Zaza Harpenden in St Albans

At very short notice, Zaza managed to fit 16 in of us in for our annual family Christmas get together. Their communication from start to end was fantastic, the service was impeccable including learning all our names by the end of it. The food was delicious and we will definitely return. Super nice staff, cant do enough for you. I highly recommend, one of the few places around that still pride themselves on service and great cuisine!

We visited on an off chance as it was my husband’s birthday, we’d been to London for the day & our timings meant that we could come home & eat locally. Although we hadn’t booked Larisa greeted us & we were lucky as there was a table free until later that evening. My husband was made to feel so special with a complimentary glass of fizz. The food was delicious & served piping hot. As we had been eating treats throughout the day we couldn’t manage a dessert however a small tiramisu with a candle on a decorated plate came along & the waiter sang happy birthday to my husband. This was all completely unexpected & a wonderful treat. Every one of the team at Zaza were amazingly, all friendly & polite & couldn’t do enough for us. We can’t wait to eat at Zaza again - no wonder they are celebrating their 20th year!

My family and I celebrated my 80th birthday here and I'd like to say a big thank you to all the staff who were pleasant, helpful and attentive. The venue is very attractive and has a lovely vibe. We have been here before and all my family (25 of us) love the quality and quantity of the food. It's good value for money and the food is consistently of a high standard so coming from a family of foodies this is praise indeed. Well done and a big thank you to all the staff on the 7th December.

Was working in the area and fancied an Indian, fortunately I mistakenly thought Tabure was an Indian and went in. Quickly discovered it wasn't Indian! But wow, what absolutely gorgeous food, lovely atmosphere and decor, so friendly staff. Very pleased I made thus mistake and will definitely be in again when next in the area.

Fantastic every time we go. The team at ZaZa are very welcoming and the food is reliably great. A firm family favorite destination.

Eaten here many times and Zaza never disappoints. Food and service are always top notch, such depth of flavours. The lunch deal is very good value and in the evening the upstairs especially has a lovely atmosphere. Keep up the good work, highly recommended.

Second time dining here, this time for wedding anniversary celebration. Welcomed with some comlimentary bubbles. Lovely service and a great menu selection. The food is very good and the staff very attentive and friendly.

Tabure is a fantastic restaurant. Their dishes are all incredibly tasty - babaganus, chargrilled chicken, beef kofte, seafood pasta, mushrooms with whipped feta... all have such depth of flavour it's hard to go wrong. The atmosphere is cosy and service is warm and friendly. All this does come at a price, but at around £30-£45 per person for dinner (excluding drinks) I still think it's excellent value for money. Highly recommended.

Had lunch here with my daughter, greeted by friendly staff. Shared goats cheese tart as a starter, for mains my daughter had sautéed king prawns with garlic butter and I had sautéed king prawns with tomato and chilli, everything absolutely delicious. Fabulous Service. Would highly recommend..

Such tasty food and a beautiful restaurant

OH MY GOD, WOW!! This place is exceptional. We're new to Harpenden, so having been trying and supporting everyone local. First of all the interior is welcoming and the staff immediately friendly. We felt comfortable instantly. But THEN, the food arrived. WOW............I said Wow right? Unlike "Nonnos" which is a huge No-NO, Tabure is a 1,000% YES and I can never have hummus anywhere else again, without disappointed. Absolutely exceptional in every sense of the word and we cannot wait to return. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

As I have said numerous times Zaza is the place to be if you want a lovely night out. What a beautiful meal once again never fails me with my one choice the Meatball Calzone. However the Lamb Shanks looked very impressive and was thoroughly enjoyed by my family member. The word must be out because this was the first time I went and there were three parties celebrating birthdays. So if you have not made a reservation to dine at Zaza put this venue on your to do list. It is a wonderful night out 5*

Usual fantastic service, fabulous food as per and to make it even more better spending time with my lovely friends at my favourite restaurant. Thank you see you soon.

Have now been here a few times and I have to say it’s one of my fav places! Food delicious steaks are amazing! and the staff very friendly. Not local to us but worth the train trip! We will be back soon !

