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Pizza Express

Pizza Express

137 High Street, Watford, United Kingdom, WD17 2ER

Pizza • Cafés • Mexican • Seafood


"Now I’m not someone who ever complains or a ‘Karen’ so to speak but this was so apalling and frustrating I have to say something. We should’ve known what myself and my boyfriend were in for when we saw a couple walk out before ordering. We were upstairs with a 3 large table of teens who kept walking around, throwing things. But whatever we weren’t too bothered were very patient people. When we ordered we waited an hour. Yes, an HOUR for x1 dough balls and chicken wings We had only started eating them for 3 minutes when suddenly our mains came out. The woman (purple hair) was incredibly rude when she handed it to us. Also… the pizzas were FREEZING Going to Antarctica for a holiday is probably warmer than the pizzas that were served. We asked two separate members of staff for our water and dips we ordered. When we finally asked a 3rd member of staff she didn’t give us glasses for the water and was never seen on our floor again. We paid on the app and left as soon as, staff were ignoring us as we left, no one asked during our meal how it was. No one said goodbye and thankyou as staff etiquette goes when you leave a restaurant. I understand that it was a Saturday night and probably very stressful and busy. But clearly no communication amongst staff as when we left, staff members by the chef station were clearly having a domestic between eachother (awkward)"

Vanchino's

Vanchino's

320 St. Albans Road, Watford, United Kingdom

Pizza • Asiatic • Italian • European


"Went to Vanchino's for breakfast based on its TripAdvisor rating in Watford and we wanted to go to somewhere that wasn't a chain restaurant. I'd never been but the pictures looked good and thought we'd give it a go. The restaurant is large, clean and welcoming if a bit dated. It was rather empty with only around 6 other diners but that suited us as it was peaceful for a mid-morning breakfast. We ordered our drinks and food, and this is where things started to go wrong. The waitress was lovely and helpful but our food took 50 minutes to arrive. I'd expect this of a busy restaurant but not one where there are only a handful of other diners, of which 4 of them already had their food. The descriptions of the breakfasts are so enticing, so we were expecting good things. Perhaps that's why the food was taking so long... alas no. The food was underwhelming to say the least and one of our orders was late, and wrong. Maybe we just ordered the wrong things, but it was very much as though they had given the very minimum required to create each dish; 2 strawberries on the strawberry pancakes, no cinnamon on the french toast, 2 sausage bap turned out to be filled with mangled sausage meat in an oily fleatbread which was much more akin to a kebab than a sausage bap. I really wanted it to be good, because there really aren't enough independent places for breakfast/bunch in watford but I doubt I'll be returning. I have heard good things about Vanchino's pizza so, if you're thinking of coming for breakfast, perhaps best to avoid and wait til dinner."

Lal Bagh Tandoori

Lal Bagh Tandoori

7 Chalk Hill, Bushey, Watford, WD194BL, WD19 4BL, United Kingdom

Kebab • Pizza • Seafood • Fast Food


"Yesterday evening at 7:30pm we ordered a takeaway from this curry house, local to my Mum. She had used them previously and the curry was good and they delivered on time. (This is the only reason I have given a review of Poor rather than Terrible. On this occasion however, having ordered over £100 of curries and sides, our order took almost 2 hours to be delivered they had said an hour. When we phoned (4 times to find out where the driver was, we were told he'd left and would be with us soon. (They had the full address and postcode and had been there before. They also had my mobile number. When he eventually arrived he had 3 bottles of beer to give us as an apology for his lateness so he obviously was still on the premises when we'd called. So the lateness was an issue as was his tone; as was the fact that when we called the curry house with the driver still with us, they insisted that the manager would not be available until after 22:30 and so they couldn't do anything about the problem. I don't buy that. The curry itself was also an issue. We would have had a far more flavourful curry by cooking one ourselves using Pataks curry paste, if only we'd known earlier! I think they'd run out of spices, and they clearly didn't know Makhani Dahl from Korma sauce, because that's what we'd got. My Karahi (Korai Lamb was bland, more like a stew and the naan bread's were definitely not garlic. I dislike writing bad reviews I just tend to not go back. But this time I felt it necessary as even though we didn't pay the full amount we gave the driver £100 instead of the £112.20 they'd asked for, it really wasn't worth the money we were all just so hungry that there was no other option. I can only imagine that they had new/different staff in from when my Mum last ordered, and they fell apart because it was a Saturday night and had over committed on their deliveries. It's no excuse though, don't waste your money."