The Anchor Inn - Melton

The Anchor pub hosts a fish and chip special night every month which is always a popular event to the point of being fully booked, so reserve early. Marco the owner is a super chef! The fish had the lightest, crispiest batter, surrounding delicious moist cod. Home-made mushy peas, tartare sauce with delicious chips and a freshly bread roll (I love a chip butty)! £16 for 2 people, represented very good value.

Despite where it sits in Tripadvisor this is not a restaurant (though it does do food on Fridays and Saturdays) but an excellent village pub. There are decent ales, a friendly landlord, an open fire in winter, comfortable seating and above all a welcoming pleasant atmosphere. It combines pub things: pool table, darts, football (on a sensibly sized TV) with being the sort of place you can enjoy a drink or two if you're not interested in any of that. Popped in three times over Christmas and the New Year and will undoubtedly come again.

The meals here are always amazing, The staff are wonderful, helpful and friendly and the drinks are always flowing. It is just a lovely place to go out as a couple or to meet new friends and old friends.

We wanted a venue to cater for mixed range of ages. I was amazed how spacious, roomy not everyone on top of them selves. Waitress polite, smiling she made our ordering pleasant and helpful. Our starters were nicely plated, all different. Mains, two of us had the grilled chicken dish we both felt the edges were dry. All the other family members enjoyed there mixed mains. Our waitress brought out the birthday cake, knife,plates and napkins.(no problem)

This is a good proper village pub where most of the customers were obviously local, and also does excellent meals One thing that impressed me most is that there were only 3 people working there one exclusively in the kitchen but they were as friendly* and efficient as you could want. *I can't speak for the chef. He was too busy behind the scenes. They have quite a small menu, but certainly show the value of concentrating on a few things and doing them very well. They also had a very pleasant golden ale as one of the 3 hand pump choices. All the cask ales were a nice round £3.00.