Elizabeth Black / 17 March 2025 / Categories: Food & Drink, Pubs

The Badgers Sett Bradgate Park

Great pub location for walkers and hikers Leicestershire

We love to get our dogs out at the weekend and as the weather gets better we’ll often drive across to Bradgate Park where for the price of the parking (weekends and bank holidays included) there are some incredible of the beaten path places to walk, hike and explore.

Up until recently we’ve been going to the Griffin Inn in Swithland, a cashless establishment opened by two cricketers, Stuart Broad and Robert Gurney and going from strength to strength awarded Gastro pub of the year for Leicestershire, 2023, 2024

Except they’ve changed the menu and the two best things in my humble opinion are no longer available, the rainbow slaw and the Rocket and pesto salad.

So we switched things up and went to the Badgers Sett instead which is close by in the picturesque village of Cropston.

The setting was perfect. It was too cold to sit outside but there’s a massive beer garden with big umbrellas that looks inviting if the sun was shining.

The food is middle of the road at best. The menu, scampi and chips, burger and chips type faire. Plant based was a struggle, and the service haphazard even though it wasn’t busy.

The food is not gourmet or gastro. We were disappointed and the same price as other places in the area. We had two main course, chips, a drink each and the bill was £60.

We didn’t leave a tip.

Lovely country pub, great setting perfect for a drink and sit down. If you like a Toby carvery you might be alright with the food. If you have special dietary requirements or like a more a la carte dining experience this might be one to swerve.