The best restaurants serving French food in East Midlands

The menu may not look exciting, but the service is superb, and the quiche, calamari, toasties are all truly excllent, served with a wonderful salad with watercress, courgette silices, tomato and avocado. The pâtisserie is worth driving hours for, I have rarely encountered such fine lemon tarts, just bitter enough, but with citron written on the top in dark chocolate to enhance the lemon. There are many lunch options in Southwell, but this is memorable.

Fantastic food always have a takeaway Delivered with speed and food is always hot We always use this Indian when we stay at near by Westwood lakes it get delivered right to our cabin door. Its a good job we aren’t local we would be eating this food everyday lol 😂 Delivery guy is such a lovely man very pleasant and friendly

First come last served, unless you’re a regular and you get your drinks before anyone else didn’t even have to order was brought to straight to their table. Not how a restaurant should be ran, first come first served that’s how it’s meant to work.

This was the first time I visited this place. On arrival, we found out you could only order from the Christmas menu, which is very limited. The quality of the food was very poor, and what you would expect from a budget cafe and the serving sizes were small. No matter what main course you ordered, you got the same roast potatoes and veg to share !!! Even a choice of new potatoes would have been better. If you just want a low end meal then this is for you.

7 of us arrived for a lunch at 12.00pm. At 1.15 we were still waiting for our first course The soup arrived but was cold . The main course chips were also cold and the fish could best be described as fish flavoured bread crumbs. The young waiting staff were polite and helpful which could not be said for the lady supervisor who was rude and unhelpful not the example one would expect from quoting from the site’s web “careful supervision of students by our professional chef-lecturers and technicians” . We left at 3pm!!!! Just over 3 hours!!! This was not of our doing but the lateness of being served our meal. This is not the first time we had eaten at 'The Lane' and on all other occasions we have enjoyed the food and the service. This time it was terrible, we will NOT be booking again which is a shame.

Six-course meal for £27, and every course tasty -- and plentiful. Good service, too. No complaints at all.

Very poor value for money. It’s a shame because this used to be a good restaurant but the quality of the food and drink has really gone down.

Absolutely adored the French eggs benedict! Well balanced flavours with the runny yolks playing off the soft croissant brilliantly. Highly recommend adding bacon! The ambiance was lovely, the staff was friendly, but the star was the layout and decor. The chairs were comfy, the tables settings were minimal but welcoming, and there was enough space to actually hear the people at my table without raising our voices. That feels like a rare thing at the nice cafés around here.

Food wasn't great, overcooked steak, hard roast potatoes, starter described as having a rarebit sauce but there was no sauce and it was very dry. Service wasn't great, don't think any of them smiled even once and we were over charged. Won't be be back

We stayed in the granary after a party in the barn, which is a great venue with a very good bar. Served by very cheerful and bubbly bar staff. The accommodation room 9 was very clean and tidy, with coffee and tea making facilities. It was a cosy room with attention to detail handmade doors. We had an ample breakfast in in the barn in the morning. We enjoyed our stay, a lovely peaceful spot. 👍

Tuvimos una gran experiencia de principio a fin con una bienvenida amable y un servicio brillante. El propietario era muy atento, pero no demasiado, así que era bueno. Las porciones eran grandes y la comida muy buena. Era un domingo por la noche, así que pudimos aparcar justo fuera, siempre una ventaja. Sin duda volveremos!

Been told, sit and don't move. We are motorbiking here, and time for a stop for half an hour.

Me and my family have been enjoying the best tasting Indian cuisine from this establishment for over 20 years they are masters of what they do

We had lunch here at Gunthorpe and was very disappointed. My mother and my wife had steak pie with a sauce that tasted like disinfectant. I had the fish and chips. The fish looked grey and also tasted funny. We mentioned this to our waitress and she apologised and offered us a free dessert or drinks. We ordered coffees. Not the waitresses fault she was very nice and did her best. This was the last meal I had with my mother before she passed and thank the chef for making it memorable for the wrong reason. Dont think I will go back.

Booked in advance as a special birthday lunch, having previously thoroughly enjoyed an Anniversary lunch at the sister restaurant in Sherwood. Do not expect the choices offered on the prix fixe menu on line - asked about when booking and confirmed as available, as opposed to a Christmas menu - to be restricted to 3 options for main course - chicken, fish cakes or a veggie burger! Placed at a small, draughty table by the door. We opted for a pate starter and the chicken. The pate was adequate, but the chicken dish consisted of a few pieces of tasteless dry chicken in a very bland, watery broth with sliced, over-salted potatoes. Compared to Le Mistral, Sherwood, this place is a very poor relation.