The Peacock Inn in County Durham

Have had many fabulous meals at this lovely homely pub, but on this occasion, it was Christmas Dinner. Well prepared, good service, friendly atmosphere. Reasonably priced. Will definitely be returning.

Nice family pub good food and service

Cracking pub set in a lovely village. Hosts are Top notch and not forgetting the Sunday lunch is beautiful. Highly recommend.

Love this place. Food excellent. Friendly and nothing is too much trouble. Good choice on the menu.

Great sing along pity no food on x Martin

Lovely food and very friendly staff. Booked last minute and fitted us in no problem 😊

The restaurant was empty when we arrived. We ordered one mince and Dumplings and two Lamb Shank meals. A small 4 inch plate of veg came to the table consisting of 2 pieces of broccoli, 2 of cauliflower and a tablespoon of turnip. I asked if this was one portion of veg and was told No that is for all three of you. My husbands meal of mince arrived and we were impressed with the meal. I asked if we could have more veg as we were three adults who enjoy our greens. A further ten minutes passed and the two meals of Lamb arrived. My sister cut into hers and noted there was no steam from the inside and her shank was very cold in the middle. I checked mine and it was warm on the outside but freezing in the middle. We called for the waitress who used her finger to test the temperature of the shank. She agreed And immediately apologised. We said we did not want replacements and changed our choice to mince and dumplings. About 3 minutes later the waitress came back with the lamb shanks. We reiterated that we did not want to risk the lamb as every bodies fingers had been on it testing the temperature. The waitress again apologised and took the meals back to the chef. Almost immediately a small person dressed in a dirty black apron over chefs uniform. She held the plates up high and said she had dealt with the issue and these were now fit to eat. I asked her if the shanks had been reheated in a microwave, she said yes they had and what of it? I pointed out that peoples fingers had been in my meal and I did not want to eat it. My sister again said we would have mince as an alternative to which she replied “you can’t have mince as I make it to order, in fact forget it and just leave” we tried to reason with her but she accused me of having been in her pub before and having an agenda. At which my husband who had just been discharged from hospital with a serious heart complaint, tried to defend me and said we have never eaten here before. At which she replied “ just leave , get out and don’t come back”. We have never been treated like this before in any restaurant. I an 65 years old and disabled, also my husband is 69 years old with a serious heart condition and my sister is 58 years old and was visiting from Edinburgh. We left the pub very upset and I was extremely confused at the chefs outburst and her aggressive manner. We will not be visiting this pub again and would advice any other elderly or disabled person not to waste there evening dinning at this venue.

Lovely Pub in a lovely village. Tasty well cooked food, reasonable prices

Very nice meal, home cooked, reasonably priced aswell.

Friday 17th March. We hadn't booked a table as all the other times at 5.30pm it was very quiet. The restaurant was completely empty. A woman was sitting at the far end. We asked for a table for 4, the woman who I assumed was the "waitress" asked if we had booked, then proceeded to inform us in a very agitated manner that a table of 10 people were coming in. The tables were not set, which she said was because a "load of lads had come in prior", but they would be set up. Her manner was begining to verge on aggression, she returned to her seat, so we just left. This woman is certainly not suited to the Hospitality Industry with that kind of attitude! The strange thing is, had we booked we would have "got in", despite the large party coming in......doesn't make sense to me. Shame a restaurant is unable to accommodate for more than 10 people.

Bar Manager is incredibly rude! My in laws have been visiting this venue weekly for almost a year, I have joined them on many occasions. Today when my mother in law wanted to cancel a couple of people off as my sister is now working Christmas Day ( she’s a nurse! ) the bar manager got incredibly rude and aggressive towards her. Called her a very rude offensive name! And told her to get out of her pub! If you can call ahead and see what day she’s working I’d avoid them days! Ruins a lovely little place!

Food was really nice and loads of it. We had Sunday roast, and it was very nice, except roasted potato which I think were reheated in a microwave. Small selection of beer but there is something for everyone.

Nice buzzing pub in local village

Went for Sunday Lunch today booked at the last minute they fitted us in for 3pm the food was superb home cooked food full of flavour my husband and I had lamb it was cooked beautifully the desert was delightful. The service was top class and the place was spotless and very clean and they were on top of the cleaning with dettol spray as soon as tables were left for someone like me that has contamination OCD it was a perfect place for my husband and I to go out. Needless to say we have rebooked for next Sunday

Welcoming and friendly staff, great food and a nice pint of Black Sheep. Will definitely be back.

Great home cooked food. Excellent value

From start to finsh the service was spot on food was pefect good price friendly

Delicious Sunday lunch with all the trimmings ! Advice having the smaller portion to leave room for the lush dessert. Ginger sponge highly recommended.

