A great country pub in the small village of Woolmer Green. It has a great selection of well kept…read morereal ales with frequently changing guest ales. A good selection of larger and wines also on offer. The food here is wonderful, all made and cooked on site by their resident chiefs and all produce is sourced locally. The prices are very reasonably and on a Wednesday and Saturday they have a selection of home made pies priced at £5.75 which and are brimming with fillings, it also comes with a potato side of your choice and fresh veg, I normally struggle to finish it. The puddings are something to die for, highly recommend the cheesecake. As for the staff, I have not found another pub that has staff this accommodating and friendly, nothing is to much trouble for them, if something you want is not on the menu, they will try to accommodate your needs. The pub is an old coaching house it has a large bar area split by a fantastic open fire that is lit during the colder periods giving it that real country pub atmosphere. It has some big round tables in this area that can seat 6-8 people, ideal for having a chat and a drink with friends, it also has some soft sofas for lounging around on. They have a defined restaurant area, which is set to the side and tastefully decorated. I believe they also do B&B so an ideal location to stay if you like your country walks. All in all this is a lovely pub, give it a try if you are in the area.

Great property. Friendly staff. Exceptional food. I needed a place to stay near Knebworth for a…read moreconference and this place was recommended by a friend. They've apparently updated things recently, and it definitely show. They even provide old-school hotel rooms like it's 1978. Groovy, baby. Stay here with confidence. I'll definitely be back the next time time a trip to Knebworth goes down.

We came here a couple of weeks ago for Sunday roast. It's a charming pub with great ambiance. I…read moreknew I didn't want a full meal, so I ordered the children's meal with chicken breast. It was still a large portion and I couldn't finish it. I loved trying the variety of foods on the plate. Almost everything was very good, but the broccoli was harder than I like. The chicken was a tad dry. That said, I would come back to try the other meats and other items on the menu. It was a nice experience!

Lovely bar. I came here to eat, me and 4 other friends…read more Food was good, it didn't take too long cooking, the staff was lovely as well and definitely the rustic decor is a plus. I definitely recommend this place as a local lovely pub.

A proper pub with decent restaurant. The staff and owners are really friendly and beers are first…read moreclass with regular guest ales. First place I head for when there's an international rugby match on and I'm without a ticket.

This is a first class pub with high quality food at extremely reasonable prices. There is a large…read morebar and a separate restaurant room and a sheltered garden at the rear. There are some excellent venues in Welwyn, but I think this is probably the best. I strongly urge you to visit it. It is fairly hard to find as it is well off the main drag. It is possible to walk through to it from the high street, but vehicle access is possible. Just look at the map to the right.

Tewin is home to one of my favourite local country pubs - also home to Lewis Hamilton and Kim…read moreWilde. Refurbished a couple of years ago, the R and C serves great traditional pub food, freshly cooked by the landlord and none of your re-heated frozen rubbish. They also do a few special nights e.g. freshly caught fish and chips on Friday, and curry night on Tuesday. They also have live music on sometimes, blues singers/ gutiarists on Sunday afternoons etc. Sunday lunchtimes tend to be the busiest time, as the Sunday roasts are very popular. No surprise because they are pretty good.

Really lovely place. The inside was decorated very classy - not your typical grungy pub…read more They had a huge outdoor seating area with tables and a fire pit. There was a large selection of beer and wines and mixed drinks. I ordered the diablo pizza, it was super tasty! For desert we shared the apple, berry crumble w custard!! So so delicious! Service was great. They were super busy but all the wait staff where hustling and pushing thru the orders so the wait wasn't long at all!

Just devoured one of the best meals we've enjoyed in England at The Red Lion. Rustic tomato basil…read moresoup, baked camembert cheese w/ plum & apple chutney and a sweet potato massaman curry. Yum!! Highly recommend

My family drives by this place often, but finally decided to give it a try yesterday. It seems…read morequite popular by all the cars parked in the lot. Despite that it wasn't terribly crowded inside; we were seated quickly, we ordered our drinks and put in our order for food. Took quite awhile for our starters and the pumpkin-ginger soup was a disappointment. It wasn't flavorful; completely watered down. The staff were nice, but we weren't thrilled with the food.

