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
  • incredible food. very warm atmosphere and great for visiting friends and relatives while in the north east. highly recommend the prawns.

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    joe hopkins
    9/24/2018
  • Fantastic food, drink and atmosphere, my favourite restaurant of all time

    Jennifer Evans Avatar
    Jennifer Evans
    1/17/2017
  • Managed to squeeze us in even though fully booked. All the food was beautiful and sangria refreshing. Always a good choice. ??

    Sara Wray Avatar
    Sara Wray
    8/27/2017
  • Food was gorgeous , there was 11 of us in total and no faults with anything .. definitely be a regular now I've tried the food xx

    Carly Wrangham Avatar
    Carly Wrangham
    4/15/2017
  • Atmospheric. Loved the Christmas cocktails. Friendly and efficient staff.

    Stephen Shelton Avatar
    Stephen Shelton
    12/11/2017
  • Great food and drink reasonably priced. Good busy atmosphere, very reasonable prices!! Great night out!!

    Matt Marsh Avatar
    Matt Marsh
    11/18/2019
  • enjoyed a family birthday meal yesterday , food was lovely and hot the staff very friendly and attentive, even my 9yr old grandson loved it ive eaten here many many times over the years never been disappointed

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    Angela Johnson
    7/23/2018
  • The atmosphere was fab and the choice was massive. The staff where extremely helpful and when the food arrived it was gorgeous i cant recommend this place enough

    Julie Webb Avatar
    Julie Webb
    3/11/2017
  • 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
  • Although it was obviously busy last night the customer service was excellent and the quality of the food was superb. Best tapas we have ever eaten.

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    Sandra Metcalf
    1/01/2017
Google Reviews
  • Could not fault it good San Miguel and great tapas

    Colin McCune Avatar
    Colin McCune
    4/14/2019
  • 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
  • Nice food, but its not sure if it wants to be a bar or restaurant. Staff were fantastic and we left a tip for that, price was reasonable but you need to take your order to the bar and we weren't offered a dessert menu. Not really what I want from a restaurant

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    Lisa Jones
    11/09/2019
  • 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.

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    Paul Whitty
    4/06/2019
  • 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.

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    Peter McDougall
    3/12/2019
  • Went in here for a family meal Oct 1st. Was really impressed with the range of food available. Absolutely lovely.. Well presented, authentic.
    Staff polite and friendly..

    Barbara Henderson Avatar
    Barbara Henderson
    10/16/2019
  • Great food and drink reasonably priced. Good busy atmosphere, very reasonable prices!! Great night out!!

    Matt Marsh Avatar
    Matt Marsh
    11/18/2019
  • 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
  • Lovely food and very friendly

    Jon Bear Avatar
    Jon Bear
    6/08/2019
  • Friendly staff and fantastic food never disappoints ?

    Graham Hardy Avatar
    Graham Hardy
    4/29/2019

For larger tables and events

Please call: 01325 467 385

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