Sheesh Mahal in Hartlepool

Booked table for 4 a few days prior to our visit, when we got there were taken to our table, and ordered drinks and starters, were partway through these when they turned up to take orders for main course so had to stop to read menus again. Anyway starters and mains were lovely. When they came to clear table we asked to see the desert menu, but they brought the bill saying they needed the table shortly????? NOT the service you expect put us off going again

I had a lovely meal here, and the service was pleasant as well. The food was well cooked, the atmosphere was friendly, and it turned out to be an overall great experience. Will definitely be back!

Very nice, the tapas menu was excellent value. Service was amazing, so helpful, kind and courteous. ………………………………………..

As it was getting late we decided to share four starters and a naan, everything was cooked right in front of us and presented wonderfully. There was nothing to fault including the price.

very slow service,nosy at the back tables, food good, watch parking at the front charged 24/7 and if you do not see signs in the dark your will end up £60 parking fine.

Fantastic food all freshly cooked. Open kitchen allows you to see your food being made to order. Would not go anywhere else.

Why do the staff argue with their diners? I was having an average meal with my family & the table next to me made a complaint about the slow service, next thing an Indian lady comes over & starts to argue with the table, I’m absolutely gobsmacked as they had a fair point, the service was very slow & the food wasn’t the best, if it was a male worker I’m sure they would have been punched in the face, absolutely pathetic, once the table had left this lady started to apologise for the tables attitude, I could hold back & said they where absolutely right, your service is very poor & your attitude is disgraceful, I told her that my self & my family will never come here again & added that I would not tolerate any shouting back, at which point she walked away, thankfully, bizarre meal out, very unsettling, as though she couldn’t control herself.

back to Sheesh after missing it for a couple of months and nothings changed, it's still great value high quality food with excellent service. Always have the mixed kebab starter which is delicious and boring old fart that I am I always have Chicken tikka Massala (because its fabulous and I love it) whilst the missus tried the chefs special chicken in minced meat this time and she mopped her plate up - she tries different dishes each time we go and has never been dissapointed. Great customer service and the thurs / sun specials are a real bargain - poppadoms with dips, starter, main course, rice dish and glass of wine for less than £12 - don't know how they do it but glad they do. I'm loving it

Great place to eat. Try the tapas deal. Service is very good. Cobra icecold.

Really enjoy the food from here. Tapas option is excellent and menu offers lots of choice. Never had a bad meal.

Very good Indian, always been a Dilshad fan but this place might have trumped them! Good spices, hearty portions and the Indian tapas is very good!

Ok but expensive. Wine over £20 a bottle. Our curries tasted watery.

Always great value and lovely food. The mixed kebab starter was exceptional. Highly recommended. Must try their Indian Tapas next time for a change

Food was beautiful, good choice of menu and fairly priced, its nice eating in.

First visit, definitely won't be the last. Food was gorgeous, loved it!

Fantastic meal, good atmosphere, reasonable prices!

Our favourite Indian restaurant which we’ve now been coming to for the last few years and it’s never failed to satisfy. We get the Tapas deal which is £12.95 which is sensational value for money. You get a starter which consists of over 12 options , 2 curry dishes of your choice, rice and naan bread. The quality of the food is exquisite. The staff are friendly and polite everytime, we left feeling full and only spent £44 between 2 of us including drinks and poppadoms.

Once again an excellent meal. Can never fault the place the food, service and atmosphere is so good. If you're looking for an Indian restaurant this is the one

Staff tonight were so amazing, it was my daughters birthday and they came and played Happy birthday to her, so welcomed with our young grandchildren so a big thankyou to all the staff

Absolutely the best meal we’ve had in a long time! The service was excellent the food was fabulous. 100% will be going back! Can’t believe we’ve not been before!

Amazing! It took 30 minutes to receive my full 5 course meal! The food is to die for aswell. Affordable and excellent food with amazing furniture and the staff are the highest quality

Thoroughly enjoyed the Tapas option, giving a nice amount of 2 curries (perfect for one person). Would definitely go again.

