The Wheel

Name: The Wheel
Rating: 4.8

The Wheel is a down-to-earth, friendly and welcoming village pub. It hasn’t forgotten how to be an honest hostelry, but is also passionate about good food, high quality beer and making customers feel loved.

Charming, compact and family-run, this free house (it used to be a Batemans pub, as the old signs show) serves impressive, locally sourced food, often via dishes you wouldn’t expect from a village pub.

Walkers are welcome (so are dogs – in the bar) and you won’t be made to feel naughty for treading mud into the quarry tiles and wooden floorboards. The decor is simple, as is the furniture, and the place is kept spotlessly clean.

Great Food Club’s reviewer wrote: “On visiting for Sunday lunch, we chatted with the staff and a few locals and were impressed by the warm atmosphere, literally and metaphorically.”

Three real ales are available and the regularly changing chalkboard menu offers a range of exciting creations, with starters like crispy pig cheek salad; baked apple, goats’ cheese and walnut salad; and Jerusalem artichoke soup with pub-made bread.

Commenting on the food, our reviewer also said: “The soup was beautifully thick and delicious, and the goats’ cheese salad was lovely and warm, with the soft acidity of the baked apple working well with the walnuts and highlighting the creaminess of the cheese.”

Impressively, much of the pub’s veg comes from an allotment in nearby Knipton.

Member offer:

10% off the entire bill, Monday to Saturday, lunch and evening. Offer not valid in addition to other offers. Please mention that you are a Great Food Club member when booking on 01476 870376 and show your membership card when paying.

Customer reviews for The Wheel

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Lynne says:

February 12, 2017 at 21:28

Great pub atmosphere The Wheel is my favourite pub. Always such a good atmosphere. Amazing staff, fantastic food and great wines.

Lydia says:

February 8, 2017 at 17:58

Lovely pubFriendly pub with lovely food. Welcoming staff that have always gone above and beyond for my family.

Deb says:

February 4, 2017 at 11:43

Love this placeA great pub with a warm friendly atmosphere. Always has a good selection of real ales and nice wines. Would highly recommend the themed night dining experiences which have excellent food and are good value for money.

Melanie says:

February 4, 2017 at 11:29

Best pub in the Vale!Fantastic warm and friendly pub with great locally sourced food. The menu changes on a monthly basis so there is always plenty of delicious choices with an extensive wine list to match. Will highly recommend this pub.

Sam Webster says:

February 3, 2017 at 19:40

Great Food and Great AtmosphereWent to the wheel on Wednesday and had some great food! Started with a lovely pint of Brewsters Decadence which was fantastic. I then had a starter of devilled kidneys which were delicious. For my main I had the ribeye steak which I recommend to anyone. Best steak in the Vale next to a roaring fire.

Melanie says:

February 3, 2017 at 19:22

The best pub in the Vale if Belvior Fantastic setting, warm and friendly atmosphere- divine fresh cooked food and a choice of real ale or beers. What more could one ask for?! ❤

MS says:

January 15, 2017 at 20:51

Good pubA great pub that serves very good food.

Ruby Godfrey says:

October 24, 2016 at 10:42

Relaxed. Great foodHave been meaning to write about a superb Sunday lunch a few weeks ago. The beef was sublime, the Yorkshire puddings light and moreish, lovely crunchy roast potatoes with fluffy insides AND the veg was an event rather than an afterthought. Lovely, creamy cauliflower cheese, sweet root vegetables and greens cooked to perfection. Having been brought up as a vegetarian (and now a committed carnivore), I often find veg side dishes unimaginative and poorly cooked. Definitely not the case here. Super gravy too and the steady hum of contended, relaxed conversation in the room all added to the ambience.

Gareth Smith says:

October 7, 2016 at 17:54

Hard to beatWhen I take friends to the Wheel they are always impressed by the cosy and simple interior, a great selection of drinks, some creative and tasty food plus really caring and personal service. Best to book a table if it's the weekend. Enjoy.