Harpenden Restaurant Guide

Fox, The

Selected Restaurant

The Fox is one of those pubs that have surfaced on the mainstream of casual eating in the UK in the last ten years and are taking an increasing share of the market, evidenced by their growth in numbers and the popularity of what they have to offer.

• Address: 469 Luton Road, Bourne Green, Harpenden, AL5 3QE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £28.00

Three Horseshoes, The

Featured Restaurant

The latest addition to the Spice Inns group, and a haven of country chic that has retained its individuality and charm. Its location, just outside the busy town of Harpenden gives it that subtle quality of escape from town to country, combined with the quality and standards that are sometimes associated with a more competitive setting.

• Address: 136 East Common, Harpenden, AL5 1AW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00

A touch of Novelli at The White Horse - Harpenden

Following recent events Jean-Christophe Novelli has been looking at the market and deciding what to do next. Rather ironically he has settled on a clapped out pub in Harpenden, not a hundred miles from Brocket Hall.

• Address: Hatching Green, Harpenden, AL5 2JP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £24.00, Dinner: £49.00

Bean Tree, The

• Address: 20a Leyton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2HU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £44.00

Chef Peking

In an area not over-renowned for culinary excellence, Chef Peking offers a steady standard of quality, at a price.

• Address: 5-6 Church Green, Harpenden, AL5 2TP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Chinese
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Eden

• Address: 30 Station Road, Harpenden, AL5 4SE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Chinese
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £25.00

Georgian Restaurant

Georgian Restaurant is a modern, relaxing and spacious restaurant. It offers a selection of three menus, ensuing a varied choice to suit every palate. Situated in a prime location, with close access to both the M1 and the A1M, and only three minutes away from the direct rail link to central London.

• Address: Corus Hotel Harpenden, 18 Southdown Road, Harpenden, AL5 1PE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £20.00

Holly Bush, The

When I asked them if they had a website address they said "no, we're too old fashioned for that", and the last surviving remains of my Luddite tendencies quickened a notch or two. Actually it's rather like walking into a massive bush when you make for the door and realise that the whole of this quite small cottage is choked not by holly, but wisteria.

• Address: Potters Crouch, nr Harpenden, AL5 3AG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Pizza Express - Harpenden

Pizza Express remains a hugely popular bedrock of casual eating. Its popularity is testimony to the fact that across the country, they have restaurants where you will always be guaranteed a good nosh, with children's tastes being well catered for.

• Address: The Gate House, 1-2 High Street, Harpenden, AL5 2RS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Pizza & Pasta
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £15.00, Dinner: £21.00

Prezzo - Harpenden

Prezzo has been delighting diners for over seven years, and this Italian restaurant chain has since been able to expand throughout large parts of England with well over a hundred outlets. Interestingly, the company seeks to restore either impressive buildings or ones of local interest.

• Address: 15 Leyton Road, Harpenden, AL5 2HX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £30.00