The Orange Tree in North Hertfordshire

The food was reasonable priced , large portioned and excellent quality .We have been looking for a pub to enjoy Sunday dinners and so happy we have found the orange tree .The staff are very friendly and eager to please we will definitely be using this pub for the foreseeable future...John and fiona

We visited this restaurant for the first time and it was a great experience. We had two roast dinners, one turkey and one beef, and they were both brilliant and cooked to perfection. We were pleasantly surprised by the portions, it was very good value. Another person in our party had a sirloin steak and chips and that was also cooked to perfection, exactly as requested. Service was very quick and staff very friendly, can't fault it and will be returning soon.

There for mothers day with my 3 adult children. The starter pawn cocktail was nice. Then I had roast, on arrival it was barely warm and the roast potatoes were white, no crisp on them. The turkey was lovely and thick. Dessert, chocolate sundae was nice but not big enough. Overall a disappointment meal out. Wouldn't go back for a roast dinner.

Would recommend! 🤞🫡🍺 Went here on a Sunday afternoon. Beautiful pub with warm lighting scattered everywhere. Got nachos of a great portion size! There was enough of each topping and the ratio was perfect. The skin on fries were also great. Service was attentive- everything great overall. Would be a good place to celebrate occasions. Will be back (hopefully 🤞)

Had an excellent meal and drinks with friends. Kris is the Manager and you can tell why everyone loves him. He is fantastic

Consistently great service and food - well done team Orange Tree Hitchin . All the family of 7 thoroughly enjoyed all the meals . The pictures speak for themselves .

Great staff, really helpful and welcoming.

It's a pub. Nice, loud sometimes, good responsive staff, good food, decent selection of beers. Local crowd.

A fine selection of food and beverages, along with the weekly visit for the quiz, where it has a great atmosphere, keeps me coming back.

Decent food, good service. Would recommend.

Saturday 15th Febuary Did a walk in around 2pm as was in the area, table for 2 available with wheelchair access. Really good food and quick friendly service . We are frequent customers as attend your music events .

Service was a little slow, but the food was amazing. It's always quite busy which is understandable, as the standard of food and drinks selection is very good.

Excellent food and really good price

Only popped in for a drink, was very welcoming and got busy very quickly. Would deffo pre book tables.

Very quick service, great meal at reasonable price

Excellent pub, which was really packed today. Nevertheless, the food was lovely and the service was brilliant!

What can I say. I am a lover of Soda water. Have been for some time now. Certainly January this year. kriss is an absolute star. His soda water is the best I have tasted and given my over anxious look for the best there is I concede that my search is at an end. The orange Tree hitchin serves without doubt the best in these here parts. Cheers all and keep up the great soda water work!!!!

I wasn’t expecting much but was pleasantly surprised how good the meal was and the service was exceptional. Also we went as a family of seven and everybody commented how good it was. Even the entertainment on the Friday night taking off Frankie Valli was very good. Worth a visit for the price

We visited here as a group of 8, we all had roast dinners, which were lovely and all came out at the same time. The children's meals were nice as well. The only downside was that we had another large table of people right next to ours and they were constantly bumping into our chairs and standing right behind us (no fault of the pub) but it was quite annoying when you eat your dinner and get thumped in the back a few times... the food is lovely though and there's plenty of parking.

Lovely food and quick and attentive service thank you.

Great pub with lovely food at reasonable prices and entertainment on Fridays from tributes and discos and some karioke and other events in the week. Chris and staff do a amazing job and are hard working and friendly. Only downside is the disability access, loos access on night at tributes needs to be addressed and lock on that door fixed please. (Suggestion of change one toilet in main to adapt as well) and perhaps a ramp access from main car park that is flat would make this pub inclusive for all.

Booked online on pub website. Arrived early but seated & served immediately. Fast, efficient, friendly service. Excellent quality meals and great McMullens ales. Third visit in five weeks to this superbly managed pub. Highly recommended.

Went here on Jan 7th. My ultimate mixed grill was cooked well and very tasty. 2 people in our party had the mango and lime chicken. They said it was tasty but to my eyes looked pretty poor. Thinking about it, I had a piece of the chicken in my mixed grill and it tasted okay. The service was good and the 2 lads serving on that day were very attentive. In all honesty I probably wouldn’t rush back, but if someone booked it I wouldn’t have an issue eating there again.

