The best restaurants serving British food in North Kesteven East Midlands

We booked for 4 nights bed and breakfast and had the Churchill Suite. On arrival we were shown our room and told we had a fan! The suite is large but partially underground which we knew about before we booked so we’re not put off by it and adequate lighting in the room made up for the lack of natural light. There are two built in wardrobes a large bed and lovely bathroom. The soft furnishings are all beautiful. The “little touches of indulgences’ were disappointing they consisted of ghastly biscoff biscuits you usually get at cafes with a cup of coffee not the homemade shortbread we were expecting. Complimentary bottles of water and toiletries mainly in large dispensers on the wall. There are no nice touches in the room just furniture. If you sit on the sofa with a drink one person has to put their cup on the floor, as there is not side table. The room was clean apart from cobwebs hanging from wall lights and a horrid mark on the wall in the bathroom by the toilet……. On our third day we arrived back to the hotel around 5pm only to find our room had not been serviced! My partner went to reception to let them know and they told him we must have left the do not disturb notice out! Which we did not……. Anyway they rallied round and gave us a full set of clean towels and clean mugs etc. which was good of them but left us asking is this really a four star hotel? The breakfast is wonderful the tables laid out very nicely everything cooked is to order and served at your table. We had a dinner one night in the restaurant and it was a true delight the food and wine all good and the service was great apart from one young girl took our bread basket and bread plates away whilst we were still enjoying it……. We never made a fuss at the time.. We put it down to nerves……… On our last day we went down to breakfast having not been able to get to sleep because of stomping in the function room above. There seemed to be a large business group arrived the day before. They were all in the breakfast room which was full and we ordered our cooked breakfast my partner had his usual full English and I asked for scrambled egg mushroom and Rosti It arrived all of it over cooked and no rosti. I said to the waitress not to worry but she said no I will go and get it. It arrived 10 minutes later….. by then we had finished what we could eat from the burnt breakfast and left. Very disappointed again. We used the bar area every evening and ordered bar snacks and drinks the first night we were there was great but the other nights we had to go and search for someone each time we wanted a drink or something. We felt a little bewildered by it all as the reviews and the website seemed to give a much different picture in our heads than what we experienced. We always choose four and five star hotels when we go away but to us this one felt below par. I think in the future we will not choose a hotel that is used as a function space as any individuality seemed to be missing. It’s a shame that we unfortunately experienced several mishaps during what could have been a memorable experience.

Had Sunday lunch. Food was beautifully cooked, no frills just a good honest value for money lunch. We ate everything, superb . Hosts very friendly and accommodating. We will be back.

Unfortunately this has now closed, and is a home. SAD to say as was a fantastic tea room. I believe it has been closed for a year or so and property was sold.

What a lovely traditional pub with a great friendly welcome. The Buttcomes beer well worth trying, I had the 5G pint, very good. We all had food which was very nice traditional food. Totally recommend looking the pub out.

Lovely home cooked food, well worth a visit. Highly recommended. Excellent sunday lunches as well as weekdays, closed saturday.

Excellent little tea and gift shop. I can recommend the breakfast. Excellent value. Will certainly go again.

Went for Sunday lunch, nice welcome and shown to our table. The menu is on chalk boards around the walls. STarters were asparagus and mushroom croquettes they were absolutely delicious, creamy inside and crisp on the outside, served with a wonderful mushroom sauce. Mains roast beef and all the trimmings for me, chicken stuffed with spinach for hubby. The desserts were works of art, a blueberry tart for me served warm, I was in heaven and hubby had a pecan and maple syrup sponge with custard, wow it looked so light and he loved it. Real shame that we live in Hertfordshire a two and a half hour drive away. If we lived remotely nearby, we would eat here a few times a month. Parking right outside opposite the restaurant in a lovely little village

A really good Sunday lunch and pudding great beer nice staff thank you

Excellent staff, outstanding food and a lovely place to spend time

the pub is lovely realy old world charm staff very helpful and welcoming the food was good but the veg were so hard it was inpossible to eat them I dont like my vegetable soggy but do expect them to cook them this di spoil the experience I would have rice if I went againwhich is doubtful

Had 2 different main courses, both excellent, must say best fish & chips I’ve ever had, great service, always happy to accommodate

First time we have been to Watergate Yard. Staff were helpful and friendly. Food was really nice and the atmosphere was really good. Definitely will visit again

The first time I came here I was impressed … and the second time. Yesterday I arranged to meet two sets of friends and two different times. This was to see if there might be an improvement on my last experience of dry and unrecognisable as cake, lemon cake. Sadly this will have been my last visit. I had some of the worst food I have been served in a very long time. Dry pancakes which tasted so badly of baking powder, and which had barely a dribble of honey on them. All I can say is the fruit was edible. Then later a lunch of chicken and halloumi wraps which may as well have been wrapped in cardboard. The fact that food was not eaten on both occasions didn’t prompt a question if all was ok, I was then asked if I wanted a loyalty card which I took for the irony, and as my lunch companion said, there wasn’t even any eye contact. My last visit as I have no idea what had happened to this place over the past few months!

I thoroughly enjoyed a recent 80th Birthday celebration at Emily's, who generously reserved the whole of the tea room for the event. High Tea was delicious with three sandwiches, three cakes and a scone with jam and fabulous clotted cream, plus a bottomless supply of tea or coffee. the refreshments are tastefully presented and there is an intimate feel to the tea room. The staff were very helpful and polite. I've been to Emily's on previous occasions, and also loved browsing the bookshelves where a book can be taken home to keep, for a donation at the customer's discretion at the till. Would thoroughly recommend - bear in mind that due to popularity you may have to book in advance!

Great All Day Breakfast, really superbly cooked. Served promptly with good service. in very comfortable surroundings. Recommended