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4.1

Based on 200 opinions finded in 3 websites

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Nº 244 in 472 in St Albans

Nº 32 of 83 British in St Albans

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Good real ale. Outside seating. Easy parking. Friendly service

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John Cottrell . 2024-08-25

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Bit dated but friendly staff 👍👍

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mark saunders . 2024-02-17

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Really sweet pub and friendly, nice garden and good parking.

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Jo Wing . 2024-01-23

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Lovely little pub, good beer and nice atmosphere. Highly recommended.

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Paul Rice . 2023-12-14

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A great place for a couple of beers and to relax very friendly 👌

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Pat Irvine . 2023-09-19

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friendly bar staff, good sized garden, cute dogs live there. only popped in for a pint, would go again ☺️

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Katherine Hubbard . 2023-08-15

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Great cosy little local pub. Lovely beer garden for the summer and a roaring open fire in the winter.

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shayne norman . 2023-02-27

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Friendly pub fair range of beers. Feb 23. Still popular some craft beers on tap now.

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Roger Cappy . 2023-02-18

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A great friendly pub. Tony was the best host. The outside area is great & inside is a traditional pub. Very, very Clean, comfortable & well worth a visit

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becksoclock . 2022-11-13

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Great cosy small pub. Always friendly. (Based on 100+ visits over 30 years!)

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Steve “Chippy” Paine . 2022-10-22

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Very friendly surroundings. Good selection of ales.

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Dave Rutter . 2022-09-08

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Met up with friends for pre dinner drinks. Lovely little pub, outside seating, welcoming and friendly with cosy atmosphere.

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Lyn Russell . 2022-08-07

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Lovely location, quality wine for the price. Thank you 👍

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Dianne Anthony . 2022-07-01

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Tony is a great landlord and runs his pub very well. Table service is a bonus

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S Wilde . 2021-10-31

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A cosy cottage style pub offering quality real ales but no food. The pub is a regular entry in CAMRA Good Beer Guide.

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John Crowhurst . 2021-10-22

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Nice outdoor space - very comfy.

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Matthew Moriarty . 2021-10-10

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The Carpenters is a beautiful building and has a great unique garden , with the owner offering a great service and has a vey pleasant team who cant do enough for you . Great range of drinks and spotlessly clean throughout. Always a highly enjoyable visit.

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SC19672015 . 2021-09-20

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Great pub Friendly Landlord & staff plenty of room to sit outside

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Tony Perreira . 2021-09-14

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Great service from friendly bartenders. The pub garden is also lovely, with little lights really setting the scene. Would absolutely recommend going here

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O F . 2021-08-30

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Lovely stop off on a very long walk.great outdoor area.covid safe .we will be back.oh and lovely beer

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Tina Beaufoy . 2021-06-03

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Excellent ..... we were made to feel very welcome. All Covid protocols followed.

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Linda Davies . 2021-04-21

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Well organised and managed for Covid plus good beer too.

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Ian Cobb . 2021-04-17

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Great beer, real customers, great atmosphere and a characterful landlord. If you are looking for a ‘local’ in Harpenden, look no further.

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Paul Foster . 2020-12-12

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The Carpenters arms is one of the few real pubs left in Harpenden. The staff are excellent, regulars are invariably friendly, beer is superb, best pint of Guinness for miles. Food is of a high standard. Patio garden is a pleasure in summer and provides cover with heaters for those wetter cold days. If you have a dog you'll friend it a dog friendly environment to relax in.

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Ian W . 2020-12-03

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Bitter & Twisted Beer perfectly kept

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luke huizinga . 2020-09-30

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Great little traditional pub. Service and beers good. Would recommend.

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Jon Lambert . 2020-09-20

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Nice, friendly pub with good beers on offer

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Andy Whiting . 2020-03-14

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Proper pub with well kept ales and friendly staff.

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Maher Family . 2020-02-12

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Lovely little pub with a nice outdoor area. Really nice place to sit in the summer. The staff are nice and remembered my dad's drink 6 months after he last visited, mad!

