The Royal Saracens Head - Beaconsfield

A lovely evening made more pleasurable by our server MAYA. Great food, drink and atmosphere. Will definitely come back again

We had lunch here while staying locally and had a great experience. The food was excellent and the portion sizes were good. The staff were friendly and service was excellent. Will Definitely be back.

We’ve just returned from lunch at the Royal Saracens Head in Beaconsfield. As a child I attended Oakdene,a girls public boarding school in Old Town Beaconsfield. I was always envious of friends who were taken to the Saracens Head by their parents on school outings, however I was never fortunate enough to be taken there myself. Finally after 60 odd years of living overseas, my husband and I found ourselves today in the vicinity of Beaconsfield on one of our holidays back to the UK so I persuaded him to book us a table for lunch. It was a really dreary dull rainy day today, but the moment we arrived at the Saracens Head, AJ the Manager made us feel very welcome. He made sure the open fire was lit and crackling away whilst we sat on exquisitely comfortable sofas beside the fire where we had a pre lunch drink and perused the lunch menus. The Royal Saracens has 2 menus, one is an extensive a la carte, the other is a choice of 2 courses (approx £19) or 3 courses (approx £22) but even with a “set menu” there are a delicious variety of dishes to choose from. After our pre lunch drink by the fire, we moved into the dining room, this was a very pretty area where the tables were laid with sparkling glasses and shining cutlery and I loved the lighting, it was soft but not dark, adding to a wonderful cosy ambiance. We were served by a lovely waitperson, Kayla, she was extremely professional which added to our total enjoyment of our meal. The food was delicious and we also had a very pleasant bottle of white wine. I am so glad I was finally able to share such a memorable meal with my husband in a place that holds fond memories for me. If you are ever in Buckinghamshire and find yourself in Beaconsfield I would recommend you try to have a meal at the Royal Saracens Head.

I visited this place last night. To sum it up, I would say slow service and poor quality food. I’m not how they rate so highly. We arrived with good expectations and were to told arrive promptly. We would have our table for no longer than 2 hours. We had a nice table location and ordered drinks and some starters and mains. The starters took an hour to turn up. These were the grilled peppers and olive and bread platter. The peppers were undercooked which was a shame. Crunchy which should not be the case. Being Spanish and having eaten these all my life, I can tell you these were not ideal. They had the potential to taste great, but they needed another 5-10 minutes on the grill. Then we waited. Over an hour more for the mains to turn up. In fact it took 1 hour and 50 minutes for our mains to arrive from the time we arrived. During that period we ordered more wine and were given the wrong bottle but it then took 15 minutes to fix the issue while our glasses were left dry. When we did receive the mains, I was left disappointed with my “fillet”. It was dry, chewy and certainly not a fillet. If it was, it must have been frozen several times over or was the cheapest possible cut. It was also incredibly thin. I complained and the manager kindly gave us a £20 discount so I can’t fault the service staff. But the other steaks we received were average at best and very thin. I’d certainly never have a steak again here. Then we had a friend who ate sausages and mash. The mash was fine but a small quantity but the sausages were overcooked and not particularly nice. Overall we left disappointed. Mainly for the cost paid for the poor quality food. The service staff were very polite and I appreciate the manager knocking £20 off our bill but considering that fillet steak was another £12, it’s pretty shocking. Overall I wouldn’t return.

The staff were really friendly and attentive, food was lovely. steph served us today and she was amazing and friendly, would definitely come back