Shakils in Cherwell

Another exceptional meal. Service on point as always. Nothing changes. Always great service and food here

I entered this restaurant with high hopes. Nicely decorated and very inviting. Sadly, that was the only good part. The food came far to quickly for my liking. It wasn't very good, and well overpriced. The staff were obviously not very busy, as they kept coming over and asking if everything was ok. They added 10% service charge to the bill, which I am never happy about. We won't be going there again in a hurry.

Alot of improvement needed. Quality of food and meat is not good at all. Meat especially lamb seems to be of very poor quality. Part of order was missed. Order was placed over phone and picked up.

Good quick service on take away. Food was ok - curries nice but starters were very disappointing for what you pay. A

Great Eastern cuisine. Good food , nice atmosphere and very good decor. Reasonable priced

We had a really poor experience with Shakils tonight - delivery time fine, but the food was appalling. Incredibly dry salmon tikka, barely able to be called tikka. 2x Bhuna which tasted as if a tin of chopped tomatoes had been put in a pan with one piece of pepper, a tiny bit of onion and some garlic powder and then called a curry. Tasteless, bland and a waste of £45. We now wish we had cooked. AVOID

Recent visit disappointing, very busy and noisy, seemed to have over booked themselves, staff looked stressed, noise meant you couldn't have a conversation, tables spaced very tightly together, avoid Saturday nights.

Great food. Service not brilliant, slightly slow by waiters who don't smile. Too quick to clear the table. One of our group hadn't finished but they cleared away all the finished plates, etc, without asking.

Very bad experince also charg high rates but rubis curry like cook is learning for cooking mix the lamb with oneion chpati is hard very bad experince

OMG ordered from here living in Waddesdon as found our local a tad rude. Found on Just Eat and reviews looked decent. Ordered and food was here within 30 mins on a Friday night. Food and sauce absolutely fresh and have to say best curry ever!! Decent portions and so so good. We have a new fave!!!

Beautiful restaurant , great atmosphere, food was delicious , service was excellent

Glad we chose to eat here after staying locally . Restaurant had good atmosphere, staff friendly and the food was amazing and a reasonable price. Would definitely recommend visiting if you like a decent Indian

Great food, served well and is the best Indian in town. Not been disappointed in the restaurant or on a takeaway. Would recommend you give Shakils a try.

I recently ordered a takeaway from here through Deliveroo and wanted to share my experience. Firstly, the lamb dish was satisfactory, as were the pilau and basmati rice, and the naans. They all met my expectations and were quite enjoyable. However, I was very disappointed with the chicken korma. The chicken was pink and undercooked, which is a significant concern for food safety. Undercooked poultry can pose serious health risks, and this should be addressed urgently to prevent potential illness. I have already reported this issue to Deliveroo, but I believe it's important for the restaurant to be aware directly. I hope you can ensure better quality control in the future to avoid such issues. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Ordered a takeaway, delivered well within the 40 minutes. Best Indian food I've had, superb quality and plenty of it. Would recommend to anyone. Roger.

Amazing food with great customer service, staff were very welcoming and really attentive. Lovely atmosphere too. We were visiting from outside the area and usually are fussy with where we eat but I can extremely recommend here, will definitely be returning next time we are nearby again. We parked in the market square, or you can also park in Sainsbury’s I believe.

Probably the the best Indian I’ve been to at this current time lovely staff great value for money and the atmosphere is really nice as well I would definitely highly recommend this Indian for anyone

Moved to the area very recently and heard many good things about this restaurant from many people and online reviews also and decided to visit. Very lovely restaurant with very friendly staff and outstanding food!! Highly recommend this to everyone else and will definitely be revisiting!

Really tasty and great portions too

The delivery man was really nice. But the food(butter chicken) didn't taste really good.

Tried a take away as it seems popular in the area. Firstly, it’s pretty expensive, wouldn’t be an issue if the food backed it up though… it didn’t! This was the least authentic Indian food I’ve ever had. Everything is so full of sugar it’s s you can taste. Do yourself a favour, try somewhere else.

Shakils provide wonderful food at competitive prices. The authentic flavours enrich the diner’s experience and the service levels are truly outstanding! If you haven’t tried Shakils, then I urge you to make a reservation. It is a rarity these days to experience such a welcome blend of mouth watering food combined with excellent table service.

Food was great and the customer service was amazing. Really like the interior as well.

