The Queen's Head in Chiltern

From first contact a few weeks before, through to our celebration meal, the Queen's Head exceeded all expectations and truly delivered on their strap line of "nothing is too much trouble". Though we ourselves no longer live locally we needed to find a venue in the area for a celebration dinner for some 25 family and friends, aged from 6 to 76-ish. From the outset the team, headed by Manuela front of house and Sno in the kitchen, were very responsive and flexible to our need for an exclusive dining area for a complete Saturday evening - unique amongst all the other venues we contacted. Having first enjoyed Thai food here some 35 years ago it was great to return and be able to let all our guests make their own advance choices from the extensive menu. The food was served freshly cooked and exquisitely presented on the plate. All of our guests were very complimentary about the ambiance of the upstairs dining area and the quality and quantity of the food. Thank you QH for a very enjoyable celebration dinner.

Cannot fault the Thai food, everything is delicious and good value for money. Book a table as this is the place to go in Chesham.

Very nice Thai Pub restaurant. We stopped off for a cheeky beer after the Chess Valley Walk and indulged in some Thai platters.

Welcoming staff and fantastic service.

Still the only proper pub in the immediate locale.

Excellent atmosphere and good Thai food

Great Thai food on offer. Very fresh

Really can’t fault anything about our dinner. We had dim sum and corn cakes to start and noodles for our mains. I couldn’t finish mine, portions weee very good value for money and everything was delicious. The service was great. We’ll be back!

What an amazing find. The lovely welcome from the staff to the food which was absolutely delicious and such great value for money. We will definitely be returning. Thank you.

Love, love, love. One not too miss. Great decor, food and service from Louie and Ryan.

Lived in Chesham over 20 years ago! Impromptu visit for dinner at Queen’s Head ! Grandly looked after by Manuela and Louis Fab food duck curry my favourite! Husband asked for fish dish and Louis advised perfectly! Coffee made by Manuela after machine switched off which I can assure you never happens anywhere in UK!!! Highly recommend this pub which continues to excel in every way! Well done Jan and Baz Reilly

Always love the restaurant here, but recently the price went up and the quality and portion size hasn't really changed. Enough that we'd consider other places for thai food at the moment, we were pretty regular. Recommended the salt and chilli squid, basil and chilli, and panang curry.

Lovely pub, good well kept beer

To hit the nail on the HEAD, this is the QUEEN-tisensual pub. Went there specifically for the Pride, stayed for the ambience. What a fabulous boozer. 👌

Amazingly cute dog-friendly local pub with lovely, helpful staff, nice atmosphere, outdoor space, TV and great Thai food. Can’t recommend highly enough

Lovely traditional village pub, very friendly staff, good service - loved the Thai food - definitely will return

This is by far the best Thai food in the area. Fresh, authentic and tastes incredible. They've never let me down and I always come here for special occassions - the newly refurbished upstairs restaurant is lovely too!

Fantastic Thai food, service is very friendly. Food prices are excellent, drink prices are slightly more than expected, but as part of Fulllers, it is to be expected. Definitely will be back!

Very good local pub, the service is great, atmosphere very trendy polite, and ales excellent, they have various other drinks, plenty of seating all round, parking is availability and outside tables chairs to

Really wonderful team. I never experience the service I’ve received today. Sarah and Katherine were really kind, friendly and fun and contribute to the fantastic atmosphere here. Thanks for having us!

Excellent old pub. Fine selection of beers. Thai food was superb. Staff were really helpful and friendly

an old pub full of locals with excellent Thai food

Popped in for drinks in the court yard. Very efficient and friendly staff. Lovely atmosphere. It was quite busy for a Saturday night. Looking forward to having a meal next time.

Thai food fabulous as usual. The pub was busy and had a very convivial atmosphere.

Great pub with great service and a really nice friendly atmosphere

Awful only word i can describe, service was appalling , had to prompt the team for the wine we ordered , starter severed but no plates, starter was severed but mains arrived at same time , Restaurant organisation and management was appalling. , food was like it was from Tesco or Sainsbury chiller counter . Manager did try to put things right and apologised and wine was taken off the bill but unfortunately i think is a lost cause , Will never go back . Such a shame because is a beautiful pub , nice courtyard and nice upstairs space ,

Attentive service and staff were knowledgeable about the beers and the food. Food arrived quickly and was hot and tasty. The tempura prawns in the mixed starter were my favourite. You won’t leave hungry as the portion size was more than adequate.

