Fox Harpenden in St Albans

I ordered from the festive menu. Got the scallops, sea bass and brownie form the 3 course menu. Food a delicious but the service time in between was long.

Not been to the FOX for a few years. That's about to change! Sunday roast to DIE FOR. Best roast we've had for probably more than a year. Plenty of food, amazing menu choices, lovely staff, food came quickly, piping hot and cooked to perfection. We came out of there stuffed and looking to book again for next weekend! Well done to the Fox. 12 out of 10.

I love the Fox! I love the food and the surroundings. However this time i was really unhappy with the way i was treated. I arrived at 4pm (on a Tuesday afternoon) the restaurant section was quite empty (as you would expect) I waa shown to an awful seat, next to the tills opposite the door. It was such a bad table that they used it for cutlery and they had to move the cutlery when they seated me. When I asked to move the waiter said all tables were resrved, which was a ridiculois lie. Only 2 groups arrived in the entire time i was there (2 hours). I have never been treated like that at the fox it was very very irritating. I didn't keep up a fuss because I didn't want the waiter to do anything to my food.

We had a lovely lunch at The Fox today. Our waiter was Spencer who looked after us superbly and was both very efficient and kind. Would highly recommend The Fox Jean Bryant

We had a lovely midweek dinner. Menu & specials gave lots of choice. Can’t fault the food, service and setting. Will definitely be back.

Loved the open fire!! Very relaxing, comfortable space. Recommend a visit if you're in the area!!

Pros : Food was lovely (roast dinner), and staff were courteous Cons : despite the restaurant being empty we were seated on a table by the kitchen, which was a shame. We were then joined on a nearby table by a group of 10 with incredibly poorly behaved children (one of whom nearly hit my daughter with a stone in the face. She seemed to think it was a good idea to be throwing them by the entrance / exit, and the parents seemed to be fine with it?!). Not the fault of the restaurant, but a shame that our meal was spoilt by other inconsiderate diners

Brilliant atmosphere, great food and lovely staff. Spencer looked after us brilliantly for our 30th birthday celebrations and had everything covered, went above and beyond!

Horrible experience! We ate at the Fox recently for Sunday lunch. Had a table for 4, and we invited friends from out of town, told them how good the Fox’s reputation was. While the food and the atmosphere were very good, we were abruptly asked to leave our table with no notice while we were in the middle of dessert, because they said they had another booking. We were not told this when we arrived, and we were not even given a short grace period. The waitress came to the table straight away with the bill and the card machine asking us to pay up immediately. It appeared that they had a party that included someone with a wheelchair and apparently our table was the only one that could accommodate this wheelchair. We were told if we wanted to finish our meal and have coffee that we could do so in the bar, well we didn’t want to do so in the bar, so we left. We were so embarrassed that our friends had to experience this, we could not apologise enough to them. Had we been told when we arrived that there was a time limit on the table, that would’ve been fine, but this was very unexpected and insulting. It appeared that the restaurant simply messed up their bookings, and we were inconvenienced by the situation. We were offered no compensation, and none of the staff who dealt with us showed the slightest signs of apology, we were just expected to deal with it. We hadn’t been to the Fox for a little while before this, and needless to say, it will be a very long time before we even consider going back again, if we ever do.

Used to be 5* but reducing in quality and atmosphere

We hired the private dining room for a special birthday for 16 people, the service and food was really good and Alina our waitress was really great. Would recommend.

Very enjoyable experience. Good food with attentive service.

Great service and very tasty food. Definitely recommend.

Very enjoyable visit. Delicious food and great service.

Absolutely loved our experience, our server was fantastic and it made the day for our daughter who was 18 last week. We came with family and will definitely return again

Great food, generous portions and service that goes above and beyond! We were with kids and they treated us fantastic, even booked us another table after our reservation time ended as we went there a bit later. Would definitely recommend for a great Sunday roast and a cosy atmosphere.

Kat produced a wonderful Sunday roast that was to die.for I totally recommend the roast at the fox will definitely be returning again

Most welcoming and friendly restaurant

Been here many times no issues. This visit, beyond poor. Long wait to order drinks and food once sat. Main meal was not nice. Potatoes were cold in middle and not cooked. One parties steak was not cooked correctly. Another had pie and pie surround too hard to cut. Complained, but after that waitress did not speak to us. Even after we paid the Bill and left she ignored us as we were walking past, no sorry or trying to fix it. Must be under new hands as never this poor. Think waitress called 'Alina'.

