Reviews in County Durham

Having been disappointed once before at Oldfields in Jesmond (now moved to near the Quayside), I recently went to the Durham restaurant and was thoroughly impressed. The food was simple but very well put together and tasty, using local ingredients such as the divine Durham Cow Blue cheese. All 3 courses were excellent, finishing with a moreish gooseberry, shortcake and vanilla cream dessert which was pleasantly tangy, not too sweet. As it was the early evening menu it was also exceptionally good value.

i would not recommend chiquito,durham. the five meals we were served had no appeal to the eye, warm not hot, dry and of little food content, all chip portions warm and bland, all main meals very disappointing. sharing dessert wasa total rip-off.

had a fantastic evening, hosted by Kendra and Les, The food was presented superbly and tasted devine. The choice of south american beers is huge, and looks like they cater for all tastes. The Modelo is a nice light hopsy beer, went well with the nachos would rate them as A+ for taste, A+ for quantity, A+ for presentation, A+ for hospitality well worth booking

Now £9.87 for all you can eat, £2 for a pint of soft drinks and most beers/lagers were £2.60. Really good food made to order, not packed full of salt like most all you can eat places, really nice atmosphere and really nice staff. Really worth the price and fresh. Only problem really was the amount of time it took to get the attention of waiters even though it was hardly full, we were there for about 3 hours and still left feeling like we could have eaten more.

ohhh! i loved the food here it was my first time and isn't my last. i got recommended i would definitely go back! the food is fabulous tried other Indians in Durham but this one topped it!

First time I have visited the Parkmore for a meal as usually we eat in Yarm, well I know where I will eat from now on. What a great experience food was excellent and waiting staff very attentive. I wish I discovered J's @ 636 a lot sooner. I'm going back again for their lunch offers with a friend next week 2 Courses for £7.95 and 3 courses for £10.95 you can't go wrong.

Had a great night, food excellent and not expensive, with some original beers from all over South America. Can't wait to go back highly recommended.

The Indian food served here is the best in County Durham. The restaurant is more of a relaxed atmosphere than a formal restaurant - it is often quiet and peaceful and the service is OK. The food is amazing, i cant fault it. The starters are beautiful and usually you are served in excellent time. I highly recommend you try this restaurant, its by far my favourite Indian yet :)

Fantastic restaurant, went many years ago and was OK but having visited in November 08, the improvements to the setting, service and food is amazing and have been going back regularly. Good choice of menu and the Sunday Lunch is worth every penny. Lots of good traditional ales on tap too which is always a bonus.

Always our first choice of restaurants in the area for quality, service and overall experience. Adrian;s attention to detail is spot on and reflected through the staff and ultimately in the food served to customers. The food is gorgeous and have never had to make a complaint. Book in advance though or you will lose out.

a really lovely pub! recently refurbished to high standard by new owners, very friendly staff, great food,beautifully presented, reasonably priced,to suit all tastes, very family friendly, guest real ales, steak night, quiz night Tuesday quid a head and a hot supper thrown in! highly recommended!

great pub, friendly, efficient staff, great grub!well worth a visit!

Fantastic Steaks at a reasonable price. Dianne and Adrian are brilliant hosts for an excellent night out.

We were more than disappointed on Sat eve. Waited ages for my Champagne Cocktail which they were promoting. I was told they could not find champagne! My Crispy Duck Salad with air dried ham and cranberries was pathetic. The duck was small bits of burnt meat similar to that on the bottom of a grill pan. The air dried ham was so dry it snapped when I put my knife and fork to it. The Venison sausage Toad in the Hole starter was poor. Sausage was bland and Yorkshire pudding was SOFT and Soggy. The main courses were not much better. The French Les Slices Pinot Noir £21 was like a bottle of vinegar. That said the management were very apologetic and did not charge for starters or wine and gave me a complimentary glass of Merlot which was very drinkable. This restaurant is self promoted as a server of good locally produced food. It certainly is not that. It is a place to avoid.

My family and i use several Indian Restaurants around hartlepool for both eat in and takeaway meals and speaking from experience now i can promise you that the food served or delivered to you from these guys is top draw (fantastic). The owners take every care to ensure that you are fully satisfied with the food to which for me is great. I would go as far as to say that for certain dishes it is the BEST indian in town!!!

Good for food, but too pricey for mere cups of tea and coffee

excellent food and friendly staff, is a really nice pub and would recommend to anyone!

Would not recommend this restaurant at all, my wife was served 3 raw prawns at a price of 7.95 followed by a fish dish at 14.95, very small portions therefore additional veg and chips required which were extra, to add to the insult I ordered steak and kidney pie which came with very rare steak and kidney and what I can only describe as a square dumpling on the top. We were given a free drink however this did not compensate for the rare occasion we have a child free evening. I would recommend that this restaurant spends more time on producing quality rather than very pricey presentation!!