Craft and Cleaver in St Albans

Amazing food great service! Definitely coming back!

Wish there were more BBQ places like this one around, food was excellent! Very tasty! Highly recommend! Nice relaxed atmosphere (great playlist) and friendly staff - dogs welcome to! Do you fancy opening a restaurant in Salisbury? :)

First time I’ve been here and very impressed! My husband and I got a platter to share and we had plenty of food with some leftovers. While I wasn’t a massive fan of the sides, the meat was delicious. Will definitely be back!

Love the outdoor space on such a wonderful evening.

The best bar in St Albans and the best food. I didn’t think they could get better but the latest menu upgrade is out of this world!

Great options even for veggies. Friendly and efficient staff and a relaxed overall style.

Love this place. Food is always on point and service is excellent! Highly recommend the Texas Platter!

A fabulous meal once again. The ribs were fantastic. Four very happy and very full people. Will definitely be back again very soon!

Food was good ! Paper that came on trays was annoying as ended up in the food when you were eating ! X

Best BBQ food - Get one of “trays” to share (photo of Texas tray)

Unbelievable food and great atmosphere. You can't fault a single dish on the menu these guys know their stuff. I dare you not to like it

Brilliant with our kids, babe in highchair enjoyed the food too. Yum! Overheard another diner complaining unnecessarily and they handled it so professionally, was very impressed as my patience wouldn't have 😂

Amazing meal once again. how do you do it every time !!!

As always, a brilliant experience was amazing food and super service. Would highly recommend!

As always, great food and service!

The sharing platters were amazing, got to try the beef and pork and the food was exceptional. Great cocktails, great desserts, staff were really friendly. Must visit here

Perfect food. Perfect environment. I love the pull pork sandwich. Make sure to try it

Due to a mix up on our side where we hadn’t booked, we were still found a table and received great service. The food and drink were all amazing quality and the best smoked food we’d ever had. Would highly recommend

Really great meal and great service!

Superb dinner ! Lovely staff and great ambience. Will definitely be returning soon.

We had a great lunch here! The food was delicious and the service from Tatiana was awesome.

Great flavours, proper meat and hearty portion sizes. The brisket cigar appetiser was delightful.

Absolutely amazing food!! Me and friend were looking for a decent burger for dinner, found Craft and Cleaver online, and after looking at the photos went to try it out. We we surprised to see it was busy on a Wednesday night during the Easter break but after sitting down and seeing the menu, we realised it was a proper American style BBQ joint! No wonder it was busy. The server was really friendly and recommended the Texas Tray and we were not disappointed at all. The food was absolutely magnificent and I’m glad I had this rather than a burger. It was some of the best meat I’d ever eaten! It was so tender having been in the smoker for 8+ hours, and the beef just fell off the bone. It was so good and we couldn’t finish it all. I would 100 percent recommend this place especially if you’ve never tried American BBQ before. Fantastic food, friendly staff, and a great atmosphere.

This place is really nice. Great decor, enjoyable atmosphere. The staff are friendly, the menu is large and has good variety. We got the combo, which is a choice of two meats, two sides, and on Tuesdays you can get a cocktail for a pound more which is great. Excellent value, food is delicious, would recommend the sausage and the pork ribs. Cocktails were all excellent as well. Definitely worth a visit

Best proper barbecue ‘low and slow’ in St Albans, maybe in Hertfordshire. The Jacob’s Ladder beef rib was filthy good! Also a good range of beer and friendly service. Can’t recommend enough.

Lovely place, nice staff, wicked food!

Great food, great atmosphere. The sharing platter was well worth it. Myself and my partner can eat a lot but we were stuffed and took some home (which was equally good cold a few hours later). Food came quickly and was not only plentiful but absolutely delicious!! Love the craft beer and good BBQ food vibe. Not cheap but not overly pricey, worth the money. Will be back again for sure!

Atmosphere was Great, The Staff was Very professional, courtesy and attentive. Food was was flavourful & Good Portions.We had a Great Time and enjoyed a wonderful atmosphere and music.ENJOY....

Very nice environment and cozy atmosphere with warm lighting and friendlt staff that cannot do enough for you. Food and drink came very quickly and was delicious. Would definitely recommend and will be returning soon in future!

Incredible food, ribs were excellent. Very friendly and pompous atmosphere too. Would definitely recommend. Definitely indulge in the house lager and cheesecake, some of the best I’ve ever sampled.

