The Ashford Arms Restaurant in Derbyshire Dales

Came for afternoon tea and it was splendid, the staff was very attentive, also thanks to the luvly receptionist who went out our way after missing the bus back to Bakewell offered to take us what a nice thing to do, we will definitely book again for afternoon tea, thanks everyone, from Sandra and Anthony Hopkins.

Visited here with a large family group to celebrate my mum and dad's anniversary. The entire team were really helpful when I was making the booking. Sometimes dining out in large groups can be a bit of a stress, especially as a number of our party have allergies and the staff were very responsive to our queries and our orders were managed and checked meticulously. The food here is knockout, top quality Sunday lunch with delicious ingredients cooked very well. Great wine list and absolutely perfect cask ales made for a memorable occasion. The pricing is extremely good value for the quality and the a la carte menu had lots of interesting, inventive dishes. Thanks to everyone at the Ashford Arms.

This is for the restaurant. Had a lovely meal here. It is part of a mini chain of quality pubs around Derbyshire. The menu is extensive and a little eccentric. Sometimes it felt like too many ingredients and ideas on the plate. But it was all freshly prepared and tasted good. Service is excellent. Where do they get their staff? We had a lovely relaxed lunch and look forward to returning Don’t forget to register your car at reception or you may be given a parking ticket.

Ate here twice in a week. Started with Sunday roast which was very good. Lamb was cooked to perfection. Then had a meal in the week. Three of us had the pie which was very good, a fish and chips and a pasta. All cooked very well and all enjoyed. Service is very good. Also had a few beers in the garden which is a great place to chill out after a walk.

Really like the refurb, the food is delicious. Wife loved the Sunday roast lamb. Only thing that would make it better for me would be Lukas on tap!

Stopped there for a drink around lunchtime on a Saturday. Place was really busy. I enjoyed one of there low alcohol beers. Lots of outside seating for eating and drinking.

Had a delicious meal at lunchtime. The service was friendly and efficient. Nothing was too much trouble. Excellent gluten free choices. We have booked to go back in a few weeks.

The food was incredible, could not fault it! Service was amazing too! Good vegan and vegetarian selection available. Dog friendly too!

Really lovely Sunday lunch for the family. Great choices on the menu really well cooked with excellent friendly service.

Had breakfast here in passing. The food was delicious, with speedy and friendly service too. Would recommend to anyone just for food, but the hotel looks gorgeous as well!

Great food and attentive service. Gorgeous through and through.

A recently refurbished hotel in a lovely, peaceful village. Check-in was friendly & straightforward & our room very comfortable, but it turned out anything but quiet. We were in Dale End, at the working 'end' of the hotel, or so it seemed. At about 5pm, we were conscious of a constant banging/drumming noise, possibility an extractor fan, some machinery, something broken? When we went down to dinner at 7, we spoke to the lady on reception who suggested possibly the kitchen door opening & closing. NO WAY! She also said she'd investigate & get back to us. Nothing happened. Noise went on until about 10pm. Then, the next morning: something happening in external refrigerator unit, bins being moved or emptied then barrels unloaded. For a room with good, heavy curtains, we were awake at the crack of dawn & hence first to breakfast at 8am. No note was made of our complaint & it was not addressed when we checked out. Bad. Breakfast seems geared to external visitors, not guests, ie (priced) set plates, no cereals to start, just a full English, or pastry + granola + yogurt + fruit or other set collections. I like a little bit of cereal, then yogurt, some fruit, toast afterwards. Our waitress was very accommodating but it felt a bit awkward. Finally, has any thought been given to where guests can put 'stuff' in the bathroom? No shelf. We had to use the floor! Also, no room to turn around in the shower (& I'm really small)

Lovely friendly place with fantastic food and excellent service

Had 2 nights in this excellent inn. It is set in a picturesque village in the White Peak and has been recently renovated to a high standard. The room we had (Deepdale) was very well appointed and comfortable. A good uninterrupted nights sleep after traipsing the fells. Although the shower room was small, the shower was powerful and hot. All the room was cleaned to a high standard. We ate both nights and the food was superb. The menu had wholesome food, well cooked and decent portions. The bar has a good range of beers - much of the food and beer was sourced very locally. I cannot praise the staff highly enough! Very efficient, friendly and accomodating. Considering the quality of the offerings, the prices were reasonable too (compared to the rip off south of England). We will certainly stay again.

