Shapla Tandoori in Ceredigion

Best curry house in West Wales Lampter Shapla Tandoori the food is amazing great atmosphere even having a takeaway the food is great you will never be disappointed, the staff make you feel very welcome and are so helpful regardless if you sit in the restaurant or order a takeaway and the good thing is you can have a drink while you wait for your takeaway.

The food was delicious. The best I've eaten in a very long time. However, at the end of dinner, I first ordered a Grand Marnier coffee, I ended up getting a brandy coffee. I was truly disappointed!!!. I couldn't taste the brandy or the coffee as it was soooo sweet and the coffee had the colour of weak black tea. I had a couple of sips but gave up. When I complained and said a brandy coffee is an espresso with brandy. They didn't want to hear of it. Not impressed with the service.

Apologies it’s taken me a while to review! My husband and I paid a visit with our 2 kids for our daughter’s 12th birthday, as she was wanting a nice curry. This place came highly recommended by a friend who is a regular customer. I have to say, we were very impressed! The decor and ambiance was lovely. We went early evening when they first opened and were the only ones in the. Staff was attentive, but wasn’t hovering over us. The food was very hot and fresh! The one thing I find with curry houses is it is often difficult to know how much to order. You order one curry and one rice and it’s too much for one person, but too little for 2! This isn’t a problem here. The amount of rice and curry in one serving or each, is perfect for one person to be nicely satisfied, yet not over full. The naan bread are a decent size for a nice fill for one person, with a bit leftover. It’s not overfacing! I felt like our money went to much better use in this restaurant. The poppadums were delicious, along with the tray of toppings. The chicken pakora was fees and spot on. The peshwari naan was great. The deserts were absolutely delicious, creamy ice cream in a pineapple, mango and coconut to match the flavor ice cream. We are planning on another visit in the next week or 2! Highly recommend!

Birthday Meal for my Husband Food Excellent. First Class. Early doors were the time to go for us. Service Excellent. Will definitely go back.. Visited other places over the years. But this place is the best. STARTERS Tandoori King Ptawn Lamb Tikka tasty. Chicken Tikka Masala delish. 🌶 Chilli King Prawns the sauce was excellent. Both served with Rice Garlic Nan. See you soon.

First time getting a takeaway. We initially said could we get a table. Which they said they were fully booked. Got a takeaway. Hour later we got it and people who didnt book got tables (we could hear the conversions while waiting). Got the good. Got home. They made it incorrectly. They said my order correctly in front of me but to find out it was wrong. Later on I was ill from it. Try somewhere else. The food did taste good however wrong or illmade it made me

A fine example of a place having a monopoly in a small town. Plenty of staff but only focused on takeaway orders, Food was mediocre at best when it finally arrived and I'm not sure what I was served but it certainly wasn't the Jalfrezi I ordered, Generic sauce which was the same on all my groups food even though we all had different dishes. Felt let down to be honest and not cheap. Won't be bothering again even though I'm local.

This is a great place to dine. The ambience is wonderful and the food is amazing. Coming from the Caribbean where we use alot of herbs and spices, the food here made me feel right at home! I will always go there for a good meal. Definitely worth it. Shapla Tandori big up yourself!!

When we entered, the waiters were very attentive. But after we went in and ordered, we had to wait exactly 1 hour. They attach great importance to phone orders and takeaway orders. You wait inside, it's impossible not to get angry. The portions were incredibly small and the meal was really below my expectations. It is definitely not worth the money we paid. Would I go again? NEVER! If you're going to choose it, I suggest you think a few times or get a takeaway and at least you won't have to wait. Also their papadums are really bad.

Had the best chicken tikka pathia I've ever had in my life and I've sampled a few

Had to wait longer than told for food and was cold when eventually to be honest was all sorted happy when left. Will still go again food was good

Dinner with friends. Food is outstanding and the staff are friendly.

This time we had a takeaway. Very nice.

Great Indian restaurant, excellent food and service.

Super night out with friends, excellent service and food

Thoroughly enjoyed a meal with our friends.

Always good and the new menu seems excellent. Service good for dine in or take away.

