The Peahen Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The pub has a good buzz about it as well, tasteful decor and open plan."
• "Outdoor seating is very big for those warm evenings."
• "It's a lovely space. Nice interior which is warm and welcoming."
• "Lovely atmosphere and staff."
• "The atmosphere, the interior and menu is great, staff friendly and bear garden is the best around in my opinion."
• "A great spot to enjoy some gastro pub food and watch the world go by in the heart of st Albans."
• "This place has a great big garden out the back, which is great when the sun is out."

Cons:

• "Sometimes there is a lot of young kids around, causing some trouble but it is what it is."
• "In the evening it gets unpleasantly noisy."
• "Decent array of beers but the atmosphere was terrible. Music was too loud, the lights too bright and a lack is seating really let the place down."
• "Visited on a Saturday night thinking it was a restaurant, but I was wrong. It was more of a bar and very loud!"
• "We are old! So loud couldn't talk at all. Great for the young ONLY!"
• "It can get very full, very loud and quite rowdy."
• "Cold/Vacant/Expressionless faces of the staff and management just left me in awe of how it could be busy."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was a bit slow to begin with but really improved through our time there."
• "Service was brilliant."
• "Fabulous welcome! Great service and friendly staff! Food and drinks are superb."
• "Service and food was good as always."
• "Service has been good when we visited."
• "The service was very good and the staff were knowledgeable and helpful."
• "Staff are very lovely and welcoming."

Cons:

• "The service was really terrible."
• "A nice overall atmosphere but the bar staff ignore you to the point of being obnoxious."
• "Slow service but overall good vibe staff were trying as hard as they can but obviously couldn’t keep up with the orders."
• "Service was friendly but we had very little of it."
• "Service at bar and food lovely - when correct order was brought out."
• "Food arrived very late, and the wrong order was brought to us twice."
• "Staff wasn't too happy to serve us, quiz was going on, we weren't participate, asked jokingly to leave the pub."

Food

Pros:

• "Food was good, but it seemed like organised chaos."
• "The dishes are great."
• "Great pub fare."
• "The food was super yummy and nice big portions."
• "Food was lovely, but a wider range of child foods would make it a better experience and reduce waste."
• "Food was hot, fresh and tasty."
• "The food at the peahen is great."

Cons:

• "£16 burgers. Half a portion of chips in a tiny little cup."
• "The food took absolutely ages. The full breakfast was charred to a crisp, the steak was extremely rubbery and the burger was probably the most edible."
• "The food wasn't anything to write home about. Small portions."
• "Not a great experience. Ordered the Korean Chicken Burger... was so light on all the sauces that it was very dry."
• "Average burger experience, not great quality, limited selection of ales and a basic, uninspiring late 90s pub ambience."
• "The food was average due to the excess amount of salt."
• "The food and service was very bad, flat iron steak was a small burned rump steak, and the chicken schnitzel was very small and lackluster."

Drinks

Pros:

• "Kids menu was good good choice of drinks."
• "Great cocktails and beautiful indoors space."
• "Great cocktail selection as well as beers. Loads of gins!"
• "Drinks I had were nice too (2 4 1 deal on cocktails)."
• "Lovely pub on the corner of London Rd and High St in St Albans, they have a very large outdoor seating area and a good selection of drinks and a good food menu."
• "The food was excellent for the money and the outside gin bar is the best feature with a good variety of gins and a lovely young man serving."
• "Great gin selection. Cocktail options good."

Cons:

• "Ordered a vodka and ginger and the bar tender poured the whole bottle of mixer in."
• "Another over priced pub in St.Albans where you get awful good and drinks which are far too expensive for the locals."
• "Only downside is the drinks are expensive, expect London prices here- I think I paid around £7 for a G&T."
• "Prices are way higher than printed in the Google Maps reference."
• "On trying to purchase nuts was told that they are £3.25 for a small bowl, OMG."
• "Reasonably nice beers. Perhaps a bit on the expensive side."
• "They should really stop advertising cocktails."