Yannis - County Durham

During our stay at Lumley Castle, we asked a staff member for a recommendation for a Greek restaurant and they suggested Yannis in Lanchester. We checked the website which stated it was open from 5 o'clock and decided to make the journey, which took us half an hour. However, upon arrival, we found a sign on the door stating the restaurant was closed for holidays. It would have been helpful if they had updated their website to inform customers of this closure. Overall, we were not impressed with the very poor customer service.

Im sure people enjoy this place as was quite busy. We found it tasteless food, not Greek at all. No flavour, no herbs cinnamon etc which Greek food is famous for, dried up stifado meat , pastitsio was like macaroni and cheese , bland. Sorry won't be back

Disappointing. Ordered 7 pizzas for the family might as well have all been margaritas! The bacon pizza says on the menu it comes with red onion and mushrooms but came with just a few bits of bacon, no onions or mushrooms in sight. The BBQ chicken is supposed to have a BBQ base but didn't and had about 5 little pieces of chicken on. All tasteless. Have had better pizzas from a supermarket.

Overall the poorest dining experience during a week in Lanchester. Takeaway portions were small and did not represent good value for money. Especially disappointed with the halloumi appetiser which contained little halloumi and was bulked out with chips. If I’d wanted chips I’d have ordered separately.

Disappointing take away, and poor value. Chicken souvlaki was grim dry and tasteless accompanied by very soggy chips. Kleftiko was a little better but pricey.