The Boat, Berkhamsted - pub details
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Address: Gravel Path, George Street, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 2EF [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 4355)
Berkhamsted (0.3 miles), Hemel Hempstead (3.3 miles), Tring (4.2 miles)
Brewery: Fullers
Pub facilities/features:
- Big screen
- Food served, Real ale
- Riverside location
- Outside seating
Pub suggested by Leon on 16 Sep 2003
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> Current user rating: 4.7/10 (rated by 18 users)
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user reviews of the Boat, Berkhamsted
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| For some reason ‘The Boat’ has it’s critics, but I rate it one of my favourite pubs. The food is 7/10 although the menu can be a bit limited. The beer range is typical of a Fullers pub and the staff are terrific if not slightly overworked at times. It can get very busy and it is common for people to reserve a table then fail to show. Over summer they have the occasional Sunday BBQ which is well worth a try. A note should be made about the sport they show. Berkhamsted has a large community of people who support Rugby and The Boat will give Rugby preference over Football on some occasions. JonnyConsumer - 5 Jan 2012 15:43 |
| Four of us popped in for a drink, a bite, and a warm-up after strolling up the canal path from Hemel in the rain. Excellent food, nice beer - Fullers - and very helpful and pleasant staff, even helping us get our wet clothes dry on the radiators on the flat upstairs. They even popped by and asked if it was OK to change the TV over for the Rugby. Either ThristyDrinker was very unlucky, or his comments have had the desired effect. We'll be back. touchstone - 27 Feb 2011 18:13 |
| I visited this pub last Sunday. My friend had pre-booked a table in front of one of the screens, so we (six of us) could watch a Sky football match over Sunday lunch. Everything was great until 15 mins left in the football when - without consultation - the screen was switched over to preamble of a rugby match involving Ireland and France (with the sound switched off). Given that we had chosen the pub (and the table) with the express purpose of watching the football (which the pub had said would be shown), this was channel-switching of the most rude and bizarre kind, especially as i) we had spent about £100 in the pub on food and drink; ii) no-one apparently had any interest in watching mute interviews involving foreign rugby-players 30 minutes before the rugby match had started; iii) the football had just 15 minutes left; iv) the channel was switched without consultation despite us having sat watching intently for 75 minutes. Upon us all asking for the football to be put back on, the manageress (?) reluctantly and rudely agreed "as a goodwill gesture". Christ! "Goodwill"!? Almost unbelievable business management. Apart from this, the food was OK, (other) staff competent, decor lovely, and beers good. ThirstyDrinker - 17 Feb 2011 12:57 |
| Fullers pub, with Honeydew etc. at the bar. A good all round pub really, nicely situated beer terrace overlooking the Grand Union canal, which gets ultra-busy when the sun comes out. Inside a pleasant, but unfancy decor. Good venue to watch sports on the big screen; but also a decent place to grab a bite to eat, albeit that the fayre is fairly hit & miss - e.g. the burgers come from a brilliant butchers, Eastwoods, over the road and are great, but some of the other things on the menu are lacking. cartwright4 - 14 May 2010 14:39 |
| As said below modern style Fullers House with a canal side location with a nice outside patio area to watch the passing boats from. One bar pub inside with a central bar area, pleasant seating at one end and a flat screen for the sport at the other. Nicely decorated in wood paneling style. Usual range of fullers ales on offer of which I tried the Pride. Ate here as well, although I thought the menu was a bit pricey (was like being back in North London). Wife was disappointed with her mussels which were a bit bland but I couldn't fault the Steak and Ale pie which had the biggest puff pastry crust on it I have ever seen and cemented my view that food is only truly edible when cooked with beer... :-) Gann - 13 Oct 2008 14:08 |
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