The Oak Restaurant in Dacorum

I ate the chicken burger in the Shakespeare Bar. One word comes to mind (see photo)..... underwhelming. Don't get me wrong - it was tasty. But just sad and cheap looking. Not worth the £15.50 charge. Main bar was full (mostly corporate group) so sat in side room. Chairs were then gradually removed by corporates for their gang so room was left almost empty of furniture. Not great! A disappointing dinner.

What a disapointment! We had a booking for one night at the hotel and decided to try the restaurant. It seeing during the festif period we had no choice to go with the christmas menú. 42.5 pounds for 2 dishes.. and what a disaster in quality: goat cheese salade was dry, beef was actually a meat blend, cod was dry... only good point was the wine. Paying 130 pounds feeling still hungry and disappointed Is a shame. To avoid!!

Christmas menu was not it. Time to change the chef!

We came for a family meal on the 10th Dec 2023 our table was booked for 1:30 pm and we were a party of 8, when we arrived. We were the only ones in the restaurant but we had to wait 45 minutes to get our drinks then once we ordered our food we had to wait another 45 minutes for our food to arrive, and when it did arrive, not only was it cold, it was also impossible to get your knife through any of the vegetables we asked to see the Manager and was told that they had another party of 70 people in another room and apologised. This was not satisfactory. The food was taken back popped in the microwave brought back and still we couldn’t eat it, In the end, we just walked out. Luckily the Akeman in Tring were able to accommodate us but I was so disappointed and upset, it totally spoilt my day with my Family Mrs Knight

Very pleasant, great setting .would recommend

Fantastic restaurant. Big portions, good food, decent price and lovely setting. Service was excellent and bonus peacock sitings. Cocktails a bit pricey though

We unexpectedly enjoyed a good reasonably well priced meal. Service was excellent, attentive but not intrusive. Will be more than happy to go again, despite the peacocks.

Beautiful manor house, with a peaceful garden and lovely interior. Greeted by peacocks. Food and services were good. We had an enjoyable lunch. Would recommend.

Excellent festive afternoon tea - plenty to eat and enough to take home for later.

Very good service and very nice people. Definitely will come back.

We had a superb lunch in this impressive building. Our starters of scallops and of fishcakes were delicious. Our mains of gnocchi and pork belly were similarly skilfully done. Service was perfectly balanced between friendly and efficient. A very enjoyable lunch.

Food was very nice, service was good.

Very elegant room with great service and food!!!

Everything was delicious, it was really good.

Really good food and service - and a nice place to eat

Nicely presented breakfast, courteous staff, classy ambience. Beautiful location. This was my 'hots' choice which accompanies the 'cold' buffet. Tea and coffee on self serve tap. Anything espresso based not on offer, even at extra cost, porridge not available, and 'supermarket' toast loses one star. But I really like this place and want it to do well in the post covid rebuild. Room refurbishment is outstanding and beautiful. It totally deserves to be successful. (Buy some sourdough?)

So disappointing. No atmosphere (we were the only ones in the restaurant) poor service and very limited menu and wine list. Shame as used to be one of our favourites

Maybe just a bad night??? Sent starters back Steak was fine but sides just not cooked correctly ,service was terrible, non existent, manager was very apologetic Wont be booking again im afraid...