Hobby Horse in North East Derbyshire

bad service,the test of the food very bad the steak’s wasn’t juice and the Cocktails like soft drink free Alcohol we are not recommended!!!

We did breakfast with santa today. They made the experience really exciting for the children. Santa came to chat with them while eating breakfast. The table had coloring and crackers to keep them busy. Breakfast was really good. Hot fresh food. Constantly replaced when needed. Good selection to choose from. Tea and coffee hot. Santa was really good. He spent ages talking to the children. The staff were lovely. Made sure everyone was happy and had everything they needed. Would recommend and will definitely book again. Thank you for making a magical experience

Fantastic place to grab a quick and tasty Carvery .

All day breakfast 2 weeks ago. Good value although staff need to keep checking enough food ready and tea/coffee facilities topped up and working. Today lunchtime had ordered Christmas carvery for 4 but told not got booking (although on phone) so not available, but table reserved.!! Not good. Then while waiting in food line waitress came with dessert!!! Very busy.

Great food and service and lovely friendly staff 😊

Phone to reserve table for large family party left numerous messages not answered Reservation vacation queries not answered Someone said it had closed Have had many great meals here and alway reserved on phone as family gathering Very disappointed Ratings for food etc for previous visits

Thank you so very much for the community cuppa and carvery today, for the people who make such a positive difference to so many people's lives. Food wonderful, thank you for sharing the festive spirit.

Walked in, table of 6 from work, was packed, no carpark space, but able to get a table that had just been cleared. Carvery was nice and three ordered from menu was quickly delivered. Service was friendly and efficient.

The food was good in parts we had the carvery but the veg were overdone and partly soft and soggy. The seating area we were in someone left the fire exit door open so rather cold. Staff didn’t seem bothered !!

Grate food and excellent service

Went in for lunch. Not bad but nothing special.

Great place to take Grandchildren food and service great

Honestly one of the best places to eat in Leicester. Whether your having Carvery or set menu the food is always great and the staff can't do enough for you.

Foods good, but terrible communication with the restaurant. Placed an order via Uber eats, and tried to call the restaurant to request no mash potato - they never answered despite attempting to call over 10 times over a 20 minute window. It was still delivered with mash. Maybe worth having an option on Uber eats either for notes, or each veg item is selectable?

A fabulous impromptu breakfast with a wonderful welcome by Nicky - nice and clean, great value - will definitely return.

pleasant surroundings and gorgeous food

Lovely experience with the family

it was absolutely stone cold had to reheat everything

Food was disappointing and not value for money, time for a rethink! Maybe some festive music would improve the atmosphere

The beef was too tough to eat , felt like just had the leftovers . wasn't worth the £13.99

All server and behind counters personnel king and helpful

Showed up to be told my booking online i made a month in advance wasn't there, even after showing reminder email. Person on reception was rude and shouted I got no table booked or room. Had my sister holding my baby and two other kids one who has ASD standing in cold door way. Then given table with no high chair and told to put baby on chair. After while found a high chair but then staff were rude and walking past talking about us. This is the 3rd time this has happened and I'm starting to think as I'm transgender and book under male name the staff are showing there distaste. Cus no way can my booking get lost 3 times but reminder email sent out.

Great food and service. Flo was more than helpful also offering us suggestions for the menu and the dishes were spot on. Thank you flo for the great experience.

Syston branch. Our server 'Flo' was amazing. The food was good as always :)

A fabulous meal with very friendly service for my grandsons first birthday party! All the staff were very friendly and Gary the manager was really helpful!!

To be honest it was a quick drink and no food , but the pub has really got geared up for the family, food looked good and tasty

Came for the 1st time dinner date, greeted and seated by Nicky , We were not happy with where we seated, Nicky moved us to a quiet corner which was perfect. Very helpful and pleasent and never stood still buzzing around. Food was first class. Highly recommend a visit

Amazing breakfast all you can eat plenty of choice, worth the money.

My Yorkshire Pudding was missing! And only got 2 roast potatoes. The stuffing nearly filled the whole box! was so disappointed.

A beautiful ambience and atmosphere. Delicious food with great service.

We had a great visit. We booked on you website the week before and we were larger group of 10 guest and you sorted it out no problem. Staff where excellent, food was well prepared and presented, fresh veg was brought out regularly, tables where clean, everything as it should be. Well done

Carvery is good pint was not the best John Smith and the cola was flat

Excellent staff at the bar and working the tables. Had the carvery. Went up in time for a new turkey crown so had that rather than gammon. A good choice . And the beef which was a bit dry. Lots of potato options, meat fat potatoes are at the end, wait for those. Champagne was excellent value, but not enough flutes for our table.