Very welcoming staff always helpful . Friendly to children . Good food which is served all day…read more Always a good experience.

Agree with the other review, the place is brilliant, it is frankly just the sort of pub everyone…read morewould want to have in their village!!! The decor is nicely done and clean, with two warming fireplaces, very comfortable chairs and very welcoming people working there. There are three real ales - one guest local ale (currently Tring Blonde). Also Greene King London Glory and IPA. There is an impressive food menu with very tasty freshly cooked imaginative dishes on offer. There is a light-bite type daytime menu and an a la carte for the daytime and evening. The quality of the food is as good as a posh London restaurant, the fish & chips (triple cooked chips!) is a favourite, as is the flatbread pizza, the Candlestick burger and the beef & ale pie. Good deserts, great coffee machine too. Can't fault it. On a nice footpath walking route and stunning scenery round about just the sort of place you want to midpoint after a walk in the country.

A pub that shines like a shaft of light when all around is darkness - to paraphrase a favourite…read moreMonty Python sketch. It's true, this is the best pub not just in Hatfield but for miles in most directions. Sadly the Horse and Groom has been a well-kept secret for decades frequented mainly by diehard locals. That's because its location down a quiet side street in Old Hatfield near Hatfield House, makes it almost invisible to out-of-towners. But since being taken over in July by Ben Gill who managed the Fairway in WGC for years I have a feeling that this ancient pub's limited popularity is about to widen. The cozy oak-beamed single bar Horse and Groom has been a pub since the 17th century although the building is much older. What now separates it from any other pub in the area is not just the impeccably kept cask-conditioned beers, but the revamped menu of freshly made classic British soul food courtesy of Gill Wood, who has masterfully managed the kitchen for 14 years. Ben lovingly tends five hand pumps (soon to be six) currently pouring Greene King Abbot Ale, Fullers London Pride, Sharp's Doom Bar, Caledonian Flying Scotsman and Black Sheep Bitter. Watch out for Fuller's ESB in the next few weeks. In the five moths that Ben has managed the pub I have not had a hint of a bad pint - and I visit the pub almost every day. I marvel at the way that these carefully kept living beers can subtlely change flavour over the course of a few days as the barrel swiftly empties. And so to the food: the lunch time menu is classic pub fare made almost exclusively from scratch. How many pubs in Hertfordshire can claim that they make their own steak and kidney, steak and Stilton or steak and Abbot Ale pies on the premises ? I can't think of one. Other favourites are scampi, liver and bacon just like mother never used to make, jacket potatoes and enormous sandwiches on baguettes. My favourite is stuffed with two locally sourced sausages and fried onions. Creamy cole slaw completes this most satisfying lunch. Portions are all very generous and prices most reasonable. Just when you though it couldn't get any better, from Tuesday November 1 the pub is offering free sausages and mash from 6-10pm every Tuesday when you buy a drink costing 3 pounds or more. Who said there's no such thing as free dinner. The atmosphere is friendly and inclusive. Even if you've never been in the pub before you are not made to feel like an intruding outsider. And if you want to get swept up in conversations as varied as the best way to cook alligator or the current price of silver, the bar is the best place to be. Worth driving quite a few miles to visit. There's usually parking outside or in the car park behind the pub.

Clearly a popular local pub, they make the most of a small bar area with a number of real ale taps…read more Dog-friendly and with great decor of photos of the local area through the decades as well as displayed brassware etc. Friendly staff and a welcoming ingle nook which is probably very cosy when the fire is on.

The Holly Bush has to be the archetypel olde english pub. Beautiful wooden interior, full of…read moreantique furniture that is so highly polished you dont want to put your glass down, without using a beer mat. 4 good ales on tap including a guest. To compliment the great ale is the fine selection of cold and hot food. This pub is a must, a real gem.

A fabby, little bit posh, pub. Excellent food and good sized portions too. It's in the countryside…read more Very genteel with excellently kept real ale. :D