The best restaurants in Bakewell Derbyshire Dales East Midlands

This is easily the place with the best coffee and pastries in town. In addition they have an amazing deli range of produce. We have always found the team welcoming and friendly and willing to help in any way they can. Unmissable!

We arrived in Bakewell for an overnight stay and was searching for some pastries to take back to our room and came across this wonderful bakery, The Cornish Bakery in Bakewell. What a wonderful pleasant visit . The person who served us is called Ayr. What a lovely young man so helpful kind and pleasant

Called in last Saturday and asked if they were dog friendly as we had our dog with us,they said they were so we got a table just for coffee and Cake.Ginger Mocha, Americano and a Almond crossaint. Everything was lovely, staff were very friendly. We even went back again for lunch.Chicken curry and rice plus a spicy chicken panine with salad and more coffee. Even though they were busy we were served very quickly and everything was again lovely. Well worth a visit if your in Bakewell and we will definitely be going back again.

Plenty of menu choices.Excellent food well presented and good value. Nice surroundings good views over the town and friendly staff

Amazing hot chocolate i had the baileys one and a toffee apple blondie, the blondie was out of this world,all the family enjoyed the visit, will be back again soon 👍👍

I was recommended Lovage by my sister, and I have to say.. it was amazing! We had wine & tapas.. sensational! My friend & I chose lots of dishes, all of which were beautiful. The wine was amazing too. The lady who looked after us was brilliant and attentive. Will be coming back!!

Before coming home from a short stay in Bakewell we called into the Jolly Fat Chef for a coffee. Lovely coutyard setting and nice coffees. Thank you.

Thanks so much for the perfect birthday lunch! Friendly staff, incredibly fresh food catering for veggies, vegans and meat eaters alike. Have been meaning to visit for ages and wasn’t disappointed. Thank you!

We have been here many times and spent hundreds of pounds over the years but we won't be going again. We were celebrating our anniversary and booked in advance making it clear that one of the party is GF due to a severe allergy. We arrived to find one male server who clearly was unable to cope as he was doing the bar as well as serving on the tables. We had to sit in the bar to start without being offered a drink then were taken to our table but despite reiterating my allergy I was served gluten containing bread which I had to point out. It was taken away and replaced by molten GF bread followed swiftly by a sirloin steak in what purported to be a peppercorn sauce which, although tasty, contained lots of unexpected herbs and was extremely watery. We were asked if we wanted a side and were sold a cauliflower cheese which chef bought to our table pointing out that it contained GLUTEN!!! At no stage did anyone apologise for selling us a side that was totally inappropriate. Nor did they enquire if everything was satisfactory. When we came to leave a miserly 10% was knocked off the bill which included the gluten containing cauliflower cheese! You'd have thought the least they could do was subtract it from the bill but no they charged me for it! So in reality the 10% after subtracting the cost of the cauliflower cheese came to an allowance of less than 2 pounds! Needless to say I was not impressed and felt the servers paltry allowance for what he called the gluten fiasco was wholly inadequate and really added insult to injury.

Great sammies and welcoming owner!

Dropped in for lunch after a long morning walk with our dog. Very friendly, fabulous service, great food and made to feel really welcome.Thorougly recommended. Thanks to all 💙

Friendly welcome, proper coffee. Spacious seating. Lovely staff, fresh cooked food. A very welcome & happy accidental find- would highly recommend 😀

Good solid food but we expected a little better. Recommended for good food, but the vibe is more of a upmarket cafe than a restaurant. Simple things like pine tables with no cloths, and food served on a glass plate doesn’t really show off the food to its best.

Great pub in Bakewell, a must visit when in town

Looks like it's a couple of guys running the show now. These guys are cool and the food hasn't taken a dive at all. Same exact sandwich I was getting fifteen years ago and the price is not outrageously different either. Get yourself the sausage and bacon boot mill or a double bacon.