Kellys Road Side Cafe in Dacorum

Our festivities over Christmas always end up by getting together with two very good friends. We enjoy New Year's Eve with a splendid meal at either their house or ours, and go out for breakfast on New Year's Day. For many years it’s been a bit of a tradition to visit The Kings Arms for their excellent Eggs Benedict. Regrettably, this year was not a good experience. Booked in at 10.30 a.m., tea and coffee arrived fairly swiftly, but then we waited an hour before we said we’ll pay for the beverages and go elsewhere. The delightful waitress was most apologetic but it still took another ten minutes before the food arrived. All the young waitresses were doing a wonderful job in the circumstances, but the chefs hollered at each other in the open kitchen, accompanied by crashing and banging of plates and pots and pans. Not the sort of racket you need with a sore head after an evening heavy on the wine. It was no busier than on previous years, but the cooking seemed to be highly disorganised. We would like to have been told on entry that it would be a lengthy delay before we were served. Totally unacceptable. (But the Eggs Benedict were delicious.)