Shelford Spice in South Cambridgeshire

I enjoyed their rice but the wings were a bit burned

Their food and service is truly exceptional! If you haven’t tried this place yet, you’re definitely missing out! P.S. My favourite takeaway just got crowned the “Best Takeaway of the Year in Cambridgeshire” Yet another reason to order from them! 🙌🏼

Great delivery time, friendly courier, great food. 10/10

Since they opened we have always had a great meal, food always hot and very tasty. Staff very polite and friendly.

The moment you walk in, you're greeted with a warm smile. The delightful aroma immediately hits your senses. This is, without a doubt, the best takeaway in town! If you haven’t tried them yet, I strongly recommend you do—you’re truly missing out!

From the moment you are nearing the door the aroma lifts you and draws uou into a fabulous atmosphere, a friendly greeting and informationabout your order straight away. While you wait you can watch the highly trained, amazing chefs, create their magic, in an open, spotlessly clean, kitchen. Happiness awaits until you arrive home to plate up and enjoy the most delicious food and flavours. I love Shelford Spice food xx

Fourth time we've ordered from Shelford Spice - excellent food as always, very good levels of heat and spice (no blandness in sight!), the vegetarian options are varied and the meat was very well cooked. Portions are generous and we got poppadoms for free. Had their XL garlic naan for the first time and it was cooked fresh in front of us and extremely tasty. Friendly service, will definitely come back

Brilliant food, best in Cambridge in my opinion! You can watch the chefs cook the food whilst you wait - the kitchen is super clean. Owner farhan is an absolute gent. Would definitely recommend.

Great food, could be best Indian in Cambridge area! Wide delivery area :) good customer service, friendly staff

The best takeaway in Cambridge (actually one of the best takeaways I’ve ever had)! Food is wonderful, staff are lovely and always make you smile, amazing service! Me and my partner try and order Shelford Spice at least couple times a month, never disappointed! Portions are fairly big so we always have leftovers for the next day for lunch :) - Ben and Alise

Very nice food good service and very fast delivery

The food was nice, the portion sizes are huge at all, tandoori mixed grill and chicken passanda was absolutely delicious. I would go back again to try something different to get a real taste of the other foods. Thank you Shelford Spice team.

I made an order for lamb Biryani it was really dilicous. I will come back again.

Always lovely food. Hot and staff are very helpful. Thank you

Food is always amazing, good portion size we love it

generous portions of tasty food. particularly liked the prawns in the mixed tandoori, and the extra large naan is *enormous*. I also really appreciate being able to say "no thanks" to mint sauce and salad - it really saves on waste!

Excellent curry. 1st time with shelford spice, and it'll now be my go to choice.

Food was pretty bad, would send pictures if you provide an email? Otherwise we will contact them direct. Food really wasn’t as advertised. Korma and chicken tikka massala were unlike and We’ve had before. The korma was basically a lumpy almond paste

Good food but arrived very late.

Great delivery - food was good and plentiful - very filling - thanks to our delivery guy especially after we sent the food to the wrong shelford - 5* for him !!

Very tasty food, highly recommended 👍

Always had great food from here

This is the third time we've ordered from here and we've ordered different things each time to see what's good and what's not. We haven't had a single bad dish from there at all. The onion pakoras, sheekh kebab and desi chicken are out of this world. We've had chicken tikka masala, lamb rogan josh, chicken tikka balti and today tried the best food ever, every single one has been spot on. Mushroom rice, egg fried rice, keema rice, great portions and all perfect. Keema rice is the definite winner for me. The chip portions are huge too. Absolutely amazing food, couldn’t recommend this enough!

Worst food- nowhere close to be classified as Indian… they simply have no clue what a Roghan josh or Jalfarezi taste like. Their only recipe is “just mix tons of shredded onions and tomatoes and mix some sauces and spices from here and there and heat up and serve it. They are def not legit.

great food, amazing customer service

Today I found this place looking to buy pizza for my son and I was absolutely amazed by the quality freshness and how rich in ingredient the product is. Absolutely amazing taste and texture! My name is Florin and I live near this place. I will absolutely be back to buy pizza from now on

Great staff. Great food. was best Indian in Cambridge I’ve had. Will be back again :)

Thanks all. Food was delicious.

