The best restaurants serving British food in Chatsworth Derbyshire Dales East Midlands

Nothing to add, really, just a ridiculous price. OK, the food was fine and the service was very good, but this was not good value for money.

Remarkably good. Excellent coffee (made properly) taste of the coffee is different to anything you would find around. It actually tastes how you would want a coffee to taste if you were to go out and enjoy one. The breakfasts and cakes look insane and we will deffo be back.

I have lived in Derbyshire all my life and of course, this is a case of ‘what’s on your doorstep’ you hardly ever consider! My friend arranged for myself and another friend to meet up and discuss all things countryside and veer onto other topics, at a rate of 19 to the dozen - as you do when you have not met up for a while. Walking into this little place was like stepping into a storybook … it has an astonishing atmosphere - I felt I was walking into somewhere I’d been before and it was so wonderful and cozy. We ate … the food was gorgeous and I don’t know who has put four ££££ signs at the top, but I can tell you, it’s not expensive whatsoever. I had a lovely posh toastie, with goat’s cheese, sweet pepper, rocket and tomato chutney and it was delicious … certainly filled a gap (was quite tempered with pudding). What was so nice was the fact that the area we were in was really snug and you had no choice but to say ‘Hello’ to those around you … so if you’re a miserable sod, this isn’t the place for you. I blummin loved it and will definitely go again!

. . . We have been looking forward to visiting this establishment as we have heard encouraging comments from friends, and that they are dog friendly. We now live locally so decided to have Sunday lunch, took a punt as we hadn’t booked but were warmly welcomed and shown to a table which accommodated us and our dog. Specials Board as well as the menu; we enjoyed ‘mushrooms on sourdough’ and a ‘duck scotch egg’ from the specials. Fresh, delicious and very filling . . . and lovely to be able to enjoy a glass of wine. All the staff were delightful; Doug made sure we had everything we wanted and Grace checked that all was okay and that we were happy. We are looking forward to returning having found this cosy establishment. Thank you.

I have no idea why the TA reviews of this lovely restaurant are so few and far apart! We have eaten there several times over the recent past - each meal has been well cooked and beautifully presented. A really talented Chef. Much of the hotel and both of the restaurants have been massively changed and improved over the past 2 years, at no little cost. The menus are relatively short but with sufficient choice for a very tasty Sunday lunch. Good choice of wines - by the glass too. We had pre-lunch drinks on the sunny terrace; our meal was served in the Gallery restaurant and we ended with coffee in the Library Bar. Go and enjoy!

Lovely shop, quality produce, plenty of choice, could have spent a fortune, it’s pricey but well worth a visit. It was very busy and we went in the week so must be popular with the locals

Not a cafe only had a currant teacake or a pasty no choice of any thing no menu no wonder it was empty and looked so list do avoid

Lovely pub! The food was incredible (especially the lamb shank) and the staff were very nice. Can't wait to visit again soon!

We called in for lunch after a 3 mile walk with our dog around the Chatsworth estate. The quality is there to see from the moment you walk through the door. Attentive bar service, a perfect pint of Chatsworth Gold, excellent wine list (including dessert wine by the glass) and quality food backed up by fantastic and friendly service from Nieve, a fellow dog lover who is a credit both to herself and the organisation. Will definitely be coming back.

Visited for dinner with family for my wife's birthday on 24.08.23. I have never posted a bad review before. These are tough times for the hospitality industry. But I am compelled to warn anyone else thinking of eating here. It was the worst restaurant experience we have had for nearly 20 years. The service was initially mercenary - the first question from the oleaginous but thereafter invisible Maitre d' was 'would you like sparkling wine', and when I requested a drinks menu I got a wine list which was simply bottles of wine, no wines by the glass, other alcoholic / non-alcoholic drinks. Which, if nothing else rather overlooked my 8 y.o. and 12 y.o. We ordered 2x glass champagne, 2 x red wine, 1 beer, 2 x kids drinks, 4 starters and 4 mains including (for the kids!) a lobster and muscle risotto at £32 each, and lamb and beef also around the £30 mark. We are plainly not millionaires, but equally plainly we were intending to spend a decent amount... Thereafter service was slow to non-existent. The starters were mediocre at best. A soup of the day was beetroot soup. Literally a pureed beetroot, no seasoning, cream, nothing else bar an already buttered slice of bread balancing on the side of the (admittedly v. tasteful) crockery. I can't put into words the audacity of the pricing of this bowl of soup. I thought the bowl ought to have been included. It was a sign of things to come. The sirloin of local beef I ordered had a glaring rind of unrendered fat, like one of the early rounds in Masterchef. The meat was, extraordinarily, simultaneously underdone and tough. The waitress assured me that the chips had not been reheated but prepared freshly as she had seen it done. What can I say? When you eat something, you know when you know, right? Forgive the already TLDR nature of this review, but the kicker was the lobster risotto. I am frankly incandescent that I was stung for this. They were bland mush. I can't comprehend how a seafood risotto for which premium prices are charged can be (a) noticeably lacking lobster, and (b) not taste of seafood but rather like tuna from a tin mashed in with boiled American white rice. My wife and kids left after the mains; just walked out leaving me to pay. Still took the waitress 5 mins to come over. I was civil as she is just an employee doing a tough job. But I told her it was really poor, and it was obvious I was extremely dissatisfied. 5 mins still passed, no bill, no more senior employee. Left to me to walk to the reception, bite my tongue at bit but not enough to conceal that I was on the cusp of Gordon Ramsey-like language at being so mugged-off and paying £265 (without even getting to dessert and coffee, and with half the family walking out during the meal). Avoid, avoid, avoid, and do not be mislead by any platitudes posted by this place if they deign to post a reply.

When you walk into a pub first impressions are important. Seeing lots of empty glasses not cleared from the bar, or unoccupied tables still full of uneaten food and dirty plates does not inspire confidence in the management of the pub. Unfortunately this was the scene we were met with on an early Thursday evening. There are numerous menu options availed, ‘the greatest pie’, the two course offer or the standard menu. We both choose from the standard menu, a mixed grill and a scamp. Both were ok, without being anything special. What is the point in asking how you would like the steak cooked and then delivering it well done when you asked for medium. I we won’t be rushing back.

This place is in a lovely setting. Unfortunately the service was hit and miss. I and others waited sometime at the bar to be served and seated. There were 3 people behind the bar who seemed to be doing anything else but serve or even greet customers. Some staff seem irritated and distracted. Cudos to one waitress who spotted an error with our order before we saw it! Food was OK.