Beautiful and a very cozy restaurant. Fantastic service and beautiful food!! Enjoyed our meal thoroughly.

It is a great place to have Thai food and has a vegetarian option too

Nice old pub with standard fullers beers on tap, and ok and expensive Thai food.

Called in to visit family, on the way to Heathrow. The pub had a nice warm atmosphere, I went to look in the upstairs restaurant which was fully reserved, and it was very nicely furnished. We ate in the bar, the menu was Thai which surprised me but the food was really yummy.

Lovely staff, excellent Thai food that they pretty much made bespoke. Fave place here and always sich a great atmosphere.

The food was great, I was down from London for the day and pleasantly surprised at how delicious the food is here. I will definitely come again

Good real ale. Good Thai food. Friendly, helpful and attentive service for both food and drinks. Cosy atmospheric pubby pub. What more could you ask for.

Nice food. Friendly staff. A lovely little garden courtyard. Plenty of choice of booze. Nice Thai food. There's now a lunch menu (a starter and a main) for 15 quid. Very reasonable.

Really enjoyable business lunch

Excellent good red Thai curry! Brilliant service and very welcoming.

It's a lovely pub... The current management probably don't need to push their staff to expand on our options every time we buy a pint. But a well run cellar in a beautiful building that was more charming under the Brakespears umbrella x

We always enjoy going to the Queenshead. Since the new takeover food has become more expensive and smaller portions.

A shame! A lovely pub with some fantastic food! However severely let down with its prices of drinks… My partner ordered a weak lager-shandy (perhaps quarter of a pint) that turned out to be just as expensive as a full pint, and I had lemonade that was still overpriced but more reasonable. I questioned why they are charging the price of a full pint given the cost of a lemonade and a dribble of Amstel doesn’t match and I was told “that’s just the price”. I do like this pub but have found that recently their service has become abrupt, it has lost its friendly feeling and they are being greedy with the pricing. We ended up going to the George and Dragon and had the same drinks, at a much fairer price.

Good Thai food in a friendly local pub. The service was a bit chaotic but improved as the evening progressed

Great pub, good atmosphere, very popular, definitely worth a visit

Great atmosphere, great food & great service. Just a great place to go. Highly recommend

Oh wow!!! Once again, a very special meal shared with family. The food is outstanding, no matter what you order. They have a special lunch menu, 2 courses £15.00, or a full menu to choose from. The atmosphere is second to none. The staff is exceptional, and nothing is too much trouble. You are made to feel special. A good library of games on hand as well, so you are not rushed at all. Will definitely be back for more...Thank you to all for making our birthdays special...

stopped for weekday lunch. food is Thai and very good. pub is dog friendly with dog treats. has pub car park but only room for about 6 cars. location is out of town centre on the road to great missenden.

Fantastic Thai restaurant housed within Queen's Head. I found this gem by chance. Amazing food. Great service. Cosy atmosphere.

This is one of our absolute favourite pubs. A traditional Fullers boozer, with a kitchen serving up delicious Thai food. Its had a bit of a revamp, dont let that put you off, it's still fantastic 😄 We always have the dumplings for our son, their squid, and their Prawn toast - all delicious. Usually, I have a Penang, but went Special fried rice this time, and wasn't disappointed. Hubby always has a red curry with duck, amd sticky rice (proper sticky rice, in a little bamboo pot), and boy almost always has sweet and sour. They are always delicious, and always generous portions. Which you can wash down with a freshly pulled London Pride! Win-win!

Excellent Thai food, great pub atmosphere

There is confusion and unfairness in getting a table for Quiz Night. We are told there is no need to book a table and in fact the website doesn't allow Thursday night bookings. It's a first come, first served basis. However, this is NOT the case. Many tables are reserved. We arrived at 6.30 and sat with our drinks at a 'free' table. A few minutes later a staff member placed a reserved tile on our table, meaning that we had to vacate it by 7.30. We went to other tables only to find these were also reserved. The staff were totally unconcerned that we, regular quizzers were now leaving to go to another pub. The management needs to get it's act together. It's either booking or it's not. After being treated like that we shan't be going back in a hurry.

