The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Found this little gem by luck on a day trip to Melton Mowbray, through a little doorway and up a flight of stairs. It made such a nice change to all the generic coffee shops to find somewhere with a bit of character. We had a breakfast brunch and a cream tea, all of which were excellent. The scone was homemade and was huge (only comment would be more clotted cream was needed because of its size!). Staff were helpful and polite. Would definitely go back if in the area again.

The food is delicious, the portions are just right and beautifully presented. The service was excellent. The view of Lincoln cathedral is a bonus.

Just popped in to watch the football (England). Would have been the only other customers in there, ordered two diet cokes, served from a plastic bottle and very flat, friendly staff replaced the drinks with two flat lemonades. £7 for that privilege, I can see now why nobody was drinking there.

We always have a great meal here, a great choice and caters well for Gluten free too. When you pull into the carpark do not get put off if there is a large queue on a hot day, this is generally just for the ice cream counter.

Had a lovely meal tonight (can highly recommend the steak pie). The staff are brilliant, really accommodating and really make you feel welcome. When they ran out of a dish the chef came out to apologise in person and bent over backwards with other options. If you are in the area, fancy good wholesome high quality pub grub...look no further!

Food was lovely hot and fresh. The service brilliant the young man who served us Lloyd was so good, he was kind and efficient. definitely would come again.

We had 2 x 12oz Ribeye Steaks..... AMAZING...!!!! 1 Cooked medium and 1 well done... ( sorry chef ). The steaks were PERFECTION.... lovely char , flavour and so tender. Could of cut my steak with a butter knife . My other half who is a fussy eater ate it all. First time ever. We were made so welcome by all the staff . I have to say this , .the Ladies toilets spotless. A GEM OF A PUB. ❤️. We will be returning. 🥰. Pauline.

Fantastic pies! The Staff are very attentive, and such a great atmosphere. Looking forward to our next visit! We'll be back.

Great little pub,we just started going here,staff friendly and I hear the food is really nice

My visit to the White Elephant was an lovely experience on Thursday evening, bar service by Chloe and Sophie. I will definitely be returning. Thank you

Our party of 8 ate at the pub last night. As we left it late to book a table we pre-ordered our meals. From the moment we walked in, the atmosphere was extremely welcoming, the bar and waiting staff were very polite, professional and couldn't have done anymore for us. Now to the food ... some of us had starters, which were delicious. The mains were very well presented, absolutely delicious and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meals. They were all cooked to perfection. Desserts only two of us had room for one and yet again they said they were lovely. If we were this way again, we would definitely have a meal here again and we all thoroughly recommend it to all.

Beautiful little spot. Looks freshly decorated & well looked after. Staff were very attentive. I had a full English which was cooked to perfection with just right runny eggs. My family all thoroughly enjoyed theirs too. Worth a visit.

The Garden Deli was a little hidden gem in Nene Court with a lovely outside seating area, which has now expanded into the unit next door, the extra table seating has made the deli much more accessible when busy. For lunch we ordered tuna melt panini & avocado smash with bacon on sourdough, both meals were freshly prepared, tasty, hot & nicely presented on the plate. Will be back again soon. It is so good to see an independent business expanding & being successful 🙌

I have rated this pub 5 out of a possible 5. In short I would advise a trip to this place. I had the ribs as the title of my review states. Mum and Dad paid which was ace - we did offer to pay but wasn’t allowed - aren’t they lovely.

There’s an argument that you shouldn’t recommend good place as next time you come there are no free tables. Saying that the bacon sandwich was the best I have had in a long time and the pancakes fresh and cooked to perfection. We’ll be back!