Shamoli in Edinburgh, City of

Honestly, i was pretty hungry and a lot of restaurants required a reservation as I just arrived a few hours ago. So we decided to dip in and get some Thai food. We enter, and we're the only ones there! We were sat down and ordered a couple drinks. Prompt and friendly service with a very knowledgeable staff about allergens. I ordered the lamb Kabob starter and then just plain old chicken Pad Thai. Let me tell you..... this was the absolute BEST chicken Pad Thai I've ever had. I'm only here 4 days but I'm going back again before we depart Scotland!!

Stopped here with my wife late on a Monday and had a great time. Service was super prompt and heartfelt, the food was amazing, and the vibe was cozy! We got a mix of Indian and Thai food and left stuffed with uplifted spirits. Would definitely eat here again!

A group of us went for dinner last night as we work nearby and it was fantastic. Great service, lovely staff and really tasty food. Would highly recommend!

Great Indian restaurant in a wonderful location. The food and service was great and we really enjoyed everything we ordered. Highly recommend.

Absolutely wonderful saag paneer and service! I left feeling like I've found a new favorite restaurant in Edinburgh.

Lentil soup best I've had. Service and main excellent

Delicious food and friendly service, the girl is really very kind

We went to him for dinner, and it was quiet for once, and I liked it They eat delicious biryani and butter chicken The noodles with chicken are delicious, but they have a fishy taste. I expect they will add sauce or something. If you don't like the taste of fish, teach them to remove it. Their food is nice, the service is nice, and the structure that works is nice

Food ✅ Service ✅✅ our orders were butter chicken 5/5, chicken noodles 5/5 (it has a little taste of fish), Biryani 4/5. What is also awesome is that everything is halal 😻. Everything was delicious. Orders: butter chicken, chicken noodles (recommended, but it has a bit of fish taste), biryani, everything they have is halal.

Lovely meal, tried both an Indian dish and a Thai dish. Fantastic service and great view over the royal mile.

The food was excellent and a o was the service . High quality fur a very affordable price

The butter chicken and chicken biryani are legendary! The service was amazing 💙 I highly recommend Butter chicken & chicken biryani were legendary!! And the service was Awesome💙 Highly recommended.

This was our second visit having been last year for my wife's birthday so decided to return again. The food was really tasty however we felt that the plates used for the food could have been heated up first and that a food warmer could also be a good addition to the table to keep the main meals warmed.

Ordered a pad Thai. Got some sort of noodle dish that wasnt a pad Thai.

Great place to eat modern surroundings and friendly staff. We Had Indian it was perfect and priced at the right price. Not a rip off like you can expect in the middle of Edinburgh

The Thai dish was perfect and the my Jalfrezi was equally tasty and well spiced. Great service. Well recommended!

The restaurant's food is very delicious and the price is reasonable and halal

Unbelievable Indian food! Chicken Tiki Masala was SO GREAT! Service was great & friendly. Would 100% come back!

Absolutely amazing flavours. Highly recommend. !!!

It was one of the only places still open at 10 p.m. Very nice staff and good food. We ate three different vegetarian (Indian) dishes and it was really yummy. Thank you very much!

I went there at almost 10:30 pm while their closing time was 11 pm. Though they catered me and provided great service though at that time I was the only one guest. I enjoyed true Indian flavour where I ordered Garlic Chilli Chicken and Mushroom rice. It was delicious and spicy tango and yummy. I found cobra beer as well. To be honest, I will recommend visitor to try this place for great aromatic Indian food. The location is not easily visible from street. It's so mewhat hidden from the centre town. Give a try, I am sure you will enjoy the food and their service.

Good food, nothing special. Very nice service

Very tasty Indian food ! Great service and good prices, very reasonable for the area. Would recommend 10/10, without hesitation.

