The best restaurants in North Kesteven East Midlands

One night midweek stay enroute to Norfolk. Very handy location next to railway station and short walk into town. The plusses - decent room although furniture very tired, lovely staff, excellent evening meal. The minuses - not the best value as rate didn't include breakfast and seemed expensive compared to our stay in a hotel in Norfolk. Cooked breakfast was nice and made fresh but v small portions and the "continental" content was severely lacking - a few apples and oranges, some sad cheese slices with salami and a couple of stale pastries.

After a long mornings work from 2am to 1pm I arranged to meet my wife for a chilled drink before heading home. We decided to meet and try out our local pub, The Lincoln Green as we understood it is under new owners and would like to support it.. Sadly on being asked if we were drinking only I was asked if we would go into the bar area. The lady was friendly and I have absolutely no issues with her as this is obviously(in my view) a very misguided policy. I informed her that we would not wish to do that as in the past we have found it cold with wooden floors which when the football is on makes it noisy. I have no issues with this in general as I enjoy watching football and make special trips to do so at pubs for the atmosphere but on this occasion myself and my wife just wanted a quiet, comfortable drink together. I explained this and added that the comfortable restaurant was totally empty. We were offered the chance begrudgingly to sit tucked around the corner as a large table(15 which soon turned to 8) was expected shortly. She declared that on this occasion we could but she had to state she couldn't promise in the future. I told her that we wouldn't waste our time trying in the future. We will just go straight to the CENTURION or HARROWS where we know we can sit in comfort and nice decoration for a quiet drink. Things I don't understand-1) if I was eating I would much prefer some atmosphere with some drinkers as opposed to an empty restaurant. 2) Had it been 11.30 with the possibility of a full restaurant I can understand not wishing to take tables but this was 2pm and totally empty. 3) we were not a noisy group who would be shouting and swearing and could spoil someone's dining experience 4) Surely a pub should be able to cater for diners, sports and football fans AND couples hoping for just a nice drink. Sadly, unless this policy changes we will not be back(unless to watch the football)

I've been to The Horseshoes in Silk Willoughby a few times now, and I just have to share how amazing my meal was on Friday! This place serves good, honest pub grub, but they really know how to do it right. Everything was delicious, and I finished off with an exceptional Irish Coffee—what more could you ask for? The food is amazing, the atmosphere is warm and friendly, and the staff are brilliant. If you haven't been yet, you're missing out!

Visited today for Sunday Roast/Mothering Sunday treat. On arrival, staff were polite, pleasant, and welcoming. We ordered our drinks and were asked if we would like to be seated for our meal. In the process of being seated, one of our party managed to knock her mums glass of wine over the table ! The owner could see this was causing some upset and promptly had the table cleaned and replaced the spilt wine free of charge, along with consoling the guilty party !. The meal arrived in a timely manner, and wow, what a feast, I opted for the large Sunday roast and it was delicious, 3 different meats, roast potatoes, roast carrots, parsnips and 2x Yorkshire puddings came plated, then arrived the veg, broccoli, green beans, mash, cauliflower cheese, and dauphinoise potatoes. The meal was piping hot and served with lovely gravy. By the time the meal was finished I was stuffed. On seeing the puddings being served around me I wished I had left room. 10/ 10 for service quality and welcome. We will deffo return and Thank-You for your kind gesture with the spillage

The food was absolutely terrible. The chips had far too much salt on them. The beef felt like rubber and had absolutely no taste. I would usually go for BK over McDonald's but this has definitely changed my mind. Horrible!!

We attended our works Christmas party here last night. This was my third time enjoying a meal here and again I was not disappointed. Staff were so good when one of our party was late. Food was served quickly and looked and tasted great. Good portion size and everything was cooked well. Highly recommend a visit.

The Green Man Pub recently hosted an event for us and one of our guests wrote the following which I think says it all: "Such a fantastic, delicious spread by The Green man ... WONDERFUL. They certainly did you proud. We must go in again."

Estábamos sentados rápidamente, preguntándonos si nos importaba estar cerca de la música, que definitivamente no nos importaba. El personal era amable y atento, con el propietario teniendo tiempo para una charla. No nos apresuramos a pedir y disfrutamos de las bebidas y un entrante para compartir. El plato principal era increíble auténtica comida sudafricana. Sin duda volveremos.

Visited for evening meal for four of us. From start to finish very pleasant experience. Greeted with a welcoming smile when we entered. Lovely waitress nothing was too much trouble. We had starters of garlic mushrooms and Halloumi all of which were lovely. Followed by Haddock and chicken burgers. Large portions again all fresh. No ping pong food here! If anyone doesn’t know what that means, (it means frozen and microwaved) it was all freshly cooked. Had dessert even though we were full. Cheesecake and sticky toffee puddings. Owners were very welcoming friendly and engaged in conversation. Pleasant surroundings and nice and clean. I would recommend this and we will be returning, and I am not always easy to please!! Well done to all the staff.

Always very welcoming, lovely guys, food always hot, always correct and always great. Cannot fault it at all 👌🏻👍🏼

a nice little spot, I like my louder music, and this place offers it as well as a free pool table (taking in mind it's broken but is still great considering you dont have to pay). The drinks are reasonably priced and gave a great price for a 3 shot cocktail at only £6.50. Lovely customer service, we felt really welcomed 😊

Truly the worst ever.Ordered s&sour pork Hong Kong style and received hard scraps of batter which were revolting and left to waste. The chicken balls were dark overcooked and not pleasant.Didnt ring with complaint because I'm not like that ,just won't return.

Pleasant welcome and greeting from staff Food ok but ROAST POTATOES hard and stale so inedible Meat small and badly carved!

We visited on Bank Holiday Monday, having already had lunch, so we just had a very nice light supper, and then we came back the following day and had a delicious steak (him) and curry (me). The staff were so very helpful, the surroundings were very pleasant and the loos spotless. Well done to everyone - and thank you for taking such care of our dietary issues.

Nice food, better than most pub grub we've experienced recently. Good service and pleasant staff. Definitely visit again.