Midlands - East Restaurant Guide

Crown Inn

Originally a farmhouse built in 1519 the creeper-covered Crown Inn is a quality village pub run on professional lines and producing original and exciting food. Consider the Crown Feast, a tureen of home made soup, a joint to carve at your table served with freshly cooked vegetables followed by a choice of pudding.

• Address: 7 Debdale Hill, Old Dalby, nr Melton Mowbray, LE14 3LF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Crown Inn, The

• Address: Rigg Lane, Marston Montgomery, Ashbourne, DE6 2FF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £30.00

Curry Fever Restaurant, The

Said to be one of the best curry houses in Leicester I have no reason to dispute this. The range of dishes is impressive once you negotiate your reactions past the rather off-putting exterior. Indeed this is a fairly common failing with many ethnic restaurants and even more interesting is the fact that not infrequently, the slicker the exterior is the more disappointing what awaits inside.

• Address: 139 Belgrave Road, Leicester, LE4 6AS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £19.00

Darleys Restaurant & Terrace

Located in part of an old mill beside the river with the inevitable weir providing soothing background. Darleys proclaims its cooking as modern British which indeed it is, and not just the cooking.

• Address: Darley Abbey Mill, Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22 1DZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, European, Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £50.00

Delilah

• Address: 15 Middle Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 7DX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Coffee, Sandwiches
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £12.00

Deva

• Address: 19 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian, Seafood, Fusion
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £20.00

Devonshire Arms, The

It has become customary, and rightly so in my view, to regard anything associated with the Chatsworth estate as exemplary, hence no surprise to find that this cosy pub on the estate has been taken in hand by some of the family and now offers the sort of genuine quality experience that we have come to expect from them.

• Address: Devonshire Square, Beeley, nr Matlock, DE4 2NR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £26.00

Dining Room, The

Here is a real gem tucked away up in darkest Derbyshire, with due deference to the good people of Ashbourne. Very much a hands on operation with the owners, Pete and Laura, involved in every aspect.

• Address: 33 St John Street, Ashbourne, DE6 1GP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £34.00, Dinner: £50.00

Dinos Restaurant

• Address: 13 Garrick Walk, Leicester, LE1 3YQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Donington Manor Bistro

An elegant house of great architectural charm, the décor has been brought up to standard to make the Donington Manor Bistro, for that is how it is presented, a welcoming and relaxing setting in which to stay, call in for a meal or enjoy a leisurely day being looked after by means of some skilfully applied R and R.

• Address: High Street , Castle Donington, nr Derby, DE74 2PP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £32.00