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Nº 262 in 472 in St Albans

Nº 35 of 83 British in St Albans

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We love this pub, its so friendly and relaxing, the staff are always so polite, and they go out of their way to be accommodating with the food, a real little gem of a pub with a fab garden!

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Vicki Bradbeer . 2024-08-04

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Didn't eat but lovely pub with a lovely garden, staff excellent and welcoming.

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Alan B Bunyan . 2024-08-03

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Very down to earth public house, very good hosts, locals fill it. Good children's play area and large outdoor space for drinking

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Jeremy Armstrong . 2024-06-07

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Always have a great experience when we visit for food and drinks; service is great and the staff and owners are fantastic. Fitted us in today at short notice for a group of six for Sunday lunch; service was fast and food excellent.

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Nick Quinn . 2024-04-21

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Brilliant place, delicious food with wonderful service. Thank you for having us.

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H Asryan . 2024-04-14

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Had Sunday lunch. Enjoyed it and reasonably priced. Option to add extra sides at a price if needed, but plenty of food already on the plate. Lovely old building and great staff.

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Wendy Hollman . 2024-03-25

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What a great little pub, a hidden gem with great staff and a decent pint!

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Mark Lacey . 2024-01-31

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So sad to see the pub closed due to that truck hit the corner. Hope you open soon

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Reza Toghraee . 2023-11-05

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Looks lovely but is currently closed due to a vehicle accident with the pub 31st Oct 2023. Suggest ringing to check before travelling to it.

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Tim Eagle . 2023-10-31

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Nicely served-up pints of "side-pocket", bit noisy with all the friday pm builders & plumbers in & an iffy girls football gallery on one wall ! 😫

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Stephen Edwards . 2023-10-18

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Have to pop down on a Tuesday night when the classic car guys come down

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Gill Nash . 2023-10-10

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Great meet. Thanks Mark Philips

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Keith Betts . 2023-09-27

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For all the family, good food great staff Nice garden and the horse is beautiful I had a birthday meal and it was fabulous

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Michael “Dracula Poontang” Sherry . 2023-08-28

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Came here for a wedding reception. Great food, friendly atmosphere and service.

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John Farrow . 2023-08-15

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A nice traditional pub. Friendly barman. Very clean. Great outdoor sitting in a nice day.

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Shelley Acupuncture and Beyond . 2023-07-09

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We loved this place, four related families from different directions for a great family reunion. The food was delightfully homemade with fresh ingedients. Free garden was wonderful with a great play area for the children.

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Sally Duncan . 2023-06-26

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Popped in for a Sunday lunch earlier this month as we were driving past, and it was divine! Thoroughly recommended!

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Graham Franklin . 2023-01-25

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Good home made food and ales available

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John Crowhurst . 2022-12-29

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Amazing location and lovely exterior sitting space!

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Antonis Flouris . 2022-11-10

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Roast pork dinner was lovely proper roast spuds homemade yorkshire pudding pork crackling and fresh vegetables lots of gravy served separately staff friendly and welcoming

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Kathleen Davies . 2022-10-08

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Yeah cool! Nice pub, nice staff ,nice pint easy to park! Haven't eaten but everyone says it's very nice!

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Brian Harper . 2022-09-10

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Lovely old school pub really friendly great choice of food lovely beer garden.

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Wendy Bain . 2022-09-10

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We had Sunday dinner there very polite nice chatty people friendly and the dinner was absolutely lovely lots of it....thankyou

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DI Thorpe . 2022-08-02

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Local cider is quite nice but local punters/hillbillies have no manners

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Matt Mac H . 2022-06-20

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Really yummy take away roast dinner to feed my family, always had lovely food here and great service. Thank you ⭐️

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Rachel Naunton . 2022-06-10

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Excellent pub Staff are Excellent to

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Simon Whittle . 2022-06-10

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The food here is absolutely incredible. Really lovely atmosphere. We enjoyed every minute of our time today, so thanks to Tom and the team for all of their help.

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Guy Gilbert . 2022-06-09

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Really quaint old pub just off the river colney great host's 👍

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Robin Parker . 2022-05-02

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Food limited and service slow. Old fashioned pub..