Zaza is a favourite of ours and we returned here dining as a group of eight on 10/8. As usual the food and service was excellent and we had no complaints. A great location with a good vibe which always delivers. We will be back.

The food was delicious, and served really quickly despite the restaurant being quite busy. The garlic bread with cheese was really cheesy and everyone in our group enjoyed the meal!

Yet again another fabulous meal at Zaza Harpenden. The staff really do make this place and obviously the fabulous food. We had risotto and the spaghetti and meatballs, both had side portion of sauteed garlic mushrooms 😋, we shared a creme brulee with an extra scoop of coconut ice cream 😋. Thank you again for a lovely meal.

My girlfriend and I went ok a Tuesday evening for a birthday meal. I booked online which was very easy and added a “special request” of ‘Birthday Celebration’. Upon arrival we were greeted by a lovely host, who showed us upstairs to our table. We sat directly under the olive tree; the decor was impeccable - a perfect take on modern Italy with a traditional feel. The food was delicious and the dining experience was perfect. The highlight of the evening were our waitresses. Our waitresses were attentive but not too much, and their communication was warm, knowledgeable, and pleasant. They gave us a complimentary drink and a “Happy Birthday” decorated plate to celebrate the occasion. We traveled from 45 minutes away to try and we will be back again next month to eat here again! Wonderful job! I would highly highly recommend visiting Zaza for a lovely meal.

We had a lovely meal, with excellent service. One of our party is elderly and disabled, and the staff were extremely helpful, providing an easily accessible table and accommodation for the wheelchair. The restaurant is attractive, with a nice friendly atmosphere, and the food was delicious. Would definitely visit again.

Beautiful restaurant with a welcoming atmosphere. I think the food overall was excellent and the service, great. Avoid the chicken wings. Gristley bits of chicken with the skin on. Also I was assured that the reason why the king prawns in their shell were mushy was due to slow cooking. Nah. Perhaps get fresh prawns in as the rest of the dish was superb.

Really nice dinner, great selection of very tasty foods, washed down with Efes !! What's not to like.

Attentive service. Great atmosphere and buzz about the place. Recommend the mezze dishes, a great twist on the usual stuff. Cocktails great too. Return visit a few years on. The menu is a little more refined and very good. Particularly enjoyed the chopped tomato, cucumber and onion salad as a side dish. Lovely fresh mint tea to end the meal.

First time and will be last time, I ordered the chicken for dinner and my husband ordered the roast beef. Mine Came up was so tough. when I asked them to change it, they took it away and they proded at the chicken. The Waitress them came back and offered to change the meal after telling me there was nothing wrong with the food it was because I didn’t like, in a very loud voice. They refused to take my husband food back So we had to eat separately which is most disappointing when you have gone to have lunch together. Be warned the only have one set of condiments in the entire restaurant. They most definitely have no etiquette or idea on how to serve in a restaurant Restaurant and then the had the audacity to try and charge 12.5% service charge. Most definitely won’t be recommending nor returning.

Highly recommend Zaza, the food is fantastic, setting is lovely and the staff are brilliant. Visited for my daughters birthday & the staff gave her a free prosecco and then sang happy birthday with some cake, a really lovely unexpected touch. We had the bruschetta, mushroom fritters & goats cheese tart for starters all of them were delicious. Mains were margherita pizza, a meat pizza & spinach ricotta pasta parcels, all went down a treat. Desserts were chocolate brownie and ice cream again really delicious. Look forward to visiting again. The owners should be proud of their staff they really are a credit to this restaurant

Unfortunately, I can only rate the service which was very unprofessional because we were lied too on entrance that the restaurant was closed. If they didn’t want to let us in due to a dress code this would have been perfectly fine, however being told ‘ we’re closed ‘ at 9:30pm when it very evidently states on the door and online that they’re open till 11pm. Ended up going to Zaza down the road who were very polite since having given Tabure the benefit of the doubt at the fact they were closed, but once we finished we had seen Tabure was still very much open with customers eating at 10:30pm. This was enough evidence to know we had been lied too. Whether this was in regards to superficial reasons such as clothing (we were wearing gym clothes) or the fact we were people of colour entering an establishment which only had a certain demographic of individuals inside which we did not fit? Truthfully, we will never know because of the lack of professionalism displayed. Cannot speak for the whole team as we had only encountered one individual so do not want to discredit everyone. But I hope this person learns to treat others with respect and display more professionalism.

