The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Great pub, full of welcoming people and fantastic atmosphere.

What a great find! Best restaurant by far in Harrogate. Great vibe and atmosphere. Food was amazing. The starters/tapas were great, the Tuna and Pork Belly were incredible! Lovely staff and great service. Chef also amazing who came to chat to guests. Would highly recommend for dinner, tapas or drinks. Thank you everyone at Jesper’s!

Lovely place friendly staff can't wait to go back

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.

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

You won't get better value for food here. Great food lovely owner and staff, and, to be honest, it's a no brainer with mains for around a fiver home cooked and filling if you haven't tried the food here what are you waiting for! Do it!

Best Chinese food very flavourful

We took ny husbands mother who is in a carehome & has dementia for a day out. We stopped for a drink & ice cream. I asked if they could do a small glass of milk...that they have for their milkshakes. They said they didn't have enough & to try the cafe next door, who do...milky coffee's..Latte's in posh speak, who also had no milk... We stayed & bought an ice cream anyway. My mother-in-law spilt ice cream & had it over her hands so I asked the young lady/person at the parlour counter for a wet paper towel/cloth, anyone would've thought i'd asked for a free ice cream! The older lady/person was quietly but obviously sarcasstic & rude that i'd dare ask for a wet cloth/paper towel. Absolutely agree, if they don't sell milk as part of their menu they had every right to say no, but a milkshake is.. flavoured milk. It was more about their attitude. Rude & dissrespectful

Usual excellent food served by very pleasant staff.. This gem never fails to impress. We travel over 17 miles to sample their food, so it must be good.

Excellent . Great coffee awesome pies cakes rolls and sandwiches. Polite helpful happy staff .

Ordered from here for a takeaway, having received a leaflet through the door. Sadly, their websites / affiliates were so poor that the ordering process was complicated. Not just that, £5 delivery charge for a 3 mile delivery is excessive in comparison to competitors. The delivery was very slow too (ordered on a Sunday evening). The food was redemption, though. It was delicious. Would use again as a special treat maybe, because the prices are higher with the delivery charge. Strange, considering we ordered on the back of their own leaflet through the door!

Foods great and the staff are helpful I never had a bad meal (update) the food is still good and the website makes ordering so much easier for me and it's quick the only problem I have is the sweet and sour sauce tastes like ketchup and the BBQ sauce could be thicker but that's just personal

Very lovely people and they are not let me down at all the time thank you so much pizza hot

Staff are so friendly & helpful . This is a great little cafe & deli a short walk from the High Street - well worth the effort . The cakes & coffee are divine . The deli in the adjacent room is well worth checking out- their stock of cheeses made in the north-east is extensive. We will definitely visit again when next in Barney !

This place is like Faulty Towers run by Ken Dodd, inside the bar looks like they have been ransacked and probably hasn't been cleaned in a while, however Paul the landlord is completely bonkers and hilarious, if you love banter and are not offended easily then please visit, we spent hours here talking to Paul and some locals and laughed from the minute we got there until the minute we left, we will definitely be visiting again.