The Oakmere House Harvester in Hertsmere

Lovely service, everything was prompt and the waiter was on point with everything. I dislike unnecessarily waiting for service, food or the bill. But it was a super fast service and we left very satisfied.

EXCELLENT MEAL WITH GREAT SERVICE FROM LOUISE , ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO GO WITH FAMILY AS LARGE TABLE NEVER AN ISSUE . GOOD CHOICE ON MENU & COOKED WELL

So nice to go out to eat and be looked after by staff who are genuinely friendly and actually care about the needs of their customers. The Oakmere is definitely our first choice when eating out with the kids and a special thank you to Rahim who did a great job making our meal an enjoyable one!! 🙌🏻

Food was cold took forever was burnt wasn't worth thr hour wait ruined my plans

Thanks to Rahim for the great service

It’s been a long time since we have been to a harvester and this was for my brothers 30 birthday, the food was ok but the service was amazing. Rahim Who looked after 15 of us and his other tables was attentive, nothing was too much trouble and he checked in on us just the right amount of times that we didn’t feel pestered. We will be back again, hopefully Rahim will be looking after our table again

Nice place, very large and a great open space to eat at the bar area if you have dogs. Food was fairly good depending on what was ordered. But the chairs, carpets and tables really need a good clean, everything is so sticky. Also beautiful Christmas decorations and friendly staff!

Great food, Rahim our waiter was great

Rahim was a pleasant, and very attentive server. Couldn’t have done more for us. Thanks Rahim

Came in for 16 birthday party Rahim was fantastic great service and food.

Excellent food. Rahim, our waiter was the type of staff I would employ. Should be acknowledged. Highly recommended

Food was lovely and delivered on time .

Great food and customer service - Rahim, our waiter, was very welcoming and professional

Harvester in potters bar was amazing. Rahim was our weighter. Absolutely legend man of the people.

Nice food clean n tidy place overlooking the park n lake gets busy with lack of staff orders must wait to be served, get more staff guys at busy times

The food was excellent, the service I received from Rahim was amazing and he really showed great interest and passion with his service

Amazing service, and lovely food!! Our waiter Rahim was great!! Definely will be back again! :)

Food was fresh and service was superb. Luke was friendly and an asset to the team. I would recommend coming to this Harvester.

Rahim was a lovely waiter and was very friendly and kind. We all had a lovely meal. You can tell he works really hard. Thank you Rahim. From the 6 crazy people 😂

10/10 would recommend :)) phenomenal service gorgeous waiter ;) believe hes name was randy or something was very attentive :) credit to all team including yasemin on bar and lily (other server) who were very sweet and kind !!!

Impressed by the staff ability to keep everyone happy during a very busy service

Excellent service from Rahim and the food was plentiful and well cooked.

I recently stopped by the Harvester in Potters Bar for lunch, and it was an absolute delight from start to finish. The staff were fantastic—warm, friendly, and eager to make sure everything was just right. They added a personal touch that really made the experience special. The restaurant’s interior is beautifully designed, with a cosy, welcoming vibe that wraps you in comfort the moment you step inside. And the garden! It’s like a hidden gem—absolutely picturesque, offering the perfect backdrop for a relaxing meal surrounded by nature. The food itself was spot on—fresh, bursting with flavour, and deeply comforting. Each dish felt like it was crafted with care, and you could really taste the quality in every bite. I’d wholeheartedly recommend this spot to anyone looking for a memorable meal in a lovely setting. I’m already looking forward to my next visit!

What really made our visit extra special was the young lady Lily who waited on our table, excellent, kind and we are full of praise for her. She delighted us when we asked her about wine, not pretending to be an expert, but guided us perfectly. Thank you lily. We left Harvester with a new outlook on the place. A few previous visits were not so good. We visited on Thursday 24th October, about 7.30 ish, we had had a long day and we left feeling cheered.

