Silk Mill Derby in Derby

A Amazing food and amazing service we had a very good time. Dennis He looked after us very will thank you to everyone

Yeah a good bar if I'm back in the area I'd use it again... A good menu with some interesting diversions from the normal bar food...

Went here for the first time despite living locally, lovely pub with some nice food. I wish the portion of cheesy chips were bigger. This is the only thing that holds it back from 5 stars on food given the price. Everything else about the place is lovely.

Had the pie3. It was bang average. Treated my self to a sticky toffee pudding after and it was dry. My partner had the chicken and bacon sandwich but half the bacon was raw and the other look like it had been cooked for days. The menu is a bit fancy and I just feel like they should focus on getting the simple stuff right first. Wouldn’t go again

Really nice food. Menu not large. But definitely good. Nice atmosphere about it.

One of the best lunch that I ever had in UK , amazing food amazing service and amazing place . Thank you

Excellent selection of craft beer and cider. Good food reputation too. Recent visit with friends was spoiled by one male bar staff member who was rather rude to a number of my friends and my wife. One star removed 😔

Shame we endured a mess-up when the staff forgot us, because it was otherwise great. They have a great choice of different beers and lovely food at reasonable prices, including some veggie options. The staff are good (except the forgetful ones). Nice outside area.

Excellent all round - a superb pub 👍🤓

A very good value lunch menu. Will definitely go back.

I came to visit on the 19th March 2025 around 12:45pm for a meeting about my community wellbeing allotment project and I was blown away with the refurbishment. My last visit was back in 2015. The food now is excellent and I fully enjoyed my meal as well as the beautiful surroundings. Friendly staff, great new menu, fantastic chefs and is a perfect place for any type of meetings or events.. I will be back for sure to try the pies next... Thanks again for an amazing visit.. JJ Tait

Nice local pub with decent priced drinks and a beer garden. Not the best vodka lime soda I’ve ever had, but no issues with the beers on tap.

This pub was recommended to us for Sunday lunch. We managed to get in at 3pm on Sunday (yesterday). The atmosphere was nice and the restaurant area was full. We both chose traditional Sunday lunch and our choice of meat was pork. However, when the meal arrived, there were only 2 extremely small slices of wafer thin meat ( in fact it seemed like each slice had been halved to look like 2 pieces) The meat didn’t even look like it was calved from their own joint of meat, but the meat you can buy pre-packed as slices of pork and just added to the vegetables. (I hope I am wrong)To be fair the rest of the food was nice, so we didn’t complain at the time. I do not normally post negative feedback/comments, but I was so disappointed and it may assist others when making their choice of meal. It cost about £18 each, which we both thought was costly for a plate of vegetables and a Yorkshire Pudding!

Date night with my hubby & we enjoyed a few drinks here.. 🍻 Lovely surroundings, atmosphere & choice of beverages available

Consistently Excellent Experience I always enjoy dining at The Silk Mill whenever I stop in Derby. The experience is consistently great — the staff are incredibly friendly and genuinely committed to ensuring you have a wonderful time. The atmosphere is warm, inviting, and authentic, adding to the overall charm. As for the food, it’s simply superb. I’ll definitely be returning again!

First time eating at the Silk Mill and were very impressed. Nice service nothing too much trouble.

Very nice restaurant and serving good food. Price is reasonable. Light menu’s portion is not light. Service is excellent. Joe initiatively brought us sauces after serving the food. He also offered our dog water and played with him too. He is so friendly. Will come again if I am at Derby.

Had Sunday roast and it was very tasty…. Service was very good and they made changes due to one of our party not eating beef or pork…. Had the wings and focaccia for starters which we also very nice…. Brownie for dessert was more crumbly rather than fudgy but that’s just a personal preference.

Fabulous roast beef sandwich, gravy to die for.

The Silk Mill has now become one of the go to places for real ale and a decent atmosphere where you can hold a conversation.

Great pub and a great atmosphere.

Staff very welcoming,service was very good and food was faultless would definitely recommend.

Booked online a few days before our visit to make sure we could eat there rather than just taking a chance of a table on the night. This was a good move as the restaurant was in high demand when we dined there. The atmosphere was really cosy and the restaurant was delightful with its lantern ceiling. They had a fabulous selection of gins to choose from and the service was excellent! A special mention to ‘Freya’ who was fabulously attentive and made our evening perfect! Had the Stilton mushrooms for a starter which were beautiful and the hanging chicken kebab for one of our main courses which was lovely. Was really spoilt for choice with the menu so I eventually chose the Indian fish curry with crab dumplings, it was amazing! The flavors were incredible, probably the best dish I’ve eaten in ten years! Great selection of wines to accompany the meal. Chose the Pulpo New Zealand Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc which was superb and really complemented our choice of dishes. Overall, I would thoroughly recommend The Old Silk Mill without any hesitation, just make sure you book in advance if you are planning to eat there so to avoid disappointment!

