The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Great little coffee shop. Wonderful selection of homemade cakes that change regularly. Some interesting menu choices…. Scrambled eggs with cheese and chorizo. Cheese and marmite on toast are the kind of comfort foods that help this place stand out from the crowd. Along with the usual Faye you would expect to find on a varied menu. Service is friendly and attentive. I’d urge anyone looking for a break from walking/shopping/browsing to pop in but I fear this would make getting a table even harder!

Thanks to Chris, his staff & 'the locals' for making us welcome on our Motorhome pubstopover. I had messaged prior to visiting, to ask if it was OK to park up and was welcomed, just asked to eat & drink in the pub. Chris has only recently taken over and started food, currently a very limited menu but good portions and well cooked. No facilities except toilets when open, but we are self sufficient so not an issue. Thanks, Tim Sue n Bailey 🐾

I simply love this place, such that I visit several times a week! The staff are amazing, nothing is ever too much trouble. The standard of good is on point every time✔️✔️✔️💯

A warm welcome from lovely Jo and Danny and a wonderful relaxed, cosy atmosphere. I had quite possibly one of the most delicious pies I’ve ever tasted!

Amazing food! One of the best cooked stakes I've ever had. Great service aswell

Decent nice lady let us go to the co-op to get food we came back and paid very nice sausage roll was a 4/10 hot chocolate 7/10 so nice for the morning

I would highly recommend this lovely cafe. Tried it for the first time and the coffee was perfect. I loved relaxing in the garden area and the staff are so attentive and friendly. Definitely deserving of the 5 star.

Been here twice and had a very pleasant experience, food is always piping hot and pretty decent portions considering the price, coffees are pretty damn good too, pleasant staff. Cozy environment

Proper jackets, nice staff, great portions - perfect. We used to get jackets from this place around 30 years ago, and they’re still as good as I remember them! 🥔🧀

Beautifully refurbished, local pub at the end of a pretty walk from Glapthorn. Excellent choice of local beer and a wine list from local wine merchants. Small but good lunch and breakfast menu. We had the baked Camembert with a glass of decent red. First time I’ve ever had a Camembert and had too much bread! Can’t recommend this place enough. Use local or lose local!!

We were invited to a friends surprise birthday party and fell in love with the beautiful ballroom and it’s stunning chandeliers. The service was excellent and the party couldn’t have gone better.

One of the best bottomless brunches we have been too Excellent food , really good service No waiting for your next drink and a brilliant selection of drinks available and good choices

Chester’s take out is fantastic! Each month I travel to Chesterfield from North Wales to see family but always try to stop here for a late lunch. Food is amazing and incredible value for the huge portions they serve. Great taste, great service, always a pleasure to stop by. Thank you guys 🙏

Booked a table for my husbands birthday on recommendation as we are not from the area...Very disappointed!!!...Ordered starters and my sons arrived with a hair in!!!...Got sent back to be replaced but we had all finished our starters when his arrived.... My husbands main arrived with fries that were cold!!...Again sent back.. Member of staff came to the table when the new fries had been replaced for HOT ones to ask if he was now enjoying his fries!!!!...RUDE.. We had planned on having sweets as when we booked they had said his sweet would come out with a candle etc but given the above we decided to pay and leave as the evening had been very disappointing and ruined...I did speak with the manager who apologised and spoke with the chef who waivered our drinks and same Member of staff (who asked about fries,informed us that the starter with the hair in had been taken off the bill!!!...definitely needs a course in customer service as was made to feel by her that we had no reason to complain....Our bill wasn't cheap!!!)....I don't write reviews but felt compelled to as a birthday meal was ruined

This was quite literally the nicest roast I've had in my life!