Team at Shelford Spice is great, good hospitality. Food was 10/10

Beautiful crisp popadoms, excellent mint sauce and amazing dips but the star of the show - chicken tikka let you down very badly. It was dry. In no way succulent and the spices appeared to be burnt onto the outside. I was so looking forward to this, but even when softened by the mint sauce it had little effect on the meat - if it had been cooked at lunchtime and reheated that is exactly what I would expect. So sorry for both of us.

First time at Shelford Spice. We were aware they are not the cheapest but it's always nice to try somewhere new. On collection I could see the kitchen was spotless and it was clear that the extra costs were going towards fresh higher quality ingredients. when dishing up this was apparent. Our three year search for the local holly grail of curries is over.

Great food, great service. Would highly recommend.

A Bangladeshi restaurant that makes actual Bengali food rather than the standard Bengali-food-for-shada-manush nonsense I generally come across. Well done!

Always have a good meal from here. Curry was good, but disappointed my lamb curry only had 3 pieces of lamb in it! Although this won’t stop me ordering from here again.

a bit disappointed, tried for the first time instead of my regular. the naan wasn't as nice, not fresh tasting. Raita hardly any cucumber, very small warm salad. Also I wrote a note not to ring or knock as my dog goes absolutely mad and takes ages to calm after , and there is a sign on the door saying the same, but the courier rang the bell even though he had seen me at the window. no point having a box to write instructions if they ignore or don't read.

The food is amazing! Shelford Spice Special is simply the best. The food is exceptionally tasty. Would like to have this food everyday.

Delicious food and fast delivery! Couldn’t fault our meal! Thank you!

Best biryani in Cambridgec facts! Never disappoints. Owner always looking after us!

Initially we thought Shelford Spice had set the benchmark for Indian Takeaway in our local area. Sadly, it now seems easier for them to reduce the amount of meat in a dish and pack it out with sauce. Having raised this as a concern directly with them having received the order, there was a question about whether we were aware that they had to ensure how much meat went into their dishes and even we were questioned whether we appreciated how much meat was used. As a gesture of good will we were offered complimentary onion bhaji on our next order, seriously! We won't be ordering again from them. Clearly customer service not a priority.

Food was warm and good. Delivery driver always happy.

Amazing food always high quality and friendly team. We love their biryani but there are plenty of option for all dietary needs

fantastic. if your staying in the travelodge fourwentways I'd recommend these for delivery. first class order, food was hot, tasty and they phoned to say they were nearly here as requested. only critique, could have done with more garlic on the garlic nann, otherwise perfect. will be ordering again tomorrow. thank you.

Great service and fantastic food

Great food, Fantastic Service, couldn't recommend more.

food was gritted and sauce was thick plus chicken was tough

Really good, great portion sizes and amazing peshwari naan!

the food came on time and was piping hot which was great, however the butter chicken was flavourless, and the quality didn't seem great, I'd expect more for the price that was paid

My partner and I eat from here often and have tried exploring multiple different Indian and Bangladesh restaurants and still come back to Shelford spice. It's still our favourite, the food is fresh and delicious and cooked to perfection. Some people grumble about price but we feel it is competitive and of much higher quality so its only right you spend an extra couple pounds for a much better meal. We always have lunch the next day out of it. No curry out of a bottle here!

Food was absolutely gorgeous!!! simple as that, best food I've ever ordered from anywhere, try it and tell me its not!

The second time I've had take away from here, and both times they've tasted great! Delivery was timely and the food was nice and hot when it arrived. This time I asked if they could do a paneer biryani and it tasted fantastic!! Would definitely recommend!

The food is lovely and plenty of it as well, very filling and will order again

Absolutely 1st class food and delivery guy was amazing. Have eaten from many curry houses in and around Cambridge and this food certainly rivals the very best I’ve tasted! Give them a go as you won’t be disappointed. For the first time ever I actually called the shop and told them how good the food was and the guy on the end of the phone was very appreciative. Genuinely a very good taste experience and would highly recommend

Expensive. Not a normal chicken tikka masala. Very disappointed.

Delivery driver was rude as couldn’t find house. Never had a problem before.

Very overpriced for the quality of food - ordered Lamb Chops main for £17.95 and got 2 of the smallest lamb chops (menu says X4) Very disappointed for the price of this dish. Last time I will ordering from here.

