Hidden Gem in Durham! The level of professionalism, customer…read moreservice & overall experience were outstanding. Starting with the warm & friendly reception of Anna, Eve, Julliana, Victoria. Housekeeping: Shirley & Ethan went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed. Kitchen: Chef Jimmy prepared amazing 'To go breakfast' for our family, including coloring books for the children on our departure dates. Bar & restaurant staff amazing, but Sue went above & beyond in every way possible! It truly felt like home at this location! No detailed was missed and assistance was always available. Daily breakfast buffet was varied & delicious. May you continue to excel in outstanding customer service!

Lovely old hotel in heart of Durham provides a great base for the city and area. With any old hotel…read morethere are a few negatives as well as positives. The rooms are spacious and well equipped but my 3rd floor room did not have a good bathroom. Shower was underpowered and in a very slippery bath with a shower curtain. Not ideal as shower curtains are not what I expect in a high end hotel, while the bath is pretty dangerous and I would be concerned for older guests stepping out. In addition some tiles were missing above wash basin. Breakfast consisted of hot and cold buffet and was very good. So some hits and misses but location was a winner.

This place is now under new management and has completely lost the weird vibe from the last time I…read morewas there. The decor has become much more classy and streamlined, the menu has improved and the feeling now is one of upmarket comfort. Greatly improved.

This is now called Gad's Townhouse, I believe. The food was fantastic. I think we all enjoyed our…read moreentrees and the desserts were great as well. I am a big fan of Sticky Toffee Pudding and this was very good. The service was OK - slightly inexperienced.

For Durham, I suspect this is a pretty good hotel. The bed was comfortable, although the room was a…read morebit warm. I was there during the summer, and either with the window open or closed, it stayed toasty for my taste. The location is top-notch. Literally a 15-minute, and picturesque, walk to Durham Cathedral. We passed one other hotel on the walk over, but it was rather scary. It may have been closer, but I wouldn't have wanted to stay there. Breakfast, which in our case came with the room, was rather blah. Not much flavor, and I think the mushrooms (a requirement for an English breakfast) clearly came out of a can. Not really any made-to-order options. For England, the price was moderate. If you're converting from dollars, it's going to sting a bit, but that's the case in the entire country.

I really liked Radisson Blu Durham…read more The room was really great, a very large room with massive ceiling to floor windows, cathedral and river view. Very large desk area with long strip lights, easy to hook up the laptop to the TV for dual screen working. The breakfast buffet was quite standard, but with made-to-order Belgian waffles which was a really nice special touch. Sadly the restaurant that I was looking forward to eating at, was closed on arrival. Apparently the hours have been reduced lately due to lack of demand, which I quite understand all things considered. The receptionist was very good with nearby recommendations, including several in the new development mini-mall which is just across the bridge from the hotel.

Well located in Durham City centre . Goid sized modern bedrooms . Only downside is paying for…read moreparking . Restaurant is ok serving pub style food . Always find the service here very good .

The staff are extremely friendly and the rooms are nice and quite spacious for the price. We didn't…read moreeat in the restaurant but the food good looked good and smelled amazing. They serve Costa Coffee but they only serve medium sizes and you use the machine yourself - the coffee only fills three quarters of the cup. The beds are comfortable too.

It looked like a cute comfortable pub. Came in around 2:30 PM for a late lunch but told the cook…read morewas on break so not serving food at that time. Ok, I get it! Came back later for dinner....lovely bartender named Chelsea, very helpful. Once we got our food a person whom we later found out was the manager came in with a girl who must have also worked there. Both were apparently off the clock dancing and singing at the top of their lungs and appeared to be drinking a lot. The music playing was nice but way too loud. Customers came in and once inside and saw how loud they were they immediately left. They lost at least 4 customers and would have lost the three of us had we not already ordered.

Really great place to watch any major sporting event. the City Hotel is a great bar also for a…read morequiet pint after work in the city.

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.

The Colpitts is one of the nicest pubs in Durham city centre. It's located quite far out of the…read moremain pubs and bars in the city, up a hill behind the bus station, where few other pubs are located. Despite this, the pub becomes busy, especially at weekends, although it tends to attract a certain crowd, mainly students. The pub is old-fashioned in its decoration, with old carpets and wallpaper surrounding it's wooden tables with upholstered benches. The bar spans the front of the entrance, with a large lounge area to the right and a smaller area to the right, behind which is a dedicated games room, with a pool table and a darts board. The games room is a brightly painted room reminiscent of a working mens club. The best thing about this pub is the drinks - they're among the cheapest priced in Durham and their range of cocktails is brilliant, which sounds unusual for such a pub, but this is its charm. I first tried many cocktails here - such as a Pink Kangaroo (vodka, advocaat, cider and blackcurrent) and a Fluffy Ducky (vodka, advocaat and peach schnapps). My 17-year-old self didn't find these drinks as disgusting as they now seem.

Similar to the swan and three signets. It's a sam smiths pub so is nice and cheap. It's run by some…read morenice people and the snug is really good on a cold night esp when they put the fire on!