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Hours
Sun
12:00 - 14:0017:15 - 21:30
Mon
17:15 - 21:30
Tue
17:15 - 21:30
Wed
17:15 - 21:30
Thu
17:15 - 21:30
Fri
17:15 - 22:30
Sat
17:15 - 22:30
Ratings and reviews
4.0
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PRICE RANGE
£6.00 – £16.00
CUISINES
Italian, Pizza
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
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An award winning, family run Italian restaurant which has served Stockton-on-Tees since way back in 1984 ... Borge is a relaxed and enjoyable dining experience, offering a unique combination of good quality food and drink at excellent prices. Whether an individual or couple, member of a party or larger group, Borge are happy to take care of you. Once you have experienced the friendly atmosphere and delicious food served at Borge, you are certain to return as many of our loyal customers often do.
PRICE RANGE
£6.00 – £16.00
CUISINES
Italian, Pizza
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Free off-street parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music
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4.0
677 reviews
Excellent
391
Very good
154
Average
62
Poor
39
Terrible
31
Debi L
1 contribution
Oct 2021 • family
We went out for my mams 74th birthday meal last night. From walking in the door, we were greeted like old friends. It was noisy and full if atmosphere! It was lovely to be somewhere buzzing like that again. Everyone was super attentive. We were laughing that each person had beaten the last one to ask did we need anything and the food was amazing too. We were overwhelmed how well they look after customers that have disabilities too. Guiding them so lovingly to their tables, helping them with the little things inc cutlery, payments and taxis etc. It was heart warming. It was years since we have been but it won't be long til we're back and my son is already wanting to take his gf! Thank you for a wonderful evening Borges!
Written 23 October 2021
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jeff d
Stockton-on-Tees23 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
Booked for a meal for 4 with friends for my Birthday.
Been to Borge many times over the years, and it never disappoints.
Nothing too much trouble for the staff, always made to feel welcome.
Drinks served promptly, as was the food.
Pork parmo is my "always go to" meal, and, as ever , it hit the spot.
We had taken a cake for my Birthday, which, after our meal, they brought out for us, complete with candles, (that they had put on), and 2 lovely young ladies singing "Happy Birthday" to me.
I hope the staff enjoyed what was left of the birthday cake :)
Highly recommended.
Reasonable prices, lovely food & lovely staff!!!
Written 9 August 2020
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Laura T
Middlesbrough7700 contributions
Mar 2023 • none
We've been visiting Borges for over 20 years for meals out with the family, but haven't visited in a couple of years since before covid. The restaurant looks exactly the same! and the menu still contained old favourites - the meat kebabs which are served with a sparkler. The menu is huge with LOTS of choice. There is a very small cocktail menu, which could be improved upon.
A meal for 9 adults came to nearly £300! I think we ordered 5 starters to share and 5 desserts to share, plus maybe 7-8 alcoholic drinks plus a couple of soft drinks and a couple of coffees, so not bad value. Main meals were all around £15 each I think. For spending so much money, and possibly because we never eat out anymore, I expected something more somehow.
The restaurant is very small so you always feel a bit squashed in as it is always busy, luckily this time we were up against the wall in the corner so had space to move around the high chair and for our big baby bag etc. Unfortunately the changing facilities aren't great, standard in that it's basically just the bare minimum of a changing table attached to the wall. But poor in that the changing table is in the women's toilets so not sure how single dad would make this work? Plus you're hemmed in by the large sink on one side and then a loud hand dryer at the foot of the table so every time you move you set off the loud dryer which upsets the baby even more! There's nowhere to put your bag while you're changing baby so you can grab clean clothes, more wipes etc, so I put my bag in the sink - big mistake! as did not realise tap is automatic so basically my bag was soaked through my the time I realised, so much for clean clothes to change baby into!! this is our first kid and this isn't something I would ever have given a second's thought to before, but Borge could and should really do better here.
We all enjoyed our meals and our drinks, service was friendly and fast, offering more drinks but not being intrusive. For me, because of the poor changing room facilities (and an upset baby with an upset belly) this put a dampener on our evening and spoilt the whole experience for my husband and I, who were stressed by the upset baby. We had to leave early so we could change the baby properly and left the rest of the family to enjoy leisurely coffees and desserts.
Written 29 March 2023
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chris r
Billingham4 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
On arrival there appeared to have no record of our booking which I had placed days before. The man that greeted us at the door had to to look for a table as nothing appeared to be reserved.
