Ashiana Spice — Restaurant in North Hertfordshire

We visited this restaurant recently for the first time and regrettably last, with some friends, who we had not seen for a over a year. It was recommended by a colleague of my husband, and after checking out the reviews, I booked a table. When we arrived we where happy with what we saw. A modern and well laid out restaurant. Initial the restaurant was quite empty, but as the evening progressed it began to fill up. The noise level was unbelievably load. We had to shout at each other at the top of our voices to have any sort of dialogue, and in the end we just could not hear each other, despite it being a narrow table. The hosts manner was over familiar and despite apologising for the noise, his actions seemed to encourage it, joining in with the drinking and banter. Food was perfectly good, but the evening we where so looking forward to so much, was ruined by it, and we did not feel he had been able to have the evening we...

The owner, Iqbal, is almost certainly the best front of house in Royston, probably Hertfordshire and possibly the whole of East Anglia. I honestly don't know how he maintains his enthusiasm and personal attention, in what can be an extremely high pressure environment. It would be remiss of me not to mention the staff, who have all taken a leaf out of Iqbal's book and are equally attentive and friendly. Of course, you don't go to a restaurant simply for a nice chat. You want good food and Ashiana Spice delivers in spades. If you like authentic Indian food, do yourself a...

It's been a while since I wrote a review of Ashiana Spice and l pleasingly once again it can be very positive. The staff were as welcoming as ever and the food as good as ever. As an indication that you can't please all the people all the time, the Prawn Puree was a bit different to when we've had it previously. I loved it but my wife was a little disappointed, not that she didn't like it, but she preferred the previous versions. We both loved everything else we had. We even got chatting to a lovely young couple on the next table which made the evening all the...