The best restaurants serving Default food in Barnard Castle West County Durham North East

Very busy but a nice atmosphere

Booked a table for mother's Day, 2nd year in a row and was so impressed last year. Excellent service and excellent food. Going to make in an annual thing.

Had a beautiful lunch on Saturday at The Crown. The staff are amazing, very warm and friendly. 10 out of 10. Can’t get better than that!

First time we had been. Beautiful service,a really pleasant girl served us .we ordered 2 egg mayonnaise sandwiches and two coffees. The coffee was beautiful and although the bread was lovely,both myself and my husband thought the sandwich filling was very sparse. More cucumber (which wasn't mentioned on the menu). It was disappointing

Could be very good but just missed, huge portions but oversauced and slight arithmetic issue with the bill, one dish charged twice. What a shame.

Bloody marvellous. Try the french onion soup and beef bourguignon. Like the warm embrace of your French lover. Thank me later.

Great place, good food and wonderful staff. Only reason I've marked it down on atmosphere is that it was a week day at noon. It's not a nightclub or an edgy restaurant, it's a lovely cafe with food solid food options and a decent coffee. Would recommend.

We have been to the Fox & Hounds many times over the last few years and once again we found it to be absolutely fantastic with a great range of lovely food - this was one of the last times that we managed to get away with our boxer dog as she died suddenly in July but we will definitely be back again In May 2024 with hopefully a new boxer puppy. We returned in May 2024 with Ruby our new boxer and as ever the food and beer were fantastic.

As my girlfrend and I walked in we were a bit surprised that the lady didn’t look up / acknowledge us or say hello or even ‘please wait I’ll be with you shortly’ etc. I thought she must be busy so didn’t think too much of it. We waited a few minutes until the people in front of us got their order and left. By this point we were at the front of the counter and another lady worker walked in, again, didn’t say hello or acknowledge us. We both thought this was very weird and quite rude. Not even acknowledging our presence never mind saying anything. We waited another few minutes. I was trying to make eye contact with the ladies as if saying “helloooo we are here we exist!” but they didn’t even look up from what they were doing and when they did they looked past us. After 5 minutes we both thought that if the staff can’t even be at the least courteous what’s the rest of the establishment going to be like. We walked out and went to the next coffee shop and got immediately sorted there.

There were 19 of us booked in for a meal. They gave us a room to ourselves. We had pre-ordered our food so we had no waiting to be served. The food was excellent, the staff were friendly and polite and the price was reasonable. All in all a very good experience. Highly recommend it

Err something quite bizarre and strange about this pseudo-slaughterhouse style drinking hostelry Perhaps it’s the fragrant whiff of canine hygiene or perhaps the eau de cologne of the landlord that gives it an air of decrepitude? The beers ok!

Fabulous meat pies, take away, crammed full of beef, proper pie, rarely found these days, pastry top and bottom, delicious!!

Popped in for a bite to eat and a drink. Both dog and baby friendly. Nice and quick for food to come out. Ordered some cheese on toast which wasn’t on the menu for our little one and they very happily sorted this out and provided childrens cutlery and plates.

Great pub, lovely landlord, great beer & cider plus home made pizzas. Great beer garden over a very, very quiet road. What's not to like?

Excellent atmosphere if you like thinks old. This place dates back to 1690. Quiet location with good car parking. Good food. We had a salad and a pasta that went well together for sharing!