The best restaurants serving British food in Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas South Holland East Midlands

Absolutely wonderful sunny afternoon in the pubs beer garden yesterday. Nice now things are getting back to normal Oh and great food too 😋

Found this little tea shop and it looked lovely. Friendly service. Cheese scone was lovely, warmed in microwave. Sausage roll, also warmed in microwave, was very greasy; probably better eaten cold. Both appeared to be home made. Decided against the cake as only two to choose from; we were going to order the cake platter and glad we didn’t as £14 for two choices would be disappointing. Unfortunately the view from our table was of the kitchen. I realise that this could happen anywhere but to see it is not good- the man decided to sort the bin. He took off the lid and arranged the full bag, then added some more rubbish to it. Yes I watched intently to see what he did next. Then he picked up a tea towel and began drying cutlery and putting it away. He did NOT wash his hands. He then went back to the bin and moved it, with the tea towel in his hand. He then came into the eating area and took an order. He then returned to the kitchen to start the order. At no point did he wash his hands and he was still using the tea towel that had most definitely touched the bin. We left and however cute this place looks, we will not be returning. They need to look at their hygiene rules and routines urgently.

Our friends invited us here for afternoon tea. We were seated on a table facing the fading afternoon sun which was very bright. Unfortunately we were told there were no blinds which could be used to block the glare so we tilted the table round to avoid the worst of it. You get to choose your sandwich filling (and bread type), I went for egg mayo. This is good as the sandwiches are freshly prepared and tasted great. Unfortunately there was only 3 small fingers worth, not sure what happened to the normal 4th finger! There was also a slim piece of quiche, scone and 3 cakes. All lovely, if very sweet. Given this is a farm shop, they should consider doing a purely savoury afternoon tea too. Prices are not cheap, but the quality of food and service is very good.

The landlady if very friendly and welcoming the bar staff are fun and entertaining drinks are reasonably priced and the entertainment was great