Once seated we were given menues and ordered drinks. Before we even got our drinks we had a member of staff at our table asking for our order in which we hadn't had chance to look through the menu, We kept getting someone at the table every couple of minutes asking if we were ready to order not giving us time to enjoy our drinks and look at the menue properly.
We ordered our starters which was lovely and we couldn't fault anything about them, but we had literally just finished our starters as 1 girl came to take the plates away another girl was right behind her with our main meals we didn't even get chance to sit and let the starter settle as the next course was pushed on us, my wife ordered the so called award winning pork parmo the pork wasnt cooked probley and very chewy there was too much bechamel sauce The borge special pasta seriously was not special infact it looked as if it was microwaved. At no point did anyone do a check back on our table.
Once we finished our desserts the bill was brought straight over to our table we didn't ask for it they took it upon them self to bring it across to us. We didn't get asked if we would like another drink let alone be asked if we'd like a cup of tea or coffee after our meal,
While finishing our alcohol off we could see 1 member of staff looking over at our table and whispering to another girl we got the impression they just wanted us to hurry up, drink up and leave, a few times they even came close to the table to see how much drink was left in our glasses we just felt so uncomfortable and made to feel that they just wanted rid of us to be able to set the table for sum one else in the end we left our drinks paid the bill and walked out, this was our first time at borge and it'll definitely be the last time
After 28 years working in hospitality this is without a doubt the worst service we have seen.
Written 15 February 2020
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Ryan S
4 contributions
Jul 2021 • family
Wow. I honestly don’t know where all the praise for this place comes from. We got a selection of starters and mains to take out and it felt like £50 down the drain. For starters we got garlic bread, fried squid (as it’s listed which is just calamari) and anti pasto for two. Well, because it was listed as fried squid I expected pieces of fried squid not just calamari, which should definitely be reflected on the menu. The calamari, was over cooked and it was so hard I honestly could of put a window through with it, it lacked taste and you could have easily passed it for something you’d buy frozen from a supermarket. The garlic bread tasted nice but it was stone cold. The anti pasto, the meat was bland and quite dry, the bread that came with it was stale. For mains we got the mixed kebab, Borges pasta special and a lasagne. The mixed kebab came with roast potatoes, the kebab lacked any sort of flavour and came with 6 very small pieces of meat, the chicken was bland and quite grisly and the lamb, was over cooked and was as tough as leather, we couldn’t even eat the lamb pieces they were that bad. The roast potatoes are not roast potatoes, they resemble a baby potatoes that was been cut in half and fried to give them some crispness. Maybe someone should tell your chefs you need to par boil your potatoes first, as they were solid not fluffy how you expect roast potatoes to be. The lasagna was a mess and looked like it had been dropped on the floor, it contained very little meat content and I don’t think it had any form of white sauce in it, it was full of veg and it has pieces of lasagne sheet not even a full bit. There was also no topping to it, only something that resembled a tin of chopped tomatoes. The Borges Special, well if that’s what you call special, then expect to be disappointed. It some penne pasta, with big pieces of mushroom a few scraps of mince and a bland sauce. Definitely wouldn’t use again and if you like good quality food, then I’d recommend looking for somewhere else.
Written 4 July 2021
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Cptvr
Stockton-on-Tees3 contributions
Dec 2020 • none
We have never been to this restaurant before but I have had lots of parmos in my time. Ordered a pork parmo from the take away menu for 6.45pm.
I got there at 6.40 it was quiet and my order was ready and waiting. It took me 15 mins to drive home on opening the boxes everything inside was dripping in condensation .
As for the pork parmo it was like trying to eat the sole of my shoe it was that chewy, I could not taste the cheese either The chips were soft and soggy and tasteless I definitely think this had been made up and put in the box long before I got there.
The good point was the salad was very nice
I hope this was a one off
Written 7 December 2020
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flw93
4 contributions
Aug 2021 • family
We have been going to Borges for many years. We were so looking forward to going tonight. It was such a let down. The high chair we got wasn't very clean, then there were cobwebs behind where i was sitting. The food was very poor. Chips were greasy, tagliatelle was tasteless. We left and they did take the tagliatelle off the bill but i still paid 21 pounds for the chips and garlic bread, drinks and some ice cream for the baby. I was going to book my 60th birthday meal there but certainly won't now.