The service was fantastic, but the Thai food isn't even close to real Thai food. It was super greasy and didn't look, feel or taste like Thai food. The Indian menu may be a lot better, but the chef needs a lot more experience and practice to make decent Thai food.

I absolutely loved the food and I need to go again. The staff were very nice.

Both the food and service were amazing. The Tandoori meats were tasty and well cooked, Penang Curry was great and flavoursome and the service was efficient, kind and professional. Worth it!

Fast and friendly service, we were seated quickly and getting quick refills on tap water was no problem at all. The food was delicious! We ordered cheese naan, tikka masala, and madras chicken. All nicely flavored and the madras chicken had a nice amount of spice to it. The restaurant itself was clean and nicely decorated. We had a nice view of the royal mile from where we sat.

We had a beautiful meal here on Tuesday night. Chicken madras and chicken balti were both absolutely fantastic. Chicken just melted in your mouth. Bombay aloo was very tasty and potatoes cooked to perfection. Garlic naan bread was light and flavoursome, not stodgy and doughy like we've had at other places. Service was also top notch too. Would definitely return if visiting Edinburgh again.

A few vegan options, very nice and open staff (fairly hot is really hot ;-)) The food was really good, we will come back!!!

Quiet Wednesday evening and wanted something different to the usual pub food in the area. Upstairs restaurants are always a gamble but we were welcomed immediately by the staff & the food was beautiful. Lovely view of the royal mile - would recommend 😊

It’s always a tell-tale when the restaurant is near empty. Prices are high, portions are near to nothing. Service was alright but what’s it worth when you leave feeling hungry?

the delievey was not delievred to me, i called the resturant and they said the driver took the order about 30 min ago and the food should have been dilevred to us! the total sum was not cheap and im very hungry and im new in edinburgh and this is realy dissapointing, im waiting for a refun! thanks

The restaurant was very good. It’s a combo of Thai and Indian Cuisines. We ordered the Tom Yum Soup with King Prawns. This dish was fantastic - a little spicy but very delicious. Then for main entree we ordered the Shamoli Special Biryani which consists of chicken, lamb, and prawn. We also ordered Tandoori Murgh (Tandoori Chicken). The Biryani was a bit oily and had lots of curry powder, which was a bit much but still the Biryani was not too bad. The Tandoori Chicken was fabulous.

I was advised an amazing main dish with curry, chicken and not too spicy as asked. The flavored rice was also excellent and the atmosphere was nice !

The dishes were quite good, with authentic flavors, but the disappointment came from the dessert. The cheesecake was dry and tasteless, it looked like cardboard. Also, the portions of the main dishes were a bit tight. Finally, the staff was not in traditional attire, which took away some of the charm from the experience. Too bad, because the potential is there!

There is a shamoli in Cheshire.( where I live) I accidentally ordered in Edinburgh. Realised my mistake when I went to collect in Cheshire. I called Edinburgh to tell them and pay for the food ( it was my fault) they were very kind and wouldn’t accept payment. If I’m in Edinburgh I will go and leave a massive tip. So kind, and understanding. Thanks

Good service and food at a decent price. Nothing to complain about. It is a hidden gem. People might miss the place as it is on the 1st floor with a narrow staircase (even though there is a big name board on the front)

I ate here with a family group totaling seven people. Every one of us enjoyed our meals. My partner and I shared a Thai feast menu (I think that’s what it was called) it offered a wonderful collection of flavors and textures. The service was friendly and efficient

We arrived into Edinburgh later than expected due to a flight delay. After hastily checking into our hotel the six of us were starving. We were practically running through the streets in search of a restaurant when... lo and behold.. literally like a beacon in the night we ascended a flight of stairs into this delightfully cozy and cheery eatery. When we asked the pleasant host, "can we still get a table"? He responded, "Absolutely"!! I know it was late (around 10 pm) and they were looking to call it a night but they served us beer, wine, and the most delicious Thai food. They cold not have been nicer and more welcoming. Atmosphere is fantastic, food is great and reasonable. Highly recommend!

