Olive Indian Restaurant in Dacorum

best indian ever ever ever!! lovely people, AMAZING food - meat is so tender and the flavours are unreal.

Absolutely the best curry I have ever had ! Lovely food, great service and good value. Will definitely go again and again.

Lovely curry. Really friendly and attentive staff. Will be back!

I would recommend this restaurant for a beautiful meal a lot to choose from the menu. Helpfully staff and a very happy atmosphere.

Good of its type. Standard menu but good food, reasonably priced and friendly service. You can't really do better than that!

Lovely little restaurant, great food, reasonably priced.

Olive are consistently outstanding in both food and service. The staff there always make you feel very welcome and looked after, and the food is exceptional. So many different styles of dish and flavours, and none have yet to dissapoint. Highly recommended.

Best Indian I’ve ever had!! Every time I have visited The Olive I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. The food was so flavoursome and absolutely delicious! And the service was fantastic - staff were super lovely. I’m still thinking about my meal from yesterday and how delicious it was!

Olive restaurant excellent venue for a evening night out. All the team at the Olive are all very polite and welcoming especially Hamad ( Dunstable ). Excellent choice on the menu, the food is very good and presented to a high standard. Decor at the Olive is very soothing.

Really tasty food and super friendly staff. Highly recommend it!

Quality restaurant with great staff.Ahmed and co, you are tremendous.Children friendly, good value.A wonderful place.

Really good food, this restaurant knows how to take care of their customers & the guys working there are polite

I was impressed with the food and the fantastic service we received. I would thoroughly recommend eating here for a very enjoyable experience.

The restaurant was smart and the staff pleasant. The service was a little slow but could that have been because the food was particularly high quality and freshly cooked. Highly recommended

Ordered olives, they don't do any, the irony .....

A very nice restaurant in the heart of Hemel Hempstead. I went on a Tuesday evening and they had their gourmet menu. Any starter, any main dish and either rice or nan. They also let you choose any rice which some restaurants gourmet don't allow. My only concern would be that my chicken tikka puree hardly had any chicken in it. But otherwise the overall meal was good and value for money.

Unique and tasty twist on Indian cuisine. Really interesting and different menu although everything you would expect to see on an Indian menu is also on there. Delicious modern Indian food in a nice setting and great service. Absolutely love this restaurant. Food is amazing.

Excellent food! Very good selection of food and friendly staff. We felt very comfortable and can highly recommend this restaurant!

Food was lovely staff brilliant

Lovely meal with friends as always

Attended for my husbands birthday, was 15 of us. Staff was very attentive and patient with a large group. Food was amazing as usual and is 100% the best Indian restaurant in Hemel!

Finally found a good local Indian! I’ve tried quite a few and this is the best so far. Had a takeaway and although it was a long wait, it was worth it. Good portion sizes (I think I have enough for 3 nights!) I’m vegetarian and they have many veg options unlike other places. They also listened to my comment of ‘mild’. I recommend and will dine in at some point.

Fabulous food and great staff and service

Excellent food and service. Great value from the Monday night special meal deal. The staff were great with my daughters and made them feel very welcome. The chicken dhansak and Naan breads were particularly good. Thanks!

This restaurant is an absolute gem in Hemel. Easy to find, excellent menu, outstanding service. Best Indian restaurant for miles.

Went for new year meal, food good as always, service a little slow, and maybe I'm being harder as it was New years eve.

Very very good. Why am I only now finding out about this place?! A hidden gem. The interior is very well done. The service is excellent, the personal service by owner is excellent. The food is very good and well presented. I'll be back.

What a find Superb location Amazing decor Staff who could not do more for you. And then you eat food made by the gods Amazing experience We were enlightened

Super fantastic excellent amazing, Ooo and i nearly forgot to say out of this world, thank you all for fitting us in with my wheelchair. we will be back

Excellent service Perfectly clean Great value Fantastic food Not much else to say, this is as good as it gets, really is a 10/10! PS. I eat a lot of Indian so I know what is good. Well done.

Fabulous & delicious Allways fresh and tasty food and great service.

First time using this restaurant. Honestly the best Indian food I've had in years. The madras was perfect as were the king prawns all the starters. Great service, lovely people. I can't recommend them enough!

