Monsal Head - Derbyshire Dales

Nice eating, pleasant and helpful, but slow service. if they would go again, they recommend the booking.

Monsal head is usually busy because of the excellent eating, cozy atmosphere and amazing intentionally comfortable by wanderers due to the beautiful derby landscape. I had a vegetarian wellington with halloumi smoked aubergine and carburized red paprika. imaginatiw and really well cooked. we had both a cure and a glass of wine and it came to £30.

A very nice Sunday dinner. good value and a pleasant environment.

Monsal Head is a hotel and restaurant in the Derbyshire Peaks, and a favourite with us. Its a great drive out of Sheffield, and this spot is understandably popular with walkers. It is perched on top of a steep drop into Monsal Vale, and the open countryside of the Derbyshire Peaks is a wonderful day out for active walkers. As a result, it is quite crowded at lunchtime. I drive my 88 year old mother out, whenever I visit her, just for the views. The menu is amazingly varied, and the food is good quality. The Stables has very few tables, very cosy and intimate with a stove fire, and there is a separate restaurant, but you need to book, as it is not always open.

The Open Table reservation just mentioned the restaurant which was deserted when we arrived. A kitchen staff told us to try the stables bar which was in a separate building and that was a cosy bar with large wood burner and stone flagged floors. The food was nicely done but we were the only guests apart from the bar staff and a couple of their friends who were just chatting amongst themselves. Ambience would have been better with more guests