The Garden House Inn

Outstanding Sunday lunch could not fault it, top notch service in a wonderful environment. What's not to like this place is the real deal looking forward to staying over or maybe a n evening meal here

Dreadful ! Place felt dirty and unwelcoming ! Cold on a wet day with no atmosphere and disinterested staff! Very expensive for mediocre food! Will not go back as place looks and is very run down...

Great food at great value for often overpriced Durham. Portion sizes are a bit big but still v tasty. Read the Secret Diner. He does it better.

very slow service tonight inspite of being quiet. ..50 minutes from arrival to getting food staff friendly good ambience beer good but food rather disappointing ..previously had been very good.

Wonderful food and a really beautiful pub with some great atmosphere. Only thing that was slightly disappointing were the staff who appeared to lack interest, however we still had a lovely meal.

Great food and a great atmosphere. A good and varied selection on the menu catering for a wide range of tastes. The Garden House Inn never disappoints!

Excellent meal as usual. Staff friendly and extremely helpful. Service a tad slow, ie, clearing plates etc but only slight gripe. Lovely food, great night

Limited lunchtime menu but specials board offered additional options. Good very good. Service a little slow but not enough to be really a problem. Would certainly visit again.

Food was excellent but service was slow and lacked attention. Several tables were waiting to order drinks for a good while and nobody was checking around the room to see if anyone required further drinks etc.

Food wasn't quite up to the usual high standard. Had to wait over an hour between finishing the starter snd the main course arriving. Hope it was just a bad night.

Amazing food shared with the family for a birthday occasion. Great value and superb standard of food. Will certainly be visiting again. Also appreciated the selection of real ales and relaxed atmosphere in the bar area.

Good service, good ambience and excellent freshly cooked food. The lobster sandwich is an absolute favourite but choose it as a main course rather than a starter, with a side order of skinny fries to share! Delicious!

There was great service, the food was lovely with excellent size portions. It has a good atmosphere which was homely. The price was also very fair

Excellent as ever. Staff very polite and helpful. Food was delicious - I've eaten there a few times, the menu is really varied and food presented beautifully. Definitely recommended!

Enjoyable! We felt comfortable and well treated. They were acomodaring with the flowers I asked them to put on the table. The food was delicious; we will definitely go back!

Really nice atmosphere and the food was lovely. Would recommend the cheese croquettes and the garden house burger, and the cherry chocolate tart was very nice! Very friendly and helpful staff too.

The food is always excellent. The service was also very good indeed. The restaurant was very busy, but there were enough staff there to ensure everything was dealt with promptly. The only slight criticism we would have was that some of the food was just slightly a lower temperature than you'd expect, but certainly not enough to send it back for re-heating.

Delicious food at an excellent price! The staff are friendly, attentive, and work hard, despite how busy it is. The atmosphere is lovely. Would highly recommend.

Really nice food and friendly service. Quantities were a good size and reasonably priced for Sunday lunch. Took a little time for us to pay but when that's the only negative, it's pretty good!

Fantastic food and great service, only downside is the tables are a little tight in the conservatory where we were sat so it can be quite a squeeze to get in and out.

Best sunday lunch I've had in many a year. Cosy pub atmosphere with restaurant quality food. My wife and I both give it 10/10 will return soon to try the weekday menu.

Good atmosphere. Friendly staff. Enjoyable food, steak perhaps a tad chewy with a bit too much fat but that's only complaint. Brownie fantastic. Maybe a tad expensive

Lovely Sunday lunch. Good choice of vegetables. Very well cooked. It was a nice change to have the lobster sandwich as a starter on the Sunday lunch menu.

Service was good and the roaring log fire was very welcome on such a chilly evening! The salmon comes with giant couscous which it doesn't say on the menu, so don't order it if you are expecting normal couscous as you will be disappointed.

Good food, great service and excellent prices. Well worth a visit either at lunchtime or in the evening. Parking not always so easy. Take a cab.

The Garden House was the perfect place for our meeting today. The staff were extremely friendly and the food was exceptional - and very reasonably priced. It was all you might expect from an inn which understands and values what its customers expect. All in all, couldn't have been better.

Excellent Sunday lunch. The beef featherblade was beautifully succulent and just fell apart. The range and amount of vegetables was very good and the sticky toffee pudding was delicious!

Very busy for Valentines Day but they were happy to serve the main a la carte not just the Valentine special menu. The service was very good despite being busy and the venison was excellent

Lovely Sunday roast and fab service even with a power cut! Will definitely visit again best Sunday roast in Durham city. Will save room for dessert next time

Our first time at The Garden House and it won't be the last. The food and the atmosphere were both superb (we were early evening, before it got too busy) and the portion sizes immense - so big we had no room for dessert. The quality of the food was outstanding, proper restaurant/gastro-pub quality. Good range of wines & beers too.

Great food & lovely ambiance. I am a regular here now and it never disappoints. Staff are extremely friendly and always make visiting a pleasure.

Excellent food, especially the spicy duck with stir-fry and the chocolate brownie with ice-cream. Friendly service and a lovely, welcoming place - definitely the tastiest pub food in Durham.

Good ambience, helpful staff, excellent blending of flavours. But service was on the slow side, particularly for lunchtime (2 hours plus for 2 courses...) and attracting the attention of the waiting staff was sometimes difficult.

Good food in a homely setting. Good selection of beers, wines, gins and whiskys all served by friendly and personable staff. Award-winning establishment and easy to see why.

Excellent food and very good portions. The chicken pasty for our main was beautiful and very nearly finished us off, definitely no room for dessert. Staff were very friendly and attentive and the place itself was very relaxed and inviting. We'd definitely go back.

Lovely lunch at a charming bistro pub near the heart of Durham. Great service and excellent quality food made for a determination to return on our next visit to the area.

Friendly and helpful staff; excellent food; relaxed atmosphere. We sat in the conservatory but have previously eaten in the cosy bar area. The lobster sandwich is just delicious and the monkfish nduja was a revelation. We will definitely return.

Sunday lunch, Good food and plentiful. Down side was the cramped seating which meant difficult to access seats and posed problems for waiting staff access to other tables. Will not be returning on a Sunday as due to popularity did not have adequate space. Service was good but minor training issue - asked waitress what beers they had to be told she did not know. On a positive the salmon starter was excellent and everyone enjoyed their main course. So plentiful that only two of five could manage dessert which again was well presented and tasty.

The food was perfect in fact way above average for pub food however it was ruined by the waiting times, an hour for two cold starters then a further 25 mins for the mains.

Lovely food, great atmosphere. All at a reasonable price. The booking process was easy and our table was waiting for when we arrived. Will I be returning - you bet I will