The Three Merry Lads — Restaurant in North East Derbyshire

An excellent dog friendly pub with a warm welcome and value for money home cooked meals.

Pub and restaurant has recently reopened and been refurbished under new ownership. At time of writing there was still a little finishing work going on and a little confusion over serving, but absolutely nothing that should stop a visit.

Bar had a good selection of ales all of which seemed to be available and not just on the bar for decoration. Menu had options for starters/lite bites, pub favorites and several vegetarian dishes all at a very reasonable £8-£10. I ordered the steak and stilton pie and when it was served it wouldn't have looked out of place in front of Desperate Dan! So their delicious home cooked menu represents some excellent value for money.

Was good to see that dogs were allowed in the tap room/bar (other village pubs take note!) of which they are ideally placed with all the walks in the local area. Highly...

An interesting experience was had at the Merry Lads. We decided to pop in on the off chance, having never been here before, and we were not disappointed. The pub was split into two areas, one to the left near the bar for patrons with dogs 🐕 it had seating and dining and led out to the outside area. There is also an additional separate area that has a pool table. Drinks prices were normal food prices were £10 for two main meals or £12 for one. The quality of the food was 10/10. We had gammon and beer-battered fish and chips. The portion sizes were decent; the chips were large-cut non-greasy and crispy. The gammon was lean all the way through. The music volume was low enough to converse over and of...

Having checked on Google that this pub was open on a Friday lunch time, spent 30 minutes walking there, only to find that it was closed.

I mean, how many minutes can it take to go onto Google in order to revise one's opening hours? As with all pubs who are too inconsiderate and selfish to care whether someone has wasted time and effort to get there, I will make a point of never using that place again.

On a positive note, it necessitated a walk on to the next pub, The Peacock, which served good beer and good food, and, having just moved into the area, will become my daily local choice for...