The best restaurants serving British food in County Durham North East

What a fab night for my birthday with my friend. Food amazing staff amazing.room amazing had DBB great price for such quality ... will be retuning soon I hope

Staff super friendly, food delicious and atmosphere is great. We had our dogs and baby and was so welcoming with great views.

Truly, we had a fabulous visit A great selection of drinks, food was well presented, the staff were warm and friendly. We couldn't have asked for more We will visit again without fail

Hi I'm a regular at the Black Truffle in Seaham... I pop in with friends for coffee and sometimes a nice cake or 2 .... the staff are great... very friendly and always have a smile on their faces. The food is 2nd to none and fairly priced and would recommend a visit. You can also get your drinks to go...

Christmas dinner was not worth the £180 we paid !! There was no Christmas atmosphere. The soup for starter was bland the main dinner was ok. We were asked if there was any else they could get us to which my husband asked for more veg as the portion in the serving bowl was not enough for 2 people. And we are still waiting for it to be delivered!! The desert Xmas pudding was a small portion in a large bowl. All in all I would not recommend paying that money for what you got we were in and out in 1hr15 mins. Will definitely not be going back there again

Amo a Bolam y al Paisano, lo cual no decepcionó; por MÍ. Sin embargo: 'La que debe ser obedecida' dijo; ¿la llana/pintada? Las mesas de madera eran "pegajosas". Nuestro almuerzo del domingo fue sabroso y disfrutado por los cuatro. Sin embargo: 'Uno' no estaba satisfecho y no visitará más. La gente tiene que aceptar la apariencia rústica que es única, agradable. El personal era divertido y eficiente, lo que nos permite cambiar nuestra tabla: ¡Dos veces! Mi consejo es que lo veas por ti mismo: Porque unos 50 comensales no pueden equivocarse. Quizás Table Cloths resuelva la duda: 'A Ha'prth of Tar' no costará una canción! 😁

Wow Wow Wow Perfect food Perfect service Perfect ambience Braised steak sandwich is to die for as is the farm house grill Beer is spot on Dave and the girls are awesome, very friendly and better than Perfect customer service Kitchen staff know how to cook great quality food

Boxing Day visit for a few drinks. The unsmiling and unwelcoming gilet wearing blonde barmaid knocked the experience when we first approached the bar. (Complete contrast to the friendly staff down the road at the Langdon Beck Hotel) .. However, we quickly recovered and ordered 3 drinks, which came to just over £18 ! That said, the cosy bar area, sitting places and overall feel is a real impressive place. The real fires were lovely and it’s definitely somewhere you could kick back and relax the day/evening away.

Quick visit to the hobson pub for a family visit, food and staff excellent never had anything bad, will be back, If you go keep an eye out for molly the collie she is wonderful.

Arrived at about 12.55 seated and served and what was served was appalling , frozen roast potatoes , what seemed like frozen mashed potato , broccoli was soggy and no colour , watery gravy , only thing homemade was the Yorkshire pudding , pork was ok but hardly any flavour , husbands lamb was ok , offered no condiments, left majority and was out the door for 1.30 pm , never again , waiting staff left a lot to be desired !!!

Love this place, the rib room is downstairs in the beautiful Hardwick hall hotel & surroundings. The staff are fantastic & the sharing steak for two, was cooked to perfection, wow the whole meal was gorgeous. Nice area out of the way to have peace & quiet & so friendly & welcoming. After we took a walk near the lake & was really lovely to see two weddings happening in the hotel. We got married here 8 years ago & the standards of the hotel never change, just perfect.

Had to wait to be seated. Then had to wait for table t9 be cleared. Currently been waiting for 15 mins to be served. Others arriving after us have been seen and served. Appreciate it's busy but doesn't account for rudeness. Had to go and request to be served. No apology when I challenged why it had taken so long and that others served before us Food arrived wasn't very nice. Black pudding mash over the top and not really mashed. belly pork overly fatty. Mustard slaw in sandwiches??????? None existent Not impressed

Very disappointed. Ordered 2 adult pork, 1 adult beef and 2 kids beef. The adult dinners came upside down! The adult beef didn't arrive and the swede and stuffing were very watery. Needless to say, I won't be ordering from here again! I paid £35 to get no dinner.

Lovely little cafe. Nice food and coffee and very well decorated inside. The staff were very friendly particularly a nice young man behind the till. We didn’t even notice there was an outdoor area, but I imagine on a sunny day like today, that would be a lovely place to sit with a coffee.

Been here a couple times for cocktails, brilliant price. 2 for 1 and can even go back and get your second cocktail after the first so it doesn't go warm. Very helpful, definitely need to try the food also