Axe & Compasses

Just called in on a weekday off chance. So glad we did. The decor is superb and the lass behind the bar was most friendly. Our food was great and the service was excellent. No problem parking and there is a beer garden for those warmer days. The renovation is a credit to all involved. We will be back.

Top place and the new decor is lovely. Perfect halfway house between a gastropub and a traditional quaint village pub. Otto was a legend. Decent chat and pulls a dam good pint! Will be back for sure 👌

We were ALL looking forward to our meal on Christmas Day🎄.We had pre booked a table for 12 people weeks before and chosen our courses. We hadn't been before and the reviews looked good. A few days before a member of staff called to say that our table would be released as we had not paid the required deposit. This was the first alarm bell🔔 ringing, we were able to prove that the deposit had indeed been paid, panic over. Our meal time was 1pm, on arrival we received a brilliant welcome by the bar men all so well dressed, things were looking good. Another alarm bell 🔔 soon rang. The table was placed in an alcove and much too small for comfortable eating. We added another table and waited for our starter, the Service was slow meaning that the next sitting had to wait well over an hour before they could sit down. We felt hurried and the quickest part of the Service was the presentation of the Bill ! The food was average (the desserts had half melted when they arrived) and fell way below the reviews previously posted. It was a meal packaged as a Christmas experience but over priced, even the hard working staff could not save it. It's a NO from me. Tim.

Came here for dinner around 530pm with some friends and had a pretty terrible meal. We checked with the waiter on whether they were still serving roast and was told everything was available except the pork. Ordered drinks and then was told after that only the chicken is left and they also had no roast potatoes. Instead, we ordered a number of small plates and the pizzas which were marketed on the menu as being hand stretched sourdough pizza. What came out looked and tasted like a pre made frozen base where they just slapped on some toppings. Not to mention the prices reflect what you would expect to be a quality product at a proper pizza resturant (£18). The pizza was no better than the frozen ones you could buy at the supermarket. Meatballs were dry, mac and cheese was bland, wings had a horrible sauce, prawns were bad and cost £16 for 5 small pieces. The cost of everything else based on portion size and quality was also poor. Only saving grace was the sauce on the patatas bravas. The plates of Sunday roast that we saw going to other customers looked good, so if you're not ordering that don't bother.

Went on a Monday evening for a meal with a friend for Xmas catch up. nice and quiet. Warm welcome nice decor. We had Seabass and steak pie. Well presented with fresh veg. Would go back again.

Lovely pub with a beautiful ding room. Great beers and superb food. Not a huge menu but still a good choice. Very nice staff that make one feel very welcome. The Axe burger is to die for!

We were a group of 12 some of our party had additional needs, the staff were professional polite and engaged with all in our party . The food was excellent quality cooked to order and requests made were facilitated by the staff. The atmosphere was warm ,friendly and welcoming.

Have visited quite a few times now.. for drinks, dinner, breakfast and also on Christmas Eve. Food is always good, with a lovely atmosphere (especially after a walk around the village on a Sunday morning, sitting in front of the fire!) Friendly staff and great service (a thank you again to Oliver - who’s served us the last couple of times and just made our visits all that bit nicer!) Would recommend if you want somewhere local, but just that little bit more than your average pub!

If you're looking for a good pub, it doesn't get much better than this. Lovingly called simply "The Axe" by locals, this pub is in a different league to most other rural pubs. I'll explain why and try to be concise. The cuisine is exceptional. There's a good selection of quality drinks. The service is excellent. The atmosphere is always friendly and welcoming -- the sort of place where complete strangers tend to strike-up conversation. The location is perfect, overlooking the Village Green, with a big beer garden behind, and a vast playing field behind that. It's a lovely village, nestled in the gently-undulating farming landscape of rural north-east Herts -- no wonder Braughing was recently awarded the prestigious "Village of the Year" accolade. The pub's menu always includes the best of local produce, from locally-reared beef to local pork sausages, alongside popular country pub dishes. (Braughing village is famous for, among other things, the delicious local sausages, and this is a good place to sample them.) Did I mention the pies? A different pie every day it seems, and you won't find better pies than these. I don't make a statement like that lightly.