Yannis in County Durham

Good food great pricing. Amazing setting xxx

Great find in a good location, good food even for a vegetarian, I have been many times and never disappointed

Ate here one evening whilst staying nearby. Chicken souviaki was rather dry and tasteless. Kleftiko was some slices of warmed up roast lamb with very little taste and certainly no garlic or herbs. The "roast" potatoes were boiled and then singed in an oven. To the embarrassment of the very pleasant server, only two of the desserts on the menu were available so we decided to skip dessert and have a Greek coffee - also not available. The beer was good and the waitress charming and helpful but it had little else to recommend it. There are better choices in Lanchester.

Very disappointing, hard wooden seats with no cushions. Ordered our meal, one of which arrived at least 10 minutes after the other. The chips were luke warm and meat tough. Both were replaced. Overall very disappointed. We felt the staff attitude should of been better.

Nice place. Was cash only when I went. Friendly staff

Ordered a takeaway from here for a family birthday celebration. As this was a gathering of 14 people, we placed a large order consisting of numerous dishes. We placed the order via telephone, then able to collect in 30minutes. Everything we ordered was of very high quality and worth every penny spent. Mixed Grill is highly recommended and a perfect chance to try a bit of most meats this place has to offer. Nothing was an issue, with the service being nothing short of excellent. There will certainly be repeat takeaway orders and every member of the family are looking forward to returning. Hoping to head down for a sit in meal very soon too! Many thanks

Great place for an authentic Greek meal. Buy local

We’ve visited many times in the past and had always enjoyed Yannis - sadly the same can’t be said about recent visits. Both the quality of the produce and portion size has gone down hill. On our most recent visit starters (cheese balls & Fillo Parcels) both had a sour taste, the mains were small in size, wrap only containing 3 small pieces of undercooked chicken and Gyros Plate was pitiful in size. A real shame to see what used to be a great spot in Lanchester go down hill so quickly

Ordered here as a convenience (take away) when working late. We were passing through and decided to try a little taste of Greece (ee previously spotted this Restaurant / takeaway whilst using an Indian takeaway just over the road. The girl in the restaurant was really friendly (an asset to your business), but a cold greeting by the Chef when we mistakenly tried to place an order with him. Preparation time was good and we returned home with 2 x Gyros wrapsn(1 x Pork and 1 x Chicken). Although the food we received was tasty, it was sadly lacking meat in both wraps. I think we counted 4 pieces of meet in thd Chicken and a small portion of shredded pork in the other. I understand times are hard, business costs have gone up, but at nearly £14 for two wraps and such a small portion of meat, I don't think we'll be returning until things improve. Nice little business that could be better if food portions weren't so small.

They gave us free food because we were starving and needed shelter form rain

Really disappointed. Booked a table last week for my Mams 60th birthday today. Looked forward to it all day only to get to the restaurant for it to be closed. No notice on the door saying why it was closed and nothing on the lanchester Facebook page either.

Had a lovely meal here while passing through Lanchester, thoroughly enjoyed it & the staff were friendly too.

Great food and service. Felt like we were eating in a Greece apart from the weather!

Great food service and atmosphere

Prima restaurant voor een snelle hap, maar meer take-away-vibes. Zeer vriendelijke bediening, vlees smaakte allemaal een beetje hetzelfde, patat was zacht.

Prima restaurant om een hapje te eten. Eten is redelijk en de bediening is prima. Het is geen restaurant voor een avondje uit, valt in de categorie afhaal met een paar tafeltjes om te kunnen zitten.

Birthday meal was delicious served by wonderful staff,been a couple of times can't fault them.

We are staying at Lumley Castle and asked a staff member to recommend a Greek restaurant. They told us Yannis in Lanchester was the closest. Checked the website, it said open from 5 o’clock. Travelled to this restaurant which took us half an hour. When we arrived there was a message on the door saying closed for holidays. Surely you should update your website to advise customers of this. Not impressed. Very poor customer service.

Im a senior citizen who suffers from heart failure which means I have to take diaretics to keep my heart from stopping unfortunately the side effects are that I need to pee on very short notice. I was outside this restaurant at lunch time snd entered looking for some one to ask no one was there and it was urgent. Having used their facilties for which I was grateful I looked at the menu and decided as it was lunch time it looked like a good place to eat. I got into my car and as I was suggesting we had luch there an emotes of the diner approached me a little aggressively that their rest room wasn't a public convenience. I tried to explain about my heart failure and apogised and that it was an emergency but this fell on deaf ears. I then decided with that attitude that I not only wouldn't have lunch there but would never frequent their establishment ever again and suggest to anyone reading this they should avoid it. Especially if you're a senior citizen or have members of you're families who are.

