Midlands - East Restaurants

Burritos Tex Mex Restaurant

• Address: 1 Castle Street, Stamford, PE9 2RA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Mexican
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Bustard Inn & Restaurant, The

The Bustard Inn is an 1860 stone built listed building with bar, restaurant, picture postcard beer garden, courtyard and large car park situated in the quiet village of South Rauceby. The premises were closed by the new owners for renovation and extension for six months and re-opened in April 2007.

• Address: 44 Main Street, The Corner House, South Rauceby, nr Sleaford, NG34 8QG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Gastropub, Gourmet
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £37.00

Cactus Cafe

Opened in 1990 Cactus has never looked back, and is now among the most sought after places in Loughborough for both townsfolk and students. There's plenty of music, spicy food and cool Mexican beer to quench the flames that follow and in summer the concertina doors open and its fiesta time for all.

• Address: 17 High Street, Loughborough, LE11 2PY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Mexican
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £20.00

Cafe Bleu

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.

• Address: 14 Castlegate, Newark, NG24 1BG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): European, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £26.00, Dinner: £37.00

Cafe Rouge - Nottingham

Café Rouge has around one hundred branches throughout Britain all offering a wide range of dishes drawn from the French cuisine. Slightly less than half their branches are in or close to London. Almost inevitably the décor and design of each restaurant differs from the others, but there is a general curtsy towards La France.

• Address: 31 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham, NG1 2GR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £26.00

Candlewicks Restaurant

Candlewicks Restaurant can be found within The West Retford Hotel, an 18th century manor house that is surrounded by beautiful gardens yet close to the town centre and five minutes from the A1. The well-equipped retreat is a preferred destination for business conferences and weddings of locals and couples with families further north and south but is also popular because of its modern European restaurant.

• Address: Best Western, West Retford Hotel, 24 North Road, East Retford, DN22 7XG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £14.00

Carluccio's - Leicester

Carluccio's was started by Antonio and Priscilla Carluccio as a small café and shop stocking Italian food and ingredients in 1991, and grew into a restaurant serving authentic cuisine at sensible prices in 1999.

• Address: Highcross, Leicester, LE1 4SA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £26.00

Carriages Italian Restaurant

Here's a restaurant that brings alive a unique theme with traditional Italian cuisine. Set in Little Sicily, at the heart of Derbyshire's Peak district, owners Karina and Enzo have given the Carriages Italian Restaurant a classy 'steam era' railway station feel.

• Address: Newhaven, Buxton, SK17 0DU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Family, British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £25.00

Case Restaurant, The

As with people, so with places, Case is one of those you either love or loathe. Set in a large room it has a trendy approach to life and has been described as a northern restaurant charging southern prices.

• Address: 4-6 Hotel Street, Leicester, LE1 5AW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £40.00

Cast Restaurant Bar & Deli

One of the latest and most welcome restaurants to hit the city of Nottingham is Cast, the replacement development for the former Limelight Bar alongside the Nottingham Playhouse, and owned by Moro Restaurants.

• Address: Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham, NG1 5AN (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £38.00