Crispin Inn in North East Derbyshire

Unable to review food.Booked for eight people for Sunday 14 April.on Saturday 6 April.Rung to confirm booking today..to find out there was no record of the booking.The person I talked to offered no apologies and then spoke about conditions that were never mentioned when I originally booked .The person was downright discourteous and obviously limits her use of please and thank you.If the food here is on a level with the service provided then I would say we have had a narrow escape.An absolute disgrace .

We had an amazing dinner at the Crispin Inn for our 12th wedding anniversary , nice quaint historic building and lovely atmosphere, staff were incredibly friendly and attentive but above all the burger I had was not only massive but the quality was amazing- the best burger I’ve ever eaten ( and I’ve eaten a few 😂) the quality of the meat was absolutely stunning, my wife had the chicken burger which was the same! thank you so much!! Can’t wait to come again!

We come here often for the fish and chips, it's AMAZING. Don't make the mistake of getting the large one like my partner did though, it could feed 4 people! 😂

Lovely pub, great staff and tge food looked amazing. It's a must to visit.

Great Sunday lunch, I had the lamb and beef duo, meat was cooked perfectly. Plenty of gluten free options on the main menu, was too full to have a pudding.

Had Sunday lunch here for Mother’s Day, food was excellent service was good and nothing too much trouble as the staff were run off their feet, I had Sunday roast and sticky toffee pudding for dessert and it was all delicious, thank you crispin inn for making 4 mums and their families Mother’s Day so special 😊

We really enjoyed tonight’s meal thank you!

Love the Crispin, visit once a year, staff are brilliant, beer is great, food is good.

Four of us ate ate at the Crispin one Saturday night in February. We had pre-booked a table, which was probably the best idea as there were quite few people eating. The staff were friendly and welcoming, providing a good service. Dogs on leads are permitted in most areas, except the dining room. There's a car park in front of the pub plus free on street parking. The bathrooms are clean and tidy. We each had 2 courses, a bottle of wine and beers - £56 per couple. The food was served on hot plates, very tasty and sizeable portions. Two of us had smaller sizes of fish and chips, together with a cod loin. The liver and bacon apparently was "excellent"! I'm not quite sure how we made room for the crumble, but we managed, and it was splendid. Make sure you are hungry before visiting! The atmosphere is comfortable and relaxed with a good number of local people visiting - always a good sign. A good place to visit.

Unfortunately a very poor experience. Went for a Sunday lunch with family.Ordered Sunday roasts.The food arrived barely warm , side dishes of veg cold.Burnt roast potatoes hiding in the mash under the slices of beef. Awful.....was offered replacements but declined.Needless to say there was no charge. Very disappointed after looking forward to settling down for Sunday lunch in a Country pub.

We came here for a little bit food after a walk in the beautiful village of Ashover, when we arrived we just wanted something to eat before we drove home however we did not realize what a treat we were in for. I ordered a burger and my partner ordered a lamb and beef dinner, what arrived was a monster burger and a Sunday dinner with the most tender meat I have ever tried. The patty on my burger was very good quality, the cheese seemed to be made specifically to compliment it and the home made chips was to die for, even though I was so overly full half way through I managed to muster the power to keep eating because my tongue wouldn't allow me to stop. My partner was the same and she made me eat some of the beef and lamb, wiping the sweat away from my brow I managed a mouthful of both meats to which my taste buds acted like they had just scored the winning goal against Germany in the 90th minute in the world cup final. After we had finished I paid the bill which seemed cheap for the food we had just consumed and we have recommended this to every person we have seen since.

Nothing special. We were a large family group, we were seated in a back room I assume due to the size of the group (12 people). Felt like we were an inconvenience. We asked if they could turn the speaker on so we could hear the music that was playing in the main pub to be met with a blank look and “I don’t know”, a few minutes later asked the other bar staff girl to be met with similar blank look and “I don’t know” response (no offer to actually try or find out!) . Staff weren’t unfriendly, but they weren’t friendly either. I think the word to describe them would be indifferent. Food expensive for what it is. Me and my sister in law had fish and chips. Huge fish that tasted of absolutely nothing. Light out in the ladies loo so sat in pitch black to use the loo. Generally gave a bit of a “Royston Vasey” vibe. If you know you know!