Lovely experience all round! Great offer on the banquet night and would definitely recommend

Excellent food and service albeit it was mid week and restaurant was not busy

Great place for a delicious curry. Clean, nice atmosphere. Great service and recommend the paneer tikka!

Absolutely beautiful food, got to be one of the best curries I've ever had, would highly recommend.

Such a friendly team and wonderful food. All served piping hot. Highly recommend 👌

Excellent food and brilliant service. First time visit but won't be the last.

Staff are very pleasant and polite. The food was great.

Lovely food and great service, will definitely be going again when next in the area. I stayed in the Premier Inn just a quick stroll away, but fancied a curry. The menu has all the usual options with a few additional surprises. Menu is available on their website.

First visit here. Will definitely not be our last. Brilliant food, service and atmosphere. Staff are absolutely lovely.

Nice staff, good food. Can’t go wrong.

Food was lovely, but service lets Olive down. Staff were quite abrupt and seemed too rushed off their feet for us

Found through trip advisor and we weren’t left disappointed. Warm welcome, attentive polite staff and fantastic food. The choice of dishes and drinks available was amazing and the quality of the food was some of the best I have had. When we are back in the area we will return for sure.

Food is really good, the staff are super catering for anyone. The restaurant was sadly empty which is surprising for how good the food was and the lovely staff. Will definitely be going back

Lovely restaurant, really enjoyed the food, well balanced flavours although my vegetarian dish was slightly on the sweet side. I would certainly re-visit. The staff were great and really enjoyed our evening. Thank you.

What a fantastic meal! I have eaten Indian food all my life but after coming here for dinner I feel like I now know what real Indian food tastes like. Everything was prepared fresh and cooked to perfection. I cannot rave about the meal enough. I wish this restaurant was closer to my home. I would be ordering from here all the time. Thank you so much to all the staff who were attentive and very polite. Just a fabulous meal.

Service exceptional as was the food.A gem of a place, with amazing staff.We now go weekly.Can't praise it enough.

Fantastic food, lots of unique dishes mixed with traditional. Superb service and helpful with our little lad, 100% recommend

Very nice restaurant, good food and exceptional service. Highly recommended. . Keep coming back. 👍

Had a lovely first time experience banquet night food was great staff friendly definetly highly recommend a visit i am sure you wont be disappointed will be eating there again

We visited the Olive this evening on a banquet night which is £16 for two courses and side dishes. The place was busy with a great atmosphere. Staff were welcoming and attentive, even with the restaurant full. The food was amazing - tasting fresh and spicy. The poppadum chutney tray is delicious - the best we have tasted. This is the 4th visit to Olive and have had a good meal and experience each time. I recommend eating here if you get the chance.

Lovely food, authentic flavours and would have got a 5 star if the delivery was not late. Thoroughly enjoyed this meal though.

Went with my 2 children aged 7 & 10 for the first time today. Heard lots of good things about this restaurant. It was banquet night so was £14.95pp for 5 stunning courses. The children absolutely love the food. The restaurant was very stylish and immaculate. The staff were lovely and very accommodating and I almost felt at home in there it’s beautiful. The calamari starter was the best starter I’ve ever had and was cooked to perfection. We also had the potato & spinach for a starter which was also lovely. For mains I had a lamb tikka masala and the lamb fell apart, it’s the best lamb tikka I have ever eaten ot was so tender. The children’s chicken tikka masala was also a hit and cooked to perfection. It got really busy by 18.30 so I’d strongly advise pre booking as we did. It was that lovely that whilst we were there I booked to come back with the children next week and we are bringing family too. Massive thank you to the chef and the staff I couldn’t fault or say one bad thing this evening.

This restaurant was recommended to us and it did not disappoint, the food is excellent plus the service is exactly as you want it They are attentive but not overbearing. Will definitely be returning.

Absolutely wonderful food and service So enjoyed our meal out

Met some friends at the Olive, my first visit. Great service and great food, will certainly return soon. The best tarka dall and stuffed paratha, I have ever had. Many thanks to all the staff.

Found this place on the way to somewhere else and I’m an so glad we went here instead of are usual place. What a find it was. The food was amazing out of this world the flavours omg and I can just taste this now as I’m typing think I pay another visit tonight. I had the lamb cutlet and they was cooked and flavoured to perfection , I highly recommend this place and not to forget the staff they was amazing too very helpful polite and very professional

A fabulous place,with great staff,the manager/owner Ahmed is superb.Welcoming venue with terrific food,my 7 year old adores it,as do i.A gem of a place.

