The Tipsy Toad in Derbyshire Dales

Best bar! Awesome staff including owner/creator Ben. Ace atmosphere. Fab food. Corking cocktails. Don't miss out!

Fantastic pop in Halloween 🎃 decorations was fabulous. Well done 👏

Very busy pub with a good atmosphere Friendly staff. Would recommend

A must try venue, loved having the use of the card games which were available

One of the best cocktail bars I've frequented and that includes Harrys New York Bar in Berlin. Great atmosphere, lovely staff and great value, delicious cocktails. Went there three times in 2 days

Found this place on the off chance on a wet miserable Monday afternoon/evening as we were in Matlock for a few days. Place was not busy but the decor looked good and music was decent, so decided to have a drink. Was served by the lovely Jules behind the bar who made us feel so welcome, that we went back every evening for the rest of our stay! Plus her friend meg! 😊

Great cocktail bar in Matlock. We didn't have much time to stay but we certainly enjoyed our cocktails (2 for £12) We enjoyed sitting outside watching the world go by on a Saturday afternoon. Would recommend. Cool place!

Nipped for a tipple , loved it , great staff 👍🏼

Just needed a drink and couldn't find anywhere saw this place and had a drink. Couldn't leave quick enough. Needs a good clean would definitely not go again

Lovely little bar. Stopped in when a group of us were out on motorbikes.. Lovely helpful staff and great atmosphere

Good choice of beers,good place to sit outside and watch the world go by!

Had our first drink in here all the beers were keg beer no real ales their own brand pale was not to my taste,good atmosphere especially as it was only 4.30pm

Lads behind the bar full of banter. Great cocktails. Quirky little place Will return

Such a friendly pub and only place that has Guinness so far lv iy back soon

Great atmosphere and good drinks

Amazing bar. Really good cocktails. Would recommend the Paddington. staff very friendly.

i absolutely loved my time here at the tipsy toad but one the downer my accomplice tommy smith decided to urinate on me whilst he was laughing and i was in tears but samuel smith decided to save me whilst hanging dawn and started shouting racial slurs at me before he decided to whip his chopper out and join in on the pissing pals

I had high expectations from the look of the outside. Charming little place. If your unlucky to sit next to the speaks well they're very loud. However if your deaf then possibly perfect.

Wouldn't let my mate buy a drink because they thought his ID was fake. It wasn't at all. Was also a pain getting a drink elsewhere as they radio'd other places but we did eventually get served and paid over £100 in drinks as a group so you lost out :)

Brilliant pub lovely atmosphere gets extremely busy, nice touch with the games made available to place reasonably priced great live music and extremely hard working staff

Great little pub friendly staff nice pint 👍

Amazing cocktails and service! Didn’t have any icecream in for our drinks and went to the effort of nipping to the shop so we could have them 🍹

Probably the best bar we went in during our day trip to Matlock. The staff were friendly and service was quick being as it was really busy for a Saturday lunchtime. Good beer. Would visit again.

We had some beer and cocktails - the cocktails were lovely (even the "random" one I ordered). The owner, Ben, also went above and beyond for me. Thank you Ben ❤️

Called in for drinks. Lady at the bar was friendly and helpful. The tipsy toad pale ale was cracking.

Brilliant bar, makes you feel like you are on holiday

Great cocktails ... bar was full of atmosphere and vibe great relaxed afternoon great tv football was the day ...

This pub does not serve food. The atmosphere and service is fantastic.

A fantastic bar run by a brilliant team. A cool interior with lots of neon, great for watching sports. The big plus is the incredible cocktail menu, amazing value and expertly crafted. I recommend the Gentleman which was just what you want from a cocktail, great tasting with a punch. Big shout out to Ben and the team who looked after our phone after we accidentally left it behind (strong cocktails!). A unique place and well worth a visit.

Relaxed bar that shows live football, decent pint at a fair price. Friendly staff and customers. Will definitely be back

Went in. Girl behind the bar was on her phone with her back to us, and several customers sat at the bar so we couldn't get to it anyway. After standing there a while one of the men sat at the bar, who had already glanced at us when we walked in, got up and went behind the bar and served us. The owner i now think. The girl never flinched as he walked past her. It was very odd. We sat on a sticky table that looked like it used to be a used cooking fat container. Screens everywhere with football on every one. Children in watching it with their parents and a group of young adults carving a huge pile of pumpkins 🎃 with the innards going all over the floor. In fact we had to step over the sweeping brush with was laying on the floor waiting to trip someone up. Strange place. Never again.