Went today for lunch and was sadly very disappointed. We’ve not been back here for 10yrs and had great memories of excellent food which we went back for again. Sadly this was not the case, my wife’s chicken burger was dry and heated pre cooked strips. My Sunday lunch had what tasted like smash type potatoes, with awful dry vegetables and extremely chewy at best meat. Not at all worth the £50 we paid, our best meal was my daughter’s chicken nuggets and fries. Such a shame.

Overpriced, poor quality food that is overpriced, rude/disinterested staff, strange atmosphere. Would not recommend to anyone who is in the area visiting…travel elsewhere to another close by village!!

Fantastic place steeped in history, only had a coffee but look forward to going back and trying the Fantastic menu 😀

Poor beer choice but friendly staff and a lovely building

Visited for lunch midweek. A varied menu was available and we had a tasty steak sandwich.

We visited yesterday for a Sunday Lunch, the food was amazing! The pub & atmosphere was beautiful! However, the service wasn’t great at all. We didn’t have one specific waitress, we had about 4 (& they obviously weren’t communicating with one another). We had one seat us, another to take the drinks orders, we weren’t offered any menus until another waitress came to take our order & realised we hadn’t been given any menus, which was about half an hour into being there. We then waited another 20 minutes to order. Took about half an hour until our food came, then we were missing a meal. By the time we had all eaten, the missing meal then came out. We were waiting for our plates to be cleared and hopefully get a dessert menu but we’re left sat with empty plates on our table for another 15/20minutes so we decided to get up & go to the bar for our bill instead. Within our order, we had a meat free roast dinner but was still charged the full amount of a roast. Overall, we paid £140. But you could’ve got more if your waitresses were more on their game, communicated with one another & we’re more organised. The food was beautiful but the service really let your pub down.

Christmas visit to our parent’s grave on a miserable wet day. Crispin in had a roaring fire, a friendly landlord and a great menu. Fish and chips followed by bread and butter pudding certainly hit the spot. Couldn’t have been more happy.

We visited this lovely pub last Friday,it was so cold outside, but I can highly recommend this pub.We both had the beef and ale pie,it was delicious and was packed with meat.Great choice of beers,what more could you ask for. We will definitely visit again and maybe have the Sunday Roast. Great good and drink thanks team.

Beautiful old pub with loads of character and lovely friendly staff. The steak and ale pie was amazing!!! Packed with so much meat and onion gravy to top it off 😋 I wish we lived closer!!

friendly staff, excellent food 👍

The food was very good. The girl who served was good, but the person who appeared to be the owner attempted to rip us off by overcharging for the mixed grill. It was a shame that this happened because otherwise it was an enjoyable meal. Re the owner comment. This just makes it worse. Acknowledging that you have made a mistake on the menu and then still trying to charge for an item that is not on the menu without telling us, trying to sneak it through on the bill (ie an extra £10 in total) is not appropriate. The menu stated the large Mixed Grill was £29.95. This is what we ordered. There was no indication anywhere that there were three sizes plus the mixed grill challenge. If you make a mistake, you acknowledge it and take the loss. That is good business practice and encourages people to return.

Chef/Landlord so passionate about his food and it really shows. The Sunday roasts and traditional dishes are amazing. Chips, pies and stews etc to die for! All made from his Grandma’s recipes and proper delicious British grub. Good selection of beers and lovely staff.

Called in last week for lunch well I must say it was of the best meals we have had. Service was excellent and very friendly

This pub is awesome and the food is delicious.

Lovely country pub, beef dinner was lovely cooked to perfection, only quib they only supplied one small cauliflower cheese amongst four diners one spoonful each and one very tiny pot of dryish mint sauce not enough for 4 adults otherwise a1 Btw I'd started eating before photo lol

Best Sunday roast lunch I've had in years. Loads of perfectly cooked veg with it and fab gravy. Super cozy real pub, people and food. Dont miss it if you are here

Called in for a drink. Cosy homely and lovely staff. Didn't have food.

Lovely pub in a beautiful village. The food is fantastic, staff are very friendly and the service is excellent.

Went here for my 102 year old auntie's wake. Lovely staff, lovely food. Thankyou.

Excellent restaurant and pub. Exceptional food, piping hot and good quantity. Service was excellent too, ok not very busy, but nevertheless very very good. We will be back.

We had a lovely family meal here today, they catered to 15 of us including a toddler. The food was delicious and the staff were really nice even took a group photo of us afterwards. We’d recommend and will definitely visit again!

