Ashiana Spice in North Hertfordshire

This is by far the best restaurant I've tried in the local area. The food here is great, and the service is top notch. The host, Iqbal knows all his regular customers by name, and it's no wonder people come back again and again! Great vegetarian and vegan options too. Gets really busy some nights so good idea to book ahead later in the week or weekends. Best Indian around!

Emad is an absolute legend. And he is much taller than ikbal

Thank you for finding space for us at short notice, our time was limited, so your quick service was a blessing, not an insult.

If I could, this restaurant would get 10 stars ....food delicious ( Chicken Chomchom 😋), staff amazing...just wish we lived closer...but a brilliant find whilst on holiday in the area 👍👌

Amazing food, amazing service 😋 amazing staff. Nothing else to say

From the out set i felt that is was going to be a unique experience. The manager Iqbal was so welcoming and professional. He engaged me and even suggested i was over ordering, i followed his guidance and he was very spot on! I had a veg Biryani and Tarka dahl and of course 2 popadoms and the amazing chutney tray. Oh, and a drink for under £17.00,unbelievable..

Omg, the food 💯% yummy, the staff absolutely amazing, couldn't do enough for you , kind ,friendly ,funny, . Took us approx 45/50 min to get there from our home but so worth the journey, will be back again very soon, recommending to all our family and friends

Always excellent food and service, great place!

We enjoy Ashiana most times but this was first time through the week. Ichbal was the entertainment as usual who is probably why we keep coming back. Brought son and his partner who had a great time too. Not just the entertainment but food also and special mention to Ahmed who played his part Five stars every time

Impeccable as usual, in every aspect, Friday or Saturday. You get great attentive service from the main man. Try it.

I have been to this restaurant many times and if I could have given it ten stars out of five I would have done. Unfortunately I went recently on a Wednesday night, and not only has the menu changed but the standard of the food has tumbled. Don’t get me wrong it wasn’t bad, but it just wasn’t as good as it used to be. It was as good as a typical mainstream Indian restaurant whereas it used to be the best in the area. The meals just all tasted similar to each other. Please go back to the previous standards and I’m sure all of your tables will be full to capacity again.

Been to many Indian restaurants but none quite like this one! The customer care is 5* they go out there way to make your diner a memorable one! Food is amazing and I asked for a dish not on the menu and without hesitation said they can make it for me! You won’t find better and you certainly won’t find better customer care! We’ll done and I can’t wait to return 😁

Have been coming to ashiana for a few years now. It’s the only place I will go to get a curry from, even if I do now live about 15 miles away! Beautiful as always, pleasant staff, treated well when you get a take away or if you dine in, same happy helpful faces! :) thanks guys

This Indian restaurant could well be the best in the south east of England! My family and I have been here many times and it never lets us down. The food is fantastic, the service is 2nd to none and the price is exactly where it should be. If you’re looking for an Indian to take away or eat in you should definitely try this fantastic establishment, you will not regret the experience. Thanks Ashiana Spice we WILL see you again 👍🙏🏻

Really delicious food that seems low on all the toxic stuff that can sometimes make you regret eating this kind of cuisine the next day. It’s just…. tasty! And very nicely presented. Service is top notch too and there is an especially entertaining guy who brings real character to the place. My only criticism is that, like so many modern restaurants, it is full of hard surfaces that reflect sound, so on a busy evening it can become deafeningly loud.

What a lovely find the best curry we’ve had since I can’t remember. The service everything was just super. Dined in and such effort was made. Customer service ten out of ten.

Everything was excellent. Food, attentive staff, speed.

The waiter just ignored. I’m still sitting here if you wanna come and apologies.

Favourite for a take out or eat in.... And manager is good fun!

Excellent food. Good vegetarian choice. Peswari Nann was delicious. Very friendly staff. Got a complimentary Bailey's to finish which was nice. Will be back despite not being especially local.

Late decision to eat out. Royston not local for us but a friend mentioned this was a good place to eat. They were not wrong. Great veggie choices and really friendly staff. Will definitely go back.

Called in tonight looking for a table for one. It was much busier than I expected it to be considering how cold it is outside. Thank you for setting me, giving up a table for 4 people when you were clearly very busy. I really enjoyed my lovely Lamb Madras and a couple of pints of Kingfisher whilst sat in a lovely atmosphere, reasonably priced too! One to remember when I'm passing again.

Perfect food and friendly staff

A great place to meet up with friends and colleagues. Great choices of Indian cuisines.

Amazing food and top service! Would highly recommend:) try the chicken tawa it’s awesome

Had a great time tonight. Always welcoming. Wouldn’t go anywhere else. Particularly like the personal welcome and the tequila at the end of the night. See you next week👍

Easily the best curry you’ll get in north Hertfordshire and the staff are truly lovely!

