Bulan Burgers - County Durham

What a little find. Fabulous family dog friendly serving excellent honest homemade food. Best burger I’ve had in a long time

Came here on a trip to Seaham, lovely lady serving, had bacon/egg baps which were so hot (lovely to get piping hot food) and tasted so good. Bought a home made brownie to take home too and it was delicious.

We decided to walk down to the harbour to give our custom to one of the cafés down there because the ones on the top of the main road are packed with customers. BIG MISTAKE, We decided, on reading the board outside of Bulan to have a crispy bacon sarnie and tea for £5-25 pp, on entering its very small inside and decided to sit in as it was chilly outside. We placed our order to be told , we are not doing that offer anymore because our prices have gone up and they had forgotten to take the board in. But the cook out the back said we could have it at that price, so we sat down and waited quite a long time, but on reflection that was good as it gave me time to look around, and the café itself was not clean, the metal grill above the serving hatch was covered in thick dirty fluff that could of done with a hover on it. The table we were sat at was sticky and the salt pot was very dirty and sticky with old tomato sauce on it, we decided then to leave , we cancelled the order and I told the waitress my findings to which she apologised, this café needs a good clean. This should never happen, where are the hygiene standers here.

Stumbled upon this place because frankly it’s not well enough signposted by the local authority and the entrance to the marina is less than welcoming but boy it should be! What a lovely place, great food, lovely friendly people and a hidden gem. Parking is free and plenty of it. We had a really tasty breakfast with great views of the marina and harbour. We were welcomed and made to feel so comfortable and the food was really, really good it’s not just a burger and hot dog place although I imagine they’re good too. Can’t recommend it highly enough. Thank you.

Dropped in for a full English breakfast this morning. I was really impressed by the quality and presentation of the food, the price and friendliness of the staff. Decent cup of coffee and a free refill. Nice location. All in all will take some beating. Well done Bulan. I will definitely be back.