The Snug Bar St Albans — Restaurant in St Albans

We went to St Albans to visit Vegan Vice for lunch at the Snug Bar. The food looks filthy nice on their social streams so we went for a vegan treat. Unfortunately we left quite disappointed, possibly due to the anticipation we'd built up.

The food was okay but way too expensive for what it was at £90 for 6 (2 young children). Afterwards we noticed a service change had been automatically added of ~£9 which I would objected to if I'd have spotted it.

I had the double cheezeburger (see photo) and it was alright but quite well done so more flame grilled flavour than anything else. The rest of the party had the chicken burger equivalents and they were strange tasting, we've had better chicken alternatives elsewhere, they had an almost curry taste to them.

One of our party went for a bun-less option with side salad alternative but was also disappointed as just a few extra lettuce leaves.

The fries were good with a lovely seasoning on them. I'd recommend almost a portion between 2, especially if you want to keep the cost down.

Covid wise it was alright, staff took precautions with lots of hand sanitising by them. I'm not sure we were 1m from another group despite it saying 2m but we were okay with this.

I know it goes with the theme but seemed excessive waste using cardboard for burgers and fried, just use plates! Also drop the straws with all drinks, they may not be plastic but we can all drink from glasses so cut the waste.

Would we return? Perfectly pleasant staff and place but actually I don't think we would, just for the fact of price vs...

After taking our order for two breakfasts the waiter returned to tell my Wife "we don't have any scrambled eggs, only poached or fried."

Sausage was a deep fried jumbo chip shop effort which had the complexion and texture of an Armidillo. Pretty sure the bacon was deep fried too as it 'tasted' the same as the sausage.

Specifically asked for a large cup of tea and the smallest vessel arrived barely even half full (including bag) with a tiny shot glass with milk in it on the side.

Poached egg (£1.50) was added to our bill because I specified poached egg with my breakfast (because fried was the other option). When the waitress read our order back to us I specifically said 'poached egg isn't an extra item, it's just the type of egg I would like on my breakfast' which she indicated she understood. When I asked them to take this off the bill the lad behind the bar took the hump.

Toilets still stunk over the bleach smell and the door swings open with more force than the busted lock that was trying to hold it closed.

The building is really old and I was fascinated by this but upon closer inspection I suspect it was being held together by the same sticky substance that covered the floor.

Easily the worst meal in the worst establishment I've ever frequented but also the most memorable. We'll be laughing about 'no scrambled eggs' for the rest of our days.

To offer credit where it's due, after some encouragement they did scramble an egg for my Wife and it was the best part of the meal.

Probably won't be rushing...

The husband and I popped in to The Snug for a warming breakfast. Sadly their coffee machine had died, but they did allow people to bring coffee in from elsewhere. I'm not sure if there was also an issue with the heating, but it wasn't the warmest of venues. The front door is always open to entice people in, so that could have been a contributing factor to the chill. We didn't ask and just accepted it.

My husband had the fried breakfast, which was nice. It wasn't anything special and we felt that more could be done for showcasing local meats as a USP.

I had the pancakes, which were lovely. Not too thick, not "claggy" and the perfect amount of syrup. The bacon was a good salty addition (optional extra).

I think it was just a bad day for the venue, due to the cold damp weather and the knackered coffee machine, making our...