The Godfather Italian in County Durham

Don't be fooled by the exterior of the building, this place is a little gem. Beautiful food, a nice little atmosphere inside and the staff are all lovely. The portions are a good size, the food is good value for money and is excellent quality. My wife brought me here for a birthday lunch with some of my family. Everyone enjoyed it.

Me and my partner been here a few times now. The food is absolutely beautiful, love the ambience, the authentic Italian music. Staff are amazing. Would highly recommend thus lovely little place. We love it 😍❤️

Horrible manager. Very rude to the young servers. Never coming again.

Manager is not nice. Constantly complaining about servers. Not nice environment.

Owners attitude is awful, way he speaks to staff is a joke… we got up and left as we heard him talking about us to his waitress… gone right back over

Excellent pizza, delightful staff, reasonable prices and a nice slightly understated Italian atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Gorgeous authentic Italian food, excellent service, super warm welcome.

Got a table for 16 within 30 Minutes notice and now I know why. Below average food and service, but paid with a tip. Shots at the end normally on the house cost £56 when we were leaving and presented with a card machine. We’ve given this business our custom from opening and paid cash, the owner is all for filling his pocket and obviously not pleasing customers. Gone downhill massively from opening and we’ll never go back!

Amazing food, atmosphere and staff

Had a great meal here last night (20th July) and the service was top notch. Lovely owner and staff. Nothing too much trouble and they even sang happy birthday to me. We all thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Thanks a million, we'll definitely be back....

Nice place. First time I've been. Staff were lovely but I had to wait a while for my order after the other 13 people in our party had been served with theirs.

Very fast service very tasty food thank you

Five of us went to the God father tonight for a meal and I have to say it was the worst meal I have ever had in a restaurant. I ordered a medium rare sirloin and when it arrived it was a little too rare for my liking so I asked for it to be cooked a little more. When it returned it was incredibly hot with steam coming off it. It was as though the chef put it in the microwave and it was well done and dry with a little bit of pink on one side. I wasn’t going to say anything because I didn’t want to cause a fuss. A male waiter came over and asked me how it was and I said it’s a bit over done but not to worry about it. He then went on a rant about how he has worked in the restaurant business for 24 years and the first steak I received was in fact medium rare. I thought this was exceptionally rude and it made everyone around the table very uncomfortable. I said I don’t agree. The meal was completely ruined by the male waiter. He then stood at the bar and just stared over at our table for the remainder of our meal. This stand off behaviour was unnecessary and made me feel intimidated. A word of advice when dealing with future complaints. Arrogant and rude remarks will get you no where. Can I suggest you find a new line of work. I don’t think a customer orientated roll is for you. I actually work in the hospitality industry and have owed three restaurants and my chefs know how to cook a medium rare steak. I will never return and two of my other friends didn’t rate the food either. Such a shame because it used to be lovely.

We visited this place twice in a week and both times found the food to be superb. We found the atmosphere very relaxing and we're not hurried in any way as you can be in some restaurants. The staff are very helpful especially a waitress called Emily. We will certainly be going back

Service prompt and friendly with very tasty food

Lovely relaxed place, food was delicious and piping hot...staff were were lovely and very attentive. We went for my sons birthday which I hadn't mentioned to them and they suprised us with a lovely dessert topped with a candle and sang happy birthday to him, lovely little touch...thanks again and we will definitely return.

Really lovely food and fab service and staff fab X

Superb Italian food 😋… Must try !

Fantastic meal - fresh and delicious ingredients, super friendly and welcoming staff, lovely decor. Highly recommended.

My wife and mine favourite Italian restaurant. I went for lunch today with my wife and as always the customer service and food quality was outstanding! The staff makes you feel right at home, delivering the best customer service and remarkable attention to the client. The food is excellent, fresh and tasty! 100% would recommend!!

Has improved since new owners took over. Very reasonable prices (for food, maybe not so much for drink). Staff are absolutely brilliant

Had a beautiful 2 course dinner here. Potato skin starter was great and the lasagne was excellent. Great staff and a lovely setting

Just had Sunday lunch with the family, absolutely amazing food and great hospitality as always.Quality and value is exceptional

Staff attentive and came across friendly. Food was poor to average unfortunately.

New owners have definitely got a grip on it! Service was great, food was great, price was great! Chicken with a mushroom sauce was cooked with the skin crispy on the chicken, potato skin starter was a meal in itself.

First visit and will definitely be back, food was fantastic. Staff very attentive portions just right. We had the weekday menu 3 courses for less than £20, pasta, chicken and pizza on menu. Lovely. Can't wait to come back :)

Food was okay, ordered the pesto pizza. The pizza was slightly too doughy and not crisp enough in my opinion. Not enough vegetarian/ vegan options but the wine was really nice and the service was lovely.

excellent food , with fantastic service

Just had a tea time meal at this restaurant, nothing to find fault with we both had pasta which was cooked beautifully and the service was very friendly and welcoming, more than happy to return there

Well Done to new owners really improved this Italian, very nice meal and staff were very polite and helpful. Keep up the Standards .

