Salmon Gravlax Salmon Gravlax

Cured salmon with dill and spices, served with mustard sauce and rye bread.

Durham Ox

Durham Ox

Northgate Street, Northgate Street,DE7 8FQ, United Kingdom, Ilkeston

Kebab • Asiatic • Mexican • European


"I honestly don’t think we have ever had such nice food in our life’s!! We stayed over in the accommodation Saturday until Sunday we were very lucky to get a table for on the Saturday night and you do normally have to book that’s how good the place is. Also it shows how Lauren and her team will do anything to help and accommodate you! We had prawn cocktail to start my husband had a mushroom and cheese sauce both amazing then we had ribeye steak both cooked amazing… Sunday we loved the steak that much we had it again amazing.. this place is so so special, Lauren, Rachel, Lois.. and the team thank you so very much for accommodating us and looking after us through out…. Sorry if I was abit annoying I don’t get out much especially with the kids… I drink gin like it’s going out of fashion .. thank you all so much Money well spent! It was worth every penny…. Everyone needs a Durham ox in there life’s!!! And everyone needs people like you lot! Always happy.. always talk to people regardless of the time of day or night.. so kind lovely people!! And you will help anyone who asks… people like you are never forgotten! The whole experience was just incredible.. my mum always used to say you get what you pay for… and you certainly do at the Durham ox the food and service is outstanding Cannot wait to come again and thank you all merry Christmas!!!! Love Kelly and Chris!"

The Spotty Dog Gallery Tea Room

The Spotty Dog Gallery Tea Room

39 41 Teme Street, Malvern Hills, United Kingdom

Tea • Vegan • British • Vegetarian


"We have always eaten at the Ship Inn on our way back from South Wales, because it was a lovely, typically 'rustic ' English ' pub. The former owner Mike and his Manager and Chef, Jane, new their profession and just what their customers wanted simple, very tasty English cuisine and comfort food. It has been three years since we have been and during that time it has changed hands. Oh dear, that 's where our once good experience ended. It is now described as a 'boutique ' pub ? It has been re decorated and re furnished, obviously on a restricted budget and the menu has changed. We have to say that the refurbishment, in our humble opinion, has failed dreadfully. It is cheap and tacky and we were shocked that the beautiful old English wooden beams have been painted in a mushroom coloured emulsion type paint and the new seating is a purple crushed velvet type material with a ring on the back ?? Was this to fasten your dog to? It looks really cheap and tacky. What a pity. There were four of us, one didn 't eat, two had the homemade beefburger and I had the fillet steak with peppercorn sauce. What a pity the ambience of the place didn 't match the food. My steak was perfectly cooked and tasted really delicious. The burgers were definitely home made but the 'consumers ' didn 't like the taste of a herb/ingredient in them. Personally I thought it was very nice, apart from the fact that it was served on a slate !! What is it with restaurants these days? Slates, bowls, wooden blocks ??? Why cant we just eat off a plate ?? Sadly non of the old comfort food dishes like Jane prepared (lamb shanks, steak and kidney pudding, liver and bacon etc.. but never the less, what we ate this week was quite good. However because the ambience and character of the place has been totally ruined, we will sadly not be returning. Needless to say there was not another soul in the place from start to finish. To put the final nail in the coffin for us, they no longer sell Hobson 's beers !!! Sacrilege!"

Cafe Marseille

Cafe Marseille

83 Sheep Street, Northampton I-NN1 2NE, United Kingdom

Vegan • French • Coffee • European


"a table for a rare night as a group of four. another group of four were the only other customers. wein order right immediately followed by our food order. 40 minutes later, it was necessary to ask for something more wein, as has not been checked since. after another 25 minutes some of our food arrived, but not all. the salads arrived without dressing so we asked for some. I was offered mayo or pesto dressing for a nikoise, but especially for a French dressing. some more food came followed by some pesto dressing when I was reused for a French dressing was asked what that was?! I excavated some oil balm. a diver escape was served hard with cold kartoffels, so that was sent back and a suppe reordered in the hope, it would be fast, it wasn't. the other table of the customers also had problems, especially the order of sea bass fillets from a whole fish. instead of the cook that took it out of the bone for her, they made her order something else crazy eating waste. the waitress seemed to have only a limited autority when we asked to talk to someone else, said the cook couldn't speak English. she was understandably annoyed that both customers were happy while she was not the most attentive waitress I felt for her that she was left with the training or skills to deal with things. how can a restaurant with the ability to sit about 30, not cope with 8 diners? they annoyed the owners who wanted to come, but a little later we said they couldn't make it. we paid for the two bottles wein left disappointed not back."