The best restaurants in Bakewell Derbyshire Dales East Midlands

Like many other regulars I was more than a little apprehensive when the business was sold in July. Fortunately it's been business as usual under Lambton's new owner. The coffee remains excellent, the bread and cakes are excellent and there are a host of unique, quality food options on the shelves. It's my go to place for gifts for foodie friends.

Coffee great. Location great. Staff great. Toilets grim - needs a good deep clean ! Needs more attention to small details maybe.

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

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!

Saturday lunch with partner on a long weekend in Bakewell. Lovage food is pretty much what you'd expect of a Michelin starred place. At lunchtime it's really a "tasting menu" only in name, since the five courses include some hefty nibbles and a tastefully small soup course. But it's all outstandingly good - notably for me the beetroot course. And the non-brownie brownie at the end, which I wasn't really looking forward to, was gorgeous. Interesting and enjoyable wine flight as well, served by a knowledgeable and friendly sommelier. We would have preferred to eat in the evening but couldn't get in so went for lunch instead. We've never been so pleased to have a noisy table of 10 in the same dining room. Without them it would have been just the two of us in a good-sized room and - much as I adore my partner - a near-zero atmosphere experience. Must be lovely when full (also like my partner - boom, boom).

Great sammies and welcoming owner!

Had a meal for 4 here last night while staying in the area. Absolutely fantastic menu, food was excellent and terrific value. Staff are really friendly and helpful and really attentive, great atmosphere with lots of locals, really enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone.

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

A great experience, the food is very delicious, the service attitude of the restaurant staff is very good, and they are always observing the guests' needs!

Lovely little pub. Stopped in for a drink after having been out for a meal. Good music playing, good service, staff was lovely. Good selection of drinks. Would definitely go in again. The three of us had a pint of Aspall, pint of Chatsworth Gold, and half a pint of Blue Moon - £12.95 total

So cute. Travel back in time. Food was good.