Shapla in Plymouth

Been a few months since my last visit, none the less I was welcomed with a handshake and a smile. Shown to my "usual" table and the beer and poppadoms arrived in 5 mins. I have tried quite a few of their dishes now but am always drawn to my all time favourite Chun Chun Lamb. Rich, thick, spicy but bursting with flavour with all the ingredients identifiable. This is to date the best lamb curry I have had in a restaurant and I've been all over! Quality food, quality service and a nice atmosphere continue to make this a jewel in Plymouths Crown. Please try it!

We were here for a family birthday and had a very enjoyable evening. Although we booked early in the evening the restaurant was still nearly full proving how popular it is. The staff were very welcoming and attentive and the menu extensive and delicious. .Well done to the staff and compliments to the Chef. We shall definitely be visiting again.

Tasty food but service is poor. Food in general is good with vegetarian options. Service is hit and miss in the restaurant and on the last visit it was miss. Staff can be argumentative with customers, service was inconsistent and unprofessional. Wouldn’t go back at the moment

4 year daughter drinking hot chocolate "this better than the ones at home!" Friendly staff,

No music or atmosphere, service ok, food ok, would not rush to go back. Lamb tikka and onion bahjis were nice, sweet chilli sauce seemed an odd sauce to have with them. Chicken madras ok chicken saag far too much spinach and tough chicken

Delivery time was between 6.40pm and 7pm, it arrived at 7.15pm. The driver apologised for the delay. The food was very bland and was unfortunately not enjoyed much.

The app updated that it had been delivered when it hadnt been and was later than the lastest possible time, then when it was delivered we were missing an entire main meal

Excellent rinsing food was delivered piping hot and up to the Shapla’s usual high standards

Absolutely spot on as always , hot when it arrived and full of flavours best curry in Plymouth in my opinion.

Excellent service and food as always.

delicious. will definitely order again.

It was all cooked well but didn’t enjoy it the curry was so sweet and full of sugar, also had a tikka masala that didn’t come with any sauce was just seasoned chicken in a tub full of onions and no sauce, could of been we ordered wrong but not for us, I felt it was very pricey for what we received.

Delivery was on time, polite driver but on this occasion, sorry to say the food wasn’t great. Curry was quite tasteless, too much onion also. The shamee kebab, 2 of us had this and we have both had upset tummies all night. Normally food is great but just a bad batch today.

Visited last week and had a great meal. Amazing flavours and spice. Recommend to anyone wanting a good Indian meal

Excellent food excellent service and very attentive friendly staff

Best Indian restaurant in Plymouth for me. Been going for decades. Always fantastic service and food 😀

Absolutely love Shapla, the food is amazing and the staff so friendly and welcoming.

great food and friendly service

Great service we always use shapla for the quality of food and fast delivery. Also love a cheeky Tuesday treat with money off.

Went here for a birthday dinner and the food was heavenly. Loved the atmosphere and the staff were ever so friendly and accommodating. They truly defined good customer service. We were also given complimentary Sambuca and Bailey's towards the end and they were kind enough to keep the shop open until our cab arrived, didn't complain at all. Looking forward to visiting again.

First time visiting here. Greeted by friendly staff. Food was all popping hot when it arrived. Large portions. Will definitely be going back.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how good the food was and the friendlyness of the staff. Delicious food with lots of flavour. Definitely recommend.

Absolutely Perfect! Delivered piping hot with great portions! And the taste? Amazing! We will be back that's for sure! Thank you :)

Amazing food, fantastic service

Absolutely fantastic. Beautiful Indian food. We all had the mild dishes....Korma and Mogul. Nice thick sauce with the chicken...perfect to dip Peshwari Naan bread ! Would definitely recommend a visit.

The food was absolutely delicious.

Really great food, we used order from here a long time ago and forgot about it after moving. Someone recommended it and we gave it a go as we realised they deliver to us via just eat - just as good as we remembered! Will be ordering again!

We have just enjoyed the tastiest takeaway we have ever had! Everything was totally delicious. Thank you Shapla Plympton.

My first visit was at the beginning of the week when I collected a takeaway. I was impressed with every aspect: the welcome and helpfulness, the cleanliness, and most of all the food…I’ve travelled a lot and the food was fragrant, generous, perfectly spiced, in fact authentic and masterly. I was knocked out. Returned at the end of the week with a friend to eat in, much busier, but perfect service, spotless white cloths, excellent menu, waited a little longer for the food but it’s a popular and busy place and perfectly acceptable unless you want “instant”. in which case go elsewhere. There was the same attention to detail with the food which was fresh and piping hot. and delicious. Well done team and praise to the chefs.

I went in to order a take out. The service is always top notch. . Ali the owner is just lovely; he is attentive and when I asked what he would suggest he didn’t disappoint. His staff are immaculate, and when watching them work as I waited, they really prove why this is the best Indian restaurant: they don’t rush their customers. The decor is pretty and clean. And kitchen staff made us excellent dishes. Thank you again. Il always be back x

I went in to order a take out. The service is always top notch. . Ali the owner is just lovely; he is attentive and when I asked what he would suggest he didn’t disappoint. His staff are immaculate, and when watching them work as I waited, they really prove why this is the best Indian restaurant: they don’t rush their customers. The decor is pretty and clean. And kitchen staff made us excellent dishes. Thank you again. Il always be back x

First visit here which was recommended. It was lovely, nice atmosphere and the food was delicious. Definitely visiting here again.