The wonderful team put on a Halloween party for local kids today that all thoroughly enjoyed. Colouring competitions, spooky stories, Halloween catwalks and dancing hosted by such a friendly and efficient team. Special mention and thanks to Laura who was just fabulous, Abi and Yasemine for the great service and the chefs for the yummy food 5*

We came to the Halloween party for the children today ❤️ And they all had an absolutely fab time, They loved the ghost stories a the competitions. The food a service was lovely. Massive well done to Laura, Abbie and Yasemin what a great team x

The wonderful team put on a Halloween party for local kids today that all thoroughly enjoyed. Colouring competitions, spooky stories, Halloween catwalks and dancing hosted by such a friendly and efficient team. Special mention and thanks to Laura who was just fabulous, Abi and Yasemine for the great service and the chefs for the yummy food 5*

Lily was a great, kind and polite waitress!

Yazz was very helpful and pleasant always, its most appreciated when with a disabled client that we get treated appropriately

Celebrated a family 70th birthday here, evening meal - 10 of us. Great service from Yaz from start from finish and food was great.

We come here all the time and it's always wonderful. We had a terrific server by the name of Chris the last time we visited, he was extremely patient and kind, so big shout out to him for making our birthday party even better with his fantastic customer service!

Great experience, lovely staff, in particular Sean was really helpful. Highly recommend, will keep coming back!

Fantastic experience. Great venue, great food, and great service

Lovely place we always go to this one. Lily our server was amazing

Our server Lily was AMAZING!!! So helpful and was very kind to us. Food was fast and order was correct with no issues. Lily made sure we were well looked after.

Great food at harvester and Lily was absolutely amazing, the very best!

Our waiting staff Chris is very helpful. He told us to download the Harvester app to get 25% as a gesture for our sign up. We have saved 25% which is so amazing. The food is lovely. The salad bar is healthy and we can top up our salad. We are very happy with the services provided by Chris.

Cat was very professional friendly and couldn’t do enough to help us. Will definitely be visiting again. Thanks to Cat

Sean was serving us today. What a delight! We had 3 kids under 3, and he was so helpful. Food delicious. Couldn't fault food or service. Thank you x

We were looked after by Yasmin who was very attentive. The food was good and the self service salad bar was great.

Yay was very friendly abd helpful. We will definitelybe back.

We've been to this Harvester a few times, traveling from Welwyn Garden City, and every visit has been fantastic. The service is always stellar, and the food never disappoints. The manager and waitresses consistently go above and beyond to ensure a great dining experience. Their friendliness and attention to detail make us feel welcome every time. It's clear they take pride in their work, and it shows in both the quality of the food and the excellent service. We always look forward to coming back and highly recommend this Harvester to others!

Service was great from the moment we walked in. Our waitress Yasemin was perfect straight off the bat from taking us to our table to giving us the bill! Food was also delicious as usual and the salad bar is always a plus!

Great food! Stuff are friendly! Highly recommend 👌

We go here every Sunday for breakfast, sometimes we go with our teenage sons, sometimes as a large family group but mostly we do a breakfast date. The food is always fresh and hot. Staff are always welcoming and friendly. Highly recommended xx

I was served by a lady yas who was working tremendously hard with her team while in a sling! Might I add. Thank you for a wonderful service 🥰🥰✨✨

Nicest Harvester to.eat out. Food is really nice. Staff are nice and welcoming. Toilets could do with renovating. However restaurants is fairly Well presented. This is a nice Harvester and we will be returning.

Yasmine always gives incredible service. Always smiling and goes the extra mile to make sure that everything is OK. A credit to the team at Harvester

Amazing food!! Chicken Tikka flatbread on the new menu was fantastic - staff were so good with my children and sung happy birthday to my daughter which was so kind!

First time here and it was lovely. We was first in so salad bar was fresh. We had off the lunch time menu, it was cooked perfectly.

Always a pleasure to joke around with the friendly staff. Yasmin and Nikki always pour a lovely pint and provide STELLA service. Great deals very often and great staff love Paul x

Called in Sunday lunchtime not busy food arrived quickly and was ok helps having parking free when you put your registration in tablet

The experience from being greeted, seated and the customer service was excellent. In particular Rahim in the way he explained all to our varying 10 family ages from 6 to 78. He was so attentive, patient and knew all the products. The efficiency of bringing out the drinks and then having all our food at the same time was just so good. Likewise, so was the food. A massive THANK YOU to Rahim and all.

We had a lovely Sunday lunch here. The service was really good and food was delicious.

