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Elements of informality, friendliness and contemporary cuisine make Oscar's Bar and Restaurant at the Beeches Hotel in Wilford Lane an attractive option for a meal. A menu of traditional British and modern European dishes offers choice pickings. A children's menu is also available.

A meal here could begin with soup of the day, chicken Caesar salad, prawn and avocado cocktail or Oscar's fishcake with petit salad. Mains options include chicken breast stuffed with mozzarella, chilli con carne with rice, nachos and sour cream, rib eye steak with duck fat roast potatoes in a peppercorn sauce and sweet chilli chicken rigatoni. Sunday lunch has a selection of roast meats from which to choose, or chef's special dishes of the day. To end with a treat, choose from rhubarb crème brûlée, warm cherry pie and vanilla ice cream, Famous Grouse chocolate mousse and liqueur coffee. Relax at the stylish and vibrant bar with your favourite drink to hand.

In 1864, the northwest Himalayan hill-station of Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. And thanks to restaurants such as the Simla Indian in Kimberley, a town six miles northwest of Nottingham, the association stays strong to this day.

The smart dining place is especially known for its warm service and tasty dishes that according to many diners are the best in the area. Welcoming and contemporary, soft lights and soothing background music play their parts in making you feel comfortable.

The Simla menu offers favourites such as mixed kebabs and onion bhaji, but unusual creations of bell peppers stuffed with mushrooms and garlic king prawns always please. Look out for the lamb tandoori, and curries such as the Madras and vindaloo, which range from hot to very hot in that order. The chef offers specials of buttery makhani tandoori chicken and a Kashmiri korma where your choice of meat is cooked with yoghurt, fresh cream, and spices.

A short but exciting wine list completes the picture.

Deliziosa, located on King Street in Nottingham, is a gourmet ice cream dessert parlour serving award winning ice creams, desserts and other patisseries. It is an ideal spot to eat in or take-away and have a uniquely enjoyable experience.

The menu offers a wide variety of ice creams, patisseries and desserts and the most extravagant cakes that will amaze everyone; imagination is the keyword at this café. Try the chilli chilli chocolate, an ice cream that has a spicy bite and is topped with twenty toppings served in a freshly prepared Belgium waffle. The milkshake menu offers freshly made milkshakes including ferrero rocher, oreo, and galaxy caramel. At the patisserie counter you will find freshly made French patisseries. The range of hot desserts includes sticky chocolate pear pudding and pineapple upside down pudding. The desserts can be accompanied with tea from Newby and freshly roasted and ground coffee.

Hard by the walls of Newark Castle where King John breathed his last is this brilliant contribution towards the life of Newark. The setting is Bohemian smart with large colourful canvasses to catch the eye and most nights an informal programme of music from a wide range. By day the Café Bleu is a brasserie but as the shadows lengthen it adopts a more formal pose and the menu changes with the mood. In general the cooking is innovative contemporary with influence from the Mediterranean.and Europe. A suitably eclectic wine list is nothing less than you'd expect.