The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Not been to Ilkeston and this shop for a while. Visited today 28th April 2025. Wasn't too busy. excellent drinks and service

Called to eat this year to find it is the middle of being demolished, inflatable bar at the rear at present, could not get answer to if it will be rebuilt, it was a spit and sawdust place but the roasts and other food was good, just hope they do put in a new pub with a very similar menu etc, time will tell.

I have visited this venue twice in May & July.Lovely spacious dining hall but can be noisy if very busy as it's high ceilings. Super fresh food & Cakes etc . Friendly staff , reasonable price Mushroom risotto (watch out hard stalks) Lovely views, parking free. A lovely spot.

We had called by a few times previously for a drink and a bite of lunch when it was the Atlas, so we called by again for lunch.The immediate greeting was that there was a 20 minute wait for food (no hello), we went to order at the counter, but were told that the orders were now taken at the table, whilst the waitress came to our table in good time, the wait for the drinks was tedious, so tedious we considered leaving. The place was freezing, the front door was open all the time, everyone was sitting with coats and scarfs, it was like sitting in the garage with the freezer door left open. We saw so many people waiting for food, someone returning their food to the counter, that we decided just to wait for the hot drink (we were going to order food).We saw the tea bag (for one of our drinks) dropped on the floor and then put back on the saucer and served to us (we asked if we could swap it for a tea bag that hadn't been on the floor) - the waitress apologised, but come on this is basic hygiene surely staff should know not to do this?All in all, very, very average and not at all as we remembered when it was Atlas

Usually the best fish and chips in worksop, but called a couple of days ago for tea, ordered 3x large cods as well as chips etc. When i got home i found one of the cods smelt different from the others, i dont know why but it tasted very bland. And what has happened to the mushy peas?, bright green, shiny, and not very tasty, please go back to your original peas. Hopefully just a very rare off day.

Myself and my husband went to the boat on a Monday evening for some food . We haven’t been here for a few years but what an improvement from last time we went.

Fui de excursión al campo. Olvidé tomar un almuerzo para llevar. Tenía mucha hambre y encontré este lugar por casualidad. Un muy buen hallazgo a un precio asequible. La próxima vez voy a salir deliberadamente de mi camino para comer aquí. Muy buen café también. La próxima vez pediré el pastel.

Ordered a Donner kebab, not had one in ages. The kebab meat is nice but they were stingy with the salad, hardly any salad at all and that's the best bit for me, so a disappointing 3 star. Probably won't go back, just went to this one as was visiting my mum.

Great food nice staff very clean place 👌 very recommended thanks guys keep going the food was very tasty 😋 and fresh love it

The best breakfast I have had in my life and the taste and workers are amazing the owner is so friendly as well , thank u so much everybody

Always Excellent, good cooked fresh , presented lovely, staff very nice and helpful , thanks, Man with Bolts in his head

Decent fish and chips. Popped in last night on my way past and had mini fish and chips £7.50. Nice and hot and quick service too.

I'm currently sat watching Notts v Yorks at the venue. The sun is shining, it's an absolutely stunning day. Notts lost the toss and they're batting first. The facilities are wonderful. Bars, cakes, burgers, more seating than a really big seated thing, it's a pleasure to be here. Parked easily and picked up a coffee on our way to our front row seats. Anyway, I better put some sun tan lotion on, it really is a belting day.

Excellent friendly service, eggs perfectly done, lincolnshire sausages (the best), good coffee. What a great start to a busy day

Brillant staff so helpful and food omlette was beutiful. Defo go again Hubby in wheelchair easy access prices very resonable