Greggs in St Albans

Visited here last week and had one of the worst experiences at a restaurant I’d ever had! I’d booked on the website and was looking forward to a Sunday roast as I’d heard good things. However, on arrival, I was greeted with a quizzical look by the ‘manager’ - who had my name down wrong. Funny, I thought, but that was just the beginning of his incompetence! We had a vegetarian dining with us and when we asked about a vegetarian option we were greeted with a baffled look and he needed to check (I thought he was the manager though?!). 5 mins later we were told there wasn’t one… something relatively common & would expect at any other restaurant these days, yet no warning while booking online. Admittedly I hadn’t checked the menu - but I never do! After a while we were offered a vegetarian risotto, but that was the only option (felt like it was thrown together in the kitchen, I like to think with a mild panic). We decided to pay for our drinks and try somewhere else for dinner but were then told that we’d have to pay the cancellation fee! How much I asked - the ‘manager’ didn’t know! The reason he stated, was that they’d ordered the food in already - amazing I thought, they knew exactly what we’d eat without preordering! I understand the logic of lost space, but the place wasn’t full! Manager came back shortly to tell me it was £39pp cancellation! The price of the meal! (Which he also got wrong looking at the Ts & Cs it was actually £36pp). Apparently I should have notified them that we were coming with a vegetarian… god forbid! So we begrudgingly agreed to eat, seeing as we were paying for it anyway. Food was good, not great. He had the cheek to include the service charge, after all of the above and multiple reminders for the drinks we’d asked for - solidifying his incompetence by taking 30 mins to bring a jug of water…and not bring enough glasses. Won’t be back!

The food is amazing, the staff so friendly. Can not recommend enough.

Immediately taken my top spot for local Indian! Walked in and were immediately greeted by Ash, who took us to our table and made our whole dining experience that level above the norm. We were given wonderfully cold ice water which was much needed during to a longer than forecast walk for me my partner and my mum (definitely my fault). We then had a lovely variety of Poppadoms and dips which really got our taste buds going and gave us something to nibble on whilst we looked through Sarah's extensive menu! We elected for the traditional tiffin platters, which were a wonderful way for us to try plenty of the starter options, sharing style in the middle of the table, the salmon Tikka was a particular favorite for me ! After enjoying our starters we then had a fantastic main course made up of a tandoori platter, Sri Lankan slow cooked lamb curry and a salmon Tikka, along with some black lentil daal, mushroom and spring onion rice and a delicious smokey aubergine mash! All the food was absolutely delicious, brilliantly cooked and had us beaming from ear to ear with every bite ! Thank you to all the team, especially Ash for making us feel incredibly welcomed, and like regulars even though it was our first visit! We will see you again soon !

Great food and the waitress was truly amazing, nothing was too much. So a big thanks to Alida and the rest of the team for a wonderful dinner!

Lovely Chinese takeaway- always happy with the food, very friendly too