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Top 3 Gastropub food in Watford, England, United Kingdom
Discover Restaurants offering the best Gastropub food in Watford, England, United Kingdom. Watford (/ˈwɒtfərd/ ( listen)) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated 15 miles (24 km) northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway. It is not to be confused with Watford, Northamptonshire which is 55 miles to the north.
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1. The King Stag
Overall Ratings
4 based on 357 reviews
Reviewed By Nuna9
After about a year of not having visited we arrived on Thursday night for an early supper with a visiting member of the family. I booked the table in the restaurant part . Despite all the doors being wide open ( summer) the room had an unpleasant stale smell of food often present in food places not thoroughly cleaned/ repainted often enough. Wooden tables were clean. The mezze board to share before the main meal. Carrot and cucumber sticks were dried on edges clearly cut much arlier and left uncovered in the kitchen, baked haloumi sticks were commercially pre-preprepared and did not taste freshly baked. Dips barely visible under the vegetables. Mains were fine. Staff was as helpful and as good as I remember from previous visits.Good morning, We can only apologise for the stale odour that you experienced. This is not something that we come across very often and are disappointed that it affected your evening. The pub is deep cleaned every morning by professional cleaners and we take great pride in its overall appearance and the ambience this creates. With regards to the mezze board - we are disappointed to hear that you found the ingredients to not be as fresh as they should. We have have spoken to the kitchen to ensure that our quality is not compromised like this again as this is not acceptable. Regarding the halloumi chips we can assure you that these are hand cut, on site, from blocks of halloumi and then cooked to order. We are sorry if they were not as you expected. We were really glad that our staff were helpful and we would like to thank you for your constructive feedback as this helps us to improve and maintain our high standards.If you would like to discuss this further please contact us on [email protected] thanks,Kerri
2. Three Horseshoes
Overall Ratings
4 based on 103 reviews
Welcome to YOUR PUB, a quintessentially English Country Pub serving high quality food & drink from a classic menu of typically British fayre with regular scrumptious specials, all prepared on-site from excellent locally sourced ingredients, within a pictu
Reviewed By John M
Sunday lunch for four of us. Two of us had the Wild Boar scotch egg as a starter and both of us thought it outstanding , almost a meal in itself !!We all rather surprisingly went for the roast beef and in the most part were very happy with the plate put in front of us, a good portion of beef, roast potatoes, small yorkshire pudding (but a good one) and good selection of vegetables. The only issue was it seemed to us that the beef had been cooked in a water bath (not sure but think so) which in our humble opinion did it no favours at all as it lacked flavour.One thing however we all agreed upon was the standard of service which was excellent and in particular "mine host" who made sure he visited each and every table for a chat and asked if all was well. Would it that all owners, patrons, managers followed his example.Many thanks for posting a review. It was a pleasure serving you and I hope to see you again soon.
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3. No.8 at The Red Lion
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Hearty and Creative Homemade Meals that will Not Disappoint! Our Kitchen has a Real Passion for Food which we deliver in Every Meal.
Reviewed By Dougie_Brimson
I've been visiting this pub for many years on match days and was delighted when it reopened last season.However, whilst it was great initially, in recent weeks it has gone down hill fast. Quite how a pub with a premier league football ground less than 50 yards away does not show Sky Sports baffles me. But worse than that, the bar staff insist on playing appalling music at a ridiculous volume meaning that you can barely converse with anyone. Irritatingly, every time I have complained, they have turned it down for a while and then gradually turn it back up. Clearly, they are more interested in their own entertainment than that of their customers.To make matters even worse, the price of drinks have now reached such a level that it actually cheaper to drink in the ground which, I suspect, is pretty much unheard of anywhere in the UK! I am not the only one to think like this as where it used to be rammed before games, it is now barely half full and all but empty afterwards.Avoid it like the plague, unless you actually want to be ripped off and deafened.