Great place for watching the world go by.....

6 of us went in for drinks. Rugby was on so it was very noisy and we went outside to drink our drinks. Beer was good but cocktails (mojitos) were dreadful and all got left aa they were undrinkable! Toilets were simply filthy and stunk of urine which wasn't pleasant. Staff were fine, no problems there.

We always call in when we are nearby. Great selection of drinks and the venue is very unique. Worth a visit!!

Great bar live music cocktails give it a try

Very lively on a Saturday afternoon, we were able to find seating outside. If anything I found the toilets to be a little too dark.

Great place for a good pint and watch the football

Late night boozer- full of the younger members of society - no cask ale

Lovely bar right on the Main Street. Great for football sports cocktails and family board games. Happy Hour too :)

One of the best cocktails bars I've ever been to. Such a beautiful vibe inside, sweetest staff inside, music was outstanding and positively added to the atmosphere, drinks weren't badly priced at all and if you get the opportunity then please visit!!

Staff is friendly, but the tables are very sticky. Even the bag of crisps we ordered was sticky. People vaping inside, which is not ideal.

Stopped here for a drink whilst visiting Matlock, friendly staff, reasonably priced drinks

First time in, and made to feel very welcome.

Only called in because nowhere else open,notmy

Cracking atmospheric pub, good take off drinks, clean, friendly staff, in a great spot. Well worth a visit.

My planned pitstop on the way to Liverpool to catch the Ferry to the Douglas and the Isle of Man. Very friendly staff and wonderful people to talk with while enjoying a tasty beverage.

Lovely Place. Friendly atmosphere. Great staff. Delicious cocktails.

Great service and a good selection of cocktails

Great cocktails and atmosphere!

What a great pub. Great selection of beers and drinks. Dog friendly as well. Lots of people in on the Friday evening we visited. Quirky inside and friendly

This isn't a cocktail bar, it's a pub. Football on the tv, rowdy and no table service. Quite unwelcoming

The best! Great atmosphere, friendly welcome, smashing place. Fabulous food and cocktails too. Owner Ben is awesome!

Great atmosphere, great people and reasonably priced.

A friendly bar with a great atmosphere.

The Tipsy Toad really is a little gem of a place with friendly staff, A HUGE variety of drinks, lovely atmosphere and welcoming locals. My husband and I were in the area for a family wedding and had driven past The Tipsy Toad a few times so decided to pay a visit on Sunday, not disappointed, can highly recommend if you fancy a cheeky drink

Stopped in for a half on a Wednesday night and was pleasantly surprised. Nice little pub and good music.

No1 venue for skysports footy in Matlock! Staff super helpful and friendly too.

Popped in for a beer and then returned for a cocktail after dinner , was made to feel completely at home by all the staff and would happily have stayed all night , gem of a bar, thank you .

Went there for a family meal too celebrate my sisters birthday. When I got served the food I found a dead fly in there which really put me off my meal, the staff were rude and because my sister is autistic she got treated differently too everyone else there. Too top the night as well, I saw a rat leave the kitchen thought I was seeing things but my cousin saw it too. EHO please check it out, won’t be coming again

Absolute shambles! After waiting 10 minutes at the bar, one of the bartenders finally acknowledged my existence as my skin began to rot like those disgraceful, senile old men, who were shouting and swearing all night long! The food came after a fairly long wait… Oh, I was not impressed whatsoever! The waiter simply slammed all the plates on our table, without even a politely ‘enjoy your meals’. Overcooked food as well. Lots of tables filthy, seems like the staff only care about having a chat on shift! I simply will not be returning and wouldn’t recommend this to anybody looking for a nice meal and drinks!

Went to Matlock for the day with my friend and we are avid Forest fans. Came here for the game. Barmaid took my provisional license and said it was fake, and that she isn’t accepting it. I am 22 years old very strange behaviour, clearly doesn’t like business.

Nice bar good selection of drinks.

