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.

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.

Lovely valentines evening spent at the Royal Oak Delicious food for all 3 courses Staff very friendly and attentive Great relaxed atmosphere

What a gem of a pub, friendly people, homely atmosphere with lovely open fire, great food - the home made sausages were delicious. Thanks to staff for locating the walking poles we left and helping us retrieve them

Okay, full of youths. As the night got later, the crowd got younger and the outfits more skimpy. Chain type pub, no character. Disabled toilets grotty. If you're a chav and like Carling, this place is perfect.

Superb food. Certainly, we will visit again. Lots of choice from a large menu. Thank you so much for the birthday surprise. We loved it.

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!!!!!!!

As the board above the bar says. Small, but welcoming pub with regulars. Loved the friendly service and everyone seemed to know everyone. I walked into this pub for the first time in my life and spoke to some really interesting people. Staff were really kind and helpful. Real fire too and lovely atmosphere.

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

An impromptu visit and the pub was pretty empty. The waitress tried to sit us on top of other diners which I thought was a bit odd considering there were lots of free tables. Then they parked another family really close we could barely get out. We have children so prefer to be out the way a bit. Pretty average service, had to look for staff. The food was quick but mediocre and for what we had was well overpriced. We won’t be visiting again.

Absolutely outstanding service. Booked a table of 21. Seated in their stunning area upstairs. Very busy downstairs. It was a full house but the service from three excellent friendly team members was stunning. Every wish catered for. Perfect and beautifully presented food. Locally sourced cooked to perfection and for a larger party delivered with immaculate timing. Incredibly professional from booking to the day of the meal. Highly, highly recommended Thank you all.

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.