Dalling & Co in Dacorum

This is a nice little café and deli on Kings Langley High Street with two sections: one for enjoying wine and another more like a traditional café. The first area has a nicer ambiance, but we sat in the café section. There the tables are quite close together, and the vibe felt less inviting so I would have prefered to sat in the other area but it was quite busy that day. We ordered coffee, hot chocolate and sandwiches, which were tasty and enjoyable. However, our experience took a concerning turn when a customer sitting nearby accidentally knocked over some wooden crates and cartons that were precariously stacked near the tables. They nearly fell on me! Thankfully, I wasn’t hurt, and the staff was quick to apologize and check if I needed assistance. While the food and service were good, a little more attention to layout and safety would make this place much more enjoyable and secure.

Great selection of beers, including local breweries. Wine portfolio is excellent. Drink in for a small corkage or take away. Great service. Not stayed for food yet

Had a lovely brunch this morning at dallings thank you to the lovely waitresses and waiter and the chefs 😄 lovely coffee too

Had a great tapas meal. The patas bravas were amazing!! The food was really great and great service. I think Sarah served us, apologies if thats the wrong name, but she was really helpful and sweet!! Would absolutely recommend a visit if your in the area. Cracking selection of wine on offer as well!!!

Coffee not Bad, food and service, utter RUBBISH.not sure how you are getting away with it...First and last time for us.....

Great place to have in the village. It serves the best coffee around here. Proper coffee. ! No Yucky Cheap coffee served here ! I also love it because you can get a mild coffee or intense blend that coffee hit. Great atmosphere and friendly staff. Great home-made fresh food - Not forgetting the cakes - cheese - meats & condiments.

Have been visiting Hertfordshire and surrounding areas the last week - this was without exception the most pleasant dining experience we had. The customer service was Elite. We were served by a young lady who couldn’t do enough for us, she had extensive knowledge of the ones and spent time chatting to us about several types. She made our evening and wish we could name her. We had several dishes from the tapas menu - all of which were delicious. We were even given a private table in the adjacent room after next door was full. Customer service - Elite ! Food - Extremely good quality ! Atmosphere- Lovely ! Wine and beer/ales - Extensive and good quality ! Can’t wait to go back here.

We’ve lived in the area for years and for some unknown reason only tried tapas at Dallings for the first time tonight. Will definitely be coming again. Lovely lovely food and great service. Thanks Dallings

Good atmosphere, slow service, overall I recommend ...

Tapas night on a Friday, great food, huge choice of wine and beers. Really friendly and knowledgeable staff! Will be back

Just had a lovely coffee and gluten free salami, pesto and sun dried tomato toastie and it was SO GOOD🤤 I was also given an extra slice of bread because obviously gf bread is so small so I made like 3 stack toastie😂 was so yummy! They also had gf cannoli, with different flavours.

Stayed locally for a weekend and stumbled across this place which was friendly and accommodating. The young lady which served us was friendly and very knowledgeable about wine. Great wine, great prices. Wish we lived closer.

Thank you for a fabulous tapas evening, everyone was so lovely and friendly. The tapas was delicious as usual. Mum was delighted with her birthday cake, such beautifully written chocolate writing! thank you all so much 😊

Absolutely love this place. The owner is always happy and bubbly, the staff are great. It's always busy and welcoming.

Only went there while my wife was using the hair dressers a few doors away. Had a coffee and chocolate biscuit. Biscuit come as two in a pack, not quite what I wanted. Coffee okay but main plus point is that they have cuisions on the bench seats! Bit dim and dreary inside the cafe.

Disappointing- went for a quick lunch, food was poor quality and looked like it was made by a 2 year old, service took ages despite not being busy.. Wine, we like to treat ourselves to a posh bottle every now and then but it's expensive and often only just as nice as our usual purchase from the supermarket. Will think twice before eating here again.

Lovely coffe on the go, very nice atmosphere and dogs are allowed.

