Reviews in County Durham

The breakfast and the spa was amazing.. Breakfast was very nice they was a wide selection of fruits, pastries & a full English with tea and coffee.

The food was superb excellent service the staff were. Very helpful the room was also superb and I will be coming back

Food was lovely staff really nice ! I like also the lay out very much like pub and kitchen and cassop which Is my favourite place. And yes will be back thank you

Been before for evening meal so thought we would try Sunday lunch and we weren't disappointed ... Good Value .. would recommend

Visited yesterday for a Sunday dinner, absolutely gorgeous!! We all enjoyed. Staff were great too

I understand the menu was new due to a new chef.food was awful. Chicken main course was so dry had better supermarket meals.service was great, lovely group of girls so obliging . Stayed over previously and had 2 fantastic meals here. Hope it’s down to teething problems with new chef,really put us off eating here again . Was expecting original menu really disappointing

Food tasted nice although when we asked for the pork and apple mash we were served with pork, chips and a tomato. This was very poor from the chef, we would expect them to get thier own menu correct when cooking. We would still visit again as the food was nice just disappointed we did not get what we ordered.

We came for afternoon tea on Sunday for my mother’s 90th birthday and I have to say the service was brilliant, thank you. However, I must be honest and say that I was disappointed with the food, it was nothing like the wonderful sample menu that’s on your website or the photographs other people had posted on line. The ham, tuna and egg sandwiches were very basic, the fruit scone, brownie and coffee cake weren’t very nice at all to be honest, and we weren’t sure what the other two things were or even if they were sweet or savoury which was a bit disconcerting. Overall, the standard was pretty poor in comparison to other places near by. I appreciate that there was a wedding on the same day but that shouldn’t have affected the quality of our food. I think there’s a huge discrepancy between the sample menu, photographs, and what you actually serve and this needs to be rectified so that customers can have realistic expectations.

Our second visit to Gussto, this time on an evening, was great. We ordered 7 dishes, olives, catalana bread, garlic mushrooms, patatas bravas, chorizo, mussels and pork belly. Most were absolutely delicious but I didn't like the bread, it was a bit soggy because of the topping, and will order plain bread next time. The 'belly pork' turned out to be a single pork chop which was disappointing. The rest were lovely, Miguel and the other waiter were really nice and attentive even though they were clearly very busy on a bank holiday Monday evening. We will be back. Thank you.

The service was fantastic and we loved the old building and grounds but for the price the food was average . Soufflé was stodgy , no fresh vegetables with the lamb . It all tasted like it had been warmed up . In fairness there was a wedding on and it’s the bank holiday so given location and excellent service I wouldn’t rule out giving it another go on a quieter night

The menu on the website is NOT the actual menu. A few sad faces when the starter on the website was no longer there. Price difference & supplements was totally unexpected. Don't think we'll be returning any time soon. Why is there no air-conditioning in the restaurant

Amazing and relaxing day at spa including lunch. The staff are very friendly especially lady in restaurant. The spa facility was great too. Very relaxing moments with glass of Prosecco. Thank you for amazing time, we would definitely recommend this place to friends.

Attended 24.05, cant fault anything, maitre d was spot on, service and food spot on would highly recommend

Hotel lovely needs updating but very clean the restaurant fab fantastic food best coq a van best I’ve ever had service great breakfast fab good choice

Four of us had dinner on two consecutive evenings which we found most enjoyable in every respect. The service was friendly, positive and efficient: the menu offered a good choice of varied food styles and all courses were well prepared and presented. Truly in the best tradition of a coaching inn as it historically was.

Lovely carvery everything was perfect staff were great too decor is beautiful I would definitely recommend.

Had a lovely meal yesterday each of us enjoyed it lovely fresh and would definitely going back & would recommend.