Worst Indian food I have ever eaten abroad as a half-Indian. The Thai food was also bad! My lamb was tough and old. Sauces were sour and slimy. Only the dessert was good. Otherwise absolutely not authentic. There was almost a complete lack of spices.

Delicious meal, friendly and efficient staff. The food is cooked fresh and very tasty. I would highly recommend this restaurant. On the Main Street.

Party of three visiting Edinburgh for a few days. Just stumbled upon this Thai Indian restaurant on the Royal Mike. Great service, great food! I had Chicken PadThai and Spinach Padking. Both dishes were very flavorful! Portion sizes were excellent. My dining partners enjoyed their meals as well.

Amazing food and service, one of the best Indian restaurants I’ve ever been to! Would recommend for everyone wishing to try classical dishes.

Had a wonderful dinner this evening at Shamoli Thai and Indian restaurant. There were three of us. The service is impeccable and our server was extremely helpful with helping us decide on just how hot we wanted our dishes. We had chicken Penang, butter chicken and pad king. A nice mix of Thai and Indian food. All the dishes were nicely presented and everyone commented that their dish was the best! They were all good. We are visiting from Canada and leaving Edinburgh shortly but if we were staying longer we all agreed we would come back. Do not hesitate to eat here !!!

Issues with our booking. Made a reservation during the Edinburgh festival. Got email confirmation but when we arrived the place was closed…. Very strange. Few hours later received an email saying our booking was cancelled…

Food was terrible! Chicken was more of a soupy chicken, tough and completely tasteless! Sauce was spicy but without any taste…. Sweet potato pakora tasted like absolutely nothing! Find another better restaurant. Absolutely not worth the money! Staff was very unfriendly!

Driver claimed Just Eat system failed, wanted my address. He lied! Restaurant boss dishonest, tried to deny responsibility. Finally got him to admit liability and agree to full refund. Will he keep his word???

Shamoli is a hidden gem - be on the lookout for it if you you are in the oldtown of Edinburgh! Best vindaloo I have had in the UK, by far!

Managed to book a seat after a later fringe show. Food was standard, service was good apart from fact no-one was about when we left. A courteous cheerio wouldn't have gone a miss.

I've had a lot of Thai green Currys both in the UK and around the world and without doubt this was the best one I've ever had absolutely superb

We visited Shamoli restaurant in May when travelling to Edinburgh. It's located on the first floor of the building on the high street. It is a halal restaurant, which serves a variety of Indo Chinese food. The price was decent and the proportion was good. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. They have tables next to the windows which offer a beautiful view of the city outside. Had a really enjoyable lunch.

US visitor perspective. Looking for dinner past 930pm after a Fringe event. Saw this place and was feeling kinda desperate thinking we had slim pickings this late at night. Service was ok since there were only 3 other tables occupied. Food was disappointing- my pad Thai was basically chop suey. The noodles weren’t even rice noodles. Unacceptable since you can easily look up a pad Thai recipe and I’m sure rice noodles aren’t scarce. Served with sweet chili sauce and Parmesan cheese for the salad. Skip this place unless you are really desperate.

Excellent Thai food- great service and reasonably priced.

Excellent Indian and Thai food. The chicken tikka biryani was phenomenal, delicious mango lassi, and very tasty pad thai.

Happy to find this Thai restaurant on the Royal Mile in the middle of the Edinburg Festival. Fantastic food! We devoured everything and all but licked the plates clean! 😂

The meal was fabulous. Around the table we had an assortment curries, Biryanis and Thai food and everybody loved their meal. The children, who don’t like spicy food really enjoyed their korma and butter chicken, which was made to suit them. The atmosphere was great and the staff were very attentive and gave great suggestions. Would definitely come again.

This food was actually very surprising how great the dishes were. We were a party of five and everyone absolutely loved the dishes. We had chickpea masala, padpriew wan chicken , sweet-and-sour vegetables highly recommend this place!!

