The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Went for Sunday lunch carvery and can honesty say was the best Sunday lunch I’ve ever had, 4 choices of meat and all fresh Veg even Had my favourite mushy peas. Busy place but very well organised. Will definitely return 10/10 can’t be beaten Thank you

Friendly welcome, good choice of tasty food. It's becoming a regulator occurrence! Today was a jacket spud with coronation chicken, and a vanilla cheesecake to follow. I've previously had the carbonara and Whitby scampi - both excellent.

We started coming here when it just opened and am so glad to see it still going strong and busy most nights. Situated at the crossroads before entering deeper Gilesgate, it's great for students or locals as it serves huge portions at very reasonable prices of pho, rice dishes, and their summer spring rolls are very delicious and absolutely huge. The Vietnamese iced tea is also very refreshing and the whole vibe of the restaurant is very homely whilst still appearing modern, and they provide a range of condiments for you to use at the table. Overall glad to see this local restaurant still going strong serving up fresh delicious Vietnamese meals.

The best takeaway in the north east!!! Great service and the food quality is amazing. The staff are always friendly!

Stumbled on this place while touring northern England. HUGE MISTAKE! Don't know what was worse, the food, the drinks, the atmosphere, or the employees.

No sé qué ha pasado pero la comida ha cambiado. No es tan bonito como solía ser, y platos han cambiado. Es una pena, siempre ha sido mi favorito chino.

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Very clean and very welcoming. Very good freshly made food and complimentary service. Easy parking and worth support.

This shop is absolutely disgusting how they treat customers they don't listen to orders I pacifically said no mushrooms they got driver to drop it off mushrooms was all over the sausages bacon and eggs when I stated I was allergic to them. They then shut shop straight away so couldn't ring up and complain also every number they have on Google to contact them is not an existing number. Just eat has refused my money back and there is no way of contacting this company who are clearly not taken their orders seriously. Can I actually have someone contact me from shop has I would like to know why loads mushrooms was put all over my food when clearly says no mushrooms so I could not eat any of my breakfast has they put mushrooms all over the meat so could you please contact me so we can stop your workers from doing it to others and ripping people off

This shop always delivers. From portion size, to value for money and friendly staff. However last night they excelled themselves. Our takeaway was first class. Well done everyone, thank you so much 🙏 I'll be back 😊

Presumably this is now “Helen’s Pizza’s” (sic) of the same address in Horsemarket. We tried to order by phone but the phone rang out. We walked over to the shop and were told that we should have phoned first. When we explained that nobody picked up the phone we were told that it was because they were too busy! We should have quit there and then but it was getting late and there were not too many alternatives. We placed our order and were told that it would be 40 minutes. 40 minutes later the order was not ready and we were told another 15 minutes. Over 20 minutes later our order was produced. This shop needs some serious management. As it turned out the 12 inch pizzas (bolognese, meat feast, margharita and vegetarian) were very good and lasted for dinner and lunch the next day but it was such a hassle to order that we might not bother another time.

Had a great meal at Sam zairs excellent food and staff couldn't be better would highly recommend this place not far from the Spanish gallery a d mining gallery

Well we have been here loads of times and has always been good. Went today Fri 29th March 2024, Ok it’s Good Friday but you would think they would be prepared. After a bit of a wait watching people get served that came in after us, a waitress came over and took our order but there was only small fish and no large, well call me a conspiracy theorist but the small fish was half a large fish so where were they getting the small fish from 🤔. It was plain to see that it was all to do with money as the small fish was £7 something and the large was £12 odd… so along came our meals and it was ridiculous a bit of fish 4” x 6” and about 15 chips if that. Well I’m sorry but we won’t be back ever for the sake of making an extra few quid you’ve lost two regulars… plus gave the girl a £5 tip before we got the food and she didn’t even say thanks! Shame on you

Food was excellent served quickly and with a smile. Just a wee gem of a place and made to feel very welcome

A great find especially when also looking for a nice walk nearby. You don’t have to ride the train to use this station tea room. Large car park, dog friendly, check opening hours - car park closes at 2.30pm Lovely, friendly lady served us with very nice coffee and cheese toasties as we sat next to the log burner. Pasties and pies looked very nice and the cakes looked so yummy we couldn’t resist having some to takeaway ( it was delicious) We can thoroughly recommend and will definitely return