Dining Out Reviews

Dinner At Viva Italian Restaurant in Matlock

Located in the bustling town of Matlock is a gem of an Italian restaurant called Viva that never fails to have a great write up whichever site you use. The Man bird and I were very kindly invited

Trying The New Menu At Revolucion de Cuba, Derby

It's been a while since The Man Bird and I were over at Revolucion de Cuba in Derby and it was really good to be invited back to sample their new menu items. Sarah the Manager showed us

Dinner At The Junction Bar & Restaurant, Sutton-In-Ashfield

Daddy Bird was away, Chickadee was out with the fella; so Mummy Bird, The Boy Wonder and me thought "diddle this for a game of soldiers, we're going out too!". The weather was

Dinner At The Refurbished Blue Peter, Alvaston, Derby

We were contacted to say that the Blue Peter in Alvaston, Derby had recently undergone a huge refurbishment and asking if we would like to go along and sample the food. Having

Dinner At The Queens Head in Belton, Leicestershire

It always amazes me how vast Derbyshire is, and nothing emphasizes this more than an invitation into "foreign" territory that is a lot less miles than some towns in our

Lunch At The Noel at Whitwell nr Rutland Water

Our first blog adventure of the New Year took us to the UKs smallest county, Rutland. As we were staying close to Rutland water so we decided to go there for a stroll around on our way down.

Bank Holiday Lunch At The Gate At Tansley

Having indulged in a wonderful Christmas and New Year filled with delicious food thanks mainly to Percy Dawes butchers and Loubys, both based in Alfreton, we have finally left the nest and

Dinner At Carluccios, Derby INTU

This may well be the last review of 2016, and if so then what a great finale to the year it is! Some of you may well have seen Carluccio's Deli and Restaurant in the Derby Intu Centre as it

Dinner At Turtle Bay Caribbean, Derby

These last few weeks have been a mad, but fantastic, whirlwind. Invitations have been coming in left-right-and-centre from venues across the county, and we finally made it into Turtle Bay, the hottest

Dinner At The Tavern At Tansley

After having spent a lovely couple of hours as a flock in Bakewell, it was soon time for us to head back to the nest. Our tummies grumbled gently to remind us that they needed some sustenance, so we pulled