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British, Modern Restaurants in Mansfield

1. Stones British, Modern restaurant in Matlock 1C Dale Rd - DE4

“A lovely restaurant by the River Derwent serving well-executed food at good prices”, run by head chef Kevin Stone, wife Jade and sister Katie Temple. Perhaps not as foodie as some nearby rivals, but “for the quality and the friendly and efficient front of house, the place takes some beating”. “In warm weather try to get a table on the terrace overlooking the water”.

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£76

££££

Food

Good

Service

Very Good

Ambience

Good

2. Bar Gigi Italian restaurant in Nottingham 15 Flying Horse Walk - NG1

2024 Review: On the first floor at the 14th-century Flying Horse Walk building, complete with beams and stained-glass windows, this offbeat venue was inspired by Milan’s Fashion Week, and imports Italian tapas into a space above Gigi Bottega boutique. It’s entering its third year of operation: too limited feedback for a full review but such as we have on its small plates and low-intervention wines is promising.

3. The Bulls Head British, Modern restaurant in Holymoorside New Road - S42

“A traditional-looking pub serving non-traditional food” – this Peak District inn with rooms continues to inspire nothing but positive feedback for its ambitious modern cuisine. “We had the signature tasting menu and it was superb!” – six courses are £89 per person: “ingredients are top-quality, all perfectly cooked, set in imaginative dishes and beautifully presented. Head chef, Mark Aisthorpe, was present in the kitchen and made the Yorkshire rhubarb dish by the table using liquid nitrogen. It was pure theatre and lots of fun!”. (There is also a range of cheaper menu options).

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£89

££££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Good

4. Hart’s Kitchen British, Modern restaurant in Nottingham Standard Hill, Park Row - NG1

Old timers will remember this contemporary brasserie when it was a standalone venue in the city centre and an icon of the 1990s modern British restaurant revolution. Since 2019, Tim Hart has relocated it into his boutique hotel nearby and fans say “it’s still my favourite despite it not being what it once was at its previous site”. There’s the odd niggle: for example, “on a quiet night, the atmosphere can be stilted”. Overall, though, ratings remain solid. Top Menu Tip – “highlights have included stunning tagliata, and a delicious grilled tiger prawn starter”.

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£75

££££

Food

Good

Service

Good

Ambience

Good

5. The Fork & Furrow British, Modern restaurant in Alfreton The White Hart Inn, Inns Lane, Moorwood Moor - DE55

After undergoing a £50,000 renovation in March 2023, The White Hart Inn restaurant became brand new restaurant concept – The Fork & Furrow.The expertly designed menus offer culinary experiences to surprise the senses, partnering with local suppliers to...

6. Alchemilla British, Modern restaurant in Nottingham 192 Derby Road - NG7

Exceptional ratings were the norm this year in feedback on Alex Bond’s well-established foodie destination: “a beautiful, cavernous, low-lit” space occupying the Victorian brick-vaulted space that was once the coach house on the Park Estate. It’s “not cheap” of course, but provides a “brilliant night out” for which you can choose between a three-course à la carte menu at £75 per person or a seven-course tasting menu at £130 per person: “unusual flavours” but “fabulous food, and with the right level of interaction from staff”.

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£141

£££££

Food

Exceptional

Service

Very Good

Ambience

Very Good

7. World Service British, Modern restaurant in Nottingham Newdigate House, Castlegate - NG1

2024 Review: “Always a real treat to visit” – this well-established local institution is to be found near the castle in the atmospheric surrounds of the seventeenth century Newdigate House (also home to networking haunt the Nottingham Club), and – especially in summer when its terrace comes into its own – provides “a calm escape from the city streets”. Its rather ambitious food has proved “consistently good” over many years (and even “fabulous” on a good night) and reports this year suggest that it has attained a more consistent standard of late.

8. Markham Moor Inn British, Modern restaurant in Retford Old Great North Road - DN22

In an “unassuming location adjacent to the A1”, this is a “great little restaurant” (with rooms) where the victuals – from nostalgic classics like prawn cocktails to burgers and pizzas – are never less than “steady” (and sometimes “delicious”, say fans). Top Tip – “the special themed evenings are particularly great”, and might take in tapas or surprisingly upscale Japanese and Indian tasting-menu nights.

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£49

££

Food

Good

Service

Average

Ambience

Average

9. Cleaver & Wake British, Modern restaurant in Nottingham 1 The Great Northern Close - NG2

“An encouraging addition to the Nottingham restaurant scene” launched in 2022 in a canal-side location in the burgeoning Island Quarter. Launch chef Laurence Henry moved on in November 2023, and it is currently helmed by Himalayan-born chef Hira – a “smart venue with open kitchen” that turns out “well-executed and clever” (should that be cleaver?) food with “thankfully not a tasting menu in sight” – instead, a newly launched fixed evening menu (two courses £45/three courses £53) mirroring the format of lunch.

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£89

££££

Food

Good

Service

Very Good

Ambience

Good