The best restaurants in Ashover North East Derbyshire East Midlands

We came here mid-walk for lunch and were just in awe of the wonderfully kind and cheerful staff who provided us with a warm welcome and delicious food whilst also running a busy Post Office! Cakes are fabulous too. We were visiting in 'Twixtmas' and would recommend anyone visiting at a similarly busy time to book as it is rightly very popular with tourists and locals alike.

After enjoying a lovely walk, we stopped at this pub/restaurant for lunch. We had not booked and had to sit outside as we had the dog with us, which we expected. However, we were clearly not the clientele preferred at this establishment. We were informed there could be a wait for the food, but we were prepared to wait. Actually, we didn’t have to wait very long at all and we joked that we were served quickly so we would leave quickly. When I went inside to pay the bill, the person I assume was the proprietor, made comment that ‘they’ thought they were going to have to ‘chase us across the car park’. I presume this because it was assumed we would leave without paying. How rude to assume such a thing. They knew nothing about us. I was so shocked and so insulted he had actually verbalised his thoughts I made a joke about being unable to run. We had been judged on our appearance. Just because we were not dressed like the other customers, don’t assume we are not just as worthy or affluent. I didn’t leave a tip but if I had, it would be ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. There are other restaurants in the local area far more amenable, accommodating and less judgemental. Otherwise, the food was reasonable.

One of the best hotels I've stayed in.

Great coffee shop with lovely food. The farm shop is amazing, lots of great quality local meats and other food to buy

Despite website saying it was open today it wasn’t. I looked at the web site and it clearly states that the cafe is open today Friday 19th April. Please can you keep your customers updated on your opening times

Friendly welcome & comfortable inside seating. We called for a nice pot of tea & not disappointed. Big tea pot, extra hot water, & only £2.20 for two people. Good menu offered. Home cooked food. Farm shop small but has a good selection of fresh veg & assorted home made pies.

Very pleasant atmosphere in the farm yard for a cuppa 😎. Nice shop too....

Had the best afternoon tea I’ve ever had !!

Called in at lunchtime for a couple of ciabattas and a bowl of the cheesy chips. The bread when it arrived was stale and crumbly, complete waste of money. The chips were very good though ! Would have complained, but there only seemed to be one person working and he was rushed off his feet so it really didn’t seem fair.

Popped in over the weekend for some food and drinks. Lovely to meet the new landlord and landlady, very welcome and great atmosphere. Food was delicious and service spot on. Thanks again

Great experience, I was visiting the Peak District for a month, with my grandson, we had lunch at the Red Lion on our first day ,we were so impressed with the quality of the food and friendly service, we returned seven times, before we returned to Australia. Two of the staff were amazing and made our visits special, Chelsea and Kristina, we consider them as friends . Hopefully we can enjoy the amazing food and service next year.

Have been going to the Miners arms for 20+ years and have never been disappointed with the food always good quality and the staff are very friendly. We both had the steak and mushroom pie today it was very tasty and the vegetables were delicious. Always have a good real ale on hand pump. The pudding's are very nice as well I had the plum crumble and my partner had the Guinness cake that was really good. Always busy need to in advance.

Stayed for 2 nights. Rooms very dated, mouldy tile grout, cobwebs on windows etc. Food was nice but a bit pricey, disappointed that the chips were frozen not hand cut as advertised. Kitchens were closing early as not many customers. . Good selection of beers. Lots of dogs in the pub which I don’t mind but I don’t think they shouldnt be allowed on the seats. A lot of customers swearing at the bar. Good location and nice and helpful staff

Very slow in getting served, quite a queue and only one serving taking the orders and making the drinks. Because of the time getting served, we changed our minds whilst in the queue and instead of a dinner decided on a sausage roll with a bowl of chips. The person serving was stroppy. It looked as though we were getting our sausage rolls and cups of tea straight away with the chips coming later! I asked if the sausage rolls could be served at the same time as the chips, otherwise what's the point! She wasn't pleased with that. Anyway, managed to get everything at the same time in the end. Gave her my drinks loyalty card and I was criticised for not having an expiry date on it. She told me to make sure next time I had a card for the staff to put a date on it, surely that's their job not the customers? She put a date on it then when I got to our table I realised she hadn't crossed off the two drinks I had just purchased. She tutted when I asked her to add them onto the card. No teaspoons given us and the rest of the cutlery was dirty. If I hadn't been so tired and hungry I'd have gone elsewhere. Needless to say I shan't be in a rush to return here.