Good food ...and, even more importantly, excellent service from our waitress Chloe who listened patiently to our allergies and dietary requirements and made several helpful suggestions on the most suitable dishes ...plus she ensured no cross contamination on our salad by providing it fresh, without a trip to the salad bar :-)

Brilliant food and lovely service from Archie, very welcoming and brilliant service! Very happy with him!

Good choice of food options and great service provided by Rahim.

Got served by the chef due to waiters ignoring two large groups. Waiters proceed to be clumsy and misunderstand our drink orders. Dessert and food was good, took a while to get them. (Couldn't imagine if the place was busy that day)

Our server Archie was more than helpful and very attentive. He was quick with every request and made our visit very pleasant

We attended as a family, the service was exceptional, with all my allergies being considered, and Archie, our server, was very thorough in checking my food options to ensure they were allergen free. Archiecwas efficient, friendly, helpful and very patient with my 6 year old. Would definitely eat here again.

Archie was brilliant, very quick and efficient. We both had scampi and only complaint was that scampis were a bit mushy. Otherwise all good

Rahim was great from start to finish, his service is 10/10! He was quick to our table and to take our order near enough as we sat down. The food is great, cooked perfectly and a “healthy” sized portion! Always a good shout going to Harvester, has never let me down.

Great meal real quick service Raheem was amazing and very attentive

Lovely staff members, good food. We were served by a friendly member of staff called Archie :)

Awful experience and very bad customer service. Not only we waited more than 45 minutes for the food, but the waitress was rude and didn’t even bring cutlery. Won’t come back again

The worst place the tables and chairs were dirty very rude staff, my food arrived in 50 minutes I ordered a Hugo Spritz that did not follow the recipe at all The park was very nice but the local...it looks as if the employees do what they want and no one supervises them +++ they have inside a gambling machine...

Birthday celebrations with my family. Service was great ,our waiter Rahim was pleasant and polite .

Great food and great service by Rahim. Thank you.

Excellent location, staff, service, menu, food and drinks

Good food. Helpful staff. Easy to make a booking and has a lovely park next door.

Lovely place, great food, staff are friendly and helpful and the outdoor area is relaxing I would happily be back more often

Was served by Ahmet today. He was in training but if he wasn’t wearing a badge i would not have known. He was really attentive and made us feel welcome. Food was lovely. Would defo recommend.

Very nice staff, good food and nice environment. Service, itself was slow at times but we were chatting so was okay :)

Great value for money, good service, and a good time had by all. Thank you

First time visitor at this particular restaurant & haven’t eaten in a Harvestor in almost 10 years. I now know why that it! Probably the worst food I’ve ever eaten at a restaurant. Had the Calimari & breaded mushrooms along with some chicken wings for starters. The chicken wings were fine but everything else was tasteless & boring. It didn’t taste fresh. I ordered the mixed grill which came with a steak (cooked rare). It was the toughest piece of meat I’ve ever had. At least the beer & wine served with the meals tasted fine. The staff were pleasant but no level of service would entice me back. It will be far longer than 10 years before you see me back in a Harvester restaurant.

A dive - it has so much potential but is horribly run. The place is a mess. Empties everywhere, food being eaten by birds and covered in flies in the garden. Blocked and dirty toilets. No clean glasses. Half the beers run out. Staff barely speak to you. A dive. (Note the cut and paste reply to this review, they don’t care.)

Thank you to Marz for his attention to detail and informing us of the features and benefits to the app saving us £17 from the bill. Brilliant service.

Had a wonderful time here for my nans birthday. We were a big group and our server willow was especially helpful and lovely!

Excellent quality of food and great customer service from our very professional and friendly waitress, Willow 🥇

We always love coming to the Oakmere Harvester and the food is always great. Yasmin is amazing and always so helpful

Overall a nice place to eat & drink

Had a lovely experience when we arrived I informed them about my son’s Autism and our waitress Abi was amazing with us and just made our experience so nice and calm. Thank you Abi x

Very good as always . Helpful and friendly , informative when it comes to dietary requirements ( 2 of our party gluten free , coeliac)

Had a party of 18 people, our service was done by Chloe she was polite, quick, and so helpful, especially as our party was all over the age of 70. So big thank you Chloe.

