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

Oh dear, poor food off the main menu and the Sunday lunch menu. The meat on Sunday lunch was fine to be fair but the veg and roast potatoes very poor, parsnips burnt, roast potatoes weren't even up to aunt Bessie standerds, dry cheap rubbish. Mash tasted cheap and manufactured variaty Main menu smothered platter was laughable, pie and chips and peas no gravy told to just go to carvary for it. Service, one lady working hard, otherwise table left for over 90 minutes after finishing not one plate cleared from from table. Toilets not great either to be honest. Play area was okay but seen better days . Two in group tried desserts, sundae was okay, choc brownie or whatever it was had cold custard, most desserts not available. Would be one star if not for the play area and the one lady whom was very pleasant sorry didn't get her name.

Just visited for sunday lunch,it was superb,staff are polite and friendly,atmosphere is nice,food was 1st class,prices are very reasonable,dog friendly to,would advise to book,great place and i would return.

Room ( which we had to pay for ) (15 a head ) was damp food was like children’s party and no bar service access was a nightmare only saving grace was the effort family put into it nice staff

We've just moved to Yarm and on our first visit, of what will now be many, we had a great experience. Toasties, one with chicken and avocado and one with brie and cranberry and a toddler nibble plate! Delicious

So ... we were looking for somewhere different in Yarm today for lunch .and as we walked past "The House" I was seduced by a picture outside of a full english breakfast . The picture depicted a plate with two eggs , two sausages and all the trimmings , it looked delicious . I didn't need to look at the menu , I knew what I wanted to eat . We duly went inside and were greeted warmly by a member of staff . How disappointing to find that the picture outside in no way resembled the actual food ! Only one egg , one sausage ....etc I felt we were lured inside by false advertising ... . Granted the Menu on inspection did state " Egg , Sausage , etc etc " .... but not what was depicted on the picture outside . So .... be warned !!!!

Visited Ftiday lunchtime whilst in Billingham. Fairly busy but still got a table straight away. Decent menu, ordered steak and ale pie and peppered chicken. Both were substantial and full of flavour. All staff pleasant and attentive without going overboard. We had been meaning to go here for a while and so glad we tried at last. Won't be long before we return.

We had afternoon tea today and it was absolutely lovely. Our waitress Libby was very attentive and made it a very pleasurable experience. Nothing was too much trouble and the setting was perfect.

Great experience. Have been here a couple of times but not for a while. Atmosphere is great very friendly and welcoming. Issue with kitchen when we came in but staff kept us upto date and let us know when kitchen was back open. Food was exceptional. Definitely coming back a bit more frequently.

As title says, with the lovely note that it's the only place I know in the area that has oat milk (and every other not milk milk if that's what you'd like). Great staff too.

First and foremost I would like to say the cafe is called POND VIEW NOT KINGS COFFEE. The staff were very friendly and the coffee excellent. We didn’t have to wait long to be served . I think this review should go under Pond View cafe not Kings coffee

This was our second attempt to enjoy Sunday lunch here. Sadly the experience was once again poor and we won’t be back. Waited far too long (35 minutes) for a drink. Bread stale, roast beef too fatty and vegetables tough to cut! Eton mess poor!

Handy spot in the small industrial estate frequented by workers from the jnits nearby. Very popular especially over the lunch hour. Great choice on the menu, to eat in or take out & pretty quick service too. The food is definitely OK but where they fall down on each & every occasion I have been there is in clearing the tables! This doesn't seem to be a priority for them at all. Many many times I have had to clear away the debris from someone's previous lunch before I can be seated to have mine! Otherwise they have everything going for them.

Visitamos la ciudad en febrero con mi padre. Yo tenía queso de cabra y risotto pelotas con salsa que donde muy sabroso. Luego tuve salmón con un panqueque de cangrejo con verduras y patatas fritas adecuadas. Mi padre tenía sopa seguido de cerdo de la danza del vientre. 2 platos por £13 era una absoluta ganga.Bonito lugar, me sentí un poco de pena por las chicas que trabajan allí tenían mucho que hacer. Otra persona para ayudar habría hecho una gran diferencia. He comido en algunos de los mejores pasos en el noreste y este lugar es tan bueno si no es mejor que el de otros lugares en Newcastle con premios. Sin duda volveremos.

I used to love this place, the food is good and the staff have always been and generally still are excellent with the exception of the new lady who is very unprofessional and rude and made me feel very uncomfortable when I went in recently. Being around while she spoke to staff and customers the way she did wasn't pleasant, and she clearly has no idea what she's doing. It's very chaotic in there recently, not at all the relaxing atmosphere I used to go in for. Given the rising costs I understand changes being made but putting up the price of milkshakes and cutting the quality is just cheeky, when you buy "speciality" you expect good quality.

For £5.50 well worth it, five veg all well cooked, a choice of meats. My only gripe is that the mash was a bit tasteless but still edible. Will certainly use it again, great value.