Where to Eat in Matlock: The Best Restaurants and Bars

The strong aroma of Asian spices, with a tinge of Bollywood fervour and the enthralling sight of tuk-tuk — Maazi lets you drench in the spirit of India, scrumptiously.

Dinner - Tuesday to Saturday 6.30-9pm. Lunch - Wednesday to Saturday 12-2pm. Tucked away in the heart of idyllic Matlock, Derbyshire, Stones is a modern, eclectic restaurant with a stylish, welcoming interior and a superb modern British menu. The restaurant, which added a new riverside conservatory in May 2013, is jointly run by Kevin Stone, Head Chef, partner, Jade Himsworth and sister, Katie Temple. Stones' riverside conservatory overlooks the babbling River Derwent. The menus change seasonally to reflect the very best in local produce, and the wine to match the food. Stones' philosophy is to provide a fantastic dining experience in a relaxed setting. The dining room which is popular with couples, locals and visitors, is a perfect place for romantic, family or business meals. Stones has been awarded two AA Rosettes for culinary excellence.

Situated in beautiful surroundings of the county town of Matlock Derbyshire, Viva restaurant creates an environment to enjoy the true taste of Italian and contemporary cuisine.Viva is a modern, glamorous restaurant which offers traditional Italian food made from only the freshest and finest quality ingredients. Enjoy a totally different dining experience, as our open kitchen brings the restaurant to life. Our friendly and lively atmosphere is ideal for family meals, parties or special occasions, and romantic meals for two. Italian cooking is all about using the freshest possible seasonal ingredients and skilfully using basic cooking techniques to enhance their flavour. Interact and watch your food being cooked by our chefs for full piece of mind.

The Green Way Cafe is a lovely, family run, vegetarian cafe based in the centre of Matlock, Derbyshire. We are offering something a little bit different to the run of the mill cafes around, everything we do is homemade, creating imaginative and delicious veggie food, with some vegan options. We serve leaf teas, freshly ground coffee, hot chocolates, cold drinks, delicious homemade soups with our amazing homemade bread rolls, deli selections - homemade pates and cheeses, a delicious choice of homemade savoury dishes in 2 portion sizes, and yummy homemade cakes. We aim to provide a warm, relaxing and friendly atmosphere which is child friendly with our Family Room and also our relaxing Main dining room. Our opening times are Mon-Sat 11am-4pm and Friday evening 6pm-10pm. We serve food 11.30am - 3pm, and 6-9pm on Fri evenings. We don't take any bookings. Our menu changes every week influenced by fresh, seasonal, local produce. We use organic and fair-trade products wherever possible.

The Barley Mow is a lively and eccentric Free House located in the beautiful village of Bonsall. Famous for the 'World Championship Hen Races', and for being the most likely place to be abducted by aliens according to UFO magazine ! Fine food, great ale & one of the best live music venues in the area !

At Cherry's Cafe we provide a clean, friendly and value for money service. Our cafe is an oasis off the busy A6 road. We are a licensed cafe so you can enjoy a beer or glass of wine in the cafe. We also serve Irish coffees. There are plush leather seats inside. We use local produce and all our cakes are made by us in the cafe. We have a five star hygiene rating and have a Derbyshire County Council Heart of Derbyshire gold award in recognition of the healthy eating pledges we have made and the practices we follow such as - using a low fat oil for frying, using a lean minced beef in our products, using cooked ham with all visible fat trimmed off, using a low fat cheese, using semi skimmed milk, ensuring our chips are heated to 175 degrees to reduce the take up of fat, shaking and drying chips to remove excess fat, removing salt from our tables and not using it in our cooking or baking, offering fresh fruit, salads, wholemeal bread, pitta bread, and brown rice, offering sugar free drinks and freshly madefruit drink. We source our meats from Robin Maycock a top award winning master butchers which was established in 1850! We have an e-Changer horizontal baby changing table in our washroom and have a DCC's breastfeeding welcome here award. Our Cafe is fairly unique in that we have our own small limestone stalactite cave which our guests can view if they wish. It is home to the European cave spider, Meta menardi, a long-jawed orb-weaving spider. We offer storage boxes for bikers wishing to leave heavy helmets and coats whilst they visit Matlock Bath. Cherry's Cafe supports financially the work of Just for Dogs rescue and rehoming centre at Brailsford Derbyshire. We do this through the sale of handcrafted items, table quizes and customers kind donations. Our staff are all fully trained in food safety and customer services. While we recognise that some customers have specific dietary requirements, we are unable to offer a gluten or nut free menu. Due to the multi use of equipment in our compact kitchen area, supplier disclaimers and the possibility of human error, we can not offer a total assurance that our menu items are 100% gluten or nut free. As such we consult with customers to ensure that they can make the most informed menu decisions. Please speak to us as we will be happy to provide information about our food and preparation. It is our aim at Cherry''s Cafe to offer clean, friendly and good value for money service at all times. In the unfortunate event of things going wrong and mistakes happening we will do our best to rectify the situation to everyone''s satisfacton. Where mistakes have occurred we would expect the opportunity to correct them at the time.

The White Lion, a Great genuinely unique traditional British Pub, Great food and ales, real fires. Pedigree, Cumberland and and at least 3 other guests weekly, Carling and the new craft lager Revisionist. Food served 5.30 to 8.30. Tues to Friday and 12 til 2.30 and 5 til 9 Saturday,12 to 5.30 Sunday