Stopped for a bar snack, found they did full menu so had main meal. Hallumi salad for my wife, fantastic quality. Blue steak for me, tender and tasty, great chips. Now we have found this place we will be there again.

Came for a meal last night and booked a table for 6:30pm. Was 1 of 2 groups in for food when we we were seated and was told that there was no chicken or gammon. The vegetables served with one of the meals weren't cooked, one meal was missing onion rings (although didn't know if we were mistaken because I didn't have a menu to hand until after). Also a small bone found in the Lamb Shank. We waited a long time for someone to come and clear the table and ask for desserts, it didn't happen. A customer on the other table asked to order desserts and was told the "kitchen closed at about 7:15pm". Neither us or the other table could have any desserts and we have never been to anywhere where they take a booking and then don't give you time or warning to order desserts. Went down to the Old Poets after for desserts and they couldn't be more attentive and polite. Wish we'd have gone there for the full meal.

Great service, drinks and food. Such polite and efficient staff. Well worth a visit.

I had the lasagne which was amazing but I was not given a dessert menu which I was looking forward to but the staff never came to our table to ask us if we had finished or wanted anything else

I used this pub in the 60/70s I called in last night, a bit apprehensively as the last time I called I walked away. Probably about 20 years ago. It had gone a bit to far up market, that's why I've not been anywhere near it for another 20 years. Driving past last night I pulled up, seen the dog bowls and walked in with my springer spaniel. Well! it's back on my list. Lovely friendly pub with good beer and good food again. Hope it doesn't get someone else in with bright ideas before I turn up my toes. Geoff Rawson

Great food and service with lots of character and full of history

Possibly the worst lunch I have ever had - garlic 'bread' burnt, chilli prawns just small prawns in awful sauce, chicken burger consisted if chicken gujons in a bun (nice fresh lettuce/tomato in it) with stale chips. Wasn't expecting fine dining but this was truly awful. Lady serving was very nice but overworked.

Brilliant pub, fantastic food. On holiday in the area and used the pub twice. Will be returning. The Barrett family.

Young girl came with burgers never spoke just put the plates down and was going to walk away ,we had to look which they was ,we had to asked for knives and forks , food was horrible we had the burgers ,chips was cooked in old fat , burgers was not the best

Nice pub. Food was OK but nothing special. Young chap behind the bar was pretty uninspiring as if we were an inconvenience to him. Other than that OK.

This is the 2nd time in a matter of days that my husband and I have been to the Crispin for lunch and both times it has been a fabulous experience. Home cooked food and plenty of it!!!!! We had the roast sunday chicken and beef dinner on Sunday which was fabulous, just how it should be 🙌🙌❤️❤️. Large portions and cooked perfectly, everybody who enjoys a roast should come here it’s fantastic. Martin is an amazing chef and even though I was stuffed to the hilt I had to indulge in their homemade sticky toffee pudding for dessert ❤️. We will definately be back, sooo wonderful tomhave home cooked food when not at home. Thank you it was deeeelish

Just had Sunday lunch here and it was excellent. Great value for money, generous portions and served pipping hot. Recommended.

arrived 1:45pm on thursday after a walk. the prices of starters and steaks are higher than other pubs. we ordered steak pie, lamb shank, sandwich and pate were tasty but the chips were not triple cooked as stated in menu. the desserts mixed berries crumbles and bread and butter pudding were delicious.

Perfect village local - the dog insists on a rest stop here every time we walk past

Traditional English pub. Good beer, good food, warm welcome. Also dog friendly.

Came for a meal with my friend and our mums was totally delicious, 5* to the chef and all the Team, thank you.

Average to poor food with little care. Overcooked fish, unseasoned veg, incorrect orders, warm soft drinks with no ice, etc.

Lovely landlady with a love for live music. Keeps a good pint of pedigree too ( thats harder than one might think)

Didn't eat this time but the menu looks appetizing

Great country pub, didn't have food but have done previously and it was excellent. Staff are friendly and efficient, great beers.

