The best restaurants serving American food in County Durham North East

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!

food is superb and always consistent the desserts are well worth a try, great value for money compared to other takeaways

Now has been turned in to big joe steakhouse food was beautiful price was good staff were helpful and polite will definitely return ribs were falling of the bone bbq sauce was to die for and the steak looked beautiful they also do a burger challeng whitch looked massive not sure if anyone will be able to beat it

Very tasty pizza , don’t get many chances to order on a lunchtime but will defo order again 👍

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.

One of the best if not the best Sunday lunches locally

First visit and will certainly be back again and again. Everything was great and not too much trouble for the staff or too expensive.

Called in last month, ordered a beer and it was totally undrinkable no problem have a different beer which was also totally undrinkable so ended up with a 330ml bottle, being called an Irish bar i expected something Irish not just Guinness,so its nothing like an Irish bar

We have visited quite a few times, for bottomless brunch, but last visit 14th September was my daughter's (small) hen party, I must say it was a such a pleasure to be looked after so well by all staff, Never had to wait for drinks and food was lovely, Would most definitely recommend,

Ordered my food it says it got collected at 19:33 and it didn’t come till 20:15 absolutely cold, took over 45 minutes to come, stone cold, rang fat hippo direct and spoke to the staff and they said it was just eats driver, did loads of drop offs…

Fantastic eatery! Burgers/side were delicious and caters well for non meat eaters. Good selection of beverages too. Lovely feel inside, great decor, helpful friendly staff. Highly recommend!

Excellent food ,nice atmosphere

Went for a Special meal with the wife and ordered the sharing board which was a selection of different cuts of meat . Having had one before from Miller and carter I had a good idea what to expect as they cook every steak different . When the server asked how we would like our steak cooked I asked how they recommend each one to be cooked and was told they should all be cooked medium . I questioned this and the server went to the kitchen and asked the chef . Her response when she came back was shocking . The chef has 2 big tables in so doesn't have time to cook each steak separately which I found to be unbelievably poor so we had our meal and left but won't return

Great live music venue on a Friday night. Good beer, great bands and friendly folk to chat to. Never tried the food there so can't comment on that

Ate in here for one of the nights of our stay at the attached hotel. The rotunda restaurant is an amazing space and the staff are good. Was disappointed with the quality of the steak though. It was cooked well and the rest of the meal was lovely but the meat itself was kind of grainy, slightly tough and tasteless. It was like cheap supermarket steak, not a well aged and cared for cut from a supplier who knows their stuff.