Wheatsheaf Hotel, Baslow

Re my posting below I should have said the Devonshire Arms not the Derbyshire Arms

20 Jul 2009 10:31

The Devonshire Arms, Baslow

Re my posting below I should have said teh Devonshire Arms not the Derbyshire Arms

20 Jul 2009 10:30

Wheatsheaf Hotel, Baslow

I recently stayed in the Chatsworth Caravan Site near Baslow with my partners parents. We fancied a pub dinner so we looked on this site.

This pub is a lovely pub despite the comments below. The food was pub food and tasted nice, the staff were polite and attentive and in line with the two comments below is a cosy friendly pub.

As we looked on this site we searched for Baslow and two pubs were listed, this and the Derbyshire Arms. Given the two bad reviews for the Wheatsheaf and as strangers to the area, we decided that the Derbyshire was a safer bet ... but it wasn't. This is why I am surprised at the two bad comments for the wheatsheaf and how they specifically suggest you go to the Derbyshire as the Wheatsheaf is terrible .. bizarre as we found it to be the other way around!!

The Wheatsheaf was a lovely pub with lots of people in for dinner on a Sunday evening at 7.45pm, whereas the Derbyshire Arms is dirty, with a musty smell and when I visited, completely empty ..

To be honest you need to form your own opinion. If you are staying in Baslow or the Chatsworth Caravan Site I would suggest going into both pubs to make your own mind up (they are across the road from each other) .. and if the Derbyshire is on a parr to how we found it, then you, like me will be reading the messages and thinking this doesn't compare to reality.

20 Jul 2009 10:27