Harvester in St Albans

Go here a lot, staff are always lovely and food is always good. Kids and the wife love the salad catt

We had planned to go here on Sunday for a family meal, arrived and got sat on the smallest table for four people and when we asked for a bigger table, the waitress got an attitude because she had to check the bookings. After being able to sit on a bigger table, we ordered our meals and went to the salad bar, minimal salad on the salad bar and the only thing that was refilled was the low fat dressing. My mom had asked for the sauces on the salad bar to be refilled and was waiting half an hour for this. We finally got our food and my mums tempura prawns were cold and soggy, I had the bbq chicken stack which when I began eating had noticed the chicken was pink on the inside. We had told the waitress about this and she was lovely she apologised and took them off the bill offering something else but we did not want to eat. When leaving my mom had said to one lady who looked like a manager that the food was the worst she’s had in the time she’s been coming here to which she replied with an attitude “yeah whatever” and walked away. Overall, we do not recommend, the food is not good, we did not have a good time and we will not be returning.

Kelly was amazing good food good eye for detail deffo coming back 5*

Kelly was amazing host well looked after in a rush to return to work and assisted very quick to have our food to takeaway polite lady thank you for your help

Great staff Kayla and Kelly, thanx ladies. Food was great and birthday treat for my daughter made the eve evening. Will defo come again

Disgusting the pint glass was absolutely dirty and unfortunately I only realised wen I had a sip from it! Bar staff not friendly

Really lovely service and food. Libby our waitress was really wonderful and happy and made sure we were okay! Definitely will go back again!

I received excellent service from Libby. She was friendly and helpful. The food was mixed. Great salad bar, great mac & cheese but a very burned sausage medleym

My friend and I have been here a few times but I think this time may be the last. There were no jacket potatoes so we opted for rice which was tasteless until I added my peas and my friend added sweetcorn! There was no coffee, only instant as the coffee machine was broken! When the bill came we were charged for 2 courses when we only had 1, surely you only pay for what you’ve eaten and we decided against dessert? Not happy with this at all 😡

Kelly was amazing, took time to chat with us and make the experience wonderful. Amazing food and service will be back, favourite Harvester nearby for the outstanding service every time

Lovely food and service. Quick and catered to our needs. Our waitress Kelly was very helpful and would recommend.

Kelly was a wonderful host! She was polite and prompt, despite it being a busy Saturday afternoon! Ancient Briton was a bit noisy but to be expected. Great food, especially enjoyed the vegetarian selection. Brownie is very dense and sticks your gums together, but if you appreciate that in a dessert then YAY!

Harvester was awesome landmark during our one-week trip across England. Thank you for helpfulness and amazing dinners that we looking forward. We value also your reasonable prices.

Good food and service. It was our waitress Libby's first day and she did very well. Also took advantage of 50% offer off our bill.

Don't go if you have peanut allergy! Went with my family for lunch and informed the waitress we had a peanut allergy on the table and placed our order based on the information available in the menu! However, when we checked the allergy disclaimer, it was stated that the food ordered did contained peanut! After complaining about the lack of consistency between the menu and the disclaimer, the solution offered was for us to eat somewhere else as "it'd be easy for us"! In summary, if they can be accountable for their kitchen/information when it comes to something as serious as allergies, I also suggest you avoid eating there and do go somewhere else!

Nice, relaxed atmosphere, service & food was excellent

Another fab breakfast today served by the wonderful Kelly! My daughter and I love to see her, she always makes our meals super special ❤️❤️

Lovely place and Katrina is a lovely waitress and friend

Nice to have meals with my dad here. Good selection. Tasty food.

Kelly was absolutely awesome she was very warm welcoming and friendly and should get a promotion. A very strong efficient waitress. Thankyou for a lovely evening. We will be back party of 7 well looked after.

