The best restaurants in St Albans East of England

Arrived a Tuesday afternoon, only one other customer in but greeted with a smile and "what can I get for you" straight away. The lady who served us mentioned that she was the only member of staff working and things may be a bit slower than normal but this was not the case. Ordered 2 drinks and 2 baguettes and came to £13! Was given drinks straight away and shown where to sit (the conservatory) whist we waited for our food which didn't take long at all. The baguettes were simple but delicious, with generous filling. Lovely friendly local pub

Small Chinese takeaway, not that expensive and the taste is very nice.

Boiled pot :) we were in London on the theme of Harry Potter, it was great

Excellent, our favourite Restaurant.

Lovely worker called Laura M was so friendly when I went in for my birthday breakfast bap! It was really yummy and she wished me a happy birthday!

What a find. Best burgers I’ve ever had. Tried this place whilst we were waiting to go to the theatre near by. Proper food and good quality.

As always great food, excellent and helpful staff good location.

Small portions filled half way - seriously????

Love the pub but no vegetarian mains! Had to go elsewhere for dinner.

Cooked fresh cod and chips. You can't really do better.

My 19 yo son and his girlfriend booked Cote for their first year anniversary last night. Their meal was ok, although the macaron dessert was poor. It was so hard that they were unable to break into it and had to resort to picking it up by hand to try to bite into it. The inside was like hardened honeycomb. They did say the other dessert was fine, and hearing that it was their anniversary, the waiter gave them a glass of something fizzy on the house. Our big gripe is that, when they tried to pay the bill with cash, they were told cash was not accepted. My son was told to find a way of paying by card and had to leave the restaurant to ring me to ask for help. While he was out ringing me, the waiter asked my son's girlfriend how much they wanted to pay by cash. She said all of it and he walked away. When I arrived and spoke to the waiter, he said that he had been thinking that, if they had wanted to pay most by card and a small amount in cash, he would have accepted the cash from them and paid the cash element on his personal card. This was kind of him but probably against some rule or something, and he had not expressed this to them, nor had he offered them the option to split the bill between two cards if they could pay that way (which they could have). I queried the "no cash" policy and the waiter said it was company policy. I pointed out that it is not stated anywhere on their menu or inside or outside the restaurant that they do not accept cash. He agreed, and said that he thought it may be mentioned in the small print somewhere on their website. I have looked and can't find it, so if it is there, it's certainly not clear. While I was looking at the website, I also noticed that there are no prices listed on Cote's own website, although interestingly, prices appear on the menu link that can be accessed through Trip Advisor. Having recently eaten at Prime - just down the road - as a family, I would say the prices were comparable but the experience was far superior at Prime. Overall, the embarrassment that was caused spoiled what should have been a special evening for this young couple.

Me and my sister were served by a girl called Alana I think, she is one of the most lovely people and really informed us on the menu and her personal favourites. Would go back again due to the fantastic service and the open posh lamb doner !

We had a lovely cosy Sunday pint in The Harpenden Arms, it’s had a recent refurb and is lovely inside. Ethan behind the bar was really friendly, he deserves his food and drink recs in the menu!

Best Indian we’ve had in a long time. Staff attentive but not in your face. Cosy atmosphere

If I could choose my last meal it would be from here! As a vegetarian I struggle with quality veggie options in takeaways, it’s usually just a load of vegetables in sauce or squishy tofu, but here they have blown my mind - I tried the Quorn Peking style sweet and sour with egg fried rice and it rocked my world. It felt like the standard chicken sweet and sour I used to have before I became a vegetarian, they’ve done such a great job recreating it! The Quorn is breaded, sauce is thick and delicious and the vegetables added in only add to it, there’s no filler here. Every meal has the Quorn option that I am excited to try! Staff are lovely and friendly and its average takeaway price so affordable. Seriously recommend for any veggies out there, Lord knows I will be back