Cherry Tree Farm - Farmhouse Inns in South Derbyshire

awsome place, good food and good service but i looked high n low and could not find a stable or any animals, this place is not a farm !

Great brunch. Nice bacon roll for me and the wife had poached eggs on mashed avocado with sourdough toast. Very tasty.

We dropped in for a meal and a drink happy with the food the drink a bit expensive but went down well 🍺

We went for a carvery very good choice of meat and vegetables. Cooked really well and hot ..staff helpful.2 chefs on meat duties Nessie very helpful and friendly.

Lovely dinner, friendly service from when we walked in, special mention to Nessie with her friendly service even in all the heat on the meat section

A very busy Caevery house, it's always busy especially the weekends. Good food great service.

Rubbish turned up for meal at six o'clock in the evening and they said they were closed

Great service and food. Was served by Sophia who was very helpful and cheerful.

Keeley was very helpful and polite. Really helped me navigate the app to order from my table.

We descended on cherry tree farm as a girls rugby team plus their parents. The staff were welcoming and accommodating. Food was delicious. Would highly recommend a visit.

The service is excellent when Jess is working. She's very polite, hard working. Always make sure customers are happy with their meals and service. I always enjoy my visit to Cherry Tree , Etwall, Derby

Food can be hit or miss at this place, we only go for the carvery, sometimes the food is amazing and on other occasions the food can be below average. The place is looking run down and the long tables with the fixed seats are all ripped and foam is coming out of them.

Keeley was amazing and went out of her way to make sure we had a lovely meal!

Consistently good food well priced. Can get very busy though

Good service from Sue and great cooked food, great value.

Excellent as usual, hence not our first visit and will not be the last.

Busy but carvery is excellent, amu very helpfull

This was a very nice morning, the food was incredible and it was a nice noise level so we could talk easily. Mandy was extremely nice and very friendly.

Place seemed clean and the food I had was nice enough. However, there's a big lack of decent vegan options. There's no option for a vegan carvery and they don't do the nice vegan burger anymore, which is a shame. Staff were pleasant and efficient. But please get some good music on! 😀

Keeley served us and she was a very polite young lady. She cleared our table whilst making friendly conversation.

Great food at a decent price. Amy was polite and helpful.

Food was good and friendly service. Nice to see staff cleaning the kids high chairs properly not just a spray and wipe.

Sarah, one of the servers couldn't do enough for you. Wonderful customer service! Welcoming, competent, kind and friendly. The fish and chips were delicious, as was the Eton Mess. They stock Fenton's ginger beer too. I would highly recommend a visit....and give that lady a raise! What a gem!

There was plenty of parking spaces and the staff were nice. I paid almost £4 for a coke which I thought was a bit pricey. It was quite cold in the pub and the men's toilets were a bit scruffy and mouldy

Amy was great and provided excellent service

Lovely place, best carvery at reasonable price, my favourite pub!

Lovely roast at very reasonable price. Amy our server was very attentive. (Burton upon Trent services)

Went decided to come to you yesterday 20th April at 6pm, around 7ish my partner needed to change our newborn and went to changing baby area to find it covered in sick, so he had to go to the car to do this. We left at 8ish and it www still covered in sick, it was quite as managers was asking people if they wanted to go home and the door to changing baby area was open and it’s right by the door stand, over all disappointed with the visit

No complaints. Ate here two nights over a bank holiday weekend. Food has been good and staff friendly.

Thanks all for the great service and the fantastic food 😀

Good customer service from Ellie, nothing was too much for her, she was very friendly and approachable.

Great roast, delicious gammon and beef. We're absolutely stuffed!

Lovely place, good service and friendly staff, we go every time we are that way

Marina is a friendly, helpful lady who always makes me feel welcome here. She is an asset to your company.

Darcee is so welcoming & made sure we had everything we needed. Clean environment. We managed to get a table without booking but it does get very busy. Good value for money.

Amy was very attentive and polite

Excellent Sunday lunch. Great service and good value. 3x carvery and 3x large soft drinks, £55.

Came in January and the Sunday carvery was cracking, however, visited again in April and was disappointed with the amount of meat on my plate, had gammon and turkey, the meat slices were so thin, in fact the turkey wasn't even a full slice, when I asked for a little more especially as I wasn't having a Yorkshire pudding, I was told it was not company policy - for saying the Sunday carvery is dearer than when you come in the week I was disappointed and shall go somewhere else, where the portions are more in keeping with what you pay

Easy to book a table online. Very polite staff - Aaron made sure we had everything that we needed. Food - lovely, hot and a great variety of vegetables on the carvery.

