The best restaurants serving British food in East Midlands

On holiday found this pub by chance. Staff were so friendly, nothing too much trouble, meal arrived quickly although they were very busy. Food was excellent, piping hot and very good value, also good portion size. Given a bell on the table to ring when ready to order, not rushed at all, although as I said they were very busy. Which in its self shows what an excellent place it was. Fully recommend it.

One of the best restaurant meals I’ve had in many months. We went on impulse to celebrate my partner’s birthday yesterday evening, having had a very bad experience there in the past when it was owned by someone different. The food was superb and the service was efficient and friendly. Highly recommended and we’ll most definitely be going again

Well, I don't know what to say here to be quote honest. We came to this establishment for a dinner reservation, it started off nicely with the Barman mark i think, promptly addressing us and seating us at the table and giving us menus and he said our waitress wpuld be with us shortly to take drinks order. We saw him tell the lady we had arrived and that's where it went wrong. The body language on this woman (didn't get her name, big blonde European maybe) was dismissive. She told another memebr of staff to "deal with this table" while she was on her mobile phone. Needless to say, very rude. The lady took our order Kiyro I think her name was, very lovely and smiling almost made us forget about the other lady, Almost. We had our drinks, starters and main and when I came to dessert, we had seen and heard enough so we asked for the bill and we left. Unfortunately we won't be coming back, the food was beautiful and Mark? and Kiyro were very welcoming but the other lady I think was their manager wasn't at all. If you do go to eat here, I'd suggest the bar area, staff are lovely there.

The atmosphere was lovely and the staff were amazing. Definitely will go again and bring other people along, and the service was incredible.

Welcoming owner, very friendly. Really hot, decaff soya latte. Cold day so grateful for the delicious hot coffee as you could warm your hands on the cup. Lovely breakfast cob. Will definitely be back.Fab bre

Nice pub with friendly staff and fellow customers. Only went in to keep warm before going to a Southwell Minster Evensong (we like sacred music and fab architecture). Beer okay,excellent home-made sausage rolls straight out of the oven - could have eaten three! Coffee poor but it doesn't set itself up to be a coffee shop. Overall worth a drop in.

We booked a table over the phone and explained that 11 of us would all be having the £8.95 lunch deal (sandwich and a soft drink). We were asked to order in advance which was absolutely fine with us and we went ahead and emailed the advance orders to them a few days ahead. On the day, we were shown our table and the food took about 15 mins to arrive which was fine. Everyone enjoyed their sandwiches and all plates were clear so that's a positive! Upon paying we were expecting to all pay £8.95 each. However, once we had all paid we were told there was still a £30 balance but they couldn't find out why. This went on for about 10-15 mins. Then the waitress discovered it was for a service change! £30 to serve us 11 sandwiches that we'd pre-ordered! Wow! We were never told of this ridiculous charge at the time of booking. Eventually they took this charge off the bill and apologised for the error. The sandwiches were great, the lunch deal was great but the managements decision on adding a service change to a lunch time deal offer should be questioned.

Delicious food in a lovely country pub 💛

Sunday roast absolutely brilliant thank you having just moved to the area what a lovely pub..service very prompt very friendly staff

The martins arms was bought by an idiot. Best pub for miles, mark is a fantastic landlord

Keiron served me, my friend, her toddler and infant this evening. Service was 10/10. Food arrived within 15 minutes, drinks in 2. He even look the time to play ball with the toddler. Service is always with a smile here and we love our visits.

Have eaten here many times and it remains one of my favourite restaurants in Northampton. Staff are always very friendly and attentive. Love the range and quality of food. Their onion bhaji scotch egg is a stand-out dish!

Great traditional English pub. Ale is good, and the staff are so friendly!!

Tegan libby chris & phoebe- great service, quick service, really polite, the foods really good, definitely would recommend

A long time favourite but haven’t been since it changed hands until this weekend. Sunday lunch with friends - roast beef was inedible /soooo tough. Mentioned to serving staff 🤷‍♀️ no apology - nothing! Prob won’t go back after that experience. Interesting that it wasn’t very busy either- used to have to book way in advance to be sure to get a table !