The Dovecote Restaurant

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   AnnahS

   Derbyshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

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   Very tasty food and lovely staff. It’s a special place to visit particularly at Christmas

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   MarkE

   London

   4 reviews

   4.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Excellent festive meal with family. Good food, affordable wine and really lovely service.

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   JohnH

   Warwickshire

   23 reviews

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   5.0

   23 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Another fantastic evening at Morley Hayes ,the food and Christmas decorations were stunning.

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   OpenTable Diner

   Derbyshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Absolutely stunning place, staff where extremely friendly, will definitely be visiting again soon!

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   OpenTable Diner

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Another fantastic visit, lovely ambience and Stunning food.

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   AmyH

   Derbyshire

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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   Having been numerous times before, I think the afternoon tea is getting to the point where it's quite over priced. And while I fully appreciate external factors are contributing to price rises, at nearly £30 a head now for the savory option, the food offered doesn't really meet the expections you might have. It's nice, but we all said we'd definitely had better for less recently. The service wasn't particularly great either unfortunately, we were waiting over 15 minutes after being seated before we decided to beckon someone over to take our order, how long we'd have been waiting otherwise, who knows. And while our server was polite they weren't particularly "switched on", we had to ask numerous times for certain things and basic questions couldn't be answered, maybe they were new to the industry/Dovecote? All in all, a fair experience, but one that doesn't seem to be up to the standard it once was unfortunately. It'll probably be a while before returning for the afternoon tea again I'm sad to say.

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   YandD

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

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   Absolutely outstanding as ever. But then it always is! Thanks Dovecote team.

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   Hopey

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 5 days ago

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   Beautiful champagne breakfast in the most relaxing atmosphere, attentive staff would highly recommend, and will definitely visit again .

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   MoiraB

   Hertfordshire

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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   Had a lovely champagne breakfast . It is so lovely in the Dovecote restaurant. It’s a lovely treat . The food was spot on and the staff are always so nice . We were served again by Michelle- always very friendly and attentive. We are looking forward to going again !

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    TraceyB

    Devon

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 27, 2022

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    Excellent venue, cosy & welcoming. Food and staff outstanding!

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    JanW

    Derbyshire

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 27, 2022

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    Excellent Sunday Lunch, best for quality and value for money, all in a beautiful setting with excellent customer service. Thanx. See you again soon.

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    TammiC

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 26, 2022

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    We are so lucky to live very close to Morley Hayes, it is an all round excellent venue whether for a party, a bar snack, a less formal meal in Roosters bar, in the garden in the summer, or in the Dovecote restaurant and over the years we have been there for many events/reasons. However, this was our first visit to the Dovecote for many years, and it did not disappoint. It was beautifully and tastefully decorated for Christmas and the food was excellent. The four of us had a really enjoyable evening, thank you very much x

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    OpenTable Diner

    Yorkshire

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 26, 2022

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    Good food, good staff, the kind of thing that’s difficult to find these days for a reasonable price, which this definitely was. Will visit again.

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    BeckyG

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 26, 2022

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    Excellent as usual - lovely staff, atmosphere & food

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    PeterS

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 25, 2022

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    Very good overall only fault was the staff not coming around to top up the wine glasses

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    ChristineM

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 25, 2022

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    It’s our go to place whether at lunch time or special occasions champagne breakfast or afternoon tea all excellent. The staff are always pleasant chatty and polite and they make sure it’s all to your liking.

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    TimS

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 25, 2022

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    Always had a good experience at the Dovecote- thanks

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    CarolU

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 23, 2022

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    Everything was very enjoyable. Staff were excellent.

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    SuzanneC

    Derbyshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 20, 2022

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    Excellent from start to finish. Delicious food, perfect service and special mention to Arlie, who was polite and helpful.

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    VernonE

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 19, 2022

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    The only issue was we could not use the £70 of vouchers gifted to us as an anniversary present. Hopefully this can be resolved in time for our next visit.

