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New lease of life for former Watford pub

9:40am Saturday 4th September 2010 in


A well-known former Watford pub will begin a new lease of life on Tuesday – as a curry restaurant.

The Verulam, in St Albans Road, was sold to new owners in June. They have since converted the run-down building to a seven-day-a-week Indian buffet.

The new venture, called the Tazeem Buffet, will open at 6pm on Tuesday. Co-owner Suyel Ali said: “We are really excited about it and we have had very good feedback from the local community.”

Comments(15)

mrst148 says...
10:43am Sat 4 Sep 10

A former Watford pub in St Albans, the new owners owners of which have received good fees back from the local community?

Please remove my comment when you edit the article, so it isn't me that appears daft!

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The Rover says...
11:49am Sat 4 Sep 10

The Verulam was a pub on on St.Albans Road in Watford, not in St.Albans!

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The Eye of Mordor says...
2:24pm Sat 4 Sep 10

What an appalingly written article - has someone been on the beers early ?

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SimonGarston says...
3:08pm Sat 4 Sep 10

I drove past this place today and the name on the sign board read Buffet Lounge.

Mr Skinner are you suffering from a hang over ????

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The Rover says...
3:19pm Sat 4 Sep 10

“We are really excited about it and we have had very good fee back from the local community.”

How much was this fee that you charged the community?!!!

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Dancing Queen says...
4:24pm Sat 4 Sep 10

It still looks run down. I live locally and haven't been asked for a fee.

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watfordboy3 says...
4:49pm Sat 4 Sep 10

We are no really spoilt for choice on St Albans Road are we? This resturant / Buffet had better be good or it stands no chance, i have visited Blue Ginger and Rooftops in Harrow both are excellent, if this is half as good it may stand a chance. Good luck to them anyway, its got to be better than the old Vel, shame buts thats the way it goes!

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The Rover says...
4:59pm Sat 4 Sep 10

Dancing Queen wrote:
It still looks run down. I live locally and haven't been asked for a fee.
I agree. For a new restaurant trying to make an impression they need to tidy up the outside a bit. It still looks like a run down pub.

Maybe they will spruce it up when they have collected all of their fees!

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watfordrick says...
5:43pm Sat 4 Sep 10

I have heard on the grapevine that they will be giving free food on the first day and i certainly be going to get my free grub!

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flyinghornet says...
9:51pm Sat 4 Sep 10

i've seen it advertised that the first week the buffet is half price,and as i do love a ruby and a beer or two,i will certainly be paying a visit.

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chris6955 says...
11:20pm Sat 4 Sep 10

The Pub died because of parking restrictions where do I park to eat in north Watford?

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Pishedup Paddi says...
4:07am Sun 5 Sep 10

Nah! Not more foreign rubbish, surely....

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The Eye of Mordor says...
10:23am Sun 5 Sep 10

in answer to chris , there's a car park right opposite it at the bottom of the harebreaks opposite the church , pretty limited parking though ..

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Harry H Hornet says...
5:29pm Mon 6 Sep 10

chris6955 wrote:
The Pub died because of parking restrictions where do I park to eat in north Watford?
ASDA

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theo2 says...
1:34pm Fri 10 Sep 10

hey rover, did you actually go in the pub.
i actually knew the managers there and they were trying their hardest there but with all the druggies around the area it didnt help.
they really dont need people going round slaggin them off.
and for your information it didnt die at all they were making the pub actually pick up after bein run down as bad as it was until the indiand bloody bought it and had the marvollous idea about turning it in to a curry house WOW!!
get your facts right.
oh and for the parking issue yes there was a carpark across the road and also a carpark behind the pub!!

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