The Plough Inn

We stayed 2 nights and room was comfy, bathroom looked recently done up, and food was good - but absolutely devastated to have NO HOT WATER on BOTH MORNINGS! On 1st morning the owner (eventually) showed me to a room (across the courtyard in a different building) to use the shower - he had initially said all their rooms have independent hot water, but then he said the 3 rooms currently being used were all on the same water system - and rather patronisingly suggested it was probably the fault of the "lady upstairs who might have had a bath"??!! How he thought it would be the lady I don't know? And, if a room has a bath, surely they must expect the bath to be used? He promised there would be no problem on day 2 - but worse, there wasn't even hot water first thing to wash with - and again - COLD SHOWER!!! By then all other rooms were occupied and he gave me no option other than to wait until the water warmed up, which was at least another 30-40 minutes, so I ended up being an hour late for breakfast, all of which stressed us out & totally spoiled the day. They did refund some of our money but that didn't really compensate. What is the point of redecorating all the bathrooms if the water system can't cope?

Such a shame this once great Sunday lunch venue has gone downhill. This was me and my friends no10 out of 10 places for Sunday lunch..used to tick all the boxes… Parsnips HOME MADE gravy Yummy veg Lovely roasties Feels like they’ve discovered cheaper tasteless alternatives ..then all became clear when we went outside and saw the Porche with private plough reg..

Really comfortable room and an excellent dinner and breakfast. Service really good too, altogether excellent. The location is also good for Stanage Edge for walkers and climbers, and then nearly is the impressive David Mellor Cutlery store.

Booked for a family meal. All ate from the pub classics. All very good and flavoursome with attentive but low key service. The steak and ale and fish pies were very good, Eton mess was amazing apparently although I couldn’t get my son to share! Great pint of Guinness! Highly recommend!

We had an evening meal here. Unfortunately my husband's chicken was a little pink, and my pork belly was extremely sickly with far too many purees. The pork skin was soggy too rather than crispy which made it sickly. I couldn't eat it as i felt sick after a few mouthfuls. The waiter could see we left most of our food and we told him why but he just took the plates away. We left pretty quickly as I felt so sick. Had to get food from the local convenience store later It's a nice pub in terms of atmosphere and location but the service was really poor. The menu had a good selection so maybe just a bad night for the chefs.

We decided to spent our first anniversary date here. We were pleasantly surprised with the food. The homemade pie of the day (steak and Guinness) was the best pie I ever had and my wife had the steak which was incredibly superb. Definitely recommend this place also for the beautiful scenery outside.