The Cross Keys in Erewash

Great pub! Staff great, food great, it's all great! Pizza is amazing.

Popped in for a quick pint on the way out for a meal. The pub was quite busy, but we were served quickly. The pint of Landlord was well kept. There was a good, friendly atmosphere. I noticed they had a dart board but hadn't taken my darts with me. Dog friendly pub too.

Came here for a light lunch for the first time today, great pub, atmosphere, service, selection of beers etc, had the Panini / toasties with homemade chips and slaw, can't fault anything, chips are amazing, no taste of oil just lovely chips, paninis are very tasty as was the slaw. Well done we will be back😋😍

Staff very friendly and helpful very clean place 👌

Very friendly little pub. Just called in as we were passing. Seemed like a great place to visit. Thanks

Went here the other day and food was lovely, roasties were great especially. Service could be a bit more speedy however. However it’s local which is nice, I enjoy walking here.

Nice little pub set back off the main road, great beer and friendly staff.

We've walked over to Ockbrook a few times now on a Sunday to enjoy their roast beef and roast pork cobs, with the best roasties ever, fab gravy, horseradish and stuffing! Such great value, and an outdoor setting that is child and dog friendly! Staff absolutely lovely, good selection of drinks and will definitely be a regular Sunday visit for us :) Thankyou to all the team at Cross Keys!

Went on Sunday, had hot beef cobs with roasties and a jug of beef gravy. Lovely.

Friendly local. Very clean and great atmosphere.

Small pub with a lovely atmosphere and garden to the rear.

Great pub. Highly recommended food, especially the Sunday cobs. Very cosy and warm pub.

Excellent food. Excellent people. Clean and friendly

Great pub, great landlord, great real ales and food

My old local. It's a super place. The bar staff are very friendly

Very doggie friendly. Lovely cool beer while on summer walk from Spondon , Loco Park and Back from Ockbrook. Good outside area and friendly welcoming pub .

Nice lady served us,friendly pub and Sky sports....enjoyed it

Great night out, awesome to see Darlow and Sally

Great atmosphere lovely people staff and customers. Will be back

Absolutely love this pub. It is 1000% the place to be! Great alcohol selection, super friendly bar staff, love the fact dogs are welcome! The food is fantastic, proper home made pizza's that taste UNREAL. This is my local pub, I live behind it and I am very glad. All the other local punters who go to the pub are lovely. Shout out to Ian though - best landlord ever! If you havent tried the cross keys, do it. You wont regret it!

We love love love this pub ! It has everything, great bar staff, locals are so friendly, dogs are welcome and the owners are just brilliant in every way, if you haven’t visited what are you waiting for !

Good beer and nice food. Hospitable and friendly

Food fabulous and great atmosphere, small and friendly. Dogs made most welcome.

Honestly, not the most modern of pubs around but it's not all about the facade. Couldn't fault anyone or anything in there, hugely sociable place, a great afternoon.

Good clean pub good beer with a little county laughter

Very friendly staff and great food... especially the pizza.. yum! 😊👍🏼

Fantastic place, wonderful food, great atmosphere, will be back soon 👍🏼

Nice range of snacks from Burgers classic keys burger and chicken and thyme burger , large pizzas ,garlic bread chips fries cheesy chips .Sunday menu of some items too some "Bluebells ice creams .Good range of drinks too. Outdoor seating area in marquee at side and at the back .

Love the cross keys staff brilliant great beer would definitely recommend, not had any food yet but it looks yummy and smells amazing

Really nice pub with good food and nice staff . Really like the way they have adapted with the tent outside .

Great little pub, fabulous atmosphere and staff. Would highly recommend to anyone for a nice drink.. well worth going to experience

Great atmosphere staff are fab I've been here for years and love it, food is fantastic especially the pizzas 🙂

Top notch food and service again, love this pub. Home made food which it definitely is

Great pub, great beers, great food and fantastic staff.

Good food dog friendly and excellent staff very good atmosphere

Popped in for the first time this evening. Lovely friendly service, good selection of drinks and very nice food. Table in the sun to boot. Smashing pub in Ockbrook.

Friendly local with lively atmosphere

Excellent staff and very friendly place. Food great as you can just purchase finger food at a very reasonable price

Very attentive friendly establishment and staff.

Yes pleasant enough, Food was alright, competitive enough. Looking forward to sitting inside

Great service under the circumstances and the food was pretty decent too. Oakham Citra and Proper Job on draught so will be returning 🍺

We had the Full Monty pizza & Buffalo wing, amazing! Food delivered super hot & on perfectly on time as promised! Fantastic!

This is a nice friendly village type pub with friendly customers and friendly helpful staff. They have a home made food menu serving starters, burgers, wraps etc. and pizzas with a choice of topping which are very good. I had the beef stew in a Yorkshire pudding which was very good, the meat was very tender and I recommend this dish. The other dishes I saw being served also looked good. I understand that they also do a takeaway and delivery service for their food.