Had the tapas again and as lovely as always

The food was exceptionally good, cooked fresh and was very quick. Staff went over and above the service required, friendly, courteous, knowledgeable and very helpful. I am going to recommend to all my friends, it was amazing. I’m really looking forward to going back. I had the Chikken Tikka Palak and coconut naan. Absolutely gorgeous, tasty food. My friend had the Ocra (which was soooo good, very tasty), and she had the chicken paneer, and a roasted aubergine, and something else I can’t remember. Anyway it was all perfect. Go you won’t be disappointed A⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤩

Probably the best Indian food I've ever tasted. Was authentic and felt homemade. Okra was beautiful and popped in your mouth. A family run business with friendly staff and a very helpful waitress with a twinkle in her eye who was keen to give the customers what they want. Hats off to this place. Highly recommend and will definitely be back. Thank you for a lovely meal.

Absolutely fabulous place staff are friendly and attentive food was excellent as usual best Indian restaurant on the marina 😋

Got a take away, bettween 10 lads every single one of us were blown away with the sheer quality, and hospitality. Wouldn’t go any where else for an Indian. Very impressive

Great food and service well worth a visit

Nice place, good food, nice relaxed atmosphere , and pleasant staff would recommend

Absolutely spot on food. Full of flavour and for a great price. Came late evening and straight away star service. Will recommend to friends and will be back. Thank you 🙂

Crap! Took food away for people when went for a cigarette, was told "so you should have waited" custome care is crap and it was like building site inside no decor at it was all osb board onbthe walls. Would never go back ever! Would not recommend to anyone!

Restaurant was red hot, they sat us at the back in the dark when all the tables at the front were free. Sat down and immediately noticed flies everywhere. Probably around 50 or so flies on the wall next to our table. Really off putting. Asked to move because of the flies to the front and they didnt really acknowledge the issue. Food was average at best for the price paid. Seeing the flies and lack of action to stop them, wouldnt go back. Dread to think what their kitchen is like.

Good food and service, big restaurant and can be very busy but doesn't affect the quality of the food.

After seeking advice from Shay regarding ordering a takeaway, I can only say probably the best Indian meal I've had, the rice was light and flavoursome, the Lamb madras was exceptional in taste and spice levels, onion bahji were crispy and delicious, the garlic and chilli Naan was both spicy and tasty with a following afterburner lol. All in all an amazing meal, thanks to each and everyone for the awesome meal 🙏

it was a lovely place to go and enjoy a family night out, they food was amazing and they had a wide range of food options

Been here in the past, always enjoyed it but not yesterday, ordered king prawn biryani for me and hubby, totally different biryani to what we had last time, this one was bland and tasteless, Hubby complained but nothing done, what a disappointment! Cost hubby over 45 pounds including drinks, Gutted!! We left loads of food on our plates.

Really nice Channa Special and great service too.

Staff really friendly ant do enough to help, restaurant spotless, and the food OMG the food what can I say about the food full of flavour lots of it to the point I had to take the rest of mine home. Top marks guys and girls

Lovely food, canny little restaurant! x

Went during tall ships. Restaurant admitted prices have doubled for the festival. £8.80 for 4 popadoms. Food was good but due to rip off I will not use again

Terrible service, one of our part didn't get there's it somehow got lost. Not sure how that can happen when all three orders were taken at the same time. Starters came out at different times so none of us actually ate together. Tandoori mixed grill....absolute joke. Swimming in oil or ghee, either way it was horrible. The 'tapas' was basically tablespoon sizes of food for a very inflated price. Avoid

Visited here and had the tapas, regrettably all dishes starters and various mains tasted the same, you could not differentiate and most certainly lacked the spices. Portion size was adequate, but quality is more important-sorry.

It's the most welcoming indian foods amazing also staff all pleasent great allroud absolutely lovely food wouldn't dare knock it as it's just lush all around

Lovely place. Friendly staff. Quite a big place inside. Decent sized menu. The food was superb and the service was excellent. Right on the front of the marina. Definitely recommended.

