I love this place! Always bringing the kids! #wap! I love the hospitality and how jenny at…read morereception took my kid and beat her!

Central Park in Middlesbrough is a fairly safe bet for all the family…read more Extensive menu, good portions and value for money. The service is usually quick and friendly.

Oh my good lord above, this place is incredible. INCREDIBLE. I have literally never had better…read morepancakes. And I am an American, from the Midwest, and I have never had better pancakes in my life than these ones in Durham, of all places. They are to die for. I am dead. They are also enormous, and no normal human could finish a full stack. They are truly the tallest pancakes I have ever seen. How do they achieve this height? It's magic, I tell you. They are divine. I've also had a really gorgeous springy salad of aparagus, potatoes, ham, rocket, and poached egg - but just stop reading this and get the pancakes. Super cute rustic atmosphere, and be prepared to wait if you aren't there right when they open. It's worth the wait, if you haven't already gathered that.

Judging from the long lines, I knew this was THE breakfast place in town. The food was delicious,…read morethe restaurant is charming, and the staff is great. Can't wait to return!

Lovely little cafe in Durham. The menu is vegetarian and vegan, offering simple cafe meals like…read moretoasties, sandwiches and some salads. What's more, they don't charge extra for soy milk or vegan cheese alternatives. That's a rare thing. The cakes and sweet things are made in house too and are pretty good. Decent coffee too, for Durham. Friendly staff, good music and decorated with art by local artists. What's not to like?

This place is a really nice find. It is located a bit off the beaten path downtown on North Road…read more It has a comfy interior with lots of tables and chairs and a really friendly and helpful staff. They serve local, independent coffee and have great homemade cakes and sweets. Huge points for vegan and dairy-free options, which are all very good. So far have tried the tangy lemon bar and the chocolate cake which are both vegan and delicious. Great to have another good coffee shop option in Durham!

The Beefeater was a lovely place to eat but the wait for food was way to long, but when the food…read morearrived it was to my satisfaction and I really enjoyed it just wasn't happy about the long wait.

I have eaten here several times as I was staying at the hotel next door. The breakfast was great,…read morewith an all you can eat menu. An English Breakfast and choices of cereal, pastries, fruit and such. The Dinner menu was equally as good. Food was tasty and service was good and staff was friendly.

Absolutely fantastic. Had the melt burger fantastic twist on the classic BBQ burger same with the…read moreBarbie chick pizza.The staff are amazingly kind and caring. The outdoor part of the bar is just fantastic and with wonderful weather a great place to have a meal and a drink on a busy day out.Overall great atmosphere.

Large open plan pub very modern feel on a number of levels with a beer garden looking out over the…read moreriver . has three local cask ales on tap as well as craft beers all at an OK price . also does the usual bar food .

The best indian take away in Durham....... Quality food from an extensive menu they have never let…read moreme down....... Very helpful staff who are happy to give dish a tweak to your liking....... I have been going here since it opened and they will continue to have my take away custom...... Give them a try - you won't regret it...... Simpoles

My first thought towards this dining experience over a week ago was I wouldn't even wade into the…read moreenthusiastic mostly 5-star rating of a French styled restaurant in a fairly small town in Northern rural England. Just let it go. So here's what is bothering me, and I have strong feelings about this: the beef bourguignon. It's not rocket science to make this dish, and its base is a rich, savory beef broth mingled with things like onions, carrots, shallots, herbs like thyme and rosemary and possibly other spices to the chef's liking. Happen to know a bit about the dish because I've been making it for years. It's all about the broth to this diner. And to be fair, I once had a sadder version of the dish in Paris long ago. So how hard is it to make? Well, apparently the chefs in pubs and similar dining spots along the way are able to craft outstanding versions of their steak and ale pie that are simply outstanding in their robust beef taste. If those chefs can make that dish so well, so savory, why can't something similar be applied to beef bourguignon? I maintain the broth in starting the cooking process was simply not up to par. Lacking in richness, the beef was over-dried, suggesting it had been sitting too long or just wasn't prepared correctly. Instead of baby potatoes, a side of mashed potatoes sat off to the side of the beef and broth. Sorely lacking in the amount of butter needed and low on salt, it was an unpleasant and uninspiring addition that added nothing to the dish. The salad that proceeded the meal was listed as shrimp and mango. Out came baby shrimp with the rubbery taste of just thawed, mixed with mango, then a massive amount of Thousand Island like dressing drenching it all with a few chives atop. Not a great effort. Kudos for offering a true French Malbec from the Southwest corner of the country, the black wine, but this one was pedestrian and was served in the kind of wine glass that screams cheapest serving ware possible with its thick rim around the top. I can commend the staff which was professional and on top of it on a busy Friday night. Beyond that, this is a pass for me. Should have stuck to a local pub serving traditional countryside pies as the ones I've had along the Coast to Coast walk, my reason for being here, have all been outstanding.

Thanks to Emily B's brilliant local knowledge we ended up here early-ish on a Saturday night to…read morebenefit from their pre-1830 set menu which at £15 for 2 courses and £18 for 3 is great value for the quality of the food. I had a nice crab cake to start and only had slight food envy of my bf's delicious deep fried brie (yeah would def get that next time). For mains I had a fantastic rich and beautiful cooked duck leg and then a classic creme brulee to finish. Bf had the beef bourguignon which he loved and was still commenting on days later. On the sides front I would recommend the creamed leeks and green beans (in garlic butter), only thing I wasn't so keen on was the ratatouille. Service was very good and I love the design of the restaurant which involves a fake outdoor pavement seating area!

Always reliable - great setting, decor, service and food. We come here every time we are in the…read morearea and it never disappoints. Desserts are always worth a try.

So, this place definitely needs a glut of reviews, as it has had quite an overhaul I think, since…read morethe other pictures! It is still very much a restaurant with a chippy on the side (the chippy is also genuinely awesome), but snick past the chippy to the right, up the stairs, and you're in for a proper seafood treat. We were staying in Whitby, but after a Christening in York, we didn't know if we were going to be able to get up because of the sheer amount of snow the moors had had- so we didn't book- but were able to grab a table on chance. The setting is gorgeous, the tables are lovely, and the crockery is so lovely too (some of it made by a local artist- they even took the time to write down a list of suppliers for me). We had Thai fishcakes with chilli jam Mackerel with grapefruit apple and the most gorgeous peanut satay Scallops (perfectly cooked, of course), poached egg, caviar Sea trout "with textures of butternut squash" and toasted seeds Seafood linguine Poached autumnal fruits with ice cream Pear and salted caramel bread and butter pudding with hazelnut anglaise. Best food, best service, best setting, so full. All of that washed down with red wine, and seriously fresh, and stupidly reasonably priced. Lets just say the coastal road was blocked on the way home, and we skidded on the non-gritted ice having to go the other way- it would have been the most epic final meal ever. If you don't go here, you're daft.