The Peacock At Rowsley

If only we'd come here for our Golden Wedding instead of The Cavendish. Every aspect was so much better.

I normally do not write reviews but our delicious lunch with perfect service was worth one. Loved the food, the personal service and the kind staff. Kids also loved the food. Highly recommended and good value for money for such nice food. We had lunch menu with lots of homemade food

My wife and I with my 13yr old son came to the Peacock on 28th October 2020 for lunch. The meal was tasty although portions were on the small side. Some prices were absurd we ordered water and later found out that a bottle of around one litre was charged at £5.35. A side order of chips was £4...but consisted of 8 chips...thats 50p per chip. Now I don't mind paying for high class food but overcharging for chips and water is just having a laugh at customers.Service was quite good but one of the waiters leaned right over our table to pick up a dish...sorry, but that is not high class service. Crumbs were not cleared between courses..I suppose the excuse is Corvid but if a waiter can clear the table between courses they can surely do some tidying. I also overheard a waitress telling some other diners that she did not know the details of a certain dish they wanted to order.The background violin music whining away became rather irritating... There is plenty of suitable music that could be better chosen.So in summary the Peacock should look at the details to match the quality of its tasty food and justify the prices that it charges.

We booked The Peacock at Rowsley for my husbands birthday for a special as we were staying in the area.We regularly eat at fine dining restaurants and have been to a couple of Michelin starred places too. We were really disappointed with the level of service and the knowledgeability of the staff about the food and the wines and the bill here was more than we have ever paid for a fine dining or Michelin starred meal.. The food was good, not exceptional and the quality of the food did not reflect the cost sadly. When you spend that sort of money (our bill was £300 for the 2 of us) you expect something pretty amazing and it just wasn’t.

Just a wonderful meal and customer service. We couldn’t get a reservation at the restaurant not that it mattered as the food in the bar was superior to most restaurant meals we have been to. Really lovely meal which made our first night in Derbyshire special.