The Lamp Room in County Durham - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

We have eaten here several times and have always been very satisfied- until today. My partner ordered a pasta dish with arrabbiata sauce that was supposed to come with garlic bread. It was terrible- no taste at all and no garlic bread! When I questioned this I was told it didn’t come with garlic bread by the waitress who should have at least checked the menu and corrected the order. My dish was dried up and not great. So disappointing so we won’t be returning I’m afraid.

We first experienced The Lamp Room for breakfast..... perfectly cooked and such good value. The staff were run off their feet as bank holiday weekend but still made time to chat and also make sure everything was ok. We returned another day to sample lunch, we weren't disappointed, again we had a lovely meal. Hope to return soon .

Came here for breakfast and wasn't impressed. Coffee order came out wrong. We sent them back, the woman behind the counter wasn't impressed, so the atmosphere went kind of frosty from there. Ordered eggs benedict with hash browns and black pudding. I queried the miniscule size of the black pudding and if that portion size was right for £2.05. I was told well it is Doreen's. They must be making at least a 200% profit on it when I looked online and although Doreen's is nice, I wouldn't say it was fabulous. Breakfast, although tasty came out lukewarm as did the coffee. I didn't say anything about it as I felt the staff we unapproachable there were no smiles, just miserable faces like they didn't want to be there. Wouldn't go again.

Large portions. We got Sunday lunch, chicken was well cooked though beef's a tad dry today. Service is lovely, though might have to wait a bit for your food. Seating is comfortable.

Food was lovely albeit a little cold. Slight attitude from one of the ladies serving when we were served the wrong hot drinks, she must've been having a bad day, but drinks were replaced and lovely. A very nice local cafe that do great black pudding.

Fantastic, delicious food. Also the tastiest cappucino. One of the best cafes in the North East. If you're ever in Co. Durham, you need to try this.

Simply the best breakfast, brunch place to be in Sunderland 👍🤗 Highly recommend a visit and enjoy the atmosphere too 😎

First time visit & not dissapointed. Great food & service. The tapas menu very good wide selection & not extortionate for the portion sizes. We will visit again

The lamp room never fails for breakfast and it's lovy location on the high street makes it easy to get to. The staff are always lovely and happy to help as I have allergies. The food is delicious and we come as often as we can. The eggs benedict are always a winner in our family.

Top restaurant,food was fantastic,great service &atmosphere.cannot fault it

Service excellent, food beautiful well looked after

On the seafront of Seaham this restaurant is a great visit for breakfast, brunch, or lunch. I had the Seaham Chowder. Smoked haddock, bacon, other shellfish in a gorgeous ‘soup’. My husband had a burger- it was 14cm high, at least! I had a glass of NZ Sauvignon Blanc. It was excellent. The service was exceptional. Will we come here again? Absolutely!

Excellent customer service from all the staff is understatement!!! It was extremely busy and had to wait but we didn't mind. The foods are sumptuous. And we love the genuine customer care of all the staff to each customers. Good yo see that there are genuine customer service still around like this place.

Waited nearly 40 minutes for a steak baguette, which when I asked where it was it wasn't very hot. Not the best tasting either. Think we went into the wrong cafe today. Won't be going back again. When complained ,not interested, just said they would tell the chef

Really enjoyed a breakfast here will defo be back,good produce.finally got to try sunday lunch it was lovely.

Went here for the first time this morning. The food was outstanding, would highly recommend the halloumi benedict. The service and the place itself is perfect. Can't wait to come back.

Best white chocolate latte anywhere. Nothing else to say but it is easily the best one in the north east

Awesome breakfast, really good.

First visit today , Sunday lunch was beautiful zero fault , quality of service was lacking , giving wrong menu to start while we select our food so we needed to select different item , in between selecting we where not offered drinks for about 15 mins and it wasn’t particularly busy . Male waiter very sarcastic and unfunny , I would certainly return as like I said food was great ! And that’s hard to come by these days at many restaurants

Been a couple of times now and it’s always a lovely experience. The food is amazing, fairly priced and the staff are friendly.

Warm and welcoming, friendly staff, great menu, good pint, chicken parmo was fabulous, old style chunky chips, excellent value for money, highly recommended.

Horrible service, need to get some good bar staff in

Overpriced coffee, nothing special and what about a smile with service? :)

I have been here several times now for breakfast. Absolutely delicious full English 😋 great value for money too. Staff are very friendly and attentive. Highly recommended.

