Best place for meal in Durham

Hey, my dad (who i see very rarely) is coming up to see me on Monday and wants to take me out for a meal, I was just wondering where in Durham you would all reccommend to go. I'm open to any suggestions but really like Italian!!! Thanks!!!

You're in the right place if you like Italian food then, there are stacks of Italians!

My recommendations would be as follows:

Che Vita! (up by the Gilesgate Travelodge, walk up Claypath and it's over the other side of Gilesgate roundabout opposite Hild and Bede, it is good and they often have a half price meal deal). The other good thing about Che Vita! is that it is very close to the Woodman, which is my favourite pub in Durham.

Emilios on Elvet Bridge opposite the Swan and Three- when I first visited Durham to have a look round about four years ago my Dad and I went here, and I went here with friends before the Lion in Winter '05 and we got a meal deal(happy hour before 6.30 on Fridays)

Riccardo's Hallgarth Street, so cheap and not stingy on portions too. Also, you're across the road from the Victoria which is another fantastic pub.

I've been told De Medici's is also good(it's above the arch down to Klute).

Hope that helps.

You're in the right place if you like Italian food then, there are stacks of Italians!

My recommendations would be as follows:

Che Vita! (up by the Gilesgate Travelodge, walk up Claypath and it's over the other side of Gilesgate roundabout opposite Hild and Bede, it is good and they often have a half price meal deal). The other good thing about Che Vita! is that it is very close to the Woodman, which is my favourite pub in Durham.

Emilios on Elvet Bridge opposite the Swan and Three- when I first visited Durham to have a look round about four years ago my Dad and I went here, and I went here with friends before the Lion in Winter '05 and we got a meal deal(happy hour before 6.30 on Fridays)

Riccardo's Hallgarth Street, so cheap and not stingy on portions too. Also, you're across the road from the Victoria which is another fantastic pub.

I've been told De Medici's is also good(it's above the arch down to Klute).

Hope that helps.

new inns pretty nice and i always thought hogs head was pretty decent but its not gourmet food

New Inn makes a MEAN scream burger. Immense!!

The Capital is the best Indian in Durham. Mmmmmmm.

That's it really isn't it, the battle of the Indian Restaurant's right next to one another. I've been told by another friend that the Capital is good but that the Rajpooth is rubbish, but then I was told exactly the opposite by an ex housemate of mine and my boyfriend said the Rajpooth was good and they gave you massive portions too.

Well, in my opinion, yes Rajpooth gives you MASSIVE portions, but they are just huge piles of average food, and I found it far too much.
At the Capital the food is gorgeous, really well prepared, the portions are perfect and the service is brilliant.

What did you eat?

The food at the Capital gave me an allergic reaction and be really quite ill. Admittedly it was my own fault for not telling them I'm allergic to nuts, but I'm still not going back in a hurry.