The beef and ale pie is delicious and filling. My friend had the first and chips and it was a generous portion, compared to other restaurants. You will be looked after and the main restaurant has a nice ambience. If you are unsure about a dessert, have the mini with a hot drink, which is a great way to finish the meal.

We had the pcpln24 wine and. dine menu. Scallops/Ribeye/creme brulee/wine and dine .wine pinfold bin2s ,all food and wine were excellent well cooked and presented ,excellent quality, one of the nicest meals out for a long time.will be back for definite. Can't wait .alan.

Really nice and cosy place. Food was great!

Fiona was absolutely amazing!!! Such amazing service, we were so well looked after! I am so thankful to her for the best evening. Fantastic I’m every way!!! We will be back and we will be asking for her to serve us again!

Fiona was beyond sensational. Exceptional guest service on every level. I have not been looked after this well in a very long time by anyone and I dine out a lot. Genuinely fantastic experience and looked after from start to finish.

I made the mistake of ordering a pizza. I went with a couple of friends after a round of golf, 2 of us ordered different pizzas and it was incredibly poor. The third ordered off the main menu and the pork looked incredible. I'd go again to try the mains. It's just a shame the meal I had wasn't great

Amazing food and good service. My lamb was delicious. 100% recommend.

Staff were nice, great food, and quick service 🙂 You’ll really enjoy eating here!

The Fox in Harpenden is a lovely pub restaurant consistently delivers exceptional dining experiences. Approximately 5 minutes drive from Harpenden town centre there is plenty of free parking on site. The menu showcases a delightful blend of classic British dishes with a modern twist. The ingredients are clearly sourced with care, resulting in flavors that are both familiar and surprising. Whether you're craving a hearty steak, a delicate seafood dish, or a creative vegetarian option, there's something to satisfy every palate. The service is impeccable. The staff are attentive, knowledgeable, and eager to provide recommendations. They go above and beyond to ensure that every guest feels welcome and valued.

Very slow service, food very average for the prices charged. Nice design and atmosphere.

We both had a burger and removed the pickles. Menu stated Monterey jack cheese, pickle and fries. It should’ve also stated there was some kind of dressing or burger sauce because we both thought there was a funny taste and would’ve removed the dressing/sauce which looked like cheese. This spoiled the food for us and we wasted some. The fries were nice and the place looks nice but for the price it was a disappointment. Not somewhere I’d go again, especially as the food choice for me was very limited to my tastes and I struggled to find something other than a burger to eat.

Menu is varied, good quality food, well presented and tasty, we visit often and have never had a bad meal yet.

Good choice and excellent standard. Better than average pub food

A lovely family meal with great service. Full praise for Georgina who served us.

Food is delicious place looks very nice and staff very kind Thank you will definitely be coming back

This place is amazing Food is delicious and staff very nice Would definitely recommend this place and will be coming back Thank you

Beautiful meal . Josie was an excellent and attentive server. Thank you The Fox and Josie.

Amazing food and service. Went above and beyond to help with our party. Nothing was too much hassle and everything went great. Would come back here again and again. The manager especially was absolutely delightful and on hand to help with everything. Great food, look forward to coming back.

Did not have any food so can not make a rating

The food and service here is exceptional. Really enjoyed our meals

The Sunday Roast is worth coming for.

been to the fox quite a few times, this time everything seem a notch up than before food was very good, service was great young people serving not like before very attentive we has Josie she was excellent so over all def 5 stars on this occasion hopefully it continues. vince.

Great atmosphere very friendly nice place

Great gastro pub, really great atmosphere and cracking service, would go back in a heart beat

I went to fox a few days ago. Food was great and service from Weronika and Spencer amazing. I will recommend to my friends!

Great meal this evening served by Spencer - he did an awesome job looking after us all, especially with my allergies!

Josh made my experience so amazing! Best service I’ve experienced in Harpenden.

Visited on the back of a recommendation and can't say we were disappointed. Very good food indeed!

We came from Croatia to the restaurant, and our waitress was a lovely girl named Josie. Thanks to her, our time was even better! Definitely a restaurant to recommend!!

Our waitress this evening, Charlie, was excellent. Genuinely engaging and had the time to talk to us and the other guests. A real credit to the pub but also to herself.

