The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Amazing selection of drinks, the staff are friendly and so are the locals. The atmosphere in there is friendly and there's always someone to share a pint with.

My and my sister received excellent service from polite and kind staff here. Drinks were incredibly well made and we had an exciting and interesting menu to choose from. I definitely recommend the Irish rose syrup in an Ethiopian cold brew as it’s a lovely and unique flavour combination! Plenty of milk alternatives are offered for those who are lactose intolerant. Service is efficient and prices are really great! Homemade vegan and gluten free cakes are offered which is a rare find in Bishop Auckland. I couldn’t recommend the Fox’s Tale enough! Support this local business.

Way over priced, not very clean we both had hairs on our plates the milk jug was not very clean .after saying that the tarts were quite nice.

We visited today for breakfast with Santa. Very well organised with activities for the children at the table, including decorating their own biscuits. Breakfast was delicious and Santa was lovely and chatty with the children. We bought some cakes to take home too and they were amazing!

Wonderful staff, good food, clean toilet. Gave us a sausage for our two dogs! We will definitely come back and sample some more goodies!😄😄

Nice rooms.good service and good food.

Stopped here randomly for lunch when driving through Tow Law and were very glad we did. Excellent home cooked food and amazing value for money. I had the delicious hot roast beef roll and chips - £7 and delicious. Friendly and efficient service. Go, and leave a big tip!

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.

Buena comida, buena relación calidad-precio en una ubicación bonita. Jangari era una camarera excelente, muy acogedor, educado y amable. Sin duda recomendaría a las personas que visitan!

Waited 30 mins to get a drink and over an hour for our food to arrive. Overcooked dry salmon and watery pasta with pre cooked prawns on top. When questioned I was told they were short staffed and made excuses as to why the service was so terrible. To finish off an already terrible meal they served me a dry out of date pre made chocolate fudge cake. Overall our group of 8 were not impressed with the service or food of this restaurant and will not be returning.

We popped in for a few after a dog walk, gentlemen servings was amazing service was amazing however after a short while a female bartender came on and she was so rude and disrespectful to us all and really ruined the mood and made the atmosphere very uncomfortable!

Please make proper fried rice, not boiled soggy rice!!! The rice just killed the whole dish. Won’t be ordering again. No card payment as well, only cash 🙄

Amazing friendly pub/inn Set in a lovely village. Rooms were great and clean. Breakfast was perfect. Stayed here as were at KYNREN (2.5 miles away). So much more to do around the area too Had a great night as there was a village raffle on at night. All the locals super friendly too . Many thanks to George and his team for a great stay

Called for a Saturday tea and we were not disappointed. Fabulous quality and great portions. Not cheap but well worth the money. Will be a regular call for us now. Loads of amazing places to park up and eat so winner all round.

Nos topamos con esto en Market Square mientras paseábamos por Durham. Estaban ocupados, pero no es de extrañar por qué. Nuestros sándwiches tostados eran bangin. Hay muchas opciones y personalizarán su comida a pedido sin problemas. Gran servicio. Sin duda volveremos de nuevo.