The Bridge Inn

The Grn, Stapleton, Darlington
01325 350106

Recent Reviews

Steven McLean

Great pub, food options are plentiful and portions are generous all while being well priced. Will definitely be back soon.

Andrew Carnell

Went for lunch. It was average. Don't think the heating was working as it was pretty cold.

Lucas Mcgregor

Nice spot with lovely food & friendly staff 3rd time here & definitely won’t be the last.

Emma Kernan

What an absolutely appalling service!We booked a meal for 10 people at 18.30, some of us did arrive 15 minutes early. They were told to wait in the waiting area to be seated and a drinks order was taken. When the rest of the party arrived at 18.30 their drinks still hadn’t arrived… more drinks were ordered. It took 25 minutes for the first order of drinks to arrive ( with lots of chasing from us inbetween). We were taken to our table at 18.55! We didn’t get to eat until 20.00! Inbetween all this more drinks were ordered and each time took about 20 minutes to get to our table. No glasses were taken from our table at all during the night. After we had eaten our table was not cleared. After about 20 minutes I asked if we could order deserts… then was asked what we would like. We hadn’t even seen the menu or had the table cleared!? Eventually this was done and the deserts were served. Regarding the food from the most part the food itself was good, although the lamb shank was completely overdone and the sizzler plate was just warm not sizzling. The staff did actually credit the lamb shank when we raised concerns over the night at the end of the visit, but I got the feeling the staff were hardened to the complaints. It was because ‘when it’s busy everyone orders drinks at the same time’. I asked if it was like this every week and apparently yes it is. I asked if they were understaffed but apparently not. The staff were so busy!! I did feel bad for them they seemed so used to being complained at. We were told it was due to us having such a large table but our drinks were in a queue with lots of other tables in that queue aswell so it was nothing to do with the size of the table - they were just enormously understaffed.I would not recommend at all - ESPECIALLY if you are taking an elderly relative who must eat early (which we did). God help anyone who is diabetic!Also the place is heated with calor gas heaters… not sure how safe these are while you are brushing past them with a floaty dress on so be warned about those!And if you leave via the back entrance remember a torch because you can’t see the steps leading upto the car park - my elderly mother had to have someone in front and behind her to guide her up them! Good luck if you book up!

Mark Millward

My favourite place to go and eat. I’ll f you visit here please book in advance, we chanced it tonight and the place was heaving. We did get seated quickly but would always recommend booking. 5 happy eaters!

shannon millward

Visited for lunch today and will definitely be returning ! Food was amazing and staff were great.

Linda Clough

Good food & lovely pub, highly recommended the staff are amazing nothing is to much trouble for

Adam Varey

Food was nice however table was booked for 7.30pm didn't get seated until nearly 9pm then order not taken for another 30 minutes it was a large table of 14 including small children who were exhausted after the long

Colin Jeffery

Party of 9, absolute joke, we waited 2.5hrs from starter to mains. Mixed grill was overdone, not even asked how we wanted the steak cooked! Let’s say it was well done as were the sausages and basically all the meats. The beef on other mains were hard and difficult to chew. Staff members were rude especially the blonde lady who tried to tell me that I have to pay even though the service and meal was a disaster. Waited 20 minutes before we got our table.I will also be writing to manager/owner for a full refundThe evening cost more for drinks while waiting for what they called food.Not a service we expected from the Bridge Inn Stapleton.

Tony Crosby

wonderful food and great

eliza

fantastic sunday lunch, we came today and the food was amazing, service was impeccable too, will 100% be

Sue Proudfoot

Food late waited ages in-between courses, steak stringy, roast potatoes dreadful. Won't be coming back anytime

E

thank you to all you lovely people you are all amazing. the thought and detail you put into our anniversary was remarkable. The food was top quality aswell highly recommended and will return

Jack

I decided to return to this place after a bad experience previously with the food.This time I didn’t get chance to experience the food as the table we had booked was not available. When we complained after a 40 min wait they tried shoving us in a cold corner without the fire lit and away from the restaurant atmosphere. Very disappointing. The bloke behind the bar was polite but the waitress didn’t give a monkeys.

Adele Ebdon

We came here for my daughters birthday and it was not good from the start. It was cold with old fashioned gas heaters trying to warm the place ?‍♀️ I ordered the chicken curry OMG it csme in a soup bowl and was as watery as the water from a tap, I asked a staff member if this was normal and she said YES very quickly so I asked her for a spoon as I could not use a knife and fork. I tasted horrible and I left the meal. At the end the member of staff asked if everything was ok, I said NO to cut a long story short they only charged me half price it should have been take off the bill tbh. So in my opinion this is not a good place to dine. I spoke to another family and they where not happy also.

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