A wonderful Thai- Indian experience with a most delightful host.

Very good Indian restaurant with a wide and varied menu so there is something for everyone. I particularly enjoyed the tandoori chicken which was so flavourful and tender and came out sizzling. Not the fanciest food but it is very well priced, especially for the location. They are also very patient and flexible with large groups which is helpful.

Food and ambience both were very good We eat only Thai and we really like the taste. Thanks to all staff in order to let us have this very nice dinner

Great welcome to Thai Indian Restaurant on Royal Mile Spacious dining overlooking the The Mile A lot of choice on the menu

Shamoli is a hidden gem! A bit tucked away, but a delicious meal and great service. Well worth the stop. Would come back if I’m in the city again.

Great flavor and excellent service! The beef was a bit tough but everything else was perfect. Highly recommend, great for the family.

I got the lamb bhuna and it was so delicious! The wait staff was extremely helpful and attentive! There is also a lovely view of the royal mile. Will definitely come again next time I’m in Edinburgh!

Very nice Indian and Thai food - I had excellent aloo palak!

We visited this place, because we were really hungry. However, after visit I would have rather prefered to stay hungry. The lamb kebab, which I ordered was badly cook, the meat was not tender at all, but even worse was a waiter. I was quite cold and asked if the window could be closed, but the waiter said no. Also I wanted to order an extra butter, which was not possible without any explanation either. While we were eating, he came to show to my husband how he should properly eat Indian food touching his cutlery and plates, which was not his business at all. Cherry on the top was that he charged 10 % service fee without even telling us, which has not happened to us in any other place in Edinburgh. Please do not visit this place, rather choose some nice British restaurant where they will treat you well.

Just No! This isn't even close to an authentic Thai food experience. The Indian is just about average. The chef is Bangladeshi, so even though not authentic, it is at least in the ballpark. But whoever is claiming to cook Thai food in the kitchen, should be fired! Definitely THE WORST Thai food we have had. EVER! I am willing to bet good money the "Thai chef" has absolutely no idea what actual Thai food is like! Please spend your hard earned money elsewhere.

My food didn't arrive. I ordered and it said delivered but it never got to me.

Clean and modern decor, courteous and attentive service, large menu of both Thai and Indian cuisine. I enjoyed the sheek kebab starter but the vindaloo was the star of the show for me. Very hot as the menu states, but the spice didn't overwhelm the wonderful flavor.

Had a lovely Indian meal here last night. The food was served very quickly and it was very tasty. Extensive menu with lots of information about the degree of heat and spice in each meal.

I hate how this place hasnt got the 5 stars it deserves... just wow... the food was absolutely on point and the staff were soo friendly. My battery was dead on my phone and they charged it for me. I will 100% be back .......

I'm missing rice , can I have a refund for my rice or delivery asap, please?

Good tasty food in the middle of the tourist strip Royal Mile. I was surprised that there weren't more people there as it was dinner time. Really recommend this small restaurant if you are looking for some good Asian food to satiate your body with.

Authentic yummy food! Staff were really friendly and portions were a good size but not too much. Great menu choices as well.

This was a great discovery. On the Royal Mile, delicious food, friendly and great service. It was wonderful.

Restaurant access through Stairs, not easy for everyone. Food is delicious but to much spices used. Portion is good

Both Indian and Thai dishes were exceptional. Full of flavour and nice amount of heat if you’re a chilli lover. Cheers guys

Top class food. The chicken balti, prawn curry, mixed Indian/thai starter and daal were excellent. The naan was to die for. Excellent friendly service.

A perfect place to have an Indian or Thai dinner. It’s worth a excellent recommedation !

Very good food and service, they easily made accommodations for food allergies and other preferences

Great service, accommodated and made recommendations for avoiding dairy, food was amazing! Clean and pleasant atmosphere.

