The best restaurants in Wheathampstead St Albans East of England

Was a lovely afternoon treat boating Charlie’s. Lovely atmosphere, the food was yummy and tea was very nice (and strong! Love strong tea!) obviously less strong is available! They have a really good selection of vegan/non-diary alternatives which is super!! Space to sit indoors or outside as well as takeaway, which seemed to be very busy too. Definitely a good sign. Will definitely be back. The team there were lovely and friendly too - thank you xx

The Wheathampstead Fryer is a great village chippy servings a great selection of freshly cooked take away meals. Although they take orders by phone a website with the menu and the ability to order online would be useful.

Proper farm café and good to back farmers in any way possible. Lovely atmosphere and staff, especially good coffee on a rainy day

Popped in for a drinky poo , gin and tonic lovely, small old fashioned drinking venue, very welcoming, standing room mainly but some cosy seating otherwise

Like the beers .... brewery moved to Redbourn...nothing here

Everything about L’Olivios is brilliant. The food is delicious and never disappoints. The staff are always so welcoming and accommodating, great service every time.

Such a lovely cafe to visit in an ideal setting. Great choices and the smoothies are amazing!

Never disappointed with the food here. Always fresh and cooked perfectly, love the fresh side salads and onions that come with the Tikka / Sheek kebab starters. Great range of mains and veg side dishes, particularly like the saag aloo and Brinjal Bhaji. Was worried when they moved premises a few years ago, but the food is still excellent. Always collect but did get delivery a few years back during covid times, the food always arrived piping hot.

Updated Dec 2025. Superb pub. Amazing service. Food is unreal. Saturday evening staff were stars. Must visit pub!

Absolutely amazing food with the best service. We didn’t feel rushed at all. The food was was delicious. The best itialian food in Hertfordshire. That’s from two Italian visiting food lovers. We will return.

A lovely roast beef lunch with tasty veg, potatoes, cauliflower cheese and a Yorkshire Pudding. Lovely service from Sally and team. One of the best roast meals I have had. Would recommend the Swan. Was my birthday and they did make a bit of a fuss, which of course I loved. Thanks

We came here today on our bikes with our 2 year old daughter. The two bar ladies couldn’t have been more friendly or accommodating to us. The beer was great and so was the food. We’ll be back!

Lovely Chinese takeaway- always happy with the food, very friendly too

Enjoyed a superb take away from Cherry Trees yesterday. I have always enjoyed the food here but this was first class. If you want fresh tasting food, carefully prepared and presented, off an interesting menu, then look no further than the friendly people at Cherry Trees. They are on the top of their game at the moment.

It was a birthday event, the waitress assigned to us was aggressive, my 86 year old mother asked for a martini which she was told was not available, an alternative was offered which the waitress brought back and said to her ‘ look I will take a swig with ya’ and proceeded to take the shot of alcohol, which alarmed us all, at this point we asked to speak to the Managet. She then got confused regarding who required which sauce to which starter and main and how each steak was to be cooked. We requested another waitress who was obviously friends with the first one, and was equally aggressive. However as it was my birthday celebration I carried on with the 2nd waitress and the attitude being received, but then when the food came out it was barely warm, the sauces came out on the wrong plates. To cut a long story short we then proceeded to get the manager, please check cctv between 8 - 9 pm who had his feet up and was drinking a beer. Bearing in mind nobody had eaten all day as this was supposed to be an eating experience, he came over and we explained the problem,my mum by this point who is 86 had half eaten her burger, the manager then proceeded to say well just pay for the burger and the drinks u have had and u are free to go somewhere else! We would have walked out there and then in absolute disgust but it was a birthday occasion and we had already been there 1.5 hours and have found it difficult to find elsewhere to celebrate. So sticking with it, the Manager then suggested he would replace all the meals and they would all be cooked as originally requested. So everyone had their meal but the person who actual birthday was still waiting after 15 mins to which we alerted the manager, he advised he thought my meal was originally ok even though I handed my previous meal to him untouched. I was then told it would be a 30 Minute wait for my steak, as there was no other choice ok! My steak came out when everyone else had finished their meal, without the onion slice or chips, but then this was remedied. Finally my family had told the manager at the beginning it was my birthday and requested a brownie or something to acknowledge my big day, anyway after I had eaten a young waiter delivered 2 x spoons on the table, then 10 mins brownie arrived with a sparkling candle on a plate, I said do u not sing happy birthday, and they said they did not do that, albeit the table opposite had the same with the 2 aggressive waitresses singing their heart out. The total experience was a complete nightmare, and I think the CcTV should be checked on this occasion. I do hope all Millar and Carter are not the same as this as our party felt abused.it was my birthday and I burst into tears, my daughter suffers from anxiety and was shaking, total lack of responsibility, empathy. Please check CcTV