Cherry Tree Farm - Farmhouse Inns in South Derbyshire

We went here a few times over a year and everthing was fine. However we went in the 12th May and was shocked how bad the food was we had a carvery it was discusting and left it. Surely that is a good enough hint to the chef it's rubbish never again.

Visited here when up meeting my friend for some lunch. Brilliant visit. Great food and the service was lovely. Would go again!

We had a standardly good carvery here, we didnt realise you can book these days so unfortunately did have an hour wait.

We went here the other day for a family get together. There were 15 of us and we couldn't have asked for better service. We were made to feel so welcome and the food was lovely. Thank you for making our annual family reunion a really special occasion.

Terrible experience tonight, several things on the menu we were hoping to order they didnt have, ended up going for the carvery only to be disappointed again when the only meat available was gamon, not great when its not even 7pm yet. I had also ordered a drink on the app, i enquired at the bar where it was after id id collected and eaten my carvery and was told “we’re doing the app orders in a minute” a total of 25 minutes after we ordered and my drink arrived along with my carvery ticket which apparently i was supposed to wait for. Wont be returning here

Lovely food as always, super friendly and helpful staff, very grateful for a gorgeous meal out with the family 🙏

Vegetarian sausages very poor and full of oil

Stayed at the Budget Ibis opposite and was concerned at what to do for dinner. Need not have worried as two great dinner’s here having their Carvery. £8.50 was a bargain for the food. Great selection. The choice of meats, veg and accompaniments were all delicious! Staff were all lovely too. Great service and made a real effort to assist the customers. I can understand why it was so busy & had had happy patrons across all demographics! A couple of idiot customers in there being rude to people, but that’s society’s problem not the pub and probably a one off. Highly recommend!!

We visited on a Sunday lunchtime and as you can imagine, it was very busy! We waited for the queue to reduce before we headed for our veggie roast dinner. There were 3 choices of meat for the carnivores but we were happy with the selection of potatoes and veg along with a Yorkshire pudding each.

A large, very busy Carvery new better Yorkshire puddings and a good standard of food. Other meals available, tale away cake service and lots of cake and ice cream dessert options.

As always lovely food pleasant staff very enjoyable.

Shambles of a place so badly managed. Party of 4 on Sunday for lunch as 3 that ordered off the menu had food delivered to table and finished eating while the 4th person isn’t even half way through the colossal queue for the carvery. Shocking and will NEVER come back and this is our 1st visit. What a joke of a place

Not as good as usual Very short staffed But ? They did there best

I was told that there was only beef and gammon, which I was fine with. When i got served there was only gammon. I then had to wait for majority of the veg and gravy to be replaced, with still no Yorkshire puddings. When I then sat down to eat my carvery, everything was stone cold and carrots rock hard. I had 2 coca-cola’s with ice. Which I returned due to it tasing like soda water. To then find out it was the ice that made the drink taste strange. I then got home to have my takeaway cake slice. To find my partner had a really big slice like normal, but my chocolate fudge cake was barely even half the size with majority of the top third missing. I would normally always recommend this venue but this was a very, bad and stressful experience.

Came in with family ( 6 adults) tonight 10/10/24 @6:40 pm 3 of us wanted carvery, ordered at bar at 10 to 7, we went to go up for our carvery plates but there were no Yorkshire puds that we had paid for, was told 10 mins, which was fair enough, the other 3 meals came out and we went back to the carvery to find that now there was no choice of meat, only gammon, no roast potatoes and no pigs in blankets, we had also paid for. We decided that we were not going to accept the “leftovers”. Went back to the bar and requested to order from the menu instead. Okay, so fair enough, we were able to order alternative meals, but by this time the rest of the table had finished eating and we then had to sit and wait for the rest of the meals to arrive. I fail to understand how on a Thursday evening before 7pm this carvery can run out of food!! Better planning required in the kitchen. Staff were very apologetic but they should not have been put in that situation. We were not the only unhappy customers.

Ordered a Too Good To Go bag and I turned up before the collection time at 9:20pm and the doors were already locked. The closing time says 10pm so why are all the doors got chains round them? Keen to take the money but not give a service. Rude staff member saw me at the door and ignored me.

