The Fox

Great pub to drink and socialize — we had a blast there and made two new friends! The whole little village there (Willian) and the church next door, is quaint and beautiful.
It fancies itself as a gastro-​pub but like a couple of others that experienced on this trip we were somewhat disappointed with the food, the menu etc somewhat pretentious, they try too hard and end up with no stellar result to validate the term gastropub in my opinion.
That said — I will be back for drinks on my next visit to the UK

In over twenty visits, we’ve encountered close to 100% consistent delivery of professionally cooked and presented food. Service has been variable, but has been OK to excellent, never poor. And we come for the food, mainly. The menu changes often enough to give an idea of the kitchen’s range. It is, at times, staid, but this may sadly! reflect clientele’s taste. Quality of produce (meat, fish, vegetables) is pretty consistently first-​rate. In the past year we’ve tasted excellent, and excellently cooked and presented, pork, venison, oysters, beef, and lamb here. It is probably worth noting that it is fairly unusual for a good restaurant, even a ‘gastropub’, to offer such generous portions. There are also, as a ‘starter’ rather interesting slices of bread. These are all well and good, but our only (extremely slight) complaint would stem from the (apparently recent) drive to use ‘British’ rapeseed oil where good old olive oil (or British butter!) would have done better.

Been there for lunch a couple of times, it is a lovely gastro pub, that serves wonderful food… im sure ill be back again!

Lovely mealinteresting menu and the food was well prepared and quality high. The service was good, but a bit confused at the bar. We ate in the lovely garden, a good setting for lunch. Food was £20−25 per person for lunch, two courses.

This is a top class restaurant and gastro pub in the lovely little village of Willian. It’s run by the same people who own the White Horse restaurant in North Norfolk which some people may know.
It’s a regular entrant in the ‘Good Food Guide’ and other restaurant review books and rightly so. The food is lovely, beautifully cooked and presented. The wine and beer list are extensive too. The atmosphere is congenial, not at all snooty and the staff are attentive and friendly.
But cheap it is not — in fact it’s quite pricey. I wish I had the cash to eat here more often but for me it’s definitely a special occasion type of place I go to maybe twice a year. Maybe when I win the lottery I’ll go more often …

The Fox is an up market restaurant/​pub set in the beautiful village of Willian, near Hitchin. Their food is absolutely amazing, and the service is great to. This is my favourite place to eat! It’s quite pricey, but very worth it for a special occasion.
They specialise in fish dishes, but their non-​fish dishes are fab too. The only down side to their menu is the fact that they tend to only have one vegetarian option, so I don’t think it’s the best place to eat at for vegetarians.