Really accommodating as it was for a birthday party they let us have the table a bit earlier to decorate, food was lovely and it is great value for money would highly recommend

Had full English breakfast. The kids were playing outside and my daughter face planted the floor. The staff were fantastic and couldn't of been more helpful. Thanks for being so kind

Been for breakfast not very good cold food like greegs toast has white has paint not very quick at refilling food when empty black pudding look like it had been there for a week plates could do with changing your good clean my wife has had snack bar for 17 years if she served food like that she would not be running

Lovely food and the servers are very helpful

Big pub and dining area, very popular for Sunday breakfast and lunch. Breakfast buffet has lots of choices

The vanilla slice was awful I was very disappointed will not be ordering again very poor it was nothing like the picture

We all had a carvery meats were dry roast potatoes over done, just spoiled the dinner

Poor quality food. Slow service.

Worst meal ever chewy meat potatoes rock hard vegetables hard never again

For some reason they always try and give you the thinnest slices of meat. It really is quite skilful but also very disappointing. I eat fairly regular as it is close to where I live and I often ask them if they can. Please put a little more on as the portion is remarkably small. I'm quite often told they're not allowed and then when I speak to the manager or a waitress they go and sort it. I really do think they need to do something about this. Nobody needs a great deal of meat, but if you're going to recovery, you certainly need more than a mouthful.

Basic carvery type place, nice enough though

Great value carvery with brilliant range of grub for everyone. The breakfast range is equally good for vegans, vegetarians and omnivores. Lovely staff too. However Sundays are absolutely manic and not at all relaxing. You will have lengthy queues for the carvery and the carvery prices are higher thank during the week. £8.99 for a small meat-free seems rather high.

Great carvery exceptional service from Clare who couldn't do enough for everyone on our daughter in laws 30th birthday Celebrations good value for money.Could do with more bar staff but 9 out of 10. Brilliant.

Reviewed by a lovely lady called Clare, she was very helpful kind and courteous.

Food nice, staff pleasant, I us this pub regularly only thing now they have stopped allowing you to open a tab for the food which for me is a pain.

terrible portion sizes. has no value for money. this kids size portion are the same size as adults. It's meant to be a Sunday roast and you leave us feeling hungry again as soon as I've ate it

Food was excellent. I will be ordering again!

Ordered through app as it was busy..still waited more than 45 mins for food to arrive. We had to ask for drinks. No staff came to check on us! Not enough staff either.Poor slow service!

Good was great really enjoyed it will order again.

Really enjoyed it.The queue was a little big for the drinks

Cracking breakfast buffet £7.49 All you can eat 😋

:Large carvery sunday dinner, no regrets except on a few veg choice given, and could have done with a bit more meat as only had one thin slice of each where as in the carvery you normally get two of each.

Had breakfast and loads of coffee and tea while having a meeting with few of my fellow team members

Gone downhill food was cold service was poor wouldn't go back again

Lovely friend staff, very welcoming food was lush 😋

Poor experience, not all the meats or veg where available nor was this mentioned while placing order, when my child asked chef if there was any gammon he was abruptly told no. What was available on the carvery was very sub standard and some parts were inedible. No one even can close to eating their meal and after complaining to the duty manager we was given complimentary deserts. This unfortunately doesn’t make up for very poor quality main meals. We won’t be visiting again.

I went a few weeks ago for my parents anniversary, we used to go regularly when I was younger it's changed so much since then, But it's a lovely pub with a nice atmosphere

Great food and service was good aswell

Had the buffet breakfast as a family of 4. It is fairly priced in my opinion. The Yorkshire puddings are a good addition! There is plenty of choice on the buffet. There are fried and scrambled eggs. Produce is good quality and not greasy. We would for sure go back.

Food was excellent, service was swift, staff were friendly. Could do with some more veggie options on the menu though.

Popped in for lunch from the new menu and opted for the gammon eggs and chips with a pudding for £8.99.The wait was only a short time and the food was lovely. The gammon nice and the 2 eggs were really nice as always the service was brilliant. Food is plenty in fact had to get the pudding to go.