So I went to the fox with my partner and 2 year old on Saturday we had not booked so was well pleased we got in it started out ok had not been there before as I got my drinks I was offered a tab on the table went to order my food and said put it on my tab and before I knew it I was refused to have my food on a tab I felt mortified as there was other people allowed to had a food tab the excuse I was given was we have had people leave without paying before but yet others were allowed to have a tab I can only put this down to the fact that I was dressed in tracksuits and how am I to do a runner with a 2 year old in toe so I payed my food bill before I sat down food was good but I will never go back your staff should not judge people if my 2 year old son was not with me I would have caused a seen as I’m am disgusted they felt my face did not fit witch in my opinion is rude

The food has always been delicious in my experience, the staff most helpful

We visited for a family birthday lunch. Friendly and efficient service in an airy and bright pub. We really enjoyed the Panzaella Salad and they have mini desserts with coffee (machiatto was very good) if you're too full for bigger dessert.

Clean, quiet cheap, nice place. Very good free WiFi there.

The location was perfect, easily accessible with a good car park. Lovely decor and tables situated spaced so not intrusive for other diners. Excellent service by a very pleasant lad who was accommodating. Food was delicious, we all enjoyed every course and there was plenty of it. Reasonably priced also. A really enjoyable experience.

Attractive and welcoming pub. Excellent food with friendly and efficient service. A little on the expensive side but I don't mind paying more for quality service and food.

Had delicious lunch, quick and friendly service. Would definitely go again

Lovely afternoon in a lovely location. Reasonably priced as well.

Nice pub. Popped in on the way home. Lovely bar staff. Very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Thanks so much to The Fox and Fiona for making my birthday so special. I had a wonderful time with my family & the service & food was exceptional as always. I Highly recommend you check it out.

Great food, great service. We had a lovely time! My only disappointment was the portion size, quite small for me but nonetheless they deserve a 5*. Highly recommend!

Rosie our waitress was really helpful, attentive and had a very happy manner.

Great service, food was excellent. Really enjoyed.

Great food, very reasonable price and our waitress, Alina, was so lovely! Definitely recommend!

Great food great service great atmosphere

First time visiting - having a family meal. Polite & friendly staff - will certainly visit again.

Lovely atmosphere, but it felt overpriced for the quality. Service could've been a bit warmer.

Great pub Lots of parking Fireplace relaxing Bar staff friendly

Poor service. Unable to cope with high volumes of people. Staff are boarderline rude and very slow service. The so called artisan bread is 4 x half slices of cheap cold bread. Do not recommend.

Fabulous food. Great staff. Wonderful atmosphere. We enjoyed a lovely family Sunday Roast get together.

We prebooked a party of 6, on a Tuesday lunchtime. It looked like several other groups had also booked, including 2 tables of 8-10. So the Fox knew in advance they would be busy, but they seemed overwhelmed by the demand. Service was horrendously slow. Lunch took almost 3 hours. Soup was lukewarm, as though it had been left waiting in the kitchen. Tiny veg servings with the lamb. Even so, all the dishes were tasty, and catered for all diets and tastes.

Amazing place. Lovely Staff and great food.

Sorry excuse for a burger. Premade patties, tasted like a kids or cafe burger. For £16 a bit of a joke

Good food, good service, very friendly staff. Highly recommend!

Bit if a tricky one. Everyone else's food was great, but they forgot my food. Two different starters (only told after ordering) weren't available and they were very apologetic so I'll let that slide. However when 4 mains came out we all waited on my meal to arrive. Eventually called over the waiter and was told it would be over in 5 minutes, 10 mins later nothing. Then told it would be 5 minutes another 10 mins, still nothing. The rest of the party had now finished their food, so I cancelled the order. To be fair, they were very apologetic and gave us a reasonable discount on the full bill. It was my first visit, so I probably wouldn't return, but the others in the party ensured me it's normally great and the discount and way they acknowledged their mistake means I probably will. Bad first experience for me, but everyone else enjoyed their food and I had a few free drinks!

Arrived and we were led to our table by Amber. A waitress then came and took our order and drinks order. The food arrived and was fantastic. The puddings with a coffee or tea were amazing.

Not much you can improve. I had the three course for £22.95. A) I thought it was excellent value for money. B) all courses were well cooked and tasted delicious and C) the portions were a good size but not excessive to put you off.

We went for Sunday roast and had the unpleasant experience of being served by "Veronica " she was rough in her way of taking orders as if she was doing us a favour .

