New Shapla Tandoori in Watford

Food was so lovely, lamb in my biriyani was tender and delicious however I thought there would be a little bit more spice as it was quite bland

Excellent food and good portions

Our food was amazing. So tasty, always my go to. thank you guys 😊

Absolutely exceptional 👏 all the food fast so delicious 😋

This is unusual for some items to be cold but it’s not first time I’ve had missing Chutneys

Have been here several times over the years & honestly Karim & his team are fantastic, nothing too much trouble.. Small groups & larger (tables of 20) can be accommodated with notice & even kids meals for those who maybe fussy eaters or have dietary needs.. A gem of a place..

absolutely delicious great portions arrived hot and packed with flavour

really tastey curry . I deffo having again . this is my go to curry house and I've tried them all .

Right I'm a bit of a connoisseur with my curry I use a few curry places round watford and bushey ....this place beats them all the buhna was off the charts service from babs quality and very good price aswell will definitely recommend

food was plain no favours dry horrible

Absolutely disgusted. I brought my mother to this place due to there affiliation with vibe radio station since they are always advertising through them. We ordered our mains as well as a side of poppadoms with the sauces and when we had finished and our table was in the process of being cleaned and removing the sauces from our table the Gentleman on the table near to us was given the mint sauce that I was using. I immediately pulled the waiter aside and said that was disgusting what he just done, I also notified the table he gave it to who had just used the sauce I had been using. The owner came over and had a go at me stating his staff would never do this, even when another table stated he just witnessed exactly what I had said.

Always amazing, our go-to takeaway now! Reliable, tastes amazing and great prices. Always recommend them to friends, A++

I have missed your delightful cuisine so much! Thank you for a feast fit for a king! x

The food was not that great and I ask for lamb curry and than ended up with very dark and hard meat and the owner slipped up and said it was goat meat , because I thought it was beef , they are using goat meat and saying it is lamb , and I still have to pay for the meal deal with got and they still charge me separate for the starter main and side when it is meant to come together .

the food was excellent, especially the paneer. the puris were really good too.. not too greasy. a really nice experience

Very filling and tasty. Will definitely use again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nice food always enjoy food owner is very helpful and kind person

If you want/need a good old fashion curry, this is the best place in Watford, NW London. Huge range of dishes and they all taste different, as they should. The staff are also amazing and will look after your every need, including off menu items. 10/10

Great Indian takeaway - whole family loved it

Great food, great staff great service

Highly recommended the food was incredible.

Never disappoints old ones are the best

By far the best curry house in Watford. You won't get a better selection or quality of food from any other Indian. Would highly recommend. The banquet deal also gives you a chance to try across the menu.

This place never fails to deliver great quality food. In all our family opinion so much nicer than the restaurant next door. Rather than walking by give it a try you won't be disappointed.

The food arrived early and was absolutely delicious. The delivery man was super friendly, too. I will definitely be ordering from Shapla again, I can certainly see why it has been around and popular for as long as it has.

One of watfords oldest curry houses and still one of the best kareem and his staff offer fantastic food and great service

Great value food but the restaurant was very quiet. However, extremely helpful and friendly staff.

Simply the best indian in sheffeild

Best takeaway for a long time, tasty, hot and delivered super quick.

Quality is alright but some dishes are so very sweet, food is unedible, don’t order creamy dishes! My korma was simply drenched with sugar. Reconsider before ordering here!

Order was all wrong . Couldn’t be ate. Rang restaurant was told to contact just eat. Very disappointed

If you have choices - and you probably do - you should probably consider them before eating here. Out of the three dishes we ordered, one was good, one was a way too sweet Tikka Massala dish and the third was even sweeter with dry, overcooked chicken. Plus points: Wheelchair accessible, reasonable prices, nearby parking.

Always amazing food from here and delivery’s always on time, couldn’t recommend more!