Very nice place to go and have a drink

Nice place to stop for a drink.

Great atmosphere for a social drink.

Bloody amazing love it in here 😍

Very pleasant girl behind the bar, had the football on, decent place and also deals on cocktails too.

Ben is a god among men the tipsy toad is amazing awesome atmosphere, drinks and music. Couldn't recommend enough

Really nice quirky bar with good selection of beer and atmosphere.

Excellent bar, barman very helpful and friendly. Brilliant bar to visit 😊

A great little bar just in the edge of Matlock. Good atmosphere, funky inside and cheerful staff. Worth a stop and a few hours with friends enjoying a beer.

Great place, great atmosphere, love.the fact no measures. Staff brilliant and they know their cocktails. Thanks all.

Love the place friendly staff always a good laugh

Busy place but okay, staff pleasant.

A pop up bar that's in a lovely location but attracts a young crowd.

Bouncer isn't nice. ID pass cards are legal ID and usually is fine when my sister gets asked for ID at the bar. but the bouncer told her to leave as it wasn't acceptable even tho coming is a regular thing for her and the bar staff allow it as they SCAN it. Told the bouncer that you scan the bar code to see if it's real and he went on to say it wasn't his job to check it and had a really bad attitude with her talking down to her he raised his voice and said that's not acceptable but said he will let her off that time? Doesn't that defeat the whole point he was trying to make?. Shes been trying to get a provisional and had stuggle with it as it's a long process. So a pass card is all she has which is legal ID and can easily be told the difference from a fake one and a real one.

Quite pricey and smells of damp, possibly due to the floods in 2019.

Pleasantly surprised how good this place is 🙂🙂

Nice pint ,comfy bar ,staff were lovely chatting for a while as the pints went down lovely

Nice vibe. Great place to stop for a quick tipple.

Lovely little drinking place, gets very busy in the evening which is nice to see great cocktails x

Lively, eclectic sports bar located on the main road just outside town. Convenient for McDonald's and the Premier Inn I was stopping at. An enormous barman and tiny barmaid on duty when I visited on Wednesday evening. All fine.

Stopped in to watch the Lions rugby game. Nice draft beer and plenty of TV screens to watch the action

Great value cocktails! Busy and therefore good atmosphere. Only downside inside lots of TV screens (but it is a sports bar so expected) and outside you’re on a fairly busy road but still great cocktails at a great price and staff friendly and helpful

Great service, excellent prices, amazing and dasty but rather strong cocktails

very nice little pub, friendly staff

Lovely place. And the cocktails actually has alcohol in. Not like alot of places. The staff were lovely, definitely be back

Came here at the weekend and loved the atmosphere nice to get back to some kind of normal and have some decent beer staff were lovely and welcoming! Busy little place can see why!

Love this place! Great atmosphere and staff are accommodating and friendly

Friendly, beer seemed well kept although I only popped in for a quick one.

Brilliant staff, brilliant drinks selection and a lovely place to have an evening drink. Would give more than 5 stars if i could, couldnt recommend this place highly enough.

Accidentally visited during a football match. Not normally my cup of tea and planned to leave after one drink. However, the service and atmosphere was fantastic so we stayed for the evening. Despite it drawing in a rowdy football crowd, the social distancing was kept to which was appreciated.Lovely outside area, great as a smoker. The price of the cocktails and other drinks was very reasonable and the cocktails were delicious.Would definitely recommend, especially for the salted caramel espresso martini!

Really homey, chilled out. Even with the new covid rules

Fantastic little bar Covid rules are followed Great range of cocktails and ales Brilliant decor very cosy Great staff very friendly

Excellent small establishment. Friendly staff and good atmosphere. Only negative was the lack of promoting track and trace otherwise would have given 5*

been in today for the first time, staff are really welcoming and friendly. Drink are amazing, really good quality. Loads of fruit in the cocktails. Really nice set up looks beautiful inside will be back soon to try more.

Nice atmosphere. Great tunes. Good staff. Cold beer!

Very friendly staff have come back for another drink xx

Went here for some drinks 9th September, was a brilliant lovely place to be. Staff were very friendly and couldn’t do enough.! Highly recommend.

Staff very friendly, very cosy atmosphere. Definitely worth another visit soon 😊