Everything about the peacock is excellent, the staff are great and the food is excellent and very good value for money. Lovely friendly atmosphere in a well furnished cosy room.

Shocking customer service. We queried the quality of the meals after previously enjoying a delicious Sunday dinner. Essentially steaks very poor quality and not cooked well. We were confronted by the landlady/ chef who totally ignored our views. Blamed the poor food on the butcher. When challenged she was very unprofessional and challenging. Ended up leaving. All it needed was a ‘I’m sorry’ instead of an abusive confrontational attitude. Needless to say we all left with our evening totally spoiled by such poor customer service.

Our local ,spot on place to eat and drink.

As normal fabulous sunday lunch for eight of us....graham and Liz run the perfect country pub.

Very good meal and very good service too

Great food and good attentive service. Well done

Beautiful Sunday dinner, staff 1st class. Will continue going there. Spot on.

Excellent beer gin bar clientele landlady a bit strange though he he

Nice cozy pub, Sunday lunch was delicious

Excellent good company and service

My large family and I spent the whole afternoon here where they supplied a hot buffet food after our beautiful aunts funeral..we then stayed on to order food off the evening menu . I have to say everything was fab .♥️

Food fantastic service great beer good price good well worth a visit

Another cracking Sunday lunch. Amazing value for money as well

A great little village pub staff were very pleasant cosy and warm children also welcome.

Very good food lovely staff great atmosphere

have been coming here for over 15 year for sunday lunch...we try others at much higher prices but they never match the peacock..good quality food..served with a smile.

Had a great Xmas Party there. Food was excellent.

Best Sunday lunch a pub with a lovely atmosphere

First time at the peacock and won’t be the last......the Sunday lunch was beautiful all home made and fresh......we had the lamb and not just a couple of slices but at least 6 and lovely and thick.......the blueberry cheesecake was amazing and the staff were very friendly and attentive.......would highly recommend

Very clean and cosy. But very little chairs

Friendly staff, best meals for miles around, home cooking and good sized portions, excellent pint of Black Sheep or guest pint. Everything I look for in a pub.

Had the most fabulous day with 21 guests all enjoying Sunday lunch and desert...two of the guests are from Taiwan enjoying there honeymoon..thank you graham and Liz plus the lovely waitresses...you have never let me down.

First class food first class service

Great food and a warm welcome - lovely local pub.

Very nice village pub, good food reasonability priced. Will certainly go again.

The mince and dumplings are the best but try the ginger pudding it's fab

Nice pub great food and nice beer

Excellent food with wonderful people staff very friendly nice atmosphere would definitely recommend.

Popped in for some food, service was fab thanks to a girl called ellie who made our experience flow with ease. Will definitely be back!!

Great value, delicious food and friendly staff.

Absolutely fantastic food the Sunday dinners are beautiful and always a very warm welcome.

Great pub, excellent food and friendly staff, what more could you ask for.

We arrived in muddy boots around 2pm on a Saturday. The landlord served us with our drinks - well kept and just right, a good choice of ales, and entertained us while we drank them. All very pleasant. Can't comment on the meals but we WILL be back to find out!

Lovely pub set in a lovely village. You can get some very nice meals there. It's a small pub and gets busy on a Friday when I go with friends. Super atmosphere. 👌

Fantastic cosy village put..Sunday lunch is amazing..bit of advice..get it booked early to avoid dissapointment

Excellent food,drink and service

Attending an event as Bloom Judge, great hospitality, friendly staff, lovely food.

A rare original pub, traditional fayre and friendly staff, had an excellent family Sunday dinner. Food was spot on, highly recommend for an English roast like we all used to enjoy. Marvelous!

Excellent food, Excellent service.

Returned to give place a second chance, so arrived at 6 pm to see a large table reserved and six tables not. We were told by bar staff that due to the large group coming, the chef wasn't taking additional orders. Yet again another wasted journey, so won't be wasting our time in future.

Great food and the staff were very helpful, would go back again.

i really look forward to my sunday lunch..i was a regular till i moved to scotland...always call in when im back....

