Smithys in South Derbyshire

Lovely 3 day stay. Pitch size great. Lotion next to marina fabulous. Cavery at The Boat House amazing. Shower nice and hot. You have to purchase tokens to use them, £2.00 for 10 minutes.

I wouldn’t bother stepping foot in this pub if you have children!! We stayed on camp site and used this pub over the 3 days spending £100’s on food and drink and the last night it came apparent that rude remarks were being said about our 1 year old boy… ( O that’s screaming baby is back again) the owner also came over to our table to remind us children needed to leave by 8.30pm in the middle of our meal! We felt very unwelcome just because we had a baby. It’s a shame we won’t now be returning to the camp site as we have stayed a few times and always enjoy it!

Stopped at the site and this lovely bar was on it lovely fresh food great service friendly atmosphere group singers on has a kids area had a great time the landlord was helpful and it was nice he engaged with us even though he was busy we will be back we would recommend the caravan site shardlow marina Derbyshire

Pub under a new landlord & unfortunately he is not friendly. We witnessed a couple get rudely shouted at because they let their teenage daughter walk in the pub & stand at the bar to look at what drinks they had !! I myself was disgusted with his attitude how he spoke to the couple & didn’t blame them for leaving & not buying anymore drinks. He doesn’t deserve custom, the customers he does have seem to be regulars, who push you out of the way of the bar - shame as the entertainment & food are good, but the landlord spoils it !!

Just had a Sunday dinner here and I must say that it's lovely one of the best I've had in a while would definitely recommend very good

Nothing to say,just very clique , got starred at when went there (probably the "regulars"), narrow minded straight "audience", very judgemental by the way they look at you if you not"fitting in" type of looks... never going there,we prefer to go to other lovely pubs in Shardlow,where the staff are really friendly accepting all sorts of guests,unlike the Boathouse. Food it's also a categorically No-No.

Actually called the boat house now. Friendly bar staff and great food, had a full English brekkie which was served very promptly by bubbly waitress with bright orange hair. Evening meal I chose pizza and my friend had the Boathouse burger, both excellent by the same waitress, hope she had a break! even though they were busy. We’ll come again. Thank you.

Great beee, the Bass is excellent. Really friendly staff and the food looks great. The live music nights are fabulous

We’ve been going to this pub for 15 years and have always been welcomed . However this new clown that took over is clearly anti- children. His poor partner was so embarrassed by his behaviour when our two year old grandaughter was sitting in the chair playing Pipo with an elderly gentleman and she screamed with laughter! THe landlord got out of his chair he’d been sitting in all day came over and said we can’t have that in here! It’s called fun and lovely to see children interacting with the older generation! You should be ashamed of yourself you have spoilt the history of that pub. We will never step foot in their again… just carry on sitting in your chair drinking pints all day and leave everyone else to do the work!

We called at Shardlow as we’d heard it was beautiful & wanted to explore it for ourselves. Upon arrival we noticed the sign to park behind and we did so accordingly. My Mother walked over to the cafe to use a refuse bin and was accosted by a member of staff who was very abrupt. After a short walk around the marina we got back to our car only to be accosted by another member of staff claiming he had just seen us get out of another vehicle parked in his car park. He was extremely rude and refused to believe us even though we then proceeded to get into our own car as he was speaking to us. Do not recommend visiting this place unless you are happy to be treated badly and spoken to rudely. We were considering using the cafe for a drink as we have a long drive ahead but decided against it.

It’s now the boathouse and it’s brilliant, the staff are fab , the new owners are lovely , the menu is brill really good prices! The homemade pizza is the best pizza I’ve ever had ( and I’ve eaten pizza in Italy ! ) Highly recommend the place now my favourite in shardlow !!

Yeah, went in as looks nice, but then saw a video of the dude there pouring water over a new born baby just to get likes on tik tok. The baby was struggling and clearly not happy. Refuse to give my money to someone like that. Nice one.

Went to smithys it’s a lovely area outside especially if you have kids, there’s a few bits for them. Set in a lovely area overlooking the marina. Food looked lovely but we only went for a drink. The guy who runs it was a little mardy but I guess it was a hot busy summers day

Visited Smithys whilst stopping on the Campsite next door. What a fab atmosphere and music. There was no live music the weekend we stayed but the music playing in the bar was great. Didn't eat here but the food that came to neighbouring tables looked really nice and big portions. Staff were fab and very hard working. Very dog friendly too which is always a bonus when camping with to crazy 4 legged friends!! Will definitely be returning.

Visited here when staying locally on canal for Download festival. The bar was busy but staff were great. We had a tuna mayo sandwich & chips which came with salad & was excellent. We went back on Saturday night & there was a band on. Great atmosphere. Would definitely go back if visiting the area again.

Adam makes all feel welcome and the staff are friendly. The location helps - local and safe for the kids... roll on another summer at Smithys