Cart and Horses in Three Rivers

"Fish" Friday lunch with family. The car park was nearly full when we arrived, so we knew it would be good. The kitchen was under a bit of pressure, but our food arrived hot and was worth the wait. The staff were brilliant: 10/10! We will be back. Plenty of foot paths connecting the pub, so it's ideal for ramblers with empty bellies. 😀

Great food, great staff, would recommend!

Brilliant pub. Great food at amazing price, good beer, perfect location and, most importantly, great staff. A lucky chance find. Thanks guys.

Lovely pub, great food and staff 👍

First time to the Cart & Horses. It was a bit busy & had a great atmosphere. The food was lovely & they have just the right choices. They have a good range of drinks & the Tring "Side Pocket" was as good as it is at the brewery. Hope to come back again soon. Thank You.

Omg the steaks are perfect, big compliments to the chef who we met last time we were here! Catered for our diet needs perfectly.

We booked here for a birthday dinner prior to going to the Harry Potter tour. Thank god we booked as it was packed out. But the food was sensational. Some of the best food I have ever had in a pub. Great price as well.

Great pub with excellent food. Very good value and friendly hardworking staff

Absolutely appalling service firstly they couldn’t find me a table that I had booked a week ago then we waited for fifteen minutes and was not even asked if we wanted a drink in this time another customer a friend of the bar maid was seated next to me and enjoying his nice cold pint to which we decided to get up and leave I would never go there again or recommend it to anyone appalling service very cramped and dirty premises

Perfect steaks for a meat eating family

MAN the food here was nice!! I had Rib eye steak and salad , and it was absolutely lovely!!! Rib eye can be hit and miss at times because of the fat content - but this was cooked perfectly medium rare and there was no gristle whatsoever - salad was fresh and crunchy, with nothing over the top and silly about it. It just complemented the steak and freshened the palate. Which was exactly what it was there to do. Job done. Loved it. My friend had beef nachos and chicken burger which he said was the best he’s had - it was huge too… Our lovely waitress was called Lauren (A Rock Chick out front! Always good to see!🤘🤘) and she absolutely smashed it! They all did to be fair. Knowledgable , attentive, helpful , funny and down to earth. They deserve 5 stars all day long So then … (out of 5 of course!) Food 5 Service 5 (and some!!) Ambience - 4 (depends if you like busy though!)

Old English pub full of character and warm feelings. Food is very affordable and well prepared. The team is welcoming and very professional.

First time here! The missus noticed the pub had mentioned on social media that they were doing a 'slow cooked lamb' in a bun so as it was sort of local we drove up there and grabbed a cheeky shandy & bun then headed outside to the barn (heated) to munch said-bap. Winner! What great food and what fab friendly staff. Will be back for a 'proper' dinner ASAP, as the people in the pub being served looked on with glee at what the chef was bringing out for them. Yes please & see you soon!

Been there a couple of times now and I love it. The homenade pies are truly amazing. It's true cooking as it once was and should still be IMHO. A log fire too. Great, really efficient team supporting a very friendly, happy owner who also happens to be the chef! Brilliant. Oh the Merlot is very quaffable! Thoroughly recommend.

Always a warm welcome here. A really nice cozy, country pub. Food portions are very generous and very well prepared. My sirloin steak was excellent and cooked just as I like it. All other meals reported as being excellent. All round enjoyment and great value for money. Highly recommended!

Sunday roast was fantastic as always and couldn't fault the service. Look forward to going again soon.

Just visited for a meal before Christmas with a large group of friends. From the point I booked, the service has been amazing. Nicki has been in touch with me to organise our table so we managed to pre order which was great. Service was superb when we got there despite messing around with numbers a few times (my mistake!). Food was really nice overall and reasonably priced.

Lovely Sunday lunch, very kind staff the meals were huge and definitely worth every penny

Had a lovely evening, the staff were excellent very friendly and welcoming. Food was cooked to perfection. Would definitely recommend. Would also pre book especially on a Sunday as there roasts are out of this world.