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Andrew Willcox . 2020-02-02

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Wonderful pub with great beer! fantistic atmosphere!

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Bobby Love . 2019-12-25

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Excellent beer, but the landlord was distinctly inhospitable. Maybe the Christmas spirit hadn't got to him, the channel changing misery guts

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jimter123 . 2019-12-21

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This is simply a proper pub. Familiar. Cozy. Great staff who pay attention. A real home from home. Great to just pop in a grab a pint; or spend several hours with friends.

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Gavin Russell . 2019-12-01

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A real pub, well run with great beer and atmosphere. Will return time after time. Landlord really friendly and a Spurs fan too.

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KwakuAkwatia . 2019-10-26

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Lovely pub, with great outdoor area.

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Geoff Vail . 2019-09-24

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Had the landlord shouting at me about it being private parking as we went around the front to go in (as we missed the back entrance). Got back in the car and left. I'd recommend somewhere with more hospitality and less hyperness.

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David Kennedy . 2019-09-06

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Lovely beer garden, friendly staff :)

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Stephen Waite . 2019-07-28

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Really lovely pub has a beautiful garden area and staff are very friendly and welcoming .great pub to visit and to relax and unwind after a bissy day at work

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Maria Wilding . 2019-07-13

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really enjoyed lunch all round great experience Excellent staff, friendly service Pleasant garden Will be back

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John S . 2019-05-23

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Friendly traditional pub. A real find.

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Fiona Thomas . 2019-05-21

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Very friendly staff and excellent service.

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Becky “Wulfhildr” . 2019-05-19

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Champion! Just like Luton Town COYH! 👍

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Doug Jones . 2019-04-30

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Great beer, just what a pub should be.

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John Keggen . 2019-04-26

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Lovely place but the bar is so small it becomes very crowded easily

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Stuart Giddens . 2019-04-23

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A lovely little local. Highly recommended.

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Tom Quick . 2019-04-13

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Cosy with a roaring fire. Felt like being in someone's front room - friendly service, Tele on and a couple of sweet little dogs scampering about

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Alicia Holloway . 2019-03-15

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Great atmosphere limited car park spaces food Tuesday too Friday lunch time only

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phyllis farr . 2019-03-13

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Great little pub. Lovely atmosphere on a Friday night. Busy but not overwhelming. Good selection of beers and gins. Didn’t try the food but will do so in the future. Sad that one reviewer having heard homophobic slurs by some golfers that the manager didn’t deal with. They need to make sure everyone feels welcome.

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Nimrod104 . 2019-03-05

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Small, one bar, propper pub., with chice of real ale.

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Jonathan Kinch . 2019-03-02

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I love this pub! Great beers and always full of happy drinkers!

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Eric Pert . 2019-02-08

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Wonderful pub ! Tony made me feel most welcome. Great chats ! I'll be back soon.

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Harry Stockill . 2019-01-28

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Fantastic friendly boozer, with a great atmosphere

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Damon Walker . 2019-01-05

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Nice gaf, if you want to get older a lot quicker...

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tommy scouse . 2018-11-01

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Best real local Pub in Harpenden

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David Reynolds . 2018-10-17

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Great little real pub. Friendly staff. Great beer.

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Iain Craigen . 2018-10-03

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We have been going to the Carps for nearly 10 years it's a rare find it does lovely food but mainly it's a place to enjoy a drink and a chat with friendly Landlord and local people

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Penny Miles . 2018-09-28

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My daughter and I visited for lunch for my birthday in August. The fish and chips were OK but expensive and the experience would have been pleasant. However: a gaggle of elderly golfing types were sitting at the bar loudly expressing homophobic opinions. This is unacceptable and something of which the Landlord should be ashamed. For this reason alone we will never return.

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850haydnd . 2018-09-21

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Enjoyed a lovely pub lunch with my son and daughter who is an electric wheelchair. Access to the garden was perfect for her. vthe owner was polite, friendly and helpful.