Homely place with some nice beers, log fire on to keep you warm. I didn't try the food but will visit again to try it.

Whilst we noted you were very busy we were very disappointed in the service. We waited quite a while to order mains, having decided after looking at the menu to save some space for your desserts esp the roly poly with custard. Cannot fault the food it was lovely and plentiful and despite the wait was well worth it. Unfortunately once we had finished we had to wait over 30 mins for the table to be cleared and i mentioned to the server that they were very busy just a general comment which was brushed off quite rudely. I stated as we had now waited over 40 mins from eating mains that we wished to order some puddings. Absolute disgusted at the comments and shouting heard from the kitchen when the server took our last plate in..( it was not even 17.00 and food was still coming out of the kitchen at this point). To hear them refusing to do puddings was disappointing and in full hearing of customers! The server came.out stated NO PUDDINGS KITCHEN CLOSED...then walked off!!!! What on earth how rude !!! Paid bill and left don't book tables for 2 hours for food then refuse to serve food! Had your menu or server stated 17.00 close for kitchen then fair enough but it doesn't and they didn't. And whilst we.were refused food was still leaving the kitchen! Poor service indeed pleased I didn't bring the birthday cake in now!!

Lovely venue beautifully decorated and clean. Staff are friendly. We had a Christmas lunch family gathering. Unfortunately our starter was disappointing and this set the tone for the rest. We did go back for a lunch and had the cheese board, which was lovely.

A very enjoyable Christmas Eve meal with delicious food and excellent service. What more can I say!

Beware electronic payment. You pay, receive kerching from bank, and leave bar. Few minutes later bar staff come back and say payment has not gone through. After some argument i swiped again on promise first payment of £4.90 was only pending and wouldn't go through. It did a few days later. Apparently this has happened before, with so the barman says, no complaints. I wonder how many have checked. Now in the hands of my bank to seek recovery. At the time I said I would be back if charged twice, barman said don't bother coming back to us.

Great atmosphere Great selection of beers.

Great choice of beer, lovely atmosphere. Food looked excellent (we weren't eating) and I'd be happy to come back next time I'm in Derby

What a great place. Choice of beers and food on offer was amazing! Such friendly and attentive service. Our small group are going back for a Christmas meal. Can't wait. Thank you.

Hi all, Came to you today for a birthday lunch for my wife, our first time, love what you've done wth the place, staff really friendly and attentive, we waited a while for food but as soon as it was bought to our table you instantly new it was cooked from fresh, wife had the turkey lunch which was perfectly cooked and presented, I had the cod and prawn coconut curry with amazing pilau potatoes ,crab dumplings and samosa also cooked perfectly, the flavours were delicious and fresh. Great lunch ,well done, we'll definitely be back. Regards Steve/ Angela Horobin.

Lovely atmosphere and warm with the fire going. A few of the group were getting warm so the staff let us open the side door to let some fresh air in. Great variety of ales as well as lagers which i don’t take much notice being an ale drinker. Although we didn’t have food on this occasion is smelt amazing so we will be visiting again to try some.

The food here is amazing and the service is always professional and attentive. Would highly recommend to anyone.

A beautiful cosy pub with great food and great Guinness

The vegan Cranberry and Chestnut Roast was amazing 🤩 and the gravy just to die for! For all you vegan lovers 🌱 out there (as long as you’re in Derby 😅), go to the Silk Mill and try for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

Not been in a while, so decided to try it before a gig. Had a great relaxed meal with a nice atmosphere (busy buzz but notnpacked). Sat in the back under the glass roof. Meal and beer was very good. Service was attentive but not pestering. Food was 'good pub grub' and a cut above standard faire. Really enjoyed the evening there - would recommend.

I had the haggis wrapped in chicken..it was gorgeous but the portion size was a fraction of what my friends had with other choices off the menu. Had to have a sandwich later to keep going.

The Mill was fascinating, well worth a visit or two. Cafe attached had lovely food and service was good...