It's been a while since I wrote a review of Ashiana Spice and l pleasingly once again it can be very positive. The staff were as welcoming as ever and the food as good as ever. As an indication that you can't please all the people all the time, the Prawn Puree was a bit different to when we've had it previously. I loved it but my wife was a little disappointed, not that she didn't like it, but she preferred the previous versions. We both loved everything else we had. We even got chatting to a lovely young couple on the next table which made the evening all the more enjoyable.

Wow this is a belter of a restaurant! The food here is lush. Chicken Tawa is a major hit for me

Went to Ashiana and was surprised at how busy it was for a weeknight, but could see why. Food was great, having had the onion bhajee and chicken Nawabi, which were both very flavourful. I have to give credit to the front of house especially. Iqbal was an incredible front of house, very chatty and inviting, remembering names of those we were and really making you feel cherished as a customer. Really went the extra distance with the dining in experience.

Just happened upon this restaurant after a visit to Imperial War museum at Duxford. This restaurant is up there with the best of them. Seemed to be on 1st name terms with lots of regular customers. Very good food and an attentive staff. 5 Stars.

Excellent service. Front of house host was exceptional. Haven't seen this level for a long time. Well done!! Food was very good too. Would highly recommend.

Been to Ashiana a good few times now and absolutely love it 😊.. if you want fab food and a great fun atmosphere this is definitely the place to go .. Iqbal is so much fun and makes the whole place a good laugh, all the staff are lovely .. I have no idea how Iqbal remembers everyone’s names but he does which gives the added personal touch .. it’s great to see different tables interact with each other because the whole place is a vibe .. music and dancing .. an all round great night always !! Ps the prices are very reasonable too 😊 thanks for always being the best place to go 😊

Best Indian restaurant I've ever been to, everything on the menu is delicious. Our always go to. The staff and Iqbal are the friendliest and nicest people on earth.

Beautiful food and good service.

Always excellent food and service. Definitely our firm favourite in Royston for Indian cuisine.

Great food and service. This is the best Indian food I have had in years. My family had a great time. Thanks so much 5 stars!!

We had a fantastic meal here on Saturday evening. Staff were friendly and attentive, food was delicious and Ikbal was very entertaining and made us feel very welcome :) Highly recommend the Tabaq Chicken Bilash!

The owner, Iqbal, is almost certainly the best front of house in Royston, probably Hertfordshire and possibly the whole of East Anglia. I honestly don't know how he maintains his enthusiasm and personal attention, in what can be an extremely high pressure environment. It would be remiss of me not to mention the staff, who have all taken a leaf out of Iqbal's book and are equally attentive and friendly. Of course, you don't go to a restaurant simply for a nice chat. You want good food and Ashiana Spice delivers in spades. If you like authentic Indian food, do yourself a favour and go.

Was the nicest curry ive ever had and very reasonable price too... The staff were excellent and very friendly.... Must come back

A fantastic curry house, their food that they serve is out of this world. A special mention to ikbal (ikky) and his staff who are really attentive and brings a smile to everyone in his reasteraunt. It's a must place to visit if you want an experience. From the Portsmouth Amigos.

Quick stop on a journey North. Could not fault it. Really busy, no surprise as both food and service we're excellent. Wish it was round the corner!

Delicious food and very friendly staff.

Very welcoming hospitality and carefully fanned white napkins and an extensive and interesting menu to choose from. Utterly delicious. I had the dry spiced charcoal grill prawns, and gobbled all the dips. A cute ice cream 🍦 /sorbet dessert menu and offering of a baileys shot on the way out. Allergy/intolerance friendly. Fair prices. Will go back just for the service. Well fed.

Always loved the food here. Now we live in Canada, but whenever we visit the UK. This is our 1st choice for dining out! Amazing food, and friendly people.

Great as always, the food was delivered piping hot and on time

The most incredible food and the staff were so lovely. Definitely going again

Our first choice for Indian food. Always a warm welcome from Iqbal and the staff. Great food, and always leave with a complimentary shot of drink and a huge smile on our faces.

Lovely food and very helpful staff...update another visit and another great night after having to settle for takeaway for months (which is excellent too) it was great to be back in the restaurant. Took friends this time and to they loved it to

Outstanding food and service. Staff are so friendly

Lovely food. Friendly attentive service.

Spent more than I though I would for what we had, great owner, bubbly, felt welcome to be there

Nice Indian restaurant, decent atmosphere.

