The best restaurants in Manifold Staffordshire Moorlands West Midlands

After a very pleasant hill walking day in the Grindon area with a group of mates, The Black Lion Inn was the perfect ending. This pub is a rare species. It is simply , a welcoming traditional country pub with a soul! Fab ambience, stonework,hospitable staff, excellent food at a very reasonable price and looked after, local craft ales. Close to a perfect 10. Just my opinion.

We booked a one-night stay at The Black Lion Inn for our wedding anniversary - a beautiful place with first-class staff! From the initial booking enquiry to our departure, The Black Lion is by far the best we have ever stayed in, and we have stayed in many over the years! Owner Hannah and the team offered the warmest of welcomes in their stunning 250-year pub, still with many of its original features on show. Our room was cosy but with a luxury modern twist. We had fresh milk and ground coffee, with many other premium hot drink options awaiting us - not forgetting the freshly baked chocolate cookies. So many places fail with attention to detail, but The Black Lion Inn goes above and beyond. The pub atmosphere was relaxed, an inviting place to unwind after a long hike across the Roaches - Lud's Church walk (highly recommended route). Other notable places of interest are Thor's Cave, we also came back via Snake Pass, stunning scenery! Our evening meal was delicious; we devoured tempura prawns, pork belly, and venison and shared the cheeseboard! We paired our food with some great-tasting white and red wines recommended by Hannah. We've eaten at several Michelin-starred restaurants, and the Black Lion Inn's high-quality, mouth-watering flavours and presentation are reminiscent of our experiences at many fine dining restaurants. At breakfast, we enjoyed the fresh granola compote followed by a flavoursome and hearty full English, all ingredients made with local fresh produce (and the best black pudding ever)! Five stars just aren't enough! Thank you everyone at The Black Lion Inn for making our stay the most perfect and memorable anniversary ever, and we hope to revisit you as soon as possible.

Excellent eighteenth century pub with modern, high quality letting rooms, perfectly situated for Buxton, Bakewell, Ashbourne, Hartington, the Manifold Valley and Ecton Hill.

Friendly staff, tasty food and good size portions. We had 4 large chips and sausage and 2 gravy and at £26 I thought that was a pretty reasonable price. We had take out but there was a few tables for sitting in.

Nice clean cafe friendly staff and produce tasty but £6 for a bacon & egg sandwich, come on I feel like I was mugged. Full English in Manifold pub 200 yds away £8 and worth it .

Visited on recommendation of lady in village store to try the oatcakes. We both had cheese and they were yummy and good fuel for a yomp up The Roaches. Both ladies friendly, chatty & welcoming. We took a piece of toffee tiffin away to enjoy later in the day. PS: Bought 3 pkts of oatcakes to take home to share with friends & family!

Welcomed in by the friendly locals and top hosting from the land lord.. A most unique place .

Really tasty home cooked food, lovely atmosphere and all staff were incredibly attentive, friendly and helpful. Would recommend !!

Decent range of beers, good pub grub menu at reasonable prices. Pleasant staff and the food was hot, fresh and very decent portions. Gammon was lovely as was the steak and ale pie with plenty of gravy and the chips. Roaring fire and very pleasant atmosphere. Well worth a visit if living close by or visiting the area. Dog friendly and plenty of parking around the back.

We spent two nights at The Cheshire Cheese in Longnor with our dog Laddie. Our room was spacious, warm, and very clean, with a large bathroom, and a very large and comfortable bed. The food quality for both breakfast and dinner was excellent, and way above what we were expecting. The staff were efficient, and very friendly, as was the landlord. Most enjoyable, and a proper dog friendly place, thank you.

Lovely little cafe. Staff friendly and helpful. Outside seating next to river. Delicious cakes! Plenty of outside for the little ones to run around. Limited seating inside.

We ate in quite a few restaurants and visited twice in our 5 night stay. Once for a simple Pizza but the next for one of their specials. All very good and frankly very good value. Nice friendly staff as well

Awful. Soggy greasy fried chicken, you'd need a PhD in avian forensics to identify a wing in the pile of mush. Seekh kebab tasted like cardboard. I will not make that mistake again.

I received this as a hot chocolate. More like dishwater.