Yesterday I have eaten my dinner from Shelford spice. Food and service was just amazing😍 specially butter chicken and Biryani was outstanding and yummy😋😋. Thank you for a lovely meal and service.

Lovely food I enjoyed it, thanks

Easy to Eder, delivery fine but food edible if a little bland.

Thank you. The food really was delicious.

Very disappointed! £40 for x2 biriani’s, so I assumed the food would be good. Bland and boring. Will not be ordering from here again

The driver went out of his way to locate me at the Hinxton Hall Conference Centre by parking his car and walking on foot. I really appreciate his sacrifice.

We've ordered from here before, food is always hot and tasty. Would definitely recommend.

If only there were six starts, well deserved. Completely impressed by the customeer service and the food. I am a huge fan of indian food and Shelford Spice has surpassed my expectations. Not only did our delivery arrive very hot but they were also able to make ammendments for me without difficulty for an error I had made on Just Eat. Thank you so much we have really enjoyed our hot meal and you have a new frequent customer!!

Can you please make the chicken tikka masala less sweet please it is incredibly sweet. Tastes good but way too sweet.

First time ordering here. After reading the reviews, we thought to give benefit of the doubt and try it - food was extremely disappointing, some of the dishes were barely edible (most of the food ended up in the bin).

Delivery was on time it was so yummy and khalid did an early delivery with a pleasing smile :) thank you guys food was fab !!!

Lovely curry. Huge naan. Beautiful food. Thank you. Delivery was with a smile from a kind man. Will be back. TA

Food was nice and hot and plentiful.

Food was not tasty. We felt it's a waste of money.

Hands down the best ever takeaway curry I have had. Piping hot and the flavours were incredible. First time ordering from here but will be sure to order plenty more

This was the first time we had tried Shelford Spice, We are located in Cherry Hinton, It's approx 3.7 miles & 10mins Shelford Spice is pricers than most indian takeaways, I had couple of Plain Papadum and Chutneys 1x Mango Chutney , they were ok. Sheek Kebab x Salad you get 2 Sheek Kebab, They looked colourless & under cooked not alot of spicy taste, the salad is 1 very small tomato & some green leafs no cucumber bland very poor, not very heat hot :-( 4 Lamb Chops Salad very small tomato & some green leafs no cucumber bland very poor, Mint Sauce very expensive Lamb chops for 4, nearly ( £8 more than where i usually get my food) They looked very nice with cooked peppers & onion, Now they were very tough and chewy , but sauce/paste was very tasty, but they felt like they had only just had the chill taking off them, Bombay Potatoes looked and smelt very nice, however the potatoes where new potatoes in there skins cut in half, ( they looked & tasted has if they where just boiled and then the sauce just add, I have never ever seen or tasted Bombay Potatoes like this, and hope not to again, £3 delivery charge which is reasonable and 10 pence for Carrier Bag. Would i try again no

This was the first time we had tried Shelford Spice, We are located in Cherry Hinton, It's approx 3.7 miles & 10mins Shelford Spice is pricers than most indian takeaways, I had couple of Plain Papadum and Chutneys 1x Mango Chutney , they were ok. Sheek Kebab x Salad you get 2 Sheek Kebab, They looked colourless & under cooked not alot of spicy taste, the salad is 1 very small tomato & some green leafs no cucumber bland very poor, not very heat hot :-( 4 Lamb Chops Salad very small tomato & some green leafs no cucumber bland very poor, Mint Sauce very expensive Lamb chops for 4, nearly ( £8 more than where i usually get my food) They looked very nice with cooked peppers & onion, Now they were very tough and chewy , but sauce/paste was very tasty, but they felt like they had only just had the chill taking off them, Bombay Potatoes looked and smelt very nice, however the potatoes where new potatoes in there skins cut in half, ( they looked & tasted has if they where just boiled and then the sauce just add, I have never ever seen or tasted Bombay Potatoes like this, and hope not to again, £3 delivery charge which is reasonable and 10 pence for Carrier Bag. Would i try again no

I’ve never put a take-away in the bin before. Service was good, the shop looks nice and it always smells amazing from outside. Despite this the food is not good. Like other commenters have said- it’s far too sweet, and we put almost everything (except the biryani which was ok) in the bin.