The food was terrible. We had the trio of roast with cauliflower cheese as a side. The greens were already unavailable by 1.45. The cauliflower cheese was tasteless. The roast potatoes were not cooked properly. The Yorkshire pudding was like cardboard and turned to dust when cut. Parts of the dish were cold. The gravy was pointless. Very watery. My son had the fish and chips and said it was the worst too. My daughter had a cheese burger from the children’s menu which was also cold. The waitress gave us 50% off our roast which was a kind gesture but at £21.00 a dish there is so much better places to go in the area. Very disappointing.

Comfortable setting and friendly staff, along with a good selection of drinks and good value food

Interesting menu good service on nice surround

Best pub in a perfect location… And please try the Cuban mai tai …

Only popped in for a quick drink, but very friendly staff and they did a good selection of coffees for the drivers. I suspect it's a popular gastropub in the evenings but can't add much else.

Staff lovely, friendly and helpful. Disappointing that both Doombar and London Pride were off. Food was good. Coffee not so good, luke warm despite asking for it to be extra hot.

Staff seemed to struggle with the numbers in the pub on this visit. We, a triple birthday group (a couple of us near fifty and a teenager amongst us), were sat in an awkward table between the bar and a till - which made for constant movement by us to allow people past front and back. Overall the food was fair, however the triple meat roast had very dry chicken and pork (the beef was fine and those who has the roast beef only enjoyed it). Portion size was smaller than anticipated. Staff were okay but not as attentive or friendly as previously when we have visited. We've been to this pub and others in the group many, many times and this was a disappointment - however, I'll put it down to an off day for staff and we will come back and hope for better.

Phenomenal food, service and atmosphere. Incredible staff, little slow on drink service but not enough to reduce the stars!

Really nice meal, with good and quick service. Definitely come back!

I don't live in Harpender, but if I have a special occasion or just want to have dinner in a nice, quiet atmosphere with perfectly and tasty cooked food, it is the best place to visit!!!!

Lovely spot, food was overdone but otherwise excellent

Thankyou so much for a lovely Sunday lunch. Marcin Was lovely and a huge thankyou to Amber for managing the booking. We will be back!

We arrived on time, our orders were taken and we were waiting for our starters and people that arrived after us had their starters and mains and we were still waiting, a hour goes past and we are told the order didn't go through so we placed it again. The starters arrived and were lovely. When our mains arrived I was given the wrong dish I asked for roast beef and got pork belly, my daughter ordered linguine with scallops and they were missing, my dad ordered hake and it was cold, it was sent back and still came back cold. We ordered a vegetable side which was left on the table while the other dishes were sent back and ended up being cold. We received no apology and were disappointed so we paid and left.

Have had some really good food here. Steak pies a bit less good compared to the other dishes. Good wines and cocktails too

Friendly pub but the food was only so-so. Ordered the mixed salad and all the ingredients were very cold and wet. So the salad tasted a bit like a slobbery mess. Everything else was better but this was at best a ‘good’ experience.

Outstanding service, remarkably polite and friendly. I chose the Roast Beef while my companion enjoyed the trio of meats, all of which were divine and served generously. The atmosphere was ideal, and I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening with my date.

What an amazing pub! We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner Easter Sunday.

Delicious mini desert with tea. Wonderful decor.

Lovely lunch at the Fox today wonderfully served by Marcin. Great steak pie and veg- v large v fresh portion of cod. Finished with a huge sticky toffee pudding with a sumptuous ginger ice cream. Noisy when we arrived due to it being so busy so would probably leave it til late in the day next time.

Beautiful restaurant Excellent food, the best i have had in a long time. Excellent and friendly service.

What a terrible experience,arrived for dinner here and was greeted with a manager that looked extremely unhapy, was seated at the table to be then greeted with a sour face waitress that was very unfriendly. She made it very clear that she didn’t want to be there and spent ages scratching her hair and face then took 20 minutes for drinks to come then she vanished for a good 20 minutes , no interest in taking our food order so we just left . I don’t think she would have even noticed. Really gone down hill , use to really like it here.

Very nice comfortable atmospheric pub/restaurant. Good and varied menu including food for assorted tastes

One of the most cozy pubs I have ever been to. Ambient is relaxing and even when full of people it isn't too noisy. The fireplace room is very nice. Food is classic pun food but with a touch of elegance and the dishes are very well presented.