Giggling Squid - Harpenden

lovely food, amazing service, good looking staff 😂 such a pleasant experience and such lovely and attentive people looking after us!! thank you very much! 10/10 recommend to everyone - even with dietary restrictions. as a celiac, my gluten free meal of smoked bbq pork and duck confit was so delicious!!

Group of 7 adults 1 child and 1 baby In short: location nice, short staffed the day we went, not very clean, food was okay. The location was pretty and the atmosphere was very nice. We were sat upstairs which had its perks of being less busy. However we were told on the day they were short of staff so unfortunately it did feel like we were forgotten about by some of the staff due being upstairs. We had someone in our group with allergies and I felt like they handled that extremely well, making sure they got all the information right and double checking with the order. I would recommend on the website maybe having more options for dessert for gluten-free would be ideal. After pre booking we were told on the day that unfortunately there were no desserts fitting the requirements which was a shame. Overall the food was okay, I had sticky chicken and rice. A bit too much chicken for my liking but each to their own on this. My only downsides was the fact that it was quite dirty. The only reason why I put the picture above, was because it seemed quite old dirt and was across the whole table I will admit my photography skills are not great. The floor and seats were a little bit mucky too. This could be due to short staff not having a chance. But because of this and the fact I wasn't a fan of the food entirely is the pure reason for my 3/5 votes