The pub in Sawbridgeworth has an outstanding reputation and offers a wide range of food and drinks.
On TripAdvisor, The Hand & Crown has a rating of 4.6 out of 5 from more than 500 reviews; out of those reviews, over 400 are rated ‘excellent’.
Elsewhere on Google Reviews, the pub has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 from more than 1,000 reviews.
Hertfordshire’s highest-rated roast dinner at The Hand & Crown
According to The Hand & Crown website, the pub dates back to the 16th century and is the oldest Inn in Hertfordshire.
It’s believed the site of the pub was popular with King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
The website adds that The Hand & Crown prides itself on “delicious and freshly cooked home-made food.”
Sharing: “Our finest meat and freshest fish is sourced daily to the delight of our clientele.”
Although The Hand & Crown earns lots of praise for everything it offers, its Sunday roasts are said to be the best part about it.
The pub offers a range of options for its roast with beef, lamb, and turkey served with Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and a range of vegetables.
On TripAdvisor, one recent guest to The Hand & Crown said: “We had a lovely Sunday lunch today, one turkey roast dinner and one lamb roast dinner.
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“We chose the smaller plate option which was plentiful!”
Another guest wrote: “Visited for Sunday lunch. Extensive menu not just roast on offer.
“All the food was excellent and the service superb.”
A third said: “The roast lamb was succulent and was surrounded by yummy roast potatoes and plenty of other veg too, all topped off with one of the biggest homemade Yorkshire Puddings I have ever seen.”
