The devonshire arms in Bolsover

Absolutely wonderful food and service. Very much enjoyed my beef and ale pie with mash, really tasted like exceptional home cooking. The vibe is warm and cosy but also slightly upmarket. Would visit again for sure. Also great proximity for Chatsworth House.

Good food but don’t accept cash 👎🏻

Excellent food and service. Highly recommend for a weekend away. Also dog friendly, although we couldn't take ours as we were visiting Chatsworth house for the Xmas experience. Will definitely revisit with our dog. Thanks to all including Adam and Emma.

Stopped here for a breakfast, plenty of choice on the menu, all very nice, staff all friendly.

I booked Sunday lunch with my family whilst visiting. It offered a great Sunday lunch menu plus a delightful vegetarian option. Super comfortable seating and tables. Great staff, happy and smiling and nothing was a problem. Loved their doggie treats and water area.!

Really good stay in a friendly pub/hotel. We arrived at 3 and was able to check in easily. The bed was comfortable and we even had small birds nesting outside our window! We had food in the restaurant which was really tasty and breakfast was great aswell. They were dog friendly and allowed us to have all our meals together

Brilliant called in for meal and a drink. Staff welcoming and food excellent. Setting beautiful.

Only went for lunch. Bloody lovely and great VfM. You could have expected higher prices from this location. Glad it's a real pub still as well as a gastro spot

Not your standard local pub, it’s more of a gastro pub. The food was great and service was brilliant. They were very welcoming for our 2 dogs. Lovely place to stop for food after days hiking

Not worth the hype. Surrounding area is nice but food was not great - the falafel burger was dry and actually a bit of a chore to eat it. We were out for a big family meal and didn't want to make a fuss and spoil it as other people in the party enjoyed their food. We were also told we were booked into the malt vault but get there and we were just in the main dining room in blazing sunlight in front of the big window - lack of shade meant I struggled to even look at the lady next to me when she was talking to me. Manager then added insult to injury by asking me if it was my 50th wedding anniversary - for context I am 35. I personally wouldn't recommend and this falls short of the standards I expected.

Lovely place for a meal and a walk

I have just spent 2 days at this hotel. The front line staff were friendly and helpful and the hotel and rooms were clean. However the hotel is quite noisy and whilst the breakfast was fine, the evening meals on both nights were poor. I don’t mind paying for a good hotel but in my opinion this was not good value and i would not recommend staying here at the prices currently offered

Just stopped in for a drink after a hike. Nice place to visit

Excellent food Excellent friendly staff Will definitely be visiting again Would definitely recommend .

Dog friendly, great food. Lacking lounge area / casual seating.

lovely place, food and service. room very expensive.

The place is beautiful, but the food is not good, we ordered a burger and they brought a burnt burger and paper with fries. I was shocked

Incredible Sunday roast after a 10k walk 🙌

Went in for lunch on 12th March. Lovely log fire burning added to a welcoming ambience. Staff all very attentive and smiling. Lunch was Steak and Ale pie with chips and greens. Very nice. I can recommend this lovely pub.

Lovely country pub. With fabulous walks close by.

Our hotel room was in the upstairs of a house. There was no lift and the room had two floors with a steep staircase. The room was nice and bathroom very good. The food in the restaurant was not great and neither was the breakfast.

Lovely hotel, pub, restaurant in the middle of the dales. The service was excellent, rooms good, a little noisy from the bar, but for me felt good to hear chat from downstairs. The food was brilliant had the mushroom tagliatelle which was delicious and the sticky toffee pudding with salted caramel ice cream. All delicious as was the freshly cooked breakfast. Rooms were clean and airy, staff always had a smile. Great experience.

It’s a proper pub great food also

Beautiful little pub in a beautiful little village. Wonderful Sunday roast and dog friendly. Sat in the bar by the fire which was just perfect for a cloudy Sunday

We had a lovely meal and the staff were outstanding.

Just popped in for a drink while on a walk fab pub log fire nice pint of chatsworth gold real ale

Went for lunch there were 8 of us Service excellent, staff very friendly Food, 5 star. Best steak & ale pie ever.

