The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in East Retford West Bassetlaw East Midlands

Friendly and welcoming staff from the outset. There were 7 of us in total and we all chose our own toppings for our handmade bars. There were also lots of chocolatey nibbles to eat as we crafted. We learnt how to make filled chocolates with decorative transfers and rolled truffles too! Everything was explained and demonstrated clearly and we enjoyed delicious hot drinks too. I would highly recommend this experience.

Nice, friendly pub. Friendly staff and a nice place to stop by the canal. Good selection of drinks and reasonably priced

Lovely dinner and service as always great place x

Really lovely atmosphere, the decorations and vibe were on point. The food was delicious and the staff were brilliant.

Didn’t know about Edi’z but walked past and as Costa was only doing takeaways thought I’d have a pop. The menu is huge although missing more Middle Eastern food which I’d like to see. Went for a Simple Breakfast, changing the toast to a fried slice, and a black coffee. It came quickly and looked lovely, even though the beans were in a little pot, no need for that. The bacon and eggs were well cooked and tasty as, the sausage was better quality than other cafes in town and the fried slice was beautiful. The beans were tasty but very runny but that can be easily sorted by cooking the beans longer so the sauce thickens (no need for the little pot then either). The coffee was also good and a big mug of it too. Couldn’t see on the menu how much extra items are as I’d have added black pudding with hindsight. The staff are very friendly. The girl who served me was the sister and she was really nice. All for under a tenner, I will be coming back

Called in late Sunday morning after long bike ride. Coffee was okay, bacon toastie not so good. Toast was limp / bit soggy from sweating on plate and bacon not really cooked, think it must have been microwaved as under cooked and more boiled than grilled, no real taste to it - disappointing. Always try to use independent cafes but on this occasion should have gone up road to Greggs.

Booked to stay on fri 8th for two nights. The manager asked me to pay in cash, which I did. He then sent me a confirmation of my booking. Before I booked I asked that I had the option to cancel, as I wasn’t 100 percent sure I’d need the room. He assured me that cancellation would be fine, as long as it was 48hrs before booking in. I then decided to cancel the next day, which was on Tuesday, as I no longer needed the room. I was told a refund was not possible. I then forwarded my email confirmation, which has in bold writing the right for me to cancel and full refund made possible. I then embarked on a full night of back and forward excuses why a refund wasn’t possible. Even receiving a mistaken txt, sent to me, instead of his manager. Stating there was no policy in place but he suggested 70% refund (how convenient) 🤣 Eventually I got 70% of the cash back paid into my account. Again, I requested the full refund as per my entitlement. And I just received more silly excuses and nonsense. Such as the manager was a good person and a lawyer by trade. Avoid this hotel at all costs. Ran by cowboys.

Staff provided me with takeaway cups when they asked if i was sitting in and said yes and didn’t put the correct sauce inside of my cup due to this, selfish people sat in the comfiest seats with NO DRINK!!! 🤯 Staff are just incompetent and prices as always are extortionate. Not worth the prices as they do not provide you what is said on the menu

This was a Monday lunchtime meal for 6 friends, and due to a cancelled walk beforehand because of the heavy rain, we arrived very early, but as our reserved table was available we were promptly seated. Excellent start, and having been given menus, ordered drinks and placed meal orders everything was fine. Starters arrived, a couple of Garlic Mushrooms with Rustic bread looked fine. My Japanese Karaage dish ( chicken pieces in spicy batter with harissa) wasn’t great, the batter whilst crispy on the outside, was soggy inside and the chicken pieces inside were very small, not breast meat but looked like thigh. The harissa was actually a harissa inspired mayo dip, very spicy but nice for it. For main course, three of us had Sea Bass fillets with crushed garlic potatoes with a wine and cheese sauce with green beans and carrots. Very nicely presented, however I’ve never had a plated meal which was so hot ( except for oven baked lasagne, fish pie etc) in particular the potatoes which were sliced and not crushed. At a guess, the plated meals had been waiting under the heated lamps on the pass for some time whilst other meals were ready. The sea bass was rather dry because of this, but copious amounts of white wine and cheese sauce provided in a gravy boat moistened the fish nicely. However, I’d much rather have a very hot meal rather than tepid or verging on cold as I experienced on more than one occasion. Our friends had a chicken and mushroom pie (thick soggy crust), a lamb and mint pie, and a plain butterflied chicken breast, all with accompanying vegetables, everything well presented. After this we waited and waited and waited, then had to shout to the bar for dessert menus half an hour after finishing main courses. Desserts weren’t great, 3 of us had a gluten free NY baked cheesecake which was very grainy and not pleasant, the mixed berries were not defrosted properly and the ice cream was bland. Others had apple and blackberry crumble and no one managed more than half of their dish, which comprised roughly 70% crumble and 30% fruit. Unfortunately not many complements were forthcoming. Again after finishing desserts we had to shout to the bar for attention for hot drinks to finish with. Coffee was nice, but the tea drinkers weren’t impressed, there was ‘just tea’ available, no varieties, and what arrived was very weak. The cardinal sin, apart from having no Sticky Toffee pudding available was that there was no interest in clearing our dessert dishes away, and these were left in front of us until we vacated the table to pay at the bar. At this time the pub wasn’t busy and staff were more interested in chatting to themselves rather than dealing with diners. Not once throughout our meal were we asked if everything was alright with our good. Maybe they were embarrassed by the about of food left uneaten on everyone’s plates. From their website and meal descriptions it looks like The Chequers is positioning itself as a Gastro pub, but it’s nowhere near to what I’d expect. It’s difficult to pin down an identity for their cuisine, having American, Chinese, Thai, German, English, Mexican, Mediterranean, Japanese, Moroccan and Italian dishes on the menu, but my suspicion is that many of the meals are bought in meals preprepared for catering. I may be wrong here, but that’s how it looks. Overall we thought it was a less than average experience which wouldn’t be difficult to improve with a bit of attention to detail, quality over quantity and better consideration from the serving staff. Oh, and the wi-if was not working 🤷🏻‍♂️