The Red Lion - Derbyshire Dales

Matt ran a bread baking workshop, it was amazing, I’ve been baking for about 45 years but still learned loads. We made sourdough and pizza dough that we loaded with toppings and cooked the the wood fired pizza oven.

Great place for real ales , they have their own brewery. Didn,t eat there but food looked good. Welcoming bar staff and good atmosphere a very enjoyable vist.

We enjoyed a lovely Sunday lunch at the cosy Red Lion after walking in the beautiful Peak District. We had a mixture of satisfying, well balanced dishes off their main menu and carvery. We found there was an impressive selection of vegan/ veggie options compared to other places, and really good quality meats cooked well. Lovely staff, friendly and relaxing atmosphere I especially liked the way they had space for dogs too. A great end to our day.

The service was very slow upon arrival, we waited a while to get a drink and menus, with no acknowledgment from staff. We ordered the Sunday calvery expecting to help ourselves (Like you would generally expect to do at a calvery), however, we were served the food from the staff direct from the calvery. Which i have never experienced before. We felt that this was a despirate attempt to save money, by means of portion control! Myself and my husband left feeling hungry still and what was even more shocking was that even though my husband did not want to eat a lot of the vegetables on offer, they didnt give any extra portions of other foods on the calvety which he actually liked! As a result after our meal we both felt very unsatisfied. It was very small portions and they seemed to be scared of giving you what is considered an 'average adult ' amount. However, despite the carefully placed small portions the food was very tasty! I just wish the staff were a little more observant, welcoming and we could have actually have helped ourselves to the food on offer as we always have done at other calveries.

Excellent communication from Alyson and a great meeting place for all our family members who were visiting 9ladies We booked tables for 20 of us and organised meal requests via a menu emailed to me from Alyson. The welcome was warm and friendly and the selection of drinks were very good. The veggie meal was good and the selection of meats was good; piping hot food for all including chicken goujons for the children so all in all a great venue to enjoy each others company