The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Haven't eaten here for many years so poped in for lunch. I find it strange that there's no reception upon entry to the courtyard, you have to flag down a passing crew member to get a table. The menu is large with lots of tasty sounding dishes, across all food groups; vegaterian's are well catered for. I went for the beef-cheeks. Our food arrived is quick order and my beef was both tender and tasty. But it was only luke warm. By contrast, my wife's gnochhi was very hot and extremely tasty. All in all a nice lunch, but he price tag does not warrant the quality of the food or the standard of the serveice.

Food was nice apart from the peas. They were overcooked. Ashley offered to get us some fresh peas but there seemed no point as we'd nearly finished our meals. It's a great little place, although when we went, there were children running around, so that was a little off putting for my partner. All in all though, I'd go again.

Don’t have the steak! It is dryer than an old leather boot! Not cooked correctly, chips were decent but the steak ruined it. At least the drinks were nice.

Lovely country pub good food and lovely staff….

Just popped in for a quick bite had a mixed grill have to say it was lovely pleasantly surprised by how nice the skin on fries chips were! Was served by Saskia, she was very friendly and easy to talk too! Received a 25% off coupon for the next time I pop in great stuff!

I'm really disappointed. We booked quite late but was advised the spa would be available. Asked several times, if any cancellations for treatments, I never got a response. Tried to use spa Sat afternoon only to be told it was closed. Also, bar shuts at 10pm

Called on Sunday for lunch Wouldn't recommend Mash potato were cold and hard Vegetables were hard Blood from the beef

No words can describe how fantastic this pub is, this has become our regular and we have no faults! food is fantastic, we have started doing the bottomless gin afternoon tea ,again fantastic, great supply of Gin well looked after, cakes to die for! Highly recommend! Staff are fantastic and very welcoming! Location of the pub is great, sit in the comfort of the country pub or down by the river overlooking fields. Highly recommend this pub :)

Nice atmosphere good pint of kronenbourg

We stayed here, hare room, on two separate occasions over the last week after meeting friends in the location. Room although compact was perfectly adequate for our stay, clean, comfortable, bed and bedding,tv, tea and coffee, water, fan and a decent shower Bathroom is also compact so I'd recommend larger folks booking a bigger room. We didn't stay over a weekend so don't know how noisy it would be then however over a Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night it was peaceful and quiet. Only sounds at night were the church bells. Pub food was lovely, the £5 Sunday and Monday meals were a steal, breakfast good also. Have to commend all the staff, bar staff, restaurant staff and breakfast lady, all went out of their way to chat, engage and make our stay great. It's a proper pub with rooms done well.

We met family here today for lunch, absolutely great! The pub is clean, well appointed, tasteful decor, staff were all friendly and helpful, toilets were spotless. A party of 5, we ordered whitebait and trout for starters. Whitebait was generous in portion size and cooked to perfection, trout was well presented, all were delicious. Mains were chicken supreme, sea bass, steak and a risotto. Plates were hot, food was hotter! And all of it was well cooked, well presented and delicious. The setting is delightful, worth the 2 hr drive for both parties to meet, I recommend this place on all counts. This will be our family meet up point going forward. If you’re local to Barrowden use this place, support it, it deserves it. Shame we live so far away!

Selected from the ever reliable CAMRA Good Beer Guide; Nice relaxed beer garden, well kept ales - e.g. Bass and Ossett White Rat - accompanied by tasty food.

We couldn't fault the quality of the food or the level of service we received. However, please take notice ALL you restaurant owners. These days there is just too little food on the plate ! If you expect people to pay £17 for a main course then at least have the deceny to put some vegetables on the plate! Vegetables are cheap so why are you not providing them? No excuses! I don't call one small serving of garden peas sufficient vegetables. I know things are tight but they are for us customers too so we have to be choosy now where we dine out. So if you expect a customer to be a repeat customer then don't insult us! I don't know if we'd go back here again, so that should tell the owners of this restaurant all they need to know! Think about it, do something about it or go bust!

Great pub, went on a Saturday, disco and karaoke. Drinks are very reasonably priced and everyone is friendly.

Found this little gem of a place by accident, and what a nice find it was too. Friendly staff, lovely food and relaxing atmosphere. Thoroughly enjoyed the fish and chips, but couldn’t eat it all (big portions). Will definitely be back again.