The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Lovely milkshake and coffee perfect from one fussy coffee drinker. Lovely staff always friendly and asking if you need help. 5 out of 5 stars.

Amazing vegan cafe in Bowburn. You must give it a try. Hot food and bread products were delicious especially accompanied by a tasty cuppa choosen from a wide selection of black, fruit and herbal teas. The cakes were so light and airy yet full of flavour, a real joy to eat. Take aways were being collected and themed food nights were diariesed. A great place with a warm welcome to boot - what's not to like?

Finally, got round to trying this place after reading several reviews and was not Disappointed! This place offers delivery, take out and has a small seating area up stairs. The menu is full of a variety of Asian inspired dishes and is very well priced. Myself and my partner tried the katsu pork and honey chilli chicken, both meals were delicious! & I cant wait to try some of the other meals available. The staff were very friendly and ran the service very efficiently, considering they were up and down the stairs serving food and cleaning the other tables. Will definitely return 😃

Best hot chocolate ever! First time sitting in today but had takeout whilst I worked in Consett. Food always great! Would recommend!

Quite noisy and couldn't concentrate when I volunteered here and it got too much but staff are friendly.

Called in Saturday night, ordered four various dishes, and as always, absolutely first class. I live in the next village that has two Chinese takeaways that don't even come close, worth the travel every time. Everyone enjoyed, and we will definitely return.

My husband and I were staying at the travelodge, station road, Durham and decided we would walk into Durham for something to eat. We spotted the Little Sicily Italian restaurant just in front of the hotel and decided to grab a pizza. I can recommend the food, the pizza was lovely and staff very pleasant. If you're staying at the travelodge go no further, try the Little Sicily Italian restaurant.

Took a friend here today for her birthday, had coffees, it wasnt very hot, orderded the sausage with caramalised onion and cheese cibatta,drank our coffee, still no food, waited over half a hour for our sandwich, when it eventually came, i presume it was the manager, he said smile and took a photo of the sandwich, i made a comment that we had waited half a hour and he went and spoke to the member of staff who served us, he came over and said the kitchen is only small, that is no excuse, they had forgot about what we had ordered, because when i said what we were waiting for it was only warmed up then, i have put comments on here before, and they have always been good, but unfortunately today was a different matter, We even had to get a drink of water to drink with our sandwich, has we had finished our coffee in five minutes, We like this cafe and live about 10 miles away from it, wernt even offered another drink. POOR SERVICE on this occassion, they started talking in italian when i complainted, very unprofessional.

Stunning authentic pizzas made with love, best pizza in the North east

Probably the best sushi I have had outside of Japan. An unassuming little place with no alcohol license but with customers packed in tightly because they know this place is a gem. So many places these days over-do the sushi with garnishes, sauces etc. knowing that they’re destined for instagram. Instead this place serves sushi as it should be; simply fish and rice with the flavours and quality of ingredients doing the talking. The menu is great with a selection of fish rarely seen in other sushi restaurants. We will definitely be back!

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.

First time at The Ginger Dog today for a birthday bash. Roast dinner and sticky toffee pud were amazing. Part of a large party and the service was amazing. Would highly recommend !!!

A lovely little cafe. We came here this morning on route home after our holiday. The full English breakfast tasted amazing made with quality items. The bacon was nice and thick. The sausages were tasty and the friend eggs were dippy just the way I like them. Good price and the service was great too. Highly recommend.

Came here with a friend whilst it was a little quiet and got two lovely bagels! Couldn't help but get a hot chocolate as well, and a slice of red velvet-the slice was absolutely massive, and waiters very friendly. Nice spot!