Amazing food and amazing service! As the mum of an allergy toddler the staff were so proactive and aware and made me feel so relieved as not everywhere has the same reaction towards an allergy and it can make eating out so stressful but this was not the case here! Ordered my toddler food easily and then the staff came out as the buffet came out (we were there for a 40th birthday party) and a member of staff told me what my son could eat from the buffet if he wished! The food was delicious and this may now be my new favourite place to eat with my toddler because the whole thing felt super easy!

Went for a Christmas dinner, has been very good the last couple of years, but this year, I don't understand what has happened. The food was terrible, the portions size awfully, the Brussels raw, one stick carrot, one stick parsnip. Roast spuds, four very small cooked to death, lucky the gravey was nice. The pudding, Christmas pudding, alright,but on top of the pudding a quarter of a strawberry, come on a quarter of a strawberry, you tight sods. The starter was chucked together, right mess. I complained and they took the cost of my meal of, but that's not the point, you have ruined my Christmas meal, and that is unexseptable, Chris I feel sorry for you because you have worked hard and your team are a joke, it's just a roast dinner, and it was a disaster not happy.🫢😡🤬😡🤔😠

Quick friendly service, super hit fresh food in lovely Christmasy surroundings. We had calamari starter, which was fantastic, fish and chips and a chilli with rice and homemade baked tortilla and sour cream. We would highly recommend.

We went here for our Xmas party...25 people...the staff were amazing...couldn't praise them enough

The Halloween & Xmas kids parties are fantastic!

Delicious Christmas dinner with family!!! Great choices, generous portions and delicious food - 11/10!

Xmas party! Food was absolutely delicious! 5 0f us came for a meal I had prawn cocktail, xmas dinner and cheesecake well worth £27 large portions of tasty food, Quick service and polite waiter, Recommend.

Great food. Staff were friendly and joked around with us. Food came out quickly and was fairly priced. Will be heading back again

Our club Christmas meal and got to say it was lovely, tasty and hot. Would recommend to everybody.

A good place for food and a friendly atmosphere Will definitely go again

A pleasant traditional pub/restaurant with a good basic menu of well cooked and presented dishes at a competitive price with friendly and efficient staff. Cosy environment and on site parking.

Excellent Sunday roast. The staff are very friendly and efficient, all request met with a smile and promptly delivered despite being very busy.

It was a nice meal, but cold in the venue. People had their coats on inside. By 10pm they clearly wanted people to go as they kept spraying the tables and walking around pushing chairs in.

Went for lunch on a Saturday with my grandma. She ordered the light fish and chips, and I had the Mac Salad with chicken breast. When the dishes arrived, I couldn’t help the food envy wash over me, as I eyed up my grandmas wonderful plate of crispy fish with a healthy portion of fries, in comparison to what could be described as the driest unseasoned chicken breast, hiding a portion of salad which wouldn’t even satisfy a bunny. I’m not one to complain, but being served this microscopic plate for near £13 raised my eyebrows to the rafters. I went up to the bar to explain the rabbit food situation, which the bartender AGREED, it was a small portion. He was kind enough to supply me with further roughage at no extra charge, but I feel if even they know they are serving such small sizes, something should be done? No fault for the rest of the pub, the staff were lovely and the atmosphere is cosy.

Reasonable selection of good pub food at reasonable prices, with some nice, different dishes like the mango chicken thighs. Always good, friendly service too. Just wish they would bring back the sweet potato fries!!!

In a day and age when gastro pubs are the norm, it was a great change to get a meal that filled the plate as well as your stomache. What a very friendly pub would highly recommend

Very nice lunch with friends in lovely surroundings. Very welcoming. Food and service excellent.

Good, speedy service by a friendly team.

Only fairly average I'm afraid. I hadn't been to the Orange Tree for about 12 years, but in that time the whole place including the food has become a little bit tired. There are far better options for pubs around Hitchin these days.

Really nice food and good atmosphere

Roast dinner was a let down...potatoes hard

Big lunch but poor food wouldn’t eat here again. Sunday lunch hardly no gravy half a teaspoon of apple sauce given in a cardboard pot. Hard roast potato’s, stewed veg. Microwaved. Sausage n mash sausages pale no gravy hardly, microwave mash …. rubbish wouldn’t eat here again.

