The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Excellent choice and quality of dishes, everything tastes fresh. Friendly and efficient service. Highly recommended for simple lunch when in Durham City Centre.

Beer and a burger. Excellent value.

Disappointing, when compared to other market halls l have visited. Cramped and not exciting. Very little fresh produce.

Not been for 20 years plus, took a very special lady for mothers day lunch and was not disappointed. A little bit dated but that adds to it caricature, staff very helpful and tentative even though very busy. Food was excellent and plenty, not over priced. Well worth a visit.

Great place with a lovely, safe, friendly atmosphere. There's a great choice of beer, wines, and spirits, and the staff are very efficient and friendly

Had lunch here today, conveniently located place near lots of different shops. Great option for a stop for food after shopping. Friendly staff, clean guest place and delicious food. Thanks to the lady from Ukraine for the great service. Will definitely be back again.

Enjoyed there fish and chips, Lovely atmosphere

Found this charming place last night and v glad we did! The venue is quirky and welcoming. The service was attentive without being intrusive and the food was excellent, with real attention to detail. Shame it's not open again tonight.

Nice bar area. Interesting menu which may not be to everyone liking. I had steak and ale pie which I would recommend, Lots of meat. Beer options enough. Good cask options. Good pub

Really enjoyed their food, excellent value for money, strong menu, staff were first class, attentive and friendly. Well done.

After a fairly recent stay from August 12th to August 15th this year at the Bishop Auckland Premier Inn I am forced to write a scathing review due to the poor quality of the room and lack of response to my complaint put in on August 16th 2024 Firstly staff were first rate. There was nothing too much trouble for them. The room was exceptionally clean when I asked for it to be cleaned whilst at breakfast However, there is phrase that says you can not make a silk purse out of sows ear. Staff were great but they are constantly battling against poor network connectivity, failure on door locking mechanisms and just the overall tiredness of the hotel having been built in 2007 apparently. During my stay even though I was only there for three nights, I had to go, on no less than 6 occasions to get my key card re-programmed or completely replaced. On two occasions the key card worked on the bottom door by the reception but not the hotel room door so I had to get the manageress to let me into my room which each time meant going up two floors to the second floor and walking along the corridor to get to the room. This was extremely poor and as I said, the staff did all they could to sort out the situation however, the hotel is tired and areas need major investment to bring it up to the high standards of Premier Inns that you come to expect. However, this is completely unacceptable to me and added to this the tired state of the bathroom and in the main room, holes evident in the curtains letting beams of light through and holes in the bedding. Also there was a lot patching that had taken place as the bathroom had sealant added around the floor edges on numerous occasions as well as on the bathroom tiling. The bath panel was in a right state and the bin looked like it had been beaten with a hammer. The chrome had come off the bathroom plughole and I thought initially it had been left dirty but this was not the case, it was just worn out. The shower temperature fluctuated and you would set it and it would do its own thing and the water would become unbearably hot. This meant you had to be very careful in using it. In fact I only used it once. August 16th 2024 put in complaint to Premier Inns. I got an acknowledgement same day they had received my complaint but It was not until September 4th 2024 got an email that said they could do nothing as they did not have enough information about my stay, which is weird considering all Premier Inns I am sure would be linked by an internal network and could have found the details of my stay. However, went along with it and sent invoice the same day as receiving the email from them. it is now October 7th no reply. I will keep you posted.

This was the usual Premier Inn. Very clean with a comfy bed. Staff very friendly and helpful.

beautiful and unique atmosphere, excellent service and excellent beer👍❤️

Six words encapsulate the dining experience The staff - delightful The food - dreadful. Spend your hard earned money elsewhere

I have a chicken vindaloo every time I visit it an Indian restaurant and this was the worst I’ve had in a longtime. It was hard to eat the chicken as it was extremely chewy also there was very little sauce with the curry. This restaurant is very poor and does not live up to its reviews!