Visited on Wed 2nd October At 1.15 we had not booked but easily found a table. Wife and I hadn't been for while. We had forgotten how lively the roast dinners were Staff were excellent ,polite friendly and helpful The food was very good value (in our opinion). And our offer included a choice of cake (Warning the £5.75,) is a lot bigger slice than most and the choice is on display, restaurants offer,and is really lovely Will definitely start going more often Def recommend.

Haven’t been here for ages and nothing has changed. Food is still great and good prices

Long waits for carvery and dessert.

After having an excellent carvery both times before today was very disappointing the plates were cold and the food was cold too. The choice of beef was not ready. Such a shame as it ruins your afternoon with friends.

Came for a carvery on a Saturday evening , seemed like it was abusy day and we caught the tailed. Waited 10min to be seated to table , someone's child had threw up but the dad was kept waiting before anyone cleaned it up. Bit of a wait on food but we didn't mind, kids doing what they like in the kids area , not what it used to be , most desserts were gone , disappointed

Excellent, lovely mixed grill, reasonably priced, drinks expensive, £9.15 for alcohol free kopelberg and single malibu and lemonade, apart from that, Excellent service, and quick. Recommend.

Delicious breakfast and very reasonable.

It was OK for food and drinks. It was clean and tidy. Husband and brother in law, had same dinner but one wanted black peppercorn sauce, and the other want something else but ended up with same sauce. Toilets could do with a hourly check and cleaned. Car parking is a plenty. Tidy outside.

Usually a favourite, but after using the app, waited 30 minutes for drinks and 45 minutes for 2 scoops of ice cream! Had to chase staff both times. It wasn't busy either.

Lovely place with brilliant food including buffet breakfast and ‘Cake Away’ which is exactly how it sounds, takeaway cake!

Air conditioning was on full blast on a cold day. Lots of people moaning. When at the bar service was incredibly slow even tho it wasn't busy. Tried to order one of the cakes on display too be told they had absolutely no cakes. Only reason this wasn't 1 star was due to the fact the waitress who bought the food over was friendly and attentive

Carvery is very nice here. The menu is also of good variety and portions are decent we had a shared platter of nachos which were lovely. Its a nice place to also sit and chill with a drink. Staff were also friendly.

For the second time we have visited got there at 6.45pm to be told that they had run out of food on the carvery and if we wanted to order from the menu it would be over an hour. It wasn't even that busy. The service is just getting worse as they don't seem to have any staff. We left and went elsewhere.

NOT enjoyable at all! Worst carvery we've ever had, limited vegetables chewy meat and undercooked Yorkshires. Service very slow and both food and room cold. Shame because it used to be good. Now all got stomach ache,..............

Mediocre to say the least. Not even trying with the carvery. Play area so out of date.

We came today to have a lunch for our relatives 82nd birthday as we had heard how great the deserts were and the menu has our usual pub favourites and the carvery was great too. Mandy was a great help sorting a cake and candle for us and nothing was a too much trouble, she was really welcoming and approachable, thanks again for everything. I’m sure we’ll be back again.

We called in on the way home from a graduation ceremony in Leicester so it was quite late (approx 8pm). The carvery although stated open till 9pm was clearly closing as there was very little meet except for a few scraps turkey and the vegetables were spare and dry. Therefore we chose menu alternatives. 2 chose a fish dish, 1 chose a chicken dish and one a steak dish (ribeye). When ordering fish, chicken or ribeye was not available. 3 alternatives were burgers and sirloin. In addition we found the staff member taking the order to be both rude and aloof. When the food came it was poorly presented and scored 4/10 with regards to taste. In the round a very poor experience and will not be returning

Great food, quite busy with a good atmosphere.

The majority of the food was nice apart from the piece of plastic that was in the cabbage that I nearly swallowed. I did bring this to the attention of a staff member but the cabbage wasn’t changed. Only had gammon and Turkey on also but there was a note on the door advising there was no beef or pork available that day.