In no particular order Often a wait at the bar as only one person serving, Most staff are excellent... .. one guy with glasses serves the carvery , poss a manager she receives the guests , a young girl AMY who clears the tables Serves.food ...all awesome . Shame not many onions in the gravy , few years ago there was onions with gravy, now it is gravy with a few onions. SAME AGAIN GRAVY WITH A FEW TOKEN ONIONS LOL The veg you have are great ...except peas and think you had mushy peas a few years ago, Lentils for the veggies would be good . I don't eat meat and the alternative is very poor , so just gravy and veg for me. Veggie choice is pie.. if you want to be healthy it's a struggle . Lovely green beans tonight , still no peas , sprouts were on the firm side the rest of the group all had meat and loved it , shame the beef had ran out , it was 7pm , last food orders @ 8pm Amazing value

Service was incredible very happily surprised. Ellie did a fantastic job and was extremely pleasant throughout our entire evening.

Never seen a restaurant so good in my life before. It has great food and drinks. They have 3 different menus on the tables, breakfast, food and drinks. It kinds of reminds me of a luxury house probably because of its curtains, paintings and style. Oh and maybe also because of the lights. The meat from our food tasted good. Unfortunately, I gave 4 stars because it doesn’t have that much employees today. I visited 11/04/2025 at 7:40pm by the way.

Came for a lovely meal tonight and it was amazing Service by Darcee was outstanding 👏 Thank you for such a lovely experience

Chantelle gave great service as usual. Really gets to know you and always happy to help.

Called in for the breakfast buffet and it didn't disappoint. The food was good with a very decent selection. The sausages were spot on. Staff were friendly and helpful. It was extremely good value for money. The decor is starting to show it's age with seating starting to look in need of replacing, otherwise it's pretty clean for such a big place.

Great price really reasonable prices . One of the cheapest places to eat . Food is great aswell . Highly recommend

Chris on the door was lovely. Friendly and knowledgeable. Food was lovely too

Very very disappointed with our visit 6th April 25. Have visited here sporadically over the past 10 years. After our 1st visit I was waxing lyrical about the food, the service and the cost. Over the years I am afraid both the service and the food have deteriorated and we will never return after today. To be honest the fact that we arrived at 1 o'clock on a Sunday having not booked a table and were seated relatively quickly should have been a warning! Two of the party ordered from the menu and I was on a a queue of 8 for a carvery, there were 2 people shaving the meat and designing it on a plate to look like a portion! But then in the middle of a family of 6 they both suddenly and without explanation or apology were dealing with online orders! 🤔 I can also add that the portions were twice the size of the ones being served to present customers. Needless to say that when I eventually returned it was to find that the menu orders had arrived followed unbelievably after by 3 soft drinks. The carvery was practically inedible , I couldn't cut through nor rip the yorkshire, why keep the cauliflower stems on when there is no intention of cooking them, the roasties, I don't even have words for. The only edible vegetable was the carrot s and possibly the red cabbage. Another member ordered the sirloin steak, medium-rare, never have I ever returned a meal but raw steak was a stretch too much I am afraid! After 20 mins a new one was brought over but to add insult to injury it was well done to say the least. The fish and chips were edible however tasted a little like river water. The only one happy after this was the dog who we took home the inedible steak for. This is the second review I have ever left in my 7th decade, that is how disappointed and cross I was.

Chris went above and beyond, accommodating our requests with a smile. He ensured we had everything we needed and made the evening special.

Went in for a quick bite to eat, was greeted by a young fella named Chris. He took me and the missus to our table and had some cracking banter. Made us feel welcome, not often you get a quality host anymore so it's good to see they still exist.

Visited this morning (Saturday 5th April), lovely place, love food and fabulous staff. Marina was the manager on shift and what a ray of sunshine she is. Nothing was to much trouble, explained how everything works. Such a lovely person, and took her time to talk to us and generally seemed interested. Will be sure to stop by again when passing!

My first time here and I'll be back. Brought my Mum as she said the Cherry Tree Farm was highly recommended. I can confirm that it is. Superb value and quality food. The staff were lovely. Thank you.