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Mark Dew . 2022-04-30

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Very good service and good food

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walt windess . 2021-10-01

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Great day if you into Rock n roll and vintage cars

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Tanya Witham . 2021-09-25

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Large garden and parking, good food and very nice staff.

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Vlad-Ionut Stoica . 2021-09-19

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Never been there before, nice pint, locals were a laugh, Service ( blonde ladey) very good.

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Matt Parry . 2021-09-09

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Regularly go down for the hotrod and bike night, great atmosphere and lovely venue!

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George . 2021-09-06

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We attended one of the classic car evening events on 27th July. It was a great family evening out with food and music available in the beer garden. We would visit regularly if we lived locally.

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Eileen ONeill . 2021-08-11

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Great pub, great landlord, great beer what more can I say. There is a classic car show every Tuesday evening, weather permitting.

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Steve Leyden . 2021-08-11

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Beautiful quiet little pub, decent prices

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Nikki . 2021-08-10

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Sehr freundliche Angestellte gut bestückt

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Fadia Ramminger . 2021-08-08

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Visited for weekly car meet found it to be a very nice well covid sorted pub

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Ray Tyler . 2021-06-16

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Great old pub with very friendly staff.

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Paul Johnson . 2021-06-04

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Service was fantastic, they couldn't do enough to make us comfortable, the steak pie was delicious and the prices were great! This will most definitely be a regular from now on. Highly recomend!

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Laura Graham . 2021-04-23

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Lovely roast dinner! Caroline went above and beyond. Thank you, will definitely be back. Highly recommended 👌

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Gareth Tuckey . 2021-04-19

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Good to get out of the rain. ... nice food and beers

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David A . 2020-10-30

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Brilliant Sunday lunch...you need to book!

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myra austen . 2020-10-23

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Me and my motorcycling mate have really enjoyed coming here again throughout the last few weeks , especially when they have a mid week absolutely delicious roast lunch which is always cooked to perfection. Staff here are welcoming, professional and down to earth. There is such a nice feeling about this place which is popular amongst both locals and visitors. The selection of spirits and meals is impressive and with a huge relaxing garden outside area, you can relax chilling out with family or friends quite easily.

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grahams765 . 2020-10-02

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Excellent, warm welcome. Food tasty, we enjoyed the half price meals too.

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Rina Ward . 2020-09-05

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Great village pub with lovely food and fantastic value!

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Rona Gibbs . 2020-09-02

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A lovely village pub serving good ales and beers.Friendly staff and welcoming locals.A real gem.

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angelo alvedro . 2020-08-26

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Flat lemonade out of a bottle. Replaced without fuss but it shouldn't have been served. No table service even in covid times perhaps this is a staffing issue but it seemed unusual to have to order at the bar and then collect your own food. Food was just ok not massively cheap for a pub of that type. No first aid kit available. Setting was pleasant. Big car park. Lots of tables with parasols.

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Ginette Trenchfield . 2020-08-13

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Went to the crooked billet on Saturday as I had heard it was open, we had a very warm welcome Form the landlady & staff, They explained everything well & there were signs everywhere to help us, you went in through the front entrance & out at the side door, ( they have worked hard to make it safe for there customer ) We will be going back on Friday for lunch, as they are starting serving food as from Thursday lunchtime, the landlady ( Julie I think her name was ) Said it will be a limited menu to start with hot & cold snacks.Well done to all at the crooked Billet for making you customers feel welcome & safe in these tough times

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Elizabeth3011 . 2020-07-13

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Absolutely superb. From the welcome to the speed of the service, everything was just spot on. The pie of the day was a shortcrust pastry with lashings of tasty gravy and excellent hot and crisp chips.

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Paul R . 2020-03-07

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Friendly village pub, 3 or 4 well kept ales, interesting internal layout, dog friendly 👍

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Tim Vine-Lott . 2020-03-05

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Excellent and good value Sunday roast. Super efficient and friendly service. Good real ale.

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Stephen Mew . 2020-02-23

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Had a great Sunday roast here. Staff were great, food was really nice and the price was pretty reasonable. Liked that the veg was served in a separate dish to the meat, roast potatoes and Yorkshire. Also pleased with the massive pot of tea we were served. Would definitely recommend this place 😁👍

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Gray (InitialG) . 2020-02-23

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Pleasant staff, excellent food, cleanliness is good. Very welcoming.