The setting was a beautiful country pub, with a very warm and cosy feel. Staff were very attentive and food came out extremely fast. The food was very high quality and tasted delicious. It was pub food of restaurant quality. Would recommend.

We like to stay here when we visit Chatsworth. Fabulously comfortable beds and really good food.

Stayed here for a little pre Christmas get away and visit Chatsworth house. The location is a close distance to Chatsworth house and other villages. Room was very comfortable, bed was a good quality and heating was great for mid December weather. Food at the restaurant was amazing (sorry no photos of the food). Internet reception was good enough for social and videos. Enough parking on site and very reasonable price. Friendly staff and good breakfast selection.

Gorgeous little pub located in a beautiful little village. The food was the best I've had for a long time. Everything was cooked to perfection and tasted amazing. The staff were so lovely and helpful. My mum and i stayed over for one night in a cottage room, it was a lovely room the only slight down side was it was a little chilly (I think due to old windows and only 1 radiator for quite a large room) That being said I would stay again as it was so beautiful and location was perfect . My photos are of the village literally as you walk out of the pub 😍 Thank you for a lovely stay!

What a treat! Every dish was layered with stunning flavours and the presentation was exceptional. The atmosphere was comfortable and the staff were friendly and welcoming! A perfect meal!

Very nice place to stay and close to Chatsworth House. Stayed for the Christmas event which was well worth it. Staff are very polite and obliging. Decent evening menu both A la carte and bar. We were lucky for a good coating of snow to complete the Christmas experience.

Not an especially warm welcome yesterday, after a long, cold, beautiful walk. I think more for the tourists who want food, rather walkers. Nice pint.

Always lovely food from the Chatsworth Estate.

Choice as a gf vegetarian wasn't great, the portions were very small and half of our party were sat next to the window and were very cold 🥶 compared to our visit last year we were quite disappointed.

We went on way to Chatsworth Markets & house booked it & wasn’t disappointed the food was excellent Sunday lunch I had beef hubby had lamb. Service excellent staff lovely & chatter to you. Definitely come back Thank you ☺️

What was meant to be a very relaxing 2-day break with a visit to the Christmas market and farm shop resulted into us cutting the break short after one night and returning home. We felt completely in the way as bar area had recent flood damage and a new carpet was in the process of being fitted during our stay. Upon arriving back from Chatsworth house for the day and looking forward to a relaxing drink in the bar area - we were told to come back in 30 minutes and see if certain areas had dried. So unprofessional - Why open? Why wasn’t this information given upon booking? Why give your guests this sort of restricted experience? I got away from my business after nearly being flooded for a few days with my wife to relax. Not worry about another businesses carpet being fitted in the bar area. Really poor customer experience won’t be returning here.

Wonderful overnight stay with exceptionally helpful and pleasant staff.

Having made a reservation for my birthday treat my wife and I were seated at the last table table in the restaurant. The room was pretty cold. Asked if we could move into a warmer part of the restaurant. "All full,sorry" We did get to move to the next table but moving 1 meter doesn't make the ambiance any warmer. Food arrived, had to send it back, it was cold. Came back warm, not hot. Decided to just put up with it seeing as my wife was half finished her dish. For some unknown reason we dicided to have dessert. My wife had ice cream, which was luckly cold, I had sticky toffee pud and custard. Pudding was quite dry and the custard was unsurpisingly cold. I'd had enough by that time and just accepted it. I was offered a 10% discount. Side note, all of the wait staff looked to be under 20 years old. All in all, not a really good experience.

Lovely restaraunt/bar Staff excellent Very helpful, polite ,and informative Food was to die for Tom deserves a mention as he was soso polite young man Will definitely recommend and visit again

Only popped in for a drink after visiting Chatsworth. Very nice inside and friendly service. Dog friendly too

Went for our anniversary meal. The food was amazing and reasonably priced. The staff were lovely and had a great selection of drinks.