I order the lamb dish for £19.00 which only came with HALF SMALL Pitta. Made a fuss and asked for another half at no cost. Disappointed that I had to make a fuss about the half pitta . They should provide with full one as on menu.

Lovely food and service a bit overpriced

Food was fabulous as usual. Only complaint is that I think the dried flowers give me bad hay fever.

Great food, service and ambience. We ordered separately then shared the starter and main dishes amongst our group of 5 as suggested by the waitress - it was impossible to choose a favourite as they were all so good! There were a wide selection of options for the vegetarian. The quality and flavour made the price well worthwhile for a special occasion.

Great food and atmosphere. We went on a Saturday so service was super friendly just a little slow. Great fun with a group of friends for dinner

Our second time visiting Tabure, this time to try out their take on a Sunday roast. It was delicious, beef was melt in the mouth. The only thing I could’ve done without was the cinnamon on the veg gratin but that’s just a personal preference. Lovely service and a great way to spend Sunday.

If you are looking for a huge meal look elsewhere or order a few sides. But if you are looking for quality over quantity then this place is perfect. Beautiful food, rich in flavour, and very well presented. Very friendly service too!!

Just can't resist coming to Zaza Harpenden, welcoming staff, great service and great food.. we shared a starter on this occasion mushrooms off the specials menu mmmm.. I had the calves liver for mains, never thought I'd be eating that but it is sooooo niiiice, other half had the spaghetti with meatballs .. Everything went down a treat 😋..obviously we had to have a dessert. We shared the creme brulee with an extra scoop of coconut ice cream. Thank you .. See you soon Zaza.

This is our go to restaurant... It's definitely worth the trip... we love it here. Never a disappointed meal, greeted by friendly staff, friendly servers too, we just can't keep away ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Very accommodating and generous with the cheese! The scouts were overall very impressed with the pizza quality and taste. Only slight niggle was that the basil taste wasn’t consistent in every bite. Bonus points awarded for free brownies!

We were let down by a nearby restaurant for Mother’s Day lunch which my children had booked today. We called Zaza and they had a table for 6 free. From entry into the restaurant we were welcomed by staff, we felt cared for during our visit and the food was superb. Larisa in particular gave us the best customer service as did other staff. Our first visit here but definitely not our last.

Отдыхаю не в первый раз в Zaza Harpenden и возвращаюсь сюда снова и снова. Дружелюбный и вежливый персонал с хорошим чувством юмора, абсолютно безупречное и вкусная Итальянская кухня, каждый сможет для себя найти блюдо, даже гурман. Цены адекватные. Очень рекомендую 😉

We fancied a meal at Saturday lunchtime at Zaza whilst in Harpenden , We had not booked but had had lunch there before without booking. We arrived at around 1pm We were greeted by a rude girl who told us -whilst the restaurant looked empty and there were plenty of tables -that we could only have the table for an hour She then showed us to a table next to a family with a baby and a baby buggy on top of that table We walked out.

What a lovely restaurant. The atmosphere and night experience make it special for all sorts of occasions. The menu is fantastic there's something for everyone so no one is left out. However I must be bias in this regard and say that the Meatball Calzone is the best thing on the menu. Words cannot do this dish justice it is truly out of this world. If nothing else find out for yourself you will not be disappointed. Value for money would be something I would have expected to pay in any West End night spot. So if you want to treat that special someone in your life or family gathering ZAZA should be top of your list. 5* for sure.