Visited for the first time for tapas last week a party of 6 adults. One of our party was celebrating a birthday the staff brought out a cake we supplied and sang to him then repeated it when they found some candles. Meal was very nice would definitely recommend staff very friendly especially the girl with blue hair (sorry didn't get her name)

5 stars all round. I managed to book a table through Facebook, however when arriving the manager informed me I must have booked a different lamp room as they don’t take bookings online. This was my fault but the manager was so attentive and lovely, got us in as soon as she could even though the restaurant was extremely busy with it being Father’s Day. Everyone’s breakfast was lovely, nice and hot! All the staff were very friendly, such a nice atmosphere. Will definitely be back! Thankyou :)

Lovely little Bistro overlooking the sea. Amazing lattè coffee ☕️

Lovely restaurant with fabulous food. Great menu to choose from and I would definitely recommend Tapas Night.

Gorgeous meals, large portions, very enjoyable.

Staff service behind bar quite bad, there was an attitude when asking for a flavoured iced coffee advising that they couldn’t mix coffees with syrup because the drinks don’t mix well. Never heard this from anywhere else! Visited earlier this month too with a toddler & asked to sit in a booth was told yes by waiters but then behind bar staff said no & made us move back in case they got big bookings (place was empty it was midweek!) will not be visiting again as it was quite awkward

We ordered coffee and a scone each. The coffee came within 10 minutes, after we had finished the coffee a waitress came and asked did we want to order food, we said we had ordered 2 scones which didn't arrive, can we just pay for the coffees. We were asked are you sure you don't want the scones now!! We said the idea is to have them together, not separate. The place was approx 30% full and most of the time the 4 staff were stood around the central area talking I would hate to visit at peak times. We do not recommend trying here Reference to the reply from the owner: Thanks for your reply, much appreciated, it was not our intention to upset your staff. What I find strange is the waitress took our order of 2 coffees and 2 scones then she repeated the order before leaving the table. We were asked twice, (after finishing our coffee) are we sure we don't want the scones. The waitress who produced the bill said she had removed the scones from the bill, which you mentioned hadn't been ordered?? We did enjoy the coffee and was very tasty Thank you

We ordered coffee and a scone each. The coffee came within 10 minutes, after we had finished the coffee a waitress came and asked did we want to order food, we said we had ordered 2 scones which didn't arrive, can we just pay for the coffees. We were asked are you sure you don't want the scones now!! We said the idea is to have them together, not separate. The place was approx 30% full and most of the time the 4 staff were stood around the central area talking I would hate to visit at peak times. We do not recommend trying here

Good value for money but quantity over quality on the parmo

Met a friend for breakfast and the Lamp room never fails to impress . Excellent full breakfast and staff great. Special mention for Kate. Lovely young woman and chatty. Highly recommended!

Excellent food and relaxing atmosphere in here. The staff are lovely too and clearly love their job. I'll be going again when I go to Seaham.

First visit to area so looked on trip advisor where to get breakfast and this came up as best so gave it a go and was not disappointed. Great menu and delicious food . Highly recommend full English ,and the eggs Benedict was really tasty with the ham hock . Would certainly return if in the area again , only downside is dogs are not allowed inside so it’s outdoor seating only which is fine in a dry day but not so great on a bad day .

Lovely Sunday lunch with my son - food and service great. Not too busy which was nice.

Lovely breakfast. You can tell it’s good by the queue of people waiting for a table

Very much enjoyed our lunch here before a stroll along the seaside. Great comfort food dishes and friendly service. Nice coffee too!

A work colleague recommended this place as her favourite to have a a nice brunch in but, by the time we’d trundled up the road to Seaham, it was already lunch service but not to worry. We should have looked at the menu and noticed that! Our own fault. Never mind, we were famished regardless!! We’ve both been doing the “No Carbs Till Marbs” diet in the vain hope that, come mid May, we won’t get harpooned on the beach in Greece so consequently, having shed a few Kgs, if we were going to have a “cheat day”, you may as well go for it properly! 😊 We both opted for the Vegan Buttermilk Chick'n Burger which came with a side order of sea salt dusted fries. The burger was served in a toasted brioche bun and anointed with vegan cheese, chilli jam, hash brown, crispy lettuce, pink onions and pickles. It never stood a chance as it’s the first time we’ve seen a potato in a month! LOL Really enjoyed it. Delicious food and great service. What more would anyone want? The micro climate of Seaham and the blue skies made for a lovely trip out and a nice change. Will definitely be back - ideally earlier, so we can have breakfast!