Only bought bottles of wine from there but great service and knowledgeable too.

Lovely place, fantastic staff and great quality food/drinks. The gent behind the counter was lovely, singing and happy! Tea, latte and sausage sandwich £11. Very fair prices for the quality.

Only had a black americano. Has a lovely feel to the place. Staff are friendly. It was beautiful day too which made it more amazing. Will return again. The decor inspired me a get a piece of coursework finally completed 😃

A LOVELY PLACE FOR REFRESHMENTS

The man behind the ramp is brilliant he's so funny. The coffee was amazing

Very place, hilarious owners, highly recommended for good coffee and sandwiches, and tapas nights. Great place and a hoot

Normally I am happy with the food and service at Dallings. My only previous observation is they do not display any food prices.....is that legal. Recently when visiting I noticed a young man with a moustache continually handling food with bare hands, while his senior collegue was correctly using plastic gloves. He then coughed into his hands while serving. He also stroked a dog, and did finally wash his hands under the tap, but no soap and for only a few seconds. I think proper hygiene training is due for staff handling food.

We have been regular customers at Dallings for over two years now, but today's experience means we are unlikely to return. We came in with a toddler and ordered food. Then we waited for around 30-35 minutes, with no sign of the food. During this time, a large group of friends of the owner sat down and the owner started having a long conversation with them. The person just before my wife was served food, so we expected we would be next. We then waited longer and the large group was served ahead of us. The staff behind the counter noticed we were still waiting, and when my wife went to ask why we hadn't had food yet they agreed that it seemed odd that we hadn't been served yet and went to enquire. After a few minutes of enquiring, she came out and told us that the food was being plated and would be out imminently. Five minutes later, still no food - by which point the gentleman who ordered just before my wife had long finished and was also asking why we hadn't been fed at all. We can understand prioritising a larger table, but expecting a year and a half old toddler to sit and wait around 40 minutes for a bacon sandwich and no be honest with us on the state of our order is too far. We would love to come back, but this was extremely disappointing and we have never had this treatment at Fred and Ginger.

Lovely, friendly place to meet friends and have a chat. Food is great too

With more than an hour to spare while in Kings Langley High Street, I popped into Dalling Deli. I ordered a hot chocolate and asked if they had a gluten free cake. Charlotte behind the counter offered a choice of three. Impressive! I chose the lemon drizzle which was delicious. The hot chocolate, first and last image, speaks for itself. It was past 5.30pm and clearing up time so I took my tray through to the adjoining wine shop/bar. I believe it stays open until 9pm. Several people were drinking wine and there was a relaxed, happy atmosphere. I didn't get the name of the young man behind the bar, but he was courteous and helpful to people who came to buy or sit. Charming staff, lovely ambience and a broad range of great products. Definately worth a visit if you're in the neighbourhood. I'll certainly be back.

The Cafe is very cozy . Food is absolutely amazing . Charlotte makes the yummiest sandwiches and is super sweet , loved everything.

Always a great place for a coffee and something nice to eat, while I do my crossword!

An exceptional evening thanks to hosts Jeoff and Claire. Wine tasting was great fun and informative, accompanied by delicious food. Highly recommend.

Updated visit - Went for just a take away drink. Think you need a mortgage if you want to eat there seeing as a take away latte and hot chocolate was £9.10. I couldn't taste the gold that was obviously in it 😜 but wow, expensive. Service good. Clean. Good seating outside.

Have been here quite a veiw time s and always very very impressed with the service and the staff are always helpful and friendly and make you fill very welcome the coffee and cake are also very nice coffee is always hot keep up the great work. To Dalling deli team long may you stay

Good food and friendly waitress, will definitely go again soon!

Nice spot for a coffee, brunch or lunch. Delicious cakes and decent coffee. Nice to sit outside.

Nice place. Friendly staff. Good food.

