Derby - Restaurants & Food

 

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Anoki

Originally launched in 2003, Anoki Restaurant has firmly established itself in the hearts of a wide and discerning clientele. Forget the many curry houses that you might have visited because this gem is in a class of its own, a world away from the average Indian dining destination.

Brasserie Restaurant

Mickleover Court is a modern hotel within Derby, offering two restaurants, of which The Brasserie is the subject of this review. Whoever made the choice of format for the dining room took a wise decision since this is a busy hotel with a major commercial turnover and food, as with everything else needs to be business-like and on the ball.

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.

Dovecote Restaurant, The

The Morley Hayes is an 18th century farmhouse located amidst acres of rolling Derbyshire countryside, but now converted into a magnificent AA four star hotel with an 18-hole championship golf course, restaurant and bars, and wedding and conference facilities.

La Tasca - Derby

The lively La Tasca chain caters for parties, children's events and family gatherings in addition to anytime dining. These restaurants capture well the warm and vibrant spirit of Spain, and are best known for their tapas and traditional paellas.

Lock House Tea Rooms

Masa Restaurant Wine Bar

The name of the game these days seems to be diversification. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than in Derby where in Brook Street an old Wesleyan Chapel has been taken into care by an inspiring couple, Didar and Paula Dalkic.

Masala Art Restaurant

Masala Art is a comfortable and attractive restaurant that blends knowledge, time-honoured experience and tradition, to provide customers with an array of delightful Indian dishes. Executive Chef Barry Dhaliwal has assembled a talented team of chefs from India, Nepal and Dubai to ensure their food makes a positive mark on the Derby dining scene.

Mill Wheel, The

The Mill Wheel Bar and Restaurant has the right touch of tradition and modernity combined to create a dining space that is unique and memorable. This Derby restaurant lives up to its name and you can see a huge 24 ft working mill rotating when you enter the bar area, adding an exciting touch of authenticity to the atmosphere.

Nando's - Derby Westfield

With quality food, friendly staff, quick service and excellent value for money, Nando's is a great place to eat. Don't expect identikit, pre-fab restaurant interiors which are usually a staple of the larger chains; each restaurant is tailored to its local surroundings and customers, offering up a unique restaurant experience to go with the equally unique taste of legendary, Portuguese, Peri-Peri chicken.

Nando's - Derby, Market Place

With quality food, friendly staff, quick service and excellent value for money, Nando's is a great place to eat. Don't expect identikit, pre-fab restaurant interiors which are usually a staple of the larger chains; each restaurant is tailored to its local surroundings and customers, offering up a unique restaurant experience to go with the equally unique taste of legendary, Portuguese, Peri-Peri chicken.

Pitcher & Piano - Derby

Pitcher and Piano first started in Fulham in 1986, since when it has evolved into one of the UK's favourite bar groups, offering premium drinks, mingled with food that carries its own distinction against a background of different themes, many deriving from the locality, and from what is the whole being of contemporary life in modern bars.

Pizza Express - Derby

Pizza Express remains a hugely popular bedrock of casual eating. Its popularity is testimony to the fact that across the country, they have restaurants where you will always be guaranteed a good nosh, with children's tastes being well catered for.

Restaurant Zest

Slug and Lettuce - Derby

Slug and Lettuce has a chain of almost a hundred bars spread across the country sharing a common love of serving down to earth, undemanding food and drink. The group prides itself on offering dishes prepared using quality ingredients, and you should be attended on by attentive staff in a safe, welcoming and cheerful environment.

Steaks n Stuff at Legacy Aston Court Hotel

This elegant and versatile restaurant tucked away inside The Legacy Aston Court Hotel on Midland Road, is a stylish addition to the Derby dining scene. Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and evening meals, Steak 'n' Stuff has been recently refurbished and boasts a stylish dining room - complete with mocha walls, wooden floors, chandeliers and chocolate brown leather chairs - perfect for discreet business meetings or intimate gatherings with friends and family.

Three Horseshoes Inn, The

Venetian, The

Wyvern Restaurant

Zizzi - Derby

It is not an easy task to maintain impeccable standards and uniformity of taste across a chain of over two hundred outlets, yet that is just the distinction that the ASK group has achieved. Their restaurants, with the brand names of ASK and Zizzi, serve authentic Italian food at reasonable prices, in a warm and friendly ambience.