Disappointing take away, and poor value. Chicken souvlaki was grim - dry and tasteless accompanied by very soggy chips. Kleftiko was a little better but pricey.

Lovely food, and very reasonably priced.

Im sure people enjoy this place as was quite busy. We found it tasteless food, not Greek at all. No flavour, no herbs cinnamon etc which Greek food is famous for, dried up stifado meat , pastitsio was like macaroni and cheese , bland. Sorry won't be back

Excellent place, will defo be back.

Superb Greek food. My wife is Greek, we spend a lot of time in Greece, her mother is a chef in a Greek kitchen just outside of Athens and we have taken her there when she has visited the UK… And she loves it! If that’s not a good sign then nothing will be :)

Had an amazing take out meal here, Gyros plate as my main and a hummus starter with flatbread, was absolutely delicious and just what was needed on a Saturday afternoon after a day enjoying the sunshine

Disappointing. Ordered 7 pizzas for the family - might as well have all been margaritas! The bacon pizza says on the menu it comes with red onion and mushrooms but came with just a few bits of bacon, no onions or mushrooms in sight. The BBQ chicken is supposed to have a BBQ base but didn't and had about 5 little pieces of chicken on. All tasteless. Have had better pizzas from a supermarket.

Called in here after a day trip out to Lindisfarne. Friendly service. Stifado was delicious for me and my partner, my daughter had delicious stuffed vegetables and my son in law had Pastitsio which also got the thumbs up. Especially pleased they had Mythos beer and Retsina. Just be aware they only take cash!

We decided last minute to check out this place and I'm glad we did. We were welcomed in by friendly staff and then had our taste buds taken away to holidays. The tzatziki tasted like I was in Greece, the retsina was refreshing and everyone in our party loved their main meals.

Great service with typical Greek music and great food.

Overall the poorest dining experience during a week in Lanchester. Takeaway portions were small and did not represent good value for money. Especially disappointed with the halloumi appetiser which contained little halloumi and was bulked out with chips. If I’d wanted chips I’d have ordered separately.

Disappointing takeaway, food was ok but I expect more than a sliver of tomatoes and two tiny triangles of bread, not worth the Money. Gone down hill.

Nice food. Don't take card payments. Cashpoint over the road tho.

Called in for takeaway, food was amazing and the service was great. Hoping to go back for a sit in meal

We were staying in the area on holiday and wanted to eat locally , Friendly staff, quick service and great tasting food at a reasonable price, we would recommend a visit

Takeaway what a joke! We ordered a takeaway today, the carton looked good but absolutely tiny portions. 1 moussaka £12.95 and 2 piatos gyros at £9.95 each. We were told you can’t get the ‘£7.95 special for takeaway’ so ordered from main menu even though piato gyros is on the special menu??? The food was average but such tiny portions, the moussaka was a joke! And asked for no onion on gyros which they put on and 2 tiny slices of pitta, worst takeaway in Lanchester by a mile! I now remember why we don’t use the restaurant anymore either. I think £13 for a slice of moussaka that looked like it had been dropped and with no salad or anything is a complete joke for a takeaway! Called to complain to just be told that’s the portion size, I wouldn’t bother, now looking what to cook….

A Greek salad like no Greek salad I’ve ever had, and I’ve had thousands. The moussaka didn’t have any cinnamon flavour and the tiny bottle of beer was extortionately priced. Overall I felt it was not very authentic and was way overpriced.

A disappointing takeaway. Tough calamari without batter, Zorba prawns in soggy crumbs at £7.95 for 3 prawns, mixed grill all obviously refried more than once thus dry and tasteless, gyros likewise, soggy chips all in the same container as the mixed grill, which was all dry and burned at the edges. Cannot recommend on this experience!

Nice atmosphere, brilliant staff. Excellent food at a great price. Highly recommended!

such a lovely small family restaurant very friendly Wonderful food..

We had really good food and the service was lovely. Everything we ate was delicious, particularly the halloumi and the lamb chops. I’ve seen earlier comments about small portions, and that definitely wasn’t our experience, so it looks like things have changed since then. Will be back and would definitely recommend.

Food is really tasty we got chicken saganaki and a gyros wrap, both were really good. For desert I got Kataifi it was my first time trying it and I was impressed. The restaurant is cash only which we didn’t realise until we got there but there’s a cash point really close.

Whenever I'm in the northeast I make sure I pop in. It's simply the best Greek food I've had anywhere other than in Greece. Service is great, food is absolutely exquisite and thoughtfully presented. It's also very reasonably priced so is well worth a visit. I heartily recommend the Gyros and Souvlaki.

Was very quiet and well looked after. Gyros was canny!

