Fox Harpenden Reviews Summary

Category: Gastropub Harpenden

Address: 469 Luton Rd, Kinsbourne Green, Harpenden AL5 3QE, United Kingdom

Phone: +441582713817

Rating: 4.3
based on 240 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The table service was excellent, managed very courteously and efficiently by Alex."
  • "The hosts and service staff were attentive and nothing was too much trouble at all, even the dog got fresh water twice!"
  • "The staff were welcoming, knowledgeable, and attentive."
  • "Our waiter was really helpful and friendly."
  • "The waiters were extremely friendly and kind and the service was amazing."
  • "Staff were incredibly, helpful (as we had a wheelchair user in our party) attentive and friendly."
  • "Service from Alex was exceptional! He looked after us with professionalism and friendliness in perfect balance."

Cons:

  • "Incredibly slow and disorganized service."
  • "The front of house greeting was diabolical, rude and unfriendly."
  • "Service really poor."
  • "The service was appalling, bringing out food for 10 people, 2 at a time with 10 minutes in between the delivery of the mains, with no cutlery on the table."
  • "Very poor service, fully booked with 2 waitresses and a manager who did not know what was going on!"
  • "Service wasn’t very good unfortunately."
  • "Service needs a bit of tweaking."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was excellent here!"
  • "The food was great and so was the service."
  • "The pizza was tasty, light and with good cheese on top. The scallops were also good, perfectly cooked and quite tasty."
  • "The chipotle chicken starter was delicious and very appealingly presented."
  • "Everyone was very pleased with the preparation and quality of our meals."
  • "It was truly great food, cooked to perfection and very well presented."
  • "The food was stunning and the portions were just right."

Cons:

  • "Was offered steak cooking preference - was definitely not medium rare! Crumble mini dessert was not hot."
  • "The tomato sauce for the chicken was runny and greasy."
  • "The two servings of Brisket and Double Gloucester Pie were extremely disappointing."
  • "I had Rib Eye steak that was colourless & flavourless."
  • "We had fish and chips and both were very greasy."
  • "The bed of tomato risotto was undercooked and crunchy."
  • "The food was really below par."

Ambience

Pros:

  • "Such a lovely place to go and eat."
  • "Friendly staff, warm atmosphere in an extremely comfortable setting."
  • "Really well decorated and had a great atmosphere."
  • "The atmosphere was perfect."
  • "Very attractive dining area."
  • "The outside seating is really great in summer to catch some sunshine whilst sipping away at your fave cocktail."
  • "Very busy, modern and trendy looking pub."

Cons:

  • "Main restaurant can get quite loud with chatter when busy."
  • "Nice venue, shame toilets upstairs."
  • "Used to be a great pub, but standards have definitely slipped! Decor very tired, and bad smell throughout the pub."
  • "Doesn't look anything special from the outside."
  • "We were in a side room that was nowhere near as nice as the restaurant area."
  • "The place itself is nice, even though I found it a bit crowded and very noisy at times."
  • "Outside seating area is basically set in the car park out front."

Value

Pros:

  • "Tasty food at reasonable prices."
  • "Food was reasonably priced too."
  • "The set menu during the week is great value for money."
  • "Reasonable price will definitely return highly recommend."
  • "Food prices perfectly reasonable."
  • "Reasonable prices."
  • "Good food, I really enjoyed both the ribeye and the steak pie."

Cons:

  • "Food was lovely if a tad overpriced."
  • "Food was decent too, a tad overpriced for the portions."
  • "Being charged £16.70 for two glasses of Sauvignon Blanc."
  • "A little on the expensive side."
  • "Expensive for 2 courses."
  • "Food a little over priced and portion size was small."
  • "The meal itself was very overpriced and extremely low in standard."

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