First visit since it changed hands. Staff very attentive. Food and drinks nice. One star down as we felt it was a bit pricey for what we had. Would come back

Food mediocre. Lacked flavour. Good staff.

Another visit to this restaurant. The experience was as good as last time. Delicious food served by friendly, efficient staff in comfortable venue. Recommend a visit.

Went for a family meal for the first time and OMG this place is amazing the food was amazing all the staff were amazing I really can’t fault any of it we will definitely be back and I will be recommending this place to everyone

Has to be the best place I’ve been where the food has been amazing along with amazing staff

Lovely meal with friends. Great service. Thank you

fantastic I highly recommend it perfect food perfect welcome

Food lovely,service excellent and atmosphere good .

Second time we’ve tried since new owners took over BUT never again , staff apologetic but again got orders wrong ( steaks not cooked as requested) meals brought out not as stated on menu ie , starter supposed to be on a bed of roast veg but not, the lamb in a peppercorn sauce and not a red jus sauce , the tiramisu more a mousse with coffee sprinkles ( no ladies fingers as stated on menu ) and it goes on, we did get a bottle of wine for free as an apology but sorry too little too late, both times we’ve been the serving staff have been great, the problem seems to be the kitchen they seem to not know what’s on the menu so cook something that’s different to what is expected or don’t follow instructions, it’s not cheap either so never again for us .

Newly refurbished and renamed, better than ever. Love this place, food is always great!

Didn't even know this place existed. So pleased to have found it. Food was awesome. Best lesagne I've had in a long time. Also the Sunday lunch looked lush. Dessert was also one of the best. Very nice

Relaxing atmosphere. Pleasant staff very welcoming.

First time to visit the restaurant and can't wait to return, service and food was of a very high standard and diners were friendly. A must to visit.

Lovely lovely staff. Very attentive. And funny. Definitely recommend

Had a lovely afternoon here food was lovely. Good portions and reasonably priced. Staff were very pleasant too.

Lovely staff 👌 Food presentation excellent

My friend and I have just been for Sunday lunch. It was beautiful, way better than the Ramside which is where we usually go. Definitely be back. Staff were wonderful and very attentive. Couldn't ask for more

Fantastic food,service and atmosphere. The Restaurant has been updated and looks very nice xx

Excellent food at very competitive prices, served promptly by friendly and courteous staff.

No food just drinks. A little pricey No real ale any more Music a little loud - we were in the bar only Cannot control different zones for music apparently. Drinks ok Service good as they don’t prefer only drinkers. Will return but would like the music lower.

Lovely place, great food, and fabulous service. 👌

Under new management. First class food and service. Manager and staff go out of their way to make you feel welcome and looked after.

New ownership has lmproved the restaurant, table cloths, new decor, Italian waiter service excellent, food as good as always. Will definitely be back soon.

We were a bit worried when the Italian Farmhouse changed but I think it's possibly even better under the new name. Pasta was delicious, staff were tolerant of kids and very friendly. It's also made from fresh so they can make adjustments, I had sausage pasta without the sausage!

Deliscious food, warm welcoming atmosphere and the host is daft as a brush.😂😂

Excellent food and staff highly recommended 👌

Wow, wow,wow. Superb service,meal and price. New management and great welcome.

Excellent service and food choice. A major improvement to the interior decor

Attended the godfather for my granddaughters 21st birthday and had a wonderful night .Staff couldn't do enough for us highly recommend this place to all

Came with family for my 21st birthday. Received great service throughout and staff couldn’t be more helpful. Went the extra mile to make my birthday special.

The food was delicious and very tasty The staff was very friendly and polite, especially Beks. We had an amazing dinner and we will come back again soon

5 star service. Friendly staff, lovely setting and extremely nice food!

Just had a fantastic meal. The service is top notch and all the staff are very friendly

My preferred local Italian. Never been disappointed before change of ownership, and last night food was fabulous with opening night.

Excellent value and tasty set meal today at lunchtime. Waitress (Emily?) was really professional and lovely and such a nice change from some places we have been recently. Highly recommended 5*+

One of my favourite places to eat. If you combine the quality of food, service, atmosphere, and value for money, it's hard to pick a fault with the Italian Farmhouse.

Just been tonight- had a beautiful meal but unfortunately the night was ruined when the bill was put on our table as soon as we finished our desert. Asked if the bar was still open and was told that they had just called last orders at 9pm on a Friday night because they have a busy day tomorrow and wanted to send the staff home early. Sorry, but we were here for a night out tonight and we have been at our table less that 2 hours, this should have been mentioned when we booked our meal. Very disappointed that a night that should be us celebrating was cut short.

