The Akeman in Tring

The Akeman in Tring is a great place to go if you want the finest steak and Avant-guard surroundings.

If you are not having steak, the food is precise but not nothing special and a little overpriced. Think tendy not foody.

When we visited we started with a mean little fish platter to share. Thirteen pounds gave us just one small slice of salmon, a small handful of very fresh calamari rings and four small crevettes. The side salad with it doesn't warrant a mention!

The main, The Cote de Boeuf, for two, with Béarnaise sauce, was particularly good, 21 day aged, meltingly tender, cooked medium, crispy on the outside, bloody inside, enough for two and a hungry Terrier. For this you would drive for a couple of hours and you would keep coming back. It's not cheap at £37 for two, you would pay this in Euros in France for something similar but you just can't get this sort of quality easily in British restaurants.

Puddings were large and satisfying, not out of a packet, but if your having steak share one.

A great local restaurant that is a credit to it's owners, many of our friends go back and back.