First visit to the newly refurbished establishment . Decoration and design have been undertaken to a high standard . Warm welcome upon arrival ( weather was conducive, so sat in the garden ) . Our server Rosie was friendly and attentive- drink were offered almost immediately along with menu. Chose small starters and a brisket burger for mains - all food was delicious and arrived in good time , albeit a little slow . Garden was well laid out , and during clement weather - is the ideal Location to enjoy food and drinks. Be aware : Register your car at Main Reception as soon as you arrive to avoid a parking ticket ( by what would appear to be quite a pernicious parking company looking at others comments ). Parking lot is very tight ( with only one way in, and out ) , and a little bumpy even at very low driving speeds . Worth a visit if passing to enjoy a relaxing drink and/or food . A slight niggle was the landscaping in the garden - looked very rushed and not very tidy . And did not really work with the Ashford Arms whole image .

Beautiful location, lovely rooms, amazing food and friendly staff. Can't wait to return!

Good food at fair prices. Well appointed property with good car parking.

Great food. Lovely staff. Dog friendly. Definitely be going back. The roast beef was 👌 fabulous

Great place. Stopped in for a family Sunday lunch and the food and service were excellent. Really appreciated the variety on the Sunday roast options including vegetarian/ vegan and locally sourced meat options, good pints too

Fantastic to see all the investment in this wonderful establishment. We have been four times and the atmosphere, surroundings and food is wonderful. Unfortunately, on all occasions, the service is slow and can be a little generic e.g. not personal. Our party of 6 were made to wait in the little foyer to be seated and staff were walking around us. The food takes a significant amount of time to arrive, which may have been due to how busy it was each time. We also have to keep looking out for servers to ask for more drinks, when they should be checking our glasses and asking us. It was going to be a four but with these issues on each visit, it knocked it down further. I think we should go when it is quieter!

A really fantastic Sunday lunch. The roast dinner was top quality (of course, with meat from Derbyshire's finest butchers at New Close Farm). The starters were also wonderful - I opted for the glazed pork belly with Gochujang sauce, which is one of the best dishes I have had in a long time. All washed down with a lovely bottle of wine. Service was great throughout and the decor was nice.

Appetising, extensive menu, friendly, obliging waiting staff, delicious food, timely service, value for money.

We had read about the Ashford Arms in the Guardian and booked a one night stay. The room and decor were lovely and the bar with open fire was perfect for an intimate pre-dinner drink (although go down early to get one of the seats by the fire). The food was gorgeous - we stayed for dinner and really enjoyed the breakfast the next morning. With stunning walks on the doorstep (we did a circular walk) this was the perfect place for a weekend getaway.

We had two lovely stays here over the Christmas and New Year period. All of the staff are friendly and helpful, and Josh works exceptionally hard. We enjoyed all the food we ate as well. Thank you!

Absolutely great! Re-opened a year ago. All in style and with good quality. The staff is very friendly and the food (we had diner & breakfast) so scrumptious.

Went for evening meal after visit to Chatsworth. Excellent menu with many GF choices. Will visit again soon.

Lovely Pub. Stopped for lunch, had the crayfish crab cakes, were lovely. Separate sandwich lunch menu. Had two lovely local beers which went down very well. Wife’s wine was also lovely and presented very well. Had a little one with us and staff were friendly offering colouring equipment and a high chair. Kids menu also. Plenty of free parking just type in your registration. Lots of outside tables as well which would be perfect in the summer.

Stopped for a pint after a walk. Lovely pub, good beer and really helpful staff.

Great Sunday lunch and service exceptional

Had a wedding reception here. What an amazing place. The staff are just brilliant and the ambiance superb. Will be back !

Had a wonderful Xmas Even dinner here with the family. Accidentally booked a non-dog friendly table, but the staff found us another table and we're very attentive throughout the meal. Excellent standards and delicious food! Would highly recommend :)

The food was amazing. Ate from the festive menu and every course was fantastic. Can't wait to go back and order from the a la carte. Well worth a try. The staff were all very friendly too.

A beautiful building, which is bigger than you think. Delicious food and drinks. Amazing service and a very welcoming atmosphere. A great place to eat as a large or small group.

A fantastic meal for a group of 9, service was excellent from start to finish, felt really well looked after which made lunch even better! The food was exceptional with everyone being incredibly happy with what they ordered, the wine was excellent as well! Will certainly be back!

No one informed us that we needed to register for parking when we arrived at the pub, I'd argue the signage isn't obvious and something on the door would have been welcomed.

