The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Was really surprised when the food arrived 30 minutes early and hot, but left disappointed with the quality of the food soooo dry and over cooked and none of the Chinese flavours I'm used to. I've tried somewhere new unfortunately I will not be returning. Nearly all of it is in the bin.

Absolute Tardis of a pub, great service on so many levels - literally!

We were served by Emily and Karen they are amazing staff can't praise them enough for their help outstanding well done girls

I had beef, partner had turkey. Serving even smaller than a Toby paltry serving. Roast potatoes anaemic. Brussels like bullets. Only other veg there I eat were carrots, Al dente but edible. Partners turkey was fine. My beef was a good 50% gristle. As the manager came past he asked how our food was. I’m not a complainer but I did make an observation about the meat (and Brussels). He couldn’t have been more apologetic and fetched me a serving of turkey (and a ‘proper’ size serving). I bought home a slice of lemon gateau. While the one on display looked perfect, the piece I got was stodgy. Would we come back? I don’t know. The Toby in the town isn’t very good so that’s not an option. Until about a year ago I had never had a bad meal at Windmill Farm but the quality has got worse and their meat serving is now stingy. BUT can not fault the front of house staff. They have always been friendly and cheerful.

Met with relatives for lunch at The Otter a venue which is located 30 mile equi distant between our respective homes. We are delighted to report that the experience was all that we hoped for and more. Located alongside the river Soar provided a picturesque backdrop and the view of the river from our table was spectacular. The interior was clean, spacious and modern. Our waitress Sally was an absolute delight, being prompt to welcome us on our arrival, informative regarding the menu and despite being very busy, always presented with a smile and handled our various requests very professionally with appropriate humour which we were delighted with. The food was served promptly, hot on arrival and delicious to boot. We will repeat the experience sometime soon. Car parking spaces being the only negative to report.

Unfortunately not a great experience - the only redeeming factor was that the food was relatively cheap.

We were going to eat but typical Marstons ridiculous beer pricing so didn't bother and won't be returning. Shame as we used to like it here

We went there on our wedding anniversary as we had been recommended it, but in all honesty I think our friend might have been drunk when he ate there, because our food was nothing to shout out about. The starters were like something from the frozen section in Iceland. I had steak and chips while my wife had braised shin of beef and chips instead of mash. The chips were awful they had a really bad taste like they had been cooked a while,stored and then fried up again. My wife’s braised shin of beef came in a bowl and with what seemed to her like left over veg from the Sunday dinners menu…it was like a beef chunky soup. My wife had a desert from the menu but by this time I was completely done and was feeling a bit dodgy with the after taste of the chips. She said the desert was the best part of the meal. The lad behind the bar who served us was very pleasant tho and was no fault of his own. This would have got 1 star but the steak was nice and so was the birra morretti. It’s been an hour since the meal and we can still taste the horrible chips. We won’t be returning. Overpriced as well for what we got.

We always visit this pub when staying at a local holiday site and since refurbishment food here has always been good. Unfortunately on this occassion they let themselves down and this was a disappointing visit. This post is to give constructive feedback. I ordered the chicken and chorizo kebab, wife had lasagne with a side portion of fries. Chorizo on my kebab was inedible and both portions of fries arrived luke warm and half way through the meal were cold. Rest of kebab was fine. No-one came to check if meals were ok, had they have done so, we would have fed back on the night. We'll put it down as an off-night and will return but as it wasn't that busy it should be used for feedback.

Lovely friendly staff, and welcoming for dogs. Been to this pub a few times of the last 30yrs, also stayed here. Very welcoming. However, on this occassion, with constructed criticism here-The meals on this particular day, at the high cost charged, with poor portions delivered. I ordered fish, chips and peas, and I'm sorry to say this, where was the homemade chips? as I got frozen deep fried, and I left them. There was just a tablespoon of mushy peas on the plate , fish was beautiful. Hubby had the steak pie and he gives it 7/10, as the pastry was hard and minimal gravy and dried out peas. I was going to speak to your member of staff, but, she had several waiting, and some leaving, and she avoided me. Wed, 28th Oct, lunch time. Hope to come here again, and I hope the food will be better next time. Thank you

Have had the set Sunday lunch on several occasions. Quality of the meal has been fairly consistent. Today however, the experience was overshadowed by some very nasty custard! It sounds very picky, when the rest of the meal was fine, but watery, lumpy, tasteless powdered custard with the crumble, took the edge right off...

Staff rude. Lacked manners and not very welcoming. Pub was clean, that's about it. Too interested in chatting the young men at the bar

We had Sunday lunch here and it was great. We received a friendly greeting and were quickly shown to our table. We were served primarily by Harriet who was lovely as were the other staff. Nothing was too much trouble. The food came in good time and was very tasty. Highly recommend you try it and we will definitely be back 😊

Well run village pub with outstanding service and food. Attractive interior with a good mix of seating for drinks and conversation or restaurant. 4 local beers on hand pump and other keg beers. Food is interesting, well prepared: and freshly cooked. Timely service but not rushed and very reasonably priced for this level of quality.. The staff try very hard to make your stay as good as possible. We have been on three or four occasions over the last few months and everything has been good with a consistent standard. absolutely nothing not to like. It is deservedly popular so you may take a risk if you want food without booking .

Lovely pub that cooks wonderful home made meals staff are so friendly especially josie behind the bar who served us quickly and generally was a very friendly and welcoming.