My recent dining experience at Shapla was nothing short of disappointing and frankly humiliating. It is evident that this establishment places a higher priority on their takeaway business rather than providing a satisfactory in-house dining experience. Upon arrival, we were ushered to a seemingly good table, which gave us a glimmer of hope for the evening ahead. However, this hope quickly faded as we sat there, seemingly invisible to the restaurant staff. No member of the restaurant team displayed any interest in taking our order or even acknowledging our presence. What made this experience even more exasperating was the sweltering heat of the evening. One would expect that on such a hot day, the staff would, at the very least, check if we required any refreshments. But alas, this basic courtesy was completely absent from our visit. It wasn't until my wife and I decided that we had waited long enough, and it was clear that our presence was of no concern to the staff, that they finally sprang into action. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late. We had already made up our minds to leave the restaurant, our evening ruined by the neglect and indifference we had experienced. I have dined at many establishments in the past, but never have I felt as humiliated and insulted as I did at Shapla. The blatant disregard for our presence and the lack of even the most basic customer service left a lasting negative impression. Under these circumstances, it is safe to say that I will not be returning to Shapla anytime soon.

Hand dinner here as a foursome whilst on holiday in wales. Excellent service and staff food was lovely and overall cost was very good, would not hesitate to return and recommend.

Take away from here was outstanding. Couldn't fault a single thing. The flavour is out of this world. We always have food from here to celebrate anything, with food this good I wish we could just celebrate Saturdays but don't think I could get away with that!

Ordered a takeaway for 4 people, collection time was perfect! Food still super hot when we got home. Great flavours and plenty to choose from. Staff were super friendly

4 days with upset stomach, 2 friends had similar issues. Will never go again or recommend.

Good selection at a reasonable price

It's probably the best Indian in the area.

Lovely food, served nice and hot

Good food but the service and atmosphere could be a little better. To their credit the food was excellent and didn't take too long.

My wife and I had a set meal for 2 and thought it was extremely good, would highly recommend ☺️

Ordered takeaway while on holiday. Absolutely delicious. Lamb tikka masala was something really special & lamb was very tender. Beautiful! & very reasonably priced. Portion sizes were great and all dishes were so fresh.

I took my family here over the Easter weekend. We were all super impressed with the food and we enjoyed our evening there very much. We will definitely be returning.

Casual dining place, a bit tired and outdated, didn’t book, walked in on a Saturday night around 8pm ish greeting wasn’t great, though they soon found us a table. Young serving staff, were excellent and professional, Sideplates tiny, ridiculous to eat poppadoms, without spilling onto the table, the chutney selection Presented on a high-rise stand, which was wobbly and impractical. Mango chutney sugary with red food colouring, lime chutney brown/ bland -onion chutney fresh lovely though over filled bowls , which suggests they may be reused for other customers, (or wasted) were removed - should be left on the table for me to have finished if I chose. Small tables! Onion bhaji inedible, very little onion, very stodgy, too much flour ,too flat. Main curries Bland - small, frozen prawns in Biriani, no pancake, or egg is normal for biryani’s Peas and paneer had a strange texture - like uncooked garam masala powder not very tasty. Too many peas, not enough paneer. Peshwari naan, excellent, fresh, well cooked Red wine overpriced - bottle should have been opened in front of us at the table.( came already opened) Brought in ice cream, disgusting, seem to have been half microwaved to thaw it, the other half with ice crystals and stale tasting. Can see that this might have been an excellent place when it first started 30 odd years ago, could do with a menu over haul It’s all a bit in the past Sadly, would not return

Joined friends at Shapla on Sunday. I have a digestive problem so can only eat plain food. English steak cooked to my required medium order, nice but was rather thin for a steak. Not served with any horseradish sauce. Overall service very slow so that diners kept ordering extra drinks and very noisy in the restaurant.

Disappointed they had no highchairs,no bottled drinks for children. Food was lovely though. Very busy.

Highly recommend lovely food at a great price x

Very nice meal with friends. Can't fault the food, however service was poor. Our poppadoms didn't arrive, but after a reminder to the waiter they came. Drink service was slow, so my husband went to the bar to get a refill. The food was great though!.

Very bland food no flavour. The mild dishes were tasteless. Wouldn’t visit again as was very disappointed. The starters were the only thing.

Fabulous food, service friendly, a must for curry fans if your in the area.. Called again 17.9.2017...superb, can't fault The Shapla in any way.. 17/2/2023... Not been able to get here for 3years but nothing has changed, still a fabulous meal..

Lovely food and friendly staff. The saag paneer was fantastic!

Really lovely food, staff very nice, we had booked online and it went through very well, at the end of the meal we gad to ask for a takeaway box as we could not finish it all, they are obviously used to this as it was no problem

Excellent food and good service.