Breakfast is rubbish, toaster takes too long causing llng queue, fried eggs like bullets, scrambled just one block of powdered egg, all fold warm and this is peak time 9am

Mediocre food and abysmal service. Wouldn't recommend

The best part of coming here is that there's a family section, so those of us without kids can enjoy a calmer experience eating. The food is also incredible - the carvery has really great variety.

Katie & Marina were great really friendly. Fast service and good food. Will be back again!!!

Food was lovely and the young girl that brought out our food, think her name was Darcy, was absolutely brilliant! Had a smile on her face and was very polite to us.

Hit and miss with this place. Sometimes the carvery is amazing and sometimes their is not alot on. But can't argue with the price!

Great food and great staff. Highly recommend

Lovley food. Lovley pub. Great staff

Great food we all need that cheesy mash potato back

Had the pork and beef meat...pork was fantastic beef was tough, tasteless poor quality for me

Chris and Katie have made the restaurant better than ever. Highly recommend going in if you haven't been in a while. Great experience and food :)

A good welcome, lovely meal, arrived at 2 30pm, timed it just right as it was getting busy again .Thank you all.

Not been for a while and was pleasantly surprised at the much improved efficiency, especially the speed of service. Beef and Ale pie was cracking with the addition of onion gravy. Bar service superb and I even heard a barmaid asking if anyone was waiting to be served!!! Keep it up Chris and Katie and team. Will now return more often.✅✅

Great carvery and superb large play station for kids.Cakes looked massive and delicious. Good variety on menu . Atmosphere was cosy and comforting, would definitely recommend!

One of the best, most reasonable places around. The staff are such friendly people, and the atmosphere is good. Definitely worth a visit. We always leave full and ridiculously happy.

Go here on a regular basis never had a bad visit yet the staff and food are amazing well worth a try

Called in with friends. Ordered 2 scrambled eggs on toast and 2 Cappuccinos. Received the drinks quickly enough although they were luke warm and didn't get the breakfasts for at least 40 minutes.

Food is always lovely here, but this time I went for a carvery there was no Yorkshire puddings or turkey left and I was there at two in the afternoon so not like it was really late to the point they run out.

When I entered, I was given a table rather quickly. However, there was slimey fish all over the floor, which my shoe inevitably trod in. We asked for H₂O and it arrived quickly, but it tasted like sweatshop water. The reserved table card was the default PowerPoint font, which shows the opposite of effort. Food arrived OK, and it tasted alright. However, I was very sick the next day. Onion rings got the extra star as they were nice. I would go to the subway opposite next time.

Decor and furniture's all very tired. But the staff were lovely and welcoming.

My daughter booked for her birthday. There were 9 of us. It was very busy when we arrived at 6.50pm. We were shown to our table by the hostess and she explained what to do. We tried to order on the app but it wouldn’t connect so daughter did it for 4 of us. Both her aunties had to order at the bar. So our 1 table had 3 orders but all for the same table. There were no cauliflower wings available which was very disappointing. We were offered alternatives. Our 4 starters turned up. Half an hour later no other starters had arrived. I went up to enquire and was told it was because we’d ordered separately and she’d chase them up. 1 then turned up 15 minutes later but no sign of the other 2. The pub was near enough empty by now and no one clearing tables. Then our 4 main courses came and were informed the starters would come with the mains. Which they did at just after 8.30pm. I didn’t get a ticket for the carvery and was told she’d have a word with Tim. By the time we got our carvery there wasn’t much left and there was only 2 meats. There was mash potatoes on the floor which I nearly slipped on. It had apparently been there since we got there. I didn’t get my pigs in blankets that I’d paid extra for and the Yorkshire pudding was inedible. Things on the others mains were cold. And we’re still sitting in amongst everyone else’s dirty dishes. No one asked if every thing was okay and we didn’t see a single member of staff. We all wanted pudding but it was around 9.30pm by now and we all just wanted to go and didn’t want to wait another hour. I bought a cake in for my 27 year old daughters birthday and I had to chase this up. 20 minutes later a waitress bought it with candles at 72!!! We were not at all impressed and worse we were disappointed. Some of the staff were lovely but even so it was not a good experience. Our first time and more than likely our last.

We were a party of 16, when arrived we were put on 2 separate tables, when I asked to see the manager, I was told she was out having a smoke and wouldn't speak to me!.The wait for food was a long time over 50 minutes, we queued at the bar for over 40 minutes to get drinks. There was food all over the floor, only 3 puddings were left, no cake at all. It was very evident that they were very understaffed.