Brilliant place, we are from a few miles away in Luton 😭 we stumbled on this place by chance and the food is amazing, price is reasonable, very clean, staff friendly, chef is brilliant

Dreadful food! Party of 4 for a birthday meal. Worst meal I’ve ever had to pay for. I had the hunters chicken. Chicken was dry, the cheese possibly bbq sauce was burnt, no bacon. Dry jacket potatoes & a portion of coleslaw. Went to complain but couldn’t find anyone. Another member had the steak & ale pie. Chips were ok, veg was microwaved to an inch of its life, carrots & broccoli were inedible, pie was ok. The other two had steaks which were ok but not great. A waitress practically threw a bottle of ketchup on the table & then left so quickly I didn’t get chance to ask for butter for my potato & barely spoke to us left the plates on the table & didn’t ask who ordered what & just left. Obviously won’t be returning as the food wasn’t of any standard I eat again.

Staff very professional and good service

Personally I would not go there Because I like dark pud .

Hi just a thank you to Kris and team for a great night family dinner for 32 had to pre order but worked really well some orders also on night, everyone was fed food was hot , reasonable and the staff were all very helpful, entertainment was also great we had a really good night thank you for being so accommodating.

Spur of the moment meal out, catch up with a friend. The menu is different from when we last came. It has a vast variety, I'm a fussy eater but went for the Ultimate Macs burger... oh my God, it didn't disappoint. It was huge! Really tasty and delicious, friend had the scampi. Topped off with Biscoff cheesecake. Highly recommend. Great atmosphere, was lovely and warm. Well worth the visit and will be back again soon..

Its a great place to meet our son as it is easy to park as well as eat

I recently visited The Orange Tree for a Sunday lunch while single parenting for the weekend, and it turned out to be a pleasant experience. Despite the restaurant being quite busy, the service remained swift and friendly, which is always a plus when dining with little ones. The roast dinners were generous in portion size, with standout Yorkshire puddings that were both large and delicious. The only minor drawback was that a few of the roast potatoes were undercooked, but this small issue didn’t detract too much from the overall meal. All in all, The Orange Tree provided a satisfying Sunday lunch experience with great service, and I'd happily return for another meal.

Enjoyed the most delicious lunch, a sharing platter, here today, thank you. Our food was piping hot, the staff so welcoming and our lovely waitress/bar lady, Misty, was so helpful and welcoming. As there was so much food, they kindly provided a ‘take-away’ container to enjoy later! Helpful, professional and great service, we’ll be back soon🙏

Super friendly and accommodating. All 9 of us happy with our food!

Popped in here for a unscheduled stop for lunch and was welcomed warmly.The menu is varied and reasonable prices and starters came out hot and well cooked and presented.The mains were good portion size and again presentation was good and was very enjoyable.I couldn't finish mine but they portioned it up for me to take home.This was a first time for my companion who couldn't praise the food enough we will be coming back!Thank you so much 😀

Lovely staff, lovely atmosphere and beautiful beer garden. The food and drink was great quality and fairly prices. 👌🏻

Lovely atmosphere, great indoor and outside seating. The staff are all very friendly and the food is excellent. We had fried chicken burgers and halloumi fries. Great dessert menu which is a must to look at. Cater for allergies well.

A very nice pub with a cosy and complex interior. Nice garden too.

A few weeks ago we met up with my daughter and her partner, first time at the Orange Tree and we were not disappointed 😁 it is by far the best place for food and service, we have ever visited. Jordan, our server, couldn't have been kinder and more helpful. I have certain food intolerances but they catered for my needs, no issues, as well as for my husband. We both highly recommend it and thanks again Jordan ☺️

We decided to celebrate our friend’s birthday at this restaurant, drawn by its 4.4 rating and numerous positive reviews. Excited for a wonderful evening, we booked a table in advance. Our reservation was at 8:15 PM, and we arrived and settled at our allocated table by 8:25 PM. To our dismay, a staff member promptly informed us that we needed to place our orders within five minutes as the kitchen would be closing. This was shocking and frustrating, especially since the restaurant was listed as open until 11 PM. We received no prior warning or communication about this early closure, which we found to be incredibly unprofessional and disappointing. The rushed atmosphere significantly dampened our celebratory mood. The staff hurried us so much that we barely had time to glance at the menu and ended up ordering the first items we saw. When the food arrived, it was another letdown. Despite the positive reviews, the main courses were subpar and lacked the quality we had anticipated. Only the starters were somewhat enjoyable. *It seemed evident that the rushed service impacted the preparation and overall quality of the dishes* In summary, our experience at Orange Tree was far from satisfactory. The staff’s behavior and the poor quality of the main courses completely ruined what was supposed to be a joyful celebration. Given this, I would rate this highly-rated restaurant 0/5 if I could. However, since that’s not possible, I’m reluctantly giving it 1 star.

