Reviews in County Durham

Very good

Was really looking forward to this but poor in truth. Food was ok but charging an additional £1 for the tartar sauce to go with scampi and chips is outrageous. Drinks were good and well priced. Service was abysmal bar 1 lad who unfortunately had everything to do himself despite other members of staff been around. I’m not prudish however hearing about how one member of staff got woken up by his partner at 2am for sex, then the female member of staff declaring she would be happy with a ‘sticky finger’ in the middle of the dining area didn’t really set the ambience I was looking for. To make matters worse, a member of staff then vomited behind the bar, leaving the already distressed and over worked lad with even more to do by himself. Can’t imagine I’ll be back but fair play to the one member of staff who was trying to do their job front of house.

We had lunch on Friday and it was good, the tempura prawns were lovely and it’s nice to get sensible portions, enough but not too much. So we had three courses and they were all good. The service was good and the pub feels cosy. We will be back

First class Hotel and food can recommend

Visited for an anniversary for my partner & I. Was greeted by a male member of staff, who looked rather miserable. Despite having booked this meal days in advance, they had issues locating one & when we were eventually seated, the seats were uncomfortable & completely different heights. The menus were issued when we were seated, however, nobody came to take drink orders, or check in with us. After 15 minutes, we decided that this service was too bad to stay there any longer & went to another tapas restaurant a short walk away, which offered a much better experience. The booking was made after a friend recommended this restaurant, & after looking at the reviews, I can only think that this was a one off.

Booked in on Tuesday evening for one of the fantastic 3 courses of £10 deals that have been offered since the first lockdown. I genuinely can't believe that it is economically viable to serve such beautifully presented, delicious food, for such a competitive price. Warm welcoming, and dog friendly. Excellent attentive service with a smile. We'll be back soon!

The restaurant was busy as it's graduation week in Durham. I hope that's the reason why our experience was pretty awful. Drinks took a long time to arrive. Food took a very long time. The meat and cheese platter with olives and onion marmalade had no olives and one slice of onion marmalade. The cod croquettes was 1 single bought in fishcake. The bbq iberico pork was a pork loin chop, cold and had not been near much hear never mind a bbq. The slow cooked beef in red wine tasted like vinegar. The bean casserole was excellent and we did our best to dunk everything in that to make it edible. We were starving but didn't finish. Portions were tiny for the price. The main waiter/manager had been doing everything all night as there didn't seem to be much support for him. He was apologetic and removed an item of food from the bill. A table near us walked out as they weren't being attended to. We went to get a pizza

We stayed at The Morritt for two nights and both nights chose to eat in the Gilroy's Restaurant. We really enjoyed our meal. Good choice, good value for money and efficient and very friendly service. Lovely room with plenty of room, Nice décor and very comfortable. The cheerful waiting staff really were a bonus - nothing too much trouble. Would eat here more often if we lived nearer!

Better food than expected although the restaurant is a bit soulless. There was a sixth form leavers party next door and they clearly started drinking early which I suppose made for a fun spectacle. Overall this is a budget hotel pretending to be more than it is. The food and the bar area are it's best points.

Great value both at breakfast and dinner - good choice of food ad staff were excellent especially Michelle. Room 7 was really nice and our friends were in room 8 which was also a good size but said that they would have liked a wardrobe in bedrom

We had never been here before, it was our niece Emma , who recommended it, The food is really good,and a really great atmosphere , we have already booked again!

Absolutely beautiful food in a lovely setting. Will definitely be back

Great restaurants but have marked the service down after our 2nd evening there. The staff are very friendly and good but we had a wait of 40 minutes for our main course to be served after finishing our starter. When the food we served by the Manager, it was a very off the cuff sorry for your wait. We appreciate it was a busy hotel but he knew we were waiting a long time and a mention of this earlier would have been a nice professional touch, or the offer of a courtesy drink or something. It was a shame but when you are trying to promote such a quality dinner experience the excuse of sorry we are busy should not happen in an instance like this. Ouf previous review was excellent.

The place is beautiful and quirky. The service was brilliant and the food was out of this world. 100% recommend to anyone and I will definitely be back.

Lovely good, great atmosphere, staff are excellent.

First time to the Prego. We had a beautiful dinner, great service and ambience.

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere, can't go wrong

Booked a table for last night and was very disappointed to learn upon arrival that the there was no pizzas etc on the menu and the menu was extremely limited. We left and ate elsewhere!