The best restaurants in Calver Derbyshire Dales East Midlands

A welcome stop for a coffee and other snacks midway through a walk. Good nearby picnic tables. Friendly service

Beautiful little van selling lovely coffee and cake. Great stop in between walking.

A fabulous visit to the Curry Cottage. The food was fabulous, with a great menu of traditional as well as many chefs specials. The staff were friendly and attentive and I could not fault anything. Will definitely be booking again!

Stayed overnight recently. Arrived to check in at 4 - lady behind the bar couldn’t find the room key - the cleaners had it - check in was supposed to be from 3. Room ok, clean , but the whole place is in an urgent need of some TLC. Parts of it are really off putting. Breakfast was ok but slightly confusing as to self serve/how to order as the lady at breakfast didn’t explain. Sat 10 mins waiting to be attended before I realised the cereal was behind me on the bar. 5 mins later the chef came out and asked what we wanted. I had higher hopes of this place but we won’t be going back. There are much better around in my opinion.

We managed to find an indoor table for 2, by the counter, after an invigorating walk at Cuber Gap. It was quite full for lunch and some had even gone outside in the marquee. The homemade soup was good and the rustic baguettes were filling and tasty. Good service, thanks

Let’s be clear. This is the best chip shop that is not on the coast we go regularly and never any problems. Really enjoy it. Friendly staff. It’s busy, really popular. And can’t fault it usually. However if you go anywhere near closing time then they won’t warm up any pies so you get what you get. Is sort of understandable However they’ve changed pies, now have teeny thick dry pastry pies, with dry ‘filling’ fairly tasty, presumably some ‘premium’ brand that have got it all wrong. Now I’m sure the defence will be high quality meat etc locally reared but if the pastry is too thick and the sauce inside all but gone then it doesn’t really do the quality of the meat any favours. And I don’t care about cost. I didn’t even notice if the price had gone up. I just don’t want to drive home and then be disappointed when I open what is normally an excellent takeaway. I’ll come again but back to the fish for me

Now the Calver Arms. Visited on Sunday 10th November for Sunday Carvery - was excellent, most delicious beef served with all the trimmings, veg and extra gravy. Great food, will definitely return again. 5*

Visited for Sunday carvery - the quality of the food was brilliant. However the portion size for carvery really poor for 16.95, 2 slices of meat that couldn’t possibly be carved any thinner and then one tablespoon of vegetables is served for you. The smallest portion of cauliflower cheese we asked for extra got an extra tablespoon full - such a shame for the price being so determined to scrape on quantity. Apparently we could have had extra but carvery team very focused on not giving more than a tablespoon. No mash potato and each carvery restricted to the 2 served small roast potatoes . I can see other similar reviews on here so this must be the usual for this restaurant. Great pub great service and atmosphere and friendly staff let down by this

Very nice tumeric chicken and fish and chips. Loved the smaller portion option . Would highly reccomend. Nice inside aswell

We stopped by for cakes and coffee. The coffee was excellent, and the cakes were superb! It was hard to choose from the display. They were very different to the usual cafe options. Each looked very appealing, and far beyond the usual options. Whoever makes them has a fundamental understanding of the alchemy needed to make the perfect cake! The service was friendly and unrushed. Despite being near a busy junction the cafe was spacious and calm. Well Done!

Stopped here for a quick lunch with friends and we were so disappointed. There was a very limited selection of sandwiches available (only 1 vegetarian option) and the quality was so poor - they all came on cold burger buns with a very small portion of chips. It looked really quite pathetic and not something you should be paying for in a pub. The previous time I visited I ordered a veggie burger and the whole meal just tasted like a freezer meal. Not a great menu for vegetarians in general either.

Held our running club Christmas meal for 17 people here. Having pre-ordered our meals the week before, the service was excellent, efficient, and each course came out on time without ever feeling we were bering rushed. The ladies serving us were polite, freindly and cheerful, and helped make it a most memorable event. The food was delicious with good-sized portions of perfectly cooked and varied ingredients, well presented, and universally enjoyed. Can't speak highly enough of you all, thank you!

Sadly, some of the dishes did not live up to our expectations. Price wise, it was high for what it was, especially the wine per bottle.