Harden's survey result
Summary
“A top-notch restaurant in a pretty standard pub” – fans feel “the always excellent food deserves a better location” than this venue on the edge of the Common, run by local lads Matthew Reader (chef) and Michael Singleton. “West End-quality cooking and ingredients mark out the tasting menu” or you can go for the ‘Pub Sharing Menu’: “a short list of daily specials and little sharing plates, fairly priced in light of their high quality”. “Staff are knowledgeable and the dining room feels spacious, despite it being quite small”.
Summary
“The best food in the culinary desert that is Harpenden” (including “a really delightful tasting menu” rounded out by “pub dishes – pricey, but beautifully presented and well thought-out”), awaits at local lads Matthew Reader (chef) and Michael Singleton’s “reimagined pub”, on the edge of the Common. Both the “creative menu and friendly service from the young team belong in a more upmarket situation than what is essentially a boozer” (also with four rooms) – impressive for a venue in these ‘burbs.
Summary
It looks like a fairly typical roadside pub (with rooms), but this two-year-old venue beside Harpenden Common from local lads Matthew Reader (chef) and Michael Singleton is a distinct cut above. You get “very good cooking from a local team who are serious about delivering a quality experience in an area not known for the quality of its eateries”.
Summary
This “stunning new opening from a former chef of Anglo in London's Leather Lane” (Matthew Reeder, who co-owns this boozer-with-rooms alongside Michael Singleton, another local lad) “is now in full swing, with excellent nose-to-tail seasonal British food in a warm and welcoming pub environment that belies the quality of the cooking”; “steak nights are on again and brilliant”.
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Have you eaten at The Silver Cup?
5 St Albans Road, Harpenden, AL5 2JF
Restaurant details
The Silver Cup Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Quiet on a weekday but still good tasting menu"
"Pricey but pretty exceptional west-end quality cooking and ingredients mark out the tasting menu (compulsory in the main dining room when we visited) and wine flight. Knowledgeable staff and spacious dining room, despite being quite small."
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £60.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £80.00 | |
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| SundayLunch | £39.00 | £48.00 | |
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| Wine per bottle | £24.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Service | 10.00% |
5 St Albans Road, Harpenden, AL5 2JF
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑9 pm |
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