Me and my girlfriend had the best takeaway we’ve ever had. The food was on time, the driver was kind and thoughtful, everything was hot and it just tasted amazing. There were no faults at all. I will definitely be recommending this place to everyone and will definitely order from here again. Thank you so much for the food

We ordered for the first time last night and wow, probably one of the best curry’s we have had, highly recommended and we will definitely be ordering again, the curried noddles are a must have, the curry’s we ordered was packed full of flavour. The staff where so lovely and friendly taking our order, even the delivery man. Thank you for a lovely meal 😀

Friendly staff, good portion of food which was tasty

Thee nicest curry’s we’ve eaten. We haven’t found a decent place for a curry is years. Husband tried some of your food a few months back, and this afternoon convinced me to try some for our dinner this evening. Even our son enjoyed!

Great hot tasty food, friendly driver arrived on time nice and hot and well packaged great new food place recommend

Thanks for your response. It’s my right to review what I felt like for the food and the photo is the true evidence. My review is based on my liking and I m honest as I paid myself, not review for PR. I gave 1 star for food and 5 stars for service. Service is great but food isn’t. it’s fair enough..

We didn’t receive all our order the salads and mint sauces were missing which meant our food was rather bland

Good noodles Decent amount of spice ... Like getting kicked in the mouth by a chili I'll try something from the specials next time

These guys really know what they're doing - the food came piping hot and was absolutely delicious - perfect balance of spices and hotness - I ordered the Garlic Naan, Mango Lassi, large chips, spicy baby potatoes, Longka Naga and Goa Fish Curry - will definitely order again - thank you Shelford Spice 👏👏👏

Food was good - shame the salad and mint sauce was missing.

Lovely food, nice delivery man - will definitely use again. Thank you

Probably the best curry I've ever had. You get loads of meat in meat dishes, large portions and great flavours it is an absolute delight to get a curry from here and feels like a real treat for the whole family.

Had a takeaway this evening, it was absolutely gorgeous. The chicken in the jalfrezi was so succulent. Will definitely be ordering again.

One of the best Indians we have had in a long time. Food exceptional. Curried noodles are a must!

Food was the nicest I’ve had in a long time. Peshwari naan was stuffed with filling and Lorna was bursting with flavour. Driver was 5 minutes early and gave us a voucher for next time plus some free food. Definitely eating here again

Would highly recommend not eating here, the food came out cold and the meat was extremely chewy with very little taste. Do not get fooled by the fancy decor, food is rubbish and waste of money.

Brilliant staff, very accommodating and food was delicious and cooked fresh. Would recommend.

Just ordered a delivery after hearing great things - wow, what a flavourful curry! I had the special Shasklik Masala - down expect a British Masala with lots of coconut/cream. This was absolutely delicious. The spicy baby potatoes brought the heat and levelled up on standard bombay potatoes. Really great meal - thank you guys! I will be ordering again- despite having an Indian in my village!!

Ordered food to home. Great taste, full of flavour, good spice without being overwhelmingly hot. Will order again

Our favourite takeaway restaurant, possibly ever! The food is always delicious, the kitchen/front of house spotless and the staff are so polite and friendly. Love their easy online ordering and that they remember their customers using this system. Always a treat when we don't want to cook!

I ordered from Shelford Spice not long after they opened & I was not impressed. Today after seeing my neighbour coming back from fetching a Curry. I thought I don't want to cook tonight, I will give them another try. I ordered Madras Lamb Curry, Special Rice & a Popadom £16.40. Verdict, the meat was very tasty tender & it just fell apart , top marks. The Special rice , nothing special, but the gravy was very watery, in fact in places it looked like clear water. Overall. I will not be going back for a 3rd meal

Polite, clean and professional. Food was amazing and fresh, we could really taste all the different flavours. Will definitely be ordering from here again. Thank you 😎

Wow Wow Wow!!!! Amazing!! The food here is absolutely top tier arguably the best Indian takeaway I’ve had, Topped of with lovely service from Farhan, Lovely chap, Would definitely recommend a trip down here if you’re in the Cambridge area.

Great quality and quantity backed with extremely good delivery service. Highly recommended. Will repeat as well.

By far the best curry I have had yet in Cambridge, will definitely be ordering again. The naan was honestly the tastiest I have ever had in my life!

Best korma I've ever had l, roll on tomorrow 😁🤗

1st order got to say the lamb madras was spot on the flavours were too perfection