Brilliant .. travelled 100 miles for a 🥩

I have been to the cherry tree a few times over the years and initially it was amazing for carvery. Now I feel its gone down hill and the quality of food is not what it once was. I would probably go again but I am not rushing out the door for it.

Lovely ladies behind the bar, very friendly and helpful.. will be back.

Thought this looked more fun than the services near by but were very disappointed by the quality of the food. I chose the sirloin steak thinking this would be a good option but only managed about two mouthfuls due to all the fat and sinew. My husband chose the gammon, which was passable but slightly overcooked and little flavour. I would not choose to eat there again

Friendly staff. Bit of a wait for the carvery. No one about.

Louise our waitress was very attentive & friendly. Carvery was spot on Only downside no cakeaways :( We still enjoyed our visit 😃

I went for Sunday lunch about 1pm on 2nd March for 5 people cost 78 pounds for lunch and drinks. Deserts paid separately. I was not impressed. I know there was problems with the WiFi and payments. But tables not cleared and not enough staff behind the bar. The carvery was nothing like it used to be. The meat was not nice blood veins through the turkey the meats were fatty. I can to ask for more cauliflower cheese and cranberry sauce. The gravy needed replacing. There didn't seem as much choice. Very disappointed and all our party said the same

Yum, is all I can say because I am stuffed. For 8.99 feel like I've robbed the place 🤣

What a shame had heard so much good about The Cherry Tree really so looked forward to seeing the place. Upon arrival (3pm Sunday 23rd) really looking forward to a roast ..I dont think it was fertilizer but the smell outside ( stale fish) was pretry off putting from the start...I appreciate later in the day and new "stock" needs to come out but roasts looked "tired" and only remnants of meats left veg pale and uninteresting...Queues everywhere only appeared to be two staff behind bar and waitressing staff a couple working hard and certainly no sense of urgency from anybody else.. Decided on fish and chips VERY expensive for the MEESLEY portions served and wasn't even particually hot albeit in fairness the fish appeared to have been cooked from fresh..Perhaps it was a bad day but my friend spoke to several people waiting to pay..order puddings etc and many were saying how the place had "really gone down " one lady was saying she was giving it a second chance as week before had been so disappointed with her roast and cold vegetables along with the "stale" cream on her cake..(Bearsay I know but important you are made aware ).From my experience and having worked in hospitality I personally will not be returning nor will my friend ..albeit thats only TWO lost customers competition is tough and value for money paramount..your very impressive play area may keep you afloat for longer than places without for a while BUT dont get complacent its the slippery slope.....I have been to other places thier standards have been way higher and have been consistantly good not to mention being much better value for money AND as busy if not busier than you were on Sunday...What's going on Cherry Tree ? It's a shame.

4 people in our group. 2 ordered of the menu and told 30 minutes to wait. The other 2 qued for 35 minutes for carvery, it was obvious they were short of staff. 1 asked for scampi and told we don't have any.

Visited on the 23rd February at around 12 dinner time. Slow service, mould in the cauliflower cheese, burnt and stale potatoes, mushy veg, fatty inedible meat, and squashed pre made Yorkies by the looks of it. Filthy, and dirty. People cramped together like sardines. Sent the mouldy food with a member of staff with no manager then coming to speak to us. After 10 minutes, I went to speak to another member of staff at the main door and waited 15 minutes to eventually speak to the manager. I requested a refund for our drinks and meal which we did get, as we wanted to go and find elsewhere to eat. Use to be a good place to come and have a carvery, definitely won’t be making the 26 mile trip again. 1 star is definitely generous.

4 of us went for Carvery. It was absolutely gorgeous.

The Cherry Tree used to be known as the best in Derby for a carvery. Today, I was horrified by how far down hill it has gone! As soon as we walked in it was carnage and it didn't get any better. The front of house ignored us for a good while before finally looking up at us and then she walked off without a word and didn't come back. Other staff members looked at us with blank expressions on their faces, before a young lady came over, also with a blank expression and she hadn't a clue what she was doing. We were a party of 6 and 2 of our party had already arrived. The young lady seated us at a different table on the other side of the pub, so we went and found our party ourselves and sat down. We were seated by the children's play area, amongst a sea of filthy tables that hadn't been seen to in the 20mins our party members had been there. We were there for a total of 1.5 hours and those table never did get seen to. There was food and napkins all over the floor and I had to re wipe our table as there was still gravy all over it. When we went to order drinks at the bar, there was one staff member working it- on a busy Sunday afternoon? She was clearly under pressure and it showed when she rudely shouted at guests to line somewhere else if they were ordering food. The food was disappointing, the roast potatoes were dry and stale. There was dregs of veg left and god knows how long it'd be there as it looked withered, so we didn't have any veg on our plates, at a carvery. My farther in-law and partner had a large plate, my father in-law was offered pigs in blankets, my partner asked for some but was refused, and when he'd asked why his dad got some, the server just looked at him and shrugged. Awful food, awful service, in a dirty filthy pub. I'm embarrassed that I'd even recommended it to my in-laws, won't ever eat nor recommend there again.

