Alban Tandoori in St Albans

The starters onion barges and Samosas looked like they were from a frozen packet and had very little taste. Main courses mediocre but edible, the interior was bland bright lights and bare walls, with British pop music playing in the background. Would not recommend.

Great choice of spicy and mild curries Edit 4/12/2024: As a deliveroo rider I picked up some orders from here. Disappointed to say they use Sharwood's (store bought) curries to make their curries. I don't respect this restaurant as highly unfortunately as it appealed to me because of its Indian authenticity. Still! I had a great meal there, a good selection of dishes to choose from, go give it a go

A delightful meal in a family-run restaurant with very friendly service.

Always enjoy their Thali (mixed dishes).

We have ordered many times and tonight we ate at the restaurant. The food is amazing and the people are lovely, highly recommend this restaurant.

Delicious food, lovely people serving. A family run business who are very welcoming. Would strongly recommend!

Great food, great service, will definitely be back! The chicken tikka masala is the best around paired with a garlic naan!

Small restaurant with great Indian food. The lamb shank was our favorite dish. The portions were huge!

Loved the food here. Kind hearted people ❤️

My husband and I were so happy to find this wonderful restaurant by the St. Albans train station. All of the food was so fresh and tasty. We enjoyed the garlic naan and chicken tikka masala in particular. Service was friendly and prompt. Definitely recommend.

The reviews didn't disappoint. A lovely friendly restaurant serving wonderful food with lovely staff. The menu had the usual choices but also some more unusual ones and that staff were happy to explain (or warn you that hot really does mean hot!).

Some of the best indian food I've ever had!

We were astonished by the hospitality of the couple (presumably the owners) who welcomed us to The Alban. We weren't sure what to order from the extensive menu (many, many, vegetarian choices) and were guided towards the vegetarian thali, saag paneer, and aloo gobi. Portions were generous but, more importantly, everything was DELICIOUS. Because we tried the thali, we were able to try foods we'd never had before--and were delighted to find new favorites. The onion bhaji (?) was amazing, as was the okra dish (who would have thought okra would be a hit). However, the run away favorite was the saag paneer.

An excellent meal here. Service was polite and attentive and food was truly delicious. Hidden away down an alley in the town centre but definitely worth looking for it. Will be returning soon.

We have visited multiple times and have also had take away. Always the best food and service. Always happy to accommodate any requests. Definitely recommend, 10/10.

Fabulous family run Bangladeshi restaurant. I had the lamb biryani with a vegetable curry, saag paneer and naan. All was excellent. Also very good and friendly service.

A lovely meal at The Alban. The service was amazing, very attentive and the food was delicious. Especially the Prawn Puri!

A really good, small Indian restaurant. Accommodating well vegetarians and if you don’t like the food very spicy. Full of taste and flavours, with the spicy edge. Good sized portions too.

My family and I came here for the first time last Friday and were so impressed by this restaurant. We ordered a range of things from the menu and everything was excellent. The naan breads in particular were so soft and fresh. The staff were exceptional and very attentive to all our needs. We will certainly be back, thank you for having us!

On my fourth visit to The Alban, the staff were as friendly and as accommodating as ever. The food is always delicious and tastes fresh. Would definitely recommend and will be back again soon.

A fabulous evening . Really welcoming family . No time limit (we had previously booked another Indian restaurant and realised we had to be out in just over an hour !!!) so we cancelled and booked the Alban . How glad we did !! Very tasty food . My sister and I fancied chicken saag which wasn’t on the menu but that wasn’t a problem the chef cooked it for us ! They really wanted us there for the evening . Very friendly . Would thoroughly recommend!

Stayed couple of nights in St Albans . Wonderful restaurant. Delicious food, staff friendly great ambience. No time restrictions, very relaxed.

Food is excellent. Tasty and piping hot Service is personalised and excellent We visit here every few months and have done so for years

Always go to The Alban when working in St Albans. It’s by far the best in town and I’ve sampled them all. Food is consistently excellent and the service great from a clearly ran family business. Try the Bombay blast, it’s fantastic. Always made to feel very welcome when returning.

Best Indian restaurant in St Albans. We always feel so welcomed when we go and are always given a fantastic meal which is great value for money. They take allergies really seriously and have plenty of vegan options. I particularly recommend the Red Fort which is an outstanding gingery chicken dish. Plus, Kingfisher on draft!

The service was excellent, efficient and friendly. Ordered the lamb shank, which fell off the bone and was very tasty. Definitely would visit again.

BEST IN ST ALBANS!!! This place always hits the spot for me. I can't get enough of their delicious flavours. Whether it's their tasty curries or juicy tandoori dishes, The Alban never disappoints. It's become my go-to for satisfying my Indian food cravings, and I'm always excited for my next meal from them.

