Hardens Guide to the Best Restaurants in Hertfordshire
Hardens guides have spent 15 years compiling reviews of the best Hertfordshire restaurants. On Hardens.com you'll find details and reviews of 162 restaurants in Hertfordshire and our unique survey based approach to rating and reviewing Hertfordshire restaurants gives you the best insight into the top restaurants in every area and of every type of cuisine.
Featured Hertfordshire Restaurants
1. The Bricklayers Arms
British, Traditional restaurant in Flaunden
Hogpits Bottom - HP3
“All you want from country-pub fine dining”; it may be a “tricky place to find”, but this ever-popular rural boozer is well “worth the effort” by all accounts thanks to its “lovely location” and “amazing food”.
2. The Fox
British, Modern restaurant in Willian
In a pretty location off the A1, this village gastroboozer with rooms (part of Anglia Country Inns group) inspires consistently upbeat reports for its high standard of cooking, both in the bar and slightly smarter restaurant.
3. Savoro
British, Modern restaurant in Barnet
206 High Street - EN5
This hotel dining room, occupying a former boathouse set back from the main street, has built up a loyal local following for its “dependable food” – grilled fish, steaks, risotto and so on – and “reasonable prices” (especially the bargain set menu).
4. The Farmhouse at Redcoats
British, Modern restaurant in Hitchin
Redcoats Green - SG4
Limited but very upbeat feedback on this family-run hotel, set in the Hertfordshire countryside. In mid 2017 it was acquired by the local group Anglian Country Inns, who have announced a two-year upgrading programme and the introduction of a more field-to-fork culinary approach.
5. The Alford Arms
British, Modern restaurant in Frithsden
A “proper country pub” in a “lovely setting” that’s “back to its best after being closed due to fire” for six months in 2016; “the foods interesting without overdoing the inventiveness” and there’s a “buzzy atmosphere” (“best in the bar area”).
6. The Tilbury
British, Modern restaurant in Datchworth
Watton Rd - SG3
“Always on top form” – James & Tom Bainbridge’s village gastroboozer is “more than a pub, and deserves its popularity” owing to its “lovely” food.
7. Thompson
British, Modern restaurant in St Albans
2 Hatfield Rd - AL1
“The best restaurant in the area by a long way” say fans of ex-Auberge du Lac chef Phil Thompson’s town-centre venue: “lovely for a romantic meal for two” and “they do a great tasting menu with fresh ingredients” too.
8. The Fox And Hounds Restaurant & Bar
French restaurant in Hunsdon
2 High Street - SG12
A “lovely” decade-old country gastroboozer with a “great outdoor area and play stuff for the kids”; the menu includes a “variety of steak cuts from rare breed cattle including English Longhorn and Galloway, all grilled on a charcoal oven”.
9. Barrissimo
Sandwiches, cakes, etc restaurant in St Albans
28 St Peters St - AL1
“Everything is freshly prepared and served with a smile” at this friendly indie, still thriving after the departure of its popular former owners; it’s “so good to have such a high standard independent coffee shop in the centre of town”.
10. Prime Steak & Grill
Steaks & grills restaurant in St Albans
83 - 85 London Road - AL1
“A shining light in the culinary desert that is St Albans”, this “noisy” city-centre spot services “excellent steaks”, chased with “great cocktails”.
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