Only stopped for a drink so can't comment on the food. It did look and smell great though. The staff were so friendly and helpful. We'll definitely be returning for a meal next time over the Christmas holidays. Very dog friendly as well.

What an amazing little pub hotel. Spotlessly clean, incredibly designed and so so comfortable. This was a gem of a find in the Peaks District and right down the street from adorable Bakewell. The breakfast was delicious (the black pudding!) and our stay couldn't have been better. Will stay here again the next chance we get.

Visited today for my sisters birthday with my two young boys aged 6 and 2.We received excellent service and I wanted to write this review for the lovely ladies who served our table. They were kind and friendly and looked after us brilliantly, thank you! The food was also very good. We will be back again soon I’m sure.

Great food with friendly service.

We stayed a couple of nights and ate a meal both evenings. What a treat! The rooms were first class. Extremely comfortable, spacious with White Company toiletries. From the moment we walked through the door the service was exemplary. We felt welcome and there was no delay at check-in. The evening meals were delicious and there was a good selection on the menu. A very relaxing atmosphere. A top class pub and hotel well deserving of our 5* rating. We can’t wait to return!

Lovely, welcoming cosy stay and the food was top notch ! Absolutely would recommend. Bravo ! Tom

Very nicely renovated old pub and restaurant.....look forward to returning soon

The refurbishment has been tastefully carried out creating quite a pleasant atmosphere. It was particularly busy for a Monday evening so that must be a good sign. Service and attention was excellent. The staff were extremely attentive and highly organised. Rosie was a star! The menu contained a good choice of foods to suit most tastes. My only disappointment was the fact that there seemed to be too many dogs allowed in the dining area with one barking from time to time. Prices for food are a tad too high for what you get on your plate. Would I return? Yes, probably for drinks rather than food. Most importantly the place is open, thriving and no longer a depressing building in the lovely village.

Went out to Ashford last night for a few beers and nibbles We booked a table and we both delighted with the service, quality of food and drinks but also the pub Very nice Recommended 👍

Fantastic pub. So good we returned for dinner again the next day when camping near by. The food here is amazing and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Wouldn’t hesitate in recommending this pub.

Had a very enjoyable meal here with friends. Staff were friendly and helpful with dietary queries. Timothy Taylor Landlord (£5 a pint) was superb and the fish and chips I had were one of the best ever! Recommended.

We had a lovely meal at the Ashford Arms, a gorgeous pub with a great atmosphere. Particularly recommend the roast dinners, which had delicious vegetables in huge portions with extra gravy to boot! The sticky toffee pudding was the best we've ever had. We were looked after well by all of the staff, particularly our main waiter, Oliver. Thoroughly recommended!

We had food which was excellent would highly reccomend , decor is lovely and the location is in a faboulous little village

Called in for lunch as we were passing, unfortunately we were too late and the restaurant was closed, but the very friendly staff directed us to the Bar where a small menu was available. We were not disappointed, good selection of Ales and the food we had was excellent. Lovely comfortable seats by a roaring fire and friendly, attentive staff were. Highly recommend.

Beautiful interior very friendly staff and delicious food..get yourselves there. Apologies for muddy boots and dogs.

Excellent hotel restaurant and bar, situated in the Beautiful village of Ashford in the water . Food and service excellent, lovely atmosphere highly recommended .

Outstanding meal. A fabulous evening in every way. Food, service, ambience. Can't fault anything. So glad we booked in advance as we wouldn't have got a table for 6 otherwise 👍🏽🤗

Went for a meal here with friends. Wonderful meal in lovely surroundings. The food was excellent and very good value. Highly recommended

Wedding Anniversary outing. Delicious and super service. Thank you.

Lovely pub. Beautiful suite, had few problems with the shower but it got sorted. Delicious evening meal and breakfasts.

Very nice place to visit, comfy seats, plenty of room and tables. Tables outside as well. Very nice food, great cooked and served. Delicious taste .

Beautiful traditional pub worth excellent food. The service is exemplary, dogs are welcomed in the bar area and the menu beautiful. Very highly recommended 👌🏻

Excellent meal.Not badly priced

It's nice to see the Ashford Arms open again. The food is lovely and there beers and beer garden are great

Lunch at the Ashford Arms. Wonderful. Don't miss this place.

Had a lovely birthday meal for my partner x had the Asian starter and prawns followed by 2 sirloin steaks with drinks. Lovely food, quite pricy but worth it for a special meal. Good service too on a busy Sat night.