Absolutely outstanding we both had the fish platter for one , food was cooked to perfection all the fish lobster prawns crab longistines mussels were fresh . Service was amazing from the whole team bar staff waitresses and manager . Place eas nipping clean . I’m fussy and a bit anal with my fish this was tremendous well done you all . You’ve made me and my husband very happy on my birthday and anniversary meal out . Well done Team kind regards Kay wright

Absolutely outstanding. We popped in for lunch after a morning of hunting for sea glass on the beach. The service was great and the food was fantastic. I had the goats cheese focaccia and my fiance had the fish tacos and they were both excellent. Really good value for money too. If we didn't live so far away I'd be back next weekend!

Great food. We had a wonderful night and booked for breakfast which was equally good. Really friendly staff. A must if your in Seaham.

Nice cafe on seafront. Wide choice of coffees and food.

Good coffee and friendly staff and staff

Very good menu with a wide variety of choices. Staff really friendly and efficient.

Great breakfast lovely just chilling enjoying ourselves with great food.Fab staff brilliant atmosphere. Great spot over looking the seafront.

Absolutely gorgeous place , food is amazing tapas night is my favourite !! Bowls are big with lots of food in not like other places . Well worth the money , lovely atmosphere and staff so friendly .

I went in with a first date tonight and a waitress commented on my glasses saying is that the type of glasses all old guys wear ! My date was flabbergasted at the rudeness so and that comment sealed our night . I was other about 7 ish and the mid age girl with glasses thought it was quite okay to insult me in front of my date ! I am a businessman and will be making this public knowledge that the some of the staff are very rude so beware

One of the best tapas I’ve ever had. Generous potions of beautiful food. Friendly and very good service. Highly recommend and we’ll definitely be back !

Lovely people ❤️ lovely atmosphere ❤️ Lovely cocktails ❤️ Really tasty Tapas dinner couldn't finish it all ❤️ Food came out hot ❤️ Drinks came out cold ❤️ Yummy porn star martini ❤️ We came with no booking on a Thursday night in April, restarant was busy but we were seated and welcomed instantly 😀 we were given a menu and drinks ordered. a table had opened up further away from the kitchen walk way and we were invited to move if we wished to a bigger table.all the girls waitresseing and working the bar were super friendly and attentive. Fabulous evening what a find xx

Very good service food very nice plenty to est

The nicest steak sandwich I've ever had 👌

Great service once we got seated. Very busy as food and surrounding are Beautiful.

Nice place, recommended Had the special of the day, was very nice well presented food & great value. The service was good & member of staff was knowledgeable of the menu. Will return again, perhaps to try it on an evening

this is such a lovely spot, the food is good but the service is dismal, we had to ask for our dirty plates to be taken away and instead of being offered further drinks, coffee or desert we were offered the bill, we didn't eat to leave as were fascinated to see if another couple who had asked for bread actually got it, it arrived with their bill, such a shame this place could be a gold mine

We attempted to visit the lamp room (2 friends & a pushchair) for lunch. There were 4 empty tables in the venue and they were unable to accommodate us after the member of staff referred to the pushchair as an issue. We asked if they could move one of the chairs but she refused. I’d liked to have asked her what the situation would have been if either of us were in a wheelchair. This isn’t the first time this place has discriminated towards new mums, in February they cancelled a table of 9 for brunch due to the booking having two babies (2 pushchairs) included.

Really gorgeous food here,especially the starters and mains,desserts ok.Really nice,friendly service and a lovely place

Disappointed would be my take away, unfortunately. Slow service, finished a bottle of wine between two by the time the food arrived. Ordered another bottle of the same wine only to be told it was £10 more expensive than the wine we had just drank (menu price) "changes to the system" where responsible for this apparently but rather than just correct the error on the bill they took off some largers and by my workings out were in profit as a result. The lobster was rather chewie, the prawns were over cooked, I was looking forward to this meal but was left wanting on so many levels. If your going to shell out a lot of money for food I would try somewhere else.

First time visiting The Lamproom and it didn't disappoint. Hubby had full English and I opted for the Halloumi eggs Benedict- both delicious. Service was very friendly and efficient. We'll be back! 😃

A misnomer to call it a fishfood restaurant. Hardly any on the menu, and totally inadequate food for vegetarians. Dirty spoon was not used Would be better if the seaham chowder did NOT contain meat(bacon).

