Yardleys

Yardley's is a Spanish-style cafe bar and tapas room on Bridge Street in central Belper, the main parade running down from the Triangle to the bridge over the River Derwent. It is a sit-down bar and restaurant rather than a takeaway in the conventional sense — wine, cocktails and a tapas board are the core offer, with a few rolling specials and a Sunday option.

Tapas dishes are described in reviews as well presented in terracotta bowls with side salads and dips, and the kitchen earned a Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence in 2014 with several years of strong reviews afterwards. Patatas bravas, chorizo, garlic prawns and the meat-and-cheese boards turn up most often in customer favourites, and the staff are repeatedly described as friendly without being over-attentive — a place to settle in for an evening rather than a quick stop.

It is one of the small group of evening venues that gives the upper end of Bridge Street its trade after the daytime shops close, and works as much as a wine bar as it does a restaurant. Check current opening hours before travelling, as some recent listings have flagged shorter trading patterns.