Went there for a happy hour meal with my daughter, son-in-law and 7 week old granddaughter in a pushchair. Plenty of room to get the pushchair in. All the adults were surprised by the choice on the happy hour menu. The food was very tasty and the service good. With Fleetwood Mac and Dire Straits amongst others playing quietly in the background what's not to like.

It was lovely the staff very helpful and nothing was a problem

Stood at the bar for five minutes waiting to be served. A family came in just after me. The Barperson went straight to him and asked for his order. How ignorant is that? Sian Chapman

Food was lush and friendly service😊 Got from the happy hour menu, good value 👍🏻✅

Fantastic food , and the price of the happy hour deal is fantastic. Would highly recommend.

I took 4 grandchildren ages 21 months - 12 years. They were very looked after. The food was amazing and so were the staff

The atmosphere when I was I was in for lunch was amazing loads of large tables, never Hurd a single complaint. Food was amazing and the waitress we had (Jodie) was fantastic, so friendly couldn't do enough for anyone. If you ever visit this place I can only hope you get the same waitress as I did.

Friendly and welcoming. Food was freshly cooked and was delicious.

We had a lovely meal at The Italian Farmhouse. Jodie was a brilliant waitress and made us feel extremely welcome. Can’t wait to come back!

The best restaurant we’ve been to in this price range in the north east. The online booking was straight forward. The waiter Anthony was attentive and thorough throughout the whole evening. The food was top notch, we ordered the pollo in padella in pepe verde twice it was so good (100% worth a try) And the ambiance was just perfect. We’ll be back, and we recommend you go right away.

Jodie was a really good waitor, she came across very bubbly and friendly

Great food and great service from a sweet young lady called Ruby, can definitely recommend eating here as it’s also great value. Top marks all round

Great food and fantastic service from Ruby and Josh.

Graci, was a Luvly Italian Friday lunchtime, will be back , cheers Ruby and Freddie , keef and mam

Ruby was very helpful and vertex attentive to our table. Fabulous service

Fantastic meal. Amazing service. Ruby was lovely. We will definitely be back!

Visited today 6th August for Sunday lunch. A lovely warm friendly atmosphere with great service by all staff ,special mention to Josh. Food was delicious especially the turkey we will be back, 😊

Fantastic atmosphere amazing food,loved it...

Nice place, good atmosphere. Food was lovely, we assume the server was new. Had a mix up with the order which was resolved really well and quickly. Only negative comment was the cleanliness of the table (table was sticky, shelves behind us dusty and food from previous customer on the floor as we sat down)

Lovely tea with the family. Emily looked after us very well. Food was very tasty, no negatives at all. Looking forward to going back.

lovely food, great staff, aimee the waitress was amazing would recommend

Ruby was a great waitress! Food was beautiful

Fantastic service from Ruby today! Beautiful food

We had the best Sunday dinner yesterday..definitely will be going again ..lovely clean restaurant and lovely people who work there ..especially Ruby .

Great food and service from Ruby Moon, lovely atmosphere.

Brilliant wee restaurant and very reasonable priced xx

The food was amazing and the server's are so kind they really got on the level of my autistic younger brother and made him feel so happy. It was the best birthday dinner ever.

First time going cosy decor went with my children, food was really nice would definitely visit again lovely staff especially Ruby who is very good with children nice girl thanks again

Fabulous restaurant with an exceptional Sunday lunch menu. The braised beef was amazing as were the Yorkshire puddings, gravy and vegetables. Will definitely visit again. Thank you to all the staff for a lovely experience.

Was there last night for my Son's Birthday and came out happy! We brought our cake and candles, they sorted it out for us with extra plates, they lit the candles, brought to the tables and sang with us!!! Nice touch! Food was nice of course. oh! and we had a nice surprise with the bill since we got there for happy hour!

Excellent, attentive service and really tasty, well presented food from a varied menu. Definitely worth return visits.

Delicious food, good sized portions, attentive but unobtrusive service, fair prices too. A lovely evening meal, thank you!

Good value and delicious food. The staff are very lovely but they don’t know the menu very well. They’d mumble names of dishes they couldn’t pronounce and when I myself misread the menu and asked for the gnocchi I wasn’t corrected that the dish I wanted wasn’t gnocchi but a pasta with a similar name. I ate the meal I got and it was delicious but I wish someone had pointed out clearly it wasn’t actually gnocchi but a pasta with a similar name as I would have switched to another gnocchi dish. As they were so lovely and it was my mistake there’s no complaint here but you may need google not ask your server if you have questions on the menu!