The Boat Inn

Worth a visit for interesting local beers

We decided to visit here whilst in Cromford after visiting White Peak Distillery not to far away. Whilst visiting here the four of us decided to go for all three courses; starters, main & dessert. For starters we had the soup of the day & nachos sharer. Both were good, however it would have been nice to have sour cream & guacamole on the nachos too. For mains I personally chose the gammon & egg, this was cooked & tasted just right. My wife & two friends also liked their main meals. For dessert I decided to go for the chocolate brownie, with ice cream which worked well. I decided to go for the brownie, with ice cream which worked well & my decided to go for the treacle sponge, which you don’t get often on dessert menus, but tasted great. This would definitely be a place to visit again if in the area.

A wonderful friendly pub, even on a busy night. Thank you.

Helpful and friendly person when I phoned to book. Friendly waitress, food was loved by all 4 of us. Place is very comfortable and atmosphere great. Fantastic place.

Honestly amazed at all the 'happy' customers. Arrived to find our booking hadn't even been reserved despite confirming the date with them, twice over the phone. They 'luckily' had a table upstairs available which basically enjoys the view of a room full of junk. We placed our drinks order quickly but then waited 20 minutes to order our food and that was only because we asked. We then waited almost 35 minutes for our food to arrive. We visited on steak night where they'd run out of fillet steak by 6:10pm! I ordered a 16oz sirloin instead ....medium well as I'm aware this isn't the most succulent of steaks. It came well done, more than well done. I could barely cut it let alone chew it and sadly had to leave some which I hate doing when I'm eating meat. The accompanying food was v good but the steaks...even the fillets my family had were dry dry dry. So disappointed. We couldn't even order a dessert as our table had to be vacated by 7:30pm and due to it taking 1hr40 we had run out of time. Poor poor poor service and rock hard steak left a bitter taste in our mouths. Would not return.

Superb little pub, managed to get a table for food … all excellent