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Annie Davies . 2020-02-19

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Quaint pub with lots of discrete seating areas. Busy on a Sunday so definitely advise booking. Food is good and lots of bespoke ales on offer

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Alan Page . 2020-02-17

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We love this pub, we have just moved to the area and it is friendly, welcoming, great for kids, serves THE MOST AMAZING SUNDAY LUNCH, along with a wide ranging menu beyond that, a fab selection of real ales and the desserts are beyond belief. Cannot recommend this place highly enough.

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Altepper . 2020-02-16

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Had a lovely lunch today at the Crooked Billet, great service, tasty roast and lovely to see a small local pub busy, roasties on the bar on arrival what more can you ask and a friendly helpful service - huge thank you - we will be back but will book next time

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sureass1 . 2020-02-16

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Really beautiful old school pub!! Great beer and cheaper than many places. Massive garden with kids adventure play area. Loads of seating. Dogs welcome too. Very friendly atmosphere. Great looking menu..... And proper log fire! Lovely :-)

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Matt Williamson . 2020-02-06

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Visited with a walking group - total of ten people. We were told we didn't need to pre-order our food so were a little worried about how things would turn out. My word, we needn't have worried. We were greeted by really friendly and efficient staff (and locals), ordered our drinks and food and sat down prepared to wait for our meals. The food appeared as if by magic in double quick time - what an efficient kitchen! Exactly how a top class village pub should be run - thank you.

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BloggerJR . 2020-01-20

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This is a genuine village pub with excellent real beer and home cooked food.

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Chris Gibbs . 2020-01-17

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Nice pub with good beers and friendly staff. Food menu is traditional pub fare but was better than average pub food, plates were left empty.

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Tony B . 2020-01-17

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I love this little pub and i especially love the home cooked food. The staff are lovely too

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Darren Davis . 2020-01-12

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Lovely place. Summer and winter

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Jennie Cornwell . 2020-01-08

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Friendly staff and generous portions of lovely home cooked food.

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Carl Littlechild . 2019-11-16

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Lovely pub, well looked after, friendly and well worth a visit

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Jonathan Odonoghue . 2019-11-04

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Great genuine local's pub on the edge of the village of Colney Heath. Good real ales and good reasonably priced food at lunchtime.

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Tony Scott . 2019-10-18

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Best pub ever with loads going on year round

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David Shearer . 2019-09-27

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Lovely traditional pub. Well kept ale. High quality unpretentious food. Helpful staff.

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Vince Mosdall . 2019-09-19

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Great food and great value. Friendly staff as always.

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Jane Kenney . 2019-08-28

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Gr8 local in small village - fantastic food & good real ale.

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John Storey (Frodo1) . 2019-08-09

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Very good good beer good food would recommend this pub

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Jason Vansittart . 2019-08-09

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Ate here for Sunday lunch with 2 kids. Absolutely fantastic! Lovely helpfull staff and excellent food - return visit was already being asked for before we'd finished dessert!

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Jon B . 2019-08-04

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Very friendly staff and lovely food.

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Michael Surridge . 2019-08-03

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Stopped here for meal but only seem to do food at the weekends. Nice area and parking at rear.

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Gary Luckhurst . 2019-07-01

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Friendly pub with excellent food and service.

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Seren Brock . 2019-06-12

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Good beer in pleasant surroundings

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Julie Gibbs . 2019-05-27

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very nice day friendly atmosphere

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Terry Pocock . 2019-05-12

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Good selection of real ales and pub grub. Lovely garden for sunny days.

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John Davies . 2019-04-28

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Good service friendly staff. Good pub grub

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Philip Hembrow . 2019-03-20

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The Crooked Billet is a very friendly traditional local village pub. It also does excellent food including a range of home made specials which always seem to include a pie of the day and a roast of the day.We visited on a weekday lunchtime when it was busy with locals and walkers.The home made steak and kidney pie with a suet crust and excellent gravy is a lovely thing and a huge portion. There are good options for vegetarians as well - the halloumi baguette received good reviews. Excellent chips to accompany.Also enjoyed the well kept real aleA good choice for a proper pub with good food and atmosphere

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393andrewr . 2019-02-23

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Lovely lunch today,lovely atmosphere...food great..3 had Asparagus and Stilton quiche and salad,1 had Homecooked ham platter.Superb....Followed by 1 Ginger sponge and custard and I Rhubarb crumble and custard...lovely.Great selection of beers and sat in the garden for a post lunch drink and tea.Thank you Julie and Wally,bar staff and kitchen staff.Great to see the only pub left in the village so busy...well done...

