The best restaurants in Old Town Stevenage East of England

I recently went to Lavish in Stevenage to celebrate a friend's 20th birthday, and it was a fantastic experience! There were 12 of us in total, and despite the large group, the food wait time was surprisingly quick. The food itself was delicious, and everyone was impressed by the quality. The Staff were very friendly, they really made the experience enjoyable. Overall, it was a great spot for a celebration, and I would highly recommend it! Aston Bowskill, Drinkstuff

I visited here earlier in the year and visited again today ( New Years Eve ) This is a lovely cafe. The coffee is good. I wanted a light lunch and had a mildly spiced chicken and mozzarella roll. The roll had a crispy sesame seed topping. It was served with a small side salad. My partner had a plain chicken and cheddar roll which was nice. It had carrot cake as well I noticed. Give it a try - you won’t be disappointed.

I was served by Martin, absolute legend. Super helpful and went above and beyond help me find all the gear I needed. Would highly recommend shopping here

Enjoyable food, friendly service.. Atmosphere down at 3 as it was mid week and very quiet, but still a good place to catchup with friends

Tarla the Best Turkish Restaurant I’ve ever been too

Lovely service and great food. I had the mixed lamb dish and salad which was very tasty and filling. I will definitely visit here again when I’m back in Stevenage!

Excellent good quality, well cooked food, beautifully presented. Huge portions. Delicious. Attentive staff. Lovely atmosphere and a very enjoyable brunch.

What a great night out!! Myself and a friend decided to have some Christmas drinks and I can honestly say we had such a a good night! We will 100% be back!

Ordered cod roe chips and a battered sausage which was enemic batter was under cooked. Cod Roe was soggy under cooked and an inedible mess. Chips were obviously pre cooked and reheated . Won't be visiting this chippy again . Poplars is much better quality all round. (Picture proof attached)

Rice very dry bhaji very hard Sag paneer nice small portions would normally be enough for 2 the following day Have used Surma for many years and Got extremely expensive nearly £40 Not value for money disappointed

We`ve been here on a few occasions and always found everything to be good but this time it was quite poor. Firstly, we prebooked a table and was shown to it only to be standing around whilst the lady made it up for us. Once seated we waited for ages to be asked if we wanted a drink and everything else after took ages too from the starters to the mains. Very slow service. I`m guessing they were very short staffed on this occasion? Also, if you visit the toilets take your coat with you as there is no heating in them and they`re absolutely freezing!!

This was a very enjoyable find. Went there for the first time last week with my daughter and husband. The coffee was excellent and well priced. The food was very good and tasty. Service quick and it was busy. Obviously popular with locals, always a good sign. Going back again soon.

We come to Stevenage a few times a year for an event and always eat here or get a takeaway. Can't recommend highly enough tasty food and good portions Jerk Chicken has the right heat and the boneless curry goat is really tender. We don't eat before we get to Stevenage now just save ourselves up! Had a takeaway delivered to our hotel today and it was awesome 👌

Ok, i was being lazy and thought i'd skip cooking and head to Fishermans Wharf Chippy and have a hostage in batter and chips. Errrr no.. sorry i mean "sausage in batter" ! (Kier Starmer would understand. easy mistake to make). The time was around 5:30pm and relevant. Firstly, the young fair haired lad serving was friendly, polite and keen to take my order. The sausage in batter was really nice, mainly due to the batter. It was crisp and tasty and not chewy and greasy tatsting as they often can be in any chippy, we all know and accept that about them. This really was a nice surprise, 4 Stars for the sausage ! The chips though.. They were withered, dry, chewy, overdone and tasted old, I am not saying they were but they tasted AS IF they were left over from lunch time and then re-fried for early evening customers. That was my impression and my first thought. The owner states otherwise and blamed it on seasonal potatoe availability and that he doesn't open lunchtime mon-fri so how... My thoughts on this given i was there 5.30pm that perhaps they were left over from the night before heaven fobid !! Just my opinion, just rubbish.

Went for breakfast with family, managed to walk in and sit straight away which was good. Lots of options on the menu. The frustrating thing and what lowers the rating is that the waitress wasn’t paying attention. We didn’t get the correct drinks, food came incorrect and then no apology. Yes it was quickly rectified but this could have easily have not happened if the waitress that served us was paying attention. Food quality was good and overall we were satisfied.