Have a great lunch with fresh salad and have a nice walk after meal

Usual good quality food and good atmosphere. Helpful waitress, very obliging in menu suggestions. Easy parking, very happy visit.

Really did not want to come here as Harvesters nowadays have a bad reputation and several friends made rude comments, but my friends who we went with had booked a table. I was surprised as to good it was and was pleased, straight off, to see a 5 star health rating on the door entrance. We were shown to our table and served by Archie. An extremely pleasant and attentive server. If we went there again, he would be the person we would want to serve us. The food came in good time and was nice and hot. 3 of us has the chicken and I had the ribs. No one had any complaint. We started with the self serve salad bar which was well stocked and excellent choice. We did book this through Groupon who had a coupon but they had an offer on anyway which made the meals very reasonable. We will definitely return. Don’t forget to ask for Archie as your server. Also no tip was added on the bill so it was up to us as to what we gave which was 15% because it had been so good. The restaurant is set back from the road in the High Street Potters Bar and we saw it soon after we drove past it. Don’t forget to put your car number plate in the computer for free parking although the staff warned us to do it as soon as we entered.

We came in earlier today for a meal, the food was lovely. Our server Abi was amazing! Super professional and helpful with any queries. The rest of the team were also friendly and efficient. Super time, will defiantly be returning.

Don't go here for a sandwich. They only do full.plates of food. Nice coffee but was left a little hungry

Great service... friendly and efficient. Chicken Tuesday - a good deal👍

Love coming here. Come at least twice a month as it's good food for good value. The service from Laura the last time we came was particularly good, making it the best visit we've had so far. Looking forward to coming along again 👍👍

Lovely food and great, friendly service from Laura - would definitely visit again 😁

Brought my mum for lunch and we had a lovely time. Food was hot and delicious. Service was amazing, especially from Yasmin. Highly recommend and will definitely come again. 😀

It was ok . First time. Pricey for the type of food . Wine was expensive for not a great wine

This is our regular go to for lunch on either a Saturday or Sunday. The food is always great and we always leave full. There's good space around the restaurant and it doesn't feel over crowded. The only thing I would raise is that sometimes, depending on who is at reception, the person who shows you to your seat could be sometimes unhappy or cold towards you. On one occasion I was stood there with my wife and daughter whilst the person behind the counter was on the phone for a long time. After he got off the phone he just walked off. I then waited with the family but as he didn't come back I searched for another waitress / Waiter so that they could help show us to a seat. Most of the time it's not the case but just something to be mindful of.

I've dined at this restaurant a couple of times, and had the same consistent experience. While the food is generally decent, the service is consistently lacking. It's clear that the place is severely understaffed, which really impacts the overall experience. The staff that are there do their best, but they’re clearly stretched thin, leading to long wait times and a lack of personalised service. On my last visit, it took ages just to place our order and receive our food and drinks. The servers are friendly but overwhelmed, and it’s disappointing to see such potential wasted due to poor management. This place could be great with proper staffing, but as it stands, the service just isn't up to par. Would love to return if things improve, but until then, it’s hard to justify coming back. I don’t normally write reviews, but it’s clear something has to change here. EDITED TO RESPOND TO THE MANAGEMENT: Unfortunately, the management responded with an automated message (it is similar to all the other negative reviews), which only confirms my concerns. If they had actually read my review, they would know that this isn't a one-off experience—I've mentioned that it's been a consistent issue across multiple visits. It's disappointing to see that the management doesn't seem to care about addressing these problems and appears unwilling to make the necessary changes. Until they start taking feedback seriously, I can't see the situation improving, and I wouldn't recommend this place unless things change!!!

Rahim served us on a mission. Top man.

Good food and excellent, friendly service... cat and owen behind the bar was an absolute star... Thanks for the good service...

The food was good and our waiter was always helpful and friendly.

What a brilliant experience! The service was excellent , our waitress was attentive, patient and delivered all our requests perfectly. The steak was cooked to perfection, it was so tender. Portion sizes were large. Salad available at all times. Desserts were gorgeous! Atmosphere was quiet, cool. We will be returning. I highly recommend.