Veer Dhara Restaurant, St Albans Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is amazing! Suggested to my brother in law for his graduation lunch. It was perfect lunch."
• "The best Indian buffet in Uk, I am so happy I had good food after so long and definitely coming back."
• "The King Prawn Tawa is one of the finest Indian dishes I've tasted, it was superb."
• "Hands down the best curry I have ever had!!! This was the Lobster curry and I cant wait to go again."
• "The food we ordered for my birthday was exceptional."
• "Food was delicious. The naan breads were so light and fresh, the curries were full of flavour and not greasy."
• "Fantastic, authentic Indian food."

Cons:

• "Terrible service and average food."
• "The food for the most part was bland by Indian standards across both veg and non- veg options."
• "The food that we did get to try was terrible quality."
• "Worst Biryani and Lamb Shank I ever had. The amount of oil it had made it inedible."
• "Food was OK seemed like the chicken tika masala was a bit old tasting frozen defrosted chicken you can always taste."
• "The Briani was cold and Peshwari naan was soggy."
• "The vegetable biryani was below average."

Service

Pros:

• "All in all great service and special thanks to manager Darshit for all the recommendations."
• "Family of four enjoyed impeccable service and delicious food."
• "Very good service and very attentive staff."
• "Service is great and feels very family-like."
• "Service was professional & the food was delicious, very light & full of flavour, best curry I've had in ages!"
• "Amazing food, amazing service. The staff were very pleasant with attention to detail."
• "The staff were polite and attentive. Full marks!"

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, the staff have no customer service at all service charges also not a good look."
• "Service was slow and drinks had to be ordered twice because they never came."
• "Service at peek time can be little problem rather I will say slow. But it is okay not that much."
• "Service was slow and the ambiance a bit dated."
• "Service was poor......waited long time for drinks and food."
• "Huge waits and not great food."
• "Incredibly poor service."

Ambiance and Decor

Pros:

• "The decor was very pleasing as well."
• "The ambience is so beautiful, I was feeling like I am at India."
• "Nice venue & good atmosphere."
• "Decor doesn't work great in daylight, much better at night when it's usually full - great buzz."
• "Really great Ambiance of the restaurant, Great service and food."
• "The decor and atmosphere was lovely and the food was incredibly good."
• "The ambiance is really nice and feel-good atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Do NOT book this restaurant - we booked with confirmation and turned up to no table for us."
• "Very noisy and it was difficult to chat."
• "Service was slow and the ambiance a bit dated."
• "Place lacked any real atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere, like last time, was lacking. Just 2 or 3 other tables were in use when we arrived."
• "I wish the food was as good as their interior décor, unfriendly atmosphere."
• "Went for the buffet very disappointing, service was very lazy, nobody asks how your food is, just if you’ve finished."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great value for money. Will go back again to try the menu."
• "Prices are super nice!"
• "Arrived on time and good value as well."
• "Considering the quality, the price is very reasonable. Jem of St. Albans."
• "Prices are mixed but they are quite affordable and you also get a good portion of food."
• "Such an inexpensive treat, at £6 for a full curry, with rice and naan."
• "I found the cost was reasonable considering amount of food we ordered."

Cons:

• "It's a bit costly restaurant.. I am rating 4* just because of high price and the quantity of starter is very less."
• "For the same amount spent would have had twice more food in Mumtaz."
• "The assorted non-vegetarian starter is overpriced and consisted of 4 small items, one of which was basically all bone and no meat."
• "Way too expensive and definitely not worth the price."
• "Given the price the portion is too small."
• "Food average and overpriced."
• "Way over priced and won't be going back!"

Parking and Accessibility

Pros:

• "There's a multistorey car park not too far and that makes it convenient too."

Cons:

• "The only issue is they don't have their parking, so you have to park somewhere else."
• "Important one parking if you driving down can be challnage as they don't have parking that to on road more then 3 car space."
• "Veer Dhara does not have any parking of its own therefore you need to look around for parking on side streets and that was a bit of pain."
• "If you use a wheelchair it is the side entrance. The only issue is that you are entering the kitchen, and it is not easy to enter the building."