The Cross Keys - County Durham

We visited as a family of 4 for an evening meal. The home cooked food was delicious and very generous portion size! Friendly and welcoming staff. Highly recommend

Great pub and great food... and not pricey. Warm and friendly with pleasant and efficient staff. I had two starters instead of a main course crispy belly pork, and creamy garlic mushrooms delicious

We called in on a Saturday afternoon with our Greyhound and ordered two meals with drinks. Steak pie and chips and a house burger with chips. Both meals were superb. All lovely homemade food. The food with a white wine and a pint of beer came to £40. The pub is dog friendly and the service was very warm and we felt welcome. We'd definitely make an effort to go back if ever in that neck of the woods.

Chose this pub as we were visiting the area and it was dog friendly. We were a party of 12 and all the food was excellent. Cod and chips highly recommended. Staff were polite and friendly. Would definitely visit again if in the area.

Selected as this is a dog friendly restaurant that also serves great food. Greeted by friendly staff who showed us an ideal table and quickly took our drinks order. We all, 4, chose different items from the main menu, whilst the dogs sat under the table, service was reasonably fast but some of the items had to be cooked to order so a delay is to be expected, there was no, fake, table check, is everything alright with your meal style, just left to enjoy a freshly cooked meal and a courteous check when clearing the table, far more genuine and not the corporate table check. Beer was good and we felt welcome.