Written 29 August 2021
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dabster89
Stockton-on-Tees14 contributions
Feb 2020 • family
Despite living in Stockton for 30 years I’d never actually been to Borge and I’m not entirely sure what the fuss is. It’s a cramped little restaurant that’s way too hot! We ordered a chicken Parmesan which was great to be fair, but my carbonara was terrible. The tomato garlic bread was tough and chewy and our drinks order was wrong twice. I’m probably not going to go back but I suggest putting more effort into the surroundings and other foods on the menu other than just the Parmesan.
Written 27 February 2020
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lynne
Stockton-on-Tees106 contributions
Feb 2020 • couples
Been visiting Borges for 30 years now may only get in once or twice a year but the food is now disappointment. Used to be delicious but now food is mediocre pizza base too thin and burnt edges and pasta was to spicy with very little meat a disappointment. The staff were attentive given the place was full but I'm afraid it's the food that has provided this low score. This was our 2nd visit in last 8 months our previous visit wasn't much better again I would have scored it 3. Sorry borge you were once my go to - recommend restaurant.
Written 1 March 2020
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HeatherS1970
39 contributions
Jul 2022 • family
We regularly eat at Borges and know the food is always good so we booked the function room for our wedding reception, with Borges catering the event.
It was lovely to have them organise the bar staff, dj, and the food was fabulous! We couldn't have picked a better venue.
Also worth a mention, we booked the wedding three years ago but unfortunately had to cancel. We expected to lose our deposit but they said to us, if the function room was booked by someone else on that day, they would refund our deposit, which they did.
Written 10 July 2022
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Jess
United Kingdom3 contributions
Dec 2022 • family
Table wasn’t cleaned for us sitting down, the waiting staff came and cleaned the table however under the table was spilt sauce what the other customers had left and what hadn’t been cleaned up, we were asked if we would like to order drinks before even been passed a menu , after the drinks arrived then they set the table. Ordered starters however our mains turned up before the starters then they were going to take our mains back when we explained we where still waiting for starters! which where probably just going to be kept in the kitchen. We decided to eat our mains, half way in then our starter turned up, ended up eating a starter as a desert! Such a disaster food wasn’t good either it was just slopped on the plate and didn’t taste nice. Waiting staff were really polite though. Won’t ever return to this place
Written 31 December 2022
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Linsey
8 contributions
Aug 2020 • family
Husband had a parmo, he liked it but didn't taste any better than we make at home (sorry!!)
My eldest had chicken kebab with rice, the sparkler on it was a great touch she loved it. (She had the best meal out the 4 of us.)
I had Tagliatelle Pastaceria I couldn't eat more than half a dozen fork fulls the white wine & mustard flavour was too overpowering for me & my youngest had spaghetti bolognese (it was ok) and a very greasy garlic bread.
Although service was nice and quick and staff were lovely we unfortunately won't be returning here.
Written 31 August 2020
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Jo
11 contributions
Sept 2020 • family
Always a favourite for a parmesan but don't bother with the Borge style fajita. A bowl full of messy enchilada mix with bread that disintegrates into the dish served on a bed of salad which is warm under the dish and mixes with the sauce. Disappointing visit tonight.
Written 26 September 2020
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Not in the kitchen
Middlesbrough72 contributions
Jul 2021 • friends
Been coming to Borge for years and my friend who is a fussy eater was very impressed. Garlic bread and pizza is amazing. My boyfriend always orders the pork parmos as he thinks they are the best in the area. The wine selection is also excellent especially the Merlot.
Written 12 July 2021
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Chris C
4 contributions
Oct 2020 • none
I can't put into words how impressed we were with Borge Ristorante. We had heard good reviews during our short trip to Stockton. It didn't disappoint.
The choice, taste and presentation was amazingly awesome.
Because we went on a Friday my choice was limited. That's one day I don't eat meat. However, the fish and vegetarian options were very good.
I had a Mushroom Pizza, my wife chose a mixed kebab (which came up on sparkling skewer), my son tucked into Parmesan Chicken (apparently, Borge's signature dish and would have been my choice, on any other day) and my daughter-in-law enjoyed Vegetable Fajitas.
The desserts were absolutely phenomenal. I had the Whole Lemon Sorbet. It was a wonderful way to cleanse my palete and conclude a first class meal.
Written 25 October 2020
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