The best restaurants serving Other cuisines food in St Albans East of England

Lovely strong coffee just how I like it prepared by Jenny, thank you ☺️

We were visiting SA for the day and wanted to grab some lunch. Thought we'd try this spot as it was well regarded, and they were not wrong. Although there was a minor issue with the order this was more than rectified for. Food great quality, staff friendly and accommodating. We'd go back.

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

Absolutely love the Potting Shed!! The staff are so friendly and helpful, and the food is always yummy and good value with generous portions. The specials menu changes regularly and often reflects seasonal produce so if you are a regular visitor (like me!) then you have new options to choose from. On this visit, we had a black bean salad with halloumi and a chicken tikka burger. Both were delicious!! I also like to spend some time having a look around the lovely garden centre afterwards too :)

Food was great as always, the sharing platters were a great choice for us. Front of house very attentive and friendly. Made it a great experience and we all had good fun.

The tapas was amazing. Could not fault anything. The staff were so friendly the atmosphere was cosy and warm and inviting.

Nice selection of meals with non vegetarian, vegetarian and vegan options. I enjoyed the mackerel open sandwich with bettroot and basque cheesecake. There is always plenty of greenery with the lunches. Loved the iced coffee too. A wide range of anges observed there.

Would give a 3.5 if I could, got upgraded to a 4 in the end by the kids. Good points - clean, kids liked the cookie dough desserts Bad points - constant stream of delivery drivers which makes the wait seem longer when you’re dining in. It took too long at night for just 2 desserts, but loads of delivery orders went out instead. Also, no kids portions. £8 for a cookie dough dessert means, for a family, you’ll just share what your kids have (as the portions are too big for them so they’ll be wasted), rather than them having a small portion and you choosing your own.

Waiting for my cake & drink when a customer came in with a huge dog. This is such a tiny place filled with food. Yuck, I thought. Then the waitress petted the dog, fed the dog meat from her hands and only gave her hands a little rinse after. Then she petted the dog again and didn’t wash her hands. In what other ways are they ignoring basic hygiene? I had to eat my food with this massive dog sat right next to me. Gross, gross, gross.

My partner and I came for a wine tasting, Shahn remembered me from my last visit and a brief moment buying a bottle of wine. Whatever he is paid is not enough he is personable, friendly and knowledgeable. Not only is he great at his job, but a great ambassador to the must brand that is 2nd to none, whatever he is paid is not enough, and any other members of staff would benefit from his tutelage. 5 stars, 3 of which are from Shahn alone.

Great little pub, been before, had lovely lunch with a friend, excellent food and service. Had scampi which was lovely, and my friend had Tex Mex burger, both plates clean at end!

Reflecting !!!!! Could the manager connect with me personally on our experience dining and the most disgusting pre prepared food was presented . For roast turkey Xmas meal 5 ladies ate with you ordering the Xmas dinner Lets begin , turkey was it turkey or microwave. You couldn’t chew or identify it was Turku Brussels raw Parsnips and other veg couldn’t even cut with a knife Roast potatoes rock hard All in all everybody left untouched plates of completely digestible shocking food every single plate ,, But don’t worry they gave us £25 In total ….. The worst every Xmas meal ever I

I wouldn't even bother ,crap pub run by local great people. unfortunately the owner has no clue , Hence his closure notice from companies house, Still the land lord knows about business, Notice his other failed companies also, clueless

Love coming here to have lunch, the food is great and would happily recommend it :)

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