Herts, Beds and Bucks resturant and pub recommendations
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We've got a Tabure in Berkhamsted.
The food is pretty good. What lets it down is that they serve it tapas-style, so dishes arrive as they're ready and given the menu, that doesn't really work - you end up finishing with something that should be an accompaniment to another dish.
Plus the service at ours is pretty dreadful.
I really want it to get better. I'll try it again soon to see if it has.
The food is pretty good. What lets it down is that they serve it tapas-style, so dishes arrive as they're ready and given the menu, that doesn't really work - you end up finishing with something that should be an accompaniment to another dish.
Plus the service at ours is pretty dreadful.
I really want it to get better. I'll try it again soon to see if it has.
A couple of decent curry houses - Chilli Lounge and the Lancer. There's a good brunch-late lunch place called Taste. Some of the other pubs do, er, pub food. The George is Sunday roast fare.
If your definition of local includes Letchworth and Hitchin, you've got a lot more choices, including some that are better.
If your definition of local includes Letchworth and Hitchin, you've got a lot more choices, including some that are better.
The Black Horse at Ireland used to be a good localish outing ( https://blackhorseireland.com/ ) - but not been in a few years. Driving distance, the Fox at Willian ( http://www.foxatwillian.co.uk/ ) - again not been there in a while.
FML
Being in Baldock, you can easily get the train to Letchworth which has a few options.
FML
Being in Baldock, you can easily get the train to Letchworth which has a few options.
PS - If you're new to Baldock you need to know about Chapmans Butchers - teaser video from a few weeks ago - https://www.facebook.com/ChapmansButchers/videos/1...
Edited by Chris Type R on Thursday 30th November 20:52
Chris Type R said:
The Black Horse at Ireland used to be a good localish outing ( https://blackhorseireland.com/ ) - but not been in a few years. Driving distance, the Fox at Willian ( http://www.foxatwillian.co.uk/ ) - again not been there in a while.
FML
Being in Baldock, you can easily get the train to Letchworth which has a few options.
I guess we typed pretty much at the same time - spooky to mention the same place - we used to frequent the Black Horse when we lived in Meppershall.FML
Being in Baldock, you can easily get the train to Letchworth which has a few options.
Another good place, although not been there for a while, was http://www.redcoats.co.uk/ . Also hear good things about the Japanese in Hitchin.
Welcome to the area.
Horse, I meant the Horse.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 30th November 23:38
had ham said:
Also hear good things about the Japanese in Hitchin.
Welcome to the area.
Visited there last Friday, really great food!Welcome to the area.
Spindoctor said:
Just next door is The Hermit of Redcoats which isn't owned by them (yet) and does good gastro pub food. Not exactly local to Baldock though.
I'm originally from Kimpton so know the Harpenden, St Albans and Hitchin are very well. The Hermit of Redcoats has been our go to Sunday roast restaurant for a few years, not just be cause of the food but because they are exceptionally accommodating with my wheelchair bound older sister who has Cerebral Palsy.Thanks for the recommendations guys! I'll be checking them all out over the coming months!
I did order Chinese from Eat Well a few weeks ago, utterly dreadful. I ended up throwing 3/4 of it away.
Edited by offspring86 on Friday 1st December 09:59
Ah, so you probably know more about the places West of Baldock than I do then!
So, how about looking Eastwards? There's the very good Bushel and Strike in Ashwell (and two other pubs if memory serves, and Ashwell's a nice little place to visit). There's The Bull at Cottered, with the added attraction of a drive along the A507 - which can be fun, or the Sword Inn Hand at Westmill, which is excellent. Or even further East is the Cricketers in Clavering, Jamie Oliver's folk's place.
Or come over to Much Hadham and sample my local, The Bull, or the Fox and Hounds up the road in Hunsdon.
So, how about looking Eastwards? There's the very good Bushel and Strike in Ashwell (and two other pubs if memory serves, and Ashwell's a nice little place to visit). There's The Bull at Cottered, with the added attraction of a drive along the A507 - which can be fun, or the Sword Inn Hand at Westmill, which is excellent. Or even further East is the Cricketers in Clavering, Jamie Oliver's folk's place.
Or come over to Much Hadham and sample my local, The Bull, or the Fox and Hounds up the road in Hunsdon.
Spindoctor said:
had ham said:
The Bull at Cottered, with the added attraction of a drive along the A507 - which can be fun
Nice pub, fantastic driving road when its not too busy.Those 90 degree bends have caught a lot of people out.
Btw, not been in the Bull for over 30 years!
I've been meaning to try The Bull in Cottered, I pass it every morning and evening on my commute (I agree, the 507 is excellent fun when empty!). I may have o give it a try this weekend following the good reviews!
My nephew visited and stayed over this weekend and insisted on having fish and chips for dinner. Picked it up from Fish'n'Chick'n, it wasn't half bad!
My nephew visited and stayed over this weekend and insisted on having fish and chips for dinner. Picked it up from Fish'n'Chick'n, it wasn't half bad!
The Fox is top end food, probably rather more ambitious and correspondingly expensive than the others mentioned. I haven't sampled Redcoats yet but I believe that's going to be similar. Anglian Inns do know what they're doing that's for sure. (Fox, hermitage , Redcoats, the Cricketers in Weston) -all theirs, all very good though very different.
Chris Type R said:
Spindoctor said:
Had an excellent dinner recently at the Grapevine restaurant in Letchworth. Very good Turkish food, lively atmosphere. One of several new eating and drinking places that are transforming Letchworth - good to see at last.
Been meaning to go there. We're reasonably spoiled compared to 2002 when we moved to the area.Dblue said:
The Fox is top end food, probably rather more ambitious and correspondingly expensive than the others mentioned. I haven't sampled Redcoats yet but I believe that's going to be similar. Anglian Inns do know what they're doing that's for sure. (Fox, hermitage , Redcoats, the Cricketers in Weston) -all theirs, all very good though very different.
After a period of nearly a year without a pub in the village ACI have also just taken over the Lytton Arms in Old Knebworth which I am very much looking forward to. Sadly the old Landlord passed away early last year, and with The Station closed as well the only place for a beer is the golf club or curry house! The Lytton used to have a fine range of ales but was very dated inside and the food was mediocre at best. According to my wife's family it used to be a great place in the 90's and was always teeming with punters at the weekend. Hopefully they can get the right mix of good pub food and keep the real ale element. Judging by their efforts elsewhere it should be excellent!
CB07 said:
After a period of nearly a year without a pub in the village ACI have also just taken over the Lytton Arms in Old Knebworth which I am very much looking forward to. Sadly the old Landlord passed away early last year, and with The Station closed as well the only place for a beer is the golf club or curry house!
The Lytton used to have a fine range of ales but was very dated inside and the food was mediocre at best. According to my wife's family it used to be a great place in the 90's and was always teeming with punters at the weekend. Hopefully they can get the right mix of good pub food and keep the real ale element. Judging by their efforts elsewhere it should be excellent!
It'll be great to see it open again, I used to love cycling over there in the summer for a pint. The building itself is stunning to look at.The Lytton used to have a fine range of ales but was very dated inside and the food was mediocre at best. According to my wife's family it used to be a great place in the 90's and was always teeming with punters at the weekend. Hopefully they can get the right mix of good pub food and keep the real ale element. Judging by their efforts elsewhere it should be excellent!
Thanks for the recommendations recently everyone, I met up with my sister and parents for Sunday lunch at the Fox at Willian yesterday. Excellent food and a good selection of beer. We'll be sure to visit there again soon.
Edited by offspring86 on Monday 26th March 13:23
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