The Candlestick, West End - pub details
Address: West End, Essendon, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 6BA [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 22403) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Hatfield (2 miles), Welham Green (2.6 miles), Brookmans Park (3.2 miles)
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> Current user rating: 5.8/10 (rated by 8 users)
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Rose and Crown, Essendon (0.8 miles), Woodman, Wild Hill (1.0 miles), Green Man, Mill Green (1.6 miles), Eight Bells, Old Hatfield (1.8 miles), Horse and Groom, Hatfield (1.8 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Candlestick, West End
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| Been open over a year now. Three hand pump real ales - two guests and one London Glory/IPA type. Guests from Tring, Buntingford and Red Squirrel and others plus several bottled ales. The ales really well kept - probably because it's run by the same people as The Woodman just along West End Lane. Not so much a real ale pub as The Woodman, more concentrated on the food, which is excellent. There is a daytime bar menu and daytime/evening restaurant menu with daily specials, all prepared to perfection by a very talented chef and service definitely with a smile! Excellent deserts and coffees. Creative menu, not overly expensive. Though the real ales may be few compared to The Woodman, to me, they are likely the best couple The Woodman would serve. slimgym - 29 Feb 2012 19:58 |
| Refurbished and now open selling excellent Red Squirrel RSX (pronounced Arse Sex) and two other real ales. Small menu of good food and bar snacks. I love it. ADM - 19 Jul 2010 13:20 |
| Currently closed, but will be reopening in July to be managed by the very excellent crew from the Woodman at Wildhill. Should be good! historyloony - 29 May 2010 17:23 |
| I often wonder how this place actually survives as it's as off the beaten track as somewhere this close to London can be. Although it's a McMullens house they do have a guest beer on. I dropped by one midweek evening to find an empty car park and a crowded bar - yet there are no houses in the vicinity. Had visions of a WIcker Man being constructed in an adjoining field. Beer is pretty good and it is a little more accesible to public transport than the Woodman ( a mile or so down the lane) Snarling_Mallard - 29 Aug 2009 16:13 |
| After pre-booking this venue for a 65th birthday menu with family, 8 Adults 7 children, we were asked for a rough idea of what we would like to order on the day, but when we turned up, firstly we were pointed generally (and abruptly) in the rough direction of our tables, and secondly, told "you have pre ordered, you don't need to see a menu". After being gobsmacked at the attitude of what I am lead to believe is one of the joint owners, when the meal turned up, it was 'slightly less than warm'. At no point did anyone come over to ask if we would like more drinks, so we had to go up through the meal for top ups. It's just as well when they collected the plates they didn't as the normal question of "How was your meal" as I would have answered with something less than pleasing. - On the upside, the play area is amazing, and the drink prices were reasonable. - I would recommend this pub for a drink on a warm afternoon in summer with the kids, but please don't eat there! Rating 2 out of 10 - for the garden aplh - 29 Jun 2009 09:26 |
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