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Best International Restaurant - Moon Sha

Great For: Respectable business lunches or lively team nights out.
Customer Says: "Great food, great locations and great people."
About: Moonsha delivers a vibrant theatre of authentic food from the far-east with a Japanese emphasis at its core, ramen, bento boxes and all. You can choose between a variety of seating options, including the bustling main dining hall, the teppanyaki area where you sit high and watch your food being prepared and cooked by the entertaining chefs.
Address: 4 Friary St, Derby, DE1 1JF
Phone Number: 01332 343288
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Great For: Pretending you are in Paris - just for a day.
Customer Says: "The occasional gourmet evengings are a real treat for that special evening".
About: Le Bistrot Pierre is Derby's most established French bistrot, located right in the heart of the city's restaurant quarter on Friargate renowned for its provincial French cooking, which is served to a high standard and affordably priced.
Address: 18 Friar Gate, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 1BX
Phone Number: 01332 370470
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Great For: Being spoilt for choice for healty lunch options.
Customer Says: "A great place to meet network and eat amazing lunch."
About: Located in trendy Friar Gate Studios Bean Caffe is a buzzy venue, packed each day with Derby's creative companies. A place for quality homemade products, the menu consists of homemade dishes ranging from breakfast, sandwiches and light bites at lunch to main courses.
Address: Friar Gate Studios, Friar Gate, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 1EE
Phone Number: 01332 258318
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Great For: A unique drink in a tranquil, relaxed environment.
Customer Says: "Red Zebra is brilliant for a cheeseboard and some wine! Perfect evening."
About: With wine, whisky and champagne tastings, two Moroccan themed rooms, secret garden and 200 year-old cellar, Red Zebra is a very tranquil relaxed environment with one of Derby's largest selections of wines, spirits and whisky.
Address: Queen St, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3DL
Phone Number: 01332 295077
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Great For: A traditional pint of real-ale and fantastic modern pub food.
Customer Says: "Fabulous traditiona pub with top food, local ales and always something going on."
About: The Exeter Arms has reinvented itself as a traditional real ale pub with an imaginative food menu to match. As a Dancing Duck Brewery Free House there is no surprise that top quality beer gives the place its heartbeat but look out for live bands playing in the beer garden and acoustic evenings every Wednesday.
Address: Exeter Place, Derby, DE1 2EU
Phone Number: 01332 605323
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Great For: Sandwiches made from freshly baked bread!.
Customer Says: "Amazing results, great taste and an awesome breakfast."
About: Located on The Strand in the heart of the historic Cathedral Quarter, Baked is Derby's first artisan bakery and café. Passionate about food using traditional methods and the best quality, locally sourced ingredients.
Address: 16 The Strand, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 1BE
Phone Number: 01332 346804
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Great For: Modern pub food overlooking the Trent Canal.
Customer Says: "When the sun shines the Dragon is the place to go with a great canal side garden."
About: The Dragon, is a 150 year old pub with character, charm and a warm welcome, in the heart of Willington village backing on to the Trent and Mersey canal. It has recently been renovated and restored and the introduction of the new beer garden at the back on the edge of the canal is a big hit with locals and visitors.
Address: The Green, Willington, Derby, DE65 6BP
Phone Number: 01332 704795
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Great For: Exceptional food presented in a cosy setting
Customer Says: "The food at Zest is original, interesting and always great quality".
About: Restaurant Zest is a relaxed, high quality restaurant situated in the heart of Derby's restaurant quarter, and serves modern British and European 'fine dining' in a non-intimidating way. Tucked away on George Street in a beautiful, converted former stables building, the dining room is smart but relaxed, and the atmosphere fresh and welcoming.
Address: 16d George St, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 1EH
Phone Number: 01332 381101
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