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Hermitage Rd
20–21 Hermitage Rd, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG5 1BT
Situated in a former ballroom in the centre of the Hertfordshire town of Hitchin, Hermitage Rd is a contemporary bar and restaurant that is a bi draw both for locals and visitors. It doesn't look much from the outside, but inside it is stunning, with high ceilings, bare brick walls and enormous windows, plus next door they have a coffee shop and bakery and downstairs they have an oyster bar serving, er, small plates, win and, er, oysters! It's quite a complex, and the people of Hitchin are lucky to have such a place on their doorstep!
The coffee shop is known for its excellent coffee and is a great spot for a quick catchup or a light lunch and even has a couple of private meeting spaces for local business folk to meet up and chew the fat. The main restaurant is the beating heart of the property, with a long bar and a vert cool dining space that's open for lunch and dinner seven days a week – they serve a simple bar menu (good burgers, light bites) and a full restaurant menu that incorporates good steaks and grills form their charcoal oven; they also serve a set lunch menu, Finally the basement bar offers grazing food alternatives – oysters, sliders, charcuterie plates – classily washed down with excellent English Nyetimber sparkling wine (they host monthly wine tastings too). Owner Anglian Country Inns have done a fantastic job in bringing such a contemporary, high quality place to eat and drink to the Hertfordshire town of Hitchin. If only all small towns could have one!