0 star, such a worst biryani, donno how many days ago they cooked it. Cannot chewable dried and dirty chicken without any spices and loads of turmeric in it. no proper heating system in the restaurant, such a worst and expensive experience, not worthy.👎 we haven’t eat anything in it and paid for everything.

Very very worst food I never had like this food no taste and I don’t recommend this restaurant no proper food too much turmeric

I had heard many good things about this Resteraunt. Had a meat dish, was dry and tough so left most of it. I was extremely disappointed.

Lovely restaurant. Fantastic service

Wonderful food and very friendly staff!

Had a very nice curry here on the way back to Carmarthen.

EXCELLENT our favourite and will always recommend. We have Dansak, korma and selection of starters and pompodom. Everything is going up in price but this is our monthly treat and worth every penny.

Lovely little restaurant and amazing food. Generous portions too.

Wow, this restaurant exceeded our expectations. The service and food were excellent, highly recommended.

Good Indian food in nice surroundings.

Well …. Just had a curry which is normally £28 ish it’s now £36 !!!! Jez that’s inflation for you !! Also thank god the card machine was working , been on the blink since lock down ????? Taxing really 🙄

Unfortunately the restaurant is now closed at lunchtimes and all day on Tuesdays. Please update the Google listing.

Excellent cuisine and affordable prices

Delicious food, takeaway 3 dishes, 3 naan and an onion bahji fed three of us two days!

This was incredible. The food was amazing, the staff were lovely and the water inside the place was beautiful. I would 100% recommend.

Fantastic meal for a work outing! Delicious 😋

Very nicely appointed restaurant with friendly staff and most importantly EXCELLENT food.

Very poor experience. Lukewarm food, very small portions, not good value for the money. The staff were very miserable apart from the very young waiter, who was lovely. The rest of the stsff were grumpy and we felt as if they didn't want us there! Terrible customer service! We'd never go again.

We have a romantic candlelit dinner in our motorhome . We Travel 44 miles round trip for a delicious takeaway meal. That says it all!

Delicious cuisine with friendly attentive service. Would strongly recommend Shapla 👌

Lovely food and excellent service highly recommend

Found this restaurant on our way back to our caravan after a day out. The food was excellent and the staff were friendly and courteous.

Really good Indian restaurant. Slightly plain decor, other than indoor Koi pond, but clean and tiny. Huge menu, huge portions - too much, really. Very good prices, too. Lots of takeaway collections and busy at 8pm on a Sunday. Staff eating there as well at the end of the evening, always a good sign. Free caberet during our visit from a woman who adamantly said she wasn't drunk when refused more alcohol.

Food was okay but not very flavoursome. Rice and peshwari could have larger portions for price. Most staff friendly. Water features hard though wont lie.

Ok curry house. Nothing exotic or exceptional. Needs more staff..v busy when there.

Don't waste your money. Ordered a fairly basic Indian came to around £35, fifty minutes later in an empty restaurant food arrives. Very bland no flovour sitting in mainly oil I'm sure the lamb was off. The worst curry house I've been to.

Definatly the worst Indian in Carmarthenshire and cardigan combined. Lamb was rotten and stinking! A inch of oil over the curry and not a dot of flavour or spice in anything. So far from authentic Indian food it's unbelievable!!! Oh also the food hygiene sticker In the window is from 2018 not 2022!

I would have given it 1 star but the fish in the pool were impressive. Chicken tikka bunha. Poor, when I cut open a piece of chicken tikka I expect to see the red/orange colour has penetrated almost to the middle after a long period marinating. It wasn’t. The red colour was painted on the outside. And to make matters worse it was mechanically reclaimed chicken - tasteless. The plain Nan I ordered was disgusting, I left it after the first mouthful. It was dry and tasted of raw flour. I’ve had better Indian food in Wetherspoons. Avoid

Fab place with great food and friendly polite staff

Lovely food and spacious dining.

The food was pretty good, I think they tame down the spice level for the majority of dishes so if you prefer it to be more authentically spicy make sure to let that be known. I’ve eaten from here a few times now and would go back again.

Would have given five if staff were more personable. Lacking in the usual pleasantries. 1 boy in particular couldn't stop running his hands through his lanky hair in between playing on his phone. There was no atmosphere as almost empty but lots of takeaways. Food was good (apart from bendy poppadoms) when it finally arrived.

