The Angel at Holmesfield — Restaurant in North East Derbyshire

Been coming here for years. Its always been our go to place for worry free food on a coeliac diet. The staff have always been on point and we had great pride in showing this place off to our friends and family which created many family meals down at the angel.

However since the beginning of this year, the quality of food has really gone down hill. Not sure if it was due to a change in chef, but the food had always been extremely high quality in the past. It's what kept us coming back 10 times a year minimum. - birthday parties, general gatherings and pops ins from passing by.

It appears we arnt the only ones who feel this way, after hearing that the angel are taking away their 100% gluten free promise, this was the final nail in the coffin for us. We had one last meal there today as a goodbye to our old regular and it was by far the worst food experience to date.

The saving grace was the starters, We ordered 3 starters, tempura prawn - perfect, halloumi bites - good and scotch egg - amazing, but also the last one they had which left much dissapointment at the table.

When it came to the mains we couldnt be more disappointed as a group. 1 roast potato, 1 carrot, 1 sprout, 1 yorkshire pudding that resembled a blown up square for each plate. minimal gravy and piles of anything else to fill. I'm almost 100% sure ingredients were being rationed and old stock being used to beef the plate up and to clear the remainder of the 100% gluten free menu stock. The beef was tough as old boots and dry, the turkey dry, the two pork dishes tasted completely different, no pigs in blankets even though it stated on the menu they contained them and even when we enquired, we were given 2 for all of us and told (they should have only come with the turkey). When we requested extra gravy for nearly everyone due to the lack every plate had, we got one gravy boat that didnt touch most of what we were after but didnt want to cause more of a fuss.

When it came to the bill, we had 3 mains removed off the party which was very considerate, and why i still give the service a 3 star. But overall its such a shame to see this place go down the routes it has. excluding the diet that really put this place on the map and what became a gem of that community.

We hope the choices made give the results needed for this place to continue operating, hope it all the best for the future, and hope one day it returns back...

I couldn’t have been more disappointed with the way our evening here panned out unfortunately. I booked for a group of 15 as a surprise for someone’s birthday. Firstly we were at our table for almost 40 minutes without having menus brought to us, one of us went to fetch them.

When the food was brought out it was chaotic, with audible shouting and arguing heard from the kitchen and servers being told that we would get whatever the chef wanted to send out regardless of what we had ordered. The young servers looked (understandably) upset and flustered.

One steak was called out as “medium rare” when it arrived, when my sister said she had asked for rare, then she cut into it and it was medium rare, she was told that she was wrong and the chefs say it is rare (if this was the case then why would the server have been told that it was medium rare?).

When I had booked weeks before I had asked if it was okay for me to bring a birthday cake with me (I confirmed this again on the phone a few days before). When I brought the cake in the man behind the bar quite abruptly said they can’t have that cake in the pub as they are a gluten free pub (why wasn’t I told this on the phone?). I asked if I could just put it behind the bar in its box and he said “well no not really” and walked off. Thankfully when another member of staff (the manager I think?) saw me stood confused at what to do with my cake she said they would make an exception and serve it to us, but this again was another unpleasant addition to the experience.

The food was okay, fairly standard pub food, but the atmosphere was very unpleasant and if I’m honest really spoiled a family occasion. After weeks of planning I was totally embarrassed to have been the one that brought...

We visited this beautiful restaurant on Sunday the 26th January. We were booked in for dinner and very much looking forward to a roast dinner after a soggy and cold day at the zoo. Upon arrival we were welcomed into the restaurant by the manager. Upon checking our booking the table was checked and we were shown to our seats. The restaurant had a lovely friendly and warming atmosphere, the rooms were lovely and warm. Shortly after sitting down , our drinks order was taken and they arrived shortly after. I myself am coeliac, I also cannot have dairy or soya . I mentioned this to the waitress , who checked straight away with the chef what they could cook for me to meet my dietary requirements. To my amazement I could have the roast beef dinner! There was a great selection on the menu for normal and for gluten free needs. I was very happy with the choices available to me, even with additional allergies. Also the children’s menu had plenty of options, we took 3 children with us. The food arrived in good time and we were not disappointed. The food was amazing! The beef was cooked to perfection and the dinner was to a very high standard. The children’s meals were good size portions and the kids loved them. We enjoyed the food so much that we had puddings also. Yes they even had a pudding that was gluten, dairy and soya free! I had a sticky toffee sponge with dairy free ice cream. It was amazing, I don’t usual go out for a meal where I can be catered for especially for pudding as well. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed our meal out and will definitely be dining again. It was faultless and the staff were all very friendly and attentive. Thank you for being an inclusive restaurant and making our Sunday lunch an...