The best restaurants serving British food in Coundon County Durham North East

Ordered from the heritage cafe today Couldn’t decide what to have as there’s loads of delicious choices to be made Decided to order the chicken parmo with chips And two lots of quiche and chips And of course the sprinkle cake and custard Everything arrived piping hot and delicious Can’t wait to order again soon

5 of us went for Sunday lunch, good choice of beef, chicken, pork or gammon, large potions, cooked to perfection and very tasty, very friendly and attentive staff, lovely place to go when I visit family in the North East

Oh dear, we have just been for the Sunday carvery for the first time after reading the reviews & we definitely will not be back, we were so disappointed. PRO’s Free parking Easy place to find Friendly staff CON’s Some of the seating area was too close to each other, but we understand when pubs are trying to make as much money as possible in this day & age. Between us we tried 4 different meats & they do look as if all of the pre-sliced meat is reheated, as the meats we had were curled around the edges. The turkey was thickly sliced, but tough to chew. The lamb was sliced very small & was very tough indeed. The pork, again was a tough chew with very little taste. The beef was a much softer slice, but did have a sour taste to it. It’s the only carvery we’ve tried where you can’t help yourself to your own roasties or cauliflower cheese. The rest of the veg did leave a lot to be desired & one veg we couldn’t ID. Gravy was a lovely consistency, but again, not much taste. One of the syrups on the cold drinks machine also seemed like it needed to be changed or it wasn’t mixing properly. None of these comments will come as a surprise to anyone working in the pub, as they will have noticed the amount of food left on our plates & drinks left in some of our glasses. Such a shame our experience was so poor, as it does seem like a friendly pub, so maybe if you only want a drink on a Sunday, this would be a nice place to visit! Shame it spoilt our personal Easter Sunday lunch trip out, but we did cheer ourselves up slightly when we popped in to Greggs for lovely cream cakes & really nice coffees.

Christmas dinner was not worth the £180 we paid !! There was no Christmas atmosphere. The soup for starter was bland the main dinner was ok. We were asked if there was any else they could get us to which my husband asked for more veg as the portion in the serving bowl was not enough for 2 people. And we are still waiting for it to be delivered!! The desert Xmas pudding was a small portion in a large bowl. All in all I would not recommend paying that money for what you got we were in and out in 1hr15 mins. Will definitely not be going back there again