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kevinbF5473RL . 2018-08-18

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Lovely pub selling well kept beer at a reasonable price. Good variety of draught beers. On a summer's evening the garden is a great place to sit with lots of seats and a couple of gazebos.

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davidwpercival . 2018-08-14

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Was there for a garden birthday party, and it worked very well.

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Denise Legg . 2018-06-11

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Been here a number of times always found the welcome to be warm, the drinks great, the food good tasty and the staff fun

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Steve C . 2018-05-28

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Attended for lunch. Perfect as always would highly recommend the Cajun chicken and bacon salad. Had a perfectly served coke which was out the bottle so nice and fizzy. Bar staff as always were absolutely perfect! Would recommend to anyone wanting a friendly pub lunch

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dorset111986 . 2018-05-28

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Attended with friends and was served up flat coke. A few of us reported to the barman and requested replacement drinks and was met with sarcasm and rudeness!

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Georgiah82 . 2018-05-18

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Great small pub with excellent beer garden.

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Ali Barrett . 2018-05-12

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Nice and friendly Atmosphere to have a quite drink.

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Harish Chudasama . 2018-04-14

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Very nice atmosohere on a Saturday night. Been updated a lot since my last visit

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Matthew Gray . 2018-04-12

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Superb, friendly local pub with well maintained ales. The landlord is hilarious and very welcoming.

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J Hampson . 2018-03-16

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This is a lovely, characterful English pub that serves a great selection of ales that are rotated regularly. You can get nice food during the week and sometimes great basket meals on a weekend evening.

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mark riley . 2018-02-17

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First visit here Never knew it existed My loss Small intimate atmospheric local If i lived in Harpenden i would drink here

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davethedrill . 2017-10-24

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De todos los pubs en harpenden, este tiene que ser mi favorito.

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Abby R . 2017-07-11

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Have been using the Carpenters over a period of time for Friday lunch. The food and service have always been excellent. Today was no exception, meal was fantastic with a great selection of beers. Would highly recommend this friendly pub.

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Steve C . 2017-06-30

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First visit. What I would call a proper pub before they morphed into 'eateries'. Good ales and atmosphere.

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Alan Winn . 2017-06-18

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For such a small local bar this place makes a huge, friendly impression. They have had some great music on and the beer is really well kept. They have a well kept garden and I wish it was closer.

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Martin Stewart . 2017-05-06

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Tiny tiny pub but great atmos lovely staff & great beer! what more do you want or need? We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves ;-)

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Ivor_Kel . 2017-04-21

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Metimos en por primera vez en la noche se han mudado a la zona (sólo se habían visitado dos veces por un sándwich y café a la hora del almuerzo).

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Andrew H . 2017-03-26

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Recently visited here with my girlfriend what an amazing pub food spot on and real ales are spot on different class and a wonderful beer garden for those summer days can't wait for my next visit.

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Chris H . 2017-02-24

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Big up robert! Lovely guy, opened door on way in, friendly, all makes a difference, especially impressive when he's been out all night before

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Rory C . 2017-02-05

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Otro almuerzo en los carpinteros los brazos! Pasteles de pescado con una ensalada de patatas, preciosa y recomendar 10 / 10. Precioso fuego abierto perfecto en un día frío como hoy!

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dorset111986 . 2017-01-26

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Great atmosphere and Tony is the friendliest landlord in harpenden.

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Edward Robinson . 2017-01-24

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Nice cosy little pub with friendly staff. Small draft selection but clean taps. Cash only under £10 or there's a charge.

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Phill Gillespie . 2016-12-24

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Una vez más hemos tenido una noche verdaderamente agradable en el carpinteros. Comida de navidad era tan bueno como siempre. Gracias a Tony y Maria, Tom y Alex. Todos en nuestro grupo no tengo más que alabanzas para el equipo. Gracias.