No 1 for Indian food for miles around. Ali and team provide fantastic service every time. Very welcoming for families. We’ve been coming for years and will keep doing so

The delivery driver was extremely rude as we didn’t hear the doorbell and it took us a whole 2 minutes to answer

Disappointed! Used to be my favourite Indian takeaway but gone downhill. Preordered for opening time £40 worth of food. Poppadoms and onion bhajis were stale and clearly not cooked fresh. Quality okay but nothing that blows us away anymore.

This restaurant has an expansive menu with many delicious food options and outstanding service! We will definitely be returning!

Amazing food best in Plymouth by far

Perfect. Cannot fault anything.

Birthday treat for Mum. Friendly and attentive staff. The food was perfect. Will be back for the next family birthday

Firstly I have to say that my visit was early on a Monday evening so it was quiet hence the atmosphere review! Dispite the above, and being a lone diner, I was enthusiastically welcomed and shown to my table. Looking around the restaurant was bright, airy and smart.Beer and poppadoms arrived promptly to keep me happy whilst I perused the menu. A lot of 'different' dishes in the specials section which made choosing fun. I settled for chun chun lamb with aloo gobi and pilau rice. This was all served piping hot and the lamb was truly delicious, butter soft and packed with flavor! The food was some of the very best I've had and completed by attentive and friendly service from both my waiter and the'boss'. They obviously care alot about what they do and it shows. Well done Shapla, I'll be back!

This is a super restaurant. We have eaten in the restaurant and had takeaways from Shapla. The staff are always very friendly, cheerful and polite. Ali the owner is always very welcoming and we love visiting the restaurant. We had a takeaway with our son and daughter in law who live locally and it was the usual very high standard of food, always fantastic quality and so tasty. We always look forward to have an indian from Shapla, just wish they had a restaurant near Sidmouth.

Flavourless and bland. A shame considering how great Shapla used to be

Went for an impromptu dinner, service was wonderful and food was delicious. Will definitely be back!

We enjoyed a wonderful evening full of flavourful, tasty, delicious dishes ! Friendly staff and five star service 💫

Passed a great night at shapla.Food quality was great and the staff was so attentive and friendly.met a very hardworking and young man abu ,he was so attentive and friendly

Visited for a sit down meal with friends. Food was stunning, so tasty and fresh. Service was great too. Will be visiting again!

food was very late. I rang them up to see where it was and it was apparent they'd forgotten to even start cooking it. HOWEVER. food was very nice when it did turn up

Once again the food and service at Shapla Plympton are second to none. Thank you for a great evening Ali and all your staff

Attentive service and food is absolutely great.

The food was excellent. The service was poor at best. Their focus seems to be more on takeaway than the people in the restaurant. We would of had more to eat and drink if we could of got served. 30 minutes after asking for the bill with no response, We went to the till and asked to pay.

The food is lovely. The restaurant is diabolical. Such long waits. Have come here a few times and it’s always the same. Just eat comes first. Shouldn’t be a restaurant.

Always amazing food, the same consistently great food every time

Great Indian restaurant. Large portions and very tasty.

Great as all ways portion size shrunk little

Delicious food as always from Shapla. Thank you to the delivery guy who came running up the road with our food as the road was blocked by an ambulance, arrived piping hot!! Thanks!!

Food is fantastic, a bit pricey but isn't everywhere these days , but worth a visit ! A good idea to book in advance its very popular

Had a home delivery thought we try them out. Delivered on time and it was hot. Best curry I’ve had so far glad I tried them. Will now use them all the time

Food was excellent as always. Had big problems with delivery on two previous orders. Collected this within 30 minutes of placing order

The curry and rice was nice but £6 for 1 small breaded prawn which was very average, a little disappointing

very good pashwari naan was amazing and mixed kebab starter 👌 😋

On entering I was welcomed by the pleasant staff who showed me to my table. This restawasbestablisged in 1999. Drinks menu was a wide variety and the chilled magners was refreshing. Poppadoms and a variety of dips kick started the evening. Very generous portions. A mixed platter was the choice of my starter and it came with salad and was excellent in taste and presentation. Again portions plentiful. For my mains I had the Raj Biriyani and came in a large plate with a madras vegetable sauce again plentiful. Staff were very welcoming by ensuring everything ok and thisbwas reassuring and shows customer experience care and attention. We couldn't eat all of it, so takeaway boxes were at hand to have again. I would thoroughly recommend Shapla, an award winning Restaurant that excels in top class food and service. Will definitely visit again and a huge thank you to the owner and staff.

not as nice as usual. not much sauce very thick and stodgy

Popped in to collect my online order - staff were immediately attentive and super friendly, even though I was in there for only 5 seconds max. A gentleman who I assumed was the manager (he had that kind of confidence about him) handed me my order which was piping hot and so neatly packed. Back at home, absolutely delighted to find the food was just delicious. I was expecting another sub-par curry house (Plymouth isn't exactly a food mecca...) but it was nothing like that. We had sag aloo, veg madras, veg masala and a few chapatti to soak it all up. Complimentary poppadums and dips just made it even better. Will definitely be going in for a sit down dinner next time. Namaste.