Amazing food, quick service, upstairs on the Royal Mile. After travelling for a few weeks we had a hankering for Thai food. Shamoli did not disapoint, food was of generous portions and authentic just what we needed. Totally recommend worth going upstairs for.

Great flavors well cooked - best Tandoori chicken I have had. Lentil soup with small chunks of pineapple and a mint salad dressing provided a wonderful variety of flavors. Excellent!

Delicious food and friendly staff.

Had dinner here on Easter after looking for a well-recommended place nearby. The restaurant was not very busy, and the servers were prompt to take our orders and check in on us. The food was very good and although we stayed past closing, we were not rushed to leave. We shared a lot of food for a reasonable price. I would certainly recommend for anyone looking for a good meal and decent prices.

Freezer surprise, they need 90 to serve deep fried frozen food and dirty water as a curry. Avoidable

Surprisingly good authentic Indian restaurants in the heart of the old city. Staff made some excellent suggestions and everything from the lamb curry to the garlic naan was quite tasty.

Good food Good location Open till 11

Food ordered from vegetarian menu contained chicken

outstanding every time, best vindaloo in Edinburgh and the Thai food is also amazing

Great location, hidden gem. Brilliant choice of menu. I had Thai food while my husband had Indian and we both really enjoyed it. Good service, the staff were attentive. Value for money as Edinburgh can be a tad expensive. We would definitely recommend.

My family went for the Indian food, it was AWFUL! The naan breads tasted and looked like they were from a cheap supermarket brand. Inedible. Curry was full of oil, paneer was dry and microwaved. Portions of rice were tiny. Worst part was the service charge added for a table of 4 when service was poor!! Please beware and go for authentic food elsewhere, this really ruined our trip.

both the Indian and Thai food are outstanding, bit too much fat on the duck but didn't detract from the quality of the dishes, my new go to place⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️amazing

Thank you Shamoli for putting a metal barb in my food. This is Chicken Tikka Massallam by the way. Hope you enjoy seeing your customers in misery while they bleed eating your food.

Pad Thai doesn’t taste like pad Thai at all

I dined at Shamoli Thai and Indian Restaurant on 11/3/2023, and unfortunately, the experience left much to be desired. The Thai curry dish and biryani I ordered both had an unusual taste and smell, which was quite off-putting. The biryani, in particular, resembled khichri rather than the flavorful dish I was expecting. To make matters worse, the owner's demeanor was rather disappointing. They seemed uninterested in providing recommendations when asked and were not responsive to clear communication. This lack of attentiveness greatly affected the overall experience. I sincerely hope that Shamoli takes steps to improve the food quality and customer service, as there is potential for this restaurant to offer a much better dining experience. While I have no plans of returning in the future, I do hope this review brings about positive changes.

Extremely poor! The food is not at all authentic. The main Indian dishes were full of oil, way more than average and had split from the sauce. The sauces did not taste homemade and were way too salty. The pilau rice was not traditional pilau at all, only coloured dark yellow with too much turmeric, no other spices added. The naan breads were ridiculous, they were not homemade or authentic. Tasted bought in and were extremely dry and poor tasting. The worst part was being charged an additional 10% on top of the bill for a service charge for 2 adults and 2 children who shared dishes. I could not recommend this restaurant, customers should be treated better we are not fools and don’t return. Avoid.

Right off the street, open late, great service, the food was very good, lavatories are clean, nice atmosphere.

We had a delicious dinner here our first night in Edinburgh . The restaurant was welcoming and cozy. Friendly service - we were all happy with our meals. Happily recommend !

This was booked for a birthday meal out for a friend. I was a bit worried based on some of the negative reviews but everything about the experience was positive, don't let them put you off. I thought the food was excellent and everybody else seemed to agree. Staff were brilliant, drinks etc came out quick and didn't have to wait around to get a second one ordered. Would recommend and will be back.