Excellent food. Never had a bad meal from the New Shapla

Had the meal deal and I think I was over charged had 1 bottle of wine meal deal and it came to 83.00 a bit much 😞

The Dining started off fine until I spotted something unbelievable... This was heavy in COVID19 times where restaurants were opening back up after our second lockdown and I had taken my mother out for a birthday meal and whilst I was eating a poppadom dipping this into a mint sauce of which I put this aside once finished the waiter came to remove dirty plates before mains when a table beside us asked for more mint sauce and out of shock he took what we had on our table and gave it straight to them, I was gobsmacked and shocked that I felt I must be mistaken. The family started using the mint sauce as a dip, I checked his trolley to discover the mint sauce was gone that he just removed from my table. I told them what he had just done. I brought this up to the owner and kicked off with him and I was asked to leave after paying for what I had already eaten. Of course the family refused to pay at this point as I should have done also. And whenever I hear their adverts on Watfords 107.6 Vibe FM I cringe at the memory and always have to silence my car radio at the realisation its another ""NEW"" Shapla Tandoori advert.

Food hasn’t been delivered at all

Food was excellent, would definitely order from you again.

Great evening Service fab and delicious 😋 foods

Amazing meal. Lovely service. Food is of good quality and the deals are amazing

the internet said 5,30, I thought it might be later, and it was. Still the guy was friendly and the food tastes good. thank you new shapla

Lovely food, service is brilliant, friendly. I recommend to anyone to visit with drinks.

Food was tasty - bit late for delivery

Nice enough curry at fairly decent price. Not top notch but probably about the best in Watford

Great food as usual, delivered hot and on time. Thank you all!

Good food and very friendly staff

Great food will order again and again. Keep up the good work.

Every other time I order, there’s a problem. Something missing or incorrect. To be fair they do fix problems quickly. But please check your orders properly before they leave the restaurant. Very frustrating as otherwise it’s good.

Disgusting biriyani with HALF EGG cheap quality

Ordered because it promised 15-30 mins. When processed it said an hour then we got a delayed message so 75 mins . poor packaging meant one had leaked. Tasted good

Just Eat app said 1 hour delivery time which is normal for a Saturday night. The app then said food was on its way within the delivery time, but once the delivery time had passed the app said delivered, but no food had arrived. We waited a further half hour (so an hour and a half since ordering) before calling the restaurant who said they hadn't made the order yet and it would be at least another half hour. We eventually got our food after a 2.5 hour wait. Not sure why the restaurant logged the order as on its way or delivered before it had been made, but it's not good for business and seemed like the food had been out for delivery for a long time as was cold.

Spoke to the store twice, both people were very very rude to me and one admitted he didn’t care about his customers and told me I was wasting his time Food turned up over 2 hours after I ordered it. Stone cold as you’d imagine, we reheated it and it was impossible to cut and eat. Wasn’t edible and not worth over £50 of my hard earned money, All went in the bin a waste of money and. Waste of my evening. AVOID GUYS

Enjoyed a lovely meal , hot and on time ☺️

I order extra mint sauce because it’s hot and you forgot it and even the one that comes with my starter missing papadam and a tomato chilli chutney too that’s bad

We visited the New Shapla on 23rd December 2022. We enjoy Indian food and have eaten it in many countries including India. We had the Gourmet menu, starter, main, rice, side and coffee at a cost of £19.95. My starter was a mixed starter consisting of onion bajee, chicken tikka, lamb tikka. My husband chose tandoori fish. Both were large portions and delicious. Our mains were equally good along with our side dishes. I have no hesitation in giving this restaurant 5* . The food was excellent, the staff friendly and the Manager went out of his way to welcome us and to ensure we had an enjoyable evening.

Great food however was a hour later than planned - got it at 22:30, driver did apologise for being late but no reason given.

Delayed twice - arrived hour late - missing item (Nan bread)

Very bad taste and the food was looking very disgusting

Very good portions very tasty and piping hot

Order from here all the time, normally very nice. The food was terrible tonight, chicken was so over cooked it was burnt! And the taste of the chicken curry we ordered was fowl. Definitely put us off ordering from here again. Would NOT recommend, extremely disappointing for £50!!!

I've said this before but we’ve never, ever been disappointed eating at the New Shapla and the owner, Karim, always comes over to have a chat and to ensure everything is in order. As usual the restaurant is well furnished and comfortable. Everything is always crisp and clean as are the toilet facilities. The menu choice is great and Babs, the head waiter, always seems to know what fabulous dishes we like best. It’s a great restaurant and we’ll definitely keep coming back. Thanks Karim and Babs.