Thank heaven for Zaza 😋...just love it here...yet another delicious meal, fabulous service as always.. shared a special..mushrooms omg amazing... I opted for the calves liver for mains... Omg sooooo niiiiiice... We shared the creme brulee with salted caramel ice cream and added another scoop of coconut ice cream (😋). Obviously we will be returning. Thank you for yet another fabulous meal

We came here for a 60 th birthday celebration and it was simply great. Excellent service , fabulous food and a lovely dessert with Happy birthday too . Thank you so much to all the staff

We visit ZaZa around twice a month, the food is always excellent, the staff and really great too. It’s our go to for a family meal out.

I've visited Tabure a few times now and I've always had a great experience, staff are great and the food is always delicious. Sitting on the high chairs gives a great view of the chefs prepping and cooking food, tapas style menu so it's suggested you order a few dishes per person and honestly every dish packs flavour and cooked to perfection. Harpenden has a great choice of restaurants and Tabure is easily one of the best places to eat, the chicken wings and pulled lamb are recommended

Had a great time here – super stylish setting and the food was fresh and tasty. Our waitress was also very friendly and helpful.

Great meals and great drinks with friends. Lovely pizzas and the chicken pasta is to die for. Great service and friendly staff. We had Duncan serving us and was great. Would definitely come back again!

The most amazing tasty food ever

Absolutely stunning Turkish restaurant. An excellent modern twist. The chickpea main is divine. Seabream lovely too

Great restaurant. Very good menu reasonably priced for the quality of the food served. Service excellent.

I visited with my partner for my birthday meal. I was SO nervous because I have a severe nut allergy so often do not try out new restaurants. We called in advance to inform the restaurant and the lady who answered the phone was amazing and reassured that all would be fine. When we got there, I was anxious as we were sat close to another table (this is not at fault of the restaurant I am just anxious) we asked to move and they happily moved us no problems at all. They had a QR code for allergies and the waitress even knew why dish was safe off the top of her head. I felt so safe and comfortable the whole meal and we had the best experience ever. The food was absolutely delicious. I had the spaghetti carbonara and it was sooo good. We will 100% visit again and bring friends and family. Thank you so much for making me feel at ease. They made me feel special on my birthday with a free glass of Prosecco and they sang happy birthday to me with a desert. Highly highly recommend for those who have allergies!

Yet another delicious meal at Zaza Harpenden. We just love this place, had the spaghetti carbonara with side portion of sauteed garlic mushrooms 😋.. partner had Polla Diavola (char grilled half chicken) with sliced nduja sausage with sauteed garlic mushrooms ... Creme brulee for dessert 😋.. we think this place is absolutely fab...staff are so welcoming and attentive..never been disappointed.... Our go to restaurant in Harpenden ..I live in Hertford.... Can't wait to return 😃

Another excellent evening - food amazing always hot and so tasty - service so friendly and professional such a warm welcome. Best restaurant in harpenden 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Food was excellent. It's rare to go to a restaurant and get great tasting ORGANIC food in Harpenden.

Beautiful resultant. Food was amazing. There was a group of us and we all loved what we had chosen from the menu . The resultant also has an upstairs so quite a large restaurant but service is perfect 10 out of 10. We totally enjoyed...

Lovely food and attentive service

Portions not worth the price, nor the flavour! Quite bland food. Service was good but other than that I would not recommend. Won’t return.

Wir hatten mehrere Vorspeisen. Sehr vorzüglich! Auch die Hauptspeisen waren der Hit. Wunderbar gewürzt und aus exzellenten Zutaten. Der Service war aufmerksam und sehr freundlich. Sehr empfehlenswert!

I have never had a bad meal here, the food is always piping hot and delicious. The staff are incredibly friendly and courteous without being over bearing. I went last night after an incredibly busy and stressful week at work and it was the perfect...

Probably the best place to eat in Harpenden for Italian food. The staff here are very professional and very accommodating. The food is very consistent and a fantastic atmosphere.

Have eaten here twice. Always great food and service. Lovely atmosphere too.

Had a lovely meal here. Would recommend.

My wife and I had a very pleasant evening meal to this restaurant. We shared a large and delicious pate starter. I had a tasty steak with a slightly insipid mushroom and red wine sauce but excellent sweet potato fries. My wife had a risotto....

