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LOMO Bar & Grill
DINNIO Mediterranean Kitchen
PIRCIO Italian & Turkish
Opened just before Christmas, Lomo is a stylish new steak and grill restaurant with an upstairs cocktail bar in the centre of Hertford. The 70-cover restaurant offers a menu of steak, burgers, chicken and fish dishes as well as some vegetarian and vegan options. Lighter meals are also available at lunchtimes whilst on Sundays a traditional roast is served. The restaurant is open Wednesday to Saturday from 12noon to 11.30pm and on Sunday from 12noon to 5pm and the cocktail bar is open Thursday to Saturday from 6pm to 1am.
Family-run Dinnio, which opened in Hertford last year, offers two separate menus of excellent Italian and Turkish food in a smartly refurbished building over two floors. The Italian menu includes pizza, pasta, meat and fish dishes with hot or cold mezes, steaks and charcoal grills among the options on the Turkish menu, together with wines, spirits and cocktails. Dinnio is open seven days a week and caters for families (it has a children’s menu available) as well as large groups and business lunches. Private hire is also possible.
Pircio is a family-run independent restaurant in Bishop’s Stortford that offers two different menus of Italian and Turkish cuisine. Both menus are cooked by teams of specialist chefs and diners can choose from pizza, pasta and other Italian classics or dishes such as halloumi, falafel, moussaka and lamb tagine. The historic Drill Hall building has been smartly refurbished and can seat 200 people downstairs whilst there is also a mezzanine for private dining. Pircio is open seven days a week, all day.
25a St Andrew Street, Hertford SG14 1HZ 01992 587772 lomobarandgrill.com
12-16 Fore Street, Hertford SG14 1BZ 01992 677790 dinnio.co.uk
Drill Hall, Market Square, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3UU 01279 898181 pirciorestaurant.com
THE GEORGE IV Pub & Dining
VILLA ITALIA Italian
THE GRANDISON Country Pub & Restaurant
Nestled in the picturesque village of Great Amwell, The George IV is one of Hertfordshire’s best kept secrets. Imaginative, freshly prepared dishes, including traditional pub classics, are served in a friendly pub atmosphere with a roaring log fire in these cold winter months. The George IV can also be the perfect venue for your next event. From parties, birthdays and anniversaries to baby showers and corporate events, they’ve got it covered with their beautiful function room and wide variety of dining options.
Joelle and Marino Persico, along with their daughters Nicoletta and Sophia, opened their authentic family-run Italian restaurant in Sawbridgeworth in March 2019 and it has already becone a huge local favourite. Chef Tony Basso heads up the kitchen and produces a wide range of crowd pleasing Italian dishes to suit every occasion, including pizza, pasta, meat and fish dishes, as well as homemade desserts. There is a great list of Italian wines and a good choice of premium spirits and cocktails too.
Just outside Hertford in the pretty village of Bramfield, The Grandison is the perfect country retreat. Under new ownership since the summer of 2018, it offers a modern menu of gastropub style food, with contemporary takes on pub classics, lighter options at lunchtimes and a delicious roast on Sundays served between 12noon and 4pm (booking is strongly advised). A popular afternoon tea is also served throughout the week. All dishes are freshly prepared with only the finest ingredients sourced by the chefs.
Cautherly Lane, Great Amwell SG12 9SW / 01920 870039 info@georgeivpub.co.uk georgeivpub.co.uk
48 & 52 Bell Street, Sawbridgeworth CM21 9AN 01279 358358 villa-italia-restaurant.co.uk
18 Bury Lane, Bramfield SG14 2QL 01992 554077 thegrandison.com axis magazine 41