We thoroughly enjoyed our meal here. The chef is fantastic. We had steak and ale pie and the beef melted in our mouths. The chips were chunky and gravy just as its meant to be.... Hot and rich and plenty of it. Highly recommended x

Called in on a bank holiday for an evening meal, faultless! Staff were nice, food was awesome and the portions were big, defo geting a revisit from us👌👌👌👌dog friendly aswell👍👍

Had a cuppa there on May day celebrations

Wonderful oldie English village pub with a touch of modern tastily done. The Crispin sits in the heart of the beautiful village , Ashover. This is a village with wonderful walks & wonderful scenery around every corner . The Crispin is well worth a visit they have a good verity of ales & wines also do lovely food . Also in the village is the Black Swan & Poets Corner both good drinking & food pubs.

Lovely staff, really nice food will be back again.

Visited on a recommendation but quite disappointed with our meal. I ordered the pork belly and asked for the sauce served separately as I don't really like mustard. The waitress confirmed this was fine but when it was served it had sauce all over. The waitress said "that's how it's served" and gave me a jug with even more sauce in! I picked around the sauce as much as I could but found the pork very chewy anyway, not how I usually expect pork belly to be. The rest of the food was ok but nothing to write home about.

Ripped off! Went for a Monday pint and ordered a cask ale and a lager for my wife who paid. I asked what the cost of my pint was and was told £4.40. Funny that as the sign on the entrance doors clearly states all cask ales £2.80 on Monday's and Tuesday's. When I asked the girl serving she pleaded ignorance. I showed her the sign and told her that we have a contract and they owed me £1.60. Again she went to seek advice. As we sat outside we heard a noise by the front door and she told me that it was from 5pm and she wrote that on the sign, there and then. We did not get a refund and a couple of ladies told us that they didn't pay £2.80. Customers are getting ripped off. There are 2 other pubs nearby. Go there so you don't get scammed. Never going here again and I would love to hear the response from the owner who clearly has no moral standards.

The most amazing food but lowest roof.

Bumped into a chap in Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand.🇳🇿 His grandparents apparently ran this pub back in the day. He makes return visits. Looks wonderful and must go when back in the UK. Small world. TripAdvisor Torbayaotearoa 🇬🇧 🇳🇿

Great Sunday lunch. Choice of fresh carved meat and pies etc. Best to book ahead. Lovely old pub. Young serving staff working hard!

Came here for a pre mother's day meal, last Saturday with my daughter, son in law & granddaughter, the food was gigantic, delicious & the pub was cosy , welcoming & a fab location. Definitely worth a visit . ☺️

Wow, fantastic meal. First time visit and will definitely be back thankyou

Visited on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. Just had a drink. Seemed a nice pub in a nice village. Loved the bit of history on the sign outside too.

Only bought a round of drinks and sat outside (with 4 dogs) so no idea about food etc but brief impressions were good!

Proper village pub. Chips very good.

Excellent Sunday roast. Great quality and plenty of food on the plate. Calm and relaxing atmosphere. Will definitely visit again when in the area!

Travelled up from Wolverhampton to spend time with my terminally ill father .my small dog who had had a full groom 2 hours earlier had jumped up and was sat quietly between my mother and I suddenly landlord came over rudely and aggressive telling us the dog has to get down.such shame as this pub is a regular of ours when up here but landlord rude and passive aggressive awful experiencr

Treated to a lovely meal here. Clean and comfortable. Delicious liver and onions. Alison looked after the four of us very well.

Lovely historic pub , good choice of beers , had sunday roast there , top marks , couldnt fault it . Definately going again 👍👍

Freshly cooked delicious food, loved it😊

Nice cosy old traditional pup . Good beer and food to complement 👍

Lovely pub! food & service great. Good gluten free selection.

Good great. Lovely atmosphere. Heating on high!

Avoid the restaurant. Take recent reviews as a sign of how things have declined. What used to be a good pub has completely gone out of control. Awful food, confrontational defensive and aggressive owners (felt like an episode of kitchen nightmares). Felt embarrassed for them but it explains the empty pub on a weekend... Never before have I been shouted at by an owner for not eating a meal and complaining. Save your money and go anywhere else. There's too many restuarants struggling to waste your money on this mess of a business. The wait staff were lovely is the saving grace. Just hope they can find better working conditions. Update following owners reply: Thanks for highlighting exactly what the review outlined. Embarrassing to be throwing around lies but it's (unfortunately) your business. Get over it, the food you served was over priced and poor quality. The only abuse that took place was to your poor ingredients.. they deserve better. Those considering visiting please see fuller review above, as well as an example of the owners ridiculous confrontational behaviour in the various Google reviews on here. They clearly have a reputation.