Lovely food. The delivery driver (8th Jan 2024) was really nice and friendly- made a pleasant change to the usual person who doesn’t even speak or smile.

Hot and tasty, expensive but worth it once and a while, you certainly get what you pay for 😋😋 We will be ordering again. Many thanks

Great food, spacious restaurant.

Friendly staff etc. The onion bhajis were sitting in grease, my chicken tikka balti was full of water in the bottom of the bowl making my rice soggy. Chicken tikka masala was nice though.

Cannot fault Shapla the food was amazing, however it took over 2 hours to arrive after ordering and was over an hour late, i called the restaurant and they apologised and said they'd put in a bottle of prosecco as an apology i did not receive the prosecco

Can never fault Shapla top notch food, delivery mostly on time and friendly delivery. Our go to Best Indian in Plymouth:)

Beautiful food, lovely and hot delivered on time

Great service and food as always

The bhajis were swimming in grease and my balti once I spooned half out of the container onto my rice was full of water and the chicken was tough. Apparently the masala was ok though.

Always have excellent food...really recommend..and always hot ..

Amazing curry! The chef specials are incredible

Food was warm rather than the usual piping hot but all the same very delicious and tasty the best curry in Plymouth . Was about 20 mins late but it was sat night , still my go to place.

Over an hour late, Food was cold and chicken was tough.

Forgot to include naan bread that was ordered and paid for. Not a large order so I don’t know how this happened

Excellent food and service, I would recommend this restaurant!

Whilst staying with relatives we decided to have a takeaway from this restaurant. As we were not far we collected it, also we know it would be nice and hot when we got home. Food was very good and the portions are a very good size almost too much. Appreciated the complimentary popadums and dip..very tasty. Overall I would recommend this place and would order from here every time when we visit the area again.

Delivery was only slightly late, probably because of all the tragic lights around this area. Food was delicious, best Indian I've ever had so worth the wait. Food nice and hot and plenty of it.

Placed order at 5:45 for delivery at 8pm. Called at 8:15 to be told it would be 20 mins. Called back after 20 mins to be told it would be another 15 mins. Finally arrived at 9:10. What's the point of pre-ordering?? Food was ok. The lamb was very tough and two of the curries tasted almost identical. Gave us a free bottle of wine to make up for the delay but I don't think we'll be ordering again on a Saturday night.

Food was delicious shame delivery was late

Excellent food, nice, tasty, and freshly cooked . Will certainly order again 👍

Lovely food! Realy good sized portions. Excellent value for money. Lovely courier

Order was hour late and was cold chips were soggy shame normally very good

Food was great but so so late it ruined the meal.

Ordered at 6:10 arrived at 8:50. We called the restaurant at 8:30 to complain. They hung up after I explained. Thought it may be accident so called back three times and as soon as I spoke they hung up. Food was really poor, the meat was dry and tough and the rice and Bombay potatoes had no flavour. We left most of our meals. A real shame as we have offered from here before and it was lovely. Won’t be ordering again.

Food was over an hour late and when it arrived it was cold. Not the service I normally get from this place very disappointed

Phoned an order to pick up , no problem when I got there it was ready for me , staff were very nice and welcoming Food was hot and very nice , will definitely be back

We ordered our first and last meal from Shapla this evening. Two king prawn mains, some pilau rice, a couple of sides and the obligatory onion bhaji. £50 in total, which is about average, price-wise. Unfortunately, each dish was bland and the rice and bhaji were so dry as to make them impossible to eat. We (my husband and me) managed to get half way through our respective meals before giving up and throwing the rest in the kitchen bin. We've had Indian cuisine in many places all over the world, but this, without a doubt, was the most forgettable, uninspiring and flavourless meal we've ever had.

Delivered on time, piping hot, absolutely delicious 😋

Lovely food, nice and hot on arrival. Really enjoyed it

Excellent food excellent price

Love it, best curry in plymouth and they always cook to my dietary requirement which is awesome! Most curry houses refuse to do a dairy free curry for me!

The order arrived, but one of the dishes had a foreign object in it. It has some silver paper in the meal - Prawn Korma. Put me off it and didn’t eat the rest.

Super great service as ever. Will use again and again.

Tasteless sauce, chicken tasted horrid .. rather disappointing

A very good local restaurant/ takeaway. Good meals, decent price, nice staff. Can recommend.

No sauce with my chicken tikka main, made it very dry, and not much seasoning in the mushroom rice... Disappointed tonight..

Brilliant food as usual. Delivery on time at the beginning of the slot given. Very nice food.