The best restaurants serving British food in Chester-le-Street West Central County Durham North East

This retro looking cafe is something else. Came across by chance and so glad we did. Only went in for a cuppa and a snack, but when we saw the menu wished we had had a meal. Clean, not expensive and friendly staff plus they are dog friendly too. As seen on the police Drama Vera. Well worth a visit.

I don't normally leave bad reviews but yesterday I visited for breakfast I always have pancakes with fruit and it's usually great but not on this occasion.i usually get the syrup in a little bowl to add to each of my pancakes but it was just a bit on top I opened my pancakes onto my bowl and the others were dry I asked for a little more just to be told I'd have to go pay for some more I explained why has it just been tipped on top I had my fruit in the bottom of my bowl with tiny bits of strawberry but it seemed all muched up because of the syrup they just threw on top I wasted half because it was dry I visit a few times a week but I'm thinking that's the last

We used to come all the time think it was a different owner back then and went off the place, but coming weekly again now and will keep coming. Food is top notch you won't regret coming here.

Disappointing. We’ve been here a few times. Always had good quality food at a reasonable price. This time there was a lunchtime special menu, 2 courses for £16.95. Starters were tasty and as we would expect. My friend’s main was avocado salad which was fresh, tasty and loads of it. My macaroni cheese was tiny. It was very tasty but only an inch of cheese pasta at the bottom of the dish. I asked the server if there had been a mistake and maybe I’d been given a side dish instead of a macaroni main but he confirmed it was a normal portion for lunchtime. I appreciate lunch portions can be smaller but my friend was still eating 10 minutes after I’d finished my pasta. One dish was very much smaller than the other. The manager reduced the bill because I wasn’t happy which was the right thing to do. All in all we were disappointed and what was supposed to be a happy and enjoyable meal was marred by skimpy portions.