Hope Union - Stockton-on-Tees

Called in for lunch today. I had Parmo and my daughter had chicken and mushroom pasta. Both were yummy. Service was excellent. Looking forward to going back.

Visited hope and union on Thursday night with my friend. We ordered two starters and we were really disappointed to see the size of them considering the price. Two small prawns for me and three small halloumi fries for him. I politely mentioned this to the lady serving us and she said the portions are small because of the high quality. However, this is a bar just off Stockton high street not exactly fine dining. We decided not to stay for the main meal and went to pay. My friend was then shouted at by the chef for not wearing a mask. The chef shouted it twice and when my friend explained he was sorry the chef replied ‘thought so!’ In a very rude manner. Portion sizes should match that of other restaurants that was only a bit of friendly advice which was responded to with rudeness.

Went for tea with my partner and the food was delicious with great portion sizes. The atmosphere in the beer garden was great and staff were really friendly and attentive. Will definitely be returning and would recommend!

What a lovely venue. Staff and the chefs are great super friendly, accommodating and attentive who go above and beyond what you’d normally expect for a Thursday evening! They’re a real credit to the place. We 4 had some lovely food and drinks will definitely be back!

We had booked the table almost 3 weeks in advanced. When we arrived we were sat on one of the lower tables where half of our table wasn’t under the canopy it had been raining most of the day so we asked if we could move to the free table under the raised part of the beer garden under the heaters which was declined. We were advised another table had booked this, yet there isn’t any option to book specific tables on booking. It seemed the table had been reserved for a regular, in my view. We had to ask 2 members of staff about a table move and it took around 10 minutes before our drinks order or menus were given. We ordered drinks and food (including paid side sauces) and no sauces were given when food arrived. I had to wait around 10 minutes and ask 3 different members of staff for the sauces we had ordered. Equally when our food was given our drinks were just about empty no offer or order for drinks. We only ended up having 2 drinks in the two hours we were there due to the lack of service had staff been attentive to our table we would have had opportunity to order a lot more. The food was amazing, I can’t fault that at all. However the very disappointing service is enough to put me off booking again. It may be that the table is out of staffs eyeline hence the lack of service perhaps make sure if you book you’re on the raised platform rather than on the sides!