The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Our first visit and it didnt disappoint. Staff were attentive ,exceptionally pleasent. Food was fantastic ,good size portions ,piping hot and nicely presented . Easy to find with plenty of parking. We will go back ...

Just travelling through the area and thought we would give the moorcock inn a look and we were not disappointed! Very chilled atmosphere great food! We both had cod and chips and very impressed! Good value. Would highly recommend.

Very Nice Curry From Here Just Got The Simple But Lovley Chicken Korma + Mushroom Pilau Rice And I Enjoyed It A Lot The Restaurant Has A Very Modern Look With A Very Handy Takeaway Counter At The Entrance, There Is Loads Of Seating Area And Its Very Clean, The Smells When You Walk In Are Amazing 👌 Plenty Of Parking Outside I Would Highly Recommend This Place, I Will Definitely Be Back 10/10

2nd time here Myself and my mam and dad went for Sunday lunch and I have to say that it was absolutely outstanding. Sue is very friendly and her staff are also brilliant. The food was outstanding tasty and the puddings are also amazing. Would highly recommend it to anyone!

Been here before. We ordered 2 Pasties and 2 Coffees. The lady took our orders. The food was lovely. Coffee was lovely (nice and hot) The staff were very polite.,friendly, and helpful. Dogs are welcome too. We will be back again. Thank you.

Place is spot on! Lovely decor, great background music, clean, tasty pints and an enthusiastic young landlord. Well done young man keep it up!

Nice and clean, food was really nice, staff were very friendly

Lovely food, comfy chairs, big portions and decent prices at £24 for a very filling lunch for two. Would like to come back and try more from the menu. Only criticism so far is lack of proper baby changing facilities. I know space is an issue but all there is is a small, hard tiled counter.

Good food and fast, even though we arrived late on a Monday evening. It was difficult to find details / website on the internet so I called ahead. The surrounding area was really quiet (end of October) and it seemed to be the only place open which was amazing for us. Small, local pub. Really friendly, really good food that catered for our specific dietary requirements (fussy child!!). Lovely helpful people, and recommended local amenities. Would definitely go back if possible!

Rang 5 times to book a table but just goes to voicemail asking to leave a message and someone will get back to you but nobody did. Don't know how people make reservations.

Arrived at 10 on a Tuesday morning in half term and there was only one other table taken but by the time we left an hour or so later, the place was full. We all had different breakfasts and they were all delicious! Full English to French toast. Service was great, teas were piping hot and all reasonably priced. Wish we were around d long enough to sample lunch too but we will have to wait until we next do a trip back this way. Really clean and parking outside, gorgeous place to fuel before exploring nearby.

Simply put the best fish & chips I’ve had in my almost 60 years. Perhaps it’s down to the unique coal fired fryers of the dripping it’s cooked in but 10/10 .

Do not get hot meals we had mince and dumplings totally inedible dumpling rock hard mince hard and horrible..my partner had corn beef pie with veg it was better than my meal but very poor, I asked staff to try cut my dumpling and she couldn't the meal was £9.95.i left the plate full of the mince and dumpling and i was not offered any refund or even a free sweet.both meals frozen veg and we think tinned potatoes..

We found this place as it is highly recommended on TA and Google plus it was recommended by my nephew. It is stylishly furnished and was reasonably busy for a Thursday evening. We went for a couple of their speciality dishes - Honey chicken and Lamb squashi, plus rice and naan. The food was particularly well presented and very nicely flavoured. The portions were a little smaller than some restaurants but we're fine for us. I had a very nicely made lassi too. Service was polite and efficient. This is definitely on our list of very nice Indian restaurants. We did look at the £20 set menu for a Thursday but concluded we wouldn't be able to eat it all.

Food was lovely,you get quite a bit of food and staff members were very nice and polite,would recommend going for Sunday lunch.