Was verbally abused by owner. Can’t believe it happened. Disgusting food and people. (Edit after owners reply) - didn’t eat the burger at all. Also, had to get a McDonald’s after as I was still hungry. Lol and it was better

Very poor quality food overall and disappointed. Would not recommend the food at all. Cheap produce, cooked badly. Vegan sausage was awful and just frozen cheap sausage. Waiting staff were lovely and beer ok.

Love visiting the Crispin when we’re up in Ashover. Always looks lovey ant Christmas too. As per, we were given a very warm welcome. We had a fab Sunday lunch, which I can be pretty wary of eating Sunday lunches out and about (usually meatbcan be grey and overcooked and veg raw etc)but this was delicious. Meat was perfectly cooked and the meal plentiful. We had a little one with us too, who was catered for brilliantly. Looking forward to my next visit. Only thing I was upset about was the fact the brewery won’t allow customers to add a tip when paying by card. Loads of places can do this, so not sure what the excuse could be. The brewery need to sort that out, as no one really carry’s cash any more. I wanted to leave a tip as the staff were grand and we had a lovely evening.

Hopefully our experience was not typical, but it was poor and something the owner would no doubt wish to know about. It was very busy and so we expected to have to wait a fair while and were happy to do so. There were several issues which detracted from our experience. One member of our party was not served a meal. She advised the waitress and waited for it to arrive. After some time she enquired about when it would arrive and was told it hadn’t been ordered in the kitchen, but she could order one if she wanted (she hadn't come back to the table to tell her this information) . Given the timing and everyone else already being part way through their meals, she decided to do without and food was shared out within the group to try to compensate. Added to this: at the time when we expected our order to be about ready, we were told several meals were unavailable – thus requiring reordering and further wait. Better organisation/communication would have prevented this. When the meals came, one order was short of some of the described ingredients (e.g. chips), which weren’t subsequently supplied despite us informing the staff. When paying, my friend described the missing parts of the meal and was simply ignored – the waitress simply gave her the bill without responding to her feedback. My friend was not the pushy sort and simply paid, but it left a bad impression. That seemed to fit in with our general experience – the staff simply didn’t appear to be connected/interested and the impression created within our group of 12 was that we were an irritation, which had a significantly negative impact on what of should have been a really enjoyable get together over the Christmas period. Hopefully the situation can be improved and we may try again in another 6 months or so – as the location and environment were great (we often come walking in Ashover) and the food was good. The primary negative was the poor communication from staff, and their apparent lack of interest in us.

Wide choice of ales, friendly staff, lovely food definitely call in more

It's more expensive than most but still a great pub

Good food, ales and friendly staff

Sunday roast was tasty and enormous. Only problem was I couldn't finish it all.

Very expensive. Charged £3.80 for a soda water and cordial and when queried they told me their prices have gone up from the brewery and that they are trying to bring them down. Best stick with the Poets down the road, or Black Swan, only £1.20 there.

The food was excellent, its the second visit to the pub and won't be the last 😉

3 great pubs in Ashover, all very friendly and dog friendly.

Good roast in comfortable setting. Wasn't keen on the overcooked mushy vegetables but all else was good.

Stopped for lunch on way to our holiday cottage and was not disappointed, food well cooked, would highly recommend this place

Loved the fish and chips. Friendly staff. Recommend it.

Called in today for an early lunch and I have to say I was blown away with the quality of the food a portion size we will definitely be returning 5*

Excellent sunday roast, and value for the money.

Very nice atmosphere Friendly staff Beer spot on Was wedding drinks and canopies the canopies was good and plentiful

Lovely pub. Only stopped for a drink whilst out walking. Barmaids were pleasant and helpful. Beer was delicious.

My partner and I were amazed by the quality of the steak, ale and stilton pie which we both enjoyed yesterday lunch time at The Crispin. The circular pies were clearly 'home made', of a good size.and full of tasty tender beef. We will be back !!!!

After funeral food was okay. Low ceilings, village pub.

Good staff, good ale, good area.

Called for lunch today just had sandwiches and chips everything else very expensive for the average quality. Bread didn't seem fresh and meal distinctly average. The already used sachet of tartar sauce with the condiments didn't improve the experience! Won't be returning anytime soon.

Best pie I ever had. Welcoming and cosy