The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

Had a lovely breakfast here, everything freshly made to order, big portions. Freshly baked cakes and scones on offer too. Will return

Possibly the best bookshop ever and I’ve been to lots! Quirky, eclectic, massive stock and excellent prices. A fab cafe and really nice staff - a must if you love good books and good food!

The pub has shut for good and been stripped of all it's interior. A great shame as this should be a thriving pub with a cosy interior, dining room and great gardens, all on the C2C cycle route. Fortunately, the Black Lion at Ireby, just up the road, remains open.

Staying in Aby village for a week's holiday and had to try the local pub. Exterior looks a bit "tired" but don't be put off - inside it's friendly. cosy and lots of character. Excellent choices of dishes on the menu and "daily specials" board - we especially appreciated the choice of gluten-free options and Dawn was happy to go through each option in detail. Good portions and served hot! Very tasty and wholesome. Wide range of dessert options too and it was evident from conversations with other diners, that Dawn would also be happy to adapt these just to suit individual requirements. Obviously very deserving of the many awards over many years.

fantastic food, fish is unreal.

Fabulous food and service from Vicky and Katie of the Humble Cat. We ordered the Tribute of Life. Everything was set up beautifully; the food was very fresh with lots to choose from and marvelous cakes; and the best thing was that I knew they had it covered and I didn't need to think of anything. I highly recommend the Humble Cat.

We’ve been twice in the past 2 to 3 weeks, first time for early evening bite to eat and again today for Sunday lunch. Outstanding food and service at reasonable price

“Two teas and a pot of hot water please” (not to make it go further, just my wife likes very weak tea). The assistant replied “that’ll be £7.10”!!! I politely responded saying “I am not paying £7.10 for two teas” and walked away. I also noticed that a toasted teacake was £4!! Needless to say we won’t be going back.

2 choices of quiche available for lunch and both exceptional. Served with a classy variety of simple but tasty salads. Exceptional!

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

Attended on a Saturday night, was lovely and busy which was good to see, glad we had booked. Service is always spot on, they work so hard! Slight delay on the drinks, however there were no free tables so to be expected. Food was delicious, had the curry, burger was made gluten free, steak looked good and the lamb shank was delicious. Would love to see a mixed grill special soon please! See you soon

Large family meal for an 80th birthday, really well catered for. Lovely food. Friendly staff. Decent wine selection. Great value. Also a lovely outside area for the kids.

Fantastic home made food. Great value and huge portion sizes. The service was fantastic, couldn’t do enough for you. Will definitely be going back again and recommending friends and family to visit.

Lovely place bottom of bath st Ilkeston nice staff, great food handy bud stop for going back to Ilkeston centre

The food was ok, must have been a specials evening as not much to choose from. They seemed understaffed and busy, service after we got our food was poor. The chips were excellent, possibly a new season local potato, the desserts were also very good.