The Cheshire Cheese Inn

I’ve never written a bad review for anywhere before but I feel strongly that this establishment is one to avoid. We visited the Cheshire Cheese Inn after walking up Mam Tor this afternoon. We sat outside for a short while for a drink whilst we waited for our indoor table booking - we enjoyed a drink in the beer garden. Unfortunately, our meal was below standard to say the least. 3 of the meals arrived and then we waited another 10 minutes for the 4th meal to arrive - not a great start but we could see staff were busy so we could understand. 2 of our party ordered the pork roast dinner and although the meat was ok, the veg was frozen from a packet, as were the roast potatoes. We also had cauliflower cheese but it had literally no cheese on it - not fantastic when the name of the pub literally references cheese! Another member of the group had the steak and ale pie which was incredibly dry as it had no gravy at all within it. The worst meal of the 4 was the burger which had not been flipped and was therefore charcoaled on one side and pink on the other. It was also literally just a cheap white bread bun and a slab of meat inside; no butter, lettuce, tomato, relish or anything. You could have mistaken it for a burger bought at a football match. £16 for this was astonishingly overpriced. The chips were also very undercooked. The table next to us had been waiting 40 minutes for their pudding and had asked for their bill as they were fed up of waiting - another unhappy customer. And the table behind us had asked to speak to the manager (who was really horrendously rude to them) as they had ordered a child’s roast and an adults roast and the adults portion had no more than the child’s but was double the price. The attitude and bitterness of the landlady towards this family was extremely uncomfortable for everybody in the room to witness. She also stated that “today had been hell for them” which isn’t a great message to be sending out to paying customers. One waitress looked like she was crying and we were sat next to the kitchen so could hear the landlady/manager shouting at the young staff when they came into the kitchen to tell her some tables needed her/had a complaint. Again really uncomfortable to witness young members of staff being put under pressure like that. Nobody came to check back on us to see how our food was/had been so we didn’t have the opportunity to raise this with staff whilst we were eating. Once we had finished we waited for a member of staff to clear plates and ask how the food had been and raise that we had some concerns but nobody came so we went to the bar, paid and left. All in all, not a great experience. Maybe the management should consider streamlining the menu so they can focus on quality food or maybe serving only drinks outside so that they aren’t stretched as thin.

My husband and I had a night at The Cheshire Cheese Inn. The pub was extremely busy so we were pleased that we had booked a table. We had an excellent evening meal, homemade steak and ale pie and venison haunch. The real ale is extremely well kept. The staff were friendly and did a fantastic job! Bedroom was quiet and cosy. Bed was comfy. Breakfast was delicious, especially the bacon and the Derbyshire oatcake. I would recommend this pub and you will be made to feel welcome whether you are popping in for a drink or staying for a meal or night.

Stayed for 1 night last week. I had one of their famous pies for dinner on the night of my stay washed down by some wonderful local ale. My room was spotless and had everything you could need. Breakfast was equally impressive. The owners and their staff were incredibly friendly and could not do enough for their customers. It will not be long before I go back. Lovely location as well for taking in the amazing walks up the tors. Thank You.

As we were staying in a B&B in Hope this was one of the obvious places to eat, especially with good TripAdvisor reviews. Unfortunately it did not meet expectations. The starter of mushrooms was very good, and it looked as if we were in for a really good meal. We had both chosen venison. I wanted mine cooking for slightly longer than my husbands. Once we started eating we realised we had been given the wrong plates and had to swop. The venison was served with tenderstem broccoli and dauphinoise potatoes. My broccoli stems were thick and unfortunately not cooked. I appreciate it is difficult to ensure the stems are cooked, and not overcook the head. With stems as thick as mine they could have been split into two, and mixed with less thick stems, which my husband had. They were left. The potatoes were slightly dry. The gravy was tasty, but too thick, and it fell, rather than poured onto the plate. The venison was well cooked, and better accompaniments would have made this a great meal. I remarked to the waitress that the broccoli was practically raw, no reaction.

Quaint pub. Cosy and welcoming. Very friendly staff and very helpful. Good menu and tasty home made type dishes and decent portions. We visited twice and had a very nice crisp New Zealand white wine too. Definitely best to book a table as it is very popular.

Was taken to to the restaurant by my daughter for a birthday/father days meal. We took in a local walk prior then went for our meal. In tow was our faithful and always hungry lab. The menu had far too many delightful dishes to choose from but being a Sunday, obviously the beef roast diner had to be tried. My daughter had the Turkey. Our Lab had a Watkins Butchers sausage! (spoilt doggy). All 3 meals were superb, the quantity was enormous and quality was brilliant. A really decent price as well. The cheesecake was ridiculously good, as was my Crumble. The best custard I have tasted in a long time. Cannot fault in any way.