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

First time visit to Paws for 5 , had an excellent morning Kaiser our 18 week old Rottweiler puppy throughly enjoyed himself. We both had a lovely fried breakfast, tea and Lattes at very reasonable prices.

Beautiful decor, great choice of wines, wonderful service with sharing boards of food.

Staff & food are excellent, worth a visit

Highly recommend this place. Burgers with fries and breakfast sarnie were both delicious. Very good coffee too. Really friendly staff. We must have walked past here so many times. We have been missing out! It’s great. Will be back. Soon!

After noticing it was dog friendly as we were walking past we decided to pop in . What an excellent choice we made . We were greeted by 2 extremely friendly ladies who made us both feel very welcome . I decided on Eggs Benedict and a latte which were both delicious. From the Doggie Menu sausages were chosen and were devoured with much licking of lips . My daughter who pops to seaham quite often has been informed of this little gem 💎. Ty ladies we both thoroughly enjoyed popping in . Mike and Nellie

This used to be a wonderful place to visit, all members of staff were friendly, the food was always piping hot, well portioned and very reasonable. It has undergone a few changes, one being the name - now named "The Lighthouse by Poppies". It seems the new owners have made a few changes, the decor has been vastly improved, however there are couple of new members of staff who just aren't as friendly. Furthermore, the quality of the food is terrible compared to all our previous visits. The chips which used to be absolutely wonderful are now terrible - I'm not certain if a different oil is being used, but the quality is just not there, and the meal was also served warm as opposed to hot. To add to this, the prices are much more expensive, even a can of coke is £1.50 - a can that came from a multipack! I'm afraid what was a regular place and a highlight of Seaham has now been crossed off the list. Finally, a "Traditional Turkish Breakfast"... It's an English cafe for goodness sake!!!

Called in on 25th Feb after been on the beach. we ordered 2 large haddock chips and mushy peas, they were all absolutely delicious . I have dairy and egg allergies, all ingredients were checked out and fine for me. The restaurant had closed but this didn't bother us as we were traveling in our camper . All the staff were very pleasant and helpful and the shop was immaculately clean. We will definitely go back. Everything was a million times better than when we went to bells just up the road

We have a yearly trip to Seaham and this is always our lunch time stop. Plenty of choice, seating inside and out. Pretty fast service time. Reasonable priced!! But most importantly bloody delicious!!

We dropped in here for coffee on a wild January day and sat on the outside deck to watch the waves breaking over the walls. The coffee was very good and the cherry Bakewell remarkable. Lovely staff, clean toilets, nice place all round. If you park in the harbour car park be aware that the wardens are on the ball!

Hi I'm a regular at the Black Truffle in Seaham... I pop in with friends for coffee and sometimes a nice cake or 2 .... the staff are great... very friendly and always have a smile on their faces. The food is 2nd to none and fairly priced and would recommend a visit. You can also get your drinks to go...

Great atmosphere, loving the beer prices like going back to the eighties ha ha

Sunday lunch ok £15 expensive,there was one carrot on our plate we asked for a few more they gave us 3 and charged us £3 50 how mean maybe it was to pay for there plastic flower deco hanging from ceiling, lunch at valentinos seaham is better value £10 50 and more enjoyable.we will be going to valentinos from now on.

Came here for a bite to eat on a Sunday afternoon. Everywhere was full or fully booked so we called here for something small, food was ok for what we wanted & staff were pleasant enough.

I visited Bells for the first time yesterday with my Daughter and Grandson for Mother's day. Luckily, we went before the outside formed! What I can say is, we were served brilliantly and efficiently. The food was simply beautiful. I had the code and chips, my daughter had the scampi, both meals were amazing, everything was perfect. Thank you. The restaurant itself is stunning! Love the hut idea, the toilets are the best I've seen! I was,even amazed by the nod to the mining, with the sculpture in the roof space. Well done everyone and we will be back. X To top it all, my daughter got a potted plant for Mother's Day, a lovely touch. ❤️