The best restaurants in County Durham North East

Nice well prepared and presented cuisine. Service is excellent, by the super friendly and helpful staff.

Great place for food on the go great staff always pleasant and friendly and helpful service is great and food is great value for money

We arrived at the accommodation to be greeted by a lovely welcome pack. We stayed in Raby and were impressed by the space and amenities. My brother in law was particularly fond of people watching from the living room window. A comfortable and very reasonable way to enjoy Barnard Castle and surrounding area. We also enjoyed having a drink in the bar downstairs. Very handily situated. Will definitely return and can highly recommend to anyone.

We absolutely LOVE this place. We moved here in summer and have been trying to find some local legends and we came across KYA pizza. We loved how they have an app to order on and we found the quality of food to be so impressive for the price. The toppings on the pizza are very generous which is what you want when ordering a takeaway (even the big chains such as Pizza Hut and papa johns don’t do this) the food was fresh and hot and we absolutely loved it from here. I can see how it’s so popular! We’ll definitely be ordering again

We use this takeaway at least twice a week.The portions are exactly right,not too much,the curry selections are,in our opinion,the tastiest in the area.The batter balls are perfect,the yung chow fried rice is excellent.would definitely recommend.

Este lugar es ideal para aquellos que aman las hamburguesas de pollo! Delicioso pollo, salsa especial y ensalada. Lo mejor de todos lo recomendamos! Sentado dentro pero mucha gente entrando para llevar.

A lovely family run restaurant with a good vibe and superb food. Definitely worth a visit when you are in the area.

The best little cafe in Spennymoor. If you're looking for proper home cooked food this is your place. Staff are friendly and welcoming, their menu is extensive and very reasonably priced. Seating is available on two floors and there is a bathroom situated on the first floor. The cafe is clean and accessible for all users. You will always be pleasantly surprised when your meal arrives, the portion sizes are very generous and extremely delicious. Always our first choice for food.. we even have them deliver to us when we cant get down to the cafe. The same food delivered by their friendly driver. For ease of payments they do take good old cash, and card payments, and the delivery driver also has a card machine if you're like me and dont carry cash. Give them a shot you wont be disappointed

Popped in a here a couple of times after parkrun with eldest son staff always nice and friendly as he loves the sausage rolls. Great bread and cakes as well I love the rock buns.

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Cool ✨New Year’s Day 2025✨ brunch experience, will return when the weather is nice and warm 😊

Stopped of here for a bite to eat with friends, and from when we arrived everyone was very polite and helpful, and the food and service was excellent 👌 definitely recommend.

Had a fab afternoon after booking the conservatory for a 60th birthday bash for partner . Really helpful and accommodating management and staff made it a lovely afternoon celebration. Great service , highly recommended Thanks to all

We celebrated new years eve at the red alligator which included 3 hours of live music, hot and cold buffet and fireworks. Buffet consisted of lasagne, mince and dumplings, chicken curry, peppered beef, hot beef and turkey in gravy, noodles, steak pie, potatoes, mini burgers then some cold items such as sausage rolls and sliced meats including gammon. There was also a dessert table which offered a wide range of cakes including cheesecake and chocolate cake as well as a range of cheeses and crackers. Buffet was absolutely delicious. The singer was Charlotte Foreman who performed for 3 hours taking us into the new year. Brilliant singer covering a range of artists and songs. The place was buzzing all night and everything was perfect from the company, to the staff, to the music. Well done Red Alligator!!