Lovely restaurant with delicious food plenty of options available the Waiters are all welcoming and friendly and they do a good takeaway if you don’t want to stay

Avoid this place. Food is quite unhygienic I found two grey hairs in my food I orders. I complaint but they were not interested. Customer service is quite rude and all they are interested in is taking your money. Food is very bland and taste awful. This is the first time I order something and couldn't even take more than two bites. Will not recommend better off going to other restaurants nearby.

Nice food , nice place , ok atmosphere, just the service was not the best.

Ordered a takeaway for collection on Saturday lunchtime. It was for a family birthday and I asked if I could collect early. Initially they said no, but made an extra effort to get it ready for us and phoned me to tell me the food was ready early. The food was very good and we all enjoyed it. I really appreciate that they got the order ready so quickly after opening.

Fantastic evening at Shakils, food was amazing and staff so accommodating and made us feel very welcome. Will definitely be back. Thank you all xx

Very expensive for a takeaway, £90 for 5 of and we all struggled to eat the chicken as it was as dry as the paper bag it came in. Dogs love it though

Food is really bad ! I never leave food left in my plate but my "biryani" was so bad I had to. That wasn't biryani at all. It was basmati fried rice with a bland tomato sauce. Really really disappointed. On top of that, it was super noisy and took forever for the food to arrive. Looking back, the waiting time was the best time of the evening. I will never go back.

Payment take. Awful service RUDE!! I have ordered from shakily many many times and never normally have a problem. I have just ordered off the website for delivery and nothing turned up. I called up to check and they told me there kitchen was closed even tho their website says they are open until 11:30pm. I ordered at 9:25pm !!! The person who answered the phone was not helpful and was actually fairly rude. He explained it was a problem with the website and they can’t physically change the opening and closing time which is clearly a lie. I then checked just eat and they were also still open for delivery on just eat. He then explained that they stop delivering earlier then if you go to pick the food up. So at 9:47 pm I said I would order over the phone to pick it up. He still refused and said no the kitchen is shut. The money has come out of my account, I asked him if they could refund me and he said that it’s not their problem and I need to sort it out with my bank. In the end as I was explaining he said “sorry , I really need to go” and hung up on me. Shakils have massively disappointed me as I was a loyal customer and love the food 😭.

A great meal and a lovely place for our karate evening

Always get a takeaway. Love it.

Always feeling welcomed, great food

Friendly staff, great food and a wide choice of traditional Indian dishes. Eat in or take out plus delivery.

Lovely restaurant with delicious food and so many options! Waiters were all welcoming and friendly. Highly recommend

Excellent service, wonderful selection of dishes. A great family restaurant for a brilliant curry. 🥰

Food was disappointing and randomly threw the 'card machine doesn't work' at the end of a £400 meal. Seems a bit suspect. Miraculously the machine started working again after no one had £400 cash on them ...

Absolutely shocking 😳 Prawn Bhuna basically Prawns in Tomatoes..no spices whatsoever 😳 bland...awful.

Ordered our meal, Tandoori Mix Grill, Saag king prawn, Tadka Dal & Lamb Bhuna with boiled rice and roti. Just awsome. Will strongly recommend and come back again soon. Also staffs are very welcoming and friendly. Love it😊

Top notch foods. The sheek kebab in our mixed grill starter was amazing. Highly recommended

First time visitor but it definitely won't be the last. Absolutely delicious food!

Extermly disappointing Beeter to buy the sauce and bits from Tesco and make your own as safer... Food very tomato based like spaghetti... We ordered onion bhaji, Garlic Naan, jalfrezi, and mix biriani... Jalfrezi and biriani heavy on tomato sauce with pack of spices and taste... Will not order from them agwin

Take away was bad quality, small portion and expensive with a long waiting time. Won't be ordering again, sorry.

As always, very flavourful. Tried the Balti (never tried one before) very nice indeed!

Food very disappointing lack lustre but good quick service . Had a madras very mild

Good tasting food, well kept restaurantbut staff can be a bit peculiar at times and poppadom/dips are very expensive

Been earing at Shakils since it opened and have never been disappointed, always 5 stars on every level. Also often have takeaway from here which is delivered to our door.