I was treated to Birthday lunch by my Sister at The Old Silk Mill Pub on 21 October 2024 at 1230. We were greeted by a lovely young lady who took us to the restaurant area rather than the cosier bar area where we have eaten previously. We immediately noticed the floor tiles were wet in the restaurant area and there was a strong smell of bleach! We were taken to the furthest corner of that room opposite the kitchen doors. During the greeting the waitress told us there has been some 'small flies' on that table and that if we saw any to 'feel free to move to another table'. We got our drinks and while waiting for food encountered 4 tiny midge-type flies crawling on the table. They came back as quick as we killed them! We moved to another table but, during dinner, the flies returned. When quizzed on the problem at the end of the meal, the young lady said "the problem only started yesterday on the first table you (we) sat at, we have spent the morning cleaning but they are still there". Which made us ask ourselves, 'why did you take us to that table in that case?'. The young lady and gentlemen who were on duty were 100% brilliant and attentive, but these flies, coupled with the strong smell of bleach and kitchen doors continually swinging open at the side of us in a large empty room, ruined the experience. We were the only couple in the entire area! Would have been much more enjoyable in the cosy bar area where we have been seated in the past. The pleasant food helped it from being a complete disaster. 😢

Lovely pub, lovely people, atmosphere & value for money xx This pub has so easily become our local

Decent Sturdy British Pub Great Atmosphere

Fantastic meal! Such a good variety of choice!

If you are wanting just drinks there aren't many tables.

Great place excellent staff and food

Great food and even better beer

The Silk Mill is a traditional pub with a wide range of beers, larger and cider, including lillies mango cider. There are four hand-pulled cask conditioned real ales which were in excellent condition when we visited. There is a nice bar, a separate snug, and a dining room. There is an outside seating area with a large mural painted on the side of the pub. Listed in the camra good beer guide 2025.

Visited for food and drinks with a group of friends early doors on Saturday. After asking a member of staff for gluten free options they said it is only what is marked gf on the menu, i had the choice of pork scratching snack or ham, egg and chips. Hardly pushing the boat out... They were able to offer gf fish supper, great i thought and anxiously awaited it's arrival, gf meant plain fish, and not even the chunky fillet end. I should have been told its without batter. Disappointed doesn't go far enough. Expensive for what I had. The others enjoyed their meals and they did look appetising. First and last visit for me.

Great beers and food fantastic atmosphere

Now one of my 2 gotos when In Derby. Didn’t eat but lots of people were. Good outdoor place.

Went for meal with friends the young lady that served us was excellent the food was really good I had the gammon knuckle what a surprise only get this if you are hungry you get a huge gammon hock chips two eggs veg and a lovely chutney the wife had the fish curry she really enjoyed it the menu had good choices couldn't make mind up at first will be back to try rest. Give it a go you will be surprised

Lovely old silk mill,it's a great lookin building,Lovely inside,and a beer garden at the rear,I like it

Dropped in for a fish supper. Fish was ok but the chips tasted like they were refried from yesterday. Came with a minute portion of mushy peas in a ramekin, and the 'chunky tarter sauce' was super bland. Staff were friendly, and I've heard from friends that the burgers are good. But getting fish and chips so wrong is barely forgivable. My pint of lager was fine. Feels like a good place to drop in for a drink (£5.20 for a lager), but you take your chances with the food.

Great service, loved the atmosphere and especially loved the food, the hunter's bucket was delicious, will definitely be back.

Lovely early evening meal celebrating a Birthday. Had booked restaurant but decided to eat in the bar area. Lovely atmosphere, excellent quality food. Staff were very helpful and great service. Definitely recommend .

Great pub staff were friendly and welcoming had a great meal we will defygo again!

Great food, varied menu, friendly staff.

Lovely pub with great ales and a great food menu. The pub has a wonderful outdoor terrace, particularly ideal in the summer. Very friendly staff and superb atmosphere. One of the highlights of Derby Ale houses.

Quite Extraordinary. A proper pub with a slightly different menu. I've not had draught Bass since I left Derby 35 years ago, yum yum. Most pubs sell fish and chips, pies and burgers, the menu is elevated by items like Balmoral Chicken, Pig Platter and proper Cod Gujons. Cost with drinks and wine, £30 a head. One of the best

Didn't eat but scored the food on its appearance because I'm a nosey so&so hence 4 stars. Right a proper nice put that has the atmosphere a local pub can give you. Staff are polite & attentive, it's just a nice place to call in for a pint or 2

Nice pub, well looked after. Staff nice. Only downside was 2 guys sat at the way in to the toilets. They must have been something to do with the pub as they were drinking their own drinks, not customers. Very off putting.

Really loved my visit, the staff were friendly and warm. Basic but great food selection. I recommend the Bakewell tart it appeared to be baked fresh and came to me hot with a side of berries. 🥧

A cracking pub; they've got the balance spot on between nice, stylish decor and place to drink beer. The beer selection is good and the staff know their beans.

Good beer, friendly staff. Nice outdoor area.. chips were 10 out of 10.