Great landlord &friendly staff always make a stop here on my motorcycle good inn jamie bike

Great local village bar. Great owners. Well worth a visit

Amazing food . Definitely a must try 👍

Fantastic service, I think the ladies name is Rosie, you’re very kind! Thankyou for the directions too!

Really good beer. Great pizzas and burgers

Lovely warm fire, a few regulars where in and banter was flying around the pub and I felt welcomed. Definitely a place I would return to.

Friendly village pub, great service, great food, everyone welcome!

Friendly pub..home made food...excellent

Fab pizza, lovely pub, very friendly

Nice little local pub with cracking pizzas on the menu!

No roast today instead a Pizza and Pint at the Keys. Quick service, pizza was tasty and washed it down with a pint of Doombar, what else is there to do on a Sunday afternoon.

Nice friendly pub nice food and a great venue to watch the football

Great little pub, fabulous atmosphere and staff. Would highly recommend to anyone for a nice drink..

Really nice food here. Pizza was excellent as was the stew. Good selection of beers and dog friendly. Parking isn't the best.

I didn't go in just drove past to get to SDSC horse show ..but I've heard it's a great place !!

Visited today with a couple of friends and our daughter, the weather was nice so sat outside in the beer garden, small, quaint but lovely little space. Was served promptly and have a nice selection of beers and real ales on offer, service was prompt and not expensive. We came for the pizza after seeing the signs countless times whilst driving past, we wasn't disappointed, nice sized rustic thin base pizzas full of flavour, we all finished off every last crumb. Overall, great small villiage pub with lovely food and drinks, would definitely visit again and recommend.

Just come back after watching Derby at Wembley, a gold star afternoon! Pub was packed to the rafters, great beer with quality pub food, the Team certainly run a tight ship, one of the most Friendly in the area! Pat on the back 11/10.....💨

The thing I love about this place, and I've only been once... The owner is obviously passionate about his food and service. The burgers are amazing, can't wait to go back ofr a pizza. My dog was allowed on the beer garden too and all the staff were great

Lovely local pub that doesnt fail you! Simple food and good drinks makes u feel right at home.

Cross Keys in Ockbrook is as close to cheers as you can get! Great landlord and staff but also the regulars are an interesting bunch and it doesn't take long to feel like you belong

Traditional cozy in one half of pub other half more modern

I have recently visited a Wonderful Little Drinking Establishment situated at The Top of The Hill on Green Lane Ockbrook..Midweek lunchtime I entered to be welcomed The Effervescent Mr Darlington..Also the warm glow on a brisk March day of a beautiful log burning stove. There was a steady compliment of people in the cosy bar and an array of hand pulled ales and ciders but as I was working I decided to have a soft drink and a bite to eat .I was tempted by a hand made pizza and all I can say is WOW..Amazing, tasty and a really thin crust..Fabulous Mr Darlington...I'll Be Back..❤❤❤

All brilliant food staff and service x

Its a proper friendly traditional pub good crack & good company

Small pub but friendly with a good beer selection, pizza oven and amazing doughnuts.

The best local old English pub you can visit. I don't want to recommend as we like it just as busy as it is. Spot on, Ian and his team really care about their customers plus they have the best Pizza and good beers on offer!

Busy local pub, friendly and with a good feel to it.

Wonderfully Run by a Prince amongst Men ..Mr Darlington..Great Chef too

Nice friendly pub, with a limited yet tasty menu.

Great beer, great service, great pizza.

Good beer and good food great atmosphere

Invited by one of the regulars to sample the hospitality of this pub-one which i hadnt been in for years ! What a transformation, it was cosy and inviting and with a mix of friends and buffet selection on the bar of cheeses and pork pie the atmosphere was great, well done, we will be back

I hope you like pizza and stew because it's all that's on the menu.

Lovely friendly pub best in the village

Very comfortable and freindly local , bar staff great beer great too 👍👍👍

Great atmosphere and staff friendly and helpful. Lovely home cooked food

I'm not sure which establishment a previous reviewer was talking about, as apart for a short closure for an excellent refurbishment, a couple of years ago, the Cross Keys, Ockbrook, is alive and kicking. As a small village pub it treads a fine balancing act between all sorts of clientele, but does so extremely well, and is welcoming to locals and strangers alike - as well as their dogs and children ( the latter within reasonable hours). The menu is limited, but excellent, with the made-to-order pizzas a particular standout. Cheese and biscuits on the bar, every Friday, and although a Sunday dinner is not provided, the roast meat and potatoes, on Sundays are of excellent quality. (But you have to get there by mid afternoon, as they go quickly!) A wood burning stove and low beams make the place a cozy place to be in winter, and the doors opening on to the beer garden, makes it bright and cheerful in summer. Yes, it does have large screens, showing sports channels, but they are not loud or obtrusive. Located on the edge of the picturesque Ockbrook Settlement, I would recommend this friendly little pub to anyone.

