The Rose Crown At Romaldkirk

Middleton In Teesdale Fish And Chip Shop

➤ 49 Market Place, DL12 0RJ, County Durham, United Kingdom

Steak • Seafood • British • Fast Food

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"We went on the off chance, it had been the carnival day here earlier. We were gutted that there was only one pie left (Cornish type as they do look amazing, so it was fish and chips basically they'd had a very good day selling their pies etc. Everything fried to order and was very nice with very good tartare too! Service was smooth you tell the fryer what you want when you go in (so we found out afterwards! and then tell them at the till what you've ordered. For an inland chippy they were excellent, better than many we've sampled over the years and a decent portion too!"

The Conduit

➤ 2 Bridge Street, County Durham, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cakes • British • Breakfast

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"Extremely rude staff. I was going for lunch and as I entered a woman cleaning a table did not even look up and simply said ' you will have to sit there ' pointing to another table! 'Actually, as a customer, I do not 'have ' to sit anywhere and so I left. As this was obviously a foretaste of the standard one would endure I am glad I did leave. I left a similar review on another site and their lame excuse was that they were 'busy '......really? This is their poor excuse for rudeness. Their staff should learn some manners and they should stop their paltry and pitiful excuses. AVOID......One just has to laugh at the nonsense of this poor deluded woman to say I would not be welcome back......No doubt this is how they treat people who do not care for their appalling food and service......as IF I would return!! I wont but environmental health will!!!"

Rumours Cafe

➤ Shop. 7 Chapel Row (Next To Co-op), DL12 0SN, County Durham, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cakes • British • Breakfast

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"From the outside it looked quirky and reasonable. Prices seemed on the high side but not unsurprising in a tourist area. The disappointment came when I received my £6.50 toastie (extra topping added) as it was grossly below expectations for the price. It was 2 white slices from a sliced loaf toasted and with extremely scant filling. If I had seen what was on offer beforehand I would have thought £3.50 would have been about right. Alternatively, to substantiate the price asked, the cafe should consider higher quality bread, a decent amount of filling or even a club sandwich approach. When asked by one of the servers, I told him honestly that I was disappointed by what we had gotten for our money however I only received a ‘blank stare’ in response. I could hear that he conveyed my message to those in the kitchen but nothing further came of it. I was happy that at least I gave them the chance to engage with me before writing this review. I suppose being in a tourist town they feel that they do not need to rely on repeat business and so they do not need to keep passing tourist trade happy."

Cafe 1618

➤ 16 Market Pl, County Durham, United Kingdom

Cafe • Fish • Coffee • Cheese

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"After a wonderful day visiting High and Low Force with my Wife and my 9 and 6 year old boys, we had our day totally spoiled by the unnecessary behaviour of the owners of Cafe 1618. After parking up outside the shop we decided to...look at the menu as this seemed the least busy place to eat in the village at the time. Unfortunately, my 6 year old did not want anything from the menu so we took him to the fish and chip shop for chicken nuggets and chips (poor parenting i know but he had fallen over and scraped his knee earlier so it was a bit of a treat). After picking up his meal we headed back to the cafe to sit outside, as we had our dog, and intended on ordering 3 adult meals for the rest of the family. As soon as we got to the table (not even sat down) a lady member of staff (later we learned the wife of the owner) stormed out and said that we could not sit there while we had food from the chip shop, I pointed out that this was only for our 6 year old and we intended to purchase the rest of our food with them. She then flew off the handle and said im just not having it' and im sick of this' and this happens all the time, needless to say she did not agree for us to stay and eat there and asked us to leave'. My wife pointed out she was being rude at to which she accused us (potential paying customers) as being rude for simply pointing out that we felt like this was unreasonable. The employee then stormed off back into the shop. By this time we were packing the Dog and kids back into the car when a highly aggressive and disgruntled male (i presume the owner as hes in a lot of the pictures on Tripadvisor) came flying out screaming we were the rude ones and that we had been totally unacceptable in our behaviour. In retrospect I dont understand why he came out other than to intimidate and be aggressive. This soon stopped when got up to myself and realised i was 6'3 and not the type of chap to approach in that manor. Lucky for him the old adage don't judge a book by its cover is true of he may have been assaulted had he done that with another less restrained. All in all we left feeling, disappointed, intimated, my kids hungry (one at least) but both upset. What I cant understand though is the business acumen. The chip shot got about £4 of business from me. Cafe 1618 missed out on what would easily have been £30-£40. Whats more baffling is i even pointed this out to the female employee by saying we were going to be paying customer yet she still threw us out. PLEASE PLEASE do not go near this place, especially if you have your children (reading the other TripAdvisor comments). The Husband and Wife duo here are simply hateful, bigots, who clearly dont understand business acumen or even the very basics of customer service. I saw it was for sale, I hope the next owners take this place on to a new level as the current bottom of the bucket is pretty grubby."