The best restaurants in East Midlands

I’m not usually one to leave negative reviews, and it’s upsetting I feel the need to do so for such a special place. My partner and I came here for our first date two years ago. We decided, whilst I’m back in the city, to revisit. We had excellent service from the young lady with glasses, who helped us decide on our drinks. We had two cocktails, and had a third round, but my partner, as he was standing up, knocked half of my third drink over. He apologised profusely and helped clean it up, and we decided to order one more round before taking our leave. The lady who seemed to be in charge for the night, a blond lady with very pretty makeup, was very rude to my partner when he tried to order at the counter, and said we had had enough and should leave. We were quite shocked by this, as we knew we were not disruptive, and we hadn’t visited anywhere else before coming here. In fact we only came out to visit cank street. In fact, the entire place was empty aside from another couple. I think they wanted us to leave so they could close, as immediately after we left, the same lady came out to start putting tables away, but ultimately she could have been much nicer about it as my partner was very apologetic. She was also quite rude, as I noticed outside she began dancing in the window when I made eye contact with her (my partner was telling me at the time that he had been cut off by her, and that the lady with glasses seemed quite awkward with the whole ordeal). We had a very special spot in our hearts for this place, but I do feel this service ruined the experience of it. We decided to have our final drink next door at 45 west instead, and their cocktails are just as good. We were going to ask their names, but figured we’d probably get fake ones. It’s a shame really. This was our go to for big dates and celebrations, but it’s pretty dead to us now :(

We were staying nearby, overnight, for work. We had dinner at The Cross Keys. The meals were very good, the staff very friendly & the atmosphere, welcoming. We would definitely recommend.

Food is ok , not bad yes we all have over heads but this place is well overpriced, 2 sausage, 2 bacon 1 egg , tomato , Beans 1 slice of toast expensive

Food is excellent great choice staff are helpful and friendly would definitely return

Nice staff. Clean and pleasant in shop. Good helpings for the price. Great food. Nice Diner Kebab.

Naan overcooked. Curry was not as described and did not taste good.

Good all round, comfortable room and very nice staff. Would stay there again.

Amazing Place with great desserts and wonderful staff :)

A nicely decorated local pub at the Low Leighton side of New Mills. They serve well kept Robinsons real ale and alongside a sizeable TV near the bar a projection screen can fill one half of the bar with the latest sports fixture. A fireplace stands ready for warmth in the colder months.

The best Haddock and Chips in England. Better than any coastal chip shops too.

What has happened? Always 5 but today poor

Great fish and chips and the cheapest one you can get. Highly recommend, you won’t be disappointed

Lovely pub great service and decent beer

Lovely little cafe, best carrot cake ever if that’s your thing, great selection of frappes too

Lovely pub and dog friendly. You always get a great choice of real ale’s filled up to the top not like most pubs also a lot cheaper.