The manager is great sorted are problem out straight the way 👍

Not the greatest all day breakfast, hash browns were like pure oil and bit burnt, no tomatoes, tasteless mushrooms. Nice eggs though and nice staff. Was pretty packed chef must be having a rough day.

Terrible food , cold and uncooked, couldn’t be eaten! Im disgusted , how can this food even be served and charged for ? Will never order again!l

The veg and parsnip was undercooked. No bbq sauce with the chicken. Wasn’t great this time around.

Lovely meal and service. Friendly staff ideal family pub for family meet ups and celebrations.

Great delivery, lovely food and great value

Nicky and Layla.. fantastic service !! Had a breakfast this morning 8 am after car sticking in Ist gear… on way to a meeting at the Hobby Horse..I left Injured car 😂for a radio show in Melton.. Bus and long walk to the Hobby Horse.. Decided as I had a long wait for car electrical , repair friend.. Tea and Cake .. pic above! Service and the girls lovely humour , and customer friendly demeanour a credit to Jack and Gary.. Together with the great breakfast this morning tremendous value..

The food here is great and the service we received from Clare was fantastic. I would definitely go again.

THIS PLACE NEEDS A FULL REFURBISHMENT AND MAKE OVER. NASTY> DIRTY >STICKY PLACE. Staff are trying their best under extreme circumstance.

Cold food. Barely any meat for £17 1 yorkie. Absolute rip off

This place is good if you can get there early

First time here for a carvery was pleased with meal place clean and tidy ,service and atmosphere great shall go again

We turned up without booking, and were immediately given a table for 3 - we were quite early for dinner, so no surprise there. Ordered most stuff on their app, but it didn't have everything on the app, so still had to order some specific drinks from the bar. Everything was served in reasonable time, the food was really good, and the price was very reasonable. We arrived in our electric car - we didn't need to charge but noticed that they had a bank of fast 150kWh chargers if we had needed a top up.

Order a few times been beautiful but the last 2 times, the food has been awful… today’s food the turkey was gone off … even smelt it. Put me off my whole dinner

Had a very nice carvery I go often to eat always satisfied with the food and service price isn't to bad as well

Really lovely food. Good value for money. Loads of vegetables, meat was good

First and last visit for me. Burger no taste, coffee only luke warm, screaming kids everywhere. Cost more than Harvester which is far better in every department.

WE HAD THE ALL YOU CAN EAT BREAKFAST, HELP YOURSELF AND RELAX

Very enjoyable meal my wife loves your carvery.

The standard of food has dropped drastically and definitely a lack of staff

Clare has been amazing, hosting a huge party of 20!! Thank you!!

We had the carvery option which was very good. The meat was very tasty and there was a good selection of vegetables.

Nice place to bring kids,small play area,buffet food load of choices. Menu food aswell

Potato's were over roasted and mash was very dry and less choice from before. Was disappointed.

Great value Roast dinner and although the price is way higher than we last visited just after COVID lockdown it's still value for money quick and tasty 😋

Fantastic time today for our 90th birthday with family and friends, highly recommend this place 5 STARS.. thanks very much all 👍

A proper carvery Ordered meals nice too. We were a party of 20 so well catered for and in quick time

Hot day far too warm need more windows and doors open

Ordered the Sunday dinner from just eat, absolutely disgusting raw stuffing and vegetables, potatoes and Yorkshire pudding was rock hard ,had the gammon but was just fat! Really disappointed

Ordered breakfast muffins. 2 missing and the 2 I did get had 1 piece of bacon in when it should be 3. Plus the hash browns were frazzled and only 2 in 1 and one in the other. Shocking service. Never again.

Came in today to have breakfast and a cuppa , I don't eat much at all due to surgery and asked if I could get a smaller plate. They said no , but were extremely nice and apologetic. I understood and continued to order my breakfast. The 2 staff member that served me were amazing and so friendly I felt welcome and at ease especially as I was alone. Shout out to layla and garry ♡ I'll definitely be returning :)

I don't leave many reviews on places but I went here recently. I've been to other carvery places but this one stood out. Mainly because of hard everyone was working. They seem to all be working with each other and just grafting.

We were there at a busy time so it was a bit noisy for us, but it was a welcome much needed stop.

Food was lush but unfortunately the bottle of coke had broke in the bag and spilled everywhere

Me and my daughter go most weekends, and the food is lovely and all the staff are very polite.

Late Sunday pm excellent carvery and service was superb .Great value too!