The Dixie Arms - Barlestone

Great local pub Price per person: £10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Loved it here. Service was outstanding, checking in was easy, breakfast was superb. Great location. Can't beat it for value.. £58 Inc breakfast and parking.. Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Overnight stay with breakfast. If you are looking for a boutique hotel with all modcons, self chek-in etc, this place isn't for you. If you are looking for a basic room with a clean bathroom, clean bedding, a decent tv, free WiFi, then you'll get all that here, along with free on site parking, a friendly welcome in the bar, and an Italian Restaurant. It's only Italian insofar as it does pasta and pizza but the menu does offer all the usual pub grub fare, and plenty of it. Landlady Alex and her hubby Sav make a good team and do a good job. We went in a bit unsure but came out smiling and vowing to go back. Vegetarian options: Veggie breakfast was good abd plentiful Parking: It says permit holders only but you park up and enter your car reg in the pub and you're set.

Made a group booking for around 12 people, then had to cancel at short notice. Rebooked 2 months later and was welcomed, again with the risk of a cancellation. Then added a further 5 guests with 1 hours notice. The staff took this all in their stride and catered for us. The food was all served together and there wasn't a single error or complaint. I've personally eaten a lot of pizza across europe over the years and the one I had was certainly in the top 3. Excellent! An excellent evening was had by all. 5 Stars Alex, the Landlady, you are a legend!

Not good food even if your offering cheap food I think you can still do it good. beef and ale pie had extremely weird nasty after taste but credit due to the staff....received refund immediately with no quibbles. I had a cheeseburger cheese had no flavour and plasticky and strange crust on burger made it chewy, in fact a very bland burger Food: 1 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 1