Today me and my mate came for the first time as it looks nice from outside. However, we are not happy at all about the customer service provided here. The place looks lovely and food was delicious but the way they spoke to us wasn’t acceptable. I want to make them know, we know you were talking about us between the all the staff and laughing, we are not stupid! Also they were on their phones a lot. Even when another person came to their main door the main man, told him to get lost. The staff didn’t tell us about the kitchen shutting at 10pm when we first entered , they only mentioned it when we sat there for few mins looking at the menu but they were rude about it “kept asking you ready ready ready to order” … they were standing around staring at us then when my mate questioned out of curiosity it says something different on menu about when they shut and doesn’t say anything about shutting the kitchen at 10 from what I remember , the big man in the suit got snappy and rude towards him. He said about having to pay for electric etc costs a lot! But how is that the customers fault! when we were leaving he turns all the lights on.. Then makes a comment saying something about customers. My mate said; yes we are also customers no!? Thank you but will be never coming back again. 👏👏 I run Bicester Litter Pickers - Voluntary Group. Do a lot for our town and you treat us like that not on!!

My favourite Indian restaurant in town, 5 star hygiene rating and good friendly guys

Best Indian in Bicester but closes sat evening 11 and me so hungy :,(

Really looked after us on Christmas Eve even though we were a large party.

Lovely restaurant, with high quality, authentic food and great service.

What a disappointing night. Table booked for 7.30. Seated at 7.50, placed on the end of row right in the middle of the main aisle. No napkins, poppadoms and wine placed on table within 5mons of being seated, then ignored. At 8.15 I asked to order. When they finally came back to take the order (after asking two different waiters) at 8.40 I asked for the bill. Table near us said they had ordered food over an hour before and they were still waiting! I will never go back, and no point in booking as they will make you wait regardless.

Awful red bloody curry, never again

Ordered for delivery tonight.. was told an hour on the phone and turned up in 10-15 mins. Took the food, then had a further knock trying to deliver something we hadn’t ordered. Food was warm at best. The chicken tikka aloo we ordered was flavourless (normally one of our favourites) tasted very bland.overall felt it was very expensive for quality of food.

Food was good, very busy which does impact service. Although staff were clearly working very hard.

Not bad indian restaurant food got delivered really quick from bicester to buckingham food piping hot 😋 5/5 😁

The best curry in Bicester, without question.

Absolutely brilliant. Service Team are very helpful and friendly. The food was excellent

Great tasting food, good, friendly service, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere with authentic music playing. Also do deliveries. Highly recommended.

Entertainment (Michael Jacskon) was fantastic. The set meal was £35 per head and it wasn't great! The vegetarian option particularly. Desserts were one plate (for four people) to share. Per person it was tiny. One..I don't want to share a dessert with three other people, it's weird and two, for £35 I expect my own! The rest was tasty but not good enough for the price.

Food was tasty, nice restaurant but the best thing here was Gathen the Michael Jackson tribute. His energy and voice was truly amazing. Will definitely come back especially if Gath is singing !

Entertainment was great but food was bland....

The main food was amazing and the unfriendly service was fast and efficient but for the love of god don't order the cheese naan bread as we still have search teams looking for the cheese 🧀 and the garlic that was promised, do go and try the mains where perfect, forget the naaan

First time we have visited for an evening out with friends. Not booked by ourselves so this great find was down to others local knowledge. It was busy so an indication of how good it is. It didn't disappoint, excellent food served quickly and delicious. Wide choice on the menu. Staff were good. Well worth a visit in the Bicester area.

Spend £100's here and its just so inconsistant these days..Orderd 3 times last week alone..Sometimes out of this world!! delivered Hot..Portions good, tasty..Other times like tonight.. Tiny portions..Luke warm on delivery! Chewy Meat.. Old Salad..However same increased Price!! Getting boring now, no point saying anything.. I've tried all that! With the current economic issues its time we stopped going here..🤬

Great food and service. Can't be faulted.

Food always excellent, service outstanding and most courteous, surroundings of the highest order. I return here every time I am in the area and have never been disappointed.

If you thought that Faberge eggs were exquisitely crafted - get on the Onion Bhajis at Shakil's. Light, crispy and delicate. I've been ruined for every other bhaji now. I dropped in and chatted to Shakil himself about my order. His passion for his craft was obvious - we talked spice levels and I left it to him to decide what I should eat. Tikka Chicken, Pilau rise, Sag Aloo & onion bhajis it was. I sat at the bar and had an espresso while I waited and when I got home I was blown away by the quality of the food, the generosity of the portions and the flavours - these guys get the balance between spice and heat. Great value, great service, incredible food. Only 5 * possible for me.