Not sure what the food or drinks are like, but felt unwelcomed from the moment we walked through the door! If they're looking to encourage custom, I would make the decision to remove the person 'serving' us - his name was (apparently) Chris. In all my travels I've never experienced such a bad attitude! Try The Exeter Arms instead - apparently the sister pub - something's wrong, somewhere ... welcomed with open arms at The Exeter!

Great pub with outside seating will visit again soon.

Nice pub with a lovely range of beers.

This is a lovely pub with interesting decor and great atmosphere. They serve a good selection of ales, spirits and bar snacks. I went for food and ordered the fish and chips and my friend had the steak. The food was delicious, though the prices quite steep for the portion sizes recieved. That is my only gripe - an otherwise lovely pub with a good history and great, friendly service.

Silk mill was friendly, staff polite and helpful , food very good and plenty of it.

Oh my goodness! The Silk Mill was recommended by someone who lives in Australia (yep, really) and it was 😘👌 The staff were all lovely and friendly, the food was delicious, I'm sure if we meet up with friends and family in Derby again the Silk Mill will be visited & recommended!

NO MAGGGIE THATCHER AND NO GOVERNMENT..

Good place for a drink in the sun 👌🏻☀️

We had a quick drink here on Friday - It was fantastic. Friendly staff and customers- good choice of ale and wine and quirky decor. Will definitely return. Good to know it's dog friendly too 🙂

The Silk Mill pub in Derby is an excellent pub, with a refined environment that is different from the usual English-style venues. The dishes are tasty, cooked and presented well, and the beers are very good. The prices are perhaps a little higher than other places in the city, but given the quality, they are well spent. There were four of us and we had 2 scones (very small) as a starter, 4 main courses, 5 beers and a water, for a total of £107

Lovely pub and really friendly staff.

Great pint of citra, friendly atmosphere, thank you.

Sunday lunch. Absolutely delicious and a decent amount of beef. Highly recommended. Great service.

Great meals always good food and service

Still a great boozer remembered from my motorbike days.

Great venue and very popular. Food was excellent and a great choice on the menu. Staff were excellent 👌 👏

Fantastic Sunday dinner this afternoon - One of Derby's best I'd say!

Very disappointed. The chips were overcooked and soggy. The fish mainly batter which theyvchanged for me. Only 2 of the mini pies were ok But overall the 4 of us werent really happy with our experience. Honestly could NOT recommend

Very nice pub with nice and handsome people

As a French, I have to say that everything was wonderful including the cheese !! And if you know about French, this is a great great compliment ! You have to stop there and try this beautiful Pub ! They serve very tasty food and beers are delicious ! I have to finish by thanking the staff who is amazing. I’ll come back, there’s no doubt !

Really good, nothing to complain about

Only went I for a quick drink and the staff were very pleasant

Visitors from Canada having a return trip as the previous year was so excellent. This time was also excellent, beautiful atmosphere, excellent food and terrific service. A definite favourite of ours.

Sister pub to the Exeter arms but with a slightly different food menu. Decent beer selection and good food, friendly service, they found us a seat despite not having booked a table. Would recommend.

Wonderful food & service. Highly recommend.

Friendly, welcoming, interesting old pub with great food

Lovely clean Pub with lovely decor, friendly and helpful staff. Near to The museum of making so worth visiting the museum and the pub, will definitely be back

Stopped in for a quick bite to eat. The food was lovely and the staff were awesome. Really welcoming place.

Great food and really friendly staff. Great atmosphere.

starters were Amazing, only a little large.

Not very happy. Treated very poorly by bar staff who wouldn't let us sit in the restaurant, even though they were no longer serving food. Pretentious upstarts. Steer clear

Beautiful pub in the central area of ​​Derby. Great beer and food. Cozy and typical English atmosphere. Quick and helpful service. Affordable prices.

Used this pub yesterday as an away fan on the way to Pride Park. Really friendly and welcoming, excellent beers in comfortable surroundings. Lots of pubs don’t allow away fans but this one does and is highly recommended. Fairly busy but service was speedy!

Always have a drink here when in Derby, good selection of beers in a nice cosy pub

Went here for a Christmas get together. As usual the atmosphere was great. It is a lovely pub. It was also match day so the pub was busy, but staffing wasn't adequate, so the service was a bit slow. The food came at the same time, which is always a plus with a large party. I had the nut roast. The roast itself was gorgeous, good gravy and a generous portion of food. I don't like overcooked veg, but this was slightly underdone, to the point of being on the hard side, the whole meal had a massive portion of cabbage covering it. Cabbage and brussels? Couldn't inflict that fallout on the hubster, fortunately there was a bit of food sharing going on, so nothing went to waste. Everyone else enjoyed their food, and the young girl serving our large and rowdy group was polite, pleasant and helpful.

Didn't eat but food did smell amazing!!