The best restaurants serving British food in Norton South Stockton-on-Tees North East

Lovely food overall ! asked for salmon without coriander said they couldn’t do this which is fine. Then added the salmon and the chicken to the bill even though we did not have the salmon. Lady that took the order was lovely not offered deserts just handed the bill after main and told it was bar service. Booked table for 7.30 just quite poor service for the price

Let me first say that first impressions were good, very welcoming although a little chilly. This was our first visit to Meat at 12, a birthday celebration. As I say first impressions were good. Alas that’s about as good as it got. Before ordering we were told that there were no pork dishes, no lamb dishes and no Oysters. That regrettably left a very limited Bistro menu, nevertheless we chose to stay and order. That we did but only to be told that yet another item, Mussells, were also off the menu. So in effect the whole event left us somewhat disappointed. To be fair though the manager did give us free drinks and was apologetic for the state of affairs stating supplier problems on the day. The food we did get was beautifully cooked and prepared but alas could not overcome that initial disappointment. We went there on a recommendation. Would we go again? Sadly I have to say probably not Norton has a number of good quality eateries all competing for a limited customer base. I understand that in the current climate restaurants can ill afford to over stock their “larders” but they must make sure that they have some sort of back up plan for events of the nature we experienced today failing which the risk is that what customer base they do have will quickly erode.