Pizza Pan Ltd

Pizza Pan trades a few doors up from Yat Wing on the same Somercotes Hill terrace, running as the village's independent pizza shop. The trick that keeps locals coming back is in the name — proper pan-style pizzas with the chewier, slightly thicker base that suits the toppings the shop is best known for, including the Mac and Cheese pizza that comes up over and over in reviews.

The kitchen is family-run and small, and customer comments consistently lean on the same two points: the food itself and the welcome. Friendly staff and a willingness to tweak orders go a long way in a village that has a decent run of pizza-kebab competition along Nottingham Road and back up the hill in Alfreton. It's a collection-focused shop more than a delivery operation, and for Somercotes that's the right shape — most of its trade walks in off the hill or drives the short distance from the surrounding lanes.