Michelin
- Pub of the Year 2008
- One star since 2002
Good Pub Guide
- 6th Best Pub in the UK 2013
-Inn of the Year 2008
-Leicestershire & Rutland Dining Pub of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Good Hotel Guide
- Restaurant-with-Rooms Award 2012
- Entry every year since 2007
AA Guide - Two Rosettes awarded every year since 2001
Hardens Restaurant Guide
- 12th most mentioned restaurant outside of London.
"A unique combination of homeliness and top-class, imaginative food" has won an absolutely huge following for this "unpretentious" - and, for most reporters, "faultless" - rural boozer, just off the A1.
Cask Marque
- Award for Real Ales
The Good Food Guide - Entry every year since 2003
Leicestershire & Rutland Restaurant Awards
- Gastro Pub of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Local Produce Menu of the Year 2006
Les Routiers
- National Inn of the Year 2001
- Central England Wine List of the Year 2003
- Central England Inn of the Year 2003
