Harvester Ancient Briton St Albans Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food hot and prepared to order, varied menu."
• "The food is fabulous and beautiful presentation."
• "The food was brilliant, great choices on whole menu for all."
• "The food was excellent as ever."
• "Food was really good and we really enjoyed."
• "Wow the food was absolutely amazing."
• "The food tonight was terrible! The cajun chicken was bland and tasteless."

Cons:

• "Awful Santa breakfast!"
• "Food ranged from boxed mix to tasteless frozen reheat."
• "Food itself was actually disappointing, 'grilled' chicken was actually burnt to a crips."
• "Quality of the food isn't great, the steaks are very fatty and chewy."
• "Most of the dishes consist of a small portions of fatty ribs or dry chicken, all bulked up with chips and a small piece of soggy sweetcorn."
• "Hard any mushroom in the overcooked breaded mushroom starter."
• "Almost all food items overcooked, salmon had a thick crust from the grill and was almost solid."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff I have to say we’re brilliant."
• "The table service was good, the food was nice and hot."
• "Service was excellent."
• "Very cheerful obliging staff."
• "The staff attentive and friendly and cleanliness was very good."
• "A special thank you to Hayley for her service and attention, she is a credit to Harvester."
• "Thank you Kat for such a WONDERFUL evening! You made the large number of us feel most welcome & comfortable."

Cons:

• "The manager is very rude and wouldn’t let us sit where the electric radiators were."
• "Visited you today, but the one waitress was unhelpful and unfriendly put be in a mood so didn't enjoy my meal."
• "Kaz, the manager was rude, dismissed me straight out in front of the restaurant."
• "We have now been here for two hours with two young kids and had one course and one drink."
• "Very unhappy with our services today."
• "The staff didn't want to be there and were very impatient."
• "If I could give this harvester 0 stars I would. Never have I seen such rude staff in my life."

Value

Pros:

• "I like coming here but it’s quite expensive for decent but pretty basic food."
• "The menu is saturated in so much meat it would make a butchers wrist hurt. The reason it takes the crown however, is the perfect balance between affordability and quality of the meals."
• "Staff are great here, food was good value."
• "It was great food, great service and good value."
• "The main meals where all a good portion size and tasty, desserts all delicious."
• "I asked for the bill and to my surprise i was expecting a shocker but hey it was well really good value for no money at all."
• "Good food, good friendly efficient service, pleasant environment and clean pub/restaurant."

Cons:

• "The food was OK, and I would consider it overpriced."
• "Very overpriced for what you get !!!!!"
• "Overpriced for what we actually had. £5.99 for 5 breaded small mushrooms was outrageous."
• "We will definitely not be returning as there are so many better options available close by."
• "Compared to other places, the bill was on the high side."
• "Haven't been in a Harvester for some time - quite pricy now."
• "I had the grilled chicken and king prawn with sweet potatoe fries..... very very expensive for a very dull and boring meal."

Cleanliness & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Good food, good friendly efficient service, pleasant environment and clean pub/restaurant."
• "The whole family love the Harvester especially the kids."
• "Tables are ultra clean and spaced out well, more than social distance requirements, with everyone masked."
• "All the food was delicious and the salad bar looked clean and appetising."
• "The Cleanless is how cleanless has to be in a restaurant."
• "The food was cooked nicely and service was great."
• "Lovely location for family day out."

Cons:

• "Filthy smell from customer toilets - did not even dare to go in."
• "Atmosphere was flat and it didn't feel clean!"
• "Salad cart was almost empty and people standing around waiting for it to be refilled."
• "Awful service, bowls at the salad bar were all dirty."
• "Plates are often dirty along with the cutlery covered in greasy fingerprints."
• "The pub doesn't feel clean with marked carpets around our table and paint bubbling from the walls with damp."
• "Serving spoons to dish salad were messy with food as were the salad dressing spoons."