The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Stopped here on our way home from Worcestershire, as we prefer helping local businesses, rather than motorway services. Set in a quiet location. Very popular with the locals. Great selection of food, even for a vegetarian. I had the risotto & the homemade apple crumble & custard. Absolutely delicious. Well staffed for a small tearoom. Good prices for a tearoom. They have a great rapport with locals & knew them by name. Would advise reserving if possible. It was busy, even on a Wednesday morning. Would stop again if passing this way. Only 6 minutes off the A14.

Having been before and enjoying the food was bitterly disappointed last time we went only two sunday lunches left on a Sunday at 12.15 so decide to have one couldn't chew the beef everything else seemed as if had just been warmed up in the microwave.The pub itself is lovely and the staff are very pleasant.

Absolutely outstanding. Was served by a lady called jade who was very friendly and was very attentive to our needs (allergy in the family). Beautiful tranquil Place no matter what the weather :)

We called in here for an impromptu evening meal with our 4 year old grandson as we were staying at nearby Landal Darwin Forest & he wanted the lasagne that Barringtons had on their Children’s Menu. We ordered our drinks & perused the menus, whereupon our Grandson decided he didn’t fancy it after all, nor anything else on the menu! In desperation, I asked the kind & patient gentleman taking our order (& everyone else’s) if he might be able to do a jacket potato with cheese & baked beans (not on the menu!) to which he replied cheerfully, “No problem!” we then ordered our own meals of scampi, peas & chips. The meals were served very quickly which, when you have a grouchy but hungry 4 year old, was extremely welcome! We soon polished off our tasty meals & drinks, paid the bill & were on our way. I just had to review to say how grateful we were to the lovely gentleman who looked after us so well that evening; over and above service & delicious food - what’s not to like!?

Shame it's not popular, favourite pub of all time

Lovely beer garden, great place to meet with friends for a drink. Although pretty expensive. However, you pay for the atmosphere aswell. Can go winter and summer and sit outside as they have heaters!

The food here is 💯 better than the ship in Skegness, every one is made welcome staff are really nice and friendly for is freshly cooked

Lunch time treat for me and mum . We was not disappointed at all . The service was excellent, food was delicious 😋 I would recommend the pie . Will be returning 100%

Really lovely food, you wouldn't know it from the outside/inside - it's like any other pub but the food was really good. Had the best dessert - rice pudding with apple and nuts - to die for.

Just came home from a very lovely afternoon tea for my mum's 70th birthday. Sandwiches, cakes, sausage rolls and quiche; their was soo much food for us all we came home with a box each to take away. There were 10 of us in total and the booking was easy over the phone from initial enquiry. Everything was soo fresh with unlimited tea and coffee, we were well looked after. Thanks soo much for making my mum's birthday a memorable one, you were really accommodating. Thankyou, Hayley

Thought we'd found a gem ,coffee was good, went down hill after that ,my husband had full breakfast, Luke warm and bacon overcooked and left to go cold eggs not cooked I had eggshell in my eggs Benedict, I politely pointed out to waitress, who replied sorry about that, random people coming in and entering a not too clean looking kitchen and staff clearly only interested in taking money,

The staff were really lovely and welcoming, they were also really helpful and attentive. The food was amazing it came out quite quickly and was piping hot and fresh. All the food we had was really tasty and flavoursome. My battered mushrooms had a really light batter and came with a really nice garlic mayonnaise. My southern fried chicken burger came with lovely grilled bacon, really crisp chunky chips and the best dripping gravy I have ever had. Would really recommend and you are missing out on an absolute gem if you don’t come. Wish we were in Matlock longer so I could go again. 10/10 (I wanted to take a photo of my chicken burger but it was too tempting and I had to start eating it)

Absolute gem which we are thrilled we found. Good easy parking, fabulous menu of truly home cooked foods. Wide drinks list Beautiful inside with level access and patio area all over looking the run way. Staff friendly and efficient, dog friendly outside although when wind is high ( like today ) the patio is closed for safety which is fully understandable. Will definitely return if we are in the area

Amuse bouche was delightful Main course excellent Meat melted in the mouth Desert was quite lovely We were the only three people in (Weds Afternoon) and it was quite cold. £128 for the three main course and two desserts Highly recommend the food, ambience not so great

Don't miss this shop, unbelievable goodies,or baddies health wise. Glad I don't live locally, I'd be in there all the time