The best restaurants in Dawdon County Durham North East

Hi I'm a regular at the Black Truffle in Seaham... I pop in with friends for coffee and sometimes a nice cake or 2 .... the staff are great... very friendly and always have a smile on their faces. The food is 2nd to none and fairly priced and would recommend a visit. You can also get your drinks to go...

What an amazing place. Fabulous gluten free options including home made scones, cakes and soup. The staff were lovely and I can’t wait to visit again. Also the boutique was a nice find inside the cafe, with a gorgeous selection of women’s items - I just couldn’t resist a purchase.

Travelled to visit, the Cafe advertises its open until 3pm, the cafe put online they were there until 2:30 and when we got there just after 1:30pm it was padlocked and closed? Disappointing visit

Peri peri chicken was lovely and spicy. Good to have an peri peri option in the area. Communication could be better. Price and portion good.

Good to return for a pint and some Quick pub doings..I had a panini with a side of chips. Plenty of roughnecks around but we sat in a more private alcove. Very enjoyable Maximus for £1.99

food was a bit late but food was hot and absolutely delicious. Will def order again

They refused to serve me beer cuz I didn’t have an ID verification, absolute total morons

No cups or plates due to dishwasher been broken. Don't like paper cups or paper bags with our food in .

2 hour wait finally come chips chicken noodle combo plain, come full of onions n chips like they been cooked 2 wks ago not be going bk

Sunday lunch ok £15 expensive,there was one carrot on our plate we asked for a few more they gave us 3 and charged us £3 50 how mean maybe it was to pay for there plastic flower deco hanging from ceiling, lunch at valentinos seaham is better value £10 50 and more enjoyable.we will be going to valentinos from now on.

Absolutely disgusted in the customer service ordered 3 pizza from store. Ordered ham and pineapple for my 2 children, my son said the pineapple didn't taste right. When I tasted the pineapple it was sour and fermented and had gone off. I phoned the store up to explain and the only thing he could do was to send me another pizza out but it would have the same pineapple on he said as it all comes from the same tin. I explained what good would that be to us, fermented pineapple can cause sickness and diorrhea due to the bacteria why on earth would we want another one and risk given it again to my children not helpful at all very disappointed and will not be ordering again, shocking to be serving this to customers.

Came here for a bite to eat on a Sunday afternoon. Everywhere was full or fully booked so we called here for something small, food was ok for what we wanted & staff were pleasant enough.

I think this is a great place to eat they're friendly and so helpful and their food is so nice and the prices are really great if I'm going yo get a take out this is my go to they never ket me down 10 out of 10 I will go here above ANYWHERE else

Been to bells today Sunday 9th March . Looks great, but not very accommodating for children, no cod bites left for the children's menu, so that was it. Not helpful at all. Obviously didn't have any fish or a knife to improvise . Management didn't care at all so we walked out. Won't be back

For a change we thought we would order from a different restaurant, on this occasion not a wise desicion, The Kebab meat was bland,greasy and in my opinion under cooked, shaved off too early, quantity over quality. The 'Meat feast' Pizza i also had issue with, when i order a 'Meat feast' pizza i want to be able to recognise whats on it.. pieces of Chicken, Slices of Pepperoni, Salami ect ect. The meats were ground up that small nothing was recognisable, it looked like some dried mince was spinkled over the top. The Garlic sauce was sharp and tasted of vinegar, I was given a 20 min delivery slot time , the order arrived 40 mins after. i cant say with any certainty which element of what i ate did not agree with me the most, but what i can say is that i was up in middle of night bringing it back up. we shall not be reordering from this restaurant. If Zero Stars was an option thats what I would give it . Photo the 'Meat Feast'