The best restaurants in Chesfield North Hertfordshire East of England

Great value and interesting (but tasty) food choices on the menu this evening - it is a well thought out menu. I thought it was fresh and cleverly crafted. Hats off to the kitchen team for that special pork terrine starter. It was so humble and comforting, a perfect start to the meal. My partner ordered the best steak he’s had in years, and the beef bourguignon just melts in your mouth. I must say, they have mastered that potato confit too. The staff was very attentive and helpful, from the moment you arrive to confirm your reservation to checking out. Kept telling everyone on the table that they have a great team. They allowed us to bring our own cake for tonight’s double birthday celebration which is a plus. I highly recommend this place. It was a great first impression and I am certainly coming back for our next visit in the area.

Seconded to many other reviewers here, they are just so outrageously overpriced. This isn't London, so why are you guys charging London prices for a bit of fried fish and microwaved frozen food, especially when half the town is on the dole? As for the food, it's unbelievably mediocre. Their fortune must come from the fact that they hold a monopoly on the area.

New menu, new staff, absolutely delicious. While waiting for food to arrive were given mini canapes, very nice. Waiter Daniel extremely pleasant and very good at his job.

The location and grounds are lovely. We have been here on special occasions. The food is great but a little pricey when they add the service charge on your bill without your knowledge. So be aware. If you want to tip your waiter, then this should be a choice and not an amount that’s set by the restaurant on your bill. Our waitress was lovely until the end when she went missing so we were waiting for ages to pay our bill. A waiter assisted us at the end. To only be told that it’s now apparently cashless!! He had to seek the managers approval! The menu, we felt needed more choice on desserts. Portion sizes of desserts could be more plentiful for the price. But overall,the food was lovely.

I don't have too many issues with the food served here, but the value for money seemed amiss compared to the quality. If you're staying at the hotel this isn't a bad place for dinnder.

Went for Sunday roast, mid afternoon, called ahead to check if they was availability for 3 guests at 3pm as we hadn't booked in advance. Was given the answer, yes that should be fine. No details asked for booking. Thankfully table was available on arrival, seated and given menu's. Weren't offered a drink for a while. Drinks took ages to come, ordered food straight away as drinks arrived. Simple order of 1 roast chicken and 2 roast dinners. Time went by, noticing other tables of guests were getting their food thick and fast from the kitchen and we were thinking that our food will be coming out soon. How wrong we were to make such an assumption. We had finished our drinks, still no food arrived. No attention from staff, if we would like another drink or bringing our meal. 50 minutes had passed since we had ordered food, my partner had to go to the bar to order a drink and ask hour long our food will be. Was told by bar staff, that she'll do the drinks and find out about the food. Well over an hour later, 2nd drinks arrived from the bar and finally followed by our meals. Had to remind staff of what side order extras we had ordered, as we were given a wrong dish. Remind again to bring sauce condiments for the food. Overall presentation looked nice. However the food was only barely warm. A contrast to the extra side portion of potatoes, were very hot. Very disappointed to say the least, it obviously must of been sitting under heat lamps for a while. Didn't get an explanation until at the end of the meal as to why the delay when waitress came to clear table, short staffed apparently. We asked for the bill straight away. Staff didn't return to take payment, after a while I went to the bar myself to pay the bill. It was a shame our experience of going out for Sunday roast was a waste of time waiting for the food. It would have been far better and helpful to be told at the time of the enquiry on the phone that they are short staffed and there is potentially a wait for food. Ultimately, if a hospitality establishment is experiencing staff shortage, surely it would be wiser to limit the number of bookings over a busy period, so that it is more manageable for staff and also customers/guests don't make complaints for delays. As this doesn't give the establishment a good reputation. Or at least make contact with guests during delay and explain why and be mores attentive to their needs and check for drinks.

Fab lunch. There was an amazing deal for just over£11 we had a cheese and coleslaw baguette, chips and salad and blackberry and apple crumble with custard. It was delicious. Will definitely be visiting again.

Went here for lunch recently with a couple of friends and was pleasantly surprised, food was really tasty and reasonably priced. The music wasn't too loud so we could sit there and have a good catch up each other. Would definitely go there again and would definitely recommend.

Enjoyed a perfect Sunday Roast at The Hermit. Food and wine were excellent. Very friendly and courteous professional staff. Would recommend the creme brulee and a couple spoons at the end.

Was taken to lunch with our brother , 5 of us, Yorkshires over cooked hard and like dust, the clue is in the name , Yorkshire PUDDING ! Apple crumble had no cooked crumble just a lot of crumble dust on top , not impressed

Great service, friendly staff. The burger wasn't avaliable on the children's menu, which my son was disappointed about. The carvery was very good. Turkey was very moist and lots of choices of veg. Yorkshire puddings are gigantic!

Food was absolutely amazing! The staff are lovely and the atmosphere is wonderful. Would really recommend coming here!

I think they sold off their business as there are Indians working now something you never saw before only ever had Chinese working in the shop in there but for a long time now their prices have been rising way too much and the quality has dropped seriously low this is the last time I use this place the food was horrendous the spare ribs were so spare I was amazed to find bone let alone meat. to say this was seriously disappointing is a understatement.

The carvery was great, that's it.

Amazing service by Erin and lek ! Nothing was to much trouble !!! They made our visit worth while! Food was amazing !