The best restaurants in East Midlands

My boyfriend and I have been visiting Ryan’s quite a lot over the last year and last night we went with his family. Without fault, every time we go to Ryan’s we are met with friendliness and incredible hospitality combined with the most amazing Indian food. The food is always delicious and my favourite Indian restaurant by a mile. I couldn’t recommend Ryan’s enough and we will miss it so much now we have both graduated!

We loved the roast and liver and bacon. What a shame one of the staff was so rude. Asked for more gravy, felt like I’d committed murder! When my husband paid the bill, she tried to charge us for a round of drinks he’d already paid for. We both found she lacked hospitality skills. In the other hand, the girl with auburn hair was lovely.

Was our go to restaurant pre Covid. Every time we have came since we have been let down and disappointed. Staff attitudes towards customers, wait time on food, consistency messing up our orders keeps happening. We have given it a couple different times thinking it was an “off night” but unfortunately that is just not the case. Today we headed a waitress yelling at a customer using f bombs. We had children with us. Will not be going back.

Look to be quite honest, any Uber or pizza place which doesn’t take the restaurant off the app and still takes your money is a super disgrace lost a lot of respect for this place and word-of-mouth is karma in a nutshell.

Great beer.Nice landlady landlord. Feels very covidsafe. Keep up the good work you wonderful bar staff

Best takeaway food with a good variety. Not just fish and chips.

Wow what can i say, this is the first time coming here as we were visiting my parents who have recently moved here so they treated us to a meal for my birthday. The food and service was by far a 10 out of 10. All freshly cooked food and decent portions for the price too. I had the Sticky Chicken for starters 🤤🤤and a Chicken, Ham and Leek Pie for main course which was well filled. I loved the deco and how comfortable the crushed velvet chairs were which made it even more comfy. The whole place was clean and inviting to everyone. All the staff we were in contact with with so bubbly and friendly, especially the owner? Who took our order and the lady who waited on us too. The only niggle for me was i was to hot but thats personal preference as im never cold and was sittinf by a radiator. Such a lovely pub its a shame its going to be closing ☹️

Atmosphere very sombre, hard to have conversation due to it being very silent. Service very slow, felt like I was a child being told when to go for the carvery. All staff including managers don't know how to provide service with a smile, very miserable. Cutlery blunt, struggled to cut through especially the very tough beef, gravy was like water and the cauliflower cheese needed armbands as the sauce was also very runny, possibly powdered. Plates are tiny and can't fit much on, Toby carvery is definitely a better option. Also only accepts card, wanted to split the bill and that seemed like a chore

Honestly the best place ever the garden is amazing! The staff are so helpful and always smiling. Always felt welcome even though I am not a local to the the pub.

I visited twice in the same week, the first visit was exceptional, as the restaurant was quite empty. The food and service was all 5 star. However, when I visited with family a couple of days later, we were seated on a dirty table, were asked if we would like to order after 10 minutes of waiting for a menu! We then waited a further 5 minutes for menus to arrive. We ordered our food and were waiting for around 25 minutes before two out of 5 main dishes arrived, with incorrect sides and sauces. When we queried this, we were told the food had been brought out to the wrong table but the waitress said we could eat it if we wanted to! As this was a family meal, we weren’t too keen on two members of the family eating while the rest watched some declined that offer! After another 15 minutes, our mains began to arrive. 4 out of 5 mains arrived correctly, but we weren’t too keen still waiting for one. We were told it was on its way but it still hadn’t arrived after 10 minutes. We then asked for a supervisor/manager who informed us that the last main hadn’t been put through the order system and it was being made now. We were asked to confirm what we ordered which was a fillet steak cooked medium rare. At this point, the 4 mains which arrived together had been eaten, and the last main arrived, completely over-cooked! It was completely well done. Overall, a terrible experience, the waitresses had no idea when queried about menu items, and seemed completely lost when asked for the most basic things such as steak knives. After my first visit, I thought I had found my new favourite restaurant, but after my latest experience, I’ll be sure to stay well away! Disappointing to say the least.

Outstanding location, excellent food and service. The Chef and Team are clearly proud of their Restaurant and Food, rightly so. It transpried that the Lead front of house lady and chef/owner have worked together for a long time and it showed in every aspect. The decor, layout and the eclectic mix of decorations, lamps and accessories is creative and fresh which, given they have been open eight years says it all. Thank you so much, Lee & Cheryl.

Delicious food, friendly staffs, good atmosphere. Best in Northampton ..

Gorgeous food and the waiter was even more gorgeous! Handsome boy served us and what excellent service. Will definitely be back and hopefully leave my number on the receipt next time ;) Family loved it too, Husband was thoroughly impressed.

Popped in on Sunday after a walk. Sat on the decking in the sun. The staff were very accommodating and the garlic and cheese chips were fantastic. Great pint(s) of Guinness too! Thanks

Second visit to this lovely village pub. The occasion was a wine night with four small plates of food accompanied by four delicious wines accompanied with wine notes from Dan, the wine sommelier at Small Beers Ltd, Lincoln. What a fabulous evening! All four food courses were just wonderful, full of different flavours bouncing about on your tongue; scallops and king prawns to start, sea bass to follow, medium rare sirloin next and a strawberry and basil panna cotta to finish, all enhanced by Dans outstanding wine pairings. With a glass of bubbly provided upon arrival, all the above for £35 per head, incredible value for money! We drove there in our Motorhome which we were allowed to park overnight on their car park with a lovely dog friendly field adjacent to it. Sam Harrison is the amazing driving force behind these efforts, ably assisted by his fantastic team, both front and back of house. An outstanding job guys, we’ll be back and heartily recommend this place.