Relaxed atmosphere , first day as you might expect Noisy disturbed night (very noisy bar)the next night. Travelodge on motorway would've been quieter . Comfy quality room although of age and maintenance of some windows that don't open or shut properly meaning they are well ventilated linen was old and creating dust every time it was touched . Dog facilities are brilliant but so they should be at £15 extra per night Food excellent but apple and rhubarb crumble average . Far too much fruit and a dusting of crumble like topping. Red berries detracted from flavour of rhubarb . Rhubarb had hard outer skin still attached. Burger excellent. Hagity pie excellent although a 🥕 or two on the plate would've made it perfect . Free Tesla Destination charger for guests made our EV trip stress free on day 1 then failed day 2. Can't be relied on . A few outside sockets for contingency are needed In summary, over priced for the overall quality

Lovely pub with fantastic rooms in a superb setting

I recently stayed for 2 wonderful nights with my husband and our dog.. The room was beautiful complete with an extremely comfortable 4 poster bed. It was also exceptionally clean with lovely quality bath room products. We were booked in as bed and breakfast but chose to eat in their restaurants both evenings and we not disappointed. The bar is well stocked and the wine list also offered a good choice. Every member of staff were so accommodating, friendly, cheerful slightly chilled out in an endearing kind of way which made us feel totally at home and chilled out ourselves. Nothing was too much trouble for anyone. Our dog loved it too as she was made to feel welcome and fussed over a great deal! There was a great choice of breakfasts all allergies and food preferences catered for. We can recommend the Devonshire breakfast followed by a long walk. The menu for the evening dinners offers a good selection of choices and the food did not disappoint. They do not scrimp on the portion size which is why I didn't get to desserts. The small village of Pilsley is so quaint and pretty with many stunning walks. We chose a 6 mile walk, recommended by the manager, into Chatsworth which was really pretty. The hotel/restaurant is only a few hundred yards from the Chatsworth Farm shop which is well worth a visit if you are a foodie like us! I would recommend this hotel if you like the idea of a quaint, relaxing and tranquil village. I would stay here again. If you want more nightlife you might be better staying in Bakewell.

Absolutely fantastic. You can’t beat this place for fantastic food, cosy atmosphere & friendly efficient service. Max & Tracey are a joy. I had what I would call restaurant quality food with its presentation, & look forward to our next visit.

Exceptional hotel with outstanding food and friendly staff in a beautiful location!

Exceeded expectations. Comfortable, well appointed rooms. Great friendly staff, particularly the breakfast team. Food was great both at breakfast and in the evening. Quiet, peaceful and welcoming.

Great food in beautiful location. Had mix of pub classics & a la carte menu at lunchtime in this busy characterful pub.

Beautiful pub well run looses a star because portion sizes are quite small. I'm not asking for a bucketful of food just not togo home and have to eat cheese to fill myself up. Nice food tho.

Nice cosy pub. Evening meal was average. Guess you pay extra for the Chatsworth produce.

Cracking line up of hand pull beers!

Lunchtime stop. Lovely food, great service in a beautiful location.

We visited twice during our holiday. Food very good and all staff very pleasant and helpful. Special thankyou to the staff for their patience and help to redeem my Devonshire Rewards. Will return.

Incredible service and a wonderful Sunday lunch.

Had dinner and lunch both were beautiful would recommend.

Had a delicious pint on our way home from chatsworth House, wish we had had the time to stay for a meal or even stay over as the pub was 100% charming with a stream running passed the front door and the food smelled lush.. would defo go again!!

Rooms were a little worn on first impression of the property. Food excellent and location very picturesque.

I have previously stayed here and found the experience to be excellent. On this occasion I and three friends came for dinner preceded by glasses of Pims before going on to watch an openair movie in the grounds of Chatsworth. Every part of the dinner was excellent and all of us enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Stopped in this fine upmarket old pub for a late lunch after a lovely walk. Very friendly staff and excellent food. Beer choices good too. Electric chargers in car park. Also dog friendly with dog treats available. Highly recommended if you're nearby!

From the moment we walked into the door, we had a warm welcome and exceptional service. The room was furnished in keeping with the age of the building and had all the modern amenities. The service and food were truly next level. What made the experience really special was the kindness and warm smiles of the staff.

