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CO.DURHAM RESTAURANTS (VISIT SELECTED REVIEWS FOR PROFILES OF HIGHLIGHTED RESTAURANTS) Restaurant Address Town Telephone Year Opened/Seats Comments ASIAN (Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sri Lankan Bengal Merchant 7 The Bank Barnard Castle 01833 630700 2008 /Chad & Mufti Choudhury Spice Island 9 Market Place Barnard Castle     -/recommended by Upper Eden RUFC & Barnard Castle RUFC Belmont Tandoori Front Street, Cheveley Park Belmont     -/recommended by Esh Winning FC Golden Gate 11 Smith Burns, Market Pl. Chester le Street 0191 388 8753 1993(45)  - Memories of India Pelaw Bank Chester le Street 0191 388 7777   -/recommended by Chester le Street RFC Garden of India (click to link to website) 43-44 Bondgate Darlington 01325 467975 1984 -/very smart Spice Garden 112-114 Parkgate Darlington 01325 369512   -/was Poppadoms Shapla Tandoori 192 Northgate Darlington 01325 468920  (80) - Capital 69 Claypath DH1 1QT Durham 0191 386 8803 2007 -/Mohammed S. Miah Rajpooth 80 Claypath Durham City 0191 382 1496   - Shaheen's The Old Post Office, 48 North Bailey Durham City 0191 386 0960 1989 -/host : Mrs S. Khan Jewel in the Corwn 29 Upper Dalton Way Newton Aycliffe 01325 318356   - The Rajah's House Warren Sq., Horden Peterlee     -/recommended by Horden Welfare RUFC Spice Island 100 Main Street Shildon 01388 772251   -/was Raj Monju Tandoori 33 Park Road South Moor, Stanley 01207 283259 1991 -/host : Mrs G. Miah Memshahib's Kitchen Inkerman Foundry, Cottage Farm, Inkerman Tow Law 01388 731818   - Restaurant Address Town Telephone Cuisine/Comments ORIENTAL (Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Malaysian, Vietnamese, etc) Fortune Court Cantonese 23 Market Place Bishop Auckland 01388 602888 Chinese Riverside 3 Bridge End Chester le Street 0191 389 3101 Chinese Poons 2 Station Road Consett 01397 580909 Chinese Bomb Bomb 146 Northgate Darlington 01325 466240 Chinese Cottage Thai 94-96 Parkgate Darlington 01325 361717 Thai Eastern Bamboo 194 Northgate Darlington 01325 461607 Chinese Soho 156 Northgate Darlington 01325 486896 Chinese buffet/recommended Dragon 72 Claypath Durham 0191 384 8683 Chinese Jasmine Garden Milburngate Shopping Centre Durham 0191 383 2888 Chinese OTHER ETHNIC (Spanish, Mexican, Caribbean, Greek, Lebanese etc) Restaurant Address Town Telephone/Comments ITALIAN Bianco Cigno Ristorante Bridge End , Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BE 01833 637576/recommended by Avril Rowbotham La Gondola 56a Durham Road Birtley 0191 410 2907 Casa Nostra 36 Cockton Hill Road Bishop Auckland 01388 609292 Ristorante Gabriele Flintoff Street Bishop Auckland 01388 604942/ 50 cover restaurant with good menu choice Da Vinci's Black Horse Yard, Front Street Chester le Street 0191 389 1919 Capri 77 Parkgate Darlington 01325 467991 Da Vinci 98 Bondgate Darlington 01325 467385 La Sorrentina (click to link to website) 77-79 Parkgate Darlington 01325 467991 Sardis 196 Northgate Darlington 01325 461222 Bella Pasta 20 Silver Street Durham 0191 386 1060 Emilio's 96 Elvet Bridge Durham 0191 386 0094/ opened in 1989 with good reputation. Host Enzo Aceri - 58 covers Giovanni & Fabio 70 Claypath Durham 0191 386 1643 La Spaghettata 66 Saddler Street Durham 0191 383 9290 Ristorante De Medici 21 Elvet Bridge Durham 0191 386 1310 La Bella Francesca 8-10 Market Street Hetton-le-Hole 0191 526 8300(used to run Peppes in Sunderland) Italian Farmhouse South Street West Rainton 0191 5841022 /2010