Awful - waited for 10 minutes at front desk with queue of other guests behind me and staff just walked past and did not even acknowledge us. Tuesday night is Chicken Tuesday but last night (18/02/25) they did not have any chicken?? Salad cart drawers contents were very low and acompanyments (croutons, onion and bacon bits etc) were empty. Dressings tubs were dirty with old sauce running down the sides/ congealed on side of the containers and obviously haven't been cleaned for ages. No plates for rolls and no white rolls available. Morsels of food on floor where it had not been swept (rice, peas etc). Chef swearing loudly in kitchen when there were young children on table to one side of us and another chefs hair had fallen out of its net but he carried preparing food regardless. We waited nearly 40 mins for our main courses but walked out before they came when the table next to us were told the kitchen had run out of chips!! Unbelievable. How can a business operate in such a shoddy manor? This experience has put us off Harvester from now on.

Seven of us went for dinner this evening for my son's birthday. Waited about 45 minutes for the food which was very basic and unappetising. Salad bar very depleted and very unappealing. Bottles of Coke given without straws or glasses, Had to ask for cutlery. Service atrocious. Tried to overcharge on the bill. Never again!!

A lot of the menu was not available, and then they ran out chips. Food was slow to arrive 1hr 40 minutes for the mains.

Took 2 hours for food and ran out of chips after ordering

Went to this restaurant on Saturday for my birthday, restaurant table was freezing cold was very cold, our dinner was 1hour 15minutes late, my partners food was raw and uncooked, and then he was made to pay a tip.. we travelled a long way and did not enjoy this experience and wasn’t a nice meal for my birthday.

The food was lovely, our waitress Kelly was very friendly and welcoming which made the experience very enjoyable

Had a lovely meal, Kelly was fantastic, friendly, and more than happy to help. Definitely recommend

Great meal. Fantastic service from Kelly. My nephews favourite and server. Remembered our order!!!

Had a lovely lunch today, the food was well cooked and presented, it was very busy but the waitress, Kelly, did an amazing job as she was on her own. She was friendly, polite and very helpful. Such a shame she had to be doing everything by herself. But a very enjoyable experience

Kelly was an amazing host . Friendly and lovely

Great service by the always happy and welcoming Kelly

Kelly gave us excellent service. We will definitely return

Had a lovely meal here after picking my daughter up from Uni. Service was fantastic, thank you to waitress Kelly!

Having enjoyed a great meal Kelly our waitress was pleasant ,professional, she is a asset to your business with her customer skills. She was ever so efficient and knowledgeable and a great personality just shines. we thought she was the manager. Thank you Kelly we will be back.

Attended with family well presented lovely food will certainly visit again

Have not been to harvester for a while and wont be going again any time soon.

Good family restaurant. Greta staff. Don't sit near the door as cold draft

Was really dissapionted seems to have gone down hill. The salad cart pasta was like dry hard rubber and potato salad looked shopped bought and other salad looked old. We had to send bowls, and glasses back for being dirty. My Gammon smelt funny and also no one had read my special request in the booking and that was also ignored when I came. Real shame about 10 years ago it was lush.

When we arrived we were turned away quite rudely and dismissed because we didn’t realise we had to book in advance. We went outside and found out that we could actually make a booking for the same date and there was availability within 10 mins. This made us confused as the staff member at the door could have just told us that. She ended up being our waitress. She was helpful and friendly after that however we had to wait ages for our mains which meant we lost our appetite for the food. We couldn’t understand because there was just two of us and a couple on the other table arrived after us and got their food before us. Probably wouldn’t visit again due to this experience in all.

We booked a table for 10 for a birthday party Got to venue No steak .no chicken.no salad.no gammon. Limited deserts .no coleslaw. This was 6pm terrible service Cold food Couldn't even supply salt so got some brought in a bowl with a spoon

Excellent service, and good food as always......it was cold inside(bar area).

