Ask Restaurants

So I’ve been to this Ask twice, first time me and the family and a lovely brunch meal, I can’t remember what we had but it was delicious and the waiter was very accommodating.
Like a previous reviewer said it has been seriously kitted out like you’ve just walked into an IKEA show room, the fact is it used to be an old Post Office!
Second time came for my sister birthday, and I remember eating a lot of delicious food. I don’t know the name I had a tomato based, meatball pasta dishes. I tried a variety of starters that I enjoyed plus it was the first time I tried Presco and it was a wonderful introduction.
This branch would of got 4 – 5 stars if they had given me the correct discount that me as a Waitroise partner is entitled too which is 40% but instead I was given 20%. I know business was slow that night by don’t take the piss! Plus we felt coming to the end they were getting impatient due to the fact we were a small group and they wanted to close down, but their were other diners as well. I did complain to the head office, with them saying they would contact me back but never did.
So yeah that put a damper on me returning to this particular branch.

Lunch — why is it so difficult to decide where to eat when you’re in the middle of Watford where there are as many eateries as you have fingers and toes?
Having a Tastecard certainly assists in the process of choosing where to eat in times like this. Ask was literally round the corner from where we were and found ourselves to be only the 2^nd table in use for lunch.
The décor has been «updated» but we felt it had been kitted out from IKEA and looked utilitarian. There were no other diners apart from the people already there when we arrived and ourselves.
We feel that the naff décor and the diminished menu (fewer items on the menu that I remember from my last visit — admittedly quite some time ago), combined with no lunchtime specials menu, have put people off from returning to this restaurant. No complaints about the food but disappointing lack of ambience.

I took my daughter here and we had a terrible experience, none of our meals arrived together, mine was not as ordered and had to be sent back. The only thing I can say is that the waiter was helpful and tried to resolve my concerns taking my meal off the bill and offering us both a free dessert but I would never go back.

On a cold and wet day, after some intense shopping, me and me mum headed for Ask. My mother opted for the Pollo e Pancetta salad, whilst I had the Margarita pizza with chips.
The Pollo e Pancetta salad was delicious (I may well have sneaked a bite). The chicken tasted freshly grilled, and was generously portioned in the salad. With plenty of meat, the salad itself was nothing fancy, but it was tasty and filling. My Margarita pizza was well cooked, with plenty of cheese and sauce and well flavoured with herbs. But the true star of the show, and the real reason I go back again and again, is their chips. Thin cut, flecked with herbs and served with a thick garlic mayonnaise dip, I cannot recommend them enough. Impossibly moreish, they make everything around them taste better. On its own, the pizza may be a little bland, and certainly not as vivacious as its Pizza Express counterpart, but coupled with the chips, you just can’t stop eating.
One quick exit later and my mother and I made our way home, full and content in a way that only good, comforting food can make you. Maybe not the place for all far out foodies, but a safe and consistently good choice for all us rank and file eaters out there.

I went here on Saturday 31^st Jan 2009 and had an absolutely dreadful experience.
We had to hunt down staff to do anything for us. It took 30 minutes before we were able to order anything. It then took an hour between being served the starter and our main meals, again having to prompt a waitress. On every table that was within ear shot we heard the same complaint.
The ambience is fairly typical of an Ask or a Pizza Express. Food quality is ok, accompanied by that feeling I could cook Penne pasta and stick pesto on it for about ¹⁄₁₀^th of the cost.
The only redeaming part of the experience was the buy one get one free voucher I had. I don’t think I’ll be going there again any time soon.

I really like ask, much improved when pizza express took over, but the food tastes just like pizza express though so its not really that unique but the food is good nonetheless and nothin to complain about really.

Standard Italian, noting special, noting horrible