Farmhouse at Mackworth — Restaurant in Amber Valley

I visited the farmhouse at mackworth for the first time yesterday and I visited with three friends. The outside and inside is absolutely beautiful I was amazed at how much space there was inside and how many people could be seated.

We had a younger member of staff serve us who I think may have just started but any questions we had he went and asked management straight away, he was very kind and pleasant.

We all ordered Mains and Desserts. Two or us ordered Pizzas and the other two ordered Burgers. The Pizza is done in its own oven which we were worried would mean the meals would come out at different times but there was under 5 minutes waiting time between the burgers arriving.

I ordered a Margarita Pizza and asked for Onions, Mushrooms and Peppers to be added on top. The Onions were not cooked (this seems to be the way everywhere I go so perhaps I need to ask next time I order??) And the Peppers were not Bell Peppers but Chilli Peppers - My mistake but they technically gave me what I asked for but just be wary if you ask for peppers to be added on to anything.

The pizza was very nice and filling, I asked for Balasmic Vinegar which went lovely with it and they even had a pizza cutter. (This doesn't happen to most of the places I eat at so this was very exciting!)

For dessert 3 of us had the Gooey Brownie (as pictured) and the other had Toffee Pudding. We all enjoyed our desserts.

The toilets were very clean and there was plenty of them! Which is love - nothing worse than waiting in a queue!

The reason why I have marked it down 1 star is for the amount of flies and spiders. Luckily it wasn't until after eating I noticed them, other people in our party did but didn't mention it due to us all being in the middle of eating. There was a fly around us the majority of the meal I assumed it was the same one just come back to us but looking up at the window there seemed to be a nest of at least 10, with Spiders and Wasps as well...we were in the conservatory part of the restaurant near the door but the door and windows were not open

There probably isn't much you can do when it's one fly or two but when it's as many as there was I was a bit surprised. I'm also glad I didn't look up when I first started eating.

Apart from that it was a really nice experience. I would hope to see some more Vegetarian options on the menu, all of them seem to be a bit too adventurous.... Sometimes it just nice to have simplier options as we all struggled to pin point something where we liked all of the ingredients.

Would come back again and would sit somewhere else in the restaurant and hopefully by then there will be different options...

Service poor No comms on who the server was, had about 4 different people try and take our order after waiting about 20mins to be asked for drinks or food order Asked for kids meals to come out with starter, as it takes them forever to eat, one kids meal came out with our starter, the starter we had had to be sent back twice, the camembert is very clearly microwaved, first time it came out cold and solid in the middle, however the bowl it came in was red hot, back we go, only for it to come back out where they have clearly just chucked the whole plate, which also had bread and chutney on, back into the microwave, asked for a fresh one, but that had clearly been microwaved aswell, so just accept defeat on that one All this faf still waiting for the second kids meal to come out, had to prompt staff again, finally came out, was ok. Then more waiting for them to clear the awful starter away, then more waiting for the mains to come out, mains came out, were again ok, not value for money though at all, this is an expensive place to eat. Then after bringing our mains out we were asked if it was just the kids meals to come out, haha couldnt make it up, no weve been waiting that long theyve managed to eat theres and had plates taken away All this waiting meant we had finished our drinks, but rather that wait any longer to get the staff attention, my wife went to the bar and ordered some drinks (we were in the actual restaurant part) The quickest service of the night was after they had put the bill down and i advised we were paying by card, straight back over to take my money, funny that All in all a very dissapointing trip and not somewhere i would...

As a wedding photographer, I have had the pleasure of photographing several weddings at The Farmhouse at Mackworth and I must say, it is truly a stunning venue. Located on the edge of the tranquil medieval village of Mackworth and just a stone's throw away from the Peak District, the venue is situated in what was once an 18th century farmhouse that has been beautifully restored to blend old with new.

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