La Hoare in Watford

Amazing authentic food which is served fresh and with excellent service at a very reasonable price. The owners take great pride in serving delicious food consistently and always welcome feedback.

Food was amazing and so were the portion sizes!Clean and well managed.For those who love their butter chicken, it was original desi style butter chicken (not sweet) amazing!Thank you for such great food

This restaurant food is so tasty.I tried Karahi Kebab Masala with Garlic Naan and loved it.It is so neat and tidy.Staff is also friendly.I recommend to all who like pakistani food must go here once atleast.

Visited this after 10 years. Food used to be good here but now it has gone Worse. All the dishes were very badly cooked. No salt, no flavour, no taste. Not going again.

Very plain uninspiring interior, however, the food is fantastic. You also get to choose how hot/spicy you want your meal. Lahore does not have an alcohol licence but you can bring your own; I don't think that they charge corkage.

The restaurant business mainly derives its value from 3 things - ambience, food and staff. Leave aside anything being great, i would say that none of the parameters were even satisfactory. Also, their menu posted on google is an old and they have increased their prices by £2 for most of the items that I could see.Breaking down my experience -1. Ambience - it was loud and noisy, no music, the floors were dirty.2. Service - very sub-standard service. The staff wasnt rude, but they were very indifferent. We asked for the speciality and very indifferently they pointed to the section of the menu. It was just poker faces roaming around. I am just used to better service and smiling faces.3. Food - if they would have served good food, it might would have saved my experience. Hut the food was tasteless. I ordered lamb keema. It tasted like they took separate pre-cooked gravy and just sauteed boiled lamb keema for 5 mins in it. The pakistani food is full of flavours and aroma and I am used to much much more better food. We asked the staff to enhance it too and we couldnt feel any difference apart from salt being added.All in all, definitely do not recommend for the price they were charging.

Had such a disappointing meal here yesterday. This used to be my go-to place in Watford but the standards have dropped significantly. Went there on a Sunday afternoon and were the only people there, but with staff mostly pre-occupied with take-outs, service was minimal.Tandoori stuff is still OK as they HAVE to cook it fresh, but the curries were clearly microwaved - Lamb Karahi was cold when it came out and tasted... well, wrong - and the Chicken Tikka was made with gone-off yoghurt and tasted of cheese and metal. Both I and the 15 year old who ordered felt immediately sick after trying it. I feel like I should inform the council before they actually kill someone.Nothing seemed to have been checked or tasted by the chef which is just baffling. Nan breads tasted like breadsticks and clearly shop-bought - £3.95 for a peshwari nan which was basically dessicated coconut shoved in a corner shop nan bread was unacceptable. I mean how hard can it be.What's worse I complained they really didn't seem that bothered - knocked the tikka but it almost felt as if they were doing me a favour, no apology or offer to refund or freshly cook anything. It's like they just don't care any more.In summary, DO NOT EAT HERE!

Now baffled by the amount of positive reviews for this restaurant. What happened tonight then? I was excited to eat here after seeing the great reviews… We ordered a delivery, it was late when delivery time was already 1 hour, it was cold and had to be heated up before eating it, I absolutely love chickpeas but my chana masala was not nice at all, I can still taste the Aquafaba (which is the liquid you get and chickpea tins), my boyfriend said that his Nan was more like a pizza bread, it was quite tasteless on the whole, and no mango with the poppadoms. Definitely wouldn’t eat here again :(

Great food as always. We have been eating here for years and they have maintained their quality and taste.

We love this place! Always nice staff, great flavours (particularly the grilled meats), inexpensive prices and good times for all. The Special Mixed Grill is an amazing ode to grilled meats; share one with your (large) party as a starter!