Bloody Amazing. My wife and I were just looking for half an hour out to relax and have a quiet drink. Maybe share a side dish. Popped in here and stayed for longer due to the exceptional service. The food we ordered was delivered quickly, hot and portion size was Stella. I cannot stress enough the amazing service. The greeting when we first walked in, the warm , kind and smiley service at the bar. The polite and genuine service when food was brought over. Just exactly how it should be and used to be. Made me so happy, I suffer badly with my mental health and struggle to be out and certainly find somewhere I am happy and calm. This review needs to be acknowledged by the Area manager and please recognise the brilliant team on shift. We were there between approx 15:00 and 16:00. Due to the great welcoming environment and food, we hung around to chat and even had a mini dessert and coffee. Blown away. Thank you. We shared the nibbly bits platter, a St.Clements and then two mini desserts. The pub was clean and well maintained. 5 stars plus.

Bloody Amazing. My wife and I were just looking for half an hour out to relax and have a quiet drink. Maybe share a side dish. Popped in here and stayed for longer due to the exceptional service. The food we ordered was delivered quickly, hot and portion size was Stella. I cannot stress enough the amazing service. The greeting when we first walked in, the warm , kind and smiley service at the bar. The polite and genuine service when food was brought over. Just exactly how it should be and used to be. Made me so happy, I suffer badly with my mental health and struggle to be out and certainly find somewhere I am happy and calm. This review needs to be acknowledged by the Area manager and please recognise the brilliant team on shift. We were there between approx 15:00 and 16:00. Due to the great welcoming environment and food, we hung around to chat and even had a mini dessert and coffee. Blown away. Thank you. We shared the nibbly bits platter, a St.Clements and then two mini desserts. The pub was clean and well maintained. 5 stars plus.

Everyone was very pleasant helped my sister who's disabled to the table and the food was really nice....

Good food at good prices in a relaxed atmosphere. Staff friendly and accomodating.

9th June. Just eaten at the Orange Tree pub for the first time. Booked a table for 12pm. I would highly recommend coming here. Staff, customer service was amazing, good atmosphere, excellent food. Toilets lovely and clean. It is a well oiled machine run pub.

We were just here for a birthday dinner. The staff were amazing and patient with us and went above and beyond to help us celebrate (with a chocolate wafer in the place of a candle, because I forgot candles!). Food was lovely; they had a wide selection of options and they were able to cater to our dietary requests and offered great vegan options. We had a lovely time and the staff made the experience incredible. We will 100% be back in the future. Thank you so much for the great service and lovely vibes ❤️

First time we've been here, to meet up with family. Lovely quiet place, with good atmosphere and great service. Very clean and good parking facilities.

Absolutely appalled by one of the staff members who was helping out on this particular day, absolute ZERO customer service skills, arrogant and just rude!! ordered a side of bloomer sliced bread which he brought out to us... dry as a bone, when i questioned why the bread was so dry and seemed stale, he just replied... the kitchen is hot and that is how the bread is.. no apology at all... just extremely rude and arrogant with bad attitude.... wont be eating there again. Then when ordering our coffees a little later.... he was very rude again... as i asked if possible to make the coffee hotter.... absolute arrogance... i complained and a lovely young lady took over and made us lovely hot coffees, it was just an awful experience the whole afternoon and we had spent a lot of money.

This was our first visit and it was nice. It wasn't too busy on arrival so drinks and service was quick. The food was nice and the menu good, plenty to choose from. It did get busier as the evening went on but tables didn't feel on top of one another. Wheelchair friendly and parking out the front and an overspill car park so plenty of spaces. Would visit again

We had a lovely meal to celebrate our friend’s birthday. The service was good , but then something strange happened. One of the staff came over around 9.30pm and said they would be closing soon and calling last orders at 10pm. Admittedly the pub was quiet for a Saturday night but it put a dampener on the whole evening. We stayed to around 10.30pm when a staff member came over and said ‘we’re closing !’ Obviously wanted to get home .

Fantastic food and a lovely pub

Very good vibes great service friendly happy and child friendly Food selection was great all arrived together without any delays and the price was good too

Nice pub, great staff, good food reasonably priced. Nice outside seating area.

Loved the food, and service was a great. Will be back

Food was to a good standard. Lots to choose from and very reasonably priced. We visited on a Sunday lunch and unfortunately they had run out of gammon by the time we arrived.

