RestaurantsHertfordshireFlaundenHP3

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Summary

£68
  £££
3
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4
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4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “very pleasant country pub” helmed by Sally & Alvin Michaels for two decades, and whose “good food” of Anglo-French bent (including home-smoked fish and meat, and local game) “attracts diners from well beyond its area”; indeed, one reporter who took far-flung American visitors found that they “loved the location and quaintness” of this attractive Georgian locale – also handy for the Harry Potter experience at Warner Bros Studio nearby.

Summary

£68
  £££
3
Good
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Emphatically “not your most ordinary pub” – this ivy-clad Georgian boozer in a “lovely countryside setting” has been well run by Sally & Alvin Michaels for twenty-odd years, and boasts a “good menu of delicious food”.

Summary

£64
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4
Very Good
3
Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “fantastic gastropub in the middle of nowhere” – if that’s possible in the thickly populated Chilterns, just a few miles from the M25 – was built 300 years ago, became a pub 190 years ago, and is approaching 20 years under the ownership of Sally & Alvin Michaels. The food – courtesy of chef Claude Paillet – is “always reliably good” and “full of flavour”. There are beams, log fires, ivy-clad walls and “plenty of outside seating” – not to mention the “lovely countryside”.

Summary

£54
   ££
3
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2
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3
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This ivy-clad gastropub, originally a trio of early-18th-century cottages, is popular among both locals and visitors to the nearby Warner Brothers studio for its “good-value pub grub”. Chef Claude Paillet trained under the legendary Pierre Gagnaire before switching his focus to heartier fare.

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The Bricklayers Arms Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of The Bricklayers Arms Restaurant in HP3, Flaunden by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of The Bricklayers Arms restaurant.
Simon F
Lovely old pub with exceptional pub dining....
Reviewed 7 months, 16 days ago

"Lovely old pub with exceptional pub dining. Wine wines by the glass too. "

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Nicholas R
Good food at this lunch was let down by str...
Reviewed 11 months, 5 days ago

"Good food at this lunch was let down by struggling service. Our waitress worked tirelessly but was on her own and had far too many tables to serve, and it wasn't clear that the kitchen wasn't understaffed too. The manager left for a meeting just as we got there. Lunch for four should not have taken over two hours, especially as we arrived for their 12.30 start"

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£12.90 £24.90 £7.95
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £21.50
Filter Coffee £4.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 12.50%
Hogpits Bottom, Flaunden, HP3 0PH
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Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 6 pm‑8:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9 pm
Sunday12 pm‑7 pm

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