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Lynne C . 2016-12-10

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Servicio amable y acogedor fuego frío y cuando hace buen tiempo en el patio repleto de flores es una adición bienvenida. Como la reforma reciente decoración también!

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Theresa S . 2016-10-29

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Really good food,choice of beers,very friendly customers and staff,this pub has everything going for it

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peterd28 . 2016-10-13

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Absolutely fantastic as always!!! Excellent staff excellent food, never leave hungry if anything far from it! Excellent portions for a fantastic price!

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dorset111986 . 2016-07-20

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Very friendly pub, cosy, lovely atmosphere. Great place to spend an evening with friends, would highly recommend.

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Madalina C . 2016-06-19

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It seems to me that, increasingly, Southdown has a separate identity from Harpenden as a whole and this lively and friendly little pub plays a big part in that. A frequent rotation of guest ales means there's always something new to try and there's permanent feature Adnam's Bitter to fall back on if you don't fancy them. Courage Best is popular, apparently, which just goes to show there is no accounting for taste. This is an eclectic hangout for everyone from rugger-loving Tories to the leftish musos and poets fast turning SoHa (South Harpenden) into something of an artists' quarter.

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Johnny G . 2016-06-07

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Great little pub. Good outside space.

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Neil Davis . 2016-05-18

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We moved to Southdown around four months ago and one of the highlights has been this place. The atmosphere is so relaxed and friendly. Very different from other pubs in the area. There's always a nice selection of real ales on. Great place to meet the locals (and their dogs!) or just for a quiet drink or to catch up with a group of friends

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StAlbGuy . 2016-04-23

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Lovely place to meet up with friends etc. for a couple of drinks, quite a cosy place, the fire is usually lit, lovely little bar it's a favourite pub of ours in the area.

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StarlightLyn . 2016-03-06

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This has been a regular for many years. The current owners have vastly improved the range and quality of food at both lunchtime and in the evenings. There are fortnightly themed evenings ranging from 'Mediterranean' to 'pies and puds' all at very reasonable prices. They also do amazingly good Christmas lunches/dinners just before Christmas -not to be missed. It is advisable to book for dinners as very popular. Good range of beers but not really a 'real ale ' pub but good range all the same. Friendly little house dogs also. Real fire. Wonderful old style/wood décor that feels like a real English pub. Friendly and knowledgeable bar staff and owners. Tv in one corner but no sound so not obtrusive. Gentle music at lunchtimes. Smoking 'hut' outside with heating! Beer garden and own car park. Pub is bedecked with several flowering plants and was a regular winner of best pub in that floral division.

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Brian S . 2016-02-12

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Great little pub, very friendly landlord who made us feel welcome and spent a little bit of time chatting with us. Good selection of beers.

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2015Random-Traveller . 2015-11-09

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Cosy local pub atmosphere with attentive landlord. Good choice of food and beers at sensible prices. Faithful clientele of local people. Limited space.

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AJimJenkins . 2015-04-15

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This is such a lovely pub, it's friendly warm and fun. When you walk in, it's like you're walking into someone's front room which is great. The only downside is the landlord can be a bit grumpy which can spoil the atmosphere a bit

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Joeavison . 2015-04-14

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This is my local pub and you are sure of a warm welcome from the landlord. Good beer, two open fires and none of that loud music or tv blaring. They do special food events that are really good value but don't serve food every day. Well worth finding out when these are on ciz the chef who comes in to cook is very good. They did a special veg lasagne for my partner the other week, superb! You need to book though.The one downside is because it's in harpenden, you may find the odd boorish, Daily Mail reading biggot sounding off. Just turn the other ear and you'll be fine. It can get busy as its a small pub but the garden is nice during good weather.

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Jabberjab . 2015-03-21

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Great local boozer... Good beer and they do food on special nights only and it's very very good. You have to book

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Pete ‘Joyless’ Jones . 2015-03-17

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Lovely local pub,very friendly staff it's a pleasure to go there ,food only once a week but goo,try it.

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Peter Brooks . 2013-01-01

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