Delicious! Have been once before a year ago and it was incredible - this visit was just as good. Going to try and make it a much more regular visit.

Amazing food and atmosphere share platter is to die for! Ribs are so tasty! Staff is friendly and polite will come again!

Meeeeeeeaaaaat! So good. All of it’s amazing and the ribs even more so. Great staff and lovely atmosphere.

Absolutely fantastic food service everything 👌

Amazing real American BBQ in St Albans. Great music and great craft beer

Absolutely fantastic definitely worth the money the staff always there to make sure we are happy and enjoying the meal and to explain how the food is prepared Even the wait is worth it cos it's perfectly prepared and presented the fries tho are acceptional Been twice now and again same service and same decent food well cooked It's very hard to find a decent place to eat and one that is not only worth the price but shows the love of preparation and amazing quality in food

The staff and service here are great. Amazing head of house made us feel welcomed. Food was top quality never anything below. Would recommend to everyone. A must visit when in St Albans

The restaurant boasts a unique atmosphere that blends Texan charm with a refined twist. The service team is incredibly friendly, attentive, and accommodating. The food is outstanding—full of flavor, beautifully presented, and served in satisfying portions. Hats off to the chef and the entire staff! 🤠🔥

Brisket is amazing! Lovely staff, very quick service.

This place is just spectacular and it has been like this for 10 years now. Food, drinks, service. Keep it up!

Been coming for years including two 30th birthdays! Perfect for quick service, amazing food and a great night out - would 100% recommend

As a Texan I approve of this place! 10/10

We walked in on a Thursday evening for our sons birthday. Staff were so, so nice and really made our evening. Amazing food, really good kids menu and Cocktails Amazing! Will definitely be visiting again!

We visited this venue for the first time, and loved the food. The platter was great and the meats were well cooked. Good beer selection and the cocktail were were great too! Totally appreciate that you get what you pay for, but the prices are a little on the steep side, but still doesn't take away from the great experience we had!

All good as always. Love this place. So many different types of draft beers on the taps and House cocktails . New menu came out today, seems brilliant. I’am sorry, but this much food for 2 of sharing??? Thanks C&C

I’ve been coming to the Craft & Cleaver for years, mainly for beers and an evening meal, and have never been disappointed. I recently took my wife and family for a Mother’s Day brunch and again we had a brilliant time. The menu is wide-ranging and caters for younger eaters; the food is delicious, service impeccable and all competitively priced too. Kudos to the whole C&C team!

Amazing!! Best food and great service

Brilliant food, great menu. Love the ambience and really great service.

Was very excited to try this restaurant today after hearing great things, but unfortunately left feeling a bit deflated. Travelled 30miles Firstly I'd like to say the guy greeting us at the front with top knot and beard was warm and welcoming so thankyou. 5* for you. Lady serving us..... Smile , we thought you were annoyed at us the whole time 🤷🏼‍♀️ Mothers day menu ( which we weren't aware they were doing as we had already chose off the original menu amongst ourselves before coming, it didn't mention on the website either) very overpriced with underwhelming choices. Some of us had the sampler which had an added £5 for the apparent extra food.... Not entirely sure where the extra was as I had 3 ribs with little to no meat a handful of chips 3 pieces of burnt ends and a sausage. The food was cold and tasteless. Some had the brisket which was a slab of cold dry meat with little to no flavour. The white wine was warm and enough for about 4 sips In a glass. I'd like to mention what I noticed... Unless you are a regular or a family member of the pub you will receive small portions. as we waited we noticed people recieving very appropriate size portions (which made us even more excited about our food arriving) , these people were clear regulars or family members/friends of workers. Go for a KFC instead, full bellies and won't feel robbed of £250

The Food was really good the service was spot on

We came in around 2pm on Saturday - the place was quite empty then. We got seated and placed our orders. My order came out wrong but since we were seated in a corner it was difficult to get the attention of a server without getting up, but I wasn’t too bothered and the food was good. However, my complaint is that after we ate, we asked for the bill, and were forgotten. After waiting almost 20 minutes, we had to ask again. Overall it was not a very pleasant experience, and I wouldn’t come here again.

Another great meal and really convenient before shows at the Alban Arena. See you again soon.