The food was delicious and the staff were all happy and friendly

Faith had a brilliant customer service and was fantastic throughout our whole meal lovely young lady

Served by the lovely faith today such a joy and really helpful was so polite to her customers great addition to the team

No soap in toilets, mens. Blocked pan and constant running flush in the other. No heating at all in side bar and gents. Chef never used soap to clean hands, quick wipe of water, then off to cook our dinner. Not happy at all, complained to chef and staff, little response. Probably won't revisit

Really nice waitress really friendly fast with the food

Was sat in the bar area for lunch and was absolutely frozen, another table sat after then got offered a seat in the warmer part of the restaurant but not me. Food is OK, very basic but decent for the price. Restaurant offers unlimited salad, but was not given bowl for this until chasing up after being served food and by this point was so frozen had to leave before I fully made the most of the offer. App ordering is a good idea, but took way too long to setup and then worked so slowly once logged in and it took 3 tries to actually submit order. Have been to other harvester restaurants and had a great experience so dissapointed by my experience here

Staff are so friendly here, will defo be back! Thank you!! (Ps Harvester please put sausage and mash back on your menu, thanks)

Becky made our dining experience from the moment we walked in friendly and knowledgeable what a credit to the harvester team

Smashing service from becky as always!

Becky is a fantastic credit to the Mitchell and butler family have never felt more comfortable in a restaurant sitting so friendly and knowledgeable

Becki really friendly and helpful. The kids love a salad bar! We come here a lot because the staff are lovely and it’s kid friendly. The food is basic, but reasonable value.

Absolutely fantastic restaurant, lovely service from Becky, made us feel very welcome, everything was perfect. Steaks cooked to perfection and even managed to make room for dessert! Will definitely visit here again... Thank you!

Halfway meeting point for family from Oxford and Essex . Bit of a risk i guess but pleasantly surprised. The back of the building where we parked doesn't give a good impression but thankfully once inside we were warmly welcomed, nothing was too much bother and the staff were super - friendly, efficient, flexible with sorting out our bills, and the food was great too. Really recommended.

Snuck in for a cheeky breakfast with my husband, breakfast was lovely and ,Becky, our server was really nice and polite. Really good experience all around.

Kelly was the best waitress we've had all year. She looked after us well with food allergies and m mistakes made with ordering (by us). Best service 💜

I visited with my mum, it was a lovely experience from start to end. Kelly served us, she was so warm and welcoming. Food was spot on as always.

Great food and clean restaurant. Becky did everything for us and made the evening thoroughly enjoyable. Definitely be back.

Lovely meal of the new menu. Food presentation was good. Becky was lovely friendly and very efficient. The venue is nice and welcoming Will be back.

Christmas Day dinner was awful worst ever

Had an after work Xmas eve get together, Food was lovely, service from Becky was attentive. All round brilliant time thanks. Wishingyou all the best for Xmas and a peaceful New year.

Great service, friendly staff. Delicious food. Really good value for money. Definitely recommend.

Went to Breakfast with Santa this morning with my son, who is neuro diverse. It was so calm and not very busy, which was perfect for us. My son had a really good, unhurried chat with Santa and loved the goodie bag. Breakfast was lovely and the staff were friendly and dressed up in festive items. A really nice Xmasy thing to do on Xmas eve.

Very friendly atmosphere and helpful staff! Especially Kelly!

Family get together for christmas. Great food and service. Not so keen on the corn bread though.

Nice atmosphere. Lovely food and great service from Becky. She was very friendly and attentive.

My order time was changed and then it was 40 mins late, food was cold because the driver went all the way to hatfield first

Absolutely devastated they cancelled our Breakfast with Santa not even an hour before we was coming. My children were distraught! Yes the offered free breakfast for the kids but that wasn’t enough. They had been waiting weeks for this! So upset!

Our group of 12 have just enjoyed a lovely lunch and all agreed the food was great and our waitress was absolutely top notch. Kelly was a delight and couldn't have given us any better service, with a friendly smile and ensuring we had everything we required. Thank you Kelly, you helped make lunch even more enjoyable.

Staff were welcoming and friendly And the food was amazing. Steak cooked to perfection. Really pleased I went.

second order in a row, where the salad has been missed, dont think we will bother going for a third order

Good service. Good Good. Bacon really tasty. Poached eggs..10 out of 10. Covid? Restrictions meant toast brough to to table.

