Stables Pub & Brewery in County Durham

Lovely evening. Great service and delicious food. We had booked our table for later in the evening but arrived early and the lovely restaurant manager fitted us in and gave us a table early. The food was absolutely delicious. Thai chicken cakes & Moules starters, mutton tagine & seabass mains followed by mango panda cotta & Cheeseboard. Good bottle of house red to wash it down. Very attentive waitress, pre- empting extra Crockery, cutlary, ice etc before having to ask for them. Can definitely recommend and looking forward to going back. Staying at Beamish Hall overnight which is also really nice.

It's alright. The Sunday dinner is average and the vegetables (cauliflower and carrots) are too hard/raw. Service is OK and the food comes out quick.Prawn cocktail is 90% lettuce and is about £3.50 overpriced. The dessert was nice, as was the mushroom risotto although it was a bit rich.It was fine but I was expecting more. I wouldn't recommend coming for Sunday dinner as you can get better for cheaper elsewhere, but it's a nice place... maybe the weekday menu is better.

Had a lovely family get together. Everyone enjoyed the food. Staff were attentive and professional and served with politeness and smiles. Any queries were dealt with to ensure a smooth, relaxing afternoon. Drinks were also varied and of a high standard. Picked the perfect place for our celebration.

It's been so long since I was last here, well before lockdown.The place had the same feel, nice courtyard if you want to enjoy a drink outside and lovely decor inside, very inkeeping with the buildings original use. Staff greeted us on arrival & were very friendly and polite throughout our visit too.Unfortunately they no longer have their own onsite brewery and therefore their own beers are no longer available, I was devastated. They do keep other real ales/handpull but it's not the same.I was with family today, there were 5 of us. I booked a table on line, which was remarkably easy, I even amended the booking to change our arrival time, which again was hassle free.Apart from myself and dad, everyone went for fish and chips. We were all amazed at the portion size and everyone enjoyed it although the food took +half an hour to arrive.I went for a philly Cheese steak panini with fries which was Iovely and just enough. Dad went for a ham n cheese sandwich with chips, he enjoyed but I think he was looking at my panini

Second time trying this restaurant. First off, the choice of food is poor at best when you do not eat pork. First time there I ordered the duck. Waited 45 mins to be served duck with bacon! Asked the waiter to let me check the menu again as I thought I might have misread it...No I had made no reading mistake, they did add pork to the meal without any notice. The waiter offered the dessert and still tried to charge us for the untouched main. My husband meal was mediocre. The quality does not match the prices they're charging.Second time there, we decided to walk out after 1hr30 of wait for the main and seeing every table around getting their food although people arrived after us.No apology were offered. On the contrary, waitress tried to justify it. Will not be returning there as this seems to be standard practice. Also worth mentioning that we were there with my sick mother and newborn so it would have been nice for the staff to actually pay some attention. Overall awful restaurant, awful staff and upsetting experience.

First time visiting and pretty underwhelmed. My wife found a piece of metal filing in her soup and my starter was nice on paper but pretty bland then my main came out cold and had to ask 3 times for cutlery to eat my food . Lovely hotel but the restaurant needs major improvements we were given a round of drinks for free which I thank them for but for such a high end restaurant it needs a serious review of quality

This is probably the best restaurant in the area. It looks very nice inside and out. The staff are lovely, very attentive.The food was gorgeous, I had the chicken Caesar salad, which was massive.The prices are totally acceptable and it’s comfortable seating.The car park is a bit rough; stoney and muddy in parts. But that’s fine, the venue is pretty.I’ve been here a couple of times with my family and will continue to, ideal for small gatherings and catch-ups.

Prawn cocktailSirloin steak, fries, Diana sauceCheese boardIrish coffeeNot such a good steak, mushroom sauce not goodSorted by staff

Beautiful outdoor terrace for al fresco dining leads into the indoor dining tastefully done throughout. Staff so polite and friendly well informed on the dishes no longer available before you broused over the menu. The food from starters through main to dessert, amazingly presented and tasted delicious

The food is fabulous! I had the Super Wholefood salad with Pea and Mint falafals....divine!! The Sticky toffee pudding was to die for. The service is very good, the staff friendly and attentive. Great selection of wine