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The Badgers Sett

4.3
4.3
15 Reviews
£25 and under
International
  • Good for special occasions
  • Romantic
  • Child-friendly
Originally known as The Reservoir Inn, The Badger's Sett has always enjoyed beautiful views over Cropston Reservoir. Former landlords have found it hard to leave our idyllic setting in Cropston. The first owners ran The Badger's Sett for 30 years before passing it on to a couple who stayed nearly 20 years, to this day guests find it hard to leave the picturesque location of The Badger's Sett.

A peaceful retreat in the heart of rural Leicestershire, The Badger's Sett was built to cater for visitors to Cropston Reservoir and Bradgate Park, and for that reason large gardens were included for their enjoyment.

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What 15 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

4.3
4.3 based on all time ratings
  • 4.2Food
  • 4.1Service
  • 4.2Ambience
  • 4.1Value

NoiseModerate

15 Reviews
  1. PeterM

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 18 May 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    I have two English friends who visit Perth Australia on a regular basis and I had two cousins from Perth here on holiday and I thought it would be good for them to meet for the first time. We all had an enjoyable evening.

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  2. Conx

    Edinburgh

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 26 April 2019

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Nice food, great service if a little fast between courses

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  3. SueE

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 12 January 2019

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Excellent food, lovely staff and relaxed atmosphere. Thank you

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  4. RiniS

    London

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on 1 April 2018

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4
    Great location and good food although the service was not that great, expect a wait.

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  5. Estelle

    London

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 28 February 2018

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5
    Lovely birthday meal with my family. Food was lovely, went on a Wednesday night which was pie night. Service was a little slow but nothing to complain about. Finished off our meal with a desert. Overall lovely restaurant to go to.

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  6. OpenTable Diner

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on 23 January 2018

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Had a lovely meal at The Badgers with my daughter. Staff were attentive but not overly intrusive and could answer questions we had about the menu. A couple of the menu options were not available but otherwise could not fault the evening.

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  7. OpenTable Diner

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 12 November 2017

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 2
    Our food was served cold, asked for no salad dressing but the salad arrived with dressing, the drinks order had to be requested a second time and then only half arrived the rest 5 minutes later. A poor experience.

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  8. Kkkkk

    London

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 29 October 2017

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 3
    After booking online at 8:30am, the morning of the lunch (2:30pm) I received a booking confirmation of which I organised the family and met them at the pub. We arrived and there was no record of our booking and they were fully booked. We had a four year old and a month old baby as part of our party and waited over 20min in the bar area whilst the staff rather negatively/aggressively discussed if I was lying about the booking or not. Eventually they provided a table of six (a table had sat empty the whole time) and mentioned they had moved a few things round. Their excuse was the online booking system wasnt checked as they had been too busy to phone to say pub was full. I had travelled down from Sheffield for a special occasion and was happy nobody had told us. Lunch I can say was great but service wasn’t. Waited 15min to order our drinks and gave up after asking for he dessert menus after 20min of nobody attending our table. Ended up going to the local shop for dessert!

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  9. Elsie

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 1 October 2017

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4
    What a pity. Great location and ambience, decent menu, but the quality of food was average, and the service was shocking. We booked table for 4pm after a walk, which I hoped would avoid the main rush, but despite ordering shortly after arrival, our food didn't arrive til 5.30! Children were starving by this point. My son had ordered pasta from the children menu but the portion was tiny. We didn't dare order desert, usually the highlight for my children, for fear of an even longer wait. This could be a great place to dine if they paid a bit more attention to the quality and had the staff and service to manage it.

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  10. OpenTable Diner

    Leicestershire

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 10 September 2017

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Would think they would benefit from serving food on warm plates. That's why i didn't give it full star rating.

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The Badgers Sett is rated 4.3 stars by 15 OpenTable diners.

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Reservoir Road, Leicester, Leicestershire LE7 7GQ

Additional information

  • Area
    Thurcaston
  • Hours of Operation
    Monday - Saturday 12:00 - 23:00 Sunday: 12:00 - 22:30
  • Price
    £25 and under
  • Cuisines
    International
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Business Casual
  • Parking details
    None
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Bar Dining, Indoor Fireplace
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