I absolutely loved this place . The food was great & so was the staff , my waitress was an absolutely lovely lady who made us felt sooo welcome

Having been to the Lamp Room numerous times before, I find it some what disappointing to have to write a review that isn't positive. A large group of us visited this past Sunday for mother's day. The usual excellent menu had been replaced with a rather dull and unispirong menu mostly consisting of roasts with no specials available and no main course seafood based meals (which is usually why the lamp room is so good). The lobster pasta main being the exception to this but being £30 plus per person wasn't an option for us. The level of service we received was hit and miss, the younger waitress lovely and pleasant.. The older waitress abrupt and unhelpful, making a point that despite spending quite a large sum of money out table was only booked until X time. Not really want you want to hear when your eating, literally being pushed out the door. The food - really not good and very overpriced! A few members of our party had a starter x 2 to make a large portion of a seafood dish (as was mentioned no seafood mains). Confusion arose around this, with one waitress saying it was totally fine, the second one (the one previously mentioned - limited customer service skills) told us we couldn't. We eventually managed to be served this as a large portion and those that had it said it was very good. Unfortunately the same can't be said about the roast dinners. I don't go somewhere for food presentation, I go because it tastes good. That said having your meal presented to you like it had been dropped onto the plate by a Lancaster bomber isn't the most appealing of sites. 4 members of our party asked for no root veg on our lunches - we all received root veg. I suspect this is to mask what would have been pitiful portion sizes if you removed the root veg. The lunch itself was served cold especially the beef. I've genuinely had better Sunday carverys at a chain pub. Genuinely disappointing and I shall not be returning. Unfortunately you're only as good as your last meal.

Fabulous mother's day lunch. Food was faultless. Never had a bad meal there 😊

Been here a few times but 2nd visit this week, Sunday for breakfast with hubby and sis in law and then today for lunch with my sister. Can't praise this place enough, staff are wonderful and very helpful ( my sis is gluten intolerant) and they so helpful with the options available Sorry no photos taken, but food very well presented and generous portion size. atmosphere great..brightened up a grey, cold and gloomy day... thank you again..

I walked in asked if I can have coffee. They turned me away saying they’re fully booked. The restaurant was completely empty and I had a suspicion they didn’t like the fact that I am in motorbike gear.

Lovely decor and atmosphere, great food & friendly, helpful staff.

Great food. Fresh. Hot. Good choices. Sorry no photos this time - phone was in the huff. If calling here for breakfast good idea to book - it looked good. We had lunch of homemade Panackaldy ( sausage, onion, beef topped with potatoes and cheese - served with crusty bread) - really nice. Great coffee too. Photos on next visit - unless you get there before me. Enjoy x Photos added. Panackaldy and pork sandwich. Fresh + delicious.

A friendly port of call for lunch or late breakfast. Staff are helpful and the food cooked to order, you may have to wait a while if they are busy. Food is tasty and well-presented. Portion size is ok, not overly big portions.

We visited this place on the 17.02.24 and we were very happy with the food we ordered,we ordered a Decaf Tea and a Apple Juice and for the food we ordered a Breakfast Omelette and a Full English Breakfast with a Poached Egg and it was very good, it was nice to see this place busy and every table being used,we would definitely visit this place again well done ❤️👍👌

Lovely atmosphere service and food had a miners eggs benedict superb! 👌 would recommend

Does AMAZING thick cut chips. Lovely little spot on the coast with very friendly staff. Could do with more vegetarian options though :(

Very nice choice of breakfast and reasonable prices. Lovely setting looking over to Tommy on the Green. Great Burger and chips.

Despite there being empty tables, we were told we couldn’t have one as they couldn’t have a pushchair next to it. We said we’d go and put it in the car but they wouldn’t hold a table and then were told they couldn’t put a high chair next to the table. We were told we’d have to wait outside until a table was available. The staff member we spoke to was very rude. We went to another cafe and the food was delicious, there staff were excellent and were very accommodating. I’d recommend avoiding this place.

We popped in here by chance and had an excellent lunch. The menu was varied and some terrific options. The service was very good, and the food we had was really good too. The ambiance is relaxed and comfortable. The value for money was good (a little pricey, but not exceptionally). Would highly recommend and we will come back to try other things on the menu.

Great café bar on Seaham front with a great view of the Tommy WW1 memorial. Food excellent and service with a smile. A great experience and oh so much better than your chain coffee establishments.

Booked our table for 1.30pm, just in case, and so glad we did as it was really busy. The atmosphere is lovely and the staff are really friendly. Service was great. Husband is American and struggles to find Chowder on menus here so ordered the Seaham Chowder as soon as he saw it. The photo doesn't do it justice as it was jam packed full of shellfish and fish and the flavour was spot on. I had lasagne which came with a side order of thick cut chips which were amazing just by themselves. Both meals portions were just right too. Safe to say we'll be back again soon!

