The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Very enjoyable lunch. Delicious mushroom soup. Friendly staff and very pleasant surroundings. Good location opposite main car park at Bradgate. Would recommend.

Chips were ok, as was the curry sauce and mushy peas. The fish was another story! Greasy, the fish was mushy and grey. I would be ashamed to serve that! The worse fish we have ever had.

Fabulous tearoom but the menu is mainly sandwiches and cakes , no hot food was available that I could see. Great hospitality though in a great setting.

Popped in for some dinner from staying at the hotel across the road. Scampi, salad, jacket and pepper sauce was all lovely. The only reason it’s not a five star review is because the steak wasn’t a great cut - every mouth full I had to spit some of it out due to the gristle but that’s. It the chefs fault. Service was good and the meal was good value.

Lovely boutique hotel. Rooms clean bathroom lovely. Only thing missing a mirror in bedroom. Staff friendly. Cooked breakfast amazing but had to pay extra included in room price continental breakfast seemed a little sparse. Evening meal was satisfactory

We went specifically to this venue for breakfast. We ordered different breakfasts and made some changes to one of them with the helpful counter staff. The tea in the tea pot was cold and we took it back for a replacement hot tea pot. The breakfast was brought to us by a member of staff who did not smile or speak. Having ordered extra well done bacon we were surprised to note that it certainly hadn't been even well done. The plates were cold and so was half of the breakfast, the rest of it cooling rapidly. The toast and prepacked butter were placed on the top of the breakfast and we had to use our fingers to try and get them off the top, even though there was nowhere to put them (have they never heard of side plates)? All in all, very poor. Customer care is clearly not a priority.

Awesome food. Great service and brilliant atmosphere. Great variety of meats on offer. Great value for money. I would highly recommend this place to all.....

Popped in for lunch, absolutely lovely, friendly staff, excellent food, relaxed atmosphere. Full Monty breakfast for me, salmon baguette for my partner, quality ingredients, well cooked and presented.

The original nearby Victorian building was knocked down in 1924, and the half timber framed replacement version of The Old Silk Mill opened in 1928. They sell 1 regularly changing guest ale, 2 regular very local Dancing Duck ales, Bass, but I headed straight for their regular Oakham Citra, because, well, because it is one of my favourite ales, and it was very good too! A warm and very friendly atmosphere, with staff and other customers affable alike. I didn't eat here, but the food I saw being served to other tables looked delicious, I was tempted, but had alternative arrangements... maybe next time!

Last weekend my old school friends and I enjoyed a reunion at 281. The owners and staff were helpful, friendly and could not have done more to make our event a success. Some stayed overnight in the refurbished bedrooms and said they had comfortable, clean rooms and also enjoyed a good breakfast! I have booked another reunion of work ex-work friends for April next year and have no doubts that having this also at 281 will be as good! Thank you 281 😊

We were extremely lucky to be able to stay the weekend in one of the new lodges on the fishing lake(which my partner caught his PB in!) The lodges are absolutely stunning. They are fully stocked with everything you could possible need and the space inside and out is immaculate. Being able to fish and relax with the hot tub is another kind of brilliance. From the momment we walked in all the staff were super friendly and attentive, going above and beyond for us. Before leaving, we stayed for a Sunday dinner. Which was lovely fresh homemade food! We met some great people and It was a brilliant weekend. Already planning on returning!

Needed quick food after driving up from Wales for family emergency. Got told about this place so tried it out. Was surprised when they offered me fish and chips for £5 of course I'd accept that Well I was expecting a small piece of fish for that price!! How wrong was I the fish was longer than the plate and they chucked in an extra fish to split between 2 of us so for £10 we had 3 fish and 2 portions of chips . I only gave a review of 4 because the fish was soaked in oil and was overcooked not flakey I would go again though

Amazing food. I was very very pleased with my visit. I was served by a woman called Emma with blonde shoulder length hair and glasses. She was so lovely and welcoming! Gave me exactly what I wanted unlike last time when I was served by Sharon who I found to be quite rude. There was a good selection of food that was reasonably priced. I’m very happy with this service. Thank you. Also love your cream cake!

Came in here on a Saturday night and it should've been packed but it was absolutely dead. The bar surface/floor was horrible and sticky, it's so dark and loud in there we couldn't see/hear each other. There was about 4 tables in the whole room and it's just as well that the place was empty. We tried to go to the smoking area outside but it was locked and the bouncer made us go back downstairs to sit in the really loud music room. No thanks.

Just changed hand I found out. Was amazing food before. Now salty cottage pie with tinned veg and spongy frozen broccoli 🤮