Myself & 3 Friends visited Ashiana for our monthly get together. We have been trying different Asian restaurants each month. All have had there good points. Ashiana ticked all the boxes,comfortable setting,light & air conditioned,dishes cooked beautifully, generous portions, well presented. Service pleasant & attentive. Our order was taken.We asked if dishes could be pepped up 🥵 Food was delivered Hot & exactly as individual requests. Keep up the standards. Well done we will be back.

Highly recommend. The food is fantastic, service with a smile, restaurant is clean, friendly and bright. So good we came back for a takeaway 3 days later!

Hi recommend, have been coming here since late 2019 and have never had a bad meal, wether dining in or taking away have no complaints and the food is of great quality. Prices are reasonable not expensive nor cheap but you get what you pay for. Keep up the good work guys and will alway get my vote and recommendation.

A fantastic little restaurant in Royston. Really friendly service with a team that seems intent on doing more than they need to. Food was also really well done, and the attentive staff made sure the main came out when I wanted it rather than some places that just fire it out when they are ready. Would definitely visit again. I also watched the team deal with other customers and they were always great with everyone. Thanks for a great experience.

Had a fabulous meal and evening here ..food was good but service and attention by staff. The manager (sorry forgot name ) and Jackie were very attentive friendly and gave brilliant service .Thank you...we will be back .

What a lovely restaurant, service eas excellent - asked the waiter (Iqbal) to recommend a dish and was very impressed - superb food well presented and marvellous flavour. Would definitely eat here again - special thanks to the bar maid at the Old Bull who suggested I try it!

The food is sublime, which is a made all the better by Iqbal, who is charming and welcoming to everyone.

If there is a better Indian restaurant in the Royston area, I have yet to find it, The usual favourites available, but some very nice and interesting house specials, all perfectly cooked and presented by friendly and helpful staff. Nann breads ligt with a crispy base, perfect Sag Paneer, delightful mains that I cannot fault. Give it a try, I am sure you wont be dissappointed.

We’re Royston locals and this is our takeaway of choice! Fantastic food, prepared quickly, good value and a good selection of vegetarian dishes too. The service is always friendly. We’ve never dined in but it looks lovely and welcoming inside so we will hopefully dine in when lockdown is over.

Myself and some friends visited Ashiana spice, the food was excellentand the restaurant was clean and modern.

A most enjoyable mid week meal, in a busy restaurant. The food and service was great, with friendly staff serving with a smile.We will return!

I love a good curry but wow what great service and dining throughout! Service was quick and polite and the food was amazing! We went for a friends birthday and they do know how to treat a birthday boy!

Had a great evening here; food and service was of a high standard even though we were a table of 15. My lamb madras and peshwari naan were amazingly good but the impromptu 80's party with the manager at the end definitely was the icing on the cake 😅 thanks for a great time, we will be back.

What a night. Great food and fantastic staff. At the end of the night it turned into a disco with great entertainment. Even offered shots for everyone. You are Simply the best. Will definitely return for more delicious food and of course to see the amazing staff.

This restaurant far exceeds the norm! Always top class customer service especially from Iqbal. He is warm,friendly and always interested .The food is always of a very high standard. Highly recommend a visit. You will not be disappointed.

Tidy bit of grub. We come to the end of the meal and my man very kindly offers us shots. We oblige. All I can say is he must of had more shots than I’ve had hot dinners. He keeps a shot glass ready for action in his pocket at all times. He loves the sauce. Great service will visit again. Happy New Years

We were let down by our previous choice of restaurant. And walked over to here. They fitted us in as they were busy and we had a superb night. Brilliant food and service and a great ambiance. From the popadums to the chutneys to the kebab starter and main courses. To a nice touch of a baileys on ice for my partner. A great meal and superb time

We stopped off here on route home after a long drive and all I can say is excellent. From the friendliness of the staff to the excellent food we were extremely impressed. Would recommend to anyone and we will be back.

Have been here many, many times, and it has been a bit ‘up and down’, sometimes excellent and others rather disappointing. Last night, under the new regime it was back to its very best. The new staff were very pleasant and worked hard to make sure the customer had an enjoyable experience. The food was delicious. No complaints.

I'll keep this short and sweet.

Went for a late family dinner - staff couldn’t have been friendlier and more accommodating. We had one vegan in our party, our waiter made sure that his order was made with zero animal products and gave suggestions on what to order from the menu. Our food was delicious and came out promptly. I honestly couldn’t fault the place or the staff. We would definitely return here.

We went to the restaurant a couple of weeks ago and we were surprised that the waiters we knew had now been replaced as the restaurant had changed ownership. The food was a disappointment and nowhere nearly so tasty as in the past. We won’t be going again.

