The best restaurants serving British food in County Durham North East

Lovely food, comfy chairs, big portions and decent prices at £24 for a very filling lunch for two. Would like to come back and try more from the menu. Only criticism so far is lack of proper baby changing facilities. I know space is an issue but all there is is a small, hard tiled counter.

Wonderful staff, good food, clean toilet. Gave us a sausage for our two dogs! We will definitely come back and sample some more goodies!😄😄

Visited last week with a friend who took me out for for my birthday. A lovely friendly welcome, & the choice of seating. Relaxing atmosphere, with gentle background music, out doors looked very appealing , but we chose indoor as it was a hot day. The menu has a great choice, definitely something for everyone.Once ordered the food wasn't long in following ,piping hot , and great portions. Clean plates from us ! very nice, quality and freshness is certainly the chefs priority at Valentines. Will certainly be visiting again very soon.

This has to be the best chippy in the UK We've been on numerous occasions and always fish cooked to perfection in crisp batter and perfectly cooked chips, all served by friendly staff - just a pity that we live so far away !

Great pizza and pastries. Coffee is hit or miss but high recommend

Met an old friend here for a pint, sat outside as was a half decent day, spoke to the landlady of the pub and she was friendly and easy to talk to, atmosphere was really nice. It's dog friendly too which is a massive bonus for me

Just had brunch with 2 friends at this beautiful place. So pretty inside and the seating outside. The food was delicious and the staff were really lovely.

Nice coffee and flapjack. Lovely staff

I have never left a review before of anywhere but I was so disappointed with the food and service. I had a sausage panini about 9 inches long which contained ONE (yes one) sausage covered in disgusting melted cheese. We waited 30 minutes for it after having been served our tea immediately so it was cold by the time the food came. There was a joke of a salad with it but the promised crisps never appeared. And…£7.50 for the sandwich. Really!!!!!???

Simply put the best fish & chips I’ve had in my almost 60 years. Perhaps it’s down to the unique coal fired fryers of the dripping it’s cooked in but 10/10 .

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!

Lovely little family run cafe I had a freshly cooked breakfast and a pot off tea and enjoyed every mouth full. P.s ther was music playing and not radio rubbish but old school 60,s 70,s blues....excellent

Passing through on way back from holiday. Stopped for morning break. Delicious freshly baked scone and coffee. Lovely and clean quiches looked great. What a great find would recommend.

Nos alojamos en los establos Cornsay Colliery por 5 noches. La habitación / chalet era muy cómodo con todo lo necesario. Reservamos para el desayuno, que tengo que decir que era muy bueno, también muy sabroso con una gran selección. Las cenas fueron cocinadas a la perfección por el chef Dylan, de nuevo el menú fue variado con una gran selección para elegir. Ian y Sonia son fantástica tierra Señor / Señora y hacen que sus huéspedes sean extremadamente bienvenidos.

Called in today for breakfast with the wife and her friend, Everything thing we had was very good quality and excellent valve for money also the staff were extremely friendly, Give it a try you won't be disappointed 😁