The best restaurants in East Midlands

This was our first visit to The Haxey Gate Inn having driven past it on a few occasions and seen a few cars parked outside and read some of the reviews and had a look at their website which could do with the prices updating, we booked a table in advance and were shown to it promptly on our arrival. Although the initial service was good the rest of the evening turned out to be no more than average with waits for our food order to be taken and then served and the food itself proving to be no better than average. It maybe a while before we choose to return.

Best fish and chips, very good value for money not over priced like most

Very good value for money. Excellent fish and chips.

Lovely friendly staff. Fast service great food. We sat outside in the garden which has a Happy pleasant atmosphere with an area specially for children.

Good fish and chips at a reasonable price.

Visiting friends in Mablethorpe. We live in the USA. Such a perfect little friendly English style comfortable coffee house. America can learn from this place! Great varieties of coffee flavors.

Hands down the best chippy in Kirton and even surrounding areas! Portion sizes are amazing? Food tastes amazing and staff are always super friendly!

Lovely restaurant, with great atmosphere, and excellent service. The food was extremely good. The chicken liver starter was amazing, in fact all our food was tasty and well cooked. The house wine was surprisingly good. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend to others and will definitely be returning.

Takeaway night. Not tried akhtars for ages but our food was excellent. Piping hot plenty of it and high quality. Would strongly recommend and will be ordering again soon.

2nd visit and it didn’t disappoint. Great customer service from Lewis who made pre orders for a large group (when numbers kept changing) a joy. I liked the singer ! Not intrusive at all but gave it a lovely atmosphere. Thanks again , we will be back xx

Sunday carvery. It is only possible to review if you compare with other Sunday carvery's. This is a restaurant so that needs to be taken into account when compareing it with pub carvery's. Things I noted. It took a short time for someone to take a drinks order and explain the format to us. The plates were cold and so the food went cold or colder very quickly. The meat was sparse and cut very thinnly. We were given 1 carrot, this surprised me. A small amout of I think he said "cauliflower cheese" was also added to the cold plate. Not a sufficient amount to have an opinion on. The other vegatables you serve yourself. The gravey was nice and hot and it helped because all the food needed to be hotter. We watched the chef cut a cake for a party sitting near us. He served that with a tin of squirty cream. That again surprised me that a restaurant would do that.The waiting staff came to clear plates and asked if everything was alright? I told them the food could have been hotter and he did not seem to know what to say to me. I think we expected more because it is a restaurant and not a pub, perhaps that expectation was too high? It was ok but compared to other Sunday carvery's it was by far not the best.

Updated October 2024 Just had meal.... WOW EXCEPTIONAL FOOD,,, all very beautiful, tasty, so many flavours really top quality & 3 dishes, sides, extras, delived to my door, all for £20.00 !!thanks mumtaz 😁 Beautiful food and lovely service as always .

Great coffee. This traditional cafe is a little gem, positioned right in the heart of Eastwood. The service from Cara was exceptional. Thank you. 😊

Really lovely atmosphere, the decorations and vibe were on point. The food was delicious and the staff were brilliant.