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pauline348 . 2019-02-17

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Proper pub with great beer and food.

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Graham Trent . 2019-02-12

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What a great find, was having lunch with friends, was greeted by friendly staff ( even the locals said hello ) great choice of snacks & mains, home made stew & dumplings was very tasty, the suet top pie look very good too, generous portions size, the service was very good, there was a great atmosphere. Looking forward to the next visit.

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Elizabeth3011 . 2019-02-01

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Nice pub. Lovely staff, good beer, always warm and cosy.

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Iain Watson . 2019-01-06

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Visited as a foursome yesterday lunchtime. Such a lovely warm welcome and a great atmosphere. Fish and chips were superb and a good pint of beer too. Outstanding village pub.

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richard w . 2019-01-05

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We chose this venue based on trip advisor reviews and as a halfway point meeting with some friends, and are very glad we did. This is the epitome of a cracking free house pub and long may they survive.Pros: The pub is cosy and well laid out with different areas and rooms, all with a traditional spit and sawdust pub atmosphere. There is also ample parking at the back of the pub.The menu is large and varied, with good mains and baguette choices and some delicious sounding puddings too. The specials board offered good variety and a vegetarian option as well. We were greeted warmly and pleasantly and the service was excellent. The mouth watering home- cooked ham came with two fried eggs; one of us had the squash vegetarian bake - both came with the fattest chunky chips - the best chips we have had in a long time. Followed by a large portion of chocolate fudge pudding with two scoops of ice cream. Prices are pretty reasonable too.ConsCan't really find any - although if we were being really picky we suppose the fire/stove could have been lit! But as it was quite a mild day and there is a table near it, we'll excuse that!All in all, can't fault this place and it's a pity it's not our local. If you are looking for a cosy traditional pub in the area or even just somewhere to meet up, we can highly recommend the Crooked Billet at Colney Heath.

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nham16 . 2018-12-29

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Very accommodating of our family booking with 3 young children. Food was really nice!

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jraw91 . 2018-12-08

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A lovely cozy pub. Best roast I have had out in years! Great friendly service. Can’t wait to go again!

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Ann M . 2018-12-05

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We chose this venue as we were all traveling a fair distance to meet up. We were not disappointed. Great tasty food very friendly staff and easy location to find. Thank you. We will be back.

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Michele M . 2018-11-25

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Can't rate the place high enough.. great pub to visit..

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Mark Sargeant . 2018-10-17

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Lovely traditional pub. Great pub food

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Martyn Livermore . 2018-10-06

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Very friendly staff, made us feel very welcome including our two Labs. Great lunch, good location.

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Tony Kenyon . 2018-09-29

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Great food, all proper home cooked grub. 3 ales all of which are always in great condition. Nice garden with climbing frame and swing for kids. I should remove a star for the Arsenal memorabilia, but I'll let it slide this once.

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Ian Drew . 2018-09-25

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Great friendly traditional pub.

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richard whelan . 2018-09-21

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Lovely meal and excellent quality beer.

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Clive Dackus . 2018-08-27

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A great pub, food was very nice and good size portions. Price was good too.

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903kirstyh . 2018-08-13

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Very friendly pub, quaint is accurate for those who like such things. Great selection of drinks and the food certainly looks good though I haven't ever tried it. Beer garden quiet and pleasant well away from the main road and sufficient shade on hot days.

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Alistair Burns (Gashead) . 2018-08-12

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One of the best pubs I've visited in Herts. Ales are always perfect and food is 2nd to none, particularly the Sunday lunch.

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Alan Walpole . 2018-07-29

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Sunday lunch are good portions. You won't leave hungry and the food is really well prepared. Would have given 6 star's.

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Bill Boyne . 2018-07-24

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