We had Sunday Lunch on a very busy afternoon, the staff were all very helpful and delivery of the food was very quick. I had chicken and my husband had beef, both very good and generous portions. Thanks to our waitress Lauren who was very professional 👏

We recently dined out at The Cart and Horses after hearing about their meals and the large portion sizes. So we definitely had to go there and try their steak specials on Saturdays. My husband had the T bone steak which he said was amazing. I had the ribeye....Omg! Mouth watering and sooo tender! Wow!! What a treat!! We definitely will be returning and have been recommending this hidden gem to all our family and friends.

We have been meaning to go here for ages as we moved locally more than 5 years ago. Unfortunately we won't be returning. The pub was dirty everywhere. The blinds were so dirty, dirty tissue hung in there, the chairs were filthy. Ordering was fine. Food arrived and looked ok. Basic pub fare. There was a problem in which we were covered in food as a result of the restaurant. New clothes were ruined, meal was ruined and my husband's jumper needs to be dry cleaned. The response wasn't great. We ate with splattered sauce still covering just about everything around us including our shoes and chairs even in my son's hair. I don't know even know what to say. We haven't had an experience like that anywhere else to even compare. Money is tight and it was a special day out but not so much now. We all left feeling disappointed.

We picked a very busy Sunday to visit for Sunday lunch here with friends. The food was plentiful and delicious. The price point was just right. The service was as good as it could be on such a busy day. The waitress was aware that our waiting times were long and she was very apologetic. No service charge is added to the bill here so please remember to tip the waitress as she works very hard. The wine and beer was very good and also well-priced. I would go again. Give it a try.

Delicious food! We went on a Wednesday, had the 🥧 turkey and leek, and peppered steak pies. Came with lots of lovely vegetable and lovely chips. Very filling! Worth the price! We will be back.

Oh my word! What a cracking pub. Superb choice of food at a pocket friendly price. Warm service and great portions. We had the beef suet pudding and gammon steak. Both were faultless. Get booked up. Many thanks

Fantastic Sunday lunch and day out, with our delicious roast dinners, served by the lovely Lauren who's service was top notch. Will be back again for sure and have already recommended to friends

Cozy country pub, the food was epic ( but massive you have been warned 😂 )

Turned up on the off chance of getting a table in this busy eatery. We were fitted in food & service was excellent again !!!

Really, fabulous steaks for lunch....on Steak Tuesday! Thank you, Cart & Horses.....we'll be back!!!!

Great food, hanging skewers were on special which made choice easy. Friendly staff and fast service. All round great time especially after the stress of GCSE results day!

Pub itself and gardens lovely. First disappointment - no bitter apart from bottles !! Chose "Ham, eggs and chips with peas" and received two crunchy fried eggs with hard yolks, mediocre ham, thin dry oven chips and no peas. Far more expensive than similar more appetizing offerings at other pubs in the area. Won't be rushing back.

After a long absence ( don't know why) we visited on Tuesday evening and had a very pleasant meal, service and atmosphere all great and a great blue cheese burger

Lovely food large portion and not to bissy for lunchtime meal

08/08- I wanted to update my review after receiving a lovely call today. In which the Cart & Horses apologised for our experience on sunday, gave me an update on action taken & offered us a free return meal on the house for the family. Good customer service 🙂. Such a shame, the food was amazing this afternoon. However our family Sunday lunch was disturbed with the domestic in the kitchen. The pub overheard, whilst eating their lunch. Not a good atmosphere &. no one apologised after the pub heard the row from the kitchen nor did anyone acknowledged what the whole pub had experienced/overheard. We spend most of our Sunday lunch explaining the behaviour of staff to our children & asking them not to repeat. We wont be back unfortunately, although we have always loved the food. The remaining staff, did what they could, but got orders wrong & forgot things.

