Berkhamsted · food
Berkhamsted eats as if it were a London neighbourhood that happened to keep a castle: High Street independents, a canalside pub, and queues that form for pastry.
GAIL’s, Fred & Ginger, Epicure and Copper House describe the town’s current appetite. The Gatsby is the night out. The Boat is the walk-in after the towpath. You can eat poorly here, but you have to try.
The High Street car parks fill by brunch on Saturdays. Train in if you can. Book The Gatsby; do not expect a walk-in at 1pm in a cafe with four tables.
We rank cafes on coffee, welcome, whether a laptop is tolerated without colonising the room, and whether a school-run parent can still find a chair. Chains are listed when they are part of how a town actually works.
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189 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
GAIL’s is a chain, and Berkhamsted treated it as a civic event anyway. The bakery is useful: proper bread, coffee, highchairs, a pavement that works in March. Independent cafes further along the street still make the better flat white for some regulars: which is as it should be.
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125 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Fred & Ginger is the High Street’s specialist coffee counter: small, serious about beans, good for a laptop if you are polite about it. Breakfast and cakes keep it from becoming a tasting-room cliché. If you care about the difference between a house espresso and a guest roast, start here.
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223 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Epicure opens at 07:30 on weekdays, which is the single most useful fact about a commuter-town cafe. Sourdough, matcha, gluten-free cakes and a pavement table if you time it. It is a local’s cafe that happens to look good on a phone.
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National Trust Office, Moneybury Hill, Ashridge · Berkhamsted
Ashridge Cafe is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-05-15). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Ashridge Golf Club, Golf Club Road, Little Gaddesden · Berkhamsted
Ashridge Golf Club Limited is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-03-06). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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307-309 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Bar 309 is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2017-03-29). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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146 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Bel Caffe is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-02-18). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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The Clubhouse Berkhamsted Golf Club, The Common, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted Golf Club Ltd is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-07-10). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Berkhamsted Golf Driving Range, Spring Garden Lane, Northchurch · Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted Golf Range is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-07-29). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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223 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Cafe Epicure Ltd is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-08-07). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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230 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Caffe Nero is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2024-12-12). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Berkhamsted Football Club Broadwater Stadium, Broadwater, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Chris's Catering is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2024-10-17). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Unit 2, 300 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Costa is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-09-26). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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102 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Darvells is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-05-22). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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1 Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
DJ's Playzone is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-03-19). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Dower House, 108 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Dower House Coffee is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-03-07). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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26 Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
E L James Ltd is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2026-05-06). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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125 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Fred and Ginger Coffee is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2024-12-13). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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296-298 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Giggling Squid is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2024-12-13). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Berkhamsted Tennis Club, Lower Kings Road, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
Isalie Ltd is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-06-27). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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153 High Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted
M Street Bagels is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-08-29). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
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Unit 18 Boxted Farm, Berkhamsted Road, Hemel Hempstead · Berkhamsted
Mad Squirrel Tap & Bottle Shop is on the Food Standards Agency register for Dacorum Borough Council. The latest published hygiene rating is 5 out of 5 (2025-09-26). That is an official inspection score, not a Dacorum Daily review.
More from the directory: The GatsbyCopper HouseThe BoatGAIL’s Bakery Berkhamsted
Desk wire
Lagged street-level counts for Hemel East and West, Berkhamsted and Tring, Kings Langley and the south-east.
1 June 2026
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Autopilot desk copy from Open-Meteo, the Environment Agency, police.uk and planning.data.gov.uk, filed 2026-08-28.
28 August 2026