Three Horseshoes Inn & Country Hotel

The classic creeper-clad façade of this rambling Peak District inn suggests a rather more modest set-up than the smart hotel, brasserie and dining room that lie within. The views alone are worth coming for, as the Staffordshire Moorlands and Tittesworth reservoir open out beyond the alfresco terrace and well-kept gardens. The traditional elements of a classic country inn are all present and correct - gnarly beams studded with shining brasses, and chunky rustic seats and tables in the bar carvery, while the brasserie goes for a more contemporary pared-down look beneath high oak A-frame beams. No-nonsense modern British cooking is the bedrock of the kitchen's output, but the menu is shot through with Thai influences, thus braised pork belly with bubble-and-squeak, pig cheek and prune chipolata, black pudding, pork scratching and sage jus could sit alongside beef in a sweet Thai red curry with lime leaf, lemongrass, peanuts and basil.