The Garden House Inn

The food was quite good, the gravy was rather too strongly flavoured. The waitress didn't know what beers were on, or what ice creams were on. It was much more expensive than the prices quoted for Sunday lunch on the inn's website.

I had the chicken pasty and it was scrumptious. My fellow diners had rib eye steaks and confirmed they were delicious. We have eaten here before and will certainly do so again.

Food in this bar is always perfect First time we have had issues. Will not put us off. We will be back I recommend this inn

A real fire on a winters day set the scene for great food in a welcoming environment. Try the fish fillet sandwich and triple cooked chips. Just lovely.

A lovey Sunday lunch as always! Beautiful 12 hour slow roast beef with wonderful yorkshire as well as sampling some of the local gin. Couldn't manage dessert but the other two people's looked lovely.

As always at the garden house inn, the food was excellent, as was the atmosphere, with the fire, and the staff were kind and helpful

We could not recommend the Garden House Inn more. The food was exceptional. The staff was friendly and helpful. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting. It may be the best place to eat in Durham!

The meal was lovely, nice to see some different choices on the menu. Staff were very helpful but relaxed so the atmosphere was good. Would certainly return in the near future

Staff were lovely and the pub is cosy. The food itself is fantastic (and you get lots of it) the Korean Fried Pork was particularly good, would defiantly go again.

Food was excellent but the service was shambolic. We waited 1.5hrs between starter & mains due to a glitch in their IT system. Staff seemed incapable of thinking for themselves.

Service was attentive, friendly and timely. The food was tasty, good portion size. The decor was a bit basic as was the table setting, cutlery etc. Reasonable value for money but not the special evening out we thought it might be having read the review in The Week magazine. We will try other okaces out before returning probably.

Service was slow. The food came out very slowly and some meals were finished before the sides of chips arrived(we couldnt wait any longer the meals were getting cold. The chips were dry and the bun from the burger felt stale. The festive baguette came on a wooden board, this wasn't practical as it is served with a jug of gravy that couldn't be poured onto the baguette in case it ran off the sides- we ended up using it on the dry chips. We visited because the restaurant was highly recommend but wouldn't visit again.

Sunday lunch is a treat, If you dont go you will never know what you are missing. Give the feather blade of beef a try phew!

Delicious food, friendly, attentive service and a roaring fire to warm us on a freezing cold day. What more could we want for Sunday lunch?

Not the same standard as it was a few years ago. Booking online was difficult and the food was normal pub grub and took a long time.

First class food, good atmosphere. Two log fires burning creating a warm and friendly environment, Very friendly staff. Really enjoyed our food and drinks and can't wait to go again

Amazing Lobster for Sunday lunch. Perfectly cooked with fabulous chips and a very fresh salad. Friendly staff. Will definitely be going back there again soon!

I went for an anniversary dinner with my boyfriend and was not dissapointed.Very enjoyable food, atmosphere and very friendly service. Would highly recommend to anyone

Lovely Sunday lunch. Large portions and well cooked. Great value if having more than on3 course. We would love to come again, hopefully quite soon.

Very slow service, starter took an hour to arrive and 2 hours for mains. None of the ordered side dishes ever came. One fish dish cold. Reason given for poor service was a large party elsewhere. We had booked for a Family Christmas meal but will now be cancelling

Overall ok steak was rare but requested medium rare and only warm. Restaurant was very cold and no heating on at all. Quite disappointed as usually a good restaurant.

I was delighted with the meal last Saturday. Everything about the evening worked perfectly. We had a wonderful cosy table, and no loud music. The service was friendly and the food was exceptional. A great place to meet with friends.

Nice foood& great atmosphere The food is served very quickly after ordered. Good value for money! Overall, love it :-) Very local place and would recommended for nice and chilled dinner with family

Huge potions - too big really. Food over salted but well prepared and cooked. Innovative menu. Lousy waitress with dreadful attitude. Detracted from good evening.

Always delicious food! Sunday lunch great value for the quality, service a little slow when it's busy but lovely setting so you dont mind too much.

Great food. Very helpful staff. Lovely experience. The car park is very small & tight so be prepared to pay and display on the road outside.

The conservatory was not being used but this meant that our table in the main part of the pub was a bit cramped. The staff did have a very good grasp of the wine list and forgot to add the wine to the bill until we pointed out the omission. The food was excellent and the service was good.

We were greeted and staff were friendly and helpful. We were served quickly and we only tried the lunch menu but the food was very nice. It didn't seem quite as cosy as last time we were there a few years back now but it was adequate and I would go again and give good feedback to others.

Food was excellent as ever. However, service was a little slow and inattentive. We were there late on and we were the only customers in the place. Yet on two occasions I had to head to the bar area to get some service, as none of the staff seemed interested in coming into the restaurant for table service!

Excellent food as always the service and staff are excellent nice wine 🍷 good location well worth a visit if you are ever I. Durham

A mid week meal with a friend and we were seated in a cosy little corner . The food was delicious and definitely somewhere I would come back to.

Beatiful Sunday Lunch with heaps of vegetables,delicious meat and gravy.Only complaint would be that service was a bit slow, but we weren't in a hurry.

very nice food, reasonably varied menu. My husband had pork to start with , then fish and chips. I had lamb, all good wine was good too.

Excellent food 2 x Sunday lunch. The feather blade beef was melt in the mouth, and this dish alone is worthy of another visit. Although it could be served at a higher temperature. especially the side dishes of vegetables.

Excellent food and friendly staff. Good value. We go regularly and are never disappointed. Far better than posh joint up the road that over charges.

Excellent food and atmosphere. Service is good when it arrives but there are fairly long waits to place orders and for food. It took 45 minutes for the starters to arrive but they were excellent when they came. Service is slow but food is worth the wait - don't go if in a hurry!

Place was lovely, although waited a long time to be seated. Good menu, but the food took an absolute age to come. Very tasty and enjoyable. Beware of the parking... on a weekend you struggle to find a space in the car park or in the surrounding streets. I think the service could be better but couldn't knock the food once it arrived.

Service excellent and good feeling. .. will go back for evening menu as lunchtime limited although nothing at all wetting with what we had. Timothy Taylor Landlord makes everything alright!

Well cooked food and good selection of beers and wines. The Pinot Noir from Roumania hit the spot with the chicken pasty. Service was friendly and efficient.

Bit disappointing - the interior and experience doesn't really match the exterior. Met with a smell of toilets as we walked through the front door, very dingy inside, had to find someone to show us to our table. Floor was sticky and bots of food from previous diners. Our server was lovely and friendly, but we did wait over an hour from arrival to getting our main course, with only drinks and some bread and butter between (no starters) and we had to ask where our food was. No vanilla ice cream for dessert /accompaniment (but not explained when menus were asked for) meant we all had to choose something else or go without. Nice staff, food was OK and reasonable price but the other things really let it down. Probably wouldn't visit again unfortunately, as its very local to us.