One of the best, most reasonable breakfasts around. The staff are such friendly people, and the atmosphere is good. Definitely worth a visit

Everyone was so nice and lovely especially John

Me and my family have have been going to cherry tree for the last 20 years especially for the carvery which has always been very good. It is hugely popular on Sunday the last few visits disappointment has started the lack of bar staff or staff taking food orders also the carvery area needs extending with more staff required to cope with the demand staff were turning customers away because of this. Also it has become very tired dirty looking no aircon or opening windows gets to hot at times. Refurbished required keep this popular place going

Visited for breakfast. Enjoyed poached eggs & avocado. Another visit was the buffet breakfast x

Food service was adaquately timed but the level of food was disappointing.. the chef was being really stingy with meat portions and the chips with our mains was a really small portion, so much I thought someone had pinched some off my plate! Bar understaffed and always feels like people are in such a hurry to get somewhere you can't get much service (or a fresh bottle of mayo)

Booked a table at 7pm midweek for 2. Had mains then went to the bar at 8.05pm to order desserts to be told they stop serving desserts at 8pm as the 'pudding lady' goes home at 8pm!! Couldn't even get a scoop of ice cream or a slice of cake! Will he going elsewhere next time.

Carvery was absolutely beautiful however had to wait 30 minutes in a queue to get carvery there were also no parking spaces on arrival so had to wait around.

Came to try the buffet breakfast this morning with my husband and teenage daughter (after many years of enjoying the carvery here) and it did not disappoint! We were served swiftly and pleasantly by Steph, the price was very reasonable, there was no queue and a variety of fresh hot food was available. We all particularly enjoyed the sausages, bacon and hash browns! Pressed apple juice, hot chocolate and unlimited tea also went down well. Sue checked we were happy with everything and cleared our table in a timely manner. My daughter said it would be nice to have some nutella (alongside the range of delicious jams) and we all agreed that toasting our own bread would have made that taste more fresh. I'm sure we will be back soon and will recommend the breakfast to friends and family.

Service wasn’t very fast however it was a Sunday and packed as always the food is outstanding carvery is a 10/10 definitely recommend

Visit to meet with family for Saturday lunch. Plenty of parking and easy access. Nice Carvery and Crunchy Munchy Sundaes for dessert.

After 15 yrs or so of using the cherry tree I must say this was my last time Had a carvery some of the food was cold only one person serving and a big Queue The bar staff was rude and arrogant spoke to you like you was something had just fell off the bottom of your shoe However the lady who greeted us at reception was lovely and very helpful Standards have declined over the past year time to look for somewhere else im afraid

Had my breakfast here during my work break, lovely food

Review #1 : Love their carvery's! Review #2 : it's declining compared to few years ago. Quality isn't good as it was.

Great for a carvery reasonable prices gets very busy but that tells you its good . Defo returning

Worst meal I have ever experienced I brought my staff out for a meal and I was embarrassed with what was served location was on the A38 near derby

Very busy felt sorry for the staff had to wait 45mins in a que to get a carvery and didn't enjoy it as it was over cooked

We love carveries and this has to be the best we've ever had. The beef melted in your mouth The Yorkshires were perfect. We are from Yorkshire so know these things. Would recommend this to anyone. The lady at the entrance showed us to a table and was very friendly.

First time dining here and I’ll definitely be returning, lovely warm welcome and good quality food, can’t go wrong and you get what you pay for! A big thank you to all of the staff!

Party of four, restaurant not busy. Food delivered so haphazardly that one had completely finished the main before the others were served. One sweet served on a filthy plate, when sent back the same food was returned on a clean plate (not replaced so any dirt from the first plate would have been transferred. A second sweet was returned and refunded due to raw pastry. Very disappointing as the on line reviews were reasonable.

Friendly staff and fabulous carvery at a reasonable price

Placed on online order- followed it up with a call to make sure they had number as so far away, only to arrive and told no carvery left. Did I receive a phone call? No I did not. @519 no use asking me to make contact on a made up email. Food and customer service rubbish. Still awaiting refund.

absolutely the best value for money and the food is always top notch 👍

Tonight had carvery, beef, green beans, cauli Yorkshire pud & roast potatoes Only thing edible was beef & green beans Would NOT RECOMMEND, TOTAL RUBBISH

Very dissapointed 13 guest travelled for a birthday Carvery food was of a low std, dried up and some dishes were empty. But that's not the worse the service was terrible staff were ignorant , when asked for anything they gave the attitude of reluctance, when one member of staff was asked for a product we were told none left then we asked another member and got told yes we have some. We gave them a cake and asked if it could be bought out with candles, they bought it out with none and when asked was told not got any you could stick a cigarette in it. Then I had a meal from the menu then next morning I was ill with stomach cramps. Whole experience was bad. Never again

Good value for money. Staff are friendly, helpful, welcoming and accommodating. Food on carvery can deteriorate towards the end of the day.

