Martins Pond

We decided to go somewhere out of town for Sunday lunch, Ashley booked us a table at Martins Pond in Potton End Nr Berkhamsted https://www.martinspond.co.uk

Located on The Green in Potton End a lovely little village near Berkhamsted the Martins Pond was a lovely find.

We were quite surprised to find plenty of dedicated parking spaces out the front of the pub.

Inside was light and airy and decorated in a modern yet welcoming way.

Before we get to the food I want to draw attention to some other little touches that made this pub/restaurant stand out enough for me to run home and review almost straight away.

With me as much as food is important there are other factors I consider too.

Toilets are a major factor if an establishment has great food but have really horrible toilets, I will make that clear when recommending and reviewing. The toilets here were nice and clean, all working all locking and with soap etc but in the ladies toilets there was an extra touch that I was most impressed with.

There was a baby changing table, not just one of those plastic ones where the baby is suspended in mid air on some grubby platform but an actual full changing table with a sign above saying that if you had run out of wipes, nappies or nappy bags not to worry they have a supply and all the drawers had supplies in. Love it!!

Also they are dog friendly which is always a winner with me and my friends, both inside and outside.

Now to the menu, as far as pubs go if you don't do a good roast dinner then it's a no.

I am a stickler for a Sunday roast so for me not to cook and to go out to eat on a Sunday is a huge thing and really needs to be worth while.

They have a good range of types of roast meat - gammon was the special and also available was chicken, pork and beef what was most impressive were that they had not only a vegetarian but a vegan option, which as I have both vegetarian and vegan friends I always look out for in a restaurant.

We both had roasts, Obviously!!! I went for beef Ashley went for Pork (as per the picture), they were very well presented and they tasted exceptionally good, plenty of food with lots of gravy (as described on the menu). You cannot see from the picture but under the giant Yorkshire pudding, were carrots, cabbage and broccoli.

What impressed me the most was that they had ACTUAL roast potatoes not frozen ones, so many pubs do a decent roast then let themselves down by chucking on frozen potatoes.

Now I wasn't going to go for a pudding but let my arm be twisted by promise of a walk around the lovely countryside after, so I opted for the very naughty brownie and he had apple spiced crumble, both well worth the walking after, and the lovely sunny walk around the village and woodland that surrounds made a prefect Sunday afternoon.

I would definitely recommend and return but as it was very busy I would recommend booking.