Welwyn Hatfield
Auberge Du Lac

Auberge Du Lac

Brocket Hall, Welwyn Hatfield, United Kingdom

Kebab • Cafés • Seafood • Fast Food


"A slightly bizarre experience we were welcomed warmly, taken to our table, and given a menu for pre dinner drinks. No food menus were brought. We ordered drinks, which arrived, but still no menus! So we asked for them. No wine list brought. So we asked for one. All rather odd. The starters were mixed a bland crab risotto, a rather vinegary tartare, an excellent parfait and a crispy egg which needed to be runnier, but was tasty, if too salty. The odd service continued: three of the four of us had finished do the waiter cleared our plates including the one of our friend who hadn’t finished, who was left holding a cracker in her hand! The mains were again mixed and generally over salty. The ravioli were excellent; the steak good but in a sauce which was heavy handed on the seasoning, the fish pleasant, again slightly salty and verging on the overcooked. We had chocolate soufflé for pudding generally well made and tasty, but again the service was odd an ice cream was pushed into it at the table by the waiter which caused a good amount of soufflé to fall inelegantly onto the serving plate; the cheese plate was an interesting but small selection of well kept cheese. Good petit fours (though we were surprised that one containing nuts was offered to us all despite one of us not eating nuts, which we had mentioned). So probably four stars over all, but only just. It’s good to see the restaurant open again but based on this experience, while it’s fine dining, it’s got some way to go to reach the standard of cooking I’m sure they’d like to aspire to."

Benick's At The Chequers Inn

Benick's At The Chequers Inn

16 London Road, Welwyn Hatfield, United Kingdom

Pubs • Wine • Steak • Cheese


"The Inn is a nice place so should be a great experience. However the breakfast on the two occasions I’ve eaten there have been poor. The quality and taste doesn’t live up to the menus description. Granola Bowl was unexciting and fruit blend was bland. French toast should have come with ‘fruits of the forest’ the only forest fruit may have been blueberries (but they don’t grow there) NO blackberries, raspberries ETC. The ‘whipped lemon Mozzarella’ was a dry mozzarella ball with lemon rind. NO sign of any whipping going on. Sounded like it should have been light and fluffy. It WASN’T! Also the candied pecan was basically rock candy too hard to cut or even bite for fear of loosing a tooth or hitting another table in the crossfire. Eggs Benedict had hard yolked eggs, the Muffins where uninspired and the hollandaise didn’t have any zing or fresh taste. Previously I had an ‘American ’inspired bacon and pancake stack that was pancakes and floppy (non-crisp) bacon stacked in alternate layers. ANYONE who has had pancakes and Maple syrup stack in North American would not expect this. At best it would be crispy bacon on the side. I can only assume whoever running the menu/kitchen on that shift just reads a menu and tries to imagine what that might be like and mimics it without ACTUALLY knowing what it SHOULD be. As lovely as the staff and place ARE, I couldn’t go back for food"

Vita Italiano

Vita Italiano

United Kingdom, AL6 9EQ, Welwyn Hatfield

Pasta • Pizza • Steak • Italian


"We have been coming to VITA for years as the SERVICE THE FOOD has always been TOP CLASS however our most recent visit was like being part of the cast in a episode of FAWLTY TOWERS.We were NOT GREETED on arrival as the staff were ARGUING about someone’s order.Eventually we were taken upstairs to our table to which had no cutlery on it and not even wiped down . We like a restaurant with a good ATMOSPHERE but not due to the fact not bothering to replace BLOWN LIGHTBULBS.There we’re just 3 light bulbs covering the upstairs. Eventually the table was set from retrieving cutlery from other tables. There was always lovely WHITE TABLE CLOTHS on the tables a lit candle and a small flower arrangement this is all been replaced by DIRTY TABLES. After about 20 minutes we were asked if we would like a drink. The selection of DRINKS is very POOR now . We were given our menus and made our selection. One of the meals was wrong. Parts of the meals were OF POOR QUALITY ie Italian sausage pasta meal is now ROLLED-UP MINCE MEAT. People on the other table were disappointed by the quality of there meals and their meal was wrong. At this point we couldn’t wait to leave. Then we were informed that it’s CASH ONLY. We couldn’t believe it my husband had to go outside and find a cash point machine. Seems to me you only want cash if your RUNNING THE BUSINESS INTO THE GROUND so that you can RUN OFF WITH THE MONEY and the TAX MAN doesn’t know where the money is . Normally we would go back to this restaurant as everybody has a off night but we don’t think it will be open much longer"