The best restaurants in Dawdon County Durham North East

What an amazing place. Fabulous gluten free options including home made scones, cakes and soup. The staff were lovely and I can’t wait to visit again. Also the boutique was a nice find inside the cafe, with a gorgeous selection of women’s items - I just couldn’t resist a purchase.

Travelled to visit, the Cafe advertises its open until 3pm, the cafe put online they were there until 2:30 and when we got there just after 1:30pm it was padlocked and closed? Disappointing visit

Aargh! We must've stood for about half an hour to get served (and the queue was barely to the door, and the place half-busy). Sullen staff, who just stand there waiting for you to speak first. Couldn't even be bothered to put the coffee onto the saucer. £4.50 for a slice of lemon cake!!! £2.50 for a tiny little cookie!!? It's a shopping outlet on the A19, not Zurich Airport. The coffee was alright, I think, I was just in a right mood after the service. I like giving the more independent places a go, but I really wished I'd gone to one of the nearby coffee chains for a drink.

Peri peri chicken was lovely and spicy. Good to have an peri peri option in the area. Communication could be better. Price and portion good.

Good to return for a pint and some Quick pub doings..I had a panini with a side of chips. Plenty of roughnecks around but we sat in a more private alcove. Very enjoyable Maximus for £1.99

Great value breakfast, good service

Just ordered set 7pce meal and some extras we are never disappointed best indian takeaway around in our view.rogan josh fantastic and massage chips fab,staff friendly and delivery spot on x

Great friendly staff clean and very cosy relaxed and definite a favourite

2 hour wait finally come chips chicken noodle combo plain, come full of onions n chips like they been cooked 2 wks ago not be going bk

Looking for a different Sunday Lunch venue, I remembered reading about The STapylton Arms being taken over after a closure. A lovely cozy room awaited us and we were shown to our allocated table by a friendly member of the waiting staff. Menus perused, we opted for the Belly Pork and Brisket of Beef. Both meals promptly arrived accompanied by a selection of fresh vegetables. The meals were delicious, really tasty. My partner commented that her beef was melt in the mouth, my belly pork too was lovely. We had enough room for desserts, my choice NewYork cheesecake, my partner had the Apple Tart, again both lovely. Perhaps the only small gripe I had was there wasn’t a huge choice of selection for the Sunday Lunch menu but we also looked at the other Fayre on offer midweek and decided a revisit is a must.

Very fast delivery. Impressive delivery

Came here for a bite to eat on a Sunday afternoon. Everywhere was full or fully booked so we called here for something small, food was ok for what we wanted & staff were pleasant enough.

I think this is a great place to eat they're friendly and so helpful and their food is so nice and the prices are really great if I'm going yo get a take out this is my go to they never ket me down 10 out of 10 I will go here above ANYWHERE else

My friend and I tried Bells yesterday and have to say that I will carry on going to Downey 's across the road. We expected a menu with a smaller portion option or an expected Pensionr Special. The prices were far too high and no choices of cod bites or anything smaller, the tea and coffee was also a rip off.

For a change we thought we would order from a different restaurant, on this occasion not a wise desicion, The Kebab meat was bland,greasy and in my opinion under cooked, shaved off too early, quantity over quality. The 'Meat feast' Pizza i also had issue with, when i order a 'Meat feast' pizza i want to be able to recognise whats on it.. pieces of Chicken, Slices of Pepperoni, Salami ect ect. The meats were ground up that small nothing was recognisable, it looked like some dried mince was spinkled over the top. The Garlic sauce was sharp and tasted of vinegar, I was given a 20 min delivery slot time , the order arrived 40 mins after. i cant say with any certainty which element of what i ate did not agree with me the most, but what i can say is that i was up in middle of night bringing it back up. we shall not be reordering from this restaurant. If Zero Stars was an option thats what I would give it . Photo the 'Meat Feast'