The best restaurants serving British food in Verulam St Albans East of England

A really excellent midweek lunch menu and wine-by-the-glass selection. My only problem was deciding which starter and main course to choose - I could have happily chosen them all! Very friendly and efficient service and great food too.

Beautiful ambience which is what pulled me into the place walking past. Lovely staff and service, I would have stayed only that I was going for dinner. By the r time we left it was full up with a lovely buzz about this place. I am not local but will definitely return again to try more drinks and the food. Highly recommend

Had my 65th birthday lunch here . There were 9 of us and I was delighted to find that we were seated in a private dining room upstairs . It was absolutely perfect . The food was very good , well cooked and good value . Everyone had a wonderful time and the staff were very friendly and effective . The restaurant is definitely a step up from say a gastro pub /bistro . But without being in the fussy fine dining end of eating out . I you have a small lunch/dinner party then having one of the private rooms makes for a delightful experience that I can heartily recommend

We booked to stay hear for the weekend after our wedding the staff was so friendly and attentive the service was amazing our room was beautiful we very much enjoyed our stay thank you so much

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

We had a lovely evening at The Lower Red Lion to celebrate our marriage, David and the lovely staff looked after our party of 35 and nothing was too much trouble, they went that extra mile to make our celebration evening perfect. The buffet was amazing and everyone enjoyed themselves. We can’t thank you enough.

Lovely warm atmosphere. Food average/ mediocre. Service absolutely! Appalling. Paid the bill with cash and left the premises only to be called out across the car park that we had shorted changed them by waving notes around. A very short apology followed when it became clear that it was their error/oversight. Really how embarrassing to be accused of not paying the bill in the carpark. Not good enough.

Ales are kept well, the upkeep is great, and the pizza was genuinely top notch

We came here for lunch last weekend for the first time and the food, staff and vibe were just spot on. The beer garden is one of the best in St Albans and inside will be really cosy in the winter too. Loads of beers on tap and we can massively recommend the burgers! We live near several other pubs in the centre of town and we think the food is easily the best here. Excited to come back soon!

We sat in the garden, lovely atmosphere and busy, doggy heaven lol

Fantastic local pub with INCREDIBLE food from local producers. Food was all freshly made and seasonal and delicious. Staff were really lovely and gave excellent service. Just regret not getting a pudding as they all sounded fantastic Specials board was amazing and was most of our order

Been here a few times and it is a very nice setting - though a bit hit and miss in terms of how busy it is, so perhaps have a backup plan in mind if you are unlucky and it is one of their busy times. A good selection of fresh cakes and hot food. Coffee is generous in quantity but I would echo some of the other reviewers in suggesting it could be stronger - however I accept this is a matter of personal taste so perhaps more a comment about me than this venue :) Staff are very diligent, efficient, pleasant and polite. As a footnote: I don't know whether the cafe is responsible for the toilets - apologies to them if they are not - but the facilites have been woeful on our last two visits. Their condition is the fault of those using them but whoever is responsible for them needs to evaluate their use and adjust their cleaning schedules to accomodate!!!!!!! My review score is for the cafe (minus the toilets).