We had this place recommended to us and to be honest we are a bit wary of recommendations as we are not the easiest people to please with food especially a Sunday lunch. However the recommendation was “on the money” as the food and service was excellent. We arrived and was immediately greeted and shown to a table and our drinks order was taken as soon as we sat down. We ere given time to browse the menu and decided on two beef and one lamb leg lunch, another member of the staff arrived with two dishes of piping hot veg and our lunches arrived with a substantial jug of gravy. Our eyes nearly fell out at the generous portion of roast beef and lamb on each plate and as well as roast potatoes you could have mash or boiled potatoes and a good sized Yorkshire pudding. The meat was so tender and a member of staff came over and enquired would we like more gravy which was a first for us and some pubs even charge for this but we kindly declined as we had ample. Even though we were so full I was determined to try a pudding after the best pub Sunday Lunch we have ever had so my wife and I shared some apple pie, which because we couldn’t make our mind up with ice cream or cream they gave us both. Unfortunately there was only one small portion left but they told us they would give it to us half price and yes you guessed it it was delicious. All in all this little pub is a hidden gem and we will definitely be back. Considering a pub only 5 mins walking from our house has just opened with a £500k refit we will drive to The Peacock for a much better quality of food and the friendliness of there staff. They don’t serve food Monday and Tuesday and have a different menu on a Wednesday to a Saturday which also looks very appetising. The prices are very reasonable and excellent value for money as you won’t leave hungry. Well done all of you and thanks from all of us for a memorable home cooked meal.

For a Sunday lunch experience, this is as close as it gets to home cooked.

As a couple we arrived a 5.30pm and saw that all the tables were reserved for a party at 7.30pm, and were told by staff, that the chef won't be cooking for anyone else. I gather they've got their money for the night and didn't need ours. Annoyed for the wasted journey.

Great food lovely staff we were made very welcome will definitely be back 👍 great value for money loads to choose from classic pub choices keep up the good work

We often got to the Peacock for Sunday lunch, they serve traditional home made food of excellent quality, big ample portions , fab yorkshire puddings and generous servings of the meat of your choice, we love it. The evening menu is also fantastic, especially the massive steak and ale pie, hearty home made traditional food, you wont leave hungry.The staff are very friendly , Liz and Graeme go out of their way to make you feel welcome and comfortable. There is also a good choice of quality beer, a very well kept cellar. Highly recommended.

We live in the doorstep so when having birthday celebrations tend to visit further afield.

Lovely food, Sunday dinner was nice

Great place for a family meal good service

Warm and friendly with excellent home cooked meals. Nothing is too much trouble and with a coal fire burning in the range, it is home from home

Another visit to this unpretentious village pub. All the food made freshly in the kitchen - with not a Brake's truck to be seen. The menu lacks a little imagination but it's comfort food in the finest tradition. The beer's pretty good too.

We have visited the peacock three times now on a sunday for lunch and everytime the meal has been delicious just like home.Our family tend to go for the lamb and quite honestly iv,e got to praise the chef as he definitely does not cut any corners when he serves out the lamb on your plate there is always a good amount and up till now its always tastes delicious.There is a lot of restaurants that weve been to but i have to admit we found this up there with the best.For a change we ordered a sweet which most of us went for home made apple pie with cream which again we found delicious.You have to book a table as it is not a very big area but really i shouldn't tell anyone as i wanted to keep this hidden gem to myself.

Nice little pub, with friendly welcoming staff. Enjoyed the lamb cutlets with dauphinoise potatoes and partner had one of the many vegetarian options, tartlets which were also lovely.

Habiendo vivido en el pueblo durante unos años rara vez visitamos el Peacock para comida, ya que tienden a ir más lejos, pero cuando la oportunidad surgió para comer el domingo nos trataron con extraordinaria calidad y porciones. Una excelente idea es tener 3 diferentes...

Este pub se encuentra en el centro de Pueblo. Tanfield Railway son fácilmente accesibles desde Graham y Liz son el propietario y la casera y son gente encantadora. El pub en sí es realmente dividida en dos habitaciones. Uno es el bar con mesa de...

Reservar una mesa en este restaurante para comer el domingo. El personal es muy amable, la comida abundante, pero la única preocupación era carne parecía ser envoltorios! ! ! ! !

Estuve aquí hace un año y me pareció una cálida bienvenida. La misma esta vez. . Excepto por un fallo. Con una porción de salmón que permanecieron principalmente sin cocer. El shell - camarera joven contrariado no sabía qué hacer. Finalmente una comida fresca llegó junto con un fulsomely disculpas casera. La comida es sencilla y el servicio es lento. Sin embargo, el tamaño de las porciones son enormes y la cartera de los precios. El pueblo es muy bonito, también.

Nos encanta me encanta! Si quieres una cena totalmente relajado, como ir a tu té para nannas este es el lugar. La auténtica comida confort sirve fresco. Nunca tuvimos una mala comida y siempre sorprendidos por la ley felizmente pagar el doble. Lo único es que por favor no todos rush aquí porque sólo poco y todavía quiero ir :)

Qué maravillosa casa tradicional público. Tan pronto como entras por la puerta te encuentras con la maravillosa sensación de calidez que emana de un agujero encantador estanque local, absolutamente lleno de encanto.

