written by on 25/04/2011
what a garden cold peroni and the best flowerpot chips! kilted chefs what more good a girl want we visted the cabinet on sunday for lunch £16 for 2 courses we both had the roast pork, gravy to die for and the girls had steak sandwich and those chips all in all a fab day you must go
written by on 03/04/2011
After reading many negative reviews for The Cabinet at Reed I was apprehensive about visiting but it was Mother's Day and my Husband had booked our table weeks ago.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised. We were greeted by two happy waiters who were well prepared with the menus and very polite as we were shown to our table. The food arrived well presented and tasted fantastic! Although the tomato & chilli chutney took me by surprise (I think the chef likes chillies!)
Service throughout the meal was attentive without being annoying & there was always a waiter/waitress around to call over when we needed more drinks etc.
In conclusion, I can't wait to go back! The only negative point I can think of is the lack of highchairs. They only have the one highchair, but fortunately we had a booster seat with us as we've had this problem in restaurants before.
written by on 21/10/2010
Very disappointing. Pictures on web site do not reflect the actual dining area of the pub. We were expecting white linen and got paper napkins. The whole pub looked shabby and in need of a good clean!
written by on 13/10/2010
We went to the cabinet to have a meal on Thursday evening to have a meal and found that we had arrived on the cabinets steak and chips and a pint night for £17 excellent the steak was good it came with tomato chips garlic mushrooms and the best welsh rarebit we were with a group of at least twenty locals who were in good cheer I recommend you to go to thecabinet on any night it's fab
written by on 08/10/2010
I had been to The Cabinet a few years ago on 4-5 occasions when it was created as a good quaility gastropub. Looking for a nice meal about two weeks ago we made a reservation. What a shock! This was not the same place (must be under new management?) - the service was by a group of teenagers, trying hard but untrained, and the food and menu were poor. A risotto was so badly prepared it was removed from the bill and the sauces on other dishes amateurish. The ambience of the original has gone and it was one of the worst pub meals I have had for many years. What a shame it has been ruined!
written by saucer on 15/03/2010
We had dinner for four on tues 9th march 2010 i had salmon and crayfish cornets followed by rabbit hotpot all i can say it was excellent and our waitress was informative and friendly we had house wine an italian barbera and it was very good well done
we will be back its rare you find such a gem and when you do it worth telling pepole about
written by on 14/03/2010
Fabulous unpretentious food, served in a perfect English country pub setting.
What more do you want!
written by on 12/03/2010
What was expected to be a fantastic evening for my wife and i plus 2 friends turned out to be a nightmare. We arrived at 7.30 and stood waiting for 20 mins until someone asked to take our coats , then a further 20 mins trying to attract the waitress attention for a drink. Eventually the starters arrived some half hour after sitting, then mains arrived somewhat different to what we had ordered. The red wine was fine actually very nice at the right temperature but the waitress had no idea how to serve wine at a table.
All in all somewhat disapointing. I believe the Cabinet has changed hands from when Simon owned the restuarant so this may have something to do with a drop in standards.
Wont be back ..... sorry!
written by on 24/12/2009
again i visted the cabinet for lunch excellent value 3 courses for £15
food was just the best and the congo mussels were top notch and my wife had the steak and pride pie followed by chocolate chocolate chocolate
the best food this side of the thames the cabinet is relaxed informal and very friendly there is banter in the bar a roaring fire on cold days we were even asked to stoke the fire what a treat the owners are relaxed and nothing is to much trouble we have booked for christmas day keep it up
written by hale on 16/12/2009
food is top notch and always service with a smile how rare is that
and the coffee is excellent
the cabinet is a real country pub "locals,dogs,game,beer"
written by eastwood13 on 16/12/2009
Having moved to herfordshire 2 years ago we stumbled apon the cabinet and have to say its one best pub / dining rooms in terms of quailty of food, service and atomsphere we started with smoked tea duck and endive then veal chop with hotpot potatoes and sage butter finished with apple crumble with the best vanilla ice cream ever!!!
and we can take our dog how cool is that
written by on 16/08/2009
On my third visit in five years to The Cabinet at Reed, a Saturday night in August 2009, I was accompanied by 7 friends, two of whom were celebrating their 57th birthdays. I had told them to expect really good food based on my previous experience prior to this but the reality was very different. Two of us ordered lemon sole which, on arrival, we requested the chef to de-bone. It took rather a while and when the food arrived back, it was lukewarm and in one case, the bones had been piled up on the side of the plate (an unappetising sight) and in the other case, the deboning had only been partially completed, leaving the diner to munch through more bones - awful.
Meanwhile, the mixed vegetables we had ordered for the whole table turned out to be four dishes of cabbage! Cabbage is something I rarely cook at home when broccoli, carrots, etc are a far tastier alternative so we were very disappointed at this. Nobody wanted to make a fuss as it was after all a birthday celebration but I couldn't keep my frustration in when I was asked by one of the staff as the plates were removed, if everything was OK? I replied that it wasn't OK for several of us at least and that bowl after bowl of cabbage was a far cry from what had been expected. I received no comment, merely a removal of dishes! We moved on to pudding hoping for the best. Strawberry meringue with shortbread at £8 per serving. The meringue was hard as rock and not soft inside and the shortbread very average.Disappointing in the extreme. When the billl arrived, all wine charges had been removed but no apology had been made at all for the poor dining experience. That's a disgrace. We shall not return.
Written on: 29/11/2009
Good to see a realistic review of this place for a change. Some people must be so easily pleased to write much positive about the Cabinet at Reed (which incredibly they do!) This review mirrors my own opinion of the sloppy and amateurish approach of the staff and the resultant disappointing lunching/dining experience. If a restaurant wants to "go posh" and charge West End prices for bar drinks,it is insufficient to simply dress the waitress up in a long, French white apron and the maitress D in black and white. The service and cuisine must then live up to the image. Neither do
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Written on: 15/03/2010
I found this review very helpful because... he is absaloutly right