Number Four Teashop in County Durham

Five of us popped in for brunch and out of the five only three plates were right. Waiter bothered to ask, what type of bread? Warmed or not? Etc but obviously didn't take note of the answers. What I had was nice, just annoying when you don't actually have what you asked for. I'd still go back though the menu choice is fantastic.

Busy Sunday all tables were full staff done well food came out nice huge selection on menu.lots nice tempting cakes too

Renowned for its bakery, disappointing for its coffee. Ordered americano and got the smallest, strongest coffee ever. To add insult to injury my friend had a lovely filter coffee, normal sized cup, and was offered a free top up. I was ignored!

Stopped for a quick bite at lunch time. I only had a sandwich but it was fresh and filling.

We called for breakfast on mothering Sunday. The tea room is pleasant, it does have some seating outside. Inside is the shop that sells lots of lovely baked goods jams,pickles that kind of thing. I did notice that very little had a price on it. And a lady behind us in the queue looked at something and didn't buy it, saying to her companion that she didn't know the price... After the shop area is the tea room area. Pleasant enough and appears to have been recently carpeted which I found unusual for keeping the floor clean and the traffic area from the kitchen through to the front shop. The table by us was stacked with empty boxes. They were clearly very busy sending out afternoon teas for mother's Day. We ordered English breakfast with hash browns as an optional item, a tea and a latte. There was a little bit of a wait before our drinks came out and appreciate that they were busy but....the table seated after us received their drinks before us. Ten minute wait for drinks and a further five before we were served with toast and marmalade. We were given tiger bread toast not a problem it was delicious and it was a further five to ten minutes before the other food came out. Two bacon, sausage,beans, and mushrooms and two eggs all cooked beautifully. We had kept our toast and our hash browns came out a few minutes later, again very nice but... two slices of toast is a lot, hash browns could be just one as they're large and it was a shame to leave one,it would be nicer on the same plate. Unfortunately our drinks had gone cold in the 15-20 minutes wait but were good while hot. I appreciate this may have been super busy that day and would have no hesitation in returning as in general this is a little diamond of a place that I would definitely recommend we gave breakfast 8/10 many thanks.

Nice bright and clean environment and friendly staff. Good quality tea but cakes and scones don't seem to be home baked and feel a bit factory made (as in baked to keep well rather than taste fresh). Toilets are quite small.

Coffee with a dear friend. Lovely selection of cakes etc. Nice staff.

What a cafe! Lovely staff, good service, great menu and the cakes... Oh my life, they were to die for. Cracking place, will go again.

Lovely fresh English breakfast 😋 and a soya latte which is great when a tea house actually offers this option The cake display to take out is fab also 👌

Ordered afternoon tea to be delivered for 8 adults and 7 children and was not disappointed! Everything arrived on time and there was such a great selection of sandwiches, pastries, cakes and scones. The kids loves the simple sandwiches and most importantly, the cakes and marshmallows! The vegan option looked delicious and plenty left over for seconds in the evening! Would definitely recommend if you’re looking for a treat for a family gathering!