We had a comfortable stay overnight. The room was very clean, the bed was comfortable and the food at the restaurant downstairs was amazing! Bathroom facilities could Do with updating and I struggle to get the TV to work properly in my room but I’ve than that it was a lovely stay.

Lovely place to stay, room clean and comfortable bed. Food excellent and staff very friendly.

Handy for visiting Durham and the surrounding countryside

Only stayed Overnight! Lovely staff and lovely food could fault it xx

We booked an overnight stay has we were going to the Beamish museum on the Sunday. Which incidentally is a 15 minutes journey from there. The hotel is above an Italian restaurant, we stayed in rm 2 the family room. Room looks recently updated 2 single beds and a double. Tea and coffee facilities and toiletries in the bathroom. Breakfast was 6.50 extra pp which was tasty and plentiful.

Adequate room. Small for a double though bit overpriced through Hotels.com at £99.

Had a lot of trouble locating the place as it had changed from an Inn to an Italian restaurant ,and the name from The Lambton Hounds Inn to La Spada restuarant between us booking and arriving . Would have thought someone would have had the common courtesy to tell us so that we were looking for the right place !

What great accommodations for a family of 4. The real gem is the hospitality at the restaurant downstairs. A most memorable dinner for our family. The owner made us feel like special guests on a pretty busy evening.

Nice people. Room pleasant but limited. A little idiosyncratic.

We booked a room through Expedia in what we thought was The Lambton Hounds Inn. What we wanted was the experience of an old English pub having travelled from Canada for a wedding on 19th May 2018. We were not told by Expedia that the hotel had changed to an Italian restaurant, however the experience still turned out to be a very good one. Our English friends joined us for an Italian meal which indeed turned out to be an excellent experience. All of the waiters/waitresses turned out to be very friendly and efficient. One of our party did not like Italian food and had never been in an Italian restaurant before. However, she had English food which was excellent. We would definitely visit the La Scala again despite not being told of its change of name and business.

Wonderful find! The restaurant is the best Italian i have been to for a long time. Staff were wonderful, could not do enough for us. Would definetely recommend.

We were staying whilst in the area for work, the owner and staff could not have been more helpful and friendly. Because we had to go early before breakfast was served, they made us sandwiches the night before to take. The meals in the restaurant were great value and excellent quality. Would have no problem recommending and certainly would stay again. Thanks

Nice room, great food, friendly staff. Excellent value for money.