening. Also to the nice gentleman who made it possible for Sophia to have a taste of custard, thank you too. We will be back.

Great food, good value with excellent service See you again soon

Good was beautiful soup was amazing Maple veg 😍

Update 11/02/2025: Another visit and today we were sitting beside the open fire which was nice. We were served by Reece again. I would recommend the chicken and mushroom pie.

Lovely food in a relaxed atmosphere

Brilliant service from Alec, lovely food, enjoyed the company

Dire, overpriced tiny portioned so called food.

Lovely place ,delicious food and very friendly staff

Took my mammy here foe her birthday dinner. Totally delicious meal, great fast service, very friendly sta in a lovely cost atmosphere. Would defo recommend

First time at the Church Mouse. Great food, brilliant atmosphere and Tracey’s attention to detail as well her menu recommendations added to the fantastic experience.

Timely and friendly service! Gorgeous food and fantastic mini dessert and hot drink deal

Lovely place..staff are great. I've not had food but seen food being brought out and looks fab.

Up to their usual standard. Warm and welcoming with good food.

The ambience and decor are beautiful, perfect cosy pub vibes. Service was excellent, not intrusive but attentive enough to feel looked after. Food was beautiful, portion sizes were fantastic and the variety on offer was amazing. First visit but certainly won't be the last!

Just been again today and must say we had the best fish and chips ,they were fantastic, well worth a visit

Nice pub been many times for drinks and food ..last visit wasn't as good for food but it may have been a one off

Warm and friendly team with excellent food and drinks - love the idea of half desert and coffee!

Service was very good and kept updated . Food was really tasty and enjoyed by all

Met an old friend for coffee. The Church Mouse was an ideal place for a great coffee and a catch up.

I was given mushy peas instead of garden peas which was fine but there was no bread which I paid extra for. But it was fine, these things happen.

Absolutely fantastic service from Tracey this evening at the Church Mouse. She couldn’t have been more attentive, making sure we had everything we needed and checking in to make sure everything was okay, she was really brilliant. Food was top notch as well and drinks came really quickly. 10/10, would definitely recommend!

Very disappointed. The service was poor and the staff were not interested in the customer. We waited 45 mins for our starter, which was a garlic flatbread, it was dry and tasteless. My chicken curry was a total let down. The chicken was hard and dry, the rice was mushy as it was overcooked. My husbands steak was small and the accompanying veg was tasteless. We won't be returning as this was a waste of money.

Nice chilled atmosphere. Reece was very helpful and knowledgeable. He was very polite Food excellent.

We had a large book for over 20 guests and the services was smooth and friendly. The food was delicious and the staff on hand to make sure we all had a great time. From booking, to. Preorders to a warm welcome on the day I cannot thank Rory and his whole team for a wonderful afternoon

Had a great time with my family, the food was delicious and the service was great will definitely be back again with my family

Food was so good can’t wait to visit again!

Alec was such a lovely man, very polite, will definitely be returning

Tracey was absolutely amazing the hospitality skills were on point like. Chatting away felt like I’d known her for years haha but only just met here great food just all round perfect experience

Great customer service and good food.

Loved this place , had sea bass it was 10/ 10 , and hunters chicken also very nice ! very reasonably priced , would highly recommend . Rory was really helpful and polite . Thank you we will be back

Lovely meal. Lovely atmosphere. Great service. Thank you Caitlin

Called in Monday night- seabass was amazing, my husband loved his lasagne, service by Tracey was brilliant as usual- will deffo be back soon

Served by Tracey who was a lovely waitress and looked after us all very well.

We had a lovely evening at the church mouse and were served by Tracey who was very friendly.

There weren't any garden peas included as advertised and there was too much tartare sauce. But it was fine.

Only ordered coffees and deserts.... Took a while for the deserts to arrive.... And they were nice.

We really enjoyed our visit to the Church Mouse yesterday .Excellent service by Caitlin ,she looked after us and took care over my allergy . Love the round table sitting by the fire .We all chose different meals and thoroughly enjoyed the food .

Lovely meal here again. The staff are lovely and very attentive. Will definitely visit again and would recommend.

Fab service as always from Matthew & gorgeous food

Amazing service from our waitress Tracey! Amazing food from chef Paul! And great hospitality from Jon on the bar

From the moment we walked in, the warm and inviting atmosphere made us feel right at home. The setting is charming, with a perfect blend of cozy and elegant, making it ideal for any occasion. A special mention has to go to Rory, who went above and beyond to ensure our experience was nothing short of perfect. His attention to detail, knowledge of the menu, and genuine enthusiasm for making guests feel welcome were truly exceptional. He was attentive without being overbearing and made the entire dining experience feel personal and memorable. The food was incredible—every dish was beautifully presented and packed with flavor. The chef clearly takes pride in sourcing fresh, high-quality ingredients, and it shows. From appetisers to dessert, everything was flawless. If you’re looking for a restaurant where great food meets outstanding service, look no further than The Church Mouse. Rory and the entire team made our visit an unforgettable experience. We can’t wait to return!

Great experience once again. Food was perfect, we all tried different dishes and everyone was very happy with their choice, all food was delicious. Lovely relaxed atmosphere, we were made to feel very welcome and not rushed. All of the staff were exceptional but I would like to give a special mention to Rory who went out of his way to make sure we all felt at home. We’ll definitely be returning very soon.

Visited for January 50% offer didn’t disappoint

Very good service and food. Definately recommend

Absolutely love the food, the atmosphere and the service is always brilliant especially when Tracey is in! Always have a lovely time ☺️

Service was absolutely amazing, such lovely staff!!

I came in earlier this week and had a brilliant meal and the service was excellent.

lovely place. worker called anna was very kind

Excellent food, good value for money.