The best restaurants in Framwellgate Moor County Durham North East

The best coffee shop around. The girls are very very pleasant, lots of laughter and smiles and brilliant service.

Great club and great staff and a lovely and clean and manager is great

Took the money and never delivered! Can't get in touch with them over the phone either. Disgusting! Do not order!

Went for dinner tonight and the food was fantastic - but what really stood out was the attitude of the staff. They were very pleasant to us as you'd expect on arrival, but the way they dealt with another group of guests was what really impressed us. The party were drunk, awkward, attempting to order items not on the menu, being ill in the toilets...the two young men serving were consistently polite and patient with them. Customer service is hard enough at the best of times, but they were wonderful in a difficult situation.

I visited the pub after a house move as we didn’t want the hassle of cooking. I have eaten here several times before and have always had good service. When we arrived, lots of tables were dirty and covered in used dishes. We ordered via the QR code but after 30 minutes we hadn’t even received our drinks. I chased these up and them came reasonably promptly. The food arrived shortly after but my partner’s steak had been served with BBQ sauce and bacon on top. It was almost as if the chef got muddled up with a Hunter’s Chicken. We flagged this up and was told it must’ve just been a mix up. Overall, not the best experience and certainly not to the standard I expected after several previous visits.

Delicious food and great portion size . Got delivery and came in less than 25 minutes and was nice and hot . loved it.

I have been a regular visitor here for a number of years, staying at the Premier Inn next door. Service has never been good in the evening but it was dreadful on my recent visit. I just wanted a drink to start and had to wait what seemed like forever in a long queue of people ordering complex meals. Surely they should have someone serving just drinks. Then I had to repeat the queue process to order a meal. I spent more time standing there than sitting enjoying things. My table was covered with dirty glasses and cutlery from whoever had been there before and when my meal was delivered to me the waitress just left it there!!

Couldn’t fault staff, especially Emma and Leaona. Nothing was an issue. Everyone was friendly. The food was really nice as well.

We ordered a foot long nachos , total rip off , rubbish quality - avoid

what we had was very good but they did seem to have very limited choice of sandwiches and only slightly better choice a pasties

I normally love going to the Tea Barn and go regularly. I buy all my plants from here as well as going into the restaurant. Today, the lady serving on the counter spoke to me like I was a piece of dirt under her shoe - she was rude, brusque and condescending and gave the impression that she couldn't be bothered being there. What a shame. It will be a while before I consider going back now.

Some food OK, other food overcooked, and extra portion not served/ forgotten.

Good to see this Sam Smith's pub has reopened and not been spoilt. Its been refurbished but not been turned into one of those soulless open planned pubs that are becoming more common. Good beer and lager. Ample free parking and beer garden,Shame dogs aren't allowed inside.

Saw lods of flies coming from the kitchen had to walk out 🤢

A spur of the moment call on a wet Tuesday afternoon in April, around 2pm. The pub itself is respectfully decorated and well maintained. There is a bar with pool table and TV, to the other side there is more of a lounge area with tv and a partitioned side (at the time of writing) serving meals. The bar areas are relatively tidy and reasonably presented although all drinks were not available today. Food can only be judged on the lunch time menu (photo attached) and although prepared and cooked ok, portion size was a little disappointing. The toilets are either keeping a historical charm or funds ran short during the refurb - quite a let down. On the whole, worth a visit but seems a little overpriced on both food and drink when you consider this is located in a village with local competitors offering more value for money and promotions on food/drink options.