Been to an early evening showing of a film and come out hungry, wanting to go and
eat somewhere rather than go home and say "well, what do you fancy?"
Parking is always an issue because my husband has a blue badge and as we'd never been to the Elstree Village and knew there'd be parking, thought it would be worth an investigation.
Of the two eateries, the Italian BUCA DI BEPPO is very expensive and, frankly, there's not much on the menu for vegetarians which is surprising because other Italian restaurants have a good selection. In addition, their mains were pricey at around £15 so that was definitely out. I went to view the pub's menu which, again, didn't have a great choice. For us there was a choice of a fish burger, lentil and sweet potato (yuk) burger or fish and chips. Against my better judgement we ended up both having the fish and chips, having checked to find out what white fish it was a the menu fails to advise you that it's pollock but it could be any fish depending upon what they can get for a good price, I reckon.
We both had fish and chips (swapping the mushy peas for real peas!) and the fish and chips comes in a big box with the fish piled on top of the thin chips. I'm not a lover of the American style think chips for me, the chunkier the better! However, the chips weren't bad, considering. The fish was hot but it was a huge portion. Honestly, we could've shared one between us and actually we both ended up leaving some!
It's not a bad venue aside from the extremely LOUD music which, when asked, did get turned down by our server only very slightly, though. Most people in there were having to shout to be heard having their conversations it seemed. I always thought the music was meant to be in the background, not deafening the diners!
It's not a bad venue for those that can eat anything on the menu. It was reasonably comfortable aside, from the music and the enormous screen with the sound turned off on which Sky Sports was showing a darts match but no one was watching it! Probably the reason our table was empty was because it was so near to that screen, it was rather overwhelming. I doubt I'll have any reason to return to this pub any time soon. read more