Wonderful restaurant. Food was superb and so was the service. Highly recommended.

Been going there for 5 years, they have to get it wrong at some point!!! But I will still back them 100% when they do. Perfect starter of meatballs, I just wish they would tell me how they cook them! Fillet steak as a main,...

We reserved a table for twelve on the set menu. Unfortunately the restaurant realised the day before that they had recorded the wrong date (I’m still not sure whose error this was). The fabulous team at Tabure leaped into action rearranged their bookings and got our whole group at a lovely table. Amazing service and gorgeous food

Amazing flavours and great service!

Good food, friendly service, nice atmosphere. All in all, a very pleasant experience.

Delicious food and great vegetarian options..we all enjoyed food and definitely would visit again..yummm

Went in for lunch. Good food and atmosphere. Highly recommend.

First time I have left a Turkish restaurant still hungry. We were dissuaded by waitress from ordering "Larger Dishes" in favour of "Smaller Dishes" which was utterly disappointing. £16 for a single chicken thigh and £6 for 3 potato squares is robbery. They served the tava with half a pitta...who stole my other half...cost of living that bad in Harpenden? The smoked Babaganoush and halloumi were tasty though

Wow, what a gorgeous restaurant! Food was delicious, service exemplary, very romantic atmosphere. We loved it!!

Excellent service & food for our group of 13 people Saturday night ! Hot Food served all together by friendly staff highly recommended! Faultless

Original middle eastern dishes. Great for vegetarians too.

First time here, but have been to their st Albans branch on a few occasions. Both are just great. The food, service and ambience is all extremely high. Menus are the same at both - so im rapidly running out of options to try new dishes, but that's a good thing. Well done guys, Highly recommended

Excellent food, very nice cocktail and professional staff

Visited Wednesday 12 July to celebrate my early birthday get together with a couple of my friends, as usual I thought the food was devine, my friends agreed they thoroughly enjoyed it. Between us we had for nibbles tomato bread and olives, mains spaghetti with...

We had a really tasty anniversary meal on Sunday lunchtime, (I recommend the fish dishes here). Very friendly servers, nice ambience, the seating and decor is lovely and not at all cramped. The strawberry mojito cocktails and Martini Expressos were very yummy indeed! I'd go...

An excellent meal with fantastic service,only thing I would change is the music which is on a continual loop

Food very tasty and fresh, friendly staff and nice atmosphere, a great go to place to impress in Harpendan

What a lovely evening we had at Tabure, Harpenden. Every dish we had was simply exceptional. Well crafted dishes that had fusion flavours as promised. Service was very attentive as well. Would highly, highly recommend!

It was a random visit due to rainy evening, but it was some kind of discovery. Yes, it was more expensive as we usually pay in such places, but it was definitely worth it - quality of the food is pretty nice and the service is pretty good as well. Also they have our favourite turkish coffee.

A little haphazard regarding bringing food to the table. Only 2 of us but both starters and main not brought out together so one of us had to wait looking at our food waiting ggor the others to arrive.

The chicken wings were absolutely amazing, plus great service

Been here many times so about time I gave the credit it deserves. Service is always impeccable from people who will often take extra time to engage with my family and I; the food is always quick, it’s always great and best of all the...

On a Sunday afternoon I was looking for halal diner in Harpenden whilst I dropped my daughter off to her friends birthday party at Roundwood Primary School. When I enquired if the meat/chicken was halal/kosher, she was totally honest and said No. I know from past experience, honesty and integrity is compromised in the food business so I opted for a quick vegan option and chose the halumi and bread! Absolutely amazing taste and will be back for a proper sit down, God willing. ❤️

This is a family friendly restaurant in the High Street. We have eaten here often and the standards remain high. The garlic prawns as a starter are spicy and delicious,

Beautiful restaurant and incredible food. Well worth a visit!

Absolutely wonderful. The carbonara is fantastic. My sister had the vegetarian risotto which was delicious too. Definitely going back soon. Highly recommended food and the lovely staff.

