Taking 2 clients from South America out for a meal next week,want an old english pub with home cooked food ,any suggestions?

The first one that comes to mind is the Fat Cat.
http://www.thefatcat.co.uk/
The home cooked menu is up on the website

scotsmans pack, hathersage. :thumbsup:

strines or the plough at low bradfield

Millstone at Hathersage, Castle at Bradway, Royal at Dungworth all spring to mind as well as the above.

The Cricket at Totley (I know the owners are actually French, but I'm sure your clients won't notice ;) )

The reguars are friendly and the views over the cricket pitch and fields are just the thing :thumbsup:

The Cricket at Totley (I know the owners are actually French, but I'm sure your clients won't notice ;) )

The reguars are friendly and the views over the cricket pitch and fields are just the thing :thumbsup:

How do you get there strix?

Looking for somewhere to take the grandparents that sounds perfect :)

drive up abbeydale rd until you get to the bus turnaround at the cross scythes on the right, and the fleur de lys on the left, and hang a right opposite the fleur.

Be careful not to get mushed by any speeding 4x4s as you wind down the lane, pass the crown on your left, and turn left down penny lane.

It's on your left down penny lane

map(ish) (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=430250.928493114&Y=380000.293807459&scale=5000&width=700&height=400&gride=430343.928493114&gridn=379998.293807459&lang=&db=GB&coordsys=gb) if you hover over it. The pub is the building to the left of the red circle :thumbsup:

drive up abbeydale rd until you get to the bus turnaround at the cross scythes on the right, and the fleur de lys on the left, and hang a right opposite the fleur.

Be careful not to get mushed by any speeding 4x4s as you wind down the lane, pass the crown on your left, and turn left down penny lane.


Or stop at the Crown which is also a nice pub doing home cooked food

the Crown? :shocked:

You have to have a wax jacket to get in there though, and if you want to be treated like you've crawled out from under a stone, then I suppose it's okay.

The inconsiderate parking outside tells you what the clientelle is like

The food's better at the cricket too ;)

Robin Hood at Little Matlock does good food, and it's fairly cheap as well... Also the Landlord's Daughter is gorgeous :love:

The George, Castle Street, Castleton. Fantastic place. Three Stags Heads at Wardlow Mires, just watch out for the bloody beagles .... really friendly farm pub, and the Barrel at Foolow has some of the best scenery, food and beer ever ......

The George, Castle Street, Castleton. Fantastic place. Three Stags Heads at Wardlow Mires, just watch out for the bloody beagles .... really friendly farm pub, and the Barrel at Foolow has some of the best scenery, food and beer ever ......

Just don't ask for Lager at the Three Stags Heads as a punch in the face often offends

...bloody beagles .... Oi!!! What's wrong with beagles? :suspect:

Shoulder of Mutton in Worrall (Top Road i think). Good food and proper beer aswell.

Oi!!! What's wrong with beagles? :suspect:

Nothing wrong with em at all, just the ones in there are totally wappy ;) They sometimes have a habit of being, erm, 'overfriendly' ..... not to mention 'overplayful' ..... they're harmless though ..... I love doogies .....

the Crown? :shocked:

You have to have a wax jacket to get in there though, and if you want to be treated like you've crawled out from under a stone, then I suppose it's okay.

The inconsiderate parking outside tells you what the clientelle is like

The food's better at the cricket too ;)

Oi, I go in there and I'm certainly not one of the wax jacket people! Another example of inverse snobbery on SF perhaps?

I've been in a few times and the food is home cooked and the beer's good which makes it better than 90% of other pubs where they serve microwave ****e. I'll try The Cricketers too now - never been there yet.

We gave up on the Crown after being lectured on two consecutive visits about not letting our silent dog make as much noise as one that was in there a couple of weeks before, and having to wait ferkin ages for the landlord to finish t4lking to the only other customer in the place before condescending to serve us :roll:

Nothing to do do with inverse snobbery.... we're not from Sheffield ;)

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