The best restaurants serving British food in Melton East Midlands

The Anchor is a top pub. Paul is world class bartender. Great vibes. Love the local feel and cold beers. Have a game of darts as well.

I’ve visited The Royal Oak quite a few times, and it never fails to impress. The food, service, and atmosphere are consistently fabulous. Every visit is brilliant. I brought my family for Sunday lunch today, and we had an absolutely wonderful experience. Pat and Bini, the owners, are incredibly welcoming, which makes the experience even more special. I absolutely love this pub and can’t recommend it highly enough. A huge thank you to the entire team at the Royal Oak!

Another wonderful lunch for my Dad’s birthday - thank you to everyone involved. This is a family owned and run place and those that aren’t family act like they are (Colin!) they all care they go the extra mile they want you to have a good experience and love the place like they do and come back - it shows in spades from the moment you step inside no I’m wrong from the moment you ring to book. Go try it you won’t be disappointed the food is great (family cooked on the premises no boil in the bag here) the real ales are award winning the building is full of character but the people make it.

The place looks good and it nice inside with entertainment but the food is not good at all we had two chicken wraps and baguette melts that were not melted or warm they were cold and also we had a even bigger breakfast with hashbrowns, sausage and bacon is cooked enough and my personal self had a mixed gril the gammon was bland with no taste and the chicken was stone cold and steak wasn't too bad but disappointed is a understatement and the service was poor we tried to get servers attention twice and was blanked and it just felt depressing it wasn't nice so this why I give this a 2 star this is a genuine review it isn't good for food.

Writing a negative review is a rare thing in my family but we had a really unpleasant experience here today. We were really looking forward to a meal here after hearing recommendations from other folk staying at our campsite. We phoned to check for availability and to check if it was dog-friendly. A friendly voice at the other end of the phone confirmed both and asked for our details, inviting us to head over. We made the 20 minute drive from where we were at the time and found the pub in a beautiful setting. However, upon entering, we weren’t acknowledged in any way but made our way to where we thought the restaurant part was. We waited there close to the bar. There were a couple of staff behind the bar busy serving customers but nobody to speak to or to show us to a table. We waited for 5 minutes, feeling a bit like spare parts, until I joined the queue at the bar to ask a female member of staff if we could have a table for 3. She asked if she could get us drinks which we ordered but were left hovering at the bar waiting with no indication of where to sit. Once we were given drinks, I asked a passing male member of staff in an apron whether we could sit at a nearby table. He said rather dismissively, “Er, yeah, as long as you sit this side” indicating the hard floor area, glancing at the dog. There was no “Certainly, I’ll fetch you some menus” niceties or anything like that. We sat with our drinks and some menus were ‘plonked’ on the table after a while. We were left to look at them for a long time without anyone coming to check if we were ready to order. A female member of staff sat at a nearby desk with her back to us. There didn’t appear to be anyone in charge of waiting tables. We decided to finish our drinks and leave. Even then, my husband had to wait a good while at the bar to pay for them, leaving my Mum and I standing waiting. No one asked why we were leaving or appeared to notice or care. We noticed as we left that there appeared to be a function underway in a separate building. Perhaps this left a lack of staff seeing to the ordinary customer. I feel that if this was the case, we shouldn’t have been ‘invited’ when phoning ahead! A thoroughly disappointing experience and a waste of time. It was meant to be a lovely ending to our holiday. We didn’t actually eat anything at the pub but we were all left with a bitter taste in our mouths.

My mums birthday meal was in March we don't come from Melton, this was recommended and it's a poor tail when your customers can make you feel more welcome than the staff do, a large group near the bar was loud but entertaining, they gave the pub a good atmosphere, if it wasn't for them we'd have ate and drank our drinks and left but we stayed for a couple more as they was so friendly and welcoming, the food was great yay yous expect from a standard pub, we had to wait longer on the puddings than the main courses and when they came they just got slammed onto the table like it was too much of an inconvenience to serve us (which surely is there job role) the cleanliness wise the decor and carpet is mismatched, half the women's cubicles in the toilets don't work and neither does one out of two of the hand dryers, tables are not cleaned after customers leave even though the pub wasn't busy, so other customers was sat sitting on dirty tables even some had still had the left over dirty plates after they had ate their meal!!!!!!!

We were actually here for a Wake. I have been here several times and found it to be a very friendly little pub. The staff had put together a reasonably versatile buffet for the Wake, too much white bread, but that's personal choice. The lemon drizzle cake was outstanding. I was pleased that the barmaid suggested that the surplus food should be taken to the bar to be shared rather than wasted.

We visited the Old Forge this morning for the first time and we weren't disappointed. We were greeted by Lola the dog who made our own little dog very welcome. The outside seating area was extremely pleasant and well kept with a charming brook and weeping willow setting the scene. Our breakfast of bacon and egg sandwiches served on toasted granary bread was absolutely delicious and cooked to perfection. Our hosts were lovely and offered advice on some dog walking routes in the area which we went on to enjoy. We will definitely be visiting again. Thank you very much, Jayne, Dean and Rexi x

Lovely food served by people who obviously enjoyed their work. Good management and friendly staff. Great range of desserts which we will try next time.

We always visit this pub when staying at a local holiday site and since refurbishment food here has always been good. Unfortunately on this occassion they let themselves down and this was a disappointing visit. This post is to give constructive feedback. I ordered the chicken and chorizo kebab, wife had lasagne with a side portion of fries. Chorizo on my kebab was inedible and both portions of fries arrived luke warm and half way through the meal were cold. Rest of kebab was fine. No-one came to check if meals were ok, had they have done so, we would have fed back on the night. We'll put it down as an off-night and will return but as it wasn't that busy it should be used for feedback.

Just returned from lunch. The food was good, however the chap with a beard whom I think was the manager was very rude to me and to his staff. He walked away with our drinks, I followed him to ask if they were for us. He rudely said 'no' then proceeded to bring them to our table with no apology for how he spoke to me. He also shouted at his colleague in front of me and other customers. He was unpleasant and the atmosphere felt toxic.

Pre booked tables were being used, service dreadful, coffee tepid, cake arrived when we had all drunk our coffee, restaurant manager unfriendly and dismissive, tables not been wiped, crumbs under the chairs.Decor lovely and expensive but ‘fur coat and no knickers’ - need to get the essentials right pdq!!One positive - young waiter Tom was a star.