Devonshire Arms

Pub Details

Address
The Beeches
Beeley
Derbyshire
DE4 2NR
Telephone
(01629) 733259
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 11

Location

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Contemporary twist to lovely old interior; local beers, good wine list, interesting carefully sourced food, attractive comfortable bedrooms This handsome stone-built village inn (converted from cottages back in 1741) is almost more restaurant-with-rooms, offering a slightly more formal dining experience, though it does give a nod to pubbyness at lunchtime. Contemporary colours contrast with the attractive traditional interior features: between black beams, flagstones, stripped stone, traditional settles and cheerful log fires, you'll find bright candy coloured modern furnishings, prints and floral arrangements. Despite the accent on dining, they keep up to six changing real ales, most likely including Buxton Blonde and Kinder Sunset, Peak Ales Chatsworth Gold, Thornbridge Jaipur and Whim Hartington, and they've several wines by the glass from a well chosen list and a good range of malt whiskies, as well as local mineral water. The inn stands in an attractive village in the Peak District on the fringes of the Chatsworth Estate and you can walk to Chatsworth House itself from here (though you might not feel completely at ease in the pub in walking gear). Note that although dogs are allowed to stay in the stylishly comfortable bedrooms, they are not allowed in the bar.

Good Pub Guide Food

Sourcing what ingredients they can from the Chatsworth Estate, the imaginative food (with restaurant prices) is cooked to order so there might be a wait at busy times. The short but well balanced changing menu could include crab scotch egg with coleslaw, spiced chick pea fritter with pineapple chaat and paneer, whole dressed crab, herb crumbed pollock with truffle mash, shallot sauce and garlic butter, goosnargh gold cheese, spinach and olive tart, steak and kidney pudding, and beef fillet with morel and madeira sauce and stilton crouton.

Bar food times: 12 - 3, 6 - 9.30

Good Pub Information

Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bedrooms

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (334 votes cast)

Reader Comments

Lager&wine

Sunday 25 July 2010 5:18:57 pm

We are usually rather picky, we seem to find fault with most pubs! But we walked into the car park after this one and neither of us could think of anything other than good to say.
One of us had the ploughman's which was huge. An excellent selection of cheeses, beautifully cooked ham and tasty pork pie. The piccalilli was wonderfully tangy and obviously home-made. The accompanying salad was crisp and refreshing.

The other meal had home-made chips which were excellent. The cheese in breadcrumb dish was also tasty and nicely cooked.

The service and efficiency of the staff was impressive. The pub is in a lovely setting and is kept clean and tidy. If we weren't so local we would be very tempted to stay there!

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