The Raj of Hertford — Restaurant in East Hertfordshire

Don't be fooled by the reviews as it's all from the locals who don't know what a good Indian is due to Limited knowledge and limited taste buds.

The meat dishes were good and tasty but the veggie dishes were not good at all. I had the samosas, which was oily and tasteless along with bland paneer in tamarind sauce. I had daal which was not chillie, a basic dish...I had better. Apparently they only cater for the western taste buds, not for the authentic Indians like the restaurants in west London . Also the dishes they do is the same as all the Indian dishes to every other restaurant in broxbourne, hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Waltham Cross. The sad thing is, the locals don't know what a good Indian is as this is all they know, and its sad, because if these restuarant just opened up the locals taste buds to other dishes like manchurian, Daal Makhani, gujarati style vegetable Samosa and introduce a lot more dishes, that originates from napalease and Punjabi rather than Bangladesh then the restaurant would be looking at a big hit amongst the locals ($$$). Even indo-chinese like hakka land would be mind blowing amongst the locals. To get something close to that would be going to PONSBOURNE in hertford (to expensive) or Amrit in St. Albans (slightly far) or travel the miles to Ealing, Maida Vale, Hounslow, Harrow or Wembley for true authentic kosher Indian food. Even restuarant in Willesden Green does amazing Naplease Indian food. Its only in the boroughs of Hertfordshire & Broxbourne region is where good Indian food is lacked, and the locals don't know any different.

They have not created a variety of unique dishes as you will find all the dishes in average curry houses elsewhere in the local area of Hertfordshire - False advertisement.

Service was great and the restuarant was dead for a Monday evening, but not to say it must get busy other days...

We just recently moved to Hertford and The Raj is just around the corner so we thought we'd give it a try. The menu is huge and there is lots of variety which is always pleasing. We ordered a chicken and lamb passanda which wasn't that great, there was too much oil in the dish and the flavour of the curry was that of a watered down coconut sauce, disappointing. The other curry we ordered was a chicken makhani, this on the other hand was very delicious, the coconut flavour was intense but perfect. We also order a couple naan breads and a palak paneer, both of which didn't live up to our expectations and were quite bland. It's a shame our first experience wasn't the best as we'd hoped this would become our new local curry house. We will wait until next year before ordering again with the hope things would have...

We’ve been loyal customers of The Raj in Hertford for 17 years, always enjoying great food and service. But after a year away, our recent visit was a shock.

We shared one main (£24) and a side (£6.95), plus four pints of Diet Coke. The bill came to £59.70—£27.80 just for the drinks, charged at £6.95 each. That’s more than £2.35 above Hertford’s average. Absolutely outrageous.

The thali promised a quarter chicken, but what arrived was minute—barely a mouthful.

We’ve heard it’s under new management, and sadly, it shows. We won’t...