Lovely room but smaller than expected.

Came for dinner: the food was incredible!

We visited the Ashford Arms while staying nearby in a holiday cottage (hence no review on rooms) dropping by first for a drink in their comfortable snug bar, then for an evening meal; both times with our dog. Recently refurbished the hotel has a nice atmosphere with friendly staff, good food and nice selection of local ales.

It's a bug bear of mine that a table in the bar has a lap top and a notepad for one person to work but nobody is there. A table that could accommodate 4 people has been put off limits. Further more when you come for a drink to relax the last thing you want to see is someone working on a laptop. I just can't see why staff can't do work in an office rather than take up a table for four patrons. Makes no sense to me.

I cannot rate the Ashford Arms highly enough, our room was cosy and beautifully decorated with the biggest bed I’ve ever slept on!! It was also immaculately clean. The little extras in the room -tea/coffee/biscuits, bottled water and robes were all lovely touches. The concierge (I wish I had taken his name) was so knowledgeable about the area and super helpful - he answered everything I asked him with ease and nothing seemed to much trouble in fact every member of staff we interacted with were really very friendly and helpful. The food was divine! It was the nicest Sunday Roast I have had in a long time - roast beef and all the trimmings cooked to perfection. The Desserts of Bakewell Pudding and Summer Berry Pavlova were equally scrumptious!! They also served food until 7.30pm which was great and meant I didn’t have to cut my day’s sightseeing short. Breakfast the following day was full of choice - my smoked salmon and scrambled eggs and my partner’s full English were delicious and set us up for a full day of exploring the stunning Peak District. 💯

Fantastic place to visit.Great food and very helpful staff nothing was to much trouble Definitely recommend to others

Had a lovely meal here on Saturday evening. Lovely location, amazing food and great friendly service. Had to book as very popular.

Have had weekday lunch here several times over the past 10 years and always excellent food and service in attractive surroundings. Booking recommended. Lovely outside beer garden at rear, very relaxing in fine sunny weather and just short walk to the pretty Sheep wash bridge over the river Wye. Sadly closed during and after Covid Pandemic. Now reopened and refurbished to a high standard. Restaurant very good excellent menu choices and comprehensive wine menu (but not cheap!) Good service and very pleasant surroundings in dining area and conservatory. Out door seating too. Highly recommended - advance restaurant booking advisable.

Really nice place. Plenty of space inside and out for eating and drinking. Food looked really good but didn't sample. Great atmosphere and really nice pub.

Our party went for a meal there The food and the service were excellent, a very enjoyable experience, and ues I would go there again.

Had a lovely stay and meal the room was a little small but done very nicely with definitely be going back

Called in on spec last Saturday having not been for years. Fortunately they had a spare table for us. The service was great and welcoming for food is absolutely fantastic. Prices are reasonable. Would not hesitate to recommend.

Great atmosphere, great food, beautiful decor.

We had a lovely meal food was great, probably the best tasting Thai curry I've had outside of a Thai restaurant. Good flavours, decent portions, reasonably priced and nice staff.

Had a lovely celebratory meal with the family. Food was amazing however took quite a while for our desserts to then come afterwards. Didn’t come back to check if we wanted more drinks so ended up only having 1 pint in the hour and a half we were there

Came here with the family today while on holiday in the Peak District. One of the best meals we've had in a good while. Lovely setting and service was excellent and attentive even though the staff were very busy. The kids meal choices are far better than your average offerings and delicious too. Their chocolate brownie and their ice cream were also noteworthy. Definitely worth the visit.

Plant based Sunday lunch was amazing. To be honest it’s probably one of the best I’ve had. Service it spot on as well. What a great find. If you’re in the Bakewell or Ashford area then definitely worth a visit.

Disappointed in the homemade pie. The crust was to hard to cut, it just shattered. The amount of mash and peas ( one small dollop of each) did not last the pie so you were eating just pie. Chicken and mushroom nothing special for home made pie , had better from pie shops. Well over priced. Complained, just told well it's a home made pie!!! No discount or apology. Give this place a miss for meals.

What can I say!being accident of Ashford in the Water, I have now discovered the re vamped Ashfor Arms.its a Credit to the Village, professionally Run by the kitchen Porter to the Management, the restaurant staff are Amazing. Professional and Polite, the Food is a Delight for the taste buds and the wine is incredible, all in all I will be Recomending this Hotel to all my Friends , for the Genuine and professional service Yindi and were given on Tuesday evening to the point I will be bringing friends to the AS and recomending the Fantastic Hotel on Saturday.