Excellent food at good prices. We'll go back again.

Very tasty food. Large portions. Good service

Delicious chicken kebab skewers. Nice pub. Only a couple of cocktail options

Great little pub but really needs to update the website in terms of the lunch menu. Made a trip to the pub based on the website only to find that there is a single menu covering lunches and evenings. Not everyone wants a large lunch. Very disappointed as the lunch menu used to be good.

Small inside but food was great and portions size was great. Smallish bar made service a little slow but that's being picky

Really amazing pub! Staff lovely and food is great!Top quality! Nice location in the countryside! We been there for fews Sunday roast and a dinner...top pub!

Our favourite pub! The atmosphere is amazing and the servers are SO friendly, it made the whole experience 10x better. The food is great quality too and they’re 100% dog friendly. The best pub near Kings Langley

Fab, I wish I still lived in the area

Lovely little pub, with a great garden. We just popped in for a drink but had the car, if only we had got a taxi I'd have stayed all night. The bouncy castle was up for the kids. Loved the little shed booths in the garden. Cosy inside and service was great. Would love to go back.

PIE NIIIITE!!! Do not eat all day, as this is an absolute feast! Wednesday's thing is a choice of proper pies with cases, not just puffcrust on a stew!! Huge meal... and my suet pudden was just comfort food heaven!

A nice dog friendly pub. You will not leave there hungry as portions are very tasty and large. Update We had not been there for a few years as the service was so slow every time we went there . We went today, they are still looking for staff and we could not get any food, as there was going to be a wedding party there later in the day. We did not even get offered a small dish or something simple. It's a shame they have not got their act together three years later.

Really lovely pub and garden area and friendly staff. We had Sunday roast here which was delicious but be warned the portions are big! Especially the shoulder of lamb! We probably shouldn't have had starters! Will definitely come again. Will be lovely for drinks in the garden on a summer evening.

Lovely pub, beautiful garden, delicious food and amazing staff. Will be back!

Gone down hill. Ordered the lamb shoulder which I used to order a while back. Took people with me as I'd recommended it highly and both of us disappointed with the lamb. Gristly, fatty and cooked too fast that you couldn't cut it. Even with a steak knife. For some reason, Google wouldn't let me upload my photos of the pile of fat received on my plate

This place has gone downhill. Now seem to focus on crap quantity over quality. We ordered the lamb shoulder x 2 and it was inedible. Fatty, greasy and gristly. It had clearly been cooked so fast that it was too tough. Had the same experience a month or so ago but gave it the benefit of the doubt.

Always a friendly welcome awaits you at the pub. Nice setting and good range of drinks and a decent pub style food menu. Food is always good and I would recommend the chip shop platter complete with curry sauce!

Meal was great and staff very helpful and welcoming. Looking forward to going again, especially for the frickles

Very nice pub!!! Staff is amazing!!!! Truly recommended!!!! For sure one of the best place where having a lunch !!! If you are going on Sunday, you make your day special with a marvellous Sunday roast !!! A big thanks to the ladies and to the chef who makes a great service !!!!

One of the best places to have Sunday lunch. The portions are absolutely massive. The service is spot on a very friendly. It has outdoor space and a bouncing castle for the kids the summer.

Always the best roast.. genuinely the staff/hospitality are amazing!

Pleasant service. Food was good; limited menu. Maybe better in the summer? No complaints but nothing to rave about either.

Amazing food and service as always. Such a lovely country pub, a warm, friendly atmosphere. I will definitely be returning ☺️

Very attentive and friendly staff, excellent quality food and there is so much of it - too much if that’s a thing! Great veg, meat and beer. It’s a little cramped and noisy inside but that’s the nature of the place. Highly recommended.

Lovely pub, food and beer good, gentle service. Warm atmosphere not only for fire flame. 🔥I'll turn surely. 🍻🥩 Alegri

Amazing service and delicious food. The atmosphere is quite unique and it really feels like being deep in the country side while at the same time the place being a short drive away from London.

