Shimla Restaurant & Takeaway in Doncaster

Excellent food very tasty. Enjoyed eveything the Wednesday offer is a real bargin. very good friendly staff. Looking forward to returning

Absolutely dreadful customer service…. 4 of us on a table that we could just about sit at while the entire restaurant was empty …. Could not order pickle tray without first ordering main meals 🤷‍♀️…to say the meals were bland is a compliment… garlic chilli chicken that could have been served to a 5 year old and chicken pathia that I can make better myself… but tasted like a sweet version of the chillie garlic 🤦🏻‍♀️, chicken methi murgh tasteless also!!! Greasy microwaved pilau rice … the only upside was the freshly cooked naan….. We were given the bill before we asked for it at approximately 8.30 … the venue doesn’t close until 10pm!!!! Then asked if we’d finished with our wine glasses while there was still wine in them…we should not have stayed and will certainly not be back!!

The food was very nice, however I ordered a keema nan, but plain on came.

Sent one wrong item and the food lacked taste.

Had our first delivery from Shimla Armthorpe last night and couldn't fault it - it arrived on time,was delicious and plenty of it !! I will definitely be using them again and strongly recommend 😃

LOVE this little gem of a restaurant. Beautiful food , fantastic, friendly staff. They go above and beyond to ensure you’re happy with everything. THE best onion bhajis in Doncaster. Highly recommend.

When food came, 2 little pots of pickles were spilled over the rest of the food (lids had come off) . The main was so bland and tasteless it was untrue. It was meant to be medium heat, but there were no spices at all.

Went for my son’s 18th Birthday last night, table of 14. Great service, friendly staff and lovely food. Highly recommend it.

There was a dish missing which they sorted very quickly Great service and the food was loy

Dishes either too spicy or bland

Would never order from here again. Worst food I have ever tasted !!

Called on spec after 9pm last Saturday, we didn't realise they were closing soon, and we were told the kitchen was closing very shortly. I sort of cheekily said we really on want a meal each (we were travelling back to Manchester so couldn't be long anyway) and they kindly allowed us to stay as long as we were ready to order straight away. We both ordered the same meal to make it easier for the kitchen (we did ask for popadums so it wasn't really a starter 😊) The waiters were all very polite and we didn't feel rushed in any way. The food was excellent, very tasty, and if it were nearer to home I'd definitely return / use for takeaway. Upon leaving staff were very courteous and we didn't feel we were being pushed out of the door - they were all very busy tidying and cleaning thoroughly the tables which was refreshing, no wonder they have a 5* hygiene rating. Thanks again for being very accomodating, if in the area ever again we'll sure look you up, this time earlier 😊

Very disappointed with the starter the meat was very dry and the portion was very dissatisfying

Food was nice but said delivered on just eat but didn’t turn up till over 30 mins later

Absolutely lovely food never disappoints whether you eat in or take out Don’t change anything

lovely food, good quality meat, tasty Curry, good size portions

Was absolutely shocking cold food!! Missing items.. a curry pot noodle has more flavour

Fabulous food would certainly order again.

Ordered a chicken tikka masal main and it was only chicken tikka pieces no sauce.... rice was cold very disappointed

30 mins late to start with and wrong sauces so had to sit and wait another 30 mins for rest of meal to come entire thing was cold by time the rest had come .

We ordered a takeaway for 4 people, the order was incorrectly filled as chicken Chili turned out to be Chicken Curry the chicken Madras was nice but the Sauce was very runny, the onion bhajis where not crisp and did not seem freshly prepared, the Lamb Jalfrezi was tough with gristle and was warm, it was also mildly spiced rather than medium to hot, all in all £57 for a meal for 4 went from a good deal to a wasted expenditure as not one of the dishes was fully consumed or enjoyed, as I had picked this up and was in the house (and it was lashing outside and cold). I cannot recommend the take away service from this restaurant

Not very warm and items missing

Probably the worst Indian takeaway I’ve ever had👎👎👎👎👎

Late delivery also missed item

Restaurant very apologetic at our delay of 50 mins but when it arrived items were missing and quality was poor

Food on time, but was cold very disappointing as I’ve had takeout from he before on numerous occasions, not this time

Legit Best Takeaway Indian ive had in 2023 !!

Very poor no taste to the curry! Mixed kebab was just mince rolled into different form of other things!! Very poor

Took long enough considering it was a Tuesday then it was still 15 mins late! And in all honesty it wasn’t worth waiting for!

We ordered a simple, yet expensive order on a Friday night. That consisted of two mains, chips, rice and naan breads. The order arrived with: Chips, naan, and 3? Lots of rice, missing our mains entirely. Although when I rang they resent the mains out, they arrived beyond cold. In the photo on the item on just eat these mains we’re served in sauce. There was no sauce just a pool of oil that the chicken was sat in stone cold in the foil tray. Unfortunately wouldn’t order again despite the local lo

Birthday Celebrations for a 21st Birthday. 13 of us and excellent service. Everyone’s meals were hot, fresh and delicious. Through experience, whether it’s a table of four or a large group, The Shimla always seem to be able to deliver high a standard of service and food. Thanks Guys for a great night. 👍

Amazing food really enjoyed it.