Dishes are wonderful and the restaurant has a peaceful atmosphere. 5/5 would totally recommend!

Love this littel gem always a lovely meal hear family business and always remembers my name. Witch is amazing 👏 forgot to say they have a fan base with us there's normally round 6 or 7 of us go now. And I've never heard anyone complain.

Decided to have an indian after some training and we needed some good food and we were not disappointed. Would highly recommend and would say one of the nicest and certainly cleanest restaurants around town. Very tasty fresh food. Love the warm plates and great service as well as the obligatory trolley. Don’t walk past, go in and try!! Sorry no pics as are the food to quickly.

Tried this restaurant for the first time last night and we couldn’t be happier with the choice. The food was outstanding, the lamb shank in particular was extraordinary. The service was truly brilliant as well, they gave some great recommendations and I already can’t wait to go back.

What a find! We booked this restaurant as it was near our Air B&B, but this is no ordinary Indian restaurant. I have never experienced such warm hospitality. As the wonderful waitress said 'It's like welcoming you into our home'. Nothing was too much trouble, we weren't rushed. We were just very well 'looked after'. The menu was full of unusual and appetising options. My friends particularly enjoyed seeing the menu had 'Thali' which is like an Indian Tapas. Between the three of them they shared one meat and two vegetarian Thali. I had a delicious King Prawn curry with lentils, although they had the standard balti, madras etc also. The food was excellent. Even the poppadums tasted better than usual. I would definitely go back and recommend it if you are in St. Albans!

This restaurant makes lovely food, we really enjoyed it and the service was excellent and very friendly. I heartily recommend them. We actually initially ordered our takeaway via deliveroo (Take my advice NEVER use deliveroo!!) We ordered and 40 mins later a take away bag is dumped at our house. The wrong bag from the wrong restaurant and not only that but the food is falling out of the containers inside the bag. Horrendously dreadful delivery service from deliveroo. So now our evening is potentially ruined. We have visited this restaurant in the past so we knew they were good so we know we would enjoy the food and that this is not the sort of service they would want to give. We phone the restaurant to explain what has happened. We know it is not their fault but we believe they really need to know. One of their chefs has put time and effort into preparing food and probably packed it really well and the deliveroo rider hasn't cared one bit about them or us. We are advised to ask for a refund from deliveroo (which we do). The restaurant immediately offer to recook our order for us again if we are happy to go and collect it directly from them. We are happy to do that and we are able to enjoy a takeaway from them half and hour later. Rescuing what our evening. They were so friendly, helpful and quick to rectify a problem that wasn't their fault. Thank you to The Alban.

Fantastic food food full of flavour and in a very cosy restaurant. Staff and service are 2nd to none. Definitely give this place a try .

Absolutely the best ! You just have to try this place . Excellent service and food to match . Completely made to feel at home .

We had such a special dinner at The Alban. The staff were so lovely and attentive, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. Loved it and will definitely be back!

Great food great customer service, will be back next time I’m in the area.

Been coming here for years and we absolutely love it! The food quality is amazing and the family-run atmosphere and warm welcome makes this our favourite restaurant in St Albans. "The Ruby" is my favourite dish, followed closely by "Red Fort". Looking forward to my next visit (this Saturday!)

Great food with kind and attentive staff.

I would give 6 stars if I could. I asked for the hottest curry possible but still wanted flavour. I usually ask this when going for a curry. There are places that try to serve hot curries (usually not hot enough for my taste), and 9 times out of ten it’s a disappointment but …. THIS place was different! 11 out of 10. The combination of heat and flavour was mind blowing. I don’t say this easily. This was the best combination of heat and flavour I’ve ever experienced. I will so come back and make sure everyone I know knows how awesome this place is!

Best Indian food I’ve tried in the UK. And the service is so nice!

I had the slow cooked lamb shank and it’s the best lamb I’ve ever had. Definitely recommend!

Found this beautiful little Indian restaurant via Google search on a day trip from Croydon, stopped off with my wife for dinner and from start to finish it was so lovely. Walking in we was shown to a table straight away, the owners and staff where so polite and attentive. The Food was extremely flavoursome and portions where just right for the price. Highly recommend a visit to this Indian! We will definitely return even if it is a 2 hour drive away! Thank you for a lovely meal and great service.

Superb staff. Food is great. Poor music choice.

Hands down the best Indian in St Albans and the staff are ever so welcoming! Would recommend to everyone and anyone!