Had pie and mash. Very tasty. Friend had suet steak n kidney pie which was delish.

Popped in on the off chance as we found ourselves without plans. Lovely traditional country pub with friendly staff and home cooked food. We both had the pepper steak pie which was delicious. Will definitely be going back to try more of the interesting looking menu.

Lovely pub, very friendly staff. Will definitely be back.

This was a really nice country pub tucked away up a back Road off of a country lane. It was a large place with a big garden which I imagine could be used for its best advantage in the summer. The staff were really nice. Unfortunately my experience last night was only let down due to the fact that the chef was new, and head chef was not there to assist. My any of chicken on skewers took a while and was not fully cooked, then when it was sent back at came back slightly burnt. I’m a very understanding guy but to be honest I do believe honestly that the food shouldn’t have been sent out like that on either occasion, however, I’ll let it go and definitely would still recommend you to go to this pub when the head chef is in as I hear it usually does amazing food (otherwise ask for it to be well done) but not too well done 😂Also there was a flood in the men’s toilets which is also very unfortunate and I really don’t want to put the amazing place down and I’m sure it was just a one off and due to it being just before Christmas they were probably bit short on staffed in the kitchen.

Fantastic Food from Chef Will..and super service from excellent Tia, they helped organise a family Christmas lunch which with a dog and everyone we had a fantastic time, including the dog..who had a few dog treats from the bar!

No single thing that justifies 5*, but many things above average generous portions, moderately priced food, good selection of draft ciders and beers, excellent location for walking & dog friendly, adequate parking. This place is best week days, especially eating as the building is small and it is very popular. There is a large garden and a marquee, so it copes with week end crowding. It is a very different place summer weekends, compared to winter weekdays.

Disappointing my scampi was unedited over cooked.

Always very welcoming and a dog friendly enjoyable place to eat

Just EXCELLENT Great Pub..! Great Food..!

Unbelievable food, friendly staff.

Fantastic food, lovely people serving

Had some amazing ribs here the other day after a really pretty walk through some local fields from Kings Langley.

My wife and I had a lovely pub lunch at the Cart & Horses today. Delicious food, excellent value and friendly, prompt service. We will be back again soon!

Wonderful service, amazing food. Toffee apple crumble.... wow!!

Have stopped at The Cart & Horses a few times when out on my bike but today I was with the family and on a dog walk and thought we'd give lunch a go. And I am glad we did. I had the black and blue burger (blue cheese) and it was absolutely fantastic, my youngest (11) and my partner had the fish and chips that was excellent with my eldest (15) wolfed down her chicken burger. Be 'warned' portion sizes are massive! Service was lovely from the team. The pub looked good and the garden even had a bouncy castle for younger guests to be entertained. Will most definitely be returning.

Amazing amazing amazing Fantastic food, fantastic service, friendly great atmosphere will be going back

Great food and great service and atmosphere.

Cant thank Kelly and Nikki enough for the fabulous service and attention for my sons 21st party...the food was phenomenal 👌 It was a fabulous day,made by the incredible staff and chef's...thank you so much...highly reccomend for party's and events 💯

Overall a very disappointing visit. Ordered a Sunday roast and the lamb was inedible. They slapped some beef on the plate instead but the rest of the food was equally as bad. Chaotic atmosphere and very strange service.

We had been recommended this pub/restaurant on many occasions and we wasn’t disappointed. Good choice of food on menu. Friendly and helpful staff. Very generous portions.

It's ok not great, but ok. Can't fault the staff very cheerful helpful great service

very good food and very very good service from our waiter Jason really very attentive and nice

Fantastic pub - amazing food. We went with friends on Tuesday. Steak night. Lovely sirloin steak for £10. Amazing quality and very large steak! Great quality food and great range of beers and drinks. 100% will be returning!

