Welcome to the award-winning Old Yard Tapas Bar

We are delighted to welcome you to Darlington’s Award-Winning Tapas Bar at The Old Yard.

TripAdvisor Reviews
  • positive review Great ambience to go with fab food

    Anita PickfordTarn Avatar
    Anita PickfordTarn
    12/30/2018
  • Great food, great atmosphere. Will definitely be back ?

    Katy McVittie Avatar
    Katy McVittie
    5/01/2017
  • Lovely food today for our first visit. Can't wait to come back.

    Christine Hutchinson Avatar
    Christine Hutchinson
    9/27/2015
  • Brilliant! Fab food and a great environment. Wish I could come every week

    Beverley Kim Tarot Starforth-Tobbell Avatar
    Beverley Kim Tarot Starforth-Tobbell
    5/21/2017
  • Amazing food and great service. Hard to find a better place to eat and drink in Darlington. Always love to visit the Tapas Bar ?

    Mike Watson Avatar
    Mike Watson
    2/17/2018
  • Loved the food and staff were great. .very authentic and tasty.. was surprised by the hefty bill tho.. much more than I was expecting.. I was charged for a couple of drink I hadn't had (staff corrected happily as soon as I pointed out) was also charged for too many mini bottles of fizz(but i didn't notice that til I'd got back home).. still overall it was a lovely meal and I would return. In future I'd be more careful about how much I order.. far too much food for us.. lol

    Clare Irvine Avatar
    Clare Irvine
    2/05/2017
  • We've just tried the "bring an omelette to your workplace" service and it was outstanding, hand delivered and piping hot. Highly recommended. ���

    Rob Metcalfe Avatar
    Rob Metcalfe
    11/20/2017
  • Friendly staff...good choice on menu. ..nice for all types of get togethers. ..

    Dawn Dinsley Avatar
    Dawn Dinsley
    10/16/2017
  • gorgeous food friendly staff fab atmosphere x

    Michelle Bower Avatar
    Michelle Bower
    12/17/2013
  • Nice place nice atmosphere

    Mark Martindale Avatar
    Mark Martindale
    6/24/2018
Google Reviews
  • If you want tapas this is the must place to go, also live sport and a great selection of drinks

    Simon Tripp Avatar
    Simon Tripp
    7/06/2019
  • Had a lovely meal on good Friday really enjoyed it

    Linda Colman Avatar
    Linda Colman
    4/23/2019
  • Had a lovely meal here last night. Great selection of tapas. Would highly recommend.

    Jackie Bell Avatar
    Jackie Bell
    12/03/2019
  • We visited the old yard tapas bar as a large group of 15. The food was excellent with a wide variety of Spanish and Greek tapas menus. What was really good was the 6 or more group menu which came out with over 10 (the beer was flowing so I cannot remember the exact amount) well sized dishes. The service was brilliant and what was nice was that they catered for individual needs, the pizza was available as an online pre order but not on the in-house menu and yet they still made it. It was a great night for all of us and I would highly recommend this restaurant.

    Paul Whitty Avatar
    Paul Whitty
    4/06/2019
  • Just had drinks warm friendly atmosphere, big sports TV, apparently the food is good too.

    ritchie jones Avatar
    ritchie jones
    12/16/2018
  • Plenty of choice on the menu, gorgeous food, and social distancing well observed too

    Denise Bennett Avatar
    Denise Bennett
    10/04/2020
  • Great food, fantastic service. Great place to sit outside on a sunny day and watch the world go by

    Anth Liddle Avatar
    Anth Liddle
    12/10/2018
  • My partner and I were passing through Darlington last night on our way home to Scotland and decided to stop here for a meal. We arrived wearing tracksuit bottoms etc and were told on arrival that there was a dress code which meant no tracksuits allowed. We were given a table, however.

    We ordered our food and didn't have to wait too long for it to arrive. Everything was lovely until I found a long hair in my Tzatziki. I pushed it aside and continued with everything else. At the end of the meal I pointed out the hair and was relieved to have the item removed from the bill and a very embarrassed waitress couldn't apologise enough.

    I would definitely come here again if I'm passing through Darlington in the future as it was genuinely a nice place to eat.

    Peter McDougall Avatar
    Peter McDougall
    3/12/2019
  • Friendly staff and fantastic food never disappoints ?

    Graham Hardy Avatar
    Graham Hardy
    4/29/2019
  • Excellent food and good value.

    David West Avatar
    David West
    6/26/2019

For larger tables and events

Please call: 01325 467 385

Bookings are for restaurant tables only, bar tables are first come, first served. Thanks!