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    DavidP

    Oxford

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 19, 2022

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    The highest possible food and service quality is always realised at Morley Hayes Dovecote Restaurant. This was possibly the best meal (over many years) that we've experienced from Simon and the team. Fantastic!

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    SueS

    Derbyshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 17, 2022

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    Went for afternoon tea The staff are friendly and helpful The menu was varied and plentiful and delicious A lovely experience Would definitely recommend

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    LynneM

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 16, 2022

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    Lovely Champagne Breakfast .. lovely food and excellent service. Would highly recommend

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    Polly

    Derbyshire

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 13, 2022

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    We had an extremely enjoyable lunch, the only thing wrong was a really long wait between the first and main course, about twenty five minutes, it seemed as though we’d been overlooked ! Staff were lovely and attentive,

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    CarolineW

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 13, 2022

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    Roast potatoes were rock hard and food was luke warm, white bread was that hard nearly broke teeth, dessert was spot on, Would not recommend nor come back again

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    NicholasV

    Thailand

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 13, 2022

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    Superb Sunday lunch as always. Great friendly service

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    DenisB

    London

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 12, 2022

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    We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner for 4 at the Dovecote. The staff were efficient, friendly and welcoming and the food was of a high standard. We will return.

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    LauraR

    Derbyshire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 12, 2022

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    Really lovely food. Lovely atmosphere, attentive staff. Will definitely return!

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    LisaR

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 12, 2022

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    Lovely champagne breakfast with my son….a belated Mother’s Day gift

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    Countess

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 11, 2022

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    We thoroughly enjoyed our celebration meal at the Dovecote. Will definitely return.

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    KayB

    Yorkshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 11, 2022

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    Fantastic afternoon tea with Rose bubbles. Sandwiches, good choice of fillings bread very fresh. Beautiful scones and other home made cakes. Refills for tea/coffee as required. Service attentive but not obtrusive. Good value for money. These guys have got it right.

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    HelenT

    Derbyshire

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on November 11, 2022

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    Very enjoyable afternoon tea for tea. Definitely recommend.

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    HelenT

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 11, 2022

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    Perfect service and quality food taste and preparation

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    claireS

    Derbyshire

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 10, 2022

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    The service was impeccable - lovely ladies from reception to being served who couldn’t do enough to ensure we had a lovely time! Food was lovely.

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    JaneR

    Derbyshire

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 6, 2022

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    Come here reasonably regularly as it’s my favourite place in the area. Excellent food. Today it was extremely busy so the service wasn’t quite its usual 5 stars. The young man waiting seemed very shy, just putting the food down and mumbling to the floor. Maybe his first day…. Manager very efficient and welcoming. Really enjoy this place.

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    NicholasV

    Thailand

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on November 5, 2022

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    As always a very enjoyable evening spent enjoying fine dining with attentive friendly service.

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    LindseyS

    Derbyshire

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on November 5, 2022

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    Excellent afternoon tea. The best we have had. Great sandwiches, generously filled. The hot sausage role is very tasty as is the huntsman pie. The cakes and scones are varied. Most people took some home as well as the portions are generous; it’s nice to have something left for the next day!

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    ChrisG

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on October 30, 2022

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    Our first visit as a gift from friends. The staff could not have been kinder. The food was superb. The wine was lovely. They even gave my hubby a congratulations on his retirement card. It's perfect for a special occasion.

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    mickeyandbinks

    Derbyshire

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on October 30, 2022

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    As always, extremely enjoyable experience, good food, good service will continue to visit Morley for all our special occasions.

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    DebbieB

    Derbyshire

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on October 29, 2022

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    After a disappointed visit in august which I hoped was just a bad day I had hoped for an improvement but wasn’t to be. The service was very poor to say the least. We waited more than ten minutes to be attended to. To then be told after another ten minutes they were sorry for the delay but had ran out of teapots. We then received our afternoon tea and ate a fair bit before eventually getting our drinks. The food was very basic and then to top it off we had no follow up to check we were happy. To then have to go and ask for the bill and a box to take the uneaten cake home. Not sure what is happening as I have always recommended Morley Hayes to people but not sure I could after yesterday

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