Hathersage Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: A collaboration between Sheffield cook Richard Smith, his restaurateur wife Victoria and the award-winning craft brewers Thornbridge; “creative fish dishes” feature alongside meats – all well-singed on the fancy Bertha indoor charcoal oven – and the “great location” (skirting the Peak District) makes it particularly “good for outdoor eating”.

“In the middle of nowhere but definitely worth the journey” (even on a “very wet, very dark winter’s night”), Britain’s fifth oldest pub – formerly ‘Ye Olde Bull’s Head’, which was brought back to life by current owner Raab Dykstra-McCarthy, having fallen into disrepair in 2007. By all accounts, the 12th-century inn is a “special place for exquisite food” (“small and large plates eaten with a great view of the countryside”), and even if you go on “pie & quiz night, when pies dominate the mains”, all the cooking is “faultless”. Bonus points for the “well-spaced tables and calm atmosphere, so you can have a good conversation without having to shout”. They also have five bedrooms and a cottage if you wish to avoid a repeat of the “testing” journey by night.