The Garden House Inn

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Good food freshly cooked, friendly and helpful staff, nice atmosphere & surrounding. Lobster sandwich is an absolute favourite!

The food was lovely. The service was great - efficient and warm. Can't ask for much more Excellent night - we are already planning our next evening there

Lovely pub, staff were welcoming and check in was straightforward. Room was a good size and clean. Ate at the restaurant, great atmosphere and excellent food.

We had a lovely evening at the Garden House. We were with two guests from the Netherlands, and they were very impressed with the food and the ambience. The service was very good, and the staff moved us to a more spacious table when we requested it. Lovely food, and I would thoroughly recommend it.

Friendly quick and efficient service. The meal was excellent and very good value and the room was warm and inviting. My companion and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Very easy to get to, really nice venue, excellent service, Amazing food and an excellent atmosphere. I would recommend anyone to try the Sunday Lunch.

This is a very nice pub with a good atmosphere. Delicious, well presented food served by pleasant staff. Will definitely dine there again in the future.

As usual, the Garden House Inn had a great atmosphere. The food was excellent with a wide variety on the menu. The service was very friendly.

Very nice on the whole. The Inn itself has a lot of character, although we were seated in the (newly built?) conservatory, but it was bright and cheerful on a Sunday afternoon. Food was very nice. Really it was traditional Sunday Lunch fair, but of a slightly more chef-y sort. A Few shortcuts were taken (veggies served under the John Dory were the same as serve as a side veg, and the sauce was quite similar to the sauce my wife had on the gnocchi). But the food was very tasty. The side veg and potato were very nicely done, which makes for a nice change. The lemon posset was lovely. Service was very nice, although maybe inexperienced and got a bit frazzled when things got busy. On the whole lovely, and would recommend and go again.

The bar area is the place to be rather than the conservatory as it has more character. Wide selection of food on the menu, lobster sandwich starter was excellent as was the tomato soup. Wine reasonably priced and 3 real ales available. The main course (hake) was very tasty but we had virtually finished the wine by the time it arrived. Whether not all the chefs were in with it being a Monday I don't know but other people around were waiting as well. So, on the whole very good, just the long wait a bit of a downside.

Excellent - friendly & efficient staff; interesting menu offering both traditional pub fare (fish and chips) and more unusual dishes (roast monkfish with nudjo). Everything we had was delicious and we'll definitely be returning

Excellent Sunday roast. Good portions as well as quality. Roast rump of beef was cooked perfectly. Wine list was very reasonable too. Great place to eat.

We chose to eat here as we were visiting Durham and had recently read a review a positive review of the restaurant by Jay Rayner. We arrived at 7.30 and finally got our main course at 9 pm. Food quality was o.k but the service delays were appalling, to say nothing of being served a different bottle of wine to the one we had asked for and on querying this being told the wine list had changed and so they had given us a different one, without bothering to check with us. They offered to change it to one of our choice but neither of the wines were very good. On paying the bill we were told they were a chef down, hence the delays.. It would have been better customer service to have explained that at the outset rather than keeping us drumming our fingers on the table. The staff were extremely pleasant and cannot be faulted in how they related to customers, A memorable evening but for the wrong reasons.

Good atmosphere and excellent food. Friendly service too. I'll be going back to this excellent gastropub in a city that does not have many choices at reasonable prices.

Excellent food, well cooked with an interesting and unusual menu. It is a shame the service was so very slow. When looking around, many tables were full of people waiting to order or waiting a long time between courses. Go, but be prepared to wait!

Superb food and great value - service very friendly too (if a little slow!)

Wonderful food in a very cosy pub atmosphere. The haggis scotch eggs we had as a starter were fantastic and the monkfish main course also great - will definitely return!

Very friendly and quick service with a great standard of food. Staff were great with the children and dog. We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal and will return.

food was good BUT very expensive as was a bottle of wine.we were actually staying here for 2 nights...room was clean n comfy,breakfast very good.

Lovely food as ever. Service a tad slow, but staff very helpful and friendly. Sadly, only two specials available. But we had a great night as ever!

Lovely Sunday dinner. Rare roast beef was really tender and the waitress was very attentive and polite. Great value for money and a good atmosphere.

The food was very enjoyable and they even made me a gluten free dumpling most restaurants just don't give you anything in its place .

Booked for Sunday lunch. Choice of 5 starters and 6 mains and 5 deserts. Food was good and plenty of it. Service could have been slightly better but wouldn't deter us from coming here again.

We booked the table for 6pm. The restaurant was pretty quiet but was really starting to fill up as we were leaving. Atmosphere was lovely, quirky decor. The food was sooo good!! I had risotto and my partner had chicken pasty. Will definitely go back!