BAILEY’S RESTAURANT.

BAILEY’S Restaurant in the Honest Lawyer at Croxdale, Co Durham is an establishment which serves seasonal British food using mainly local produce and the menu is changed regularly. It has a light and airy contemporary feel. The plush purple and pink velvet seating is mixed with light oak tables, striped red chairs and there is a deep red carpet.  The serving team are helpful, attentive and they do communicate.

O started with a rabbit rillettes, ham hock and pistachio terrine with blackberry and fig chutney while my spouse opted for the twice-baked applewood and leek souffle.

The duck leg, tomato and mixed bean cassoulet with fried duck egg and parsnip crisps was delicious.  Anne had the 10-oz rib-eye steak, served with flat-cap mushrooms, slow-roasted tomatoes and really thick chips.

The restaurant is open from 18:30 to 21:30 on Mondays to Saturdays and noon until 20:30 on Sundays. Both the restaurant and the toilets are on the ground floor, so that it is fully accessible to disabled diners and there is a wheelchair ramp in reception.

The Honest Lawyer is in Croxdale which is about five miles south-west of Durham City and it can be contacted on 0191 378 3780.