The Six Bells in Saint Albans

We stopped in on our way past, having never visited before. The staff were welcoming, we arrived 5 minutes before the kitchen was about to close and they made sure to get our food order into them before they closed. Excellent service, the atmosphere is lovely and the food was delicious and very high quality. We had a really pleasant experience here, I’d definitely recommend. We ordered two of the Steakish sandwiches off of the Lunch menu, they were accommodating of removing an ingredient off of one of them, and there was a generous amount of steak in the lovely, fluffy rolls. Thank you Six Bells!

Very welcoming place and fabtastic service. Lovely atmosphere and big shout out to Lisa - the bar lady. She is an original...one of a kind. Always will be back

Just had an exceptional meal at The Six Bells. We go there often as it used to be our most local pub but we try and visit as much as possible. Always friendly staff and the food is so great. Excellent chicken wings and the best pie in St Albans by far. All home made - we had chicken and leek - was delicious! Finished off with a crunchie cheesecake which was equally excellent! Thought we’d give it a review as we never do and it honestly deserves it. A true local gem.

A walk downhill from the city centre. It’s located in a nice area, no pubs (currently) nearby. As a result the ale is OK with plenty of choice. I thought the prices (especially for soft drinks) were expensive in comparison to the city centre pubs. Though that maybe due to the council charging more rates for that area. Nice sunny garden. Long walk back uphill to the city centre, best to stop half way at the lower red for a rest.

On the hottest day of the year so far, today, 20 March,my wife, dog and I did a leisurely circuit of Roman Verulamium park and sat down, rather wearily on the patio in the garden of the Six Bells. The first positive is that a large part of the outside beer garden is non-smoking. More pubs should do this, especially in spring and summer. The Six Bells has a changing cast of real ales with rotating beers from the Vale Brewery in Bucks. I had a pint of pale ale followed by a best bitter. Both pints were on top form, obviously well kept and ideal for relaxing after a walk in the sun. The lunch menu is varied and tempting but do look out for the specials or you may miss out. In the end, we both plumped for the venison burger with Camembert, bacon and salad. That was accompanied by a generous portion of fries and some quite delicious onion rings. I can say with hand on heart that the venison burger was among the very best burgers I have eaten. Huge, meaty, strongly flavoured and tender; it melted in the month. Keeping the venison company was the inspired choice of two chunks of Camembert and two rashers of lean back bacon. I scoffed the lot - as did my wife. If only all pub lunches were as good. My only regret was being too full to taste some other dishes on the menu. I will rectify that in my next visit as there's sure to be one. Last but certainly not least, the service was first rate, the staff welcoming, going out of their way to ensure that you had everything you needed but never intrusive. In sum, if you're visiting the park, five minutes walk away, and in need of hearty food, this is the place to go. I know I'll be back.