Lovely pizza in a holiday atmosphere Plenty of choice on the menu and ice cream is available. Takeaway menu available.

Food is great. Its a little small and cramped but still has a great atmosphere, drinks are a little pricey. Been a few times and will be back. Would love to order something other than the mix grill but why would I?

The lamb tasted good which is the only good thing I can say about the food tonight. The dish my friend wanted was not available and there was only one serving left of the moussaka that I wanted because they had run out of both dishes the night before, apparently. The portions were so mingey my friend and I went home and ate again. Almost a quarter of the lamb on my plate was fat and skin I couldn't eat. The roasted potatoes that were supposed to accompany my meal consisted of a small handful of chips cooked in the oven. The vegetables comprised a few thinly cut strips of cooked pepper. I expressed my frustration about the food and the amount served at the beginning of the meal and asked the server to pass on my comments to the owner who never came to our table to inquire further. Not a penny was knocked off the final price. I had wanted to treat a good friend to dinner out and was mortified by the sad little serving of moussaka she'd been given - with nothing else beside it. Next time you are looking for Greek, try to avoid this place.

Hand on heart some of the best Greek food I’ve had. Delicious! Never thought in County Durham I’d be eating good Greek food but there you go. Also had a great bottle of wine to go with it - would 100% go back.

Both the quality and quantity of food have gone downhill since we last went to Yannis in Lanchester which is a real shame. It's the second time that we have been disappointed (the first we put down to a one off) but I'm afraid we were agreed as we left that we will move on to other places in the future where we do not leave feeling hungry after visiting the restaurant and afterwards end up talking about what we felt was really poor value for money. In the end we didn't even bother mentioning our disappointment or complaining to the waitress as it all seemed a bit pointless. A pity as it was once a place we would have recommended to our friends, but I'm afraid, not anymore.

Excellent food and kind staff. Very reasonably priced.

The food tasted nice, but portion size are poor and overpriced. Ordered the Greek salad at £6/7 all I got was half a bowl of salad and Feta cheese was crumbs, no cubes..Before it hit table I had to mention and complained. Main chips were undercooked and not crispy plus varied between dishes. Lamb chops were tasty. Overall cannot understand why meal took extra 20min to arrive than it should when restaurant not busy. Open kitchen and could see chef eating, while waiting for our food. Atmosphere and location good.

First time visiting Yannis and trying Greek food and we weren't disappointed. We had the Gyros which was very nice. The staff and service were really good too. The only criticism I have is that it is cash only as we were nearly caught out by this. Luckily I noticed this before we ordered and was able to go to a cashpoint and get some money.

We love Greek food so we gave it a try and it turned out to be a very good decision, food was great, I had pork and it was surprisingly tasty which you dont usually find around the place and in similar greek restaurants. All...

So, tonight my wife and I had our first date night for a lot of years. We decided on Yanni’s in Lanchester as having worked as a chef cooking Italian, Spanish and “Home style” meals then Greek seemed a good option. Arriving at the empty...

Fantastic nice little place! I would definitely come back again

Fantastic friendly greek restaraunt great food and service cold greek beers bring your own wine etc very authentic excellent staff, felt like I was on a GREEK HOLLIDAY

A while since we have been but enjoyed our meal here and the service was very good throughout. Enjoyable house wine as well.

We had the Halloumi, Soulvaki and Gyros, and it was all amazing. Would recommend.

Gorgeous meal for my birthday and fab waitress. Definitely will be back. Lamb was amazing

Found a piece of meat in my vegetarian wrap and my friend got 2 tiny pieces of unseasoned meat with about 6 potato’s for about £14. the tzasiki had barely any cucumber and the chips were cold. Overpriced, barely seasoned food and the staff clearly don’t care about vegetarian customers.

Food was excellent, service was also very good

Great food, room was a bit cold, soft drinks overpriced.

As others have said the food is warm at best which I don't understand as the grill is literally at front of house. However, it is delicious

Absolutely beautiful meal with my hubby. I had moussaka. Hubby has chicken shawarma wrap with chips and a plate of gyros, which was by far the nicest out of the 3 dishes! We also brought home some orange cake for dessert.... amazing service and outstanding food!!

My favourite Greek restaurant ----- probably my favourite restaurant of any kind !!

Fantastic food. The gyros was beautifully marinaded and cooked on the turning grill. Lovely breads, fresh salad, also had delicious feta filo parcels. Really friendly staff, nice Greek beer and well priced too. Running out of superlatives. Will be back, as Arnie once said.

Was decent, had the meat platter thing was nice some of the meat like the burger I felt was a little overdone but better than under I suppose.