A very pleasant easy going place for a drink and snack or cake. Nice watching the world go by, sitting higher up than the main road going through the village. The only fault is the rubbish under the tables and tables need to be cleared as the customer leaves. Fag butts in the flower pots not cleared for many days or more.

Coffee machine needs a clean or something, just ordered a £4 take away coffee that I had to throw, tasted completely burnt

Lovely little coffee shop, food good. Staff could fo with better trai ning (a Beef Tomato doesn't include Beef). In the vegetarian salad

Excellent service, The tea was excellent. Lemon cake my sister had was the best. The staff were told.

The tapas was lovely, the staff chatty and friendly and the background music not too loud and we had a lovely evening. But we had a long delay trying to get the bill and it took three attempts to deduct the deposit correctly.

Always a pleasure and always service with a smile

Will definitely be back! Staff are great and it’s clean and tidy. 100% recommend Great vegan/Gluten free selection

Stopped by in the town for some breakfast/brunch food. All staff were lovely and accommodating providing takeaway food and drinks for us. Would come back again :)

Heart of the village always welcoming and friendly

Always made to feel very welcome. We have been going to Dallings for many years and the service is always first class. Lovely range of rolls, cakes, etc 😋😋

Claire and Jeff did the catering for our wedding. They were super flexible and helped us plan exactly what we wanted. Claire even helped us with decorations and lights. On the day the food and drinks were fantastic.

Nice, pleasant rustic vibe. Lovely wine and beautifully served by passionate serving staff. We went for tapas night... really tasty

Lovely lunch in a great setting. Very reasonable and friendly.

Lovely tapas and fantastic wine at a good price 👌 😀

Well laid out to comply within covid restrictions, welcoming staff, good coffee and great bacon buttie, other foods are available !!!! Still as warm and welcoming as ever

Great coffee. Oat milk on cappuccino could have been frothier. Quick service and friendly.

Was looking for a quick bite to eat and found this little gem What a lovely friendly place, food tasted amazing and the cakes were OMG 🥰

Hot chocolate was very nice. Delicious slice of chocolate and hazelnut cake which was huge (big enough to share.) Interesting place if you are a wine lover. Lots of bottles with great info labels. You can buy wine by the glass too and sit outside on a nice day and watch the world go by. Would definitely return.

Lovely local coffee shop combined with an off licence. Sometimes confusing whether to have a tasty coffee or a glass of wine.

Dallings is a fantastic venue for a chat, coffee, food and a great selection of alcoholic drinks if preferred. Staff are really helpful and efficient, always a great place to kick back and relax.

I have been lunching at Dallings over years since they opened, although not so frequently since the lockdown and wonder if Dallings is under new management, as a recent visit, showed a change of staff, not as friendly or welcoming. Change of menu, as no longer serving hot food and no prices displayed. The atmosphere is not as vibrant as before.

Great spot to sit and relax with a Coffee andd variety of freshly toasted sandwiches.

Popped in here for a sandwich and a coffee with my wife. Coffee was OK, sandwich was decidedly under filled and tasteless. Welcome was non existent. We felt like we were annoying the staff just by being there. Will never go again. Pretentious and lacklustre throughout. Oh and it was about 18 quid for two under filled thinly sliced beef sandwiches and two okay coffees. They clearly saw us coming.

Excellent place for a snack and drink and dog friendly too Lovely chocolate cake

Contact to see if it would be possible to deliver breakfast to my mother and father in law for my mother in laws 85 birthday. I was working and would not get to see her until weekend. They delivered the most amazing breakfast for delightful lush exceptional food . My in laws felt surprised and over the moon with food and delivery at 8.30 in morning. Can thanks everyone involved at dailings enough .

Pretty, you can sit outside . Ita always busy which is a shows it must be good. Nice selection of sandwiches, salads, cakes etc. Not the cheapest but it is Kings langley. Vegan options avaialable

Really tasty food. My first time but will definitely be gong back.

