The best restaurants in Melton East Midlands

Celebrated our Wedding Anniversary with dinner at this cosy pub on Tuesday and can’t say enough about the amazing food and service. David and Sarah (and Winston) are absolutely lovely hosts. We even received a sweet card which all the staff had signed. Highly recommend if you’re looking for excellent food and service that exemplifies a real pride of place. Thank you ever so much for making it special.

Fantastic hospitality and equally fantastic food...a real gem of a find, during our stay in the area. The Duck from the specials menu was an absolute delight. The Gammon with 2 eggs was delicious, as we're the homemade onion rings. Worth a visit.

Absolutely delicious. Thank You. Nice and friendly delivery driver to.

I visited Stapleford Park with a family group - my wife, son and girlfriend and my father-in law and his wife. We wanted to celebrate my son’s girlfriend’s birthday with a special occasion visit because, being Australian, she relished the idea of doing something typically English. The venue itself is undoubtedly impressive, but the afternoon tea experience was very disappointing. On arrival there was no proper welcome from any member of staff engaged in afternoon tea service. We were shown to our table and given a briefing from a senior staff member. After this, the level of service was virtually non-existent. Nobody asked whether everything was OK, whether more or any different teas were required. Amazingly, for this type of event, only one type of tea per person was offered. The sandwiches were unappetising, and cakes decidedly unimpressive. My father-in-law who is 98 went to the bar to settle the bill, and it was only a few days later that he showed us he’d been charged 6 x £41, plus a service charge of £30. He wasn’t told about the service charge when paying. We were outraged at the underhand way this charge had been levied, and also the fact that there was no relationship between the charge and the poor service we had received. The service charge was later refunded following a phone call by my wife. There are obvious signs of weak management and poor staff training here. Avoid if you’re looking for a more rewarding experience.

The Anchor is a top pub. Paul is world class bartender. Great vibes. Love the local feel and cold beers. Have a game of darts as well.

At the counter was asked to find a table where my order would be taken. Only one table occupied - so cafe far from busy. Nevertheless, waited for 15 minutes for someone clearing a table to ask if my order had been taken which it still hadn’t. Then to be told that the last tea cake was sold earlier – on a Monday early afternoon. Disappointing – not my day clearly.

Lovely food served by people who obviously enjoyed their work. Good management and friendly staff. Great range of desserts which we will try next time.

Lovely valentines evening spent at the Royal Oak Delicious food for all 3 courses Staff very friendly and attentive Great relaxed atmosphere

What a gem of a pub, friendly people, homely atmosphere with lovely open fire, great food - the home made sausages were delicious. Thanks to staff for locating the walking poles we left and helping us retrieve them

I've been thinking this for a while but have still been coming in. Today I came in with a friend who hadn't been before and she said she felt uncomfortable. When I asked why she said the 2 girls behind the counter were just indifferent, didn't make eye contact, didn't say please or thank you and gave me such an eye roll when I asked for our table to be cleaned. Sadly I find that unacceptable. There is an abundance of coffee shops in Melton where the staff are polite and friendly and bring your drinks to the table...I think I'll stick with them!

I placed a order and it's was delivered when I recieved the order it eas cold and the wrong order the food wasn't mine. When contacting them they stated Mt order was still in store so I had someone else . They wasn't able to deliver mi e as they do r have their own drivers . They blamed the driver for taking wrong order when they are clearly the ones who put receipt on thr bags. I then have to wait 7 days for a full refund no fresh or correct order offered shocking service

Friendly staff and clearly a locals' establishment. Intimidating, bad and aggressive language in abundance. Food looked very average and lower-end pub fare. Had a drink & left as not for us. The whole town is very dour and dishevelled.

Place was filthy and the staff were rude and miserable. Zero customer service, didn’t bother to buy anything after hearing the staff member discussing toilets and moaning for customers to hear. Avoid

Superb food. Certainly, we will visit again. Lots of choice from a large menu. Thank you so much for the birthday surprise. We loved it.

My mums birthday meal was in March we don't come from Melton, this was recommended and it's a poor tail when your customers can make you feel more welcome than the staff do, a large group near the bar was loud but entertaining, they gave the pub a good atmosphere, if it wasn't for them we'd have ate and drank our drinks and left but we stayed for a couple more as they was so friendly and welcoming, the food was great yay yous expect from a standard pub, we had to wait longer on the puddings than the main courses and when they came they just got slammed onto the table like it was too much of an inconvenience to serve us (which surely is there job role) the cleanliness wise the decor and carpet is mismatched, half the women's cubicles in the toilets don't work and neither does one out of two of the hand dryers, tables are not cleaned after customers leave even though the pub wasn't busy, so other customers was sat sitting on dirty tables even some had still had the left over dirty plates after they had ate their meal!!!!!!!