Poet & Castle in Amber Valley - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Had their meal deal on Wednesday's, Very good value but a limited menu.

The best fish and chips I've had in a long time

the landlord speaks to his staff absolutly disgusting!! wouldnt recommend going to this place just based on that!! such a shame because the ladys behind the bar are lovley!

Was here for a drink and didn't have any food. Got served quite quick, drinks were reasonable

Didn't have food yet but going back soon as it is a lovely pub and staff. Music was brilliant xx

Didn't eat, just popped in for a drink but was very surprised at how busy the place was in this day and age! Couple of pints and a chat with a few locals it's a nice place to pay a visit!

Really enjoyed my night out there. Calm and lovely patrons. Bar staff lovely. Very clean. Would definitely go again

As always good choice of beers and friendly service. Plan on trying the food another day. Popular pub and a 'dog friendly' area.

Nice beer. Accommodating for a group. Food OK

Six of us and our little dog visited today. Friendly attentive staff. Nice restaurant area. We all had Sunday roast. Generous portions, well presented, excellently cooked. Tasted delicious. Two still found room for pudding. Excellent value. If you are looking for home cooking a warm welcome and decent ale, this could be for you. Highly recommended.

Fantastic staff Fantastic food

Always a warm and relaxing welcome. Lovely staff and a great pint

Lovely pub, the staff were very friendly and the food was delicious. Will definitely be going back.

Lovely pub and seating outside. Dog friendly and welcoming

Rude landlord and was very aggressive towards our disabled friend

This place has changed a lot, when I last come here years ago it was very expensive for food and you didn't get much it was like the pub was acting like a 5 star restaurant. Now it's reasonable price and portions the beer is good and the staff are friendly really nice place to go If your looking for somewhere new to go try this place will surprise you !

Was recommended by the staff at the premier Inn, Great food, nice beer, well worth a visit

A little local atmosphere for my liking...

Great choice of ales and good atmosphere.

A good value Sunday lunch on Fathers day. Good selection of beers and ciders on the pumps. Friendly staff and good service.

Polite staff good beer good food

This place always has a warm and friendly feel! The staff and owners are great as are the patrons! Including the four legged kind! A very well kept bar, food is available and a great quiz too!

Good times and great live music. Plus the barmaid was friendly and gorgeous 😍

Nice clean pub But 50mins waiting for our food order ridiculous. Not even an apology for the wait.

We've had a delicious Sunday Roast and my 6 months old baby girl enjoyed Swede & Carrot Mash❤️ puddings were amazing too! Chocolate fudge cake and toffee sponge! Pub owner even had a special plastic spoon for infants and didn't charge her meal. 🥰 was nice to eat a hot dinner instead of keeping baby constantly occupied now that she can eat solids, also dog friendly pub too 🥰I love that so much in Derbyshire! Lovely time out! We drove past so many times and it's a shame we didn't visit sooner!

Great pub, great atmosphere, great choice of drinks, decent food and a brilliant quiz night

The Poet and Castle is a friendly little pub excellent service good range of real ales and also plenty of draft beers and lagers. A lovely warm real fire at one end of the bar although I never ate this time the food that was being served looks really tasty

Great place and host, vastly improved

Great atmosphere - been twice & sure well be there again

Lovely pub and restaurant. We had hired a part of the pub for a wake after a family funeral. Service was amazing and we could not recommend highly enough.

Brilliant place, gd food and gd beer, well worth a visit

Been here a few times now for sunday dinner, never been disappointed, food is always tasty and if like me you have a smaller appetite it is great value too

Great pub for both locals and visitors, Sunday lunch well worth a visit,

Went for a family meal bar staff couldn't do enough for us lovely food and drink there where 9 of us all meals came out together will definitely return 😊

Always had a good meal here and plenty of real Ales to try.

Lovely place. Nice food friendly staff

Nice and cosy... Lovely log burner... Friendly

Great prices and excellent service. We will go again

Staff lovely and helpful. Food was beautiful and a generous portion, cant wait to go again.

Loved it good food and good atmosphere. 👍 will be going back for more beer 🍺 and food 😋

Grim place had hair in my drink wouldn't recommend

Really lovely polite staff...clean glasses and what looks like amazing food. Booked in for Sunday. Also dog friendly!!

