Midlands - East Restaurants

Druid Inn, The

At the west end of the Main Street in Birchover village lies a family-owned gastro pub called The Druid Inn. Owners Michael and Bryan Thompson and their parents Eric and Brenda do not take their 2008 and 2009 Michelin Bib Gourmand award for granted, and work hard to ensure the inn is one of the finest in the area.

• Address: Main Street, Birchover, nr Matlock, DE4 2BL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £36.00

Dukes Restaurant, The

Dukes offers local and international food at very reasonable prices. Open to non-residents for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Address: The Comfort Hotel Nottingham, George Street, Nottingham, NG1 3BP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £15.00

Dunham Novelli Urban Bar Kitchen

Renowned Chef Jean-Christophe Novelli has teamed up with multi-millionaire Dean Dunham in an attempt to galvanise the eating out scene in Northampton. In February, 2009, Dunham Novelli Urban Bar Kitchen opened its doors as a restaurant cum cocktail bar that also doubles as a laid back lounge.

• Address: 94 Bridge Street, Northampton, NN1 1PD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Gourmet, Modern British, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £13.00, Dinner: £30.00

Dunkley's Restaurant

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How about the unusual experience of dining in an eighteenth century goods shed? Dunkley's is just such a restaurant set in the heart of the beautiful Northamptonshire Countryside and is built around the erstwhile Castle Ashby Station.

• Address: Castle Ashby Station,  Grendon Road, Whiston, Northampton, NN7 1NP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £22.00, Dinner: £34.00

Ealand Gate Restaurant

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If you think that this is a restaurant of which you have never heard, you may well be right. Fact is they're a bit like that in Lincolnshire, and I speak as one such born and bred. There's a sort of feeling that we might just keep this one to ourselves.

• Address: Outgate, Ealand, nr Scunthorpe, DN17 4JE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00

Eighteen57 Restaurant

• Address: Forest Pines Hotel, Ermine Street, Broughton, Scunthorpe, DN20 0AQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Seafood, Steak
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £35.00

Elements Restaurant

Privately owned and managed, the Best Western Lee Wood is an elegant Georgian hotel in the spa town of Buxton. Whether you're visiting them to stay or for a meal, rest assured you'll be welcomed with a warm smile at all times.

• Address: Best Western Lee Wood Hotel, 13 Manchester Road, The Park, Buxton, SK17 6TQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £30.00

Elio's

Since 1983 Elio Grossi has been dispensing Italian bonhomie, cooking and wine, not necessarily in that order, and has built up an impressive dossier of awards, as well as an admiring clientele. All the old favourites are here with some really imaginative additions ranging from baby halibut with pepper sauce to monkfish in leek sauce.

• Address: 11 Market Place, Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5DA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £38.00

Emily's Steakhouse

They're small, comfortable, family owned and serve flavoursome chargrilled steaks that are gaining widespread appeal as far as Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough, so if you stay in and around Derby, Emily's is one place you should consider visiting.

• Address: 24 Monk Street, Bottom of Abbey Street, Derby, DE22 3QB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Restaurant, Seafood, Steak
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £23.00

Entropy

Opened on the site of a former butcher's shop in Leicester's West End, the husband and wife team of Tom and Cassandra Cockerill have been running this small neighbourhood restaurant since 2000.  The informal atmosphere attracts an eclectic mix of clientele, from groups of local friends meeting up for a drink, to food buffs travelling from further afield.

• Address: 42 Hinckley Road, Leicester, LE3 0RB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bar, Bistro, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £22.00