Amazing food and delivery time

A friend and I wanted to catch up and he recommended this restaurant. We arrived and discovered that the meal deal (Starter, main, side, with rice or naan) was still available and we went with that. Not particularly adventurous; kebab starter, lady fingers and dopiaza. The meal came promptly, well cooked and hot. The staff were attentive. What I did like was that the food was not loaded with salt. So could taste the spices. Very happy and a good price too.

Mixed tandoori was ok, despite being bit expensive for the amount given. Special Mixed biryani sorry to say the worst I have eaten… no salt, no taste,….not happy about paying £2.5 for small glass of coke, filled from a 2l bottle with no gas. Sorry to say that we won’t go again.

Although late, we were kept informed, food excellent as always, we love the food and service at Sharla, both delivery and eat in, staff are helpful, friendly and professional, our go to I Dian Restaurant

Would of given full stars if the food was hot.

Best Indian In Watford I’ve Had Them All.. Lamb Tikka Phall Is A Must If You Like It Hot 💯🔥

Customer service was excellent specially by owner of restaurant food was excellent restaurant was clean taste of food was good

Love the staff and food very tasty

First time I've had Indian takeaway from here, the tandoori mixed special and it tasted like vomit. Not sure what the chef's pallet is doing. Worst Indian I've had.

Always good food and friendly staff. Price is unbeatable

Excellent!!! We dinned here twice during our stay as the food was so tasty. Service was attentive and efficient, They couldn’t have been more accommodating, taking the time to make recommendations to suit our tastes.

Did not read the delivery instructions - but driver was friendly, polite and patient. Food was very oily, meat was dry and hard to chew (not good for Biriyani) - will probably order again in future and hope it’s better next time.

Its expensive and moreover they taking extra service charge 3.45 but bad customer service

Food was oily, the sauce on the curries was far too sweet as opposed to other restaurants. Food wasn't hot and the onion bhajis were dry.Will Go next door to the sizzler next time.

Very polite and friendly staff, Good good, well cooked - just not a fan of the neon pink lighting🤔🤔

Lovely food as always, lovely and hot, could not fault the service

Bland ; dry = old food (several days being recycled). Way over priced% I’m happy to pay high for good food. If I had a dog = wouldn’t feed it from here. Avoid .

I was so so happy it came early I was so hungry and I love the food I’m such a piggy I love it

Great service, food was amazing as always. Piping hot and delivered quick!

Delivered on time, very tasty, this was the first time I have ordered with Shapla but will be ordering again. If I was being really picky it would be great if the keema rice could be made a bit bigger when its £6.95. Great though, if you haven't tried, make sure you do, top hygiene rating too.

Very poor food quality and small portions

Chicken Tandoori had only Two Legs pieces for £8.95 whereas it should have a whole chicken, Phal was just full of chilly, no flavour, biryani was just bland and not at all worth £11.95. Very disappointing. Tried for the first time to try not at all worth it. Can get much better takeout and worth for money in Watford. Review: Please don't order.

Excellent Food, Good Service... Always 5 ⭐

Great Korma are so small. Really disappointed on that side

Worth the trip from Southampton food very good the atmosphere was good thank you chris

Food was excellent it always is.

Lovely meal...will order again!

Over charged by 10 pounds and food took 2 hours to arrive, food wasn't that good at all. Avoided this place at all costs Unless you like GSM food

Excellent food Very fresh,and tasty

Fantastic. Food was so tasty. Definitely ordering from here again

The delivery time of 2 and a half hours was ridiculous, although the food was piping hot when received.

Lovely food as always and friendly service 😊 Thank you and Happy New Year.

It wasnt very hot,very bland,didnt enjoy it at all,

Lovely food as always and piping hot. Highly recommended

First, the restaurant said they don't have the order. But then they did have it. They said "it's being delivered as we speak". Yeah, but the food was cold on arrival.

Lovely authentic food resturant quality.

We had a table of 7. Everyone's meals arrived together, hot and as ordered. Food was of a good quality.

Really not happy with the oily, tastless, bland and stale food we got from here. Me and my boyfriend’s tummies are not happy🤢🤢🤢 DO NOT EAT FROM HERE.

1st time ordering from here for a long time. Food was decent enough.