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    The Alban Arena

    4.0 (3 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    The Horn

    The Horn

    3.6(7 reviews)
    0.4 mi
    £££

    I hired the Barn at the Horn for my 50th birthday party. Unfortunately very strict on noise from…read more11pm onwards so the music could not be played loud enough to dance to. This was disappointing as this was the time when people wanted to start dancing! Fine for a quiet gathering but if you are hoping for music and dancing I would look elsewhere.

    Stuck in St Albans after a work meeting, looking for some food and drink. There were a few places…read morearound to eat but I didn't want to stray too far from the train station. The Italian deli across the road didn't open until 6pm, so I came in here for a couple of drinks and a bite. As a pub, it was absolutely fine - they played good music and it felt a bit like a rock pub with live music advertised and photos all over the wall showing acts that have played there over the years (apparently going back to the 1970's so it clearly has a bit of history). It's quite small, slightly battered, clearly seen better days, but I like pubs like that. It was under £5 for a large glass of wine - pretty reasonable prices - and the barmaid and the other punters who were in all seemed chatty and friendly enough. It was fairly quiet when I went in at 4pm and they didn't serve food until 5pm, so I sat with a book and had a couple of drinks. All very nice. The reason I'm not scoring it higher is the food experience. They have a quite an extensive menu for a small pub and in retrospect, I think this is one of those cases when it indicates that most of it comes out the freezer and into the microwave. I ordered a "Homemade" club sandwich - the menu said it had chicken, bacon and egg mayo and I thought the egg mayo was a strange touch, but I quite like egg mayo so decided to stick with it. After 10 minutes, the waitress came back to say they couldn't do my sandwich because the kitchen had run out of egg mayo. Now, I don't expect a chef in a small pub to knock up their own mayonnaise, but I do expect a chef anywhere to be able to boil an egg and chop it up in some Hellman's mayonnaise. The fact that you can "run out" of egg mayo suggests that they buy in those pre-made catering packs of sandwich fillings. It might not contravene their definition of "homemade" sandwiches, but it suggests they don't cook food so much as assemble food and I do wonder how much of the "homemade" food is really homemade. So anyway, I opted for a pizza instead. It was a 9" pizza and it took 30 minutes from the order to getting the pizza. (Thirty minutes from the second order, on top of the 10 minutes I'd already waited after ordering the sandwich). The pub wasn't busy and when I ordered, nobody else was eating so it should have been relatively quick to knock up a pizza and stick it in the oven. Four people came in about 10 minutes after I'd ordered my pizza, got drinks, sat for another 5 minutes then ordered food, and their food came out at the same time as mine - I was a wee bit annoyed. The pizza itself was perfectly okay, but I don't think I'd really recommend this place for food. If you just want a drink and some good tunes though, it's a good enough place to go.

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    White Hart Tap

    White Hart Tap

    4.5(8 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    ££

    I love St Albans for having loads of nice pubs tucked away down nice suburban streets selling good…read morefood and great beer. This is a little pub with just that tag. A whole bunch of guest ales and ciders are available. The staff are great at serving customers. For those that like a quiet game on the sunday afternoon there are a selection of board games provided by the pub. Great place to pop in for a pint.

    The part of St Albans in which this pub is located is really spoilt for choice. I saw a couple of…read morereal ale pubs within a minutes walk of this one. I'm glad I picked this one though. 5 real ales on pump, including a couple I had never heard of before. I enjoyed an excellent pint of The Rev. James and was a bit disappointed that I didn't have time to stay for another, they seem to rotate their selection of ales on a regular basis (they have a list for the month on the tables) I would have liked to have tried some of the food too, it seemed quite popular as the friendly barmaid bustled in and out of the kitchen with orders. In fact they have a weekly international food night, which I think is an excellent idea. Curry one weekWienerschnitzl the nextsounds brilliant! The layout is slightly unusual, it doesn't quite feel like a traditional pub, but it is hard to explain why. I'm not sure why but it almost felt to me more like a pub in a coastal town. I could just be talking nonsense though as less than 1% of my drinking has been accomplished within proximity of a sea or ocean of some kind. Outside there are a couple of tables out front and a raised beer garden to the side, which is a particularly nice place to spend an hour or few in the summer.

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    The Snug Bar

    The Snug Bar

    2.6(9 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    ££

    The underlying theme here is not to bother. You are basically just a bar bill to cash in. If there…read moreare a few people in they will turn you away. Shame as it could be a good enterprise, but the pretentious attitude will deter anybody with morals.

    Stopped in here during a walking your of St Albans. Needed a quick bite to eat and had been warned…read moreby the local guide that most places take their time so I should be sure to let them know I was trying to get in and out. Here they seemed unimpressed when I told them that (first sign that I could have chosen another place). I ordered an appetizer - the nachos with cheese as that was supposed to be quick. It was passable. Will need to grab something else before I grab a train for London. Honestly the menu didn't have much of interest to me anyway. It was more along the lines of a TGI Fridays than a pub but I guess that's the trend so I went with it. They have a nice outdoor seating area in the back and it was a nice day so I sat back there. It was fine. The music they played was insipid. The beer selection was ok. They had some cask ales which you'd expect in the home of CAMBRA but not as many as I'd like. They had a extensive mixed drink menu so I guess that is their thing. Honestly if I were local I wouldn't go back. It really wasn't my kind of place but other people around me seemed to be having fun so if you aren't looking for a more traditional place then you may want to consider it.

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