Absolutely amazing, literally my favourite food I've ever had. Great service both as delivered takeaway and a sit down meal with a lovely atmosphere. 100% recommend!

Arrived late on a Saturday night and was pleasantly surprised that there was a table available for 4 of us. Staff very welcoming and attentive despite the restaurant being busy. Menu has an excellent range of Indian meals and reasonably priced. Food very tastes and served quickly. The premises is tastefully decorated and has spotless toilets. Highly recommended.

Food wasn't great, probably the worst Indian I've ever had and took an hour and 30 min to be delivered, won't be ordering from them again

Visited olive Indian this evening for their fantastic gourmet menu option and the experience was fantastic. We had two 3 year olds with us and the staff couldn't be more patient and accommodating. Food absolutely excellent and plenty of it. Can't recommend it enough. Best Indian in the area. 6 stars. Few more vegan options would be my only comment

Delicious fresh food. Amazing service. Very friendly staff. Loved it!!

First visit - very impressed by the quality of the food, which offers not just the usual curry house fare but a different and wider range of options. Everything hot & well presented by lovely staff

Olive used to be our go-to Indian in Hemel, but we were very disappointed with our meal. We ordered lamb tikka rogan Josh and chicken tikka butter chicken; neither of which were tikka. The butter chicken was very oily and wasn’t pleasant. Everything was distinctly average, bland. Have to say we won’t be ordering again, which is a big shame. Not sure if the chef has changed or if it’s just gone downhill.

Interesting curries such as the Vindaloo that got my taste buds tingling and dancing. The vindaloo was the highlight of my night, a rave of rich curry with chicken that was lip smacking I knew I enjoyed the dhansak when every bite became addictive, these naans went perfect with it, such a wholesome meal that got me feeling nice and cosy, not too much heat in the Dhansak yet comes packed with robust flavours I suggest Vindaloo for the spice lovers, it is necessary to order. I suggest Dhansak with Naan to ALL. Chicken Tikka Biryaani was lovely too and that goes well with any curry. I recommend this restaurant FOR SURE, my family all enjoyed it and would love to go visit and dine in next time round!

Wow I have no words. I am speechless. I am still trying to forget the sensational taste the food has left on my tongue. How will anything else ever satisfy my taste buds after what I just tasted from olive Indian restaurant today? I am in love! This was my first time trying food from here as it’s quite far from me, but now I can never try Indian food from anywhere else, I had the chicken dansak, the chicken biryani and the chicken vindaloo, and a plain naan… my oh my! It was like a wonderful dream, every bite was full of intense flavour and heat, I loved it so much I wanted to cry. I got up and helped myself to a little bit more because I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to it just yet. I wanted to keep eating it and did not want to stop. I felt passionate love for it. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about any other food. I have officially found the meal I could eat unlimitedly without getting sick of it. If I was on death row this would be my last meal. My sisters husband got it for her but as it was late at night she only had like a little spoon of each dish, I feel sorry for her because as hard as I tried to save more for her I just couldn’t, I ate most of it myself and put some aside for my husband so he can get a taste of it and get hooked onto it and be willing to make the 1hr journey to Hemel Hampstead to get the best Indian food ever and satisfy my craving. Thank you Ahad for introducing me to the olive restaurant. I have a feeling this is the beginning of a great love story between the dansak and me.

Always great service and lovely food. The setting has a nice relaxing vibe and the little touches like wooden menus and fresh cut flowers on every table make for a really enjoyable visit.

Delicious food, amazingly fresh. Staff very welcoming and friendly. Complimentary drink too, 5* for sure!

Amazing taste and flavour of food, ordered different dishes and all tastes good. Had chat with amazing staff (Tanvir) explaining the dishes. Would highly recommend

We attended for 3rd year in a row to celebrate my birthday with friends And family. There was 15 of us all together. They was all super friendly and attentive and accommodated making our booking larger on the day. The food was all amazing and...

Food excellent, staff were friendly, busy when we went so service a little slow but overall would definitely recommend

The service is outstanding. Food is very tasty and good portion. Highly recommended. Staff is welcoming and friendly.