Excellent all round service and the real deal for food, carnt wait to call again. Sunday lunch was devine

Absolutely amazing turkey roast here at the Poet & Castle. Piping hot, very tasty and a beautiful homemade Yorkshire pudding. Our party of 5 all loved it and cleared their plates. Massive compliments to the chef xx

Camping just down the road, and we came here from the ratings. A great beer choice, beer in excellent condition, Ruth the landlady very welcoming and friendly. A must-visit when in the area. 5/5

Friendly and welcoming, food was absolutely great ( burger was the best I've had in a long time, including the Hurt Arms where I went on Monday). Can't wait to sample the new menu. Overall, a great pub😁

Went for a Sunday lunch .Food was perfect .Great place popular with families very close to park and outdoor area is great .Nicely refurbished. staff were all great .Thanks to Ruth the landlady . Sarah Smith

Lovely place, food was excellent and the staff are very friendly and polite. Highly recommend this place 😁

Always ok..owner known to myself..

Nice beers great staff .my new local..

Love this place. Good beer, good food. Me and my partner both really enjoyed it

Only called for drinks but was a lovely atmosphere. The lady who served us was very friendly.

Friendly staff. Could do with a better choice of ales.

First time visit with 4 friends, and not the last... First off the Staff were awesome and very friendly very attentive throughout our evening, the service from drinks to food was great. All 5 of us had food after spending time to review the menu have to say we were differently not disappointed in out choices from home made Lasagne to the great Burgers and Pizza - And little note the chips are a must!. Overall if you want great place to drink eat and feel welcome then I highly recommend you try the Poet & Castle..

The menu is amazing can’t fault it one bit but the chef ruined everything we had after a really bad meal today we was ill for hours . I’m sure when they get a better chef it will be great but until then I’m afraid we won’t be back 👎

Fantastic meal out, the food was truly amazing. The burgers we had were homemade and they were very very tasty. The pub looks great. The work Ruth and Jim have put in will certainly pay dividends. We will definitely be back. I could only give 5 stars but deserves more

Very well organised, covid safe, very friendly, food amazing, great choice of food and drinks, will definately be back! 😃

Great, friendly pub, large selection of beers, definitely worth another visit 👍

Waited an hour for food to come ,arrived worst Sunday Roast I have ever had ,yorkshires like soggy sponge cakes ,roast so hard n black even a steak knife couldnt cut them ,everything cold even mixed up the meat we ordered n yes we did complain

Only two bitters on tap, nothing over 4%

Always love this pub, normally has cask ales in variety and the staff are very friendly, good covid measures in place.

Very nice to come here 1 of our fav places

My ex husbands parents ran this pub since they left its nowt but go down

Amazing food every time I go and always lovely friendly staff to greet you

Just had a beautiful meal. The lasagne was Devine. The atmosphere was lovely with bright and friendly staff. Would definitely recommend. Please have the decency to wear a mask as the place is lovely and clean and i witnessed the staff using hand sanitiser regularly. Definitely a lovely pace for a full tummy and lots of smiles as the nights draw in. Xxxx

Friendly staff, had great pizza - can't wait to try their full food menu on next visit!

Felt very safe. Good beer with friendly staff

Lovely friendly atmosphere, food was excellent and the staff very polite and friendly. Will definitely be going back 😁

Had Sunday lunch today at the Poet and it was superb....very covid safe and the staff very friendly. Will certainly be going again to sample the rest of the varied menu. Highly recommend!

Lovely visit felt really safe, would recommend to everyone. Staff and management obviously doing a great job in a difficult time.

Really horrible staff in this pub...except the one young girl who was waitressing and doing all the running about all night. Posting about my family on Facebook saying that we wasn’t following the Covid rules when we clearly was!! Would never go back in this pub ever again.

Large group of friends, including children went to this pub for the evening. From the moment we walked in we felt incredibly welcomed. The new owners introduced themselves and couldn’t do enough for us. Due to covid restrictions we had to order drinks from our table, yet not once did we have to wait. The service was amazing. Congratulations in your new venture and good luck in these difficult times. Thank you for a lovely evening.

The landlady and some of the staff was very rude and not very welcoming at all...there was one lovely young girl who was lovely and couldnt do enough for you. The pub was a lovely pub but could definatley do with new staff and landlady....i understand times are hard but manners cost nothing. Would not reccomend going to this pub until new management.

The Poet and Castle is a great pub. Lovely management and staff, great beer and a nice beer garden. Covid rules in place make us feel very safe and the table service is spot on. Thanks guys, keep up the good work.

Since the new owners came in they’ve done a good job with the COVID restrictions and make the customers feel welcome and they are doing everything to keep the customers safe and they are a very family friendly pub and I recommend

the new owners are lovely. they are very keen on social distancing and all the new covid rules, they seem to very welcoming and all the bar staff are amazing with the table service. a great improvement from the last owners

We love this pub, and always make sure we pop in when we visit friends locally. Amazing local pub with a great selection. Staff and service impeccable as always!!!!