Had a wonderful experience for my birthday here. Staff were all lovely and food was superb. Definitely recommend!!

Very amazing lovely service from Kelly

Customer service excellent for the team and amazing foods , always deliver the best ,love going there and recommend to everyone.

I'm a regular at Harvester Ancient Briton and there's many good reasons for that! The whole team is outstanding but a very special mention to Becky, she always goes above and beyond to be an awesome host.

Me and the lovely Wife went here for lunch today 11/11/2024. The service was excellent and the food was top notch. Our first time at this particular Harvester. We happened to be in the area and were peckish. We will definitely return when next in town,

We are always s made welcome. We do some business meetings here in the day and it always works well for us. Amy & Adam Hub Care Support

Went in for a quick lunch after visiting willows activity farm, servers were quick and friendly all had smiles on their faces. Good food can't complain, only had chips and chicken wings and light bites as it was only 2pm. Desserts all good! Gave the kids some activity packs. Overall a good nice experience.

Kelly, brilliant service. Made our night fun. Fully made me wear a bib! 🤣 Thank kelly so much for today! If there could be a 10th star kelly would have it Thanks for the ginger bread man ❤️

Needed a lunch for one in a hurry, which considering the place was packed was a big ask. Staff went above and beyond to get one delicious flatbread lunch to me. Great value too.

Nice family friendly restaurant. Was a bit of a walk from the station but definitely worth it! We went here for my daughters birthday and it was the only restaurants that would allow us to reserve a table for 11 people 😂 Highly recommend!

First time here. Pleasant staff. Nice place. The food was lovely. Didn't have long to wait. For a Friday evening, it was busy, not overcrowded. Looking forward to visiting again.

Visited with Mother-in-law who has dementia. The staff were really patient with us and very sensitive to her needs. They kindly let us choose from the children's menu as she has a small appetite. They fetched an additional chair and were so calm and respectful. Thank you! xxx

As long as you’re not going expecting a Michelin star you’ll be happy. The food is nice, staff friendly and prices good. The last two times especially the waitress seeing to us was particularly nice.

Great food, great service and good prices.

Food was great as always but again didn't read the notes asked for no peppers on salad and again loads of peppers

Came here with my partner. Excellent food, which came nice and quick. Becky was very efficient and was great, made us feel very welcome.

Food was lovely, service by Hayley was fab

Great meal as always the chef josh always smashes the meals there always cooked to perfection and the waitress becky is always happy to serve u nothing is ever a problem Great service and great food guys and girls

Although the prices have risen we feel it was worth the extra £ due to the food quality and great service . Overall very pleased and had a fantastic afternoon. Massive thanks to liz who was especially helpful , polite ,bubbly and friendly !

The food was amazing and Becky was so lovely!

Lovely place to visit friendly staff and very helpful

never received anything rubbish

Great service, Kelly C really friendly and good with kids. Fast professional service. Would highly recommend.

We stopped of for a meal on our way home from a long hospital appointment in london and the meal was lovely the staff was very nice and polite so ended the day off very nice thanks

Visited with family earlier in week and was very disappointed. Staff member who seated us was very rude and just walked off ahead. We waited a long time to be seated despite booking, asked if there was a wait for food because of how long we had waited to be seated and was told only around 25 minutes. The salad was awful and had clearly been sitting for a while, food ended up being around 50 minutes. We were offered dessert menus but then waitress never came back so we just asked for the bill and left. Womens and disabled toilets had no hand wash or toilet roll.

Beautiful food great service and wonderful price thank you Hayley for looking after us a brilliant service by you thank you can’t wait too return

Great food and of course the salad bar Hayley our waitress was amazing

We had a lovely family meal at the St Albans Harvester. The food was great, but our visit was made all the better by our fantastic waitress, Kelly. She was lovely and because she looked after us so well, we will definitely be returning. Thank you!