Bricklayers Arms

Pub Details

Address
Hogpits Bottom
Flaunden
Hertfordshire
HP3 0PH
Telephone
(01442) 833322
Opening Times
Weekdays
12 - 11.30 (12.30 Sat, 10.30 Sun)

Location

Good Pub Guide Recommended

Cosy country restaurant with fairly elaborate food; very good wine list The emphasis at this neatly kept virginia creeper-covered dining pub is very much on the upmarket intricately presented food (with prices to match) and its calmly civilised atmosphere – it's not the place for a quick cheap lunch. It's fairly open-plan with stubs of knocked-through oak-timbered wall indicating the layout of the original rooms here. The well refurbished low-beamed bar is snug and comfortable, with a roaring log fire in winter. The extensive wine list includes about 20 by the glass, and they've Fullers London Pride and two or three guests from brewers such as Tring and Rebellion on handpump. This is a lovely peaceful spot in summer, when the terrace and beautifully kept old-fashioned garden with its foxgloves against sheltering hedges comes into its own. Just up the Belsize road there's a path on the left which goes through delightful woods to a forested area around Hollow Hedge.

Licensee information

Licensee name
Alvin Michaels
What they say
The picturesque Bricklayers Arms is an award winning 18th century, ivy clad, flint built listed building with low oaked beams and log fire. It has a lovely garden, tucked away in the beautiful tiny Hertfordshire village of Flaunden between Chipperfield and Latimer.

Over the past six years, The Bricklayers Arms has certainly gained an excellent reputation for its English traditional and French Fusion menu created by its Michelin trained chef, Claude Paillet (twice awarded “Chef of the Year”).

You can enjoy the same menu throughout the restaurant and pub daily with dishes ranging at lunchtime from their famous smoked fish plate (all smoked on the premises), home made terrines to their traditional Haddock in Tring ale batter; 21 day aged fillet Steaks and local fillet of rare breed pork.

There’s a carefully selected wine list of 140 wines to suit all budgets and tastes and local ales to taste.
Free house

What have they got?

Beers and drinks the Licensee currently sells

GPG Beer: Greene King

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Greene King

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GPG Beer: Rebellion

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Buckinghamshire

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GPG Beer: Tring

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Hertfordshire

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Good Pub Guide Food

They smoke their own meat and fish, and attractively presented dishes might include goose rillettes with red onion jam, haddock and mullet mousse with citrus cream, lamb shank with rosemary jus, pea risotto with leek, mozzarella and tomato coulis, fried bass with dill and shallot cream, chicken breast with poppyseed and whole grain mustard crust, sausage and chive mash, and well hung steak.

Bar food times: 12 - 2.30 (3.30 Sun) ; 6.30 - 9.30 (8.30 Sun)

Good Pub Information

No children under 4
Dogs allowed in: Dogs Bar

Rating

  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Rating: 3/5 (250 votes cast)

Reader Comments

nicolelambton

Sunday 08 January 2012 6:13:45 pm

We first visited the Bricklayers for a celebratory dinner. The biggest problem was choosing what to have from the menu, but having chosen we so enjoyed the food, the wine and the wonderful service that it soon became our restaurant of choice for 'special nights out' without ever having chosen a dish that did not meet all our expectations.

After so many wonderful dinners with small parties, we specially wanted to celebrate our wedding here. We didn't know how a larger party would work out, but following Alvin and Claude's advice on menu choices we had a magnificent lunch for 72, accompanied by wonderful wines, and with staff providing the most wonderfully efficient but friendly service.

We could not have found a more perfect way to celebrate than to enjoy a really fantastic meal in such a wonderful location.

BrianG

Saturday 26 March 2011 2:22:05 pm

Visited on a Saturday evening in March 2011 when pub was busy though not full. This not a really a pub for a few beers but a dining experience that has won many awards and rightly so as the food here is first rate. The chef uses local produce to good effect as meals are well prepared and presented. Not surpisingly, you pay restaurant prices but it's worth it ! Staff are young and attentive. Also has good wine list.

Mags

Saturday 26 September 2009 8:20:53 am

As the write up suggests, the food here is generally good but perhaps a bit over elaborate. Sometimes less is more and they seem to overdo the sauces and ingredients at times. It's not cheap either.

That said, there is a good wine list. The pub has a nice feel to it and there is a good size garden for the odd days when we have some sunshine!

Worth a visit.

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