Address: 31 Market Pl, St Albans, AL3 5DL, United Kingdom
Phone: +441727853569
Rating: 4.6
based on 157 reviews.
Service
Pros:
"The service was perfect and the prices very fair."
"Service was fast and very efficient."
"Service good and friendly."
"Service is very good, waiting staff attentive and polite/helpful."
"speedy service"
"Service was fantastic, food was full of flavour and sizeable portions."
"Service was excellent, food was amazing."
Cons:
"as there were only 2 servers, the service was slow, which was disappointing"
"service very slow then as we left the Waitress ran out after us saying we had not paid enough"
"Staff extremely rude so we left without eating."
"Unfortunately due to the manager being highly rude and condescending to me and my 6 friends it spoiled the night."
"The manager was incredibly rude and hounded us to hurry that we only had 2 hours on our table."
"Umm where to start. Staff is rude and lack basic courtesy/ manners."
"The only reason that I've given this place a 1 star rating is the food poisoning I got from eating here which took me out for two days."
Ambience
Pros:
"Good ambience, great ambience and very friendly place."
"Nice ambience, we like the room decoration and lampshades etc."
"You really could be in Marrakech when you dine here."
"Very nice atmosphere."
"atmosphere and their attention to detail superb."
"What a lovely atmosphere, the smell of the food was enticing."
"The restaurant has a lovely cosy atmosphere."
Cons:
"Only small thing (really small!) was that we (party of 6) went on a warm day, with the food served piping hot and the venue a bit small it was a little bit warm."
"It's a little intimidating to see no prices on the dinner menu under £10."
"Decor and design needs refreshing"
"the music was ridiculously cheesey with love ballads, a v loud."
"The food has no taste, no atmosphere feel like sitting in elly very small."
"Other tables were offered dessert plates and we were not, and despite it being a special birthday, it was a fairly functional feeling service and atmosphere."
"Wish the place was a bit bigger!!"
Food
Pros:
"Good service with a smile.. excellent authentic dishes in cosy authentic surrounds."
"The mixed grill was good the lamb tagine was not as flavoursome as I was hoping for."
"The food is excellent."
"The food was some of the best I've tasted, the calamari was beautiful and lamb shank so tender."
"Delicious food with amazing variety and complexity of spicing."
"food was very hot and well presented"
"Food was so good, lots of choice, wonderful flavours & very reasonably priced for the portion sizes."
Cons:
"The meals could have done with more spice. My lamb shank was quite bland."
"Mezze dish was ok - can be improved."
"However, the main course was not as good as one would expect."
"Food wasn't that good very bland"
"Presentation looks good but food quality is zero. Rice is old and smells funny."
"Food terrible. Friend had a piece of plastic in her meal. I had a slice of fat that was supposed to be beef."
"The starter meze to share was not bad but also nothing special, the mains a prawn cous cous and a lamb tagine were very bland in flavour."
Value
Pros:
"Prices great ..... what’s not too like."
"Food was so good, lots of choice, wonderful flavours & very reasonably priced for the portion sizes."
"Reasonable prices ensured a very good evening complete with ambience."
"Lunchtime meal deal is fantastic value."
"Reasonably priced for what you get. Very generous portions on the mains."
"Prices were very reasonable for what was served."
"Despite inflation the prices are still what I call reasonable for a fine dining venue."
Cons:
"No value for money none of mains comes with bread or rice if you want bread you need to pay extra."
"Price is a little expensive, but it is more of an up market eatery and dining experience."
"The wine was very expensive."
"I also thought that it was overpriced for what we had."
"The house red wasn't to my taste, so I got a Malbec, which was poor value at £25.95."
"I’m giving three stars because the shocking bill we had"
"Not the cheapest but still good value."
Entertainment
Pros:
"They arrange belly dancing on every Thursday evening."
"There's a dancer, who compliments the atmosphere, for a short time every Thursday."
"the belly dancer was an excellent touch & very talented."
"the Thursday belly dancer is a bonus if you're there then"
Cons:
"the music was ridiculously cheesey with love ballads, a v loud."