The Rising Sun Middleton — Restaurant in Derbyshire Dales

Shared a lovely meal here with my friend. Hadn't been here for years & we were not disappointed. Booked online & had quick reply, staff friendly & welcoming, very cosy pub atmosphere, everyone was having a good time, very nice that dogs are allowed in & they were very well behaved. I had chicken curry with rice & nan ( could of had chips, or half rice half chips, which was a nice choice) the curry was full of flavours & not dry at all as some can be, rice was very fluffy & light. my friend had sausage, veg & giant Yorkie, choice of mash or chips, she had chips, it was a very large portion, we both enjoyed our meals. The menu was quite a wide choice for saying it's a small pub, we both had lemon meringue for pudding, it was lovely & lemony in the middle, the meringue was soft & not hard which was different as mine always go rock hard. The young girl who served us was marvellous, she was taking food orders, bringing food out & serving the bar, that's multi tasking !! We have now booked a group Xmas meal in December which has realy good choice. Looking forward to our next...

Unlike many other reviewers who devalue the word "excellent" by sprinkling it around like confetti I use it reluctantly in reviews but I am sorely tempted to use it for this particular pub. It ticks all my boxes. Approach the attractive exterior from the High Peak trail nearby or come by car (or Bus) though it is certainly not a money grubbing tourist trap, but a proper pub with locals, hikers and a few tourists Enter into a stone flagged bar for drinkers who will appreciate four well kept real ales on offer at around £3 per pint, or £3 for three one third pints if you want to try a selection. Warm yourself by one of two fires with your dog if you want. Diners can decamp to the carpeted rooms off to the side to partake of good food at very fair prices served by smiling staff. Nothing to fault about this pub. After our horrendous hike it was a welcoming and enjoyable haven of tranquillity. I would have given it 5 stars but that's against my principles, so 4.5 then. Ignore the link to the website here, that's the previous owners not yet taken down....

Soooo We ate a Sunday lunch here several times. Each time (sadly) got progressively worse. The first time was excellent. The second was OK. The 3rd was awful.

First time we received a large gravy boat each. The 3rd time a tiny coffee cream jug. The first time the meat was OK. Subsequent visits the meat became tougher and more chewy. My partner asked for vegetarian (no meat but extra veg) and his plate arrived without meat and no extras. In fairness when we enquired they did send out a fresh dish of veg. The veg on the 3rd visit was limp and looked microwaved. Please see image. It's such a shame because we are small eaters and ordered the small size which was great value (at least on the first visit)

We live super local and had hoped to make this our weekly Sunday dinner.

Perhaps they've had a change of kitchen staff.

I've still given 3 stars as everyone there is lovely and we all make mistakes. Perhaps it will improve but we're anxious about wasting...