Great spot, brilliant staff and foods fantastic. Good for kids, well priced. Easy to find. Recommend shrimp or any of their large family plates, 5 out of 5

Folks, this stuff right here is the real deal. If you’re coming from the American south, this bbq feels right at home. The seasonings and smoke flavor capture the Texas-style very nicely. I recommend you hold off on the sauce for a bite or two and explore the complexity and craft of good bbq. Then, enjoy some of their unique flavors if you wish, but you shouldn’t need any 😍 Nicely done, everyone. I will return for a 3rd helping next time I’m in town 🤙

Always exceptional and their Ribs are something to be celebrated!

Staff are lovely, attentive and know they’re menu well so we’re amazing with their recommendations

Love this place. Such a good restaurant with really nice staff! Fully recommend to anyone! Also the Peanut butter shot is incredible!

Grest seevice, fantastic food, all good

We have loved coming to c&c over the years for great bbq but had a rather unpleasant visit a few months ago whereby the food wasn’t as good as usual and there was an abundance of flies in the restaurant which was off putting as they were the kind you get for leaving food out. Following this, we chalked it up to just a one-off bad day and we left it a while before deciding to try again this weekend but this time, to go for brunch to ease back into it. Well, it’s safe to say that I doubt we’ll be coming back based off the brunch. The service was appalling (us and two other similarly small tables in the whole restaurant). It was slow and they didn’t have items on the menu (tater tots) which we weren’t told about until a few of us tried to order. In addition to this, we were told we couldn’t have the smoothies we had ordered because they couldn’t find the lid to the blender. Further to this, when our food did eventually come - which again was slow and at considerably different intervals despite ordering as one party - it was tepid and all of us agreed we were leaving not feeling full which is a shame when a brunch for 5 of us (no alcohol - 2 x full English and 3 x pancakes with either tea or juice) came to over £100 - not at all terrible for St A prices but didn’t match up with the subsequent services and product received. Overall a meh experience which was a shame as aforementioned, many a meal has been had by our family there over the years but I doubt many more are to be had in the future.

This is truly the best of the best! The service is always great and the food is delicious!

Can’t imagine a better bbq place 10/10

Food was great! Highly recommended

Another visit to one of my family faves, Tiny Rebel on draught a bonus

Great service and tasty food - the short rib croquettes and the brisket burnt ends are a particular highlight!

Wonderful experience as always. Food and staff are always great!

We stopped by here for a drink and had the house lager- it was light and easy to drink. The place has a nice atmosphere with some outdoor seating. Had a look at the cocktail menu and it looks great…very interesting and unique options 🍹 👀

Regularly visit craft for brunches, beers and meals. Craft has a proper community feel and the food never fails. I’ll be a regular for as long as I live in the area.

This is life changingly good. The service is phenomenal and alessia was top tier making you feel like one of the team the whole time. You’re truly missing out if you don’t go here!!

Great food, quality service and good ambiance. The pulled pork and pit beans were phenomenal. If you’re a fan of smoke house food, ribs, burnt ends, this is the place for you. Would definitely recommend!

Real smoker BBQ. Good quality ingredients barbecued to perfection, burnt ends aren't burnt, just delicious Nice selection of beer, wine and cocktails. Love the pickleback. What more could you ask for?

Amazing Food very tasty and fresh. It is not the typical bbq place. You notice straight away that food is quality. Service was outstanding by a young lady and she has been there for 2 weeks only. We are not local but definitely will try to come back if we have the chance

Beautiful food, great atmosphere friendly staff. Definitely returning

I love this place!! Such good vibes, amazing cocktails and even better food! I go for something different every time because there’s so much to choose from, and every time it’s delicious. It’s great for all occasions, catch ups, birthdays or date nights. We went for brunch a few weeks ago too and it was absolutely delicious with so much choice. The staff are so hospitable and the bar is dog friendly. 10/10!

Literally one of my favourite places to eat locally. Insanely tasty food!! We nearly always get the pitmaster tray, which has a little of everything. They also have my favourite beer on tap. Food comes out quick, decor is cool & staff are friendly. Also added bonus is that dogs are welcome!!! They even bought him some meat as a treat. Love love love!!

Eva was a great waitress, had good knowledge of the drinks and food menu and suggested alternatives giving amazing ideas. Would recommend especially on a Saturday as the music really adds to the experience! Fantastic night

Always love coming here! We were served by Bea (who is awesome!) and had a lovely meal. Great vibes all round (and love the b1tch juice cocktail!!)

great food and great service with a smile!

