Reviews in County Durham

We had a lovely meal at the Farmers Arms on 25th August evening, the food was all homemade and so tasty. We could not believe what good value it was for the quality. In particular one of the staff that served us was so lovely, she could not have been more helpful and pleasant. We even asked what the dressing was on the salads and she went to try and find out for us, such a lovely girl. We will definitely be back again, although not on a night that was as warm!

I was celebrating 25 years of marriage with my husband and friends. The food was absolutely delicious and beautifully presented. Would definitely book again. The only downside was the shortage of staff. We seemed to wait ages for drinks.

Food was lovely but each course we had to ask for cutlery. Table wasnt ready or laid for us and we had booked it week before. The waitress asked could she take our glasses away as she wanted to put dish washer on this was only 830. We were going to order more drinks but never offered. Its not as good as used to be .

We got a 2 course meal in with our spa package and I was pleasantly surprised. The food was beautiful, I had the risotto for my main and it was so tasty. It was the best risotto I've ever had and I had the brownie to finish which was delicious. All gluten free also which was no problem at all. Had a lovely time.

Met several friends for lunch and all were extremely pleased with their meals. The service was excellent, friendly and efficient. The presentation of the dishes was great. Great value for money. To be recommended.

Firstly why is nothing signposted on this site? Once we found were we were the staff were polite and showed us to our tables . From ordering to getting dinner took about 20/25 minutes. Drinks were served within a few minutes. I didn't think there was much of an atmosphere and I don't think the radio helped either. The food itself was good sized but my beef was a bit dry and as roast dinners were the only mains on offer I would have expected better It wasn't badly priced The surroundings are very nice but for some reason I wasn't that impressed with the insides of the castle. My kids thought the games rooms and cinema were poor. In their words a bit naff. Would I go back? Yes for food and the surroundings.

A really lovely sunday dinner!!!

Excellent surroundings, Meal Excellent, Staff Fantastic

Food 10/10, service 4/10. Drinks prepare and serving 2/10. Drinks order took 20mins to get to our table and was wrong. Reordered one drink halfway through the main course, got delivered 2 drinks, one of which was wrong even if we had ordered 2. Also incorrectly charged for it, which was redacted after pointing out the error. Staff were impolite, no basic courtesy.

Excellent service and food

Returned for an afternoon tea with fizz which was arranged by Angela. It was lovely. Great choice of food and drinks served by the wonderful Jennifer a friendly face and very accommodating. Would have no hesitation to recommend the hotel for food! Great place!

Very good restaurant, would recommend

My friend and I had the Afternoon Tea. No sooner had we sat down our food arrived! It came on what looked like a mini set of shelves! it was so cute, a change from the usual 2/3 plate stand! Tea was piping hot! We had cheese savoury and ham sandwiches, this was our preference, we don’t like fancy stuff! The sausage rolls were beautiful, home made and still warm. Yes the scones were miniature (and missing marg/butter) but we had cream and jam. I think it was a slice of chocolate fudge cake we had each and vanilla baked cheesecake. These were proper size slices. If the scones had been any bigger we wouldn’t have had room for the cake!! We came away full and thoroughly enjoyed our treat. We would definitely have this again :-)

Fabulous food and fabulous service as always . Lovely atmosphere and booking system is so easier to use.

My husband and I have enjoyed lots of meals at The Farmers Arms and our latest one was no exception. We brought my lovely mother in law to have dinner with us recently and it was all excellent. We had a lovely table in the restaurant were quickly served with our drinks. The food was delicious and my mother in law chose beer battered cod. She's no fan of potato so she asked for garlic bread as an alternative and that was no problem at all. Our waitress was lovely and nothing was too much trouble for her. Whether you are just calling at this wonderful pub for drinks or food, you won't be disappointed.

Six of us had a lovely meal on Tuesday night. Great welcome and service from staff and lovely food. A couple of dishes not available but we found other choices. This is our first choice because we always enjoy it, food is very good and reasonably priced.

Four of us dined here last night and we all really enjoyed our food, two chicken tikka hanging kebabs, battered haddock and a halloumi burger, we had a little wait which didn’t bother us but when the food arrived it was hot and nicely cooked. Only two members of staff on the floor but both very friendly and polite and nothing was too much trouble. Thank You

We love this little spa. Always a go to when not wishing to spend a fortune elsewhere. Treatments and food always spot on too.