The best restaurants serving British food in North Hertfordshire East of England

I love the potting shed and go there often for a lunchtime treat, but will struggle to return. I dont know what has happened as the ladies serving are normally lovely and the food amazing. The wait for our food yesterday was an agonising 45 minutes with not an ounce of being bothered or a hint of apology from staff. I let them know we were there as required and after about 15 minutes of waiting for our order to be taken i went in to remind them we were there and asked for our order to be taken, explaining i was in my lunch break. A lovely man duly came out to take our order. It took another 30 minutes for our order to arrive, by which time we just wanted to get up and walk out, we were starving and really fed up waiting. It wasn’t busy. We are used to a lovely looking plate of food with a bit of salad and crisps with the sandwich, but when our lunch turned iup it was disappointing. The cheese and onion toastie sat lonely with its bit of green salad on the plate and truly not worth the £9.50 cost. It was nice, but not value for money. Especially after we waited 45 minutes for it without any recognition of the wait. I waited again to pay for an experience i hadn’t enjoyed which added to my frustration. I politely ask the man serving about the wait, i really wanted to have a big moan but held it in. He absolutely didn’t care less saying people had turned at at the same time ( it was not busy at all) and didnt bat an eyelid when he took my £35 for 3 sandwiches a latter and 2 glasses if apple juice. It really hurt handing over the money.

I was horrified that they charge £5.50 for a teacake. Most expensive one I have ever seen. I also noticed they only have a rating of 3 for hygiene which is worrying.

Found this cafe yesterday with a friend. Had an omelette, chops and a huge salad. Great, friendly service and amazing value, especially for the location where some eateries are hugely overpriced. Would definitely recommend.

Went to the Pasty shop to get a coffee using the coffee network voucher. The member of staff a gentleman of exceptional height was extremely rude to me try to use the voucher. The member of staff exclaimed he was to busy to deal with my voucher.

Fantastic quality food and service. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Food was amazing. I had the half rack of ribs and the meat was so soft it fell off the bone. They were so delicious I wish I’d ordered the full rack! My husband ordered a burger which he thoroughly enjoyed too. My only minor criticism is that his burger didn’t come with fries and this wasn’t made clear when he ordered. For dessert I had the apple and blackberry crumble which again was delicious. As we visited on Valentine’s Day there was some live entertainment too which we thoroughly enjoyed. The singer wasn’t too loud and the choice of songs was spot on. Will definitely come back again.

Without doubt this is the best traditional greasy spoon I've found in Hitchin - a really good generous portion of cooked to order breakfast for just £3.50, superb value.

Went at 8.40 pm had to wait for table no staff at all

Lovely lively welcoming venue with a great atmosphere. Helpful attentive staff offering tasty freshly made food and beverages.

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.

Had a on going problem with my gear change on my e-bike , one visit to Spoke cycle, some new parts needed and now sorted 👍👍

The women in my family and I booked a table at this pub/restaurant for a meal as part of my daughter's hen weekend. When we arrived we were told were our table was and having sat down waited for quite a while for someone to take our drinks order. Three of our party are disabled and when my daughter went to go to the toilet she found there were not any disabled facilities. We double checked this was the case and it was suggested that we use the toilets in the pub next door. As we all have difficulty walking this was not a helpful suggestion. We were not warned of the lack of disabled facilities and as those of us who are disabled were unable to use the toilets there we had no choice other than to leave.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Good coffee. Lovely setting. Pleasure to have a snack here and we will definitely visit again!

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.

The food was amazing and so were the staff.👌 Best place we have eaten this year so far and will be back very soon. Used the app and that was spot on and easy to use to order

We booked for a family lunch following a significant Wedding Anniversary Celebration the previous day. A massive disappointment. Dreadful service, some meals so slow coming out that others had finished theirs by the time they came out. 2 meals cold and one Guest couldn’t eat theirs. A piece of broccoli looked eaten as only stalk on plate. Gave up on puddings. Will never go back for lunch. Spoilt the end of a wonderful weekend.