The Three Bridges - County Durham

My Dad and myself came to your pub/restaurant for lunch on Saturday 23rd Dec. My Dad ordered the Hunters chips which he enjoyed but unfortunately the pitiful excuse for a scampi was unbelievable. It arrived at out table and i just stared at it in disbelief. It was presented on a small narrow plate with nine pieces of scampi which was either cooked in wrecked oil in the fryer or was seriously over cooked as it was dark brown in colour instead of the golden brown that it should be. There was only a handful of fries( not chips) which looked like they had been dropped on the plate from a great hight and the smallest portion of shrivelled up and dried peas i have ever seen in my life. As a chef myself i would have been disgusted and ashamed with myself to have even plated up a meal like that in the kitchen never mind sending it out to a paying customer. I did not even get an apology off the staff when i took it back to the bar to complain and was just asked if i wanted to choose anything else off the menu. I ordered the lasagne only to be told a few minutes later that they were out of stock as was the fish , as was the gammon, as was the turkey pie, so i ended up with an all day breakfast in the end. I was informed that the lack of food stock was due to it being close to christmas and they had run down all their food stocks to avoid wastage. I work for a large pub/restaurant chain and it doesn't matter what time of year it is we are always stocked up to deal with any cutomer volume that walks through our doors. This was meant to be a nice christmas treat for my dad and myself which was ruined by poor quality and standards of both the food and staff involved.

This was our first visit to The Three Bridges in Durham. Though I’d walked past it perhaps 10 times a week on my way to work and back, my first concern was getting to the bus station and home. Happily my wife and I decided to pop in for a coffee whilst shopping. Very impressed. by our warm welcome and lovely coffees. Pleasantly decorated, it gave the impression of being a “Local” rather than a town/city centre pub. Though it wasn’t initially planned, we had our lunch there scampi and chips very nice. Fully recommended!

Great breakfast very good quality and nice pub friendly staff and great price lots of TVs to watch sport

Came in for breakfast before the match. Spot on food cracking price! Would recommend. Plenty tvs, great staff mint atmosphere

This was difficult to call tbh. The beer was great and at under £4 a pint great value. What I didn’t like was the state of the ‘beer garden’ the tables weren’t clean and it generally had the air of a place that needs a refurb. It’s got the atmosphere of a Wetherspoons and that’s what some people like.