A lovely very clean pub doing a fantastic job during these difficult times. Great social distancing and safety procedures in place. When we came for our pizzas on Wednesday we felt 100% safe and everytime we've been for a drink we've felt exactly the same. The staff are all so lovely and friendly. We will definitely keep going back

Nice pub but run by a poor manageress, spoke to our party out of term, also watched her bully the younger member of staff. Tried to use the covid restrictions against us even though we were already adhering to the rules, also they were very happy taking over £150 from our family while we were there. Won't be going back to this pub while she attempts to run it. Also trying to call our family out on Facebook via name dropping to try and get a little band waggon up, how pathetic!!!

New Landlord & Landlady. Great pub. Lovely pizza’s, friendly staff and well done with your COVID compliance Ruth & Jim.

We went to the poet and castle whilst we were staying in derbyshire We had a very warm welcome The staff were excellent and could not do enough for us The menu was mainly pizzas but they were delicious We wish this place well having just reopened prior to the lockdown and hope they go from strength to strength in these difficult times

Went to try the new Pizzas offered for the first time since the change of management - they were excellent and amazing value with the Government's Eat Out deal helping. Quite diffferent from the usual pizza emporiums, they have a good selection of toppings on a slightly spicy tomatoe and cheese base that provided a memorable and enjoyable experience. COVID precauions working well - so get booking for the best value Pizzas for years.

Five star. The pizzas were really lovely, managed the whole 12 inch one and it was really good quality and very well cooked. Would totally recommend a visit as the new landlord and landlady are really nice and friendly.

Very nice place lucky other people canceled otherwise we would not have had a realy good night. Staff very nice never been to a pub and all the time felt realy welcome. Food was the best iv had so far can't wait for the steaks and thank you to the shef and manager From The burns family.

Nice pub,really nice beer garden next to a children's play ground

Lovely pub, great staff and excellent service

cold beer...warm people great music...

TONIGHT WAS BRILL, GOOD BEER, GOOD PEOPLE, GREAT NIGHT. WELL DONE POET N CASTLE. ENJOYED NIGHT

Fantastic environment, great service and polite staff.

There is a very nice atmosphere

Good pub friendly atmosphere.good karaoke with Blue.enjoyed

A lovely pub with a very friendly customer base.

Excellent staff and great real ales

brilliant pub great music great landlord and landlady

Very dissatisfied- waited an hour and decided to leave -it was a great place to dine - it seems to have gone downhill which is sad - I would not recommend it anymore

Arrived for scheduled appointment to discuss wedding venue, was left waiting for half hour only for landlady not to show and not contact us to cancel, very ignorant of landlady.

Once a lovely welcoming pub with great beers and excellent food. A frequent stop-off for days out and drinks with friends. Appears to have dropped off a cliff with karaoke and an owner who seems to crave attention from a baying crowd.

Me and my family used to be locals at this pub until the new ownership took over, they are rude to customers and give off a very uncomfortable vibe. Since they have came into ownership of the pub the only good staff have been dropping like flies. There is only now one staff member, young man, who seems to care about the well being of the customers. The Sunday dinner used to be extraordinary but now tastes like a piece of cardboard on a dirty plate. We had to wait at least an hour for our food to come and at that it was still cold and dry. I feel very unwelcome in this facility now, a shame this great place has turned into such a dump.

Called in on our way to Ripley.Large pub situated on Codnor Market Place under new ownership. The pub was lovely and clean and the staff very hospitable. The beer choice was limited only Everards Sunchaser and Tiger. There were other handpumps but they were empty. The barman apologised stating the beer order unfortunately had been delayed.It was a very wet, rainy night so decided to eat prior to moving on.My partner had the hot roast pork cob with stuffing and apple sauce. Was offered various options as a side but glad he didnt as the cob had plenty of meat in it.I plumped for the home made steak and ale pie. Which came with chips and gravy and again a choice of sides.The pie came in a dish with a home made pastry crust and was delicious. The meat was perfectly cooked with lovely thick gravy and a gravy boat on the side too.Excellent value for money at under £7Well done chef we will be back but need to check on beer supplies first

Me and my husband took our two children here for food as we’re fairly new to the loscoe area. The Sunday dinner wasn’t at all like what I had heard. The mash was cold, there was lots of water on the plate which I imagine was from the vegetables and the meat was all fatty. When my husband politely mentioned. The land lady came over and instead of apologising made us feel rather uncomfortable. I had asked for apple sauce which even after reminding the food staff. I didn’t receive any. My daughters glass also had lipstick on so had to get taken back. Again no apology, just a swift pour into another glass. The locals appeared to be lovely but there seemed to be a lot of tension behind the bar with staff members which was quite uncomfortable. Overall, I’m sorry to say it wasn’t worth the visit and we wished we had gone elsewhere.