Estabulo - Durham

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   Rachel

   Yorkshire

   3 reviews

   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   The biggest shock to me was receiving the bill at the end for two adults and two children nearly £150. If you were going to no to eat 3 or 4 plates of food then definitely worth it but we had one plate each and really didn’t feel that it was worth what we paid. The children’s didn’t eat meat at all so felt like a complete waste. I wouldn’t visit again… it’s a place for people with bigger stomach capacities who will get their monies worth.
   

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   Hayley

   Edinburgh

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   There wasn’t a good selection of beef brought out, felt mainly like other meat options like sausages, chicken, gammon and pineapple at one point. We had a pork option but it was mostly gristle and fat so couldn’t be eaten. At one point sat for 10 minutes before an option we wanted came around. It felt like there was a bit tension between staff members as well, some of the servers didn’t come across as friendly and happy.
   

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   Steph

   County Durham

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent food, lovely atmosphere, friendly staff.
   

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   Tristan

   Essex

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   So the food was very good. However, this is basically 60 pounds per head for food and one drink. They then charge you 10 percent gratuity (which you have the right to reject) and then, on top of that, on the bill there is a £1 Zizi donation. I have no idea what that is,but come on, I'm not haggling over £1, but like you don't get enough off of us. It was packed to be fair. But it was not worth 60 pounds...and the £1 on top for 'charity'.
   

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   Kayleigh

   County Durham

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   Darlington branch was more attentive, we were there to celebrate birthday. Meat was very rare to normal. Not as much was brought round.
   

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   Toni-Ann

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing experience - Great service, great food, great atmosphere. We will definitely return although due to the price it will probably only be on a special occasion!
   

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   Paul

   Newcastle

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 14 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Upmarket, classy venue with an endless stream of mind-blowing meat. Service was great, food was sensational. A little pricey but worth it for a special occasion
   

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   Joynul

   County Durham

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 14 February 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was good, restaurant was very quiete only 1 or 2 other tables in on valentines. Was advertised you could order from the normal menu up until 4pm, and after 4pm it was the Valentine’s Day menu only. However our table was booked for 12.30pm and we were seated and were not given any menus. We were given a glass of orange juice ‘on the house’ by the waiter. We thought that was nice. Upon asking for the bill the waitress said are you ready for your dessert which left us confused. We then looked at the valentines menu afterwards. We didn’t receive any fries so we assumed we were on the normal menu. Then when we got the bill we were charged for the Valentine’s menu price.
   

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   Philip

   Oxford

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 13 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   First time at Estabulo and was so impressed. food was excellent and the staff were all outstanding. thanks so much for making this a memorable day.
   

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    Kelsey

    County Durham

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on 1 February 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2

    Very excited to try as we normally go to Rio’s however thought we would have a change, quite disappointed when getting there to order drinks and they where out of all Rose wine, then asked for another cocktail and beer, came quite quick, when first sitting down we asked for two portions of fries, this took around 20 minutes to come and I had to ask again another server to see if we could have them, the salad bar was nice, lovely variety (Mac and cheese was nice) however the meats where all quite tough, I would say the fillet was the only meat I really enjoyed, my partner is a big lover of any kind of steak and he also felt the same way, overall just quite disappointed in the service and food (however there was one particular man who was serving the meat absolutely lovely! He came over and asked if there was anything in particular we would like and came back with it, this was the fillet). For the price we paid we would expect a lot more.
    

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