I went last week for the first time in a while and the food was awful. Microwave sausages etc. Terrible. Its such as shame as the oub itself and beers are good.Back into the pub and still reckon it is one of the best in Watford. Decent beer, avoiding the Greene King rubbish and the range of ales remain pretty good. Try it, you will be pleasantly surprised.Good pub, outside the town centre and serving good real ales. Probably the best selection of ale, which seems to change regularly. 10 minutes walk from the Junction, worth a visit if you can get there. Food is decent as well, and not a Greene King "ale" in sight.

Friendly landlady. Decent pint of ale. Far superior to the welly opposite.Nice pub, friendly bar staff, nice food and pool tables. overall good atmosphereLarge corner pub tucked out of the way between the town centre and the station. Pool table, eating area, GK IPA but sadly little else ale wise.

When in Watford, its worth going here - no nonsense, probably the only pub on the High Street with any character. Worth the walk from the top end of town - and theres a good Fish and Chip cafe just a few doors down too!A small pub of the traditional kind with a fairly open plan layout. There’s a horseshoe shaped bar with a snug on one side and an area with a pool table on the other. Doing away with the pool table would provide a lot more space but there is usually enough for the regulars. It does get busy when Watford are at home as it is used by many home fans. One real ale on usually from the local Tring Brewery. Close to the bottom of the High Street and well away from the WKD and shots bars in the Parade so it retains a traditional feel.Good local pub in the town centre, few real ales but better than most of the remaining dross further up into the High Street.

my work collegue has described this place as a 'dingy dungeon' with stupidly expensive beers and a granny tune loving DJ 'have a quiet word with yourself before entry' I QUOTE I like the concept of this place but it just needs some tweaking here and there.

I agree with an earlier poster, the staff need to be 100% customer driven - seeing bar staff chatting to their mates etc when you are waiting to be served is a golden NO-NO in anyones book.

The range of beers is better than most and the menu, although limited, seemed to be diverse enough as did the food menu.

But there's one problem that kind of troubles me... it's just a little bit too elitist for my liking.

You get the sense that if you are not quite wearing something vaguely fashionable, you will look out of place here... and that's a shame as pubs should really be for all and sundry.

That aside, a half decent half grown up bar that would probably do a little bit better if it wasnt out of the way so much, nevertheless well worth a visit.

Can't moan really... it's an atmospheric improvement from it's predecessor I can assure you.This could be a really nice pub, but suffers from being too try hard when it's not busy. Really should put it's customers first, especially if it's to justify the prices it charges.

Examples (over various visits);
- cranking up music so loud on Sunday night conversation was impossible, and skipping through CD tracks, cutting the songs off halfway through etc... irritating as hell
- having to wait 5 minutes at the bar whilst the barman finished chatting to his mate (there was no-one in front of me)
- running out of basic drinks on a Saturday night
- musicians making sarky comments if you pop outside for a cigarette

The bar itself looks great though, and heard the food is good! Also, had a couple of good weekend nights in here when it was busy and good DJ's / bands on.

Standard Wetherspoons Pub with cheap food and a lack of atmosphere. The real ale was particularly good here, with a good choice, and all in top condition. Service was surprisingly good, especially as I was competing for attention with a number of under-dressed teenagers one evening!I was not aware that the Duke of Edinburgh drank in Wetherspoons!!!!still cheap(the only good thing) is the old man who looks like the dad from royal family still drinking in this hole!!!!! true cheap drinks champion.

I can only assume that Quagmire ( what a very appropriate name for someone whose only comment is about this pub ) has very low expectation. Just look at all the other comments going back over the years, and decide whether I am taking the proverbial. philanders - get a life! Looking through your comments for all the pubs you have commented on you might be better off with the nickname Victor Medrew - failing that - just do the suicide thing.Never mind the scruffy clientele and landlord, this place is worse inside than it looks outside. It's just a dump !!!

I booked a table with the head chef at the tudor the day before easter sunday and to my delight she squeezed us in for dinner at about 4pm on sunday i was delighted to hear they have just had disabled toilets fitted in and disabled accsess into the pub so i could bring my grandmother quite easily into the pub now. I had a lovely time it was really busy but we were well looked after by the waiter he was lovely to us he kept suggesting what nice desserts they had that day and we had to try the treacle pudding with hot custard it was sqrumsious we are regulars at the pub now because it is so welcolming we dont live in watford we live in northwood but i will travel to the tudor arms because its more than i expect everytime i go in there. They will go an extra mile to please us everytime. Plus the prices there are just unbelivable it was so affordable go tudor arms!!!The nicest pub iv been to in a long time i will definetly be returning there with my family and friends we had sunday lunch there it was really cheap as well massive portions absolutley delicious and the staff were so polite and kind its a lovely pub as well nicely decorated and furnished best pub in watford!

There was a lot more work to be done than expected! There were no foundations apparently!!! As the pub is so old! But I believe September/ October time is scheduled for opening!
It all sounds amazing! They are getting the actual kitchen used in 'Hells Kitchen' and installing it so that those eating in the restaurant can see what is going on! But the downstairs will remain a proper local pub- the way it used to be!!! We really need the Clarendon back!!! It's where I spent my summers!Its good to see something positive for the clarendon arms the pub is looking fantastic and i cant wait to be sitting at the bar again it appears that a lot of work has gone into the new local for the locals The pub is being done up by someone that has just moved in nearby. He has big plans for the place - But has been really nice to the local people (not sure why the comment further down this page states we are all inbreds) and he has been happy to keep us informed of all that is going on.
I think the general plan is to open the downstairs as a friendly, social pub for the locals - with good pub food and anything you want really. Basically keeping the old feel of the Clarendon. Then upstairs the old living quarters is going to be converted into a restaurant.
So you should be able to pick and choose what kind of atmosphere and expense you want to go for. Sounds really nice and the management couldn't be nicer. We were told it should hopefully be opening March sort of time but this might be later now-from looking at the building site today! Cant wait! Will be nice to have the Clarendon back!