Really good take away. Lovely food.

Amazing food and lovely service

over priced food was disappointing i put the food in the bin its a shame because it was a nice Indian restaurant years ago

Lovely food ,went for my husband's birthday ,always lush food here

Very good curry house in a small quiet town. Visited twice during a 5 day visit, would visit again.

Very poor service..75 mins for food to arrive whilst countless takeaway orders fulfilled. Food finally came which was ok

Food was good but waiting time for a near empty restaurant was unacceptable, 1hr 15mins before our food arrived.

It was OK I guess. Ordered butter chicken which turned out to be a darker looking chicken korma with a nob of butter on top 😂. Maybe they ran out and improvised 🤔. The staff seemed nice enough and portions decent.

Very delicious Indian takeaway. Very busy with customers which is always a good sign.

Well worth travelling to this restaurant the food was amazing.

Every dish from the curry to a chapati outstanding. Love the fish amd Bridge effect.

As always for 30 years absolutely fab service. The staff will do everything they can and the food is always consistently great quality. Its one of the best indian restaurants around.

Never had a bad experience, been ordering takeaway since moving to the area in November, always on time and always very friendly on the phone, looking forward to dining in. First got my first ever vindaloo from them when I was like 10 quality has stayed the same from what I remember. I regularly get a Chicken Vindaloo, Veg rice, portion of samosas and onion Baji. Found a customer for life here. Looking forward to a birthday meal out!

Was a very nice Indian, made us wait a couple minutes more then the arrival time we were told. But that wasn't a problem, food was spot on.

Most excellent food. You wait a fair while but it's worth it.

Never again. Ordered food at 6.15 and was told will be ready for collection 7.15. At 7.30 still not ready and was told few more minutes. 5 people waiting inside. I think they have forgotten we are still in lockdown. Asked for a refund This was my first visit after 3 years 3 years ago we booked table for 8 people on New Year’s Eve. We’ve been waiting at the reception for over an hour and finally left. No one even explained or apologised for the whole situation. I thought I’ll give them a try again today but that was a complete waste of time. Complete disregard for safety and customers

Awful Biriani last night.Tasted like lumpy chicken gravy.Keema naan was also poor.Very bad meal sorry

Keema with potatoes and Tadka daal lovely. The prawn masala was SWEET, it was awful and ruined the rest of the dishes. Shame !

Due to Covid it was collection only but the takeaway we had was excellent. Was happy with every dish.

Good curry ,and fishes to look at :)

Meals normally good but not happy with 2 very small meat Samosas for £2.50 - disgraceful!! Poppodums not great either. Called to complain and was told sorry, that's the way it is!!

Amazing food and service highly recommended

A flying visit to Lampeter means dinner at the Shapla! First ate here 30 years ago, so pleased it's still going strong. We now visit town every few months and always make sure we eat at the Shapla at least once! Tried some different dishes this time, vegetarian main courses with rice and nasns, very tasty.

Came a few months ago and had a wonderful meal, both of us had starter main and pudding and both enjoyed it thoroughly! Would definitely recommend

Waited for over an hour for food to come , they were far too busy doing takeaway meals. When the food eventually came it was just about warm with far too many onions in it. Everyone looked bored of waiting and the staff were miserable. Won't be going back.

food is excellent.. But l think you need another chef. as the one in the kitchen must have been off his head with orders tonight..... The restaurant was busy and the takeaway was bloody crazy. Your food is excellent. but don't over stretch your staff. as your customers with bums on seats have to wait.

If your willing to wait 90mins for food, then this is your place, when it did arrive it wasn’t hot, very disappointing, although if you want a takeaway, they seem to prioritise this over everything else.

Booked a table for 9pm on a Saturday night. Shown straight to table. Menu choices v.good as were the prices. V.good quality food and the service was excellent. Only gripe being was the amount of onions in the chilli Baltimore dish to bulk it out. Ended up with 1/2 karai of onions once picked out. Yes balti's do have more onions than your regular curry but not to the extent that were in the dish. Would recommend tho.

Had a lamb pathia and I must say it was the driest and toughest lamb I have ever eaten. I was asked how was your meal and I explained the lamb issue and suspected it was from a previous night's service.Given apologies and they knocked £1.50 off the bill. The young server girl was the only plus of the dining experience.

Fantastic meal with family. Service seemed a bit slow but the end result was terrific. Son and daughter in law intend travelling the 100 miles again next week with friends