The Bubble Kniveton Ashbourne in Derbyshire Dales

Normally very good but unable to book a table on their website for a birthday. We are very local, looks closed up and no cars in the car park every time we pass.

The kids meals were ok but main meals we thought were not great and didn’t think they were worth the price. I love a kebab but thought I would get better quality at a kebab shop. Tiny naan breads with not much meat.

We called in for lunch as a family of four as we were passing. My boys had burgers which were homemade and very tasty. My husband and I had the "mad Greek" mixed kebabs with fries, flatbread, tzatziki and Greek salad which were delicious and generously portioned. Which was just as well as both boys stole plenty of kebabs as they looked so tempting. The boys also enjoyed the small play area outside.

It takes a lot for my family to complain. But today was by far the worst meal we’ve had as a family of 10. Manager was rude and argumentative, staff seemed undertrained or just didn’t care? . Lots of things missing from the menu leaving us not a lot of choice and what we did choose came out cold, burnt and dry. The chicken burger was a joke. Bread, four pieces of chicken and an undercooked cob? No salad on the burger at all. Speaking of salad for a Greek restaurant I’ve never seen a Greek salad look so depressing, lettuce, tomato and a bit of cucumber. No dressing, no feta and frankly not a-lot of it! When trying to communicate to the manager that we were dissatisfied with our food he became very argumentative saying that we were calling his food rubbish and that this is how It’s meant to be? Very disappointed with how my birthday meal turned out and disappointed with the way they handled the situation.

Party of 4 called in for lunch. Pub not busy. Staff friendly, welcomed warmly. Unfortunately the starters we ordered were not available we were told once we’d ordered. There was a lack of attention to detail on presentation. The Gin came with 1 ice cube and no lemon or lime for example. The food continued in this way. The starters were a pot of hummus. a pot of tzatziki and pieces on pitta on a tray. A bowl of plain green olives a a bowl of Feta cubes. All basic. For mains we had burgers and kebabs.Previous posts on here show the kebabs with plentiful fresh salad, peppers, olives and chunky chips that appear homemade. Mine arrived a white flatbread with iceberg lettuce, pieces of tomato and pieces of cucumber with 3 slices of Halloumi. My chips were skinny chips that did not appear homemade. Plentiful portion but just ok not “Gastropub” We might have called when they were having an off day, but found food just ok, basic and not a Gastropub experience