The Lookout in County Durham

Best views and cheese scones. Friendly staff and very dog friendly.

Nice place, but very surly girl serving, other staff too keen on chatting to pay attention to waiting customers and coffee not really that great either. Plus some bizarre woman taking "art" off the walls, reaching over customers to do something that could have waited until they were shut, surely. A shame, all these have put me off going back.

Friendly and helpful staff, excellent coffee and a good selection of very yummy cakes.Will be returning and would not hesitate to recommend.

Very pleasant care with friendly staff. Very nice coffees and cakes. Lovely scenic views. Very dog friendly

Love coming here the staff are lovely and the coffee and bacon butties are good too

Friendly staff and lovely location. Coffee not the best I've had and breakfast muffin was nice but pretty pricey for what it is

Very friendly staff and not expensive and really nice selection of food and & drinks. And the view's are the best along the seafront went to the North beach cafe wasn't impressed exspensive to me.

Really nice independent café with a quirky interior and indoor and outdoor seating and excellent views over the beach and marina. Very friendly and helpful staff. Offers a good selection of hot and cold drinks, cakes and light bites, with generous portions for the price. (See menu board in photos.)

What a lovely little coffee shop even on a wet foggy day. Lovely helpful staff and soya milk availability and vegan shortbread which was a nice surprise

The second time we've visited The Lookout. It's in a fantastic location overlooking the harbour and the sea. We had a coffee and a very generous slice of ginger cake, which was very tasty.However the let down was when we reached the top of the steps to go into the cafe'. Part of the outside area floor, tables, chairs and handrail were covered in bird dropping with the startling culprits roosting above the area. Thankfully there was lots of unoccupied tables inside otherwise there was no way we would have bought food. The roosting bird problem really needs to be addressed as soon as possible for hygiene and health risk reasons.