Dining Out Reviews

Sunday Lunch At The Yeaveley Arms, Yeaveley Near Ashbourne

The last time we visited the picturesque village of Yeaveley to dine at the Yeaveley Arms one evening was pre-pandemic, so we were delighted to be invited

A Flock Visit To Cosmo World Buffet In Derby

It's been ages since we last visited Cosmo in Derby, so we were pretty excited at The Flock all going together and having a multi-cultural foodie feast! For those of you unfamiliar with the

Lunch At Mad Hatter Tea Room In Matlock

You'd think that after the obscene amount of food and drink that the Flock had chucked down their necks that His Nibs and I would be sworn off all things edible for the foreseeable, right?

The 'Works Do' At Sergios of Great Titchfield Street, London

It was The Man Birds' Christmas works 'do', and yes, I'm fully aware that Christmas isn't in January, but they were so flat-out at the end of the year that there was no chance

Dinner At The Recently Opened Dukes, Beefeater In Worksop

A recent invite saw The Man Bird and I going back to our old stomping ground, Worksop, to visit Beefeater'sThe Dukes' site, which opened in November 2022, for a spot of dinner.

Sunday Lunch At The Royal Oak In Westwood

I'm not gonna lie, I'm still not back to firing on all cylinders after the Festive period; I mean, who is, really, if you're being honest?! With that in mind (and the fact that we've all had this wretched

Sunday Lunch At The Three Horseshoes, Clay Cross

Usually we're a pretty organised flock when it comes to food but, for whatever reason, Sunday Lunch and its associated preparation had completely slipped all of our minds! Always calm in a crisis

Graduation Meal At Olive Moroccan, Belper

We recently celebrated Fledge's graduation and, as with all occasions in The Flock, we had to go out for a meal to mark the moment. Seeing as it was Fledge's time to shine we let her choose

Dinner At Los Moros North African Restaurant In York

Here in the Shire we're very lucky to have a venue that serves wonderful Moroccan cuisine (Olive Restaurant in Belper), so when we spied Los Moros Restaurant in York, and

Tapas For Dinner At Ambiente, Goodramgate, York

A couple of months ago Mummy Bird was reminiscing about the times her and Daddy Bird had had in the historic city of York and was saying how much she'd like to return.