The best restaurants serving Italian food in County Durham North East

This restaurant has good atmosphere and the staff / waitress was really helpful and check to see if we would like anything else bringing to the table. The feel of the restaurant was elegant and had high standard of decor to make the place feel like home and welcoming. I had the linguine carbanara which had mussels and prawn in and also had tagliatelle in and garlic bread this was really delicious and also was really tasty I definitely will be back again as one of the best Italian reasuarnts in bishop auckland.

Beautifully decorated restaurant. Fabulous meal, friendly owner and staff. Good value in a lovely atmosphere. Definitely one of our favourite places.

Nice food, slow drinks service but overall really nice

Friendly staff and service is usually pretty quick. The pate starter is always good and the pizza and pasta portions are big. Good value for money. Will be back again soon

We go here as a group on a regular basis and always have great food. The staff are friendly and good fun. We go as a group and it's never too loud, we can always hear the conversation. Prices are reasonable and food is good quality. Highly recommend Deanos. Already booked for our next meet up

Hopefully this will be seen bye the owner, being coming to the restaurant for 18years. but to day we came in for Sunday lunch very poor ordered lasagna , spaghetti Bolognese and beef dinner not 1 meal was nice this is not the usual standard of this restaurant not sure what went wrong and was not ask once how our meal was

Good food and lovely friendly staff. We've been going here for a lot of years and are always looked after and well fed. Thanks

Visited Santinni restaurant with my family and was pleasantly surprised. The external of the property isn’t the best, but once you enter you can see the care and pride that is taken in the restaurant. The environment was welcoming, the staff were polite, professional and very knowledgable. Nothing was too much trouble for them. Then we get to the food, it was outstanding. It was fresh, cooked perfectly and very enjoyable. We will return

Excellent food and ambience. Attentive staff and value for money. Went with friends but will definitely be taking the family. The calzone was top drawer. Well done Sal and team

Went for Sunday lunch superb value for money for a thee course meal, both the beef and belly pork was excellent and the home made cheesecake’s are really good

We discovered the Artisan Corner about a year ago as we were passing through Barnard Castle on the way from Darlington to Southport to visit my parents. We originally chose this cafes it was lose to where we had parked, but we very quickly realised that we had landed on our feet. The food, most of which is home made o site, is amazing and the people there are friendly and welcoming. On our previous visit I had a coronation prawn baked potato and this time, a lamb kofta flatbread. Both were absolutely amazing. My partner usually chooses the ploughman's lunch- which is also excellent. After the man course, (or if you just want a snack) there is a wide selection of home made cakes. Last time we chose a vegan, gluten free chocolate and pistachio cake. I had my doubts about the gluten free, as in my experience gluten free cakes can be dry- but this was so good that we bought the remaining supply to take back for my parents to try! This time we went for warm tarte tartin with ice cream. Another favourite is the French Blue Earl Grey tea with lavender and rose petals. Every meal we have had here has been outstanding, and the shop downstairs also stocks some amazing food and crafts, including stunning flower earrings made by Hannah in the shop. All in all, I really cannot recommend this place highly enough. We always stop here now on the way to Southport- or if we happen to be in Barnard Castle.

Still the best Italians in the area by far! Never disappointed and the best value for money you can find!

Absolutely fantastic meal & service for a party of 11 people. The food was some of the best Italian food we have eaten and the service was first class. Shelley our main waitress was super helpful and attentive, she’s a real asset to the business. We would 100% recommend and return. Thankyou for a lovely evening.

We were looking for a restaurant in Durham and found this place early one Friday evening. The menu is not extensive but I would prefer to see a few dishes done well rather than lots of dishes done just ok! We ordered pasta, a pizza and the house red. The food and service was outstanding. We would recommend Coviello without hesitation.

I have no words. The food we received from this restaurant has to be the best Italian food I have ever ate. You can tell it was homemade, it was simply stunning. Me and my partner are absolutely raving about this place, I would recommend everyone to try, don’t judge a book by its cover as I can’t express how delicious the food was. It wasn’t your ordinary average bolognese and carbonara that we were expecting, it had something extra special to it. Both the chef and waitress we spoke to were so friendly and went out their way to make our night special. Can’t express how amazing the food was, 100% recommend to anyone wanting to give this restaurant a go. You will not regret it.