The best restaurants in Willington and Findern South Derbyshire East Midlands

Excellent service food good very helpful need more disable spots visited last week couldn't park as non disabled people using parking space

All the charm and style of a sterile airport bar. Was there some years back and witnessed the " land lady" sat at the bar..sloshing drinks and cackling as some local testosterone bumped troglodyte chatted her up. A dog was allowed to empty its bladder all over the floor. The " Land Lady" turned around..looked..shrugged..and carried on drinking. The piddle-puddle was simply left for around 20 minutes until some poor trainee lad was made to mop it up ( no doubt with the same mop and bucket that is used on the kitchen floors) 👍 👌. Hygenic and Classy.

Got a collection order it was amazing

What more can I say, great food, great service, clean, friendly staff, great atmosphere, weather your nipping in for a quick pint or out with a group for a meal, there garden seating area is over looking the canal lovely views

A good welcome, lovely meal, arrived at 2 30pm, timed it just right as it was getting busy again .Thank you all.

Lovely place, staff were really nice (even though we had a very noisy 2 year old with us) and the food was spot on. Would definitely go again.

visited this venue on saturday 07.12.24 for drinks with friends we had table service for the 3 hours we were there and the service provided by Kayla was outstanding. She was polite and pleasant and as there was 8 of us she cleared a table when one came available so we could all sit together. she made sure that we was all good for drinks throughout. very pleasurable evening. the pub has recently been refurbed and i can say for the better. will certainly come back.

Great food although not cheap £12 for a large breakfast coffee is extra. The staff are friendly enough my issue was the amount of dogs within the cafe along with their inconsiderate owners , I have an allergy to dogs and found it concerning that there were dogs sat on the seats one in particular slobbering over the table the owner of the animal was completely oblivious even letting it lick her face round the mouth areaI found this disgusting. If someone had a food allergy I’m sure that the staff would be sure to enable the customer didn’t come into contact with what ever it is the person is allergic too however dog lovers are selfish and think everyone should be a dog lover this is certainly not the case. Dogs should be kept outside where food is being served it’s unhygienic to say the least the staff seemed to turn a blind eye it was totally unacceptable environmental health should take a look.

I was enjoying a pint outside the Boardwalk in the afternoon on Sunday 27th October 2024 when one of the staff came around clearing the tables. She rather curtly enquired if I was ordering something as this was ‘the cafe area’ and the pub area was ‘over there’. It was a busy afternoon and I couldn’t see any places to sit ‘over there’. There is no signage to indicate the relevant cafe and bar areas – several types of tables are in use outside so the difference wasn’t obvious; it wasn’t evident that there even was a differentiation. Indeed, there were two vacant tables adjacent to mine, so it wasn’t as though I was preventing other customers from sitting down. I abandoned my drink and left the site immediately as I found the incident acutely embarrassing having taken place in front of other customers, and will not be returning. There is a clear need for improvement both in staff training in customer respect and courtesy; and in the signage outside the refreshment areas on the site. Subsequently, I contacted Mercia Marina who forwarded my e-mail to the relevant establishment on-site but they did not even deign to reply. Clearly, they have no interest in customer satisfaction. Mercia Marina needs to take responsibility for all the businesses in situ, as shortcomings in one outlet reflect badly on the reputation of the entire site.

We've eaten from here before and it was good. However, this time was very disappointing. I had the crispy beef strips in batter. I have these regularly from my usual Chinese so I expected them to be similar. Unfortunately they were just batter - I cut into one and it had the thinnest strip of beef in it that I just couldn't taste. Portion sizes were good but maybe focus on the quality of food as opposed to quantity.

Popped in for a cheeky take away carvery, absolutly excellent service from Nessy and Tim 🥰 they made my day! Beautiful food as always

Only 5 minutes away but the chicken and fried were stone cold. Gravy and rice were hot

DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE. The food arrived stone cold. The fries were soggy and the subs were not toasted. They also gave us the wrong drinks and wrong cookies. When I tried to call to complain, the number doesn’t go through. Do not order from here.

Went for coffee with a friend. 20 minute wait to get served. We sat in the dog friendly area as more tables available (we did not have a dog with us). Chairs, sofas and floor dirty. Tables ok but menu holder and dog friendly sign not been cleaned for a long time. I appreciate dogs are in this area but absolutely no excuse. Won't be going there again!!

Ordered food through the drive through and the employee rushes myself and had to tell them to wait whilst we was still thinking on what we was having. Once we got the order and got home found they had made numerous mistakes and when we phoned them was talking g to them then they just hung up and tried numerous time calling g them back they just couldn't be bothered to pick up. I would certainly not go back there again also would advise other people to give this place a miss