written by burl on 20/11/2005
Good Points
Plenty of food, good choice, friendly staff, fast service, and good vegetarian selection
Bad Points
Drinks a little pricey, but this is a restaurant!
General Comments
I was pleasantly surprised by the Aroma restaurant in Stevenage, Hertfordshire - a 3 course pig out meal with drinks for £15.00 a head! How can anyone complain? The staff were all nice and helpful. An earlier reviewer missed the point - the waiters remove your plates as soon as they are empty, so when you go to the buffet again you can't drop your unfinished sauce all over the nice clean food!
On a Saturday evening, around 6:30, they found a table for 8 immediately, even though the place was packed. We were given a rough time limit of 1 1/2 hours, which was more than enough to go over the top... The place was full of families with kids, who all seemed to be enjoying themselves. We all overdid it a bit, and ate until we were stuffed - 2 lots of starters, 2 (or in some cases 3) plates of main course, and at least 2 deserts each. 2 of our party had to go and stand outside for 5 minutes to let the food settle! There were no glaring waiters, they didn't even bat an eyelid when we ordered jugs of tap water for our second drinks.
I would definitely take the family there for a different eating experience, but it was just as good for our stag party before heading off to the pubs!
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