What a great find! Nicely decorated in a modern style. Friendly service and excellent food. I loved my Tandoori Chicken and the Naan bread was to die for. It was good value and not overpriced. I will be returning!

very friendly and welcoming staff serving excellent food while being placed in a nice setting. Definitely a good choice also for special occasions.

After reading some good reviews we finally visited this restaurant and we were not disappointed. Staff were welcoming and the modern decor was a breath of fresh air and eye-catching. The menu is extensive and well- written, very descriptive and the food itself did not...

Historically been good, last couple of times, food has been terrible, paid for two dishes and they have spread a single dish across two serving containers, food looked like leftovers and the salad was stale and unfit for human consumption, never using this restaurant again, shame really

A brilliant restaurant & such a friendly atmosphere!

Fantastic yet again. Gourmet night never disappoints! Staff attentive and funny, excellent food, excellent night

Always a pleasant meal. Good range of food options.

Absolutely love this place the food is amazing and bursting with flavour , You have to try the Goat hanndie. Staff are fantastic and provide a great service, all in all just a great place to eat. 👍

This was our first visit to Olive and have to say from the minute we walked in I was really impressed with the welcome from the friendly staff. They have a manage to create a really nice setting with the decor and nice little touches...

Ordered from here this evening as stuck at home with covid. In my befuddled state accidentally clicked Collect instead of Deliver. When the team called to ask why I hadn't collected, I was mortified and explained I needed the food delivered. The restaurant couldn't have been nicer but given it was a Saturday night and my mistake I expected cold food to arrive an hour later. Amazed to hear the doorbell 10 mins later. The food was hot and looked delicious. Obviously with covid I couldn't smell or taste it but the texture was lovely and the food beautifully presented. I'll definitely order again and am super impressed with this service ethic.

Beautiful food and friendly service

Absolutely fantastic service, staff couldn't be more helpful! The food was excellent would highly recommend.

friend's birthday party lovely service

This review is purely on cost , I have been using the olive for years , I ordered my regular take away by phone they new who I was instantly ordered happy days until he told me the price ? This was ridiculous so off the phone checked the menu price on the website and seemed they got this wrong !!!! Called them to challenge and was told it’s restaurant price fobbed off with all sorts of excuses am furious as a consistent good customer I will not be ordering again from the olive and advise that who ever is reading this doesn’t either way to big for their boots !!!!!!

Great night out with a big group of friends. Very welcoming staff. The restaurant has a great ambiance and the food is fantastic. The restaurant was very busy but service was very good. One of my favourite places to eat.

Always amazing food. Lots of regional specialities if your not in the mood for a heavy curry! Amazing service always as well! Best curry house around.

Friendly service and nice ambience. The food lacks pizzazz and some may find it on the bland side, but then it may also suit many a palette. If this is local to you and you're catching up with friends or family, it's worth considering, however don't come here if you have to travel far or are expecting memorable cuisine.

We visited Olive on a Saturday evening with my family after being in Watford for the football on the back of the great reviews on here and it certainly did not disappoint! From the moment we walked in we were greeted by a really friendly...

Wonderful food, service and atmosphere. Highly recommended, you won't be disappointed.

A warm welcome in beautiful decor. Amazing service and impeccable food. So beautifully spiced and delicious. Will definitely visit again. Ahmed is very welcoming. Thank you

The best Indians restaurant in Hemel Hempstead highly recommended and a great place to go to with friends and family. The decor is 10/10 food is 10/10 staff and service is 10/10 and most importantly the value for money is 10/10 as I will not go to any other Indian except OLIVE LAWN LANE thank you guys for always serving to your best

A Friday evening curry night treat visiting The Olive in Hemel Hempstead. Great and attentive service added to the ambiance. The food here is alway good - and tonight was no exception. The Beef Balti has become a top favourite.

Very good range of food, well presented. We sat in, 4 of us and had very good friendly service at a reasonable price

Fantastic, fresh food and very friendly stuff. Highly recommended.

Best curry house in Hemel Hempstead. Delicious Indian dishes aside from curries which makes a nice change or a huge selection of delicious curries too. Everything is cooked fresh and thebstaff are so lovely. We are so lucky the olive is our local, and even if it wasn't, it is worth a trip.

Fantastic place. Great atmosphere, wonderful food very friendly staff. Would go again.