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Normally very good but unable to book a table on their website for a birthday. We are very local, looks closed up and no cars in the car park every time we pass.

Shame the Quality didnt match the price certainly wont be going back and the customer service is shocking just a grunt handing my food over

Called here for tea tonight plain chow mein tasted like someone had added fag ash to it and egg fried rice was clarty and tasteless curry sauce acceptable as was the salt n pepper chicken Won’t be going again

Bright and cheerful décor and furnishing. Warm welcome and good service. Interesting short menu. Excellent coffee. Good food at sensible prices. Well worth a visit.

Great little pub, properly known as Rose Cottage, in the oldest building in the village. Good beers well kept, excellent food in generous portions. Dog friendly but NB no children and, being such an old building, no disabled access (steps to premises, steep stairs to loos).

Visited for dinner with family for my wife's birthday on 24.08.23. I have never posted a bad review before. These are tough times for the hospitality industry. But I am compelled to warn anyone else thinking of eating here. It was the worst restaurant experience we have had for nearly 20 years. The service was initially mercenary - the first question from the oleaginous but thereafter invisible Maitre d' was 'would you like sparkling wine', and when I requested a drinks menu I got a wine list which was simply bottles of wine, no wines by the glass, other alcoholic / non-alcoholic drinks. Which, if nothing else rather overlooked my 8 y.o. and 12 y.o. We ordered 2x glass champagne, 2 x red wine, 1 beer, 2 x kids drinks, 4 starters and 4 mains including (for the kids!) a lobster and muscle risotto at £32 each, and lamb and beef also around the £30 mark. We are plainly not millionaires, but equally plainly we were intending to spend a decent amount... Thereafter service was slow to non-existent. The starters were mediocre at best. A soup of the day was beetroot soup. Literally a pureed beetroot, no seasoning, cream, nothing else bar an already buttered slice of bread balancing on the side of the (admittedly v. tasteful) crockery. I can't put into words the audacity of the pricing of this bowl of soup. I thought the bowl ought to have been included. It was a sign of things to come. The sirloin of local beef I ordered had a glaring rind of unrendered fat, like one of the early rounds in Masterchef. The meat was, extraordinarily, simultaneously underdone and tough. The waitress assured me that the chips had not been reheated but prepared freshly as she had seen it done. What can I say? When you eat something, you know when you know, right? Forgive the already TLDR nature of this review, but the kicker was the lobster risotto. I am frankly incandescent that I was stung for this. They were bland mush. I can't comprehend how a seafood risotto for which premium prices are charged can be (a) noticeably lacking lobster, and (b) not taste of seafood but rather like tuna from a tin mashed in with boiled American white rice. My wife and kids left after the mains; just walked out leaving me to pay. Still took the waitress 5 mins to come over. I was civil as she is just an employee doing a tough job. But I told her it was really poor, and it was obvious I was extremely dissatisfied. 5 mins still passed, no bill, no more senior employee. Left to me to walk to the reception, bite my tongue at bit but not enough to conceal that I was on the cusp of Gordon Ramsey-like language at being so mugged-off and paying £265 (without even getting to dessert and coffee, and with half the family walking out during the meal). Avoid, avoid, avoid, and do not be mislead by any platitudes posted by this place if they deign to post a reply.

We were going to eat but typical Marstons ridiculous beer pricing so didn't bother and won't be returning. Shame as we used to like it here

Did not stay for Sunday lunch which I have heard is excellent. I am disabled. No toilets other than up steps. Restaurant up steps. They did offer to set a table downstairs but seemed cold. But would not beable to get to toilets. So take note if you have mobility issues.

Is anyone actually washing their hands in between odours it fairly loose now. Not very clean at all.

Poor value for money ! Lunch menu 2 courses for £15-50 more like a snack. Very small portions and nothing special. Would not recommend if you are hungry !

Had a wonderful early evening meal with my partner and another couple. The food was excellent ( steak pie - generous portions and reasonably priced), atmosphere convivial ( we sat by the fireside) and the service first rate. Really friendly, welcoming staff. In short dining here was the perfect end to a perfect date having enjoyed a 5 hours wander earlier. I seldom go 5* in the few reviews I do leave, but to go less would be churlish of me. Thank you Devonshire Arms and the staff. Oh, btw we also enjoyed the beer.

We was on a 3 day walking stopping off at campsits on the way. This looked the perfect place to stop for food and drinks. Walked in and 4 other customers told me knowbody was here. I waited about 20 minutes shouting behind the bar. Walk around the back of the place to the back door knowbody there ever. I eventually left with 8 others customers empty handed. I've had bad service before now but NO service at all is shocking. We walked all day with intentions of eating here and camping just around the corner. Also noted card only no cash. Its time to WAKE UP. Also based of your own posts. The Covid virus is an agenda to stop from running your own businesses and force you in to a cashless society taking total control of everybody. There is no virus .

Visited today for coffee and lunch with my husband and dog. We were shown to a table in the side room which is dog friendly and it was fine, if compact. We had a toasted sandwich and a normal sandwich. The bread was fresh, plenty of cheese filling but would have liked more ham too. Nice side salad to accompany the plates. However no salt or pepper on any of the tables and no-one asked if we wanted anything or how our meals were. Coffees were fine.What I don't understand is why a family of 4 without a dog were showed into the same area rather than the other side of the cafe, so it did get very claustrophobic.

We were looking forward to finishing our trip to Derbyshire with a lovely breakfast at Chatsworth kitchen. We normally go to the farm shop cafe. We were so disappointed the cafe was cold staff were welcoming to be fair The eggs Benedict didn’t seem warm . Our server told us that it is served with cold sauce and that’s why . It’s one of my favourites and I’ve never had it served with a cold sauce so beware. Very little ham and didn’t seem very fresh. Sadly trading on the Chatsworth name and not the quality we expect for the price . Would return to farm shop cafe in future just up the road .

Waited 25 minutes for two light breakfasts. They arrived on plates swimming with grease, the mushrooms were cold and much of the rest luke warm at best.The staff seemed to loiter about with no sense of urgency and some staff training would'nt come amiss. The whole set up for ordering and serving hot food badly needs reviewing. A very poor Chatsworth experience not to be repeated.