1st time at a mcmullen's, but was as good as any of the other chain pubs, Orange tree was good, probably better than most.

Visited for a retirement lunch, and was impressed by the service we all received. Approx 30 covers all came out promptly and the staff couldn't do enough for us.

Probably the best food me and my family have had in years!, the only issue was with one waiter, wouldn’t look at you when taking your order and had go over to him twice to get served just like he didn’t wanna be there

Very lovely place, friendly staff, lovely food, would definitely recommend!

Great Tina Turner tribute event. Special reserved seats for us as my wife is disabled and wanted to see the performance.

Great food and great service at lunch time and value for money

Great food fast service polite staff

Booked a table for a nice evening meal with the expectation of great food as experienced from previous visits. However, myself and my partner decided to go for the specials menu this time and opted for the Fish pie £15.95. Sounds great on the menu but when it arrived and we started to dig in I would say that a Young's fish pie from Icelands has more fish and flavour to it than what we were served and would of paid a fraction of the price. And the veg that came with the pie obviously came out of a steam microwave bag with no character to it and it was just flat. Apart from the let down with post COVID portions I would say that the atmosphere staff and service was great but unfortunately the food standard has declined.

Went to a wake but room not set aside ready. Food was mostly spicy and not suitable for all. I could only have a few little sandwiches and a small sausage roll. My brother and family were the same. I would have to say we would not go there again. They let other people just come over and take the food, they were not at the crematorium. Not well organised

Lovely and friendly pub 😀 go back and i would recommend to anyone 😀

Great venue to meet friends and family. Good food and choices. Reasonable prices. Quieter or lovely area’s with good divisions so you can have a private group area. Especially well cared for by BEX so I returned again for another meal two days later! I will be back.

Met a friend here and had a relaxing dinner - difficult to rate atmosphere as it was 80% empty but there was no intrusive music so we were able to talk easily. Food is just a bit too carby for me but what I had was nicely cooked and filling. Service was excellent - manager and team members were all really friendly and welcoming. Shame I don't live nearer as it's better than my local Mac's pub!

This place has really gone downhill food wise. I love the atmosphere and decor, but the food was dire. We went for Sunday Lunch for my husbands birthday. I had the roast gammon which was cold, the veg luke warm with a tiny splash of gravy. Is gravy rationed? I can imagine the food was in a row in the kitchen and just slapped onto the plate one by one! No attempt at presentation. Staff were attentive despite the place being full. To top it all when my husbands cake was brought out it was placed in front of me……….They really need a good chef to shape up that kitchen. Such a shame.

Nice choices on menu, nice sized portions, great service

Nice pub I only have a coffee I was driving

Lovely food good price. Great service.

Very disappointed with the food. I asked for Mac Salad which was supposed to have chopped tomatoes, cabbage, spring onions, spinach etc and when the food came, the only thing on my plate were lots of spinach leaves. I complained about this, pointing to the other ingredients on the menu only to be told "That's how it comes" My friend ordered soup of the day and it came in a very small dish (probably half the ladle full). I left my salad, as it wasn't what I had ordered and anticipated, but in the end they charged me for it. They told me to complain 'higher up'.

Really disappointed. Have always recommended Orange Tree but some of our meals were really dry mainly the fish and burgers, we had pre-ordered as requested others were ok. Don’t know why but definitely gone downhill to previous meals.

Went for Sunday roast. Its was very busy and thats a good sign for a start! 1st time eaten in here. Food was very nice , quick and attentive service. Would definately recomend. Would go back there for sure. It's also very good that the the General Manager takes time to read his feedback. Shows he cares.

Had a very nice Sunday roast with my husband for his birthday. Will definately be returning

Orange Tree was recommended by a friend. Pub grub, but was tasty and presented well. Friendly staff.

Such a nice meal! The food was exceptional and so was the service from Michaela. Thank you. My friend and I will be back.x

Popcorn chicken and sticky toffee pudding were great. The roast beef was chewy and had been heated up on a griddle. Roast potatoes weren't crispy, and broccoli was overcooked and yellow.

Food very good, staff very polite but dressed very scuffilly, they should really wear a uniform so they look smart. A very young waiter was getting cutlery and obviously a dirty spoon so decided to wipe it with his thumb and proceeded to take it to a table (lovely, so hygienic). Cutlery should be wrapped with the napkin so there hands don't touch them. Don't think I'm being over fussy. Friday 26th January 2924 at 12.30 ish.