Rams Head Disley — Restaurant in England

Opulent and cosy were the words Jade used to describe the Rams Head, and I agreed as I took a seat in the immaculate bar area next to an open fire. We were invited to Disley, a quaint village on the edges of the Peak district, to see the new refurbishment of The Rams Head and to took into their new, luxurious menu. A grand and palatial building with an outstanding interior; it felt homely yet sophisticated, dark yet warm, and most importantly relaxed.

Food and drink were complementary yet this has no sway in my review as I remain unbiased, the five starts I've given were earned from the food quality staff attentiveness. First off, we were invited to the gin station where a magnitude of fruits were available to add to gin , as well as syrups. The suggested serving was mint and watermelon which Jade enjoyed while I went for a citrus taste with grapefruit and lemon. We made our way to one of the many dining areas, again an open fire blazed

Jade ordered the Seared wild Atlantic Scallops and lobster and crab bonbons served with pea and truffle oil velouté. I'm still surprised I didn't go got this myself but I fancied something else, what I did try was amazing. The Scallops were delicate and the bonbons were very tasty.

I instead opted for the Creamy Paris brown and oyster mushrooms with Blacksticks blue and an English muffin. The mushrooms were very earthy and just what I was craving, the blue cheese sauce was so more-ish and the muffin was great to dip in. I was happy with how deep the muffin was, almost the size of a small pie; it was stuffed with mushrooms and the cheese sauce. This really hit the spot.

As I sat with my back to the warmth of the open fire and decided it was time for a glass of merlot as my main course was on the way. Having previously read the menu for The Rams head I had already decidedly to have the Four bone lamb rack with chorizo, butternut purée, roasted shallots, cavolo nero, dauphinoise potatoes and a chimichurri and red wine jus.

As you can see in the picture and video this was a stunning dish. The blush pink lamb was tender, the meat came straight off the bone, and thehe rich jus was incredible. I really enjoyed the dauphinoise potatoes, it's been a while since I had them and they went down a treat. Flavours from the chorizo just lifted the taste of the jus to perfection. I can't explain how much I enjoyed this

Jade ordered the oven roasted lemon sole with brown shrimps, garlic samphire served with classic fondant potatoes. The size of the sole was incredible.

Dessert at The Rams Head was as good as the other course. My lemon meringue baked Alaska was the best dessert I've had in a while, shout-out to our waitress Amy for the recommendation! The lemon sorbet in the middle was perfect with the rasberry crunch sprinkled all over. Jade had to tell me to stop pulling faces while I ate this and I said at one point "This is so good I could cry"

While I enjoyed my baked Alaska, Jade ate a deconstructed cheesecake named "99 problems and cheesecake is one". An ice-cream cone rose out of the plate of chocolate and strawberry compote. We absolutely loved our evening at The Ramshead, it was special. I hope we get back there soon

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I struggled giving this pub a rating, it's been a goose in a duck pond for the longest time for me, its recently changed hands and re opened, I was lucky enough to join my family for an invite only open evening a few weeks ago and after collecting my thoughts i think i can give a review that does the pub justice.

The building is great verry verry nice on the outside and a brilliant location. The car park, massive and parking is free for customers of the pub, just rmemeber to put your Registration number on the screen on the bar which is really easy and intuitive. The inside of the pub as of the latest iteration of redecorating is really tasteful and verry nice, lots of wood and ornate furnature, which looks perfect, the pub looks great inside and out. There are loads of tables several rooms and, a large bar with some decent beer on tap. Nice toilets pretty standard but well finished, they are freezing though especially in winter but no one should be spending too long in there so I guess that's fine. The beer garden is large well equipped. The food I tried at the opening event was mostly canapes and other small nibbles most of it was verry nice, there was some that was a bit to poncy for me, but nice and posh none the less. The waiting staff seemed professional and knowledgable on the food that was brought round, I hope this reflects on the menu as well, but time will tell, I am yet to re visit and have a meal although I plan on going in the new year so an update will be made.

This is my problem with the pub though, so it's great it's hard to find anything wrong with it, it checks all the boxes, but in the 6 or 7 times I've been over the past 10 years with my family I've never had a particularly great time, the atmosphere feels so alien and off. This may be me, my family agree however, and I cant think of why. Maybe the rooms that are spread out like a corridor with tables in it down one side of the pub which does make it hard for waiters to notice you, but it's something else. It's a shame, it's rather dark in there but not enough to really bother anyone. Maybe the pub will do well and I hope it does but through the various hands the pub has changed over to, it's never been a place I'd choose to go, it's a drive or a 40 minute walk for me as well so it's not especially the best place to be going if it's not 100% worth it, with so many place to go in the area I'd always choose somewhere else. But some of those places have their own problems whereas the Rams Head on paper is faultless it's not a comfortable place to be for me. I'd recomend checking it out, it's nice theres alot on offer, but I just don't like it enough.

My thoughts may change when I go and have a try of a menu meal I can pick, and some more beer with some friends but i cant see it making...

Visiting friends who live near here and taken for dinner, booked for 8pm on a Saturday. Greeted at the door, shown to a nice table in the restaurant area; so far so good.

After studying the menu for about 10 minutes, a waitress arrived to ask: “Has anyone told you what we haven’t got?”, which turned out to be about 40% of the menu and most of the options that we had already decided upon. We therefore said that we needed more time to decide.

Eventually we ordered four starters, four mains and two bottles of wine (red and white). Upon bringing the white wine, the waitress at least realised that it wasn’t chilled enough and said she would get some ice. Unfortunately, she returned with the ice in a metal cooler with the bottle protruding from the top. After leaving it for us to pour, we realised that it was little less than room temperature and therefore asked another waitress to replace it. Before it was returned, our starters arrived. The interval between ordering and their arrival was far too short for them to have been freshly prepared, and we had almost finished them before our white wine returned (at a just about acceptable temperature).

My creamy mushroom starter was okay, albeit a little bland. My crab and chorizo linguine was tasty, but a little overpowered by the amount of chorizo. Neither would have been my first or second choices. We ate, we paid, and we even left a tip (because the waitresses were pretty friendly), but this was a poor experience.

This place is an historic coaching inn, in a great location, with a lovely outdoor seating area. To brand themselves as a gastropub, however, they need to manage food & wine stocks better and ensure that they have sufficient, suitably-trained staff. The prices were far too high for the services...