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Restaurant Review – A Sparkling Breakfast at Darley’s Restaurant and Terrace

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Restaurant Review – Shapla Spice

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Restaurant Review – The Sanam Tandoori Restaurant

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Restaurant Review – Shapla Spice

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Restaurant Review – Lunch at The New Inn, Milford

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Restaurant Review – A Sparkling Breakfast at Darley’s Restaurant and Terrace

February 25, 2020 Alistair Plant

Psychiatrists tell us that the most stressful time of the day is breakfast time. Work, school and the first appointment of the morning all combine to make the early part of the day, hectic. And a hurried bowl of indigestible muesli does not help improve the early morning mood. What’s needed every so often, in […]

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Restaurant Review – Shapla Spice

January 30, 2020 VickyP

I’ve always thought of Ripley town centre as a comfortable place. A wide variety of shops; well connected by public transport, which runs through the centre of the town, and there’s plenty of car parking. Ripley isn’t overpowering; part of its charm is that it’s all on a human scale. That comfortable feeling doesn’t vanish […]

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Restaurant Review – The Sanam Tandoori Restaurant

November 4, 2019 VickyP

Cooking in a traditional way has always been the priority at the Sanam on King Street Alfreton, and for the past 25 years they have stuck to that premise. Over that period of time they have seen restaurants come and go, some change hands. Their philosophy of providing quality food at a fair price has […]

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Restaurant Review – Shapla Spice

November 4, 2019 VickyP

Shapla Spice is one of the longest established restaurants in Ripley, Derbyshire. I must admit I drive past Shapla Spice almost every day and always thought it was a take away, how wrong was I? It was on a pleasant Friday evening that my partner and I were booked in to dine, it was then […]

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Restaurant Review – Lunch at The New Inn, Milford

September 25, 2019 VickyP

Fresh, seasonal and cooked in a traditional way. The New Inn is situated conveniently on the main A6 just midway between Belper and Duffield. And true to its name it is experiencing a new lease of life under the careful direction of Kyle and Hollie. Make no mistake about it, this isn’t a fast food […]

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Dining at The White Horse

September 2, 2019 Alistair Plant

Dining at The White Horse, Woolley Moor The White Horse conjures up the happiest of memories for us as it was here that we spent many sunny evenings with our children and friends enjoying the spectacular, beautiful Derbyshire countryside and a quiet drink. However, that was many years ago and happily, like our family, it has developed […]

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Dining Out – Afternoon Tea on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

July 29, 2019 VickyP

We’ve dined on some memorable trains; breakfast on the Lake Shore Limited as it skirted the edge of Lake Erie on its route from New York to Chicago. Lunch at 190 miles per hour on one of the Frecciarossa trains between Naples and Florence and dinner on board the California Zepher as it made its […]

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Restaurant Review – The New Inn @ Milford

July 1, 2019 VickyP

A Fusion of Flavours I’m not ashamed to say ‘I love Derbyshire’; every bit of it. From the Dark Peak of the moorland above Glossop to the ambling course of the River Trent as it twists and turns through the floodplain at the southern tip of the county. I also love its diverse industrial history. […]

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Restaurant Review – A Relaxing Evening at the Marquis of Ormonde, Codnor

June 4, 2019 VickyP

The first thing that strikes you about the Marquis of Ormonde on Codnor Denby Lane, apart from the smart décor of the exterior, is the sleek steel and glass surround to the front terrace. This south facing alfresco seating area is decked out with matching solid wooden tables and benches making it an ideal spot […]

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Restaurant Review – M.A.D.E @ No. 18

May 1, 2019 VickyP

To spend 2 or 3 hours in one restaurant it has to be good. To spend the entire Friday evening at M.A.D.E.@No.18 it has to be exceptional and something different. It was early on a Friday evening that our taxi delivered us to M.A.D.E. @ No 18; a café-bistro at the top of the old […]