What a charming little hotel and restaurant the Devonshire Arms proved to be. We were celebrating an anniversary and wanted to visit Chatsworth and the Devonshire had been recommended to us. On arrival, we were met by the young staff (who were all charming throughout our stay) and shown promptly to our room. It was comfortable, well equipped although a little on the small side. I should probably have chosen to upgrade and i certainly don't blame the hotel. In the evening we were booked in for dinner and we were not disappointed by the food at all. It was excellent from the starters to dessert everything was great and couldn't be faulted. It's such a quiet spot that we had a great nights sleep and the following morning enjoyed a substantial and well cooked breakfast before leaving to visit Chatsworth House Gardens. A very enjoyable stay and happy to recommend to anyone visiting the area.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Very pleasant dining room, nice Sunday lunch.

Fabulous place to visit.. just 5 mins drive to Chatsworth.... all the staff extremely welcoming. Rooms all very quaint and romantic.. . Fabulous variety of food... All delicious. Service was always with a smile, nothing too much trouble. A definite little jewel of a find in the Peak District.

Location and grounds superb but unfortunately food really let the place down overpriced and poor quality, if they got it right the place would be 5 stars ⭐️

This is always my number one choice for a Sunday lunch. Fresh perfectly cooked veg and the best beef paired with the perfectly cellar temperature Chatsworth Gold

Lovely room in a converted cottage opposite the pub. Pub served fantastic food and wine and the staff were very pleasant and accommodating. We will definitely stay there again.

Great place, great food and nice to have different beers on tap! Not just the typical stuff you'd normally see. Definitely go again

Friendly helpful staff. Exceptionally clean bespoke toilets :-) but, beware! They take card only.

Excellent food-1st class! Service also excellent. Will definitely return.

Staff were very friendly, the service was excellent and the food was good. We missed the bar/lounge for a cup of tea or a relaxing pre-dinner drink.

Just had a lovely lunch at the Devonshire Arms for our wedding anniversary. The food was delicious and very well presented and worth every penny. We ordered from the a la carte menú because it was a special occasion for us. The staff lovely and friendly with a welcoming smile. Will definitely come back and try the food on the bar classic menu next time as that looked delicious too.

Prachtige oude pub en hotel. Vriendelijk personeel. Mooie kamer boven de pub. Geen last van andere gasten heerlijk stil. Lekker gegeten.

Food was average sadly and very overpriced. Barely any steak in our sandwiches and zero atmosphere

Friday meal in Early July, booked but was not necessary. The tables in the old part of the pub were full but we were directed to a light and airy extension. The menu was extensive and my ribeye steak excellent. The service by young staff was exemplary.

A very disappointing meal. Ordered market fish of the day with vegetables. It was overpoweringly lemony and I was unable to eat it. My husband’s meal was extremely salty.

The service was excellent and the atmosphere was lovely, it’s a shame the food was disappointing. OK cooking that was over-presented and over seasoned, our meringue dessert had completely collapsed and was returned uneaten. Over priced for what was served.

Food was good quality. But £16.50 for a ploughmans!! It consisted of 2 thin slices of cheese,ham( reasonable amount) 3 slices of apple a slice of pork pie, 6 silverskin onions a bit of celery and salad leaves and a small piece of bread. They forgot the chutney and brought it out later.Very dissapointing.

It was very, very nice, and once again, brilliant staff 👏

Only used the restaurant. It was excellent. Food was delicious. Will look to book a room next time. Think it would be a really good place to stay.

Excellent choice of menu caters for all tastes. Ingredients sourced locally and expertly cooked and presented.We loved it some much we returned the next evening. It’s very high quality fare not typical pub food. Staff are friendly and attentive. There are a lot of places called the Devonshire Arms .. this one is at Pilsley within the Chatsworth Estate.

We had a one night stay which included entrance to Chatsworth House. The room was in an annexe but it was well equipped and comfortable. Dinner was quite good but the breakfast was excellent. Really enjoyed our short stay.

