Ambergate Chip Shop

Vegan Revelation

➤ De Bradelei House, Chapel St, Belper DE56 1AR, United Kingdom

Cafe • Cafés • Pizza • British

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"vegan revelation is our popular vegan caffe, ever! we love the ethos with organic vig, abundant by-products, fermented foods, cookbooks and spiritual books dotted around the place, hand-knit covers, vivid art works, and read, the amazing greener, cook and host, which is so passionate about what it has created. while the menu changes regularly, the quality is not. it was always great, with great aromen and interesting eating. would recommend booking in advance, as it is only a little space and can be occupied. next door there is a beautiful vegan zero-waste shop, earth harmony, which is fantastic."

Gurkha Express Belper

➤ 143A Nottingham Road, DE56 1JH, Amber Valley, United Kingdom

Asian • Indian • European • Nepalese

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"Wow...what amazing food. Best curry we have had in a long time. We always go by reviews online and placed our order to be delivered at 6pm. Lovely lady made the on time delivery. Food arrived in a carboard carry box and was piping hot. Very generous portions full off meat. The flavours and spices of each dish was a delight with every mouthfull. Poppadoms bahjis samosas were crisp and dry and again full of flavour. We noticed people had commented about the Gurka chips, you should try these, what a treat ! Would give 10 stars if we could. We will be ordering again 100% on our next regular trip from devon to derbyshire"

The Black Boy

➤ Old Road, DE56 2BN, Amber Valley, United Kingdom

Soup • Steak • Coffee • British

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"We had made a booking post Christmas when we previously visited the Black Boy when we worked for Oxford Brookes in Headington and were always satisfied with the experience, Now we are restarted, we nrmaly meeting monthly and usually with little announcement and have frquently disappointed that it was fully booked. However, I had a dental appointment so had a good news and managed to get a lunch booking. Unfortunately, the tooth date was over and was more painful than expected, so I could only get the excellent soup and wine (not all bad! but my friend had a main course with which he was very satisfied, and a lush dessert. The service was fast, attentive and sympathetic! This visit confirmed our previous opinion that the Black Boy is a very plentiful and relaxing place to eat, the food and wine are alway very good and it has an excellent ambience; highly recommended"

The Hanging Gate

➤ 34 Ashbourne Rd, Shottle Gate, Belper, England, DE56 2LE, United Kingdom

Cafés • Seafood • British • European

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"the hanging gate is located in a pretty location, right on the road from the center of belper. in the inner it has the look and feel of a typical country pub. some (but not all) of the es pane have an access to people with mobility difficulties. dogs are allowed in the sitting area in the free, and also a section in the interior area. we had to ask for the separate vegan menu that offers a lot of choices for appetizers and main dishes, including falafel, suppe, salat, curry, tart and burger dishes. it is part of the vintage Inns chain, so eating in each of their pubs is identical. we thought the taste and quality were quite decent, but nothing special. the focus is on the traditional meat-based pub, and so the crumbs of the boom, etc. on tellers around us were quite unstoppable at a Sunday meal. because land pubs for their vegan offers are generally not known, it is good to have a reasonable vegan dinner option at a place like this."

Arthur's

➤ 1C Campbell Street, DE56 1AP, Amber Valley, United Kingdom

Vegan • British • Fast Food • Vegetarian

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"Following our experience, I have written directly to the restaurant and had no response, which is another minus. What follows is an edited version of that contact. Following our visit yesterday evening I want to pass on some of our observations which I hope you will take on board constructively. We received a warm and pleasant greeting on arrival. The main front of house was helpful throughout and we would say that she was making every effort to please. Our enquiries about timings and serving pauses were answered efficiently and several requests during the meal responded to similarly, once attention had been gained, which wasn 't always easy as both servers were prone to being pass kitchen facing, chatting, rather than looking at the restaurant. On the table a candle was lit and producing black smoke, at least in part because the wick had not been trimmed. Perhaps, also because mit is a Wilko citronella candle and not intended for indoor use? Unfortunately, we had poured wine in to a glass before realising that there was lipstick residue on mine. Obviously, one would never expect a dirty glass to reach table! I asked about your glass cleaning procedure and was told that it included a post wash steam and polish evidently this had not happened. Service proceeded satisfactorily, the duck roll was lovely, swiftly followed by the sourdough etc. and the veloute. We were left wondering why all had come together, but presumed that it was to allow the soup to cool down? Or is there some other reason? After a pause, we had the Caesar Salad wherein the lettuce base was fresh and crispy. We would suggest that croutons be more in evidence and a good deal less anchovy it was oversalty and unpleasant. The fish course..... had a piece of something blue on the underside. The explanation offered was that this was a piece of j cloth on which the fish had been resting. However,..... I would suggest this may have been a fragment of catering elastoplast, or.... blue catering serving glove... Psomething else with a more plastic than paper or cloth content. Other than it being my wife 's birthday and not wishing to cause embarrassment, at this point we would have left. Having persevered, we enjoyed the meat course and the dessert marrow tart was a treat. The lemon curd was not what we recognise as a curd, seeming overly rigid too much cornflour, gelatin? and the balm leaves also contained stalks. Extra hot water for coffee should not be delivered in a cup it is not suitable as a pouring vessel. The toilet space was found to be clean and tidy EXCEPTthat the sink needs a good 'shine up ' clean and if at all possible an extra touch of general niceness adding to the little room. We would also suggest that you aim to deliver a more leisurely feel experience. We felt there was somewhat of an air of hurry in the room, that dishes were put on the table more than placed for example; the chef hurrying out at 9:10, no interaction with diners, did not give a good impression. In summary : a lack of attention to details marred what we expected to be an at least near fine dining experience and means that we had far less than good value on this occasion. As already said, I hope that you and your team may find the above constuctive. I addition to the above: one of the sauces was delivered in a cracked and chipped dish, we had to ask for a wine cooler rather than being asked). Various elements of the menu were more akin to a finger buffet or hors doeuvre selection than meal even allowing for the usually smaller parts to a tasting menu). Overall, just too much that was really not good enough and at £140 for two no drinks), very poor value."