This is the best tandoori in st Alban's. Fresh food amazing atmosphere too. don't go anywhere else also don't get confused with st Alban's tandoori in st peters st miles apart in food quality. Properly recommended ps miss eden dad 😂

Lovely food. Delicious food and very attentive staff and Kaniz is a wonderful, giving such a warm and friendly welcome. The food came in good time and such a great atmosphere. I will be back

Great food here. We got a take away on deliveroo and the restaurant was so helpful and catered to a nut allergy. Everything we ordered was beautiful. Will definitely be ordering from here again.

Very enjoyable experience, food and service was excellent. I would recommend the lamb shank. Also the nan breads are exceptional.

My partner and I visited for the first time for our anniversary and we have decided that this is going to be our regular from now on. The food was delicious, authentic and had a great number of meat and vegan options. The peri peri prawns were amazing. Most of all the place has a really great charm, it's family run and the service was fantastic. Our host helped us pick out some dishes which we wouldn't have gone for otherwise and they were amazing.

The quality of the service and food were excellent. I can not praise the Alban enough. Fabulous experience.

Ate here with 3 old school friends on a Saturday night, service was friendly and efficient, the food was perfectly cooked and imaginative (as in not your regular Indian offerings of Korma, Bhuna, etc), great value too. It was a pity the place was so quiet as it deserves to be busy. Go, you will not be disappointed.

Always great, takeaway or eating in, delicious food and very nice friendly people too. Peshwari naan is perfect.

This is great for a delicious Indian meal. I personally recommend dansak if you have quite a good spice tolerance, if not the red Fort is also very good. They also cater incredibly well for allergies and diets such as vegan idm. One of my favourite spots in St alabans

Absolutely amazing. Truly one of the best I've ever been too. Just can't fault this place at all. Prawn on puree and lamb biryani...... incredible. Staff are so friendly and helpful. Definitely give this Indian ago .

Lots and lots of choice. New dishes we’d not heard before and all the favourites too. The staff were so friendly and keen to make our experience as good as possible. The lady owner told us, when she came to check we were happy with our food, that she was happy if we were happy and that sentiment was very genuine. Try and you’ll not be disappointed.

Superb… ordered a takeaway here for the family. Asked for a couple of dishes to made Mild for the little kids. Owner was extremely helpful with suggestions and made sure the kids food was just right. Everything delivered was fantastic and now The Alban is my favourite,

Fantastic food, genuine service, couldn’t fault anything. We are regular visitors and found this to be one of St Alban’s best places for an Indian meal, either as dine in or takeaway. The local staff, husband and wife, are really friendly and helpful. They are proud of their dishes and it shows. We will return.

Lovely food, and friendly owners. We went on a Tuesday evening so not very busy.

Delicious Indian with exquisite cooking. You can taste all the individual flavours and its not swimming in fat as its so often the case with less refined restaurants. The service was wonderful too, very attentive and friendly. A real find! Will definitely come again.

What a warm welcome! The vegetarian dishes we had were melting, mouth watering delicious. The naan and rice fresh and flavoursome. The poppadums crispy and fast! The staff are wonderful and I'm delighted to have discovered this restaurant. We will be back! This is a hidden gem and if you eat in the restaurant, you will overhear locals bringing their friends saying "I come here every month!". I'm not surprised one bit!

Every two months, my friends meet up in St. Albans and start the evening by sharing a meal at 'The Alban, Indian Restaurant'. It is, unquestionably, the very best Indian food we have tasted. The chef specially prepares the food to suite some of my friends who have food alleges. The attention to food quality, preparation and customer care is without comparison. I would strongly recommend 'The Alban' to all visitors to St. Albans.

Fantastic food as always! This is our treat on Saturday nights, favourite Indian food in St Albans. The owners and staff always so and lovely, can’t recommend enough !

This is now our regular dine in/take out after an excellent experience. Food, service, speed and decor are all fine out of five star. Restaurant even made a king prawn tikka masala which was not on the menu at my request (highly recommended). I wouldn’t...

Fantastic food packed with lots of flavours. Really nice atmosphere and lovely staff . Could not find fault with anything about this restaurant.

Visited last Saturday evening and have to say one of the best Indian restaurants I've been in for years. Food absolutely delicious and really friendly staff, they would not be more helpful. Looking forward to the next visit. JKPL....

Great service, absolutely delicious Indian meal - best I’ve had in ages. Would definitely return to this hidden gem.

Absolutely can't fault a single thing. Food is amazing which is equaled by the very friendly staff . Definitely will be back.

We have been here a few times and it’s always great. The food is excellent and the service very friendly and welcoming. Would definitely recommend.

Very nice restaurant, great food and friendly staff!! Perfect for people with allergies. They take it very serious and will make or recommend the suitable currys, if you have any food intolerances.

I'm a huge fan of all Indian food, and am always excited to try new places, but in my hometown of St Albans I always default to The Alban, my favourite for over 10 years now. The restaurant itself is cosy and attractive, and the...

