Address: Scarthin, Cromford, Matlock DE4 3QF, United Kingdom
Phone: +441629258083
Rating: 4.5
based on 164 reviews.
Staff and Service
Pros:
"Friendly staff, locals who banter, splendid garden in back where you can eat in almost complete silence."
"Always welcoming with friendly staff and the food is always fabulous."
"The staff were excellent."
"Very attentive ... but not obtrusive staff who went the extra mile to make us welcome and delivered a superb pub meal."
"Fantastic food, best pub food I’ve had in many years."
"The staff are very helpful and there's a rear garden decked out with plenty of seating."
"Staff really friendly. Cheers."
Cons:
"Food was awful and the staff were really hostile and rude after we placed our order."
"The dining member of staff was lovely but there was a quite rude female member of staff that came outside."
"Woman behind the bar was very nasty and had a vile attitude towards myself and family."
"Took over 20 minutes for them to come and tell me the food I ordered was not available, no apology."
"Waitress didn't really have anything to say."
"Poor service - there were 3 people behind the bar... Service was then far from helpful and they got part of our order wrong."
"Not made to feel welcome there were many reserved tables told they were all for locals."
Food Quality
Pros:
"We had a steak and stilton pie from the specials board, came with chips and choice of peas. Really tasty and filling."
"The food here is absolutely amazing with incredibly friendly staff."
"The food was not only reasonably priced, but also excellent. One of the best burgers I have ever eaten."
"Visited the boat in June 2018 had a fantastic mixed grill, went back today and wasn't disappointed superb, my partner had haddock same quality and big portions and reasonably priced."
"The peas were sweet and tender, the gravy then stole the show."
"A most delicious chickpea and sweet potato curry."
"The food was brilliant. I had the vegetarian 3 bean chilli followed by ginger sponge with custard. Both were really tasty."
Cons:
"The Boat inn looks like a traditional pub from outside and the inside looks fine, but we found the food to be disappointing."
"Rump steak, grissely, fatty, couldn't even cut it with a steak knife."
"Poor quality of simple pub food. Disappointed having been before we went back with family group of 14 & wasn't anything like our first visit."
"Absolutely horrendous! The 'beefburgers' were boil in water fairground burgers.. 90% sinew and mechanically extracted."
"While the service was excellent the food was fairly bland and disappointing."
"The garlic bread was ok but the Lasagne was warm in parts but cold in others. Glass was dirty and the place needs cleaner toilets."
"The food was disappointing with the steak tough and the steak and kidney pudding overcooked."
Ambiance and Atmosphere
Pros:
"Proper old style pub with great choice of real ales."
"Lovely cosy pub staff are very polite and you feel very welcomed when you walk in dogs are also aloud in so helpful when you have been on a good walk would certainly recommend."
"Lovely pub, Very cosy and nice atmosphere."
"Always a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, great food and an open fire - what more could you ask for!"
"This hidden gem is well worth a visit."
"Great chilled out atmosphere with very tasty food. The meat pies are highly recommended."
"A place full of character with open fire, a snug area with wood burner, a great bar and pretty sunken garden."
Cons:
"Parking very difficult though."
"The final observation is the gent's toilet, what a disgrace. Dirty, filthy, tired, unsavoury, unwelcoming."
"The atmosphere was dead sat in an empty room no music, little decorations just rubbish."
"Nice pub inside, noisy but a holiday feel about it, BUT, on arrival they couldn't find the booking that we had made earlier in the week."
"No where to park and very steep, tight road to walk up. All surrounding areas to park were too far away."
"Not a place to go if you are a wine drinker, they only had 2 types of red wine and they ran out of the one we were drinking after only one bottle."
"Atmospheric but a bit too crowded on a Saturday night."
Value for Money
Pros:
"The prices are very reasonable and the food is good quality!"
"Good selection of reasonably priced, good quality food."
"Food is traditional pub grub at a really good price and you get a good plate full!!!"
"Good choice of well cooked and presented food at very reasonable prices."
"The drinks were reasonably priced."
"Very good food and competitively priced."
"Very cosy, staff helpful and friendly, lovely food and good value for money will definitely return soon."
Cons:
"Good/average pub fare, plenty of it on the plate but not cheap."
"This pub is warm and friendly and has a nice landlady however the food isn't quite what it should be and slightly over priced due to this."
"The food was pleasant enough but expensive with a narrow range."
"Beer was on good form but the choice of wines is a joke. Basically it's Jack Rabbit or nothing!"
"The food wasn’t great the chicken box looked and tasted like it was from Aldi."
"We both had burgers, mine was a bit dry but edible, my husbands was so dry and hard he couldn't eat it."