Reviews in Hertfordshire

Had a great evening with friends. Food great service was excellent. Definitely recommend this venue. Will be back soon.

Lovely atmosphere, helpful and attentive staff. Amazing food.

Visited the King Stag for a date night dinner and as always was warmly welcomed. Decided to try a sharing mezze, which despite my initial reservation was surprisingly good. I would thoroughly recommend. Also really friendly service as usual. Hope to visit again in the near future.

We had a lovely Sunday roast dinner. My only criticism is rather than gravy on the plate maybe put in a jug/gravy boat so we had the choice of how much to put on the plate. Staff we're great and provided a very friendly service, thank you.

Great pub, great food, great staff, great atmosphere and doggy friendly too !! Had a lovely family sunday meal, doggie included, the roast beef was melt in the mouth, the service was fantastic and the place was packed with a fabulous atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit at any time of day, very very friendly team who make you feel incredibly welcome

We visited for a Sunday roast. The staff were young but so welcoming and efficient. The food was terrific with great size portions. Lovely atmosphere and we will definitely return.

Good food and a nice relaxing evening

Sunday Lunch. The food was great, served promptly by friendly Staff. Recommend. David

WOW! Had been told this pub was good but yesterday was our 1st visit. We were blessed with wonderful sunshine & blue sky & what a lovely place! Set back on the heath making The Royal Oak a truly beautiful spot. 4 of us sat outside making the most of the sun & had booked a table under the tent for 3 of us to eat. We booked ahead, booking service online was easy to use & confirmations & reminders received promptly. We went to the bar to purchase our 1st drink but not long after we were greeted at our table & table service was offered. Every single member of staff was friendly, chatty & just lovely. Nothing was too much trouble. We also brought along our 2 Spaniels who were fussed over & made to feel extremely welcome. All other drinkers & diners were so friendly, lots of dogs too who were equally as friendly. The food….especially the Sunday roasts were EPIC! 3 of us dined so the beef, lamb & pork were sampled & everything was just beautiful. Cooked to perfection, very generous portions & the gravy was simply proper. Having used the facilities which were extremely clean & smelled lovely; a walk through the bar & dining area inside was necessary & the decor is lovely. Very cozy atmosphere & some great little areas to chill out in. We will definitely be back. Thank you so much for a simply wonderful Sunday afternoon.

All 5 of us enjoyed our Sunday lunches. Food was delicious and very tasty; exactly as described on the Menu. The two of us who had the lamb would have preferred our very tasty gravy served separately, and it was odd to have the mint sauce swimming in it. Veg was as we like it, just enough crunch to the kale and the root veg and roast potatoes were perfect. Service was excellent and friendly. Our only criticism was the volume level of the music on arrival; it was quite loud, and people had to raise their voices to overcome it. This made the pub quite noisy. The volume was reduced during lunch, and it was much more comfortable. My neighbours are regular diners and recommended the PG to us, but they did warn us about the music; it is their only criticism. But, to put this in perspective, the quality of the food, the great service and friendly, welcoming staff more than made up for it.

Fantastic meal as always

The Royal Oak has always been a wonderful pub, but over the years has been allowed to go into disrepair by previous management.So a big thank you goes out to Lee And Sue for revitalising and breathing life back into the Royal Oak, after the male and female toilet refurbishment which is amazing it is now the perfect pub once again. Also must mention the food is amazing too, and the staff are all very attentive and polite.

Fantastic food! Would highly recommend eating here, lovely atmosphere and staff, never disappoints.

Not been for a while, went for Sunday lunch and went to the early sitting as split in to 2, which is something I agree with, but shame on those who book and do not turn up!! Nice local pub, service was good, although to the point where I thought they were concerned something was wrong, I guess just getting the balance of showing interest and doing it too much is difficult. This would not put me off recommending this pub! The portion sizes were very good, no complaints here, hot on serving, maybe too much gravy, would recommend serving this on the side rather that directly on the meal. Will definitely go back and highly recommend others going!

Food here is always good as is it’s two other sister public houses the George and the Royal Oak ! Service was on point too

We all had burgers and they were excellent

Perfect food and perfect service - can’t wait to go back. Even the cabbage was 10 outta 10 !!