I rang and booked a table for a Friday night. When we arrived the restaurant was closed. The person who took my booking also took my phone number so for me there's no excuse for not calling to advise they'd had to close for whatever reason. I was really disappointed as I'd looked forward to trying the restaurant but I won't be giving the a second chance.

We have always used yannis but on this occasion we were disappointed. Whilst waiting for our food I noticed some half cooked chips were brought out to the preparation area ready to be added to the gyros. When we opened our food at home every...

I booked a table at Yannis in Lanchester for 8pm on a Friday night on the Wednesday before we planned to go. The girl who took the booking took my mobile number 'just in case'. We rushed around after work to get ready for our...

Service very slow and we were very cold as we weren't sat near to 1 of the two heaters in the building.It is a cash only restaurant so several of our party had to go out to cashpoint. On a positive tho' the food was good and the waitress helpful and friendly.

Amazing food, and staff were so friendly and helpful!!

Great food and service was excellent definitely recommend if your looking for something a little different

Three meals and a child’s meal for just under £50. The food was nice but the portions were quite meagre. We felt that we had spent quite a lot of money for a fairly meagre quantity of food. staff pleasant and food cooked to order...

We booked a table for 6pm and due to the local bus service running late got there at 7pm and our table was still available,asked if I could have a draft beer but only bottles available asked if it was ok to go next door...

Absolutely brilliant meal 😋 1st class

I used to love going to Yannis’. Great authentic Greek food, nice atmosphere, good menu, lovely staff, wonderful taste and reasonably priced food with good portions. It’s been taken over. And now… prices are too expensive for what you get - portions so small it...

Great friendly restaurant, food was really tasty

Lovely food but a bit too pricy now

Fantastic quality, excellent customer service and price. Highly recommended

Small friendly restaurant. Very good food and service. Takeaway is as good as eat in.

Brilliant restaurant in Lanchester, very quite village.

This is not Greek food, it is a fry up ! One can get far superior food at an authentic kebab takeaway with a fresh salad bar served in proper pitta bread.

Absolutely fantastic, food was amazing & lovely hosts, we will come back soon x

Lovely food, good service, busy but managed well

Beautiful food everything was so tasty and great value the service was fantastic we will be back

After visiting this restaurant twice prior and being very impressed with the food we decided on eating here with our friends. Unfortunately this time we were a bit disappointed. The food itself was lovely - however the portion sizes were tiny! Certainly not good value...

Been trying to get food from here following many recommendations but for various reasons I couldn’t so I was excited when I ordered tonight. The dish I really wanted was unavailable so I ordered the lamb. We picked up our order and the first thing...

Always good service and food. They are able to adapt the menu to suit different diet's. However, the vegan options could be a little broader.

Fantastic food. Will definitely go again next time I'm in the area

Discovered this place during the pandemic and would frequently visit for their chicken pitta slouvaki wraps which are unbelievable and was really excited to be able to sit in and dine when they opened back up. They had a special menu on so you got...

I have been waiting to visit for such a long time as don't live near . Well it was well worth the wait the food was immense I now need a holiday lol. Staff fantastic just felt like we was in a taverna in Greece.. thankyou so much will definitely be back very soon

Good food and a warm and friendly service.

I used to get from hear years ago and it was lovely.but I got a meal to collect on the time they gave me and it was stone cold my partner got 4 lumps of beef with what appeared to look like slop and a few onions with yesterday's chips by the look of things and I paid £20 ,odd pound for that..really bad

This restaurant used to be great but has massively gone down hill not sure if the chef has changed or just standards have dropped? Last time I ordered the meat was really dry and chips cold but thought I’d give it one more go as may have been a bad night but no ordered again and if anything worse. Picked up at the time they said and it was stone cold and no flavour!! The prices seem to have gone up whilst the portion sizes have gone down? Actually couldn’t eat all my meal as it was that cold and tasteless.

Still a great restaurant, currently serving takeaway on collection. Lovely gyros. Will be great to be able to go again once reopened.

I visited for the second time tonight to try the beef stifado and for the second time they didn't have any even tho this is one of their main meals. I ordered the chicken souvlaki instead. When I got home I was surprised to find...

Very nice food, friendly and inviting staff. Highly recommended this little local gem.

Top food and service. Been here a few times and the food and service is always top notch. This visit was exactly the same and did not disappoint.

I live near Yannis and I was surprised to see a few negative comments about Covid restrictions and takeaways, so I decided to try it out with a friend of ours who lived in a Greek community in the Med for a few years. let...

Lovely little Greek restaurant. Super tasty and well prepared gyros, it was delicious one of the best I have had - friendly staff and reasonable prices - I recommend this lovely place and will definitely be returning....