Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Crewe
Hardens guides have spent 33 years compiling reviews of the best Crewe restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 11 restaurants in Crewe and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Crewe restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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3. The Inn At Huxley
British, Modern restaurant in Huxley
Huxley Lane - CH3
A Family VisionThe Inn at Huxley is situated in the quaint village of Huxley, near Chester, West Cheshire and was lovingly bui...
4. Pecks
British, Modern restaurant in Congleton
Newcastle Rd - CW12
2023 Review: “Theatrical presentation” is a longstanding feature of the Pear family’s stalwart fixture of four decades’ standing, whose ‘Dinner at 8’ package was an early adopter of the tasting menu format, with a 7-course menu delivered in a single sitting (you arrive at 7.30 pm). Fans say “Covid hasn't affected the consistent high quality of this unique dining venue. And to the famous ‘Dinner at 8’, can be added the growing popularity of their afternoon tea”: “a choice of gentleman’s or lady’s gives a useful mix of sweet and savoury, including the legendary homemade desserts. Ample portions (take-home boxes cheerfully provided), well served and a good range of teas''.
5. The Dysart Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Bunbury
Bowes Gate Road - CW6
This “lovely, cosy pub” in “a nice location in rural Cheshire” wins admirers for its “exceptionally friendly and helpful staff”, who are “a credit to Brunning & Price”, the Chester-based national chain. “We tried it on spec, and have been back several times since”.
6. La Popote
French restaurant in Marton
Church Farm, Manchester Road - SK11
“Terrific French cooking” by Cheshire-born chef-patron Joseph Rawlins combines with immaculate presentation from his FOH partner, Parisienne Gaëlle Radigon, in a smart, “contemporary setting” (“love having a tablecloth: so many restaurants don’t”) at this converted farmhouse in a village famous for its timber-framed church and ancient ‘Marston oak’ (Britain’s largest tree). Top Tip – “the set meal is exceptional value”.
7. Docket No.33
British, Modern restaurant in Whitchurch
33 High Street - SY13
2023 Review: New York, London, Doha… Whitchurch – that’s been the progression for Stuart Collins and wife Frances, who started this slightly unlikely venue five years ago, bringing a level of culinary ambition that was previously unknown to this corner of the Shropshire/Cheshire borders. Helped by a star turn from Stuart on Great British Menu a couple of years ago, it continues to attract some “outstanding all round” reviews for its 9-course tasting menu (at £85 per person).
8. Little Dumpling King
restaurant in Hanley
50 Piccadilly - ST1
Chef-owner Rob McIntyre's shrine to the dumpling in Hanley is a noisy and atmospheric spot kitted out in black and red, with a menu inspired by Asian cuisine – they make their own crispy chilli oil. The Observer's Jay Rayner is a big fan following a summer 2024 visit.
9. Etzio
Italian restaurant in Whitchurch
58 - 60 High Street - SY13
“The trat’ every neighbourhood needs” – “amazing value and consistently good food” (pizza, pasta, seafood, meat) make this relaxed “cheap ’n’ cheerful” Italian on the high street “a firm favourite that is booked out two months ahead at weekends”; further plaudits for the “great atmosphere”, too.
10. April's Kitchen
British, Modern restaurant in Knutsford
37 Regent Street - WA16
“Fabulous breakfasts to start the day with excellent omelettes; flavour-packed soups; and great coffee” (“with that rare accompaniment, a glass of iced water”) are all highlights of the “imaginative creations from the open kitchen” at this funkily decorated, brick-walled bar/diner, which is “open all day” – a model of “simplicity with highly efficient service”.
11. Lunar
British, Modern restaurant in Barlaston
Wedgwood Drive - ST12
“You are served in a large dining room under a giant moon” in this striking eatery – a centrepiece of the World of Wedgwood – which was added to this factory-visit and museum experience in late 2021. Named for a seventeenth-century dining club filled with luminaries of the Midlands Enlightenment, and overseen by local lad Niall Keating (who left behind two Michelin stars to take up the opportunity), it brings a pleasing level of ambition to underserved Staffs and The Potteries. There’s a relatively affordable à la carte menu, or an eight-course tasting menu for £120 per person. Given that its mere presence is a minor miracle in the area, it’s not hard to be bowled over and it delivers “frequently excellent dishes – often containing luxury ingredients, formally but attentively and helpfully served, if in a space that is perhaps a little large to feel completely at home in”. On the flip-side, even those who think it “very good” can still find it “overpriced”.
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