I've slept on this place for too long, walking by and never really giving it a look. Finally fixed my mistake! The venue is very nice and thoughtfully laid out, you won't be constantly run over it crowded by servers. The service is fantastic, friendly,...

Really lovely meal with great service and particularly good naan breads! Thankyou !! Interesting menu with some new dishes as well as the classics

Great local restaurant, good atmosphere. Amazing Tandori chicken. Lovely staff, would highly recommend this restaurant.

The food was average, ok for someone who is used to the watered down version of Indian cuisine. Another one of the so called Indian restaurants. Lot of pushy sales to buy drinks. It doesn’t compare with the 2 other local Indian restaurants - Veer...

Honestly the best curry house ever been to. Such friendly staff, absolutely amazing food! my friends and I cannot praise this venue enough. A must visit location!!

We stopped off in St Albans on our way to see football; Burnley playing Watford. What a find this restaurant was! The food was excellent. I had a king prawn biriani and my daughter a Chicken Tikka Mossala. The Biriani was the best I have...

Best curry in St Albans by miles Superb

We had a great takeaway curry this evening with great customer service with the restaurant calling us afterwards to see how the food was, which I don’t think we have ever experienced before. Lovely staff and really great food! We will definitely be using again!...

Thankyou Alban restaurant for a lovely evening last night. A reunion with very dear friends. We appreciated all your help with changing reservation times and your excellent service. The food is amazing and I would highly recommend your restaurant , we’ll be back. Thankyou so much, Grainger and Buky families 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The lamb shank was a stand out meal for me, had a bit to share one week but returned the following weekend to have one to myself, slow cooked and well marinated…. Run by a lovely engaging and attentive Wife and Husband Team…

A small family business. Excellent, personal service Authentic, delicious food Will definitely return 10/10 Recommend you try

Food was incredible Owners were extremely welcoming Great value Menu very diverse and includes very traditional dishes often not seen on traditional curry house menu Arguably the best curry I’ve had - I had the Bombay blast

Lovely meal for large group to celebrate a birthday. Tasty food and friendly service. Love the special dishes like the lamb shank. Tandoori mixed grill was very good.

This came up to expectations having read the reviews before deciding on a good Indian in St Albans. Everything was good, food was tasty, fresh, well prepared and presented. Poppadoms were warm and accompanying pickles fresh and tasty which is always a good sign. No...

Visited saturday night, not been for 20 years and it was worth the wait! Amazing food, full of flavour, and incredibly friendly and welcoming staff! highly recommend!

Very friendly staff, nice environment, very clean family restaurant. Food wasn't good, very bland, The worse Indian restauran ever and on top of that they didn't even have the minty sweet let alone wet franel. I don't recommend this place.

The food was cooked beautifully as always. The customer service is wonderful and the staff go above and beyond to help - they are very attentive. I will be back!

A lovely family owned restaurant with some of the best Indian food our family has had. The atmosphere is calm and the staff are some of the friendliest we’ve ever met at a restaurant. They were attentive, talkative in a way that still respects your...

Fantastic friendly service, very delicious food do yourself a favour and go there. A nice ambience in the restaurant and you really feel looked after by the lovely team there. Not sure if it’s a family restaurant but it feels like it must be!

Went here for a friend's birthday, it's a family run establishment by the station and they were very accommodating. Not that many tables so quite cosy and very good value for money. Definitely worth a visit.

Excellent lamb shank dish. Naan is made freshly and much better than most other Indian restaurants in the area. Run and owned by a very nice family who are always welcoming.

The staff are lovely and very welcoming, they will go above and beyond to make sure you have a wonderful experience here. The food is very tasty and always cooked perfectly.

I can highly recommend this place for a date, business meeting or dinner with your friends and family. They serve amazing Indian cuisine and combination of spices and fresh vegetables makes all meals very special. People who are running this place are very friendly and...

The food here is absolutely amazing. One of the best Indian places in the area. Highly recommend. The food is fresh and succulent. Service is fantastic and the lady working here is just lovely and made us feel like home

Food was amazing. Everything fresh and delicious. Service professionals and very nice. We definitely come back here!

Couldn’t recommend this restaurant enough. The food was amazing, the staff are absolutely lovely and the atmosphere is delightful. I’d give it 6 stars if I could.

Excellent food, definitelyfreshly prepapred and worth the wait. Nice relaxed, friendly service. Very enjoyable evening. We can't wait to return.

Came here after reading reviews online. Lovely small family run business with excellent food and great drinks. Staff were great and very attentive. Great good, great flavours and great service, will definitely return.

Excellent food and friendly service. Nice to see a family run business. The Peshwari Naan is the best we’ve had in a long time. Food is fresh and well spiced. Will certainly be back!