The best restaurants serving Brasserie food in East Midlands

Had brilliant birthday meal at Smoke & Ice Retford. Delicious food great atmosphere staff couldn’t have been more helpful and friendly if they tried. All the staff were great at helping my mum who is a wheelchair user and took time explain menu and sauces ect. Thanks again for the happy birthday song all 10 of us really enjoyed it and would definitely be back. 🥳🥳🥳🥳

What a wonderful experience. A truly unique visit with friends. The food was delicious and the best ribs and brisket we have ever tasted, just divine. A fabulous chilled out atmosphere with great music and all the staff were very friendly and we had great service. Also must mention gorgeous Abbie the dog! Loved it here and would definitely visit again.

Came here and enjoyed a drink and bar food. Very good price and made to feel so welcome. Will be back and hopefully come to one of the events they have on

Truly delicious takeaway, cannot recommend the chicken tikka masala enough! The mushroom rice was astonishing! And the chicken tikka rice was also amazing. The title says healthy and delicious, we can promise you it most definitely was! We will be using them lots and lots in the future.

Absolutely amazing food great service friendly staff 5***** look forward to our next visit .can highly recommend

Soooo disappointed today. Have been here a few times over the years and always enjoyed the food, but the last couple of times it has been below par. "Burnt ends" are not burnt ends - it is brisket with a different marinade. Bao buns were also disappointing, missing the garnish/pickle and were very "one note". Feels like the creativity and passion has disappeared, portions smaller, making it all overpriced. The staff are absolutely lovely, atmosphere is good and the service is absolutely fine, just feel very disappointed and £40 out of pocket. A real shame!

Excellent turkish food joint nesteled in a quiet neighbourhood. The hosts were warm and welcoming and food was fantastic. Highly recommend.

Me and my partner have been having meals at Korea House for a while now as we used to live nearby. The quality of food and service has been going down unfortunately. It used to be one of my favourite places to eat out in the Nottingham area, but not anymore. I also believe it is overpriced for what you get and they have definitely been cutting down on ingredients in some dishes. We went here for dinner on Friday last week and ordered pork and chicken for BBQ and a cheese tteokbokki. The staff ignored us for a while when we were ready to order and took orders from people who arrived well after us. Afterwards, one of the staff members turnt our grill off early saying the meat is done without checking if we're okay with it. After eating some of the chicken we realised half of the pieces were not cooked properly and still half-raw. We couldn't eat the rest. The tteokbokki was quite disappointing as well. There was barely any cheese or actual teokbokki in it. The staff apologised for the food and only took 4 quid off the total which we think it was unjustifiably little (about a third of the price of the chicken). We appreciated the gesture, but we feel we've been ripped off... We are not fussy eaters or the kind who kick off usually, but we were so disappointed by the service we received. This was supposed to be a celebratory dinner for a personal achievement, but the situation kind of ruined our night and we were worried we would get sick after eating uncooked chicken. I'm sad to say we won't be returning after this incident.

Wouldn’t go anywhere else, the best Turkish in Leicester. (There’s a lot!!)

Met my parents in town for a few drinks and food. The lady remembered my dad by name. We were seated quickly. Food arrive hot and fresh, would definitely return again

Good table service. Great tasting food. Group of 8 ordered Super Platter. Very tasty and generous portions. Been here several times and will come again. A. Sheikh (Leicester)

Persinale gentilissimo. Rapporto qualità prezzo buono. Le pietanze sono di estrema qualutà . La Chef, Rosanna è impareggiabile per gentilezza è competenza. Consigliatissimo, ci torneremo sicuramente.

This is one of the best Turkish restaurants in Leicester. The food is very tasty and cooked to perfection. Great customer service. I highly recommend it.

Otters do the best bacon sandwich in Rutland. No - the best bacon sandwich anywhere. This is a very good place with interesting food - efficient staff- and good ambience. It's the sort of place that when you see the next tables food come out you wish you had ordered that too.

We had to be in Louth, so wanted to have a dinner locally. We decided booking a table at Istanbul, as it had been some time we had been here. We were welcomed friendly and guided to a table. It was fairly busy, all table were occupied. We were handed the menu's and were offered some time to have a look. Not too long after we could order our drinks and as we knew what we wanted to eat we immediately ordered our food. The whole menu looked interesting. But we decided to order 2 sharing platters with salad, vine leaf rolls, olives, etc. and some slices of warm bread. All tested nice. As you can see on the pictures, we ordered a few different dishes for the main. Everything tasted nice, but I personally was not immediately impressed by the taste of the meat/mince rolls. It was mainly spicy, without particular taste, As mentioned it was pleasant and relaxed, with a nice atmosphere.