Dalling is a wonderful place, Claire, Jeff and the team make you feel so welcome. We had our Wedding Reception here, and it was beautiful. Wonderful wine, great atmosphere. We regularly at Darling's. It's our happy place!

Always a favourite spot to drop in for lunch and a coffee.

Lovely shop with a continental feel. Full of different food to eat in or buy a wine store as well.

Very friendly and funny barista. Inside and outside very cosy.

Visited with 7 friends, waitresses were fantastic hosts and very knowledgeable about wine and food, unlimited wine stocks, great prices. Food was amazing a brilliant selection. Definitely recommended.

We haven’t been here since pre-COVID and always thoroughly enjoyed eating here so decided to book for our ‘girls’ dinner this evening. Not disappointed, the food was delicious, I think we had one of everything between us and it was all served piping hot, not easy with so many different plates. The staff were all lovely but we were mainly served by Alice who is delightful! Pleasant, polite, professional and willing to hop up on a chair to take our picture from the best angle :) really pleased they still sell my favourite wine, Robertson Rosé. Ticked all the boxes this evening, can’t wait to go back.

Spot on and great service all round. Fresh food and the coffee is very good. Very well run independent business

Marvellous place to linger over coffee or lunch. You buy from the right-hand deli bit of the shop and can sit at a table in the left-hand side or out the front everything freshly made.

Fab almond croissant and coffee served by a guy with a great sense of humour. He kept us laughing for ages.

Food is great, coffee is good. I come here on Sundays specially for breakfast as it's very tasty. But unfortunately it takes way too long to queue up... and today I had a bad experience, not only that I queue up and took ages , but I was refused to place my order for a breakfast as it's not 10' o'clock yet., but hey.. it was 9:55,so why not just take my order and I'm happy to wait for the breakfast.( it's been done before ) So I was told I need to queue up Again after 10, so literally in 5 minutes. So I refused... and I think it's nonsense. Really like the place but this is just unbelievable

Very good with nice food and pleasant sitting out.

I went here to purchase some breakfast sandwiches. The restaurant had run out of bread and all that was left was sourdough rolls. I was in a rush to feed five of us and decided to just try the rolls with bacon. The rolls were fairly nice but did not go with the sandwich filling and they contained minimal bacon. The bacon was nice but nowhere near a sufficient portion filling. The bacon was basically 2 pieces of streaky bacon that was lost inside the bread. I do not think it was value for money and we were left hungry and had to purchase an additional breakfast from nearby. The staff were nice and friendly but sadly the portion size let them down.

Wine tasting at Dallings is a quintessential experience.

Nice but could be so much better. Service was polite and friendly but there didn’t seem to be any finesse in serving. My croissant was just that - served on a plate but no serviette, no cutlery and no butter or jam. Perhaps I should have asked for them but on a first visit you sort of expect these. Similar paucity for my wife’s meal. We came here because rival “Fred and Ginger’s” was so busy. Now we can understand why.

Friendly and helpful staff, by far the best coffee on the high Street and a great place in general 👍🏼

Always good service, coffee ain't bad either 👍👍

Just love to hang out with a lovely glass of wine and chill in this cool establishment 👏💯🍷😍

I drink a lot of coffee and this is the worst coffee I’ve ever had. Ridiculously bitter & gives you a headache. There’s also a gentleman that works here that is very sarcastic, singing load who constantly makes cocky remarks. To top it off, my Paella wasn’t cooked all the way through so I had to send it back (they reheat the rice in a microwave).

The way a customer was spoken to by a member of staff when he walked in without a mask on was utterly embarrassing. The customer, slightly taken aback by the abrupt and loud ‘do you have a mask?!’ enquiry proceeded to don his mask, which unfortunately for him wasn’t fully over his nose - this mistake was quickly pounced on with a loud demand ‘can you put it over your nose!’ - I’m pretty sure he felt like a naughty school child. Interestingly most of the staff were wearing masks below the nose or under the chin, not exactly to WHO standards. But then of course, you can’t catch covid whilst making coffee or preparing food, only whilst consuming it…silly me.