Flies !!!🤢🤢🤢 such a shame as I went with my family for a carvery. I saw a fly land on the red cabbage where the food is kept warm and several flies were hovering above the food stations . There is not enough rentokils as i only saw one on the wall where the flies were but non were attracting towards it. I asked a member of staff to move places as there was too many flies where we first sat. The turkey was dry and it was clearly from the day before as it was half devoured. The place is becoming more run down and dirty, the carpet is messy and the walls and ceilings needs some paint. The chairs and tables look so dated. The building needs a complete refurbishment and more focus on cleaniness.

Unfortunately not a great experience this time. Went for breakfast with family had to wait for eggs twice while they cooked more, sausages over cooked, no black pudding, mushrooms swimming in butter, and no scrambled eggs. 🙁 Definitely gone downhill.

Tried to order on the app, after 20 mins we decided to go to the bar. The woman at the bar was very good. When we ordered the carvery, I was informed there was no more Gammon, which is fine. Joined the queue, 15 minutes later people in the queue in front of us realised that all meats barring turkey had run out, without any prior warning. When we finally got to the front the roasted veg was all burnt or rock solid, the coloflower cheese just had a centre bit that was impossible to eat. So because we didn't have much in our carvery we decided to get some cake away, but out of all the selections in the booth, there was only 3 choices left, all that we didn't fancy. So all in all, very disappointing... won't be making a B-line to go again sadly.

We booked online and when we came in, they denied us and didn't give us the table. Drove 20 minutes just to waste my time.

Great carvery. The cakes looked magnificent. All round great experience.

Sorry to say we were disappointed with the food, not all of it hot and it was so unexciting.. The Cherry Tree isn't the quality place to eat that it used to be. Can't fault the staff though, quick and friendly service .

This is not regarding food rather a member of staff who was absolutely amazing! After a long drive, me and my partner were about half an hour away from our destination and in classic fashion just as we turned off the motorway we hard a noise coming from the tire… next thing we know we have had to pull into Cherry Tree Farm car park with a flat tire at around 9:30 pm. There was a member of staff who offered to help as he had to stay to lock up the car park once everybody had left, annoyingly we cannot remember a name, but just wanted to say a massive thank you for helping us, we felt so much safer in a place we had never been before.

Excellent value. Good service and pleasant atmosphere

Called in for a carvery around 1ish on a Saturday. No beef, no green veg and everything was cold. Vegetarian option was generous though. Small choice of beer which wasn't the best kept which was a shame. Staff friendly and helpful enough and nice atmosphere. Shame

Not up to normal standard, very poor

I stopped by to order some ice cream on a hot day and honestly it turned into a saga. 20 mins wait for 2 ice creams, I go in to check where it is. They said they'll do it now and bring it over. Another 20 mins pass. I go to check again. "oh sorry its not in stock". It should take 5 mins to figure that out, not 45 mins. If something is wrong just come over and talk to your customers, don't hide inside and hope they'll bugger off.

Absolutely amazing service and also a lady called Mandy that pointed out to me what was there most popular burger and from what i experienced this was no lie anyone that come must try the giant farm house burger

Went for breakfast yesterday and it was closed due to unforseen circumstances.

Very good price and food very good too

I do not recommend to buy takeaways from this restaurant. They make you order from their restaurant and then when you believe that the order is almost ready, they call you to inform you that they do not have more then half of the items you ordered..

We were greeted by a very nice friendly lady who showed us to our reserved table for 4 people. We had their delicious Carvery, which we have had on many occasions. Our waitress in the dining area was Louise, who was most friendly and helpful.

My husband, myself and 2yr old Grandaughter went for a meal last night 31st July, my husband ordered a steak, he has an allergy to any poultry, we informed the lady taking our order, we waited and the chef came out and explained he wouldn’t be able to do his steak rare as he couldn’t use the grill to cook it as he cooks chicken on it, so we said no problem cook it the way you can, and thanked him. The steak came out and the chef followed to say he used a frying pan so he could cook it how my hubby ordered it. This was so appreciated and we thanked him. It is so nice that a chef takes the time and is concerned. Thank you chef, meant a lot, and we will come again next time we are this way

All staff were professional, friendly and helpful. Our meals were perfect and desserts fantastic.