Had the tapas special, it was so nice, best naan bread I've had, definitely will be back x

Lovely food, service and great value

Our first visit here. Excellent food, superb service with a smile and great price. This place is a gem! Open, spacious seating plan full view of the kitchen and a 5 food hygiene rating. Highly recommended 👌

Absolutely love this place food service and prices absolutely spot on very welcoming can’t do enough for you I’m a very picky person and wanted a bit of all sorts not on menu and it was no problem at all highly recommended

Was pretty quiet when we visited. However, on the plus side, we were served our food really quickly. Ordered the Indian Tapas meal, which comprised of a starter, rice dish and two smaller portions of curry, and a naan again of your choice. Food was hot and more than enough for me and very tasty.

Food beautiful services great I highly recommend this place

Visited last night. Good points Nan breads where fresh and tasted good, open kitchen I like that. Wife uses the toilet and said the place was emaculate. Very good friendly staff. Bad points Ordered the Tapas very small curry portion sizes. Poppadoms where warm but...

We're staying in the area & this is our second visit. Great food at a good price & lovely staff. Many thanks x.

Family run business which is lovely. Food is really good. Worth visiting. Thank you. 😊

Food is average.service is horrible.i would not recommend.

A little busy when we went as a family, but it's great to see a local business doing so well! Food was lovely, service was good, price was reasonable.

Best Indian we have had great find

One of the best Indian restaurants I have been to. Food is the main draw as it is superb in my opinion. Can get a little busy and this affects service at times, but it would anywhere.

Really good food, reasonably priced. Made a nice change going there for Sunday dinner.

Visited whilst staying at the marina and decided to get a takeout to eat on the boat. Service was excellent and even though it was rammed, it was cooked and handed to me in under 20 mins. However, even though it smelt amazing, the food...

The staff were very attentive, food was brilliant and was pleasantly suprised by the bill! Brilliant food and service for a very reasonable price! Would recommend a visit!

Staff friendly and polite food was amazing as ever loved it 😋 didn't cost the earth either 5 course 14.95 what's not to like great evening out with the hubby x

Never been here before but went on Tuesday for my birthday the food was amazing and the staff were very nice will definitely be going again

Excellent meal in a very good restaurant.

Been coming here for just over a year now, would never go anywhere else, come in about twice a month. never had a bad meal, staff are helpful and friendly, we also ask for recommendations and sometime what else they can suggest, even if something...

Excellent food and a really good deal offering 2 x small curries, and a starter with Rice and Nan for only £14.99 We decided to give this restaurant a good i am pleased we did. Good service & excellent food at a great price. Not...

Great food great service as always . Tappas great value for money keep it up ! The big lad enjoyed his birthday

Honestly, probably the best Indian food I can remember having, it was beautiful. Service was exemplary, not hurried but very efficient. Glad we got there at 5.30pm though, after 6ish people were queuing!

First time I'd been here since its move, but it won't be the last. Vindaloo curry was spot on, beautiful taste to it. Everything else was also spot on.will be returning.

Great place, quality of food is amazing for the price you pay

First time at this restaurant, came as a treat from my wife for my birthday. We normally have difficulty eating out as my wife has a gluten allergy. We contacted the restaurant in advance and were more than helpful. On the event, a staff member...

Waa recomended by a friend and was not disapointed . Tapas style meal was amazing ,flavour out of this world , popadom and dips on arrival was a brilliant touch to get ready for food . Chicken wings were huge and again wonderfully flavoured. Sign...

Excellent food and services at fair prices.

Absolutely stunning food. First time here and will be back again. Beautiful... highly recommended 👌

This is a lovely restaurant. The staff always make you feel welcome and a special customer. The food is excellent and good value. You can watch them cooking the food in the open kitchen. Will be back soon.

A contemporary Asian cuisine restaurant. Staff very welcoming and warm staff and beutiful cuisine.

Outstanding food and service at a good price. The staff were friendly and helpful and the food ordered was very nice.