4 of us around 8:30, fast friendly service, great poppadoms, 3 beers glass wine, 4 starters, 4 mains, a few sides, 110 pounds . Good craic and good company.

4 of us met up for drinks, decided to try this place out as we hungry and fancied an Indian.

Great restaurant with nice atmosphere and friendly service. Delicious food with plenty of choice - I went for the chicken passanda and can highly recommend! Waiters gave recommendations for dishes too. Popular place for takeaways.

Had a curry sunday early evening...didnt book as assumed it would be quiet. Arrived and nobody in so got a table...within 30 minutes the place was full.

Visited tonight with my parents. Lovely to see the restaurant so busy.No seating left so was seated upstairs. Nice environment and traditional music playing in the background. Fantastic service. Lovely welcoming attentive staff. Food well presented and hot. Full of flavour. Highly recommended. We will definitely be visiting again.

A favourite local restaurant. Always superb service, food takes in to account dietary requirements without a quibble and never fails to present fabulous food!

Had planned on getting a take away from here but decided to eat in and so glad we did . The service we received was superb and the staff were really welcoming .The food was delicious too . Will definitely visit again when we’re in Royston next.

Usually I give this place good reviews the food is generally great. The last couple of times I have been here I have found the staff unfriendly, not rude but not engaging. The only person with a smile was the young lady serving behind the bar. There is definitely a different atmosphere since the owner has not been around. Also there is a change with some of the dishes I have ordered, as a take away. They have been so over salted they were all unpleasant, this has happened more than once and different dishes. If they have a new chef then he needs to understand people don't want over salted dishes. You can always add but you cannot take away salt from a dish. Something is definitely wrong. I hope it changes back to what it used to be like..

We use this restaurant a lot, ordered a take away the other day. Shah the owner is still away, I think this is telling the atmosphere was ok but not as friendly as when the owner is on sight. Lacked something but cannot put my finger on it. The food we ordered tasted ok, but there was a change here as well. My wife's dish tasted more like an oriental dish, quite sweet, not what we would expect. My main dish was extremely salty to the point of not being that pleasant. Something has changed I hope when Shah gets back things will get back to normal, as this is our favourite curry house in the area.

Lovely little local Indian. Nicely decorated, lovely tasting food and staff very welcoming. Will keep returning.

Food amazing, can’t fault anything we had on our Mother’s Day meal. Super friendly staff, we even took our leftovers home!

Without doubt the best in Royston (in my opinion). Food is delicious, team are very welcoming and the restaurant is lovely inside. Take aways can be collected just a shame not delivered but any excuse to return :)

After eaten in many Indian restaurants in the UK this is certainly one of the best I have been to, the quality of food is superb & the staff are very friendly & will advise on the food if required, overall an excellent restaurant!

Stopped for a meal didn't book, decided to eat in instead of a take away. Really friendly staff on, as the owner was on holiday. Look after well, the food was all prepared fresh and tasted delicious, nice drinks list as well. Really nice evening one of the best.

We hadn't booked but a table was found for us upstairs. The food was good but I felt the sauce on my chicken rajistani was quite sweet. My husband enjoyed his food as he said he hadn't seen on any menu before.

We ordered a take away and was told it would be an hour, which we were fine with as it was Saturday night. I asked them to call me just in case it was done any earlier and they said they would. No one called so we picked it up and took it home and opened it to find it cold. We emailed them to let them know but we have heard nothing back. We spent £33/£34 on a cold curry ! Not impressed !

Excellent resturant that offers a variry of dishes and are happy to cater to all needs. Well lit and spacious.

I’ve been coming here for a fair amount of time now and in the way you get attached to an Indian restaurant I’ve got attached to this one.

Had a great take away last night. The food is always prepared fresh and tasted great. They are always welcoming here. Great restaurant to eat in as well. Well situated near the centre of Royston. Limited parking behind the restaurant but street parking is not a problem. They have a varied menu with plenty of options.

A great choice for an Indian take away, although it has full Dine in facilities. Tasty food well prepared, at a fair price

I do both take away abd sit down and the food is always consistent.

Dined here on a few occasions whilst working in the area and the food was always good , the staff were always welcoming and pleasant,.

Had a take away form here last night, as usual the standard of food was excellent, what you order is what you get. It is all prepared fresh and ours tasted delicious. You are always served with a smile and always made to feel very welcome. This is a lovely restaurant very clean and well set out. There is some parking at the back, but plenty of street parking is available if you are eating in.

We visited here recently and we all found that the portions were very small

I took three friends here as was told it was good the service was poor after two hours and no food and the waiter thinking it was funny we walked out no apology no explanation and the waiter was still laughing this place it a joke NEVER GO HERE