The best restaurants serving British food in County Durham North East

Quaint pub on my parents street. Classic pub, no frills and good prices, highly recommended.

This place has changed, service was disinterested, no Diet Coke, was pointed in the general direction of the fridge. Coffee used to come in a nice cup & saucer with a tiny biscuit. Not worried about the biscuit but I honestly drink coffee at home in a better cup & I don’t get it slung In front of me with a shrug On arriving at my table I find I have no glass for the water, j asked the person cleaning the table if she could get me a glass please, she also seemed fed up & slightly annoyed to be interrupted Meanwhile I’m trying to watch out for my 93 year old mum. Unlikely to be back, not value for money or relaxing & certainly not what I expect from M&S

The best local chippy! Chips are double cooked and were fluffy on the inside and crispy on the outside. I also tried a spam fritter and that was great! The batter on the fish was light and crunchy and the fish itself was fresh and flaky, moist and tender. Thank you!

At £28 per person from one of the top hotels in the North East I was expecting a lot better, 4 small finger sandwiches each, 4 scones and small cakes. Not a lot of effort and no selection of desserts cakes and pastries as advertised. I had a flat white which was cold so asked for another and received a cold cappuccino! We had been gifted afternoon tea for 2 as a birthday gift (£56) and so I emailed the hotel to ask if I brought my niece and nephew would I have to buy another two teas and was told no. We were seated and I gave my gift voucher to the staff explained it was two teas. Embarrassingly we were charged £56 for an additional two teas. Also £11 for a glass of wine!! Not recommended at all. Very disappointing.

Have been here many times before but never again 5pm on a Friday,think I got fish leftover from the night before.Hard batter hardly any fish and even the peas were cold.Was disgusting.

Highly recommended, best fish i ever tasted. Clean tidy, serving staff were excellent

Staff here are top tier! Nothing is ever too much trouble, amazing with the kids! Food is amazing chefs are great! Always made too feel like family! Credit where credit is due too Ashley, Amelia, Chloe, Sarah and Lesley! Love you all!

Scruffy !! Very disappointing experience and will definitely not be returning 🤢 Called in after visiting Hello Sunshine on the harbour front. We had a nice walk around Seaham and fancied something different than the usual chain coffee shops. Looked quirky on getting inside. Went to the counter to order and was given a teacup & teapot, a coffee , spoons, milk, sugar to carry back to the table (no tray to carry everything) more than 1 trip was needed, very aware of my footing over the uneven manhole cover with a missing tile and left a hole. (Very aware as I’m just recovering from broken ankle) Baked potato with cold Mexican chicken. Potato not baked just microwaved as no tasty crispy skin at all. Steak and ale pasty was expensive for a little bit of chewy meat. No salt and pepper anywhere so I went back to the serving area and no one came to see what i wanted. Upon sitting for a while I started to notice that it wasn’t rustic and it was in fact really SCRUFFY. We were seated next to the back door and WOW it was horrific for a food establishment, muck would need to be scrubbed and scraped off, the cobwebs were all over, ceiling and walls. The doors where the shelving is were disgustingly dirty. £20 down the drain. HOW CAN A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT BE ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN AND TRADE IN THAT STATE!! 🤮. SHOCKING

Several items missing and no no money sent back

La comida era normal, pero tenía una copa encantadora de Chardonnay. También un saludo masivo a Jennifer que era una camarera increíble muy atenta y amable

Had Sunday lunch here and it was delicious. Staff and service was 5 star

Vengo aquí a menudo y continuaré a pesar de lo que estoy a punto de decir... Pero, ¿puede el gerente del bar o el gerente de F&be capacitar a su personal cómo verter una pinta? Para ser justos es solo una persona que no sabe cómo, pero no me gusta señalar a la gente. Por favor, por favor, deja de usar un vaso amargo para cerveza. Esto no solo parece poco atractivo, sino que cambia completamente el sabor. El personal es encantador y siempre es un ambiente cálido y acogedor. Pero por favor entrene al personal en el prefecto servido para las pintas.

Only one unobservant colleague manning a bank of self checkouts that is clearly too large for her to manage. Creating queues and ultimately leading to people who don't have time to wait all day walking out never to return.

I am very disappointed with the visit to the coffee shop, I was served a cake, dry and looked like it was a month old, when I pointed out its freshness, I was served another equally dry one + 2 cubes of butter

Absolutely beautiful fish and chips. Done to perfection. My fish had been battered to exactly how I requested. I thoroughly enjoyed them. Will definitely go back.