The Mussel and Crab is the best place in the region to dine out - and that's official!

For the Mussel and Crab has scooped the prestigious Les Routiers restaurant of the Year Award for Central England and East Anglia

Proud winners! - Bruce and Allison show off their
Les Routiers Restaurant of the Year Award in London

Opened at Sibthorpe Hill, Tuxford, 10 years ago by Bruce and Allison Elliott-Bateman, the Mussel and Crab beat off opposition from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, West Midlands including Birmingham & Dudley, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Bruce, who received his accolade at the Les Routiers award Dinner at Park Lane in London in September said: "We are very proud to have been chosen ahead of some stiff opposition from such a vast area of the country."

"It is a great honour to be recognised by our own industry and much of the credit must go to our dedicated staff, including a team of eight chefs."

Apart from an imaginative range of seafood dishes, discerning Mussel and Crab diners have been attracted by an ambitious programme of improvements over the last few years.

The Mediterranean style curved zinc bar was the first of its kind in Britain

The Piazza Room was added, with its meticulously painted murals. And later, a Roof Garden and Alfresco terrace were opened to complement the restaurant's Mediterranean Room and traditional dining area.

Now Bruce and Allison are planning to build some luxurious bedrooms for diners, and extend their award-winning kitchen to enable them to smoke their own fish.

Sibthorpe Hill
Tuxford
Nottinghamshire
NG22 0PJ
UK

Tel: 01777 870491