Location, location, location! One of the best photographic spots of St Margaret's, the Durham…read moreCathedral and the castle are at the end of the street! The AirBnb is situated in the heart of the old town area. Minutes walk to anything you might want to see and on a block with a few small local pubs. The building is old and the decor is a little kitschy, but it was clean and we had everything that we needed. The complimentary breakfast (with overnight stay)was delish and the family who owns the building couldn't be any nicer. Recommend!!

The décor does a lot to offset the downside of the limited space in the café - it makes it seem…read morequite cosy - and I like the individuality of the place. The choice isn't large but that's just an observation not a complaint. We stopped in for a post-lunch dessert with our little one and ordered 2 sweet pancakes with ice-cream. There are no high-chairs available and while we could have had our pushchair out, we preferred not to intrude any more on the available space than we had to. We found the pancake taste and presentation were good but we didn't feel that overall they justified the price of £5.85 each. Compared with a dessert in any other local restaurant, that would have to count as expensive. Like the sweet pancakes, the savoury pancakes were also all one price - £7-something - and we worked out that if we'd been in for lunch and had a savoury and sweet pancake each, plus coffee, there would not have been much (if any) change over from £30! I noted that they were very happy to accommodate requests from a party of mums and toddlers at the next table, to divide pancakes up and adjust toppings to cater for toddler-whimsy, which earns them extra points in my book. Overall, a lovely place to while away a lunch-time, but don't go if you're counting pennies.

Without a doubt best BnB in Durham! What a wonderful place! What a fair price! I found this by…read morechance on the way to Edinburgh and it was my best stay in the UK. I ended up staying 2 nights because the the people, the accommodations and restaurant/pub have a great family feel. Plus the historic quality you cannot get in the States. Will definitely return and tell everyone.

Cosy little guest house handy for central Durham. If you don't fancy a big hotel then this is much…read moremore homely just a short distance from the city centre.