My family and I tried Sheesh Mahal for the first time at the weekend, they have disabled access which I was grateful for as I'm an electric wheelchair user, we have severe allergies that the friendly staff said they could cater for and showed us the wonderful vegan selection of food on the menu and replaced dips with vegan alternatives. We had starters and a main each, unfortunately there was no Seitan (meat replacement) available for the mains but they had tofu or vegetables instead, so we were very happy with those options. The starters were delicious, with a wonderful array of flavour sauces to dip into. The main was exquisite, we all very much enjoyed our choices except for my eldest child, she didn't enjoy the Korma she ordered as it was too strong of a coconut flavour for her, the staff noticed instantly and asked if she would like something different, she tried our dishes and got the same as my wife which was the Balti, and the staff member replaced it immediately. Unfortunately there were no dessert options available for our dietary needs. Something simple like a sorbet on a aquafaba meringue nest with a little compote or syrup would have been perfect. Very impressed with the service, the wonderful staff, and it was very pleasant restaurant to dine in, although rather busy but that happens when the food and service is so good. We will definitely be coming back for more.

Excellent food, excellent value, excellent service. Can't find anything to fault. Well dome guys and girls

Our favourite local restaurant! Never disappointed with food, service or atmosphere here. Lovely friendly staff, beautiful authentic food, planning our next visit when we get home

Lovely layout, open plan so you can see the whole kitchen. Good atmosphere and fairly busy for new year time, but not irritatingly busy. Excellent food and very reasonable. The Indian Tapas Menu is very filling and exceptional value for money with starter, rice, naan and two main dishes for £15 (pictured).

Loved it will definitely spend Christmas with them again.

Absolutely fantastic curry house, curry was blooming lovely. They were fantastic with my children too and were more than happy to accommodate them by making a really mild child's curry which they all ate. Poppadoms and pickle tray were fantastic as were all the side dishes. Atmosphere was a bit dull simply due to how quiet it was which a supprise given how good this place is. However they had the footy on and we all enjoyed watching a bit of the world Cup whilst eating the brilliant food. The house larger is also a winner. Highly recommended

Absolutely gorgeous! Lovely staff and great atmosphere

Stumbled upon this by chance and the food and service were amazing. They were so lovely with my 1 year old too who was being a pain on the **** we will definitely be back

The best dine-in Indian in Hartlepool. The tapas is hard to beat for value and the food is great. Never had an issue with the service and the staff are very friendly. The restaurant also has a full array of vegan options on the back of the menu, and are happy to answer any questions. I find the food is noticeably better sitting in than taking away.

Awesome… just awesome Nicest korma I’ve ever had Staff so polite and efficient Can’t recommend enough 👍

Always friendly, will cook the food different to Menu if you ask, can’t fault the place. We come here most weeks. We are not ordinary from Hartlepool, we have tried a few other restaurants around, as been here 14 months, but we believe this is...

We had the shashlick and a special with potatoes on the top and it was fantastic. Brilliant customer service too 🥰

**** Absolutely beautiful as always. Soft nann breads, tender chicken. Iamb chops are to die for. Would 100% recommend 5******

A great meal we had the Sunday 5 course special, food was cooked and presented very well by very friendly nice staff.

Absolutely love this place been to previous restaurants in the past possibly here every weekend lovely staff and miah family always make you welcome not bad word to say If anybody in the hartlepool area worth the visit.

Amazing food ,great staff, been coming for about 4 years aways bring family from stockton. Thanks you see you again soon.

Just the best Indian out there! Never fails to impress So proud of where they have come! Have to check out!

Guaranteed a great meal, in lovely surroundings - the staff are attentive and very welcoming. Still my favourite place to have an excellent curry!

Very good so much flavour absolutely loved it and he let me finish my chips when he took my plate away

Amazing friendly service throughout the evening. Fantastic meal will definitely be returning, plenty to choose from the Tapas menu & good portions

Can't rate this place highly enough. Great food, great service and the tapas menu in particular is brilliant value. Thank you very much, we will be back very soon.

Went with my boyfriend the other day and decide to get the tapas, amazing value for money with a lot of dishes to choose from, I wanted the chilli mossala that wasn’t a selection and the waiter said I could have it for my tapas,...

Overall not bad. Went after work, had the set menu. 2 currys, a rice, a naan, a starter which left us all stuffed. Throw in some poppadoms and a coke and it didnt break £20 which I thought was very reasonable. Food took some time if I'm honest and wasnt the best curry I've ever had but it was enjoyable none the less and at this price I find it hard to complain. Again, not bad. Would go again.

Alwaysa fabulous meal and good service at the Sheesh Mahal. I recommend the tapas, especially if you cannot decide!