Absolutely amazing!! Yet again. Been going for 5 or 6 years and NEVER had a bad meal/experience. Meatballs starter, Filler steak main followed by Tirimisu and Brandy coffee. Absolutely perfect!!! Good value as well. Always tip above the service charge as the staff are attentive,...

Food average and expensive we asked for a 30 minute break after our starters they turned up after 10 minutes poor service avoid the calamari at all costs

Very kind attentive staff, I’ve personally been here once before and now wanting to come back here all the time, food is great and portion sizes are very good. Thankyou for a lovely evening :)

Excellent Modern Turkish restaurant with a warm/friendly atmosphere. We ordered a variety of dishes as suggested ,all were delicious with so many different flavours. The Keskek(Barley risotto) with organic pulled lamb was my personal favourite. We will be back.

So firstly I'm not sure how 'authentic' this Turkish restaurant is, but from the food being offered it was far from authentic from what I know of Turkish restaurants. Sure, it has a captive clientele and will no doubt appeal to those who aren't bothered whether the food on offer is Halal or not – but I can confirm that it is NOT! So in my somewhat naive view if you are an authentic Turkish restaurant then you by default would have to offer Halal food. I will say that the management has at least made the effort to come across as a traditional establishment, by hanging pictures of Turkish folk wearing 'traditional' Muslim clothes and even having a picture which has 'Allah' and Muhammed' (PBUH) written in Arabic – I guess this in their view makes them traditional enough but they just don't offer Halal food at their restaurant! Clearly as a Muslim my choices were reduced to fish or vegetarian; so, considering the food that I ordered and the quality of it, I would have to say it was no more than mediocre! I had the Halloumi as the starters, which was, well just Halloumi followed by the prawns as the main dish and seemed to have been sourced straight from Sainsbury's or Tesco! There could not have been more than 6 in plate, swimming around in a watery red sauce accompanied with some ill defined slimy vegetable and some pitta bread which was no more than a quarter of the normal pitta that you can buy from the supermarkets. It was completely bland! So, for me not only did they fail to deliver quality food, but they must be the only 'authentic Turkish' restaurant in the UK that does not offer Halal food; and that considering Luton with its massive Muslim population is probably 5 to 6 miles away where they can easily source Halal products. I guess it is far easier for this restaurant to offer non-halal food, make more profit as it is cheaper than using Halal products. And I get that Turkey is secular, but then don't hang pictures and the writings in your establishment that suggest otherwise! Will definitely never return!

Hmmm. Firstly I do not live in Harpenden, so £29 plus 12.5 % service charge for a small sirloin steak seem a tad expensive to me, an outsider. A waiter didn't know what Pisco was, yet it was on the menu. The atmosphere wasn't anything different to other restaurants. Turkish coffee which came with the crème brûlée was not available, as the "machine was broken". We were not offered an alternative until we asked and additionally charged for a americano. The other two members of staff were attentive and very friendly. A tapas like experience with good food.

Great place to eat. Lovely flavours and very nice friendly service. Thank you

Fine Turkish tapas … excellent for shoring

This is our favourite Italian restaurant, just love it.. the staff are friendly and attentive, the food is delish and the restaurant itself is lovely. We always manage to park on the high street which is a bonus, after 6pm it's free anyway, spaces are...

Had dinner here with friends on 27/4, we had all been here previously. Another very enjoyable evening at Zaza with excellent service and very good food. Menu has plenty of choice and we all enjoyed three courses. All the food we had was well prepared,...

We had a lovely table and the dishes were delicious as always

Absolutely fantastic! Been going for 3 years and they haven't put foot wrong yet! I'm waiting though, but will still give a great review. Everything is perfect, too perfect, they have to f^*k at some point, but they just don't. The staff, the food, the...

Yet again another delicious meal at Zaza Harpenden, it's so hard to resist not coming here, it's such a lovely restaurant, the staff are friendly and attentive and the food well what can I say..... Mmmmmmmm 😋... A favourite of mine is the Penne Toscana...