Sadly things are not what they once were. The Devonshire Arms was a firm favourite of my wife and I. Having returned recently to the East Midlands, I did not hesitate booking a table for lunch for my wife's birthday. Unfortunately, things were not as we hoped, I had booked a table in the Brasserie, we were seated in the bar, I appreciate they were very quiet and it made sense to have everyone seated in one area, a explanation or apology would have been appreciated. Service was friendly and prompt, however, dishes are priced at "premium" pub prices and all six dishes we ordered did not reflect "value for money". Portion sizes ranged from barely adequate (The Whitebait Starter) through small (The Devonshire Estate Lamb) to miniscule (The Strawberry Tart) this along with dust webs in the corners and chair's etc that have been there since the early 2000's means it sadly failed to live up to its once excellent reputation. As a guide there were about eight Whitebait per portion, followed by four teaspoon size pieces of lamb with equally small amounts of vegetables and mashed potatoes for main course and to finish a Strawberry tart which frankly would be dwarfed by an average size petit four ! (To describe a small piece of filo pastry, topped with a single slice of Strawberry, as a tartlet, borders on the scandalous). Overall very, very disappointing.

Wonderful gastro pub, thank you for your kind hospitality.

After having a lovely day at Chatsworth decide to pop in here for a drink with my boss, her partner and my husband, having visited quite a few times we thought it would be lovely to take them. However we was greeted by a very rude staff member, we didn't get her name but she had her hair in 2 braids with pink in them. We asked how to get to the terrace to be told "you don't need to know where it is cause its full". I do not expect to come to a place to be spoke to like that. We left immediately and took our business else where.

Stayed for a surprise anniversary treat booked by my husband with champagne on arrival in a lovely and quirky 4 poster bed. (Don’t book if you have mobility problems) but added to the experience for us. On arrival we received a superb friendly welcome. Good selection of gins at the bar. Had a 3 course meal with the highlight for me being the sticky toffee pudding. Especially when I received extra sauce. Breakfast was served by a young man who was super friendly and helpful-giving us advice on the local area. The granola was excellent and the crushed avocado on granary toast with a poached egg was just the job to set us off for a lovely day in Chatsworth. The only disappointment for us that given it was our anniversary we would have expected to be in the restaurant not sat at arguably the worst table in the establishment ( in the bar near the door) which became rather draughty. The helpful staff did close it when I asked if we could move to a table that had become vacant further in the bar. The ambience in the restaurant for breakfast was much more what aI had expected. Overall though a delightful stay. Looking forward to a return (as long as we can eat in the restaurant!

Lovely nights stay , room very clean , plenty of tea coffee etc , comfortable bed , breakfast very tasty, staff lovey and friendly, will definitely be back .

Food absolutely first class. Pub quaint and cozy lovely friendly staff.Will definitely return.

Sunday lunch. So the whitebait was approx .£9 for 8 pieces of whitebait. Now that's expensive. Sunday lunch was nicely presented with plenty of veg but the broccoli was under cooked.

Great lunch after hiking in the area

Beautiful place, very nice room and food.

Gorgeous little pub in the peaks Nice cold beer and plenty of seating outside Dog friendly

Fantastic service and food definitely returning

Unreal food and service. Not cheap but you definitely get what you pay for

Nice pub but the restaurant is poor value. The service was very friendly and welcoming. I understand that ingredients and resources are expensive - however, the food was OK but the portion sizes were very small. I had seabass - I didn't know that seabass had fingertips, but that's what I had - two fingertips of seabass. When I got home, I had a sandwich.

Every time we stay it never fails to be impress. A lovely very comfortable hotel, with super friendly helpful staff, tasty food....and to top it all located in a gorgeous part of the country.

We just love this place for lunch. The new menu is excellent, even better than the last one, plus all the staff are so pleasant & helpful here. Our friends said the French onion soup was the best they’d ever tasted & my Hake dish was superb. The chocolate fondant was as good as in any expensive restaurant, but even the simplest of dishes such as rice pudding were elevated to new heights by the addition of stewed plums. I think they have the right balance between being a pub & a restaurant & I am looking forward to our next visit. It sounds like our friends who had never been before will also be back very soon.

Centrally located. Nice country pub , and friendly staff.

Overall great food in a lovely old pub. My fish was excellent, service was slow and one dish was cold, but made up for this with customer service (didn't charge for puddings). Would recommend to all for good food in the bakewell/Matlock area.