Derbyshire is packed with top-rated restaurants serving a wide variety of cuisines, so it’s understandable why foodies are so keen to spend time in the county.
But if you’re someone who doesn’t eat out at restaurants all that often, finding somewhere suitable can be a challenge.
You can easily spend hours trawling through online reviews ahead of visiting a restaurant, but this often results in going round in circles.
It’s fair to say that if lots of people are visiting a particular restaurant, there’s usually a reason behind it.
For this reason, OpenTable’s monthly ‘most booked restaurants’ tool is a godsend.
Each month, OpenTable analyses nearly 500,000 new global diner reviews from the past month to find out the most popular restaurants in a particular area.
We’ve taken a look at the hottest restaurants in Derbyshire going into October:
5. The Farmhouse Kitchen, Horsley Lodge Estate
The 19th century lodge transformation includes a wood-fired pizza oven, elegant dining area and expansive windows streaming natural light to offer breath-taking views from the restaurant. From scrambled eggs at breakfast, to your lunchtime open sandwiches and roast dinner on Sundays, you can be confident that the food you buy from Horsley Lodge has been sourced locally from the best suppliers | Horsley Lodge Estate
6. The Bluebell, Church Lane, South Wingfield
The Bluebell, which was named as one of the UK’s best outdoor dining venues by OpenTable, is another of the most frequently booked restaurants across Derbyshire. Photo: Google
7. The Galleon Steakhouse & Restaurant, St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield
The Galleon Restaurant & Steakhouse scores 4/5 based on 703 Tripadvisor reviews including this from 253UZmel: "Visited as a family. The service was excellent, food was better than we could have hoped. Everything was cooked to perfection and quickly." Photo: Google
8. Stones, Matlock
Stones Restaurant has a 4.8/5 rating based on 340 Google reviews. One customer said: “Amazing menu and great value for what we ate, everything was so delicious.” Photo: Google