Came back here for a meal after 19 years of being away.We had our pre Wedding supper here.Still the same after all of these years.

Loving it's location and the food and drinks, I would like to see more vegi options but otherwise it's worth going for.

Just been for a meal in this lovely country pub. We sat next to the open fire, an old fashioned black range, and enjoyed an excellent meal. I had the lamb chops with dauphonaise potatoes and my wife had the traditional beef and ale pie. Both were great and well presented and were substantial portions representing fantastic value for money. The pub has a choice of real ales and lagers to suit all tastes.

Family visit for Sunday lunch and everyone was more than happy with their food. Only a small room but managed to fit our party of 8 in comfortably alongside other diners. We booked before we went.Lovely Sunday roasts with home made Yorkshire puddings, good selection of freshly cooked veg, roast and mashed potatoes.Starters and deserts were very nice also.Friendly staff and good service.Gluten free well catered for with Yorkshire pudding, gravy and a selection of deserts.A very enjoyable visit. Would definitely recommend for good wholesome Sunday lunch.

First visit to the Peacock and it won't be the last. Limited menu, but what they serve is good old fashioned quality. The portions are massive! I went for the steak pie, which as I say was the biggest I've ever seen! At £8 you can't grumble on price either. The guest ale is also fantastic, and service very pleasant. Not sure why it was so quiet at 7,30 on a Thursday night, I reckon word will spread....

Pretty little pub just across from a picture postcard village green and the churchyard which is the final resting place of the so-called Pitman Poet. Real ales, but no real food until the evening. Helpful landlord.

my partner and I visit the peacock often on a sunday for lunch. the bar is comfortable and staff are very attentive. food is fresh, well cooked and tasty. service is quick. the standard has not changed in the past 2years we has been eating there. love it.

If you like a good pint in friendly surroundings then give this place a try. Located in a small village it offers just what you would expect. Food is also available and whilst we did not eat, our fellow drinkers spoke highly of the meals. Enjoy your beer in nice surroundings.

Call me sad but when I find somewhere good to eat I stick with it until I get tired of it or I think I'll get better VFM nearby,10 months virtually every Sunday Lunch for lunch (except when I too far out of the area) this place remains faultless.Thanks to Liz, Graham, Skye and the girls...the food portions are massive the quality is beautiful and the friendly fast service is just right.Keep it up.

we have had sunday lunch here for at least the last 10 year,it is by far the best we have ever tasted,we moved to scotland 18 month ago and really miss the sunday lunches,will surprise them soon.

We were visiting Tanfield Railway on a Sunday and needed something to eat for lunch. I checked the nearby write ups and prices. Whilst doing so I found this little gem.Great food, great friendly service, great value for money. Sunday lunch that actually tasted of real food. We now go every Sunday for lunch and often eat there in the evening.

Sunday lunch perfect. The food the quantity and the service all excellent. So good I was thinking of keeping the secret to myself!

Have now visited this pub twice and have had a lovely meal on both occasions. It is good quality pub grub. Excellent value for money. Helpful staff and we will be back. The portion sizes are massive and the chips irresistible and the presentation great.

We only called In for a drink and the smell coming from the kitchens made our mind up to stay and have lunch. There were 4 of us and the manager who seemed a lovely guy sorted a table out for us.The food was great pate, Thai Fishcakes to start and a lamb beef and Turkey dinner followed (wife had mince and dumplings).There was plenty of meat and loads of nicely cooked veg and homemade Yorkshires. A little more gravy might have been nice as we only had one jug between the 4 of us but to be fair we did not ask and there was enough to go round (just). We also opted for dessert which was also lovely cheesecake and ginger pudding which were really nice. The staff were really nice and helpful. Thanks for lovely food and a lovely visit we will be back.

Four of us visited for sunday lunch, and found this small village pub to be spot on.We skipped the starters and went straight for the mains, 2 beef and 2 lamb, all meats were lovely and tender and good size portions. The Yorkshire puddings are home made and very tasty, husband asked for two which was no problem. There is a choice of mashed or boiled potatoes, and we got plenty of lovely vegetables, which were all cooked lovely, not too soft but firm, just how we like them. We asked for plenty of gravy which was not a problem. A lot of pubs do not give plenty of veg which is off putting, having to ask for extra. There is a good choice of home made desserts, which we skipped this time, by the way we have been back to this pub for 3 sunday lunches since we first visited, so that says it all., and the lunch is reasonable at 7.25p, The staff give good service, go out of there way to help, and also give a boiled sweet each when u pay the bill. The drinks are of a reasonable price compared to some pubs. We will continue to visit here if the pub keeps up their high standards