White Hart Public House in County Durham

Awful visit yet again and definitely won't be back. Paper cups yet again..all change in 50ps (bank very close) filthy cafe, all rubbish on tables, hardly any cakes on display, rubbish on all tables outside. A huge embarrassment to the Costa brand.

Always such slow service. Far too long just for a coffee

15 of us went today for Sunday lunch, pre booked rather than a drop in. Staff were great, they managed to be patient, efficient, attentive, professional, friendly and very hardworking. Whenever I visit, whichever staff are present all seem happy in their work and a good team. Our food came in a reasonable amount of time for 15 covers on a Sunday lunch time, all courses were delicious and there were clean plates all round. The southern fried chicken burgers were absolutely enormous, definitely good for those who like a challenge! We were having a family celebration and did not feel rushed at all, staff checked on us regularly and kept us topped up with drinks. The manager took photos for us and a staff member even changed my mum's glass without question, not knowing it was because her arthritis made it difficult to grip the j20 glass. Very kind people. The kitchen staff were also visibly working away really hard and doing a great job. All our visiting family thoroughly enjoyed their visit too. I can't wait to come back

This was a really nice place to pop in for lunch or tea, but unfortunately something has changed. They've obviously spent a lot of money on doing the old place up and to be honest it's very nice and they've done a really good job. Unfortunately that's it because we all found the food to be very mediocre and bland. Service was really slow and it was almost an hour before we received our food. I had a mixed grill (£20) which was so bland , there was just no taste whatsoever in fact the chicken, steak and gammon all tasted the same, just bland unseasoned meat. Son had sea bass (£18.25) and it was terrible, dry and bland again and to be honest it looked terrible to. Mrs had belly pork that was tough like rubber and my mam had steak pie with concrete pastry, she literally could not eat it and left it. We told them it was inedible but they weren't interested and said they would tell the chef. Reading through some of the reviews on here were not the first to have a concrete crust on the pie. This just tells me they don't seem to care as long as people keep eating there. This is the third time we've been disappointed here so we won't be returning. Maybe we're just unlucky but after talking to other people it seems we're not.

Everything was absolutely delicious. The meat was so tender. It was just falling apart. Vegetables was fresh home-made Yorkshire puddings. mouthwatering. Highly recommend if you’re looking for quality home-made grub friendly service and friendly dog friendly ⭐️