Spice 85 in St Albans

Previously this was run as the Viceroy Indian restaurant which was very good. Now following a complete refurb its called Spice 85. The menu is pretty much the standard Indian English restaurant. But as the song goes,'It ain't what you do, its the way that you do it'. The cooking skills are admirable and the service by staff is friendly and helpful.

We had a takeaway from here for the first time and the food was incredible, it came on time and was really hot. The delivery driver was nice too. I will be ordering and coming there again soon. I would definitely recommend this place for food.

Lovely evening as always, friendly staff very friendly and welcoming. Food was great never had a bad meal.

Lovely food. Great service. Authentic restaurant. Will return.

Nice small Indian restaurant. Food is OK. But the service from the waiting staff is very good.

A great quality restaurant serving a wide range of Indian food. Go again ? we already have! Also doing takeaways if you prefer.

Lively atmosphere, food was tasteful, good portions, very busy but still good service.

The best Indian restaurant & fabulous service! Food is tasty every single time I order from here!

It was great to see the local Indian restaurant, great staff all are friendly,food was fantastic ,

I am so pleased that Bricket Wood has the Indian restaurant back as it is convenient, has a great service good waiters. The food is very good eating in or takeout, would recommend to anyone.

Amazing food with welcoming and friendly staff

Delivery quick food for as delicious

When you have to cook your own rice to go with your meal! slightly disappointed as I had high hopes for this restaurant the only suggestion was for me to go back after they made the mistake! A delivery to rectify the situation would have avoided this review won’t be ordering again here, I had a 2 minute conversation with the waiter around a biryani dish I was given a container full of sauce and 5 bits of meat for £11 odd I was then told no you ordered a lamb curry only which was not what was asked for, no empathy to rectify a situation which was clearly the fault of yours not mine. My review has nothing to do with artificial colouring or the PILAU rice

I live in the area and I've walked passed this place multiple times and have been curious to come and try it, which i finally did on Sunday night with my mate. As soon as we came in at 7pm ish, about a third of the restaurant was full and we were given our seats. The interior was very nice and classy, and the place had a high quality look. We sat down, was given poppadoms with some great sauces, it tasted insane. I got the lamp chops for starters, were amazing, and then Chicken Relaza for main, and the best part is that in between courses, you don't get hungry, because you have the poppadoms. And the food seriously tastes ridiculously good. Anyway, I left and started walking home with my mate, it was really cold, and after about 10 minutes, i realised i left my phone, so we had to walk all the way back, to find one of the waiter Kush, wearing a jacket and telling us he had just ran trying to find us to give me my phone, which was obviously really nice of him. Anyway I got my phone back, spoke to Kush for a bit with my mate, and then he offered to drive us home, which was amazingly kind of him, on top of how cold it was. Anyway, probably the best restaurant experiences i've had.

Great service from Spice 85, my mate and I went for a quick dinner tonight and my god the food was fantasitic! All the staff were extremely helpful and sociable, when my friend ordered his meal a bit too spicy, the waiter immediately offered to sort it out without us even complaining or mentioning it, came back 2 minutes later with the food all sorted. Where to even start with the meals, I had the Tandoori Lamb chops and for the first time in my life I've wanted to use the word exquisite to describe food, the food was absolutely top notch, felt like I was in the middle of Dhaka, the food was authentic fresh and filled with the most lovely spices and herbs! The drink menu was expansive and great, and the cherry on top of the already massively delicious cake is that when my friend left his phone at the restaurant, the manager Kush ran up the hill in -3 degrees weather to try find us but unfortunately he couldn't, when we came back he graciously offered to give us a lift back home and it was life saver, an absolutey amazing guy along with all the staff! Terrific night, will be seeing you again Kush!

It was great to see the local curry house is back up and running again. We booked for Saturday night and were greeted by smart staff and a new look for the restaurant. The food was fantastic, but the portions could have done being slightly larger. Homemade samosas were so good too. Everything felt clean, fresh and wasn’t greasy at all. We will be back again soon. Thanks for the great service.

Freshly cooked food , good size portions, friendly staff always happy to please

One thing that Bricket Wood has been missing is a good Indian restaurant. Spice 85 has a great location - and it will no doubt benefit from customers at the nearby pub getting the munchies. It's a Bangladeshi-style restaurant to cater for the local clientele, so don't expect authentic Indian dishes like you'd get at the Regency Club. Now, given this caveat, and comparing it to similar establishments, I would say the food is decent. However, the portions are tiny. I got five pieces of chicken in my main dish. When I suggested to the waiter that this was perhaps a little stingy, he seemed to be proud of the portion size. The prices are high but, having said that, they're probably on a par with other restaurants in the St Albans area. On the plus side, the layout is an improvement from its previous incarnation so it doesn't feel so cramped.

Food was delicious , friendly staff and lovely interior! Would recommend 10/10

Great service and staffs are so friendly. Very tasty food and perfectly well presented.