Tia’s Mexican Durham — Restaurant in England

I really wanted to love this place as I really enjoy Mexican food but unfortunately the food i tried was mediocre. It’s white people Mexican food. To me there is very little that’s “authentic “. The menu is a bit of a hodge podge of Mexican and pizzas and other bits and bobs which I thought was quite odd. They did try and accommodate my love of spice but they didn’t have anything spicy available. They had a couple of salsas which were nice but I’d have liked a jug full of them. In reality I got about a tablespoons worth. The spiced onion rings were banging though - super crispy and not oily in the slightest. The steak was also cooked nicely but I wasn’t given a choice on how it was cooked. I’d have had it rare (not medium) while my mother would have sent it back to be cremated. My friend had a different dish but she also felt the same as me.

The staff were nice and friendly but we had both food and drink we’d not ordered delivered to our table multiple times. I also asked for recommendations and the waitress had to ask someone else for their advice so clearly didn’t know the menu. Finally it was a Saturday night but it took over an hour from starters to main which for me...

I’d chosen Tia’s because it had good reviews online. I don’t know Durham but needed to find somewhere to get together with a friend from Brazil who I’d never met before in person. She’s on a course there while paying a flying visit to the UK. I myself had driven down from Scotland for the evening to meet her.

We only had a short time to spend together, so we just had starters and a ‘sharing dish’. The food was all very tasty. The waiting staff were so hospitable and didn’t mind that our focus was mainly on chatting for the brief time we could spend together. We were even given a drink each on the house to celebrate. Such a warm and genuine touch.

For me, the full restaurant was quite noisy which made it hard to hear what my friend was saying, but that may be because I recently started wearing hearing aids and all the sound gets amplified.

All in all, we had a great visit, anyhow, and would like to thank the staff for a lovely...

We had dinner here based on its proximity to our hotel and the good reviews. The menu has a good range of options all of which are reasonably priced, they also had some specials. There are a few reasons for three stars. When we arrived the restaurant was virtually empty but they made a big fuss about fitting us in which might if been justified if they were then going to be busy but even by the time we left there were more empty tables than occupied and they had taken more walk ins whilst we were there. I had a house Sangria which was a glass of ice with not much actual drink that I finished very quickly, as the server walked by they grabbed my glass and ran off not even asking if I wanted anything else. The food was good except the hand cut chips which for me were mostly crispy bits rather than proper chips. It was ok but not somewhere we would go back to when there are so many...