I booked Afternoon Tea here for my husbands birthday. He had the Savoury option and I had the traditional. Both didn't disappoint, all very tasty and the right amount of food. A lovely setting too.

A very wet monday night for 2 campers and a dog! We were so grateful for a lovely welcome. It was full of customers. We sat in the pergola area which was beautiful whilst the rain continued to pour down. I had the most interesting and delicious salad that I have ever been offered and added delicious cauliflower pekora. My partner had sea trout which he greatly enjoyed followed by a beautiful sweet which included mango & pomegranate, In the middle of the night we were rained out of our tent, packed up and went home! The Ashford Arms was a wonderful haven which we highly recommend. Deidre and Mike

Went for Sunday lunch and was very impressed with the quality and taste of the food, the service from the staff and the general ambience. We booked for another meal on our way out.

Went for a birthday treat .The service was great and food excellent. Rices similar to others on the area.

Lovely meal for 6 of us. Great quality and well presented. Dogs allowed in. No complaints on service too. Rooms not used.

Good service, lots of gluten free options

Lovely meal and cocktail. Good value, good service and tasty food. EDIT: Went multiple times it was that good! Biggest chicken burger ever. So tasty!

Excellent dinner. Great menu choices. Not just typical pub grub. Various attractive eating areas, including a conservatory. Nice outdoor area too. Set in a really pretty village.

Really enjoyed the Sunday family visit to The Ashford Arms. Nice place with a great atmosphere 👌 The outside garden looks idyllic. Shame we couldn't use it due to rain, 😕 but restaurant service went above and beyond to make our stay cosy and warm, and they've turned the heating lamps in a lovely restaurant conservatory. Nice, friendly, patient, and understanding waitress, even though our family members can be "annoying"😉 Thank you, The Ashford Arms! We will be back!

Dining area excellent but food rather pricey with rather unfriendly service.

A really good country pub, good range of beers and lagers. Food a tad pricey 😕

Just called in for a drink really nice place in a lovely village

We were served by the lovely Maddie F today who greeted us with a smile regardless of how busy and run off her feet she was! Always ensured we were happy with our food. Lovely family visit

Beautifull meal. Great staff. Fantastic location

Refurbed rooms, great food. Would stay here again.

Veri nice refurbished pub lovely gardens plenty of parking food looks good but is quite expensive two drinks £6.40 for a pint of coke and a pint of blackcurrant cordial not bad I suppose 🤔 But nice place to visit

Booked for dinner on 14th May while we were on holiday, food is amazing, and the service was really good. Would 100% recommend. We will be back

Lovely village pub, very nice lunch, good to see restaurant so busy with a good atmosphere.

I had high expectations for our two night stay, given mostly positive reviews. However, we had a really bad experience and won’t be returning. With very few photos available online, I booked a “junior suite” after phoning to enquire about the difference between a suite and a junior suite. I was informed that the only difference was that the suite had a bathtub in the bedroom, whereas the junior suite’s bathtub was in the bathroom. Upon entering the “junior suite” I initially thought they’d allocated us a standard room by mistake, as the room was a very small double, with nothing junior suite-ish about it?! There wasn’t anywhere to put our two cases (and no luggage racks), so we ended up having to put them on the floor and constantly clamber over them. The bathroom was large, unnecessarily so, which made us wonder why they didn’t make the room larger and the bathroom smaller? Also, the quality of the finishes in the bathroom was poor. I turned the sink tap on to have one of the knobs fall off in my hand. But the worst part of our stay was the noise! We hardly got any sleep because you could hear every single movement from the room above, plus the noise from the traffic outside was so loud. And both evenings (after 11pm) we had to go downstairs to ask them to turn the music off in the restaurant below because it was so loud in the bedroom. Apparently, this place has fairly recently been refurbished, so it’s amazing they didn’t consider the sound-proofing aspect, which is clearly none existent. For £250/night I was expecting a lot more. And I see the same room costs over £400/night later in the year??! I mean, they don’t even provide tissues! I was planning on giving my feedback upon checkout, but the member of staff dealing with us was obviously too busy to care to ask how our stay had been. My advice: come here for breakfast or a pint in the beer garden (the only positives about the place), but avoid staying here unless you have really good earplugs and low expectations.

Beautiful food, great service, great location.