Staff very attentive food good will definitely visit again

We always enjoy going to the lump room the food is always fabulous and the stuff a lovely thank you

Lovely little place and lovely food. I didn't think much of eggs benedict with cold ham though, wish I'd known that before ordering but rest was lovely

Great find on our vist to Seaham, the food is lovely HOT beef sandwich was gorgeous, will definitely be paying another visit

Lovely breakfast this morning great setting opposite Tommy, & the sea.

Beautiful Brunch; lovely service and staff

Awesome breakfast Plenty of choice

Everything was absolutely perfect - quick and friendly table service for breakfast, nice amount of options for both veggies, vegans and those requiring gluten free food. Nice drinks menu too! Ordered the eggs and halloumi Benedict and it was literally perfect - would travel 45 minutes from home to return solely for the food here !

I had a large family dinner at the Lamp Room last week - the entire experience was excellent. The service was top, the ladies delivered unbeatable hospitality. Choosing the tapas dishes was difficult because they all sounded delicious. I think the variety of the tapas menu gives options for all, and dishes were absolutely tasty. The restaurant itself has a warm, welcoming atmosphere, shedding a glimpse into the areas rich history. Thank you to the Mel and Russ, as well as your staff at the Lamp Room for making the family meal so special.

Meal was lovely, staff very happy and obliging, very clean and well set up for eating with distance. Will be returning.

Has a very nice lunch there with our Aunty. Thanks for the bonus scone!

We had a booked a pre-Christmas little family dinner and were really looking forward to the evening and the tapas. We ordered however two tables who ordered after us, were served first and we needed to remind the staff of our order. Food was tepid and some of the dishes had evidently been sitting for some time. Lots of staff having a great time themselves but poor service on the whole. Really disappointing.

The Lamp Room hosted a wedding anniversary celebration for my parents with all the family. We ate from a Saturday evening tapas menu and everything was delicious! The staff couldn't do enough for us and even let us serve the celebration cake we brought for dessert. Highly recommended. Breakfasts here are fabulous too!

Food was great. Unique little place with beautiful decor.

I’ve been here several times over the last two years. Three times this year. We usually go as a couple with a 7 year old child. Never had any problems and the foods always been good. Booked up for just after Christmas and someone rang me to ask how old my child was I said 7 and she said we couldn’t come with him We always come with him and even one of the times booked at the same time as now this year. They don’t want your kids in the restaurant past seven. It’s hardly a party restaurant and I’ve never had any issues before or anywhere else where age has been a problem when booking for food. My child’s well mannered and fine with adult company even if it’s rowdy over Christmas. There happy to loose a table for 6 and leave me scrabbling to get a booking elsewhere. Not happy, I would leave it up to parents to decide on whether this is a problem rather than make an issue out of nothing. There no law in it so it’s pretty petty to enforce it. Well done for spoiling what would have been a nice night out for us and our family.

Lovely food piping hot great menu and good service. Nice atmosphere lively and warm. Been several times our favourite place in seaham

I was staying in the area with family who kindly took me out for dinner at the Lamp Room. On arrival the restaurant was busy with a mix of Christmas parties and smaller tables but the atmosphere was good and the setting lovely. Service throughout was excellent and the tapas delicious. I particularly liked the patatas bravas and the Korean pork. I could not get over how reasonable the bill was. So, all in all, a great place to eat and extremely good value for money.

Amazing food and a great atmosphere. With a nice view

Lovely friendly place to go for a meal, the food was great the staff friendly, atmosphere was calm and cosy.

Visited for Sunday dinner- booked table and straight to be seated! Busy as usual with being a Sunday! Staff attentive, enjoyed Sunday dinner as always!

Lush food,venue,location and staff x

Great atmosphere and an extensive hearty menu with some local variations on traditional dishes.

As we had heard good reports about this restaurant so after visiting Dalton Park cinema we decided to try the restaurant ourselves. The menu on an evening is mostly steaks, tapas, and lobster. As someone who eats no red meat , I was extremely in the limited choice that was available and decided on the lobster. The lobster is served on top of prawns and chips, I feel that very little imagination is used (if any) in the serving of this dish. I did ask if there was another menu and was informed by the unpleasant member of staff that it was the only menu available and did not ask if there was a problem. My husband and brother in law did enjoy their steaks, but mentioned that they wouldn't return to this restaurant and needless to say, nor will I.