The Head of Steam Durham — Restaurant in England

The pub seems nice enough at first glance and there is a reasonable selection of beer and wine. My problem came when trying to order food. Not being particularly hungry I though a few chicken nuggets from the kids menu would be perfect; however, apparently there's a strict rule that you have to have a child in your party to be able to order from the kids menu!

This seemed totally ridiculous as there was no option to order nuggets on the 'adult' menu and had the pub been busier I dare say the owner wouldn't have even noticed. So rather than serve me, the pub lost not only the business from my meal, but also all the subsequent drinks our party bought in the Market Tavern instead. As the pub wasn't almost empty at the time, this seems a somewhat sort sighted decision...

Stopped here on a quick trip to Durham, when we found there wasn't any vegan cafes. There was a good choice of food on the menu, one of us had a vegan Head of Steam burger with chips, the other had a Margareta pizza. The burger was great with lots of sauce and vegan bacon. The chips were a bit of a disappointment and far too much salt on them but didn't spoil yhe meal. The pizza was out of this world. It was a large pizza with loads of cheese. Too much to eat for one so took it home as a doggie bag. Would definitely recommend eating here. The staff were very friendly and even told me which sauces were vegan. Not very often you go to a none vegan place and a member of staff is willing to provide that level of service. Thanks to you all for making a stressful day...

Tough to review, because they have a great beer selection with at least four cask on as well as many keg and a full fridge with cans and bottles. Bit frustrated on last visit, as had booked a table in advance but on arrival none had been reserved, the app would not work for ordering and then at least half the menu was off (was not advised of this in advance either) so had to go elsewhere to eat anyway. It does have a LOT of vegan options (around 50% of menu) if that is your bag, sadly for me nearly all the meat options were unavailable. I have eaten here once before and the food was nice then.

Just a quick edit - other readers may have noticed the venue asked me to e-mail them, I did so shortly after (several months ago now) and they never...