Arthur's

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  Andrew McKenzie

  ·2 months ago

  “Over priced, poorly presented food 2 tarts for 2 desert courses.. Disappointing considering previous reviews.”

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  Naif Mehanna

  ·4 months ago

  “The food was absolutely exquisite from start to finish. Price is good given the food quality and attention to details in your dishes. Service was great as well. Definitely recommend for anyone passing through Belper!”

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  Josie and Theo

  ·6 months ago

  “Delicious food - great flavours with fab and friendly service. We’ll be back soon!”

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  Joe & Jane Daniel

  ·7 months ago

  “What a gem! Fine-dining without the pretension you find at some of the taster-menu type restaurants. Locally sourced, lovingly cooked and prepared, beautifully presented, and - most importantly - deliciously tasting food. Thrilled to have this place on our doorstep. Thanks for a lovely meal, the perfect treat for a birthday.”

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  Yuan Lin

  ·8 months ago

  “Husband and I went for the Chinese New Year special tasting menu. Everything was fantastically delicious. Some really creative ideas in there. Loved how each course balances and compliments each other too. Wonton soup was excellent and our fav was probably the duck! All desserts are extremely yummy too! Big thumb-up from the Chinese girl here. Service was excellent too, very friendly and attentive. ❤️ And all of these at a very fair price point! Highly recommend! The only slight point is that perhaps get a better extraction fan as our clothes ended up smelling so bad after being there for the meal. 😅”

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  Guys Who Dine

  ·11 months ago

  “A chef back where he belongs. Leo Hill has returned to re-open Arthurs Belper along with his partner Amelia. We have followed them through their different travels. But we are glad to see they are back to their roots. Doing what they do best. On hearing the news,we just had to get booked in for their opening night. Leo certainly has not lost his touch. Their new concept is One menu-Eight courses-Three nights a week-Twelve seats. The first tasting menu just read like a dream to us. We were first through the door with our drinks in hand. That's the first change as they are not bring your own, they have a drinks licence now, at last. Snacks were served on plates that looked like they were from a granny's cupboard. Yes,they were🤣 The beef dripping parker house roll was served with a very tasty whipped beurre noisette. Along with an incredible French onion soup. It is worth the trip out just for this. This was followed by Grilled loin of cod. Think of an elevated fish & chips but without the chips. The meat dish was a beautiful, tender saddle of local venison with a Guiness braised shoulder lasagne. This was so rich and like no other lasagne we have ever had before and absolutely delicious. There were two desserts and sweeties to finish. It was great to see our favourite restaurant in Belper is back with a bang and we wish them every success. Those awards are sure to return once again.”

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  Carla Manwaring

  ·3 years ago

  “Firstly, when we arrived we were told we were booked in the next day and kind of left us hanging, however with proof on an email response we had saved from the restaurant they accommodated us. Onto the food and we chose the 5 courses, which was plenty for us. The dishes were all really tasty👌 and offered something different than the usual choice on offer from other restaurants. I was a little disappointed with the rhubarb and custard tart as that's all that was served on the plate and it had no 'crunch' and maybe could have benefited from a little something extra or a crisp pastry. Something for the restaurant to take note of; there could be a bit more attention to detail to make the dining experience that little bit better..... Double check your booking to ensure the correct date. Change the water in the vases on the tables, most looked brown and the flowers were drooped on our table. Maybe when setting out the replacement cutlery, place it down properly rather than in a heap at the end of the table. Provide a couple more milk pots with the tea/coffee to save people asking for more, there was only one small eggcup full for 4 diners. Offer tap water without us having people having to ask first. These are only minor points but noticeable to the customer so it would be even better if these points could be addressed for next time we visit. So overall, yes, we would visit again and look forward to it being even better next time 🙂.”

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  Joe Corr

  ·3 years ago

  “Dinner. Last minute booking 10 course tasting menu £70 Using the best locally sourced ingredients. We thought we had missed this incredible menu,but they had carried it on for another week, luckily. Snack-Sausage and cheese muffin Crich sourdough, salted butter, onion compote, beef dripping Wild garlic velouté, truffled rarebit Wye valley asparagus, fresh peas, broad beans, lamb bolognese, spring herbs.* *It's one of the tastiest lamb dishes we have ever had. Monkfish tail roasted in tikka butter, wood fired mango jam, raita, battered seafood sausage, curry sauce Sirloin of Derbyshire beef, steak bake a lá birds, beef dripping hasselback Jersey royal, wild garlic salsa verde, sauce bordelaise "Beef 'n' ale." This is like no other ice cream you will have ever eaten. Absolutely delicious. Rhubarb and custard tart Smoked fudge Piña colada pastille Jam tart 47 degrees coffee Chef patron Leo and his team certainly knocked it out of the park with this menu. It's probably one of his best so far. Last year they received Most Innovative restaurant at the Derby food and drinks awards. Also Best restaurant runner-up @obsfood monthly awards. This is unusually a BYOB restaurant. So if you like a drink with your meal don't forget to bring a bottle. The staff are lovely and friendly. Our advice is to get yourself booked into this amazing dining experience before certain guides catch up.”

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  Claire Galloway

  ·3 years ago

  “I was really looking forward to dining here after reading great reviews but, although a nice evening was had, we left feeling slightly disappointed. The staff were friendly and nothing was any trouble. They were attentive and prompt with our meal. We had the 5 course tasting menu £45 and took our own wine as it is a BYOB restaurant. The venison was an outstanding dish! Really wonderful meat and cooked and seasoned beautifully. Bread (which is classed as a course) and the soup were nice but not very memorable. The apple tart tartan was served stone cold. The pastry was hard as nails and would of benefited from being warmed up a bit. The smokey fudge was not at all smokey. None of the menus flavours of any of the dishes were punchy. The restaurant was uncomfortably hot and had left over decorations and pin nails still in the walls near their rather unimpressive bookcase. All looked a bit tired and in need of a bit of a re-paint. I really hate writing this as I feel I sound a right snob but the place really needs some nice linen. There I said it! For a £45 tasting menu I would expect a proper linen napkin and the tea towel that the servers delivered our plates to us was tatty and I've seen cleaner ones.... The toilets had no hand towels and the toilet in the pub we went to beforehand was more pleasant than here. This is a lovely place with very nice staff but with nothing "special" about it's visit. I really, really wanted to love it with it being local and using local produce but our evening was just OK.”

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  David Ball

  ·7 years ago

  “A fantastic experience that's a bit different. The carefully selected menu options are not what I'd normally choose, but was very happy to be adventurous and pleased with the quality. Both staff were keen to explain each dish and were clearly passionate about the quality of their food. A lot of attention to detail went into each dish. We left very happy and full!”

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