After going to Dallings since day 1 and a loyal customer through the dark days I won’t be going again. I completely get the dilemma with different rules for shops and hospitality but the really rude and heavy handed approach by the lady that served me today when I put my food order in was over the top. Firstlly, I was picked up in the first instance regarding not having a mask on (simple error as I had assumed I was in a hospitality venue and was dining in). I am exempt but to make her feel more comfortable I put one on temporarily. However, when I lowered it to mouth my order the individual in question snapped at me that if I am going to wear it it needs to be above my nose. Frankly, I really wish I had walked out at this point and it was only shock at her manner that stopped me. Secondly ,the irony was that all other staff had masks below their mouths clearly playing ‘lip service’ to the rules. I am fine with that of course and wouldn’t want them berated for getting a breathing break. However, clearly if Dalling is going to ask staff to take a heavy handed approach it should do it from a point of moral authority not one of hypocrisy !!! I think a more pragmatic and understanding approach would go a long way. Really sad about this as have rally enjoyed the welcoming nature of Dalliings over the years but having made to feel extremely uncomfortable by one staff member today, we won’t be going again . Best Regards

Been here many times and it's a lovely place to sit in or outside with a cake and a tea, coffee or even an alcoholic drink. The tapas evenings seem to be highly recommended by friends, but have not been myself yet.

Love this place, simple brunch but top notch, always good, staff excellent and great atmosphere 👍

Lovely coffee and food. Coffee, cake and savouries by day, wine and tapas in the evening. Great atmosphere. Lovely staff especially James who cheers me up every morning with his banter. Very popular venue. An asset to Kings Langley High Street. The only downside is that it is sometimes difficult to park nearby otherwise all good. 👍

Quite simply the best lunch spot in the area. Friendly service, a great selection and the perfect deli for building a hamper of treats any time of year.

Happened upon this place while staying locally and wish we'd had more time to take full advantage of it's offerings. It was packed on this particular Thursday evening but was able to snaffle a seat outside and had some delicious beers from the Tring Brewery. Amazing place, will definitely make of point of coming here when back in the area again.

Beautiful little coffee place, always a family favourite. Thank you for making this the best spot in King's Langley to get coffee! Friendly, accommodating staff.

A surprising little gem in Kings Langley! We popped in for some breakfast after finding out intended destination further down the road already full. I had the vegan full English while my partner opted for the regular English breakfast, and we both enjoyed our meals immensely. They’d run out of veggie sausages so they’d concocted a sort of vegan hash which was far nicer than any veggie sausage could have been anyway! The thick chunk of sourdough toast was delicious too, everything really hit the spot. The coffee was also decent. The service was quick and friendly and the prices reasonable. Their wine shop next door had a really great range on offer as well. We’ll definitely stop by again soon!

Favourite cafe. Great for snack lunch & hot latte. James & staff friendly, helpful - and usually bit cheeky too.

Lovely service for breakfast cuppa. I will back for their Tapas nights

Lovely shop and menu, fast and efficient service. The only qualm is the seating and lighting on the delicatessen side. Rather dated. Sitting outside looks great though. So I’d do that.

The vibes are immaculate. Best spot in Kings Langley without a doubt.

Risotto burritos were lovely and tea for two excellent value

Great cakes and coffee. Staff very friendly. Best in Kings Langley.

Very friendly staff. Variety of food. Cakes, bagels, baguettes, sausage rolls. Tables on the pavement in front of the shop.

Lovely evening. Tapas was very tasty, wine delicious. Good service too. Good to have some normality back.

Had the Chicken ham and cheese Canadian club on Saturday FANTASTIC and the service with a beautiful smile was also FANTASTIC

A decent little selection of local ales and craft beers.

Great food and always friendly staff to help you!