Just recently moved to Chartridge What an Absolute gem of a place. Come in this afternoon for a pint of Asali, Jameson and cheese n onion crisps lol. Crispy pints and super friendly and attentive guys

Hands down the best pub in Chesham. Good crowd and friendly welcome. Now serving Beavertown Neck Oil along with a wide range of well kept cask ales.

Lovely food very tasty. Shame 12.5 percent added to bill makes it quite expensive for family's..............................................................

Great pub, very traditional and cozy with nice options such as mulled wine and good ales. A very welcoming spot to enjoy a warm or cold drink after going for a mini loop in the neighbouring fields. Highly recomended.

Great pub,warm friendly atmosphere. Excellent Thai food and real ale.

Really like this busy and historic pub, whether for a drink or meal. Excellent Thai food among the best I've tasted

This pub is great. Always quick to serve drinks and a great atmosphere inside. Food is usually quick and always delicious. On busy nights you will probably need to book in advance.

Great atmosphere, solid Thai with vegan options

If you love a traditional pub, and I do, this is the place for you. Warm and cosy atmosphere on a winter's night with an open fire. And dog friendly.

It was way too crowded for me, so I didn't stop, good for the owners but not for my health 🤔

Cosy pub with great atmospheric nooks and crannies serving lovely Thai food.

Lovely cosy little pub with a great atmosphere. Great interior design. So calming and traditional, a Chesham highlight.

Absolutely adore this pub. Great atmosphere inside, and very cosy for winter months. Thai food is incredible, best I’ve had in comparison to a Thai restaurant let alone a local pub. Couldn’t recommend more for a quick pint or a thai meal!

Visited for lunch with a group of friends from our Tai chi class . Excellent food, service and atmosphere ,the servers did a wonderful job getting our food to us and the meal was superb. Many thanks to all involved at the Queen's.

I know there are cost pressures, but £2.90 for 300ml bottle of water and £3.40 for a cup of tea! - what a rip off.

Really good food. Excellent Thai food with really good service, beer is mostly Fullers brands but they also had the excellent Verdant Light Bulb and Beavertown Neck Oil Plus we bumped into some local celebrities Alex Horne and Tim Key!

We had another fantastic visit to The Queen’s Head. The service was exceptional and the team couldn’t have been more accommodating. The refurbishment looks great and the food delicious! We’ll be back again very soon.

We booked a table in the bar for an early supper, to celebrate a birthday, and had a fabulous meal. The service was quick and efficient, the food delicious and good value for money. The pub was really busy (rugby World Cup final!) but the food came out in very good time and it was all good. We shared a mixed starter, which was yummy and not greasy as they can be sometimes. Our son had the Pad Thai for main, which he loved and wolfed down, and my husband and I shared a duck curry and a special fried rice, both of which we really enjoyed. The pub was lovely and cosy with a great buzzy atmosphere. All very good … we will definitely return!

Great little Fullers pub, great beer good food….. what more do you need?

Booked the upstairs area for 14 people for my 30th birthday after the chess valley walk. Beer was great, Manuel was an excellent host and attended to our dietary requirements with effortless professionalism. The food was outstanding! I had the duck with basil and chilli and loved it Thank you to the Queen's Head team!!!

Newly refurbished to a high standard with great customer service 👍

My friends and I decided to grab some drinks and food at the pub on a Saturday evening as we were in the area. We loved the atmosphere, but even though we ordered all of our food at the same time, all of our dishes arrived separately. In my case, my order arrived 20 mins after everyone elses, and I was served the wrong dish. I had ordered a Thai Red Curry with chicken, but was given a vegetarian dish. The dish itself was delicious, but it doesn't take away from the lack of attention to customer service. I feel bad writing this review as I really like the venue, but won't be dining here again out of choice.

Food was very tasty and authentic , good service very friendly chef and staff

Very disappointed as on your website you stated coffee & pastries served every morning . . . The only thing you could offer us this morning two cups of coffee for £7.

My favourite pub in Chesham. Visited yesterday for the first time since its refurbishment and I’m pleased to say that it’s still the same great pub. Clean, friendly, well kept beer and great food. Looking forward to returning for a sit down meal in the upstairs restaurant area. The new addition of bike racks in the car park are very handy!

Very nice place. The Thai Kitchen Lunch purposes lots of great Thai meals. I took a beef pad Thai and it was so yummy. 100% recommended

Great food and service. Pub quiz Thursday night was popular and looked fun!!! Very much recommended!!

Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd, Waterside, Chesham has used the Queen's Head, since we founded our company in 1989, as our local Canteen for a quick and cost-effective place to lunch with Colleagues, Supplier or Customers It has come under new Management and was still in the process of refurbishment on Thursday 7th September (today) - so slightly noisy, but clean in our area of sittting. I am really not sure what was wrong with the old colours, but a nice smell of paint ;-) However, my issue is that the 2-course lunch menu is £22.00 + No Green Curry with prawns. I opted for a Yellow Curry, but full of cheap potatoes and a bit of chicken. I could have asked for a Prawn version, but that was another £5.00. Sorry… - that is not going to be our Canteen going forward. Shame

Table service wow! Long overdue uplift and the menu has a table d’hotel option and a full lunch menu to add further choice

Ah, the Queen's Head. Our lovely local that we used to go to most weeks for lunch. Their old Lunch Express (two courses for about £12) was great, with a good selection of mains. Now they've been renovated and under new management, gone is the Lunch Express to be replaced by a 2 (or 3) course limited lunchtime menu. Red, Green and Yellow curries with a choice of chicken, beef or prawn, has now been reduced to yellow chicken, and red beef. There's still a few other favourites, and no doubt the chef is the same. Portions did seem a little smaller for the mains, but the biggest difference is the price; £22 a head! Doubt we'll be going back again for lunch at that price. Staff pleasant and friendly as usual though.

I enjoyed the most fabulous Thai meal here. It is definitely to be recommended.

Excellent choice and very good value in a cracking restaurant within a lovely traditional pub. Our waitress ,Lucy, was very good, very knowledgeable and attentive. The hot and spicy sea bass is superb and there's a good selection of beers and wines on offer. Definitely eating here again.

Super Pub typique pour aller boire un verre, la terrasse est très jolie et l’accueil impeccable ! Je recommande :)

Generally alright place, nothing was outstanding though. Food was nice but not the biggest portion size (it was the lunch menu though)place was nicely decorated, pretty clean and overall cozy

Quick pint on the way to the Elgiva theatre. Decent pint, interesting pub.

We haven't been here for a long time...can't remember how long....was OK, but the menu has changed not for the best, I didn't get the dish I really liked, because " not on the menu"!! Where at a lot of Thai restaurants, they will accommodate! But ok! Xx😘 C & D

This has been mine and my family's favourite pub for a good few years now and it has never been anything short of excellent. From the attentive and friendly staff who couldn't do enough for you, the decor reminding you of the pub's history and the fantastic Thai cuisine which (in my opinion) cannot be surpassed by any other restaurant. I had the Pad Thai which was cooked to perfection; as someone who doesn't eat most meat I was delighted to see a large variety of vegetarian options available. There is evidently a lot of care put into each individual meal and each of my friends agreed they were perfect regarding both presentation and flavour. The manager took fantastic care of us all and pulled out all the stops to ensure we had a wonderful time; it is evident he is passionate about the place and has a key interest in ensuring the satisfaction of his customers! Overall, if you're looking for a relaxed atmosphere with fantastic food and wonderful staff, I'd highly reccommend this place.

Came for the pad Thai, delicious light and full of flavour. Great food cooked from the heart. I’ll be back . Thankyou chef

A great example of a village pub good atmosphere and top class food

Looks nice, but not push chair friendly, and garden tiny

Good is made to your taste and liking… the staff is friendly… Bar is buzzing always…

