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Inn & Pub in Nottinghamshire

The Dapper Spaniel

The Dapper Spaniel in Rolleston, Nottinghamshire, is a pub with rooms that offers classic dishes – plus a few surprises – cooked with care and style…
Restaurant in Cambridgeshire

Embe

Embe in Peterborough serves Afro-Caribbean soul food, offering traditional family recipes from chef-patron Nick Rutta’s native Tanzania…
Deli/cafe in Rutland

The Larder

The Larder in Oakham is our Café of the Year 2020. Its local-sourcing policy and outstandingly varied and interesting menu ensure it stands out…
Bakery & Deli/cafe in Nottinghamshire

Tough Mary’s Bakehouse

Tough Mary’s is a delightful artisan bakery on Nottingham’s Derby Road. All the action happens in the open kitchen, where everything is made from scratch…
Bakery & Deli/cafe in Leicestershire

The Loquacious Baker

The Loquacious Baker in Burbage serves excellent coffee and terrific pastries baked fresh every day. Everything on offer is of impressively high quality…
Pub & Restaurant in Cambridgeshire

The Paper Mills

The Paper Mills in Wansford, Cambridgeshire, delivers simple, fresh and tasty plates of food via a regularly-changing menu…
Pub in Leicestershire

The Forge Inn at Glenfield

The Forge Inn at Glenfield is a village pub that offers top service and a buzzing environment. The food is also consistently good…
Pub in Leicestershire

The Stag & Hounds

The Stag & Hounds in Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire, was reopened by award-winning chef Dom Clarke. The food is local and right out the top drawer…
Pub in Leicestershire

The Crown Inn at Old Dalby

The Crown at Old Dalby in Leicestershire is as handsome and welcoming as they come – somewhere to really kick back and enjoy your food…
Food school in Leicestershire

Burleighs Gin Academy

Escape to the country for an afternoon of gin-making at the Burleighs Gin Distillery, situated in the heart of Leicestershire’s beautiful Charnwood Forest…
Restaurant in Nottinghamshire

Kushi-ya

Kushi-ya in Nottingham is a laid-back and super-cool Japanese restaurant. It specialises in kushiyaki – ingredients that have been skewered and grilled…
Pub in Nottinghamshire

The Tap & Run

The Tap & Run in Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, is a stylish, modern and cosy pub that’s good for dining or a relaxing drink at the bar…
Restaurant in Staffordshire

Yu-Ma-Mi

Yu-Ma-Mi in Stoke-on-Trent offers brilliant dim sum among many other great authentic Chinese dishes. It’s an alluring blend of traditional and modern…
Pub in Derbyshire

The Exeter Arms

The Exeter Arms in Derby is a proper, traditional pub serving locally brewed real ales and modern, interesting, creative food…
Deli/cafe & Restaurant in Derbyshire

HIDE Burger Bar

HIDE Burger Bar in Derby is a master of its art. Its burgers are excellent – some of the best we’ve tried…
Bar & Restaurant in Nottinghamshire

Bar Iberico

Bar Iberico is a Nottingham gem in the heart of Hockley. This award-winning all-day tapas bar offers a stellar Spanish menu and excellent service…
Bar & Restaurant in Nottinghamshire

Restaurant Six at Trent Bridge

Restaurant Six at Trent Bridge offers a view of Nottingham like no other, with cocktails, service and fine dining to match…
Pub in Leicestershire

King Richard III

The King Richard III in Leicester city centre is an intimate city-centre pub and chophouse. The menu will appeal to enthusiastic carnivores…
Restaurant in Cambridgeshire

The Old Fire Engine House

The Old Fire Engine House in Ely is a special restaurant (and art gallery). It’s charming, eccentric, unique and insulated from fads and trends…
Restaurant & Street food in Leicestershire

Kuru Kuru Sushi

Kuru Kuru in Leicester has been producing some of the best Japanese food in the city since 2014 – especially its sushi and sashimi…
Deli/cafe in Leicestershire

Leicester Coffee House Co.

After four years running a home-based roastery as their side hustle, Gail Brown and Aaron Keen opened this stylish coffee house with a difference…
Deli/cafe in Yorkshire

Tiled Hall Café

The Tiled Hall Café in Leeds is handy for art-lovers, but frankly, you’d walk halfway across the city to have a cake in surroundings like these…
Bar & Deli/cafe & Restaurant in London

Cheese at Leadenhall Market

You’ll find ‘Cheese’ in Leadenhall Market in the City of London – a fantastic restaurant, cheese shop & bar in a beautiful covered Victorian market…
Producer & Wine, beer, cider, spirits in Lincolnshire

Ovens Farm Vineyard

Ovens Farm Vineyard is a wonderful vineyard in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The vines grow in this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on a south-facing slope…
Restaurant in London

Ognisko Restaurant at The Polish Hearth Club

Ognisko Restaurant at the Polish Hearth Club in South Kensington offers Polish food in style in the grand surroundings of a Victorian townhouse…
Pub in Beds, Bucks & Herts

The Robin Hood at Clifton Reynes

A consortium of 46 members of the local community bought The Robin Hood at Clifton Reynes near Olney in 2017, and they have turned it into a gem…
Bakery in Leicestershire

The Tiny Bakery

The Tiny Bakery on Leicester’s Clarendon Park Road sells artisan pastries, bread, cakes and coffee. Simply a lovely independent shop…
Fishmonger & Restaurant in Suffolk

Sole Bay Fish Co

Sole Bay Fish Co in Southwold is a treat. A wooden shack from the outside, once inside you’re faced with a wet-fish counter and a buzzing restaurant…
Wine, beer, cider, spirits in Nottinghamshire

Mr & Mrs Fine Wine

Mr & Mrs Fine Wine – also known as The Wine Bank – in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, was named Independent Wine Retailer of the Year in the IWSC Awards…
Pub in Cambridgeshire

The Crown Inn at Broughton

The Crown is a charming Grade II-listed pub in the attractive Cambridgeshire village of Broughton near Huntingdon…