The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

We arrived without a booking but were greeted warmly by staff and taken to a table. Our drinks order came promptly and the menu had many tasty dishes to tempt us. Both dishes came hot and were delicious. The atmosphere was relaxing, not too noisy. We were too full to try the desserts but would definitely come back.

Valentines Day lunch. Great Timothy Taylor Landlord beer, kept perfectly. Lamb Shank was admirable, Fish pie was delicious, Sausage and mash was ok then came the pie of the day. Ooops, The pie crust was old. Not browned nor puffy just a bit of old tough pastry. The filling was good. It came with rustic chips which were perfect. The mushy peas contained something other than mushy peas. 3 items which looked like old chips or there must have been some "crust" in the mushy peas pan. It looked to me like old chips which called up a vision of other peoples plates being scraped back into the pan. The meal was immediately sent back with a request for explanation. The Chef was adamant that the 3 items were mushy peas. I'm 77 years old and have never had mushy peas like that. Anyway an alternative was offered which by then meant I would be eating on my own as the rest of party would have finished. My wife has had a restaurant for over 20 years and couldn't understand the reluctance from the server and apparently the chef to admit something was wrong. Will I go back? Probably not. Although the beer was great the meals were ok, however there are better and more competitive venues in the area. I don't like being told I can't identify mushy peas!

Ordered a shandy. They didn't have any lemonade! No pies, no lasagne. So opted for two fish finger butties. Sorry but we have to be honest,they hardly filled the bread. Fish was gray and rubbery. Not worth half the price. We went into this pub because it's dog freindy which is great, but won't be eating here again.

Very average! Service was alright, food was alright, general ambience was alright. Main problems were the lack of roast dinner by 16.30! And rather stingy portion sizes when it came to the chicken melt. The lasagne and ribs were better portioned.

Fantastic 60th Birthday lunch We arranged a surprise lunch for my wife’s 60th at the Swan. From the word go they were so helpful , where other local pubs would not accommodate us, wanted an expensive set menu or wouldn’t cater for children, the Swan couldn’t have been more accommodating. The food was fantastic as was the service and drinks. Thank you so much for making my wife’s birthday so special.

Nice food, better than most pub grub we've experienced recently. Good service and pleasant staff. Definitely visit again.

the best subway i’ve ever had they added so much sauce and toppings it was AMAZING

Took the family for lunch before our eldest son, partner & granddaughter returned home. The service was quick & the food was good & hot. Our waitress Carmie was lovely. She was friendly, helpful and service was with a smile.

Very Friendly, Helpful and Sociable Workers To enhance our experience. Would recommend eating here, A very good experience to say the least.

Front of house 10/10 couldn’t fault Jess and Beth will definitely be going back, amazing with my 2 young children would definitely recommend for friendliest/ kindest beautiful pud service 10 out of 10

We are regular visitors to Trent Port and have to say ALL the staff are friendly and go out of their way to accommodate. So it pains me to report that our meal today was nothing short of inedible. The roasties were greasy and mushy, the mash lumpy, the veg dried up and the Yorkshires were overcooked. In contrast the turkey was delicious. I don't know what happened but come on Trent Port, there are numerous eateries make us want to come back.

Not that impressed tbf. Celebrating birthday but service was poor. 45 minute wait for main course and 40 minutes wait for pudding, not acceptable, when I spoke with staff member blamed it on staff shortages and other parties, woefully poor excuse, will not attend again for food, very poor..

Most of our breakfast was cold, sent it back and still cold...get your kitchen staff to make sure food is at least warm, hot if possible

Booked a table for a family Christmas lunch on a mid December weekend, specified this as a note on the booking. On the day we were told that you could only have the Christmas menu if you had preordered. At no point when booking online or after had we been asked to preorder and the Christmas menu on the website had not stated preordering was necessary. I had also called pub to confirm booking and hadn't been notified then either. It put a real dampner on a lunch we were all excited for. Made worse by the fact that we were surrounded by other big tables being served from the Christmas menu and with crackers etc and ours was a simple roast. They did offer to add turkey as an alternative to the meat on any of the normal roasts after making a bit of a fuss but the rest of the menu was not avaliable. I love overseas and was looking forward to a traditional Christmas meal and dessert, so a very disappointing visit.

Lovely food although one meal had to go back as it had sauce on which was asked to not have that. Everyone had finished their meal before this meal was returned. We all paid separately but then the following day when I checked my account I had been charged £1 under double the price. I have contacted the restaurant 3 times now and I am still awaiting a response 4 weeks later. Double check what you pay