For the last 10 years my partner and I have gone to this pub on and off. It holds special memories as the place we first met and have always gone out of our way to visit, not just for the memories, but the food too. Today was our last visit. I don't know if it has completely changed hands but oh my.... definitely a shadow of it's former self (to be polite). Staff - Massively understaffed - while they were very pleasant, no one came to ask if the food was OK (even after complaining about my dish which takes a lot for me to do), had to wait almost 5 minutes to be served upon entry with only two others at the bar waiting. Then the same again to order food a few minutes later with the staff member struggling to pull a peroni (some issue with the lines somewhere - not their fault but my issue here was the complaint to a regular customer in earshot of everyone else waiting about this). Shift change came after our food was served and my meal had no sauce (stir-fry dish) so I returned it to the bar explaining this. I was given an apology and told my meal would be redone. Fine - not an issue. Only it came out 1 minute later with a minute amount of sauce and was clearly the same dish (I'd broken up my rice which was as it was when i returned the plate). After this - no one came to ask if everything was OK - not good service after a customer has an issue with a meal. Food - plain and basic - we each had the garlic and pepper stir-fry - not a hint of pepper to be found and it was rather herby - not what a Thai should taste like and nothing like we've had before (same dish, same place in the past). Portion sizes were more like a kids size or a small lunch size, and as mentioned - barely any sauce on one, and none on mine at all (image below is AFTER they added sauce). It was very disappointing knowing what previous chef's have delivered both in taste, size and presentation. We used to love this place for food - would always recommend it and took people there who were visiting but not now, could have made better at home. Fryers were broken so all but two of the starters were off leaving only prawn crackers and dim sum. We had crackers and asked for them to come out with the main - they came out first (not a major issue but a little annoying none the less). Had to leave half the rice because it was dry with no sauce to soften it and part of the rice was stuck together and hard like it had been sitting waiting to be served - worrying considering we had our meals within 5 minutes of ordering - not freshly cooked chicken then! I wonder how long it has been sitting waiting for someone to claim it? To say it was hot would be a step too far also! The only reason we ate it was because we had nowhere else to go in the time frame we had available - otherwise we'd have requested money back and gone elsewhere. Atmosphere - challenging - while it was calm and fairly quiet within the vicinity - two tables ordered food while we were eating - (think of the bar as a square with us in a corner), both corners next to us ordered soon after us. Each time their food was ready, we were disturbed (even though we were eating), because the bar staff had added our table number to all three orders (I overheard the young gentleman delivering the food mention this on the second occasion he disturbed us - he apologised and not his fault at all). During this time another man (assume a chef) went around the bar offering a free doughnut for dessert to every table. While I appreciate the gesture, it looked unappealing and yet again, we were disturbed while eating. Finally, we went to leave and waiting 5 to 7 minutes to pay our tab while the single bar staff made drinks and delivered them via table service to the back bar. So in the hour we were there, we spent around 15 minutes at the bar waiting for service (granted there were apologies given but it wasn't exactly busy - the staff had no idea how to multitask or make conversation / set up orders with those waiting - it was very tunnel visioned), food was sent back and then not followed up on and it was average at best. Extremely disappointing when we know what the pub used to be like and in all honesty, we would go elsewhere moving forward - between Chesham and Amersham there are many Thai restaurants and this place has quickly gone from the top to the bottom of the list. Couple that with a ever-shrinking menu from how it was when we first started visiting (when the food was at it's best), I can safely say we will not be returning. I do not complain lightly - I worked MANY years in retail and hospitality, including pubs, bars restaurants (kitchen and FOH) and held supervisor roles too, I appreciate something can have an 'off day' but this was something different - many things were broken / not working, basic service and food and no connection with the customers (even after something was sent back) other than to complain or apologise for the lack of service. Definitely won't be recommending this place again and will go somewhere where both the food and the customer service is a whole lot better.

Genuinely delicious food and excellent flavour. Unexpected to find such a gem for Thai food here. Portions are too small though with mains sized more like sides (and I am not a big eater!)

Fantastic food. Great hospitality. A proper local pub!

Great Thai food, good beers, friendly staff. Best pub in Chesham.

Still my favourite pub in Chesham

I went for a pint and an evening meal with an old friend and I hadn't been for at least five years. I had the most delicious chicken and cashew nuts ever. The rice was perfect - I wish I could cook it like that myself - the sauce was tasty, light, and very moreish, and to my surprise and delight, the chicken was fried in batter. I have to go back and have the same again. Soon. The atmosphere at the Queen's Head was always lovely and this visit was no different. We sat and chatted comfortably in the little garden, able to hear each other without any effort, and with sociable company around us. Food was served really fast too.

Appalling service, completely messed up the order, had to wait a long time for the wrong food!

Amazing and delicious food, super nice staff, and a family feel. 10/10

A great little pub especially for the food! The Thai was authentic and delicious and we were there on a Saturday which happened to be a bbq day. The spicy lamb burger is a must try! The chefs and staff are so friendly and lovely. Can’t recommend this pub and the food enough after a long scenic walk in the area.

Visited the Queen's Head after finishing the Chess Valley Walk. Turned out to be top notch pub. Very legit Thai food! And the BBQ burgers were also very delicious, especially the spicy lamb. Would definitely recommend visiting here