Hertfordshire Restaurant Guide

Carluccio's - St Albans

Carluccio's was started by Antonio and Priscilla Carluccio as a small café and shop stocking Italian food and ingredients in 1991, and grew into a restaurant serving authentic cuisine at sensible prices in 1999.

• Address: 7 Christopher Place, St Albans, AL3 5DQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £26.00

Cavendish Restaurant

An exuberance of Tudor revival this well-located restaurant looks out over London from its eyrie not far from Elstree Studios. As one might expect there is a richness of timber and panelling, which works.

• Address: Corus Hotel - Elstree, Barnet Lane, Elstree, nr Borehamwood, WD6 3RE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £29.00, Dinner: £36.00

Cedar Restaurant

Set in extensive parkland this strategically placed country house hotel, 12 miles from London and handy for the M25, offers The Cedar Restaurant to an ever-appreciative clientele. Enter and you are transported to the Alps, for such is the style of this striking building.

• Address: West Lodge Park Hotel , Cockfosters Road, Hadley Wood, nr Enfield, EN4 0PY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: £57.00

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

Claude's Creperie

• Address: 15 Holywell Hill, St Albans, AL1 1EZ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £26.00

Colette's Restaurant, The

The Grove in Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire opened last September and is a hotel that flouts normal country house hotel conventions. Though the outside of the 227 bedroom, Grade II-listed property may look typically impressive, inside it breaks the mould, as the decoration is decidedly unusual, filled with numerous works of modern art with only a few antiques.

• Address: The Grove, Chandler's Cross, nr Watford, WD3 4TG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, French, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £45.00, Dinner: £73.00

College Arms, The

Selected Restaurant

The College Arms at Hertford Heath has recently opened its doors. The change of name from The Jolly Pindar to The College Arms is in recognition of its original name - The East India College Arms.

• Address: 40 London Road, Hertford Heath, Hertford, SG13 7PW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £20.00, Dinner: £35.00

Cox's of Letchworth

• Address: 2 Arena Parade, Letchworth, SG6 3BY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Fish & Chip
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Darcy's Restaurant

• Address: 2 Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £24.00, Dinner: £38.00

Doughty's Brasserie

Doughty's Brasserie is a delightful and interesting addition to the eating out scene in Hitchin, somewhere not exactly over-endowed with good places to go; however, Adrian and Victoria Doughty have brought their thirty five years of experience at such excellent places as the renowned Sheene Mill or the Haycock Hotel to creating this haven of excellence.

• Address: 87 Bancroft, Hitchin, SG5 1NQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): English, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £17.00, Dinner: £31.00