Popped in for a quick meal before attending an event. The staff were attentive and engaging. Food was really tasty and a good selection of drinks.

Delicious bbq food, pretty good value. Nice casual vibe.

Great service and excellent food! Enjoyed it liads abd Bea was great!

As lovers of their evening menu, we had to come and try Craft and Cleaver’s new brunch menu. It did not disappoint! We had a vegan avo toast (without halloumi) which had clearly been carefully created and developed and not just slapped on the menu as a veggie/vegan after thought. It had a slight bruschetta taste to it which was delicious. We also had the pit masters choice which was like a barbecued version of a full english. All round absolutely delicious and will certainly be back soon!

Great food. Great atmosphere. Even better staff. No more to be said. If you haven’t booked. Why not ?

Wonderful place. Came with friends from out of town and our children (aged 6). Great service, menu and vibe. Will come again.

Lovely place. Really recommend the blueberry pancakes. Staff are friendly, we’ll be back soon.

Decent vibe feel like it's stuck or confused in what the atmosphere is, trying be. Service was OK food slow to come out. Had shrimp stater tasted lovely but would of been better if it was de shelled and de headed. Taste was good. Had sharer pit tray and for 70 quid expected better. Ribs soft and feel of bone but lacked any flavour. Pulled pork was OK and pork bites were nice little fatty but nice. Wings were dry and again all lacked any real flavour thank god for the hot sauce and bbq sauce on the table. Beers are very nice and was enjoyable. With so many options in St Albans I doubt I would go back. Nothing wrong with way it's cooked just lacks flavour

Absolutely brilliant food, some of the best barbecue I've ever had. Beef rib, burnt ends amazing, star if the show was the Mac and cheese, phenomenal. Highly recommended!

Simply delicious! We had a sharing platter, it was beyond tasty! 2 of us ate every last bit on the platter! Friendly service. Highly recommend 😋

The food was delicious, especially the burnt ends which were incredible. Danni and Kate took really good care of us and we’ll definitely come back again! Thank you ☺️

Fantastic dinner at C&C! Servers Danni and Kate did an awesome job! Will definitely be back for my next birthday 🥳

Good food, served hot by attentive staff. Look forward to coming back again.

Great food, very filling portion of the sharing platter, everything well seasoned, juicy, and succulent! Attentive staff. Very busy so only able to get counter top seating (but this isn't by the bar!) at 9pm booking (same day booked), so book in advance. Picante cocktail delicious (like a spicy margarita)

We had our newborn daughter arrive two weeks ago and today is my birthday (so couldn't leave the house). C & C don't usually do takeaway, but were extremely kind and created a takeaway pack with a list of easy to follow instructions to finish the job at home. It worked out brilliantly and was delicious. We had Beef ribs, burnt end, mac n cheese brisket, pit beans, tater tots, house slaw and a peppercorn sauce. Genuine thanks to the team at C & C, we really appreciated your efforts and the little surprise in the card.

Restaurant had a lovely atmosphere, the person who served us was very friendly and welcoming. The lager was light and refreshing. Very nice. Food was amazing, the flavour and everything was more than I imagined. The coleslaw on the side wad amazing.

I frequently dine at Craft & Cleaver St Albans because the food and service are consistently excellent. They’ve got some really good zero / very low alcohol beers as well.

Very pleased. Been a delight to enjoy dinner here. Looked after really well. Thanks B. Top job

Service was ok, the corn is a must have , the fries too was well seasoned , I actually came craving wings but I wasn’t blown away to be honest I will rate the food 5/10. The cocktails are really good but if you are craving good wings, this might not meet your expectations. I ordered the platter without knowing it was pork ribs as it was not specified the type (steak or pork) of back ribs on the platter menu.

Amazing place for BBQ food! Craft beers and cocktails are excellent too!!

It’s been an absolutely amazing once again experience at Craft Cleaver! Prawns are the very best and a must to try & all the rest was fab as well - huge thank you!

Absolutely loved this place. We ordered burnt ends and rack of ribs. The food was excellent, and there's a great selection of craft beers that we were offered tastes of. Big thanks to Shane, who made us very welcome on my wife's birthday. I'm definitely coming back with our friends.

Excellent food. We had the Pitmaster tray and it was excellent. Great service and good wine.