Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Staveley
Hardens guides have spent 34 years compiling reviews of the best Staveley restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 12 restaurants in Staveley and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Staveley restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
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1. The Cavendish Hotel at Baslow
British, Modern restaurant in Baslow
Church Lane, Bakewell - DE45
“High-end dining without pretension” is the promise at the Gallery restaurant, whose ‘10-mile’ menu features many ingredients grown on the Chatsworth estate, of which the hotel – “beautifully refurbished” at a reported cost of £3.5 million in summer 2024 – is part. The more casual Garden Room with a “beautiful newly extended terrace” also offers “lovely food”, while a proper afternoon tea is served on “delightful Georgian-style china”.
2. Pellizco
Mexican restaurant in Sheffield
8 Dyson Place - S11
Pellizco was founded by in 2020, as a street food operation from our orange trailer in Sheffield. We have gone on to pop-up all across the UK before winning ‘Best Newcomer’ at the British Street Food Awards 2020 and then ‘Northern Champions & Best Vegetar...
3. 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”.
4. The Tickled Trout
Fish & seafood restaurant in Dronfield
33 Valley Road - S18
The Tickled Trout pub is proudly independent... owned by Chris Mapp and nestled in the idyllic Derbyshire village of Barlow. Chris couldn't believe his luck when his old local came up for sale, and has worked tirelessly to transform this run-down country drinking hole into a s...
5. 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).
6. Fischer’s at Baslow Hall
British, Modern restaurant in Baslow
Calver Rd - DE45
The future of this well-known Edwardian manor house seemed in doubt when it went onto the market in mid-2023, but instead longtime guardians Max & Susan Fischer (latterly handing the reins to son Neil) have leased two of their pubs – the Prince of Wales in Baslow, and Bulls Head at Foolow – to Nick & Jemma Beagrie of the Bakewell bakery, and refocused their interest on Fischer’s, so far kept afloat thanks to lucrative new deals with the likes of luxury giants LVMH, who will oversee a new summer champagne bar (part of their wider expansion plans). Given such exciting events, there was the odd blip this year, but the general tenor of reports was still upbeat (“never had a bad meal here”; “best meal of the year”).
7. Nonna’s
Italian restaurant in Chesterfield
131 Chatsworth Road - S40
Located on the historic Brampton Mile, Chatsworth road the gateway to the peaks, Nonnas Chesterfield founded in 2009 is the perfect location to immerse yourself in modern Italian lifestyle. Offering an array of award winning wines, Brunch, grazing lunches, inventive a la carte a...
8. 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...
9. Vero Gusto
Italian restaurant in Sheffield
12 Norfolk Row - S1
A smart Georgian townhouse on a cobbled street near the city centre hosts “very good” cooking from Naples-born Ester accompanied by an “excellent Italian wine list” (possibly the best in South Yorkshire) assembled by her partner Saverio, at the well-established family venture they founded together (at a different address) almost 20 years ago.
10. Rafters
British, Modern restaurant in Sheffield
220 Oakbrook Rd, Nethergreen - S11
This “long-established and well-loved Sheffield classic, in a perhaps surprisingly suburban location” (of Nether Green) serves “imaginative three- and four-course menus and tasting menus” – with “great food” and “superb service”, it “always feels like a special experience”. A “small venue (26 seats) with over-table lights, creating a more intimate space in the evening”, it is approached up “steep stairs, which may be an issue for some”. Co-owner chef Tom Lawson left after 10 years in summer 2024, so it is now wholly owned by co-founder sommelier Alistair Myers, with Dan Conlon as head chef. Top Tip – the midweek tasting menu is £65 per person (much cheaper than at the weekend when there’s only a £110 per person option, or the ‘Kitchen Bench’ at £135 per person).
11. Konjö
Pan-Asian restaurant in Sheffield
Cutlery Works, 73–101 Neepsend Lane - S3
“This shouldn’t be in the cheap ’n’ cheerful section as it is too good to sit there… but it is cheap and cheerful… so why not!” – this spin-off from Joro creates Scandi/Japanese fusion fare over a robata grill: “not your usual street food and delicious”. Hitherto it’s been at indie food hall, The Cutlery Works, but when Joro moves to a new site “the high-end fare here will get even better when they move premises” to occupy the Krynkl location vacated by Joro.
12. Restaurant Lovage by Lee Smith
British, Modern restaurant in Bakewell
Bath Street - DE45
“Correctly described in last year’s guide as ‘What the Peak District needed… and now has” – this “warm, welcoming” and unmistakably ambitious venture (crowdfunded five years back) occupies the cosy setting of a converted stable block. Chef-patron Lee Smith oversees the modern British cooking, based on “really good locally sourced produce (meat is from a real farm shop next door)”, and “tasting menus are not obligatory” since there’s also a “good à la carte” – plus the £23 per person ‘Market Menu’, which will have you in and out in under an hour. Whichever you go for, it’s all “exceptionally good” and “definitely worth the detour” if you’re heading up north.
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