The best restaurants serving Italian food in County Durham North East

Great food and drinks been here twice now. lovely atmosphere. However 2 young waitresses at the bar as we left were really rude and no customer service skills at all but the rest of the staff were great

Best sundey lunch served with amazing service with very friendly people absulute amazing I will recommend going

Another fabulous meal at this lovely restaurant for my husband’s 70th birthday celebration. Amazing staff and great food. Our favourite 🤩

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

Delicious food and lovely staff at a very reasonable price, thank you. Even cheaper if make it in time for the Early Bird Menu. Would recommend!

This was the second time that we have visited this fantastic restaurant in a large family group. The first time 9 of us attended for our grandson's 21st birthday and it was so good that we booked again for our annual Christmas get together. This time there were 15 of us. Some chose from the Christmas Fayre menu and the selection was amazing. Others selected from the main menu which was a plus for us as other venues that we have been to for our Christmas 'party' only offered choices from their Christmas Fayre. I have to say that no one was disappointed with their meals. Perfectly cooked and presented and great portions. However, I must commend the service. Nothing was a problem and we were not rushed at all. Some restaurants that we have been to hardly let you get your starter down and they serve you your main course. Not here. A lovely civilised break in between so we could all enjoy being together. That said, the wait wasn't overly long that we were all awaiting our next courses. We had a great night, good food, fantastic service and certainly not over priced. We will all certainly book again, either individually or for our next family celebration. So, if you are looking for a nice meal, either just couples or for a bigger celebration, this is the place for you. Thank you Little Sicily and we look forward to visiting again.

Lovely barman Johnny helped us with our win selection. We had a Gavi which was delicious. Food platters on offer looked good as did the desserts. Whole atmosphere was relaxed a fuss free. Will definitely go back.

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.

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.

My husband and i had a 3 course meal on Saturday and it was absolutely faultless. Lovely atmosphere too. My husband did say shame the toilets wernt as nice as the dining area. I definitely recommend.

Traditional Italian restaurant with huge portions. Very packed when we visited as there were few other eating options in Durham on a Sunday evening!

Great food and excellent service. Tried their smash burgers and they're amazing.defo will be back

I have a chicken vindaloo every time I visit it an Indian restaurant and this was the worst I’ve had in a longtime. It was hard to eat the chicken as it was extremely chewy also there was very little sauce with the curry. This restaurant is very poor and does not live up to its reviews!

What a place! We were upgraded to a gorgeous suite, nothing was too much trouble. Beautiful breakfast, fridge with fresh milk and mineral water, wonderful Italian breakfast including steak and eggs, very generous with the coffee and juice and even offered me a latte in my travel cup the day we left. Great local recommendations. We also ate dinner one night, absolutely lovely! Easy walk to all the sights and parking on site is a real bonus

My favourite local restaurant never disappoints. Wonderful service and food as always. We went for the early bird deal, an absolute bargain for big, tasty platefuls of food! Peter is a fantastic host alognwith a team of friendly, helpful staff. Food was gorgeous as ever.