Good pub for Sunday lunch, book if you can as it is always busy.

Quiet location where dogs are welcome and there is room for children to play. Shade form trees and a tall hedge, We ate in the shady, smaller front garden where service was good. Plenty of car parking, and a 15 minute walk along footpaths takes you past the Apostles Pond and through the cool woods to the cricket pitch and Two Brewers on Chipperfield Common. What's not to like? Stephen

A huge thank you to the landlord and everyone at the Cart and Horses, from Harpenden and Wheathampstead fire crews. On the hottest day on record, and during an exhausting day, between jobs we were filling up the pump from the hydrant outside. All 8 of us were given refreshing cold drinks. So thoughtful and greatly appreciated on such a hot day. We wish you every success.

I had forgotten what a delightful pub this is. A most enjoyable lunchtime today with warm and friendly service and very enjoyable food. Will be back soon as this is very much my type of pub!

Food was outstanding as usual, staff seem to be a friendly bunch too. Would highly recommend.

Lovely food, big garden nice. Also really good service fast and efficient.

The best, fresh, fish and chips.!! Consistently good.

only my second visit, after an 8 year gap, when there were Morris dancers - but that's not what kept me away for so long. Great food, friendly service. I must try and revisit before 2030 :)

The quality of the food was excellent and the service very good. A real find in the local area!

Food not great but staff where friendly and helpful

What a joke of a place. Booked 3 weeks ago for Sunday lunch at 3pm for a birthday meal. Sunny day. Arrived. Staff are flustered and short with us. We sit down and order drinks. 25 minutes later, drinks arrive and food order taken. 40 mins later we chase them up. Told that they are plating. 20 mins later we chase again. “chef is plating”. 20 mins later food arrives staggered. I’ve never seen sirloin of beef sliced and griddled cooked to death on both sides before!?!?! Bizarre. All the veg was tough on the outside and raw on the middle. It’s a tiny pub. The owners are clearly greedy and try to cater for 100s of outside ‘walk-ins’ rather than give a monkeys about the punters that have booked. 1 Course in 2 hours. The waitress was utterly hopeless. Without our suggestion, she said the management would be over… this didn’t happen. She then randomly said they’d give us 15% off the bill which they then gave 50% off. I didn’t even eat my meal as it was so bad. Real, real shame. If the suns out, don’t bother visiting unless you want to take your top off and start booting a football about (as the large group of drunken lads did there). Embarring place.

What a joke of a place. Booked 3 weeks ago for Sunday lunch at 3pm for a birthday meal. Sunny day. Arrived. Staff are flustered and short with us. We sit down and order drinks. 25 minutes later, drinks arrive and food order taken. 40...

Fab food, great service well worth a visit to this country pub.

Lovely lunch in a nice location!

This pub is very pretty with a lovely location. However we were at this pub sunday 8/5/ 22 for my birthday lunch with family. Im sorry to say that the food in my opinion was very poor, i had a VEGETARIAN roast, much to my horror there was a sausage meat ball included !!! The roast potatoes were not fresh, yorshires were paper thin and just disintegrated, also my dish was dry so had to ask for gravy!!! 2 of the other dishes which were Meat roasts also had the same problem with vegatables etc ! .!! Also on receiving our meals there was know cutlery available for some time, hence food was cold !! My son complained at the time , and the manager did come to the table, never offered to replace my vegetarian meal, but just offered an apology and a small deduction in the bill. The young staff who served us were lovely and kept apologising. We have been to this pub before, but felt on sunday it was at bursting point !!!

It was a shame, although the staff were really great the food wasn't as lovely as on previous visits, perhaps it was a blip. I will visit again to check

The food and service were excellent and the ambiance added to the evening

We are local and visited today for a late lunch. The main lunch rush were just leaving so we didn't expect a long wait. We sat in the garden which was a bit of a mess, a metal structure by the pub, rubbish down the...