Great pub. Very friendly helpful staff. Great choice of food. Very well cooked and proper size portions.

We had made a reservation for valentines day. The venue called us that morning to inform us the carvery was unavailable due to a fault with the heated food area. Did we want to cancel or rearrange. We opted to still go and enjoyed very good food, the mixed grill and burgers were very good quality and excellent service throughout. Thank you

Great breakfast only let down by the awful tea and coffee table

Very poor service today, a lot of stuff not available!!! Messy , people jumping in queues, no organisation

Really gone downhill. Attended this evening no carvery at 5:30pm, turkeys not cooked, however this is the 2nd time carvery not available. Ordered food from menu, not told there was a wait. Over an hour later food still hadn't arrived. Went to the bar customer's infront getting a refund due to wait and poor quality of cold food. Got a refund for food but would not refund drinks!! Ladies toilet blocked absolutely disgusting and the smell was vile. Will be avoiding for a while and hope it improves! Such a shame!

Waited way too long for an absolutely rank veggie burger. Just a block of anaemic undercooked bean sludge which looked like it had freezer burn. Gammon and chips was barely edible came with peas straight out of a 1970s school dinner. Kitchen should be ashamed.

Staff are assigned to a till, seems like other staff can wander about and not serve you at the bar, only specific members can serve. Pretty dire to be fair. Cakes have gone downhill, not very pleasant anymore.

Convenient location. Friendly, efficient staff. Relaxed atmosphere. Simple food, well done.

Below average food. Garlic mushrooms arrived cold on the inside so obviously not cooked through. No garnish on the plate so it didn’t particularly look appetising. No attention to detail. Much the same with the chicken strip starter although this was served hot. Had the sirloin steak. Although the steak was cooked as asked there was no rendering of the fat so it was slimy and inedible. The grilled tomato was missing from the plate so sent back. It came back with said tomato but it was raw and had been placed on the griddle to make it appear it had been cooked. Peas and mushrooms again cold. No heat on them whatsoever. Peppercorn sauce also failed to arrive. No one came to ask if our meals were ok. Service was ok but not great. One of our party specifically wanted the large roast but the app said it was out of stock. How when they were still serving carvery. Cold poor quality food and below average service. Another party member had an egg missing off her meal and when that came it was very undercooked and was snotty. Not a great visit all in all.

Very good carvery, our group went early and staff were welcoming and nice. I ordered a 'too good to go' for pick up and takeaway for 8:30pm as my husband finished work then. Unfortunately the food (lots of it) was bundled away at 8pm. When I said I had ordered for pick up 8:30-8:45, they said there was no food, talking to me while taking loads away! When I queried the app said it was still OK to collect, the supervisor went in the back and pinged an email off saying the order was cancelled 😱 Another couple had their food order cancelled, they bought a regular meal from the cashier but as the staff had cleared away early, they were unable to eat. Come on Cherry Tree, either say you're closing earlier and deal with outstanding orders in a timely manor or don't scurry all the food away an hour early.

Friendly, helpful staff, food great apart from the mashed potatoes,tasted powdery, good serving of meat, beef and gammon excellent, will definitely go there again,👍😋😎

Really enjoyed the place, The food was excellent had to wait in a que for food which I take it as its popular so therefore it must be good, I only had Guinness Zero to drink which was chilled and nice.

We visited tonight and had a carvery which was good. Ordered lemonade and Dr Pepper, paid and then was told there was no Dr Pepper so we had to change our order. We did take a cakeaway and the cookie and cream cheesecake is not nice. Picture of it being mostly tasting off cream & lacking the cookies part. Picture is of 4 bites and most of the cream (off cream) section wiped away as there was no base. My partner’s toffee fudge slice had no fudge on it and was missing a corner. These were the only two options of the cakeaway available. £10 wasted.