Very friendly staff Food ok, won't be going back though Very disappointed as interior looks posh

I've had two takeaways from these guys in the last week. Both were absolutely exceptional. However, the second was that little bit more amazing. I did have to wait a long time because I don't live so close, That's to be expected. I had two different chicken dishes, one with spinach. Both were absolutely stunning. I had a stuffed naan bread that had the vegetables and potatoes in it, and again absolutely amazing! Top notch curry and will definitely go back for more.

Fantastic place for one of the best Indian Food.

Tried Many times thought they will give some nice food But nah Sorry Its not authentic just Using Indian name believe me Indian cuisine doesn’t taste like these people are delivering. Same base of tomatoes and chilli using in every dish Please Stop defaming Authentic food And yes buy some salt aswel you need it

The best Indian cuisine in Bicester. Lovely atmosphere in the restaurant. Always order takeaway from here as well. Definitely recommend.

Food were excellent and delicious. Portions generous. Very friendly and Courteous staff

Literally one of the best Indian restaurants in the UK, the staff are very friendly the food is out of this world and tastes so good. The Mangalassy goes perfectly every time. The atmosphere is a very welcoming one as well so yeah I don't have any photos but it's definitely a place I would highly recommend to anyone who loves Indian food.

The food is great, lots of different flavours. I loved the decor and staff were quite welcoming. I would definitely go there again.

Guys, you walk in there and the place is really nice. I get back to my rubbish hotel expecting great food and you couldn't even be bothered to out it in a proper tray, come on!!

Great food, friendly staff members.

The food was delicious and the food service was excellent recomand to go on a dinner or a date

Amazing food and amazing service. Highly recommended both eating in and take away 👌

Horrible- waste of money. I’ve been eating Indian food for the rest of my life. This place do not called an Indian restaurant at all. Food description not matching the ingredients or the taste at all. Missing food - both the curry’s tasted like heated and given. Uncooked meat and also food colour to its best. Bump up the price double and offering 50% discount it’s a joke. Rang the restaurant- Absolutely arrogant and rude on conversation started being aggressive. Do not buy from this place. I recon Tesco or Asda frozen is 5 out of 5 compared to this restaurant.

Excellent food, service. Relaxed and happy atmosphere.

Good atmosphere and food service could be improved.

Lots of food colouring. I don't know why places add it. It actually makes the food look more unappetising. The taste itself is satisfactory and what you'd expect from a curry house. Nothing special.

Amazingly tasty food, with fast and efficient service, even when busy. Very pleasant friendly staff. Great night out.

Fabulous take away delivery last night. Thank you Shakils our guests were very impressed with the quality of the food! Thank you

Best curry restaurant going. Fast service, amazing food, lovely restaurant filled with great people, always going above and beyond. Highly recommended!

Excellent food as always and friendly service. Highly recommended.

Food was outstanding and conplimented by the friendly, courtious service. 100% recommend, a rare statement from me!

Crowded, extremely noisy., several uncontrolled screaming kids and a baby, at 8pm! They sat three of us at a table in a gangway, where one of us was constantly bumped by waiters, and asked to move so they could get a chair past. They eventually moved us to a corner table. The food was below average, the biryani was in name only, the chicken tikka masala was a lurid red colour, sweet and sickly and packed with a large amount of coconut. The prawn dhansak tasted like madras and the portion of pilau rice was tiny. Will we be visiting again?; most definitely NOT!

Great food and layout, the best looking indian restaurant in town

Absolutely brilliant, the staff are friendly and the food excellent. The chicken is so tender and all fresh ingredients.

Fab as always. Highly recommend. Service and food fantastic.

We had a Lovely Curry,A tad expensive and the staff were a little over bearing but all in all pretty good.

Such a lovely place great food but the music is so loud you have to shout to be heard ,Shakils turn the music down

A very nice well established restaurant. Great choice and always something new on the menu.

Lovely restaurant and good service. Good, tasty food. Price is a little high. Good lime pickle. If you like Indian food, you will enjoy this restaurant

Visited on 29th May and was amazing. The restaurant is clean and modern, staff are friendly and cannot do enough for you and the food was beautiful. Will definitely be visiting next time we are in Bicester.