Great pub, always a friendly welcome. A real success in times where so many pubs are struggling! A great achievement to all involved

Good atmosphere, busy for a Monday evening, which was nice to see. Menu is pizza or pizza but it is lovely. Worth a visit. Dogs welcome with doggy treats available.

Small but well kept selection of ale, delicious home made pizzas. If you haven't been for a while, the refit is unobtrusive, and has made a logical use of both summer and winter usage. I met the landlords when they first reopened the pub, who wanted to increase the patronage yet maintain the community feel. I think they've done it. By the way if your four legged friends are not welcome up the road them come here!

Was very friendly and the food is amazing,definitely returning very soon.

Place is lovely to eat out but not a place to have a pub game of darts

A great pub real welcoming,beers and food,the real thing, give it try , you will return, and tell your friends,it’s the place to be seen.

Very traditional and cosy village pub that prides itself on serving great beer and superb bar food. Always a choice of 4 or 5 real ales on - the landlord Darlo is very knowledgeable and more than happy to chat. The food is home made, simple and really good value - try the pizza or burgers. Great hot meat cobs and roasties every Sunday lunch. The garden is a real suntrap and child friendly as well. Not many of these places left now as the Pubco's continue to destroy them.

Having just moved to Ockbrook I feel blessed to have this fantastic pub a short walk away. At 63 I remember when most villages or small towns had a pub like this, quirky, small, very friendly and packed, it is worth remembering that pubs were just the size of a normal house so a handful of people is all that's needed to create atmosphere, modern relaxed licensing laws helps that nowadays pubs can stay open till midnight and are family and dog friendly is great, simple homemade food BUT best of all a proper pizza oven is the English version of a tapas bar at just £4.50 a pizza amazing value. In tapas style all sorts of tasty nibbles and pies on the bar encourage people to drink and socialise without getting drunk as if on an empty stomach, most old pubs in Somerset, Dorset, Devon put snacks on the bar on Sunday lunch this was because Sunday licensing meant only noon till 2pm something was needed to attract as many drinkers as possible. Sadly, thousands of pubs like this closed because of the smoking ban a dozen or so years ago, just goes to show how addictive tobacco is because at the time overnight the "pub" atmosphere had gone, those that could diversify into restaurants did, but they aren't the same as the old English pub, now that people have got used to smoke free they miss the old local pub hence "micro pubs" are springing up which really is like turning the clock back a century or more. Well this pub is perfect, I think what makes it is people from this area are far friendlier than most places, regular entertainment is another customer magnet Bravo the Cross Keys your the tops.

I wish people would check the proper pub before writing a review. It's not closed its a lovely pub that does really good home made food at very affordable prices. Staff and landlord make you feel welcome it's definitely worth a visit . Dog friendly too.

Great little pub with real ales and the best Pizza - we travel over from Nottingham just for the Pizza's!

Popped in for a pint. Proper local with sky TV and lots of dogs. Very cosey and a very nice pint of pedigree. Great to see a pub busy on a Sunday evening.

Nice cosy, friendly and welcoming. Reasonable prices to.

This is a really friendly village pub with a great atmosphere and an interesting range of real ales. Its dog friendly and people friendly, and walkers are welcome. The lovely landlord serves great, freshly prepared pub food for drinkers (the hot roast cobs with roast potatoes on Sunday afternoons are fab). However, it is not, and doesn't want to be, a restaurant (hurrah!). So if you want a well-kept drink in a friendly place, with maybe a hot or cold dish to go with it this is for you,

Brilliant cosy and friendly pub and they serve really good food, I had a lovely pizza very tasty and good value!!

Dropped in as we were passing at lunchtime. Both ordered the beef stew - £4.50 each. Absolute bargain & would have cost twice as much at most places. Friendly welcome & warm log burner - what more can you ask for?

Great traditional village pub. Fantastic atmosphere friendly landlord and staff. Food is great and the homemade Pizza's are the best! This pub is also Doggie friendly☺

Super for dogs, great pizza, good selection of drinks, friendly staff, nice decor

Great food ,great staff made so welcome and super dog friendly nice big log fire, well recommended to anyone

Packed venue, friendly staff, log fire and dog friendly - proper pub, great atmosphere. Nice little beer garden for sunny days too!

Have not lived long in Derbyshire, so have only recently discovered this little gem of a pub. Very friendly bar staff & locals. Added bonus of being dog friendly as well. Haven't eaten there heat so cannot comment on the food. Well worth a visit if you want a warm welcome & a pint.