QUEUES QUEUES QUEUES Me and the wife came for a carvery one Sunday afternoon around 2pm July Pros Friendly, helpful staff, the carvery food was every little bit perfect, the cake take away I believe is amazing value (even if you are full after dinner, take one home for later). Reasonably priced food 2 standard carveries 2 cokes and a cake take away £35 Cons Due to how busy it is the carpark is almost always full so you may have to run the risk of overstaying the 2 hour services carpark. We booked a table and between queuing up to be seated to ordering food / drink at the bar, queuing for our carvery to the very first bite took just over an hour. Its a long time to be standing so if you struggle with standing for long periods keep this in mind. Queuing for food/drink at the bar was a mish mash, about 3 lines of people scattered around the bar area waiting to be served felt unorganized (heard a lot of moaning and tutting about this). I can't fault the staff for this but there was hand full of customers doing more than one carvery plate at a time (guessing for friends or family) slowing the queue down, a minor annoyance but never the less. Over all Id go again but not on a Sunday, carpark situation can't really be helped unless they extend it and staff I think could of done with 1 or 2 more on the bar sorting drinks. Other then that totally worth it

Tina simply the best serving chef for this chain

We had a carvery they was hard wife couldn't cut her coli flower no peas and beans also no mashed potato with onion and cheese burn roasted potato's it was a let down won't be going back for a while

Beautiful food, great atmosphere, and service

Will never find a better carvery then Cherry Tree for the value of money.

Lovely atmosphere, delicious food, very friendly and professional staff. Highly recommended 😊👍

45 minute wait - no warning and didn’t seem to care.

Been coming to the cherry tree, for 11 years, never have been disappointed, apart from today. All vegetables were solid, mashed potatoes was tasteless and looked like water was added to it, cauliflower cheese was just cauliflower... we then went outside to finish our drink and 2 members of staff came out with tongues and grab a dead rat from under a table. The glass I was drinking from was filthy.

Absolutely dreadful experience. Service extremely poor with some in our party waiting an hour for food. Wrong food brought out on 2 orders. Potatoes with carvery almost raw and inedible. Wouldn't recommend the place to my worst enemy.

First time visiting in a while yesterday, and I had a very nice carvery bap. A great menu item if you want the best bits of the carvery items, with a bread roll to add a bit extra. As always the staff were very welcoming and a nice family friendly atmosphere was created

Food was Mediocre- service absolutely awful. Ordered iced latte got a hot coffee. Stood to pick up a cake for 15 minutes whilst the lady serving completely ignored myself and another customer behind me. When asked about it the lady just said that she’s working two tills which she obviously wasn’t and didn’t even bother to mention that cake til was closed or that we’re supposed to queue in different place. Needles to say that I ended up with no cake in the end, absolute joke.

Served by Dylan, delightful young man who was very approachable and knowledgeable. Help me to decided what gin to have, also very good cake selection will be back

Food was good, got served by someone called Laney who was very nice.

We had a meal and are waiter was corey and was really polite and it made for a really good experience

Lovely carvery. Was served by Laney who was very helpful, checked everything was okay with our meals. Staff are great.

Great food, friendly staff served by Laney who was very polite and helpful.

We have been here many times and always had a great carvery. Today however was not the case. It seems the menu has been changed approx 12 weeks ago. Today there where no peas, cheese and onion mash, or dauphinoise potatoes. Roast potatoes were burnt and in a mush and cauliflower cheese was dry. Won't be going again unless we hear things have improved for the better.

Foods average, nothing special. Service ok, only they refused to do a dessert For us at 20.59, sayings the kitchen was closed!!!!!!!

Wonderful breakfast as ever, many thanks especially to Marina for her hospitality to the local council.

Friendly staff as I walked in the door Kerry had a smile. when came to our table very clean inside. Meal was very nice would come again thank you to all staff the chips and gravy was to die for

Lovely pub. Meal was delicious. Staff so friendly and welcoming. Sue made sure sure we got what we wanted and came back to check if everything was ok. Ask us for desserts but couldn’t handle one because the meal was so filling. Definitely recommend a visit

Everything was great Except for the mash potatoes.