Chiltern
Pizza Express Amersham

Pizza Express Amersham

12 Sycamore Road, HP6 5EQ, Chiltern, United Kingdom

Pizza • Vegan • Pasta • Italian


"update 2022 after I used the restaurant again, I have revised my previous 2 star ratings up to 4 stars. it was 5 stars before the delivery fiasco described below. in the restaurant we had an excellent experience as before, the service was great and the eating was on site. we will definitely go back. while we were there, we noticed pizzas for the delivery accumulating in the kitchen. it was a long time before deliveroo came to collect them. I wouldn't have delivered. my previous 2 star rating is as follows: good restaurant, bad delivery. we have often used pizza express in amersham as a restaurant and are always satisfied. it's not cheap, but it was good. tonight we ordered by deliveroo. eating was slightly delayed by the original forecast, but was actually delivered within 29 minutes. no problems with deliveroo or your driver. when opening the sealed bags we found that the dough balls were missing. also the Bruschetta topping was distributed around the box. once again, it was in order. the pizzas and lasagne arrived cold and we decided to reheat them. the lasagne was in a film floor without lid placed in a card box. this seems idiotic, as any Indian or Chinese restaurant successfully supplies in foil floors with lids without spillage. the reheated pizza is not great, but the lasagne was still beautiful. of the three desserts we ordered were two in order, but the chocolate wing cake was terrible. it was gritty and oily becomes an unpleasant aftertaste. we took the chocolate wingcake back to pizza express and asked for the manager. he listened to our complaints and apologized. he replaced the terrible cake with a brownie that was beautiful. he also advised that we could comment on the cake with the deliveroo app, but I can not see how. overall I would say, use the restaurant, but do not disturb with the delivery. the restaurant manager helped the situation that was very appreciated. cake side by side that would have been very good if it had been served hot. for reasons of clarity, this is not a reflexion over deliveroo, which made its part of the ordering and delivery well and facilitated the reimbursement of the missing teig balls."

The Red Lion

The Red Lion

The Red Lion, Chiltern, United Kingdom

Pub • Fish • Beer • Steak


"AVOID AT ALL COSTS! As someone who has worked in catering and hospitality for many years and seen both the good and bad sides of the industry, I was absolutely stunned by the experience we had at The Red Lion in Little Missenden today. Four...of us decided to stop here for a midweek lunch, and though we were not expecting Michelin star food or service, what was about to come our way would even have shocked Gordon Ramsey on Kitchen Nightmares. After ordering a beer (which was actually quite pleasant) from a very polite and nice barmaid, we had high hopes for the food. The food that we were served was at best poor, the portions were insultingly small, and cooked by a chef who is either very inexperienced or who does not take any pride in their work. One of my friends decided to go to the bar straight away and politely inform the staff of his disappointment with the food. After debating with the barman and getting nowhere, the barman brought out the chef to discuss. My friend again explained his issues and unbelievably the chef responded with That's your problem, not mine !!! My friend decided to cut his losses and eat the Cod fillet and chips, which he discovered to be far from fresh. The polite barmaid cleared our table and asked how everything was. We again explained our issues and she was apologetic, but that didn't make our experience any better. As we were leaving, and in front of other guests, we heard someone say (from a guy wearing a Red Lion shirt and who we believe to be the manager of the pub) No free lunch here My friend was then told Have a F-ing shave before you come for lunch !! Never have I witnessed such appalling behaviour from someone working in hospitality. If anyone reading this is considering a career in this industry then you should definitely go here to see how not to serve food and speak to your guests. After reading other reviews it would appear this is not a one off, and the management and staff regularly speak to guests in this way. If this is their standard when speaking to guests, which is simple and doesn't cost a penny, then it is terrifying to think of the standards they employ behind the scenes with regards to food hygiene. Safe to say we will not be returning here and I would strongly advise anyone else to avoid it."