The best restaurants in Dawdon County Durham North East

First time visit to Paws for 5 , had an excellent morning Kaiser our 18 week old Rottweiler puppy throughly enjoyed himself. We both had a lovely fried breakfast, tea and Lattes at very reasonable prices.

We ate here before Covid and truly enjoyed the lobster. Such a shame it hasnt returned as we keep visiting Seaham hoping they have returned. It was a real delight and they were so accommodating to make sure the lunch was fantastic. We can only wish them well for the future and live in hope ....

Heard alot about Charltons so decided to give it a try. Best breakfast butty i've had in a long time! Beautiful food & great service 👌

Beautiful decor, great choice of wines, wonderful service with sharing boards of food.

Noses point ,Seaham .A nice walk up from Seaham centre .🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

I haven't been in the restaurant as such, only ever ordered on just eat. I ordered tonight and it arrived a lot quicker than it was estamated

Perfect for a nice quiet drink, great service and lovely little place for a drink on the way home. Ended up being 3 drinks as we liked it so much. Definitely go back when next visiting.

Highly recommend this place. Burgers with fries and breakfast sarnie were both delicious. Very good coffee too. Really friendly staff. We must have walked past here so many times. We have been missing out! It’s great. Will be back. Soon!

Would have given 0 if I had the options. Went in for dine in, extremely cheap customer service. Very rude and extremely unprofessional. Had to leave the restaurant in 5 mins. Not recommended.

Kids loved it. The food was good. we were made very welcome, including our little dog x

Called into today for coffee and decided to try the menu. We were greeted by a very friendly lady and shown to a table My husband tried a toastie and I had one of their delicious sandwiches Service was excellent and a lovely atmosphere We will be back soon !!

After noticing it was dog friendly as we were walking past we decided to pop in . What an excellent choice we made . We were greeted by 2 extremely friendly ladies who made us both feel very welcome . I decided on Eggs Benedict and a latte which were both delicious. From the Doggie Menu sausages were chosen and were devoured with much licking of lips . My daughter who pops to seaham quite often has been informed of this little gem 💎. Ty ladies we both thoroughly enjoyed popping in . Mike and Nellie

This used to be a wonderful place to visit, all members of staff were friendly, the food was always piping hot, well portioned and very reasonable. It has undergone a few changes, one being the name - now named "The Lighthouse by Poppies". It seems the new owners have made a few changes, the decor has been vastly improved, however there are couple of new members of staff who just aren't as friendly. Furthermore, the quality of the food is terrible compared to all our previous visits. The chips which used to be absolutely wonderful are now terrible - I'm not certain if a different oil is being used, but the quality is just not there, and the meal was also served warm as opposed to hot. To add to this, the prices are much more expensive, even a can of coke is £1.50 - a can that came from a multipack! I'm afraid what was a regular place and a highlight of Seaham has now been crossed off the list. Finally, a "Traditional Turkish Breakfast"... It's an English cafe for goodness sake!!!

Nice rooms.good service and good food.

The Caesar salad was very poor, croutons were just like stale bread, not crispy and the chicken was cold with skin still on. New York burger with gluten free bread was very dry. Lime and soda was flat and very weak. Overall a very poor and overpriced meal. Definitely would not be returning.