Madras tasted fairly bland & didn’t pack any heat which was disappointing, usually very nice in the restaurant but tasted completely different on delivery. Starters etc all ok just let down with the main.

Delicious Indian although garlic chilli chicken wasn’t as hot as I was expecting, would have loved a few more chillies in it. However the food in general was lovely.

Bland,.cold food. Rang restaurant twice to find out where the order was, received it 1 hour and a half after ordering.

Really enjoyed the food….as usual, faultless! Wasn’t bothered that it came early…we were hungry! I have to say though, I’d had more than one glass of wine and although I’d paid for it by card through the app, I was daft enough to pay again in cash. Doh. Within minutes, the delivery driver came back with my £40. What a lovely honest thing to do. Thank you so much.

Great order as usual- never disappoint!

TAKEAWAY. Have had food from here many times and has always been good. However, last night was very poor. Stale poppadoms, 1 tiny dish of mango chutney between 2 of us, despite asking for 2. A very wet chicken balti and a very wet chicken jalfrezi, which tasted and looked the same apart from the sprinkling of parsley on the jalfrezi. No vegetables in sight and tasteless, unappetising looking pilau rice.

Food was just ok. Order was wrong when it arrived with items missing hit credit to them they sorted it and re delivered missing items quickly which we were grateful for

Food wasn’t as expected didn’t tell me it wouldent come with a sauce so just had tikka chicken with chips and rice not satisfied and won’t be ordering from there again

So much oil in the food. Was all over the bag when delivered everything was covered in it. Food wasn’t that warm either and very very bland. I’ve eaten in the restaurant and it was nice but this was way below the usual standard. £50 not well spent

Excellent food and service. My wife and I both thoroughly enjoyed the meal we had there recently. My wife is a lover of onion Bhajis and started with two of them, followed by a prawn tikka masala. I had a king prawn tikka to start and prawn tikka masala for my main too. Absolutely delicious. Highly recommended.

Super quick, and great quality takeaway, half an hour quicker than advised and all tasted fresh and delicious.

To say this is a restaurant - it’s clear the takeaway offers is not restaurant standard if I had been in the restaurant and served what was delivered would have been sent back & left the place chicken curry watery and tasteless chicken Tikka masala tasted like pure sugar to disguise the watery sauce chips under cooked & greasy I finished them off in air fryer! Poppedoms dry all broken and tasted stale.. pointless switching on air fryer and ordering as food was awful went in bin lesson learnt !

Absolutely stunning as usual. Everything was delicious.

Unhappy with the meal tonight, not usual standard.

Amazing Indian takeaway always tasty best in doncaster

Once again a return visit to The Shimla Restaurant. Sheb as always there to welcome myself and my wife. He knows his guests by name. Wonderful. And so to enjoy several courses of deep flavours, spiced food to perfection. Thing is, each dish is not overpowered and killed by spices. The spices enhance everything. A wonderful evening as always. Thanks to Sheb and his team. Five stars as always.

Food was not worth £40. VERY Bland korma and that’s saying something considering it’s a korma. Missing naan bread and when I called up they didn’t even say sorry… said they would send a driver still waiting 25 minutes later. My Garlic Nihari dish was nice but Won’t be ordering again wish I hadn’t spent £40 :(

Great meal just I ordered wrong but did call and they said they would change but we received what I had ordered but it was delicious Will definitely be ordering again

Excellent service and Excellent food every time, staff are all friendly and always there to help. 😊

Avg food and late delivery - Not something you want when you are very hungry !

Twice ordered takeaway, and twice got my order completely wrong and I have been unable to eat it and been left eating a plate of chips!

I have now tried several Indian restaurants in the area and I’m resigned to the fact that the chef has been nowhere near any part of India ! Lacking in flavour, quality and taste. The pilau rice was an unseasoned plain looking excuse for the main lacked flavour and seasoning. Chapati was reasonable.Shocking food will not be ordering again.

We’ve been using the service for years and always been more than happy but something has changed here either chef or suppliers but definitely something. Ordered our food came in timely manner but didn’t have its normal flavours tge food quality was so different. The meat was also tough. Worst still ever since we’ve both been so bad with our stomach. We’re on point of getting tests done ! I’m reluctant to post such a review but this is the only thing we both ate. Won’t use again unfortunately. We used love Shimla

Made us aware it was going to be delayed, food amazing- worth the wait!

Never had a bad meal from here.. highly recommend

It was a little late but it was worth the wait. Absolutely delicious.

Food outstanding as always thank you 😊

I ordered a Indian last night the meat was so tough I had to remove it from my dish and throw it all away,I spent over 28.00 I don’t think il be ordering a meat dish again

The order was just wrong the chicken chaat was missing the chicken, was just potatoes and the dupiaza tastes suspiciously like a korma.

Piping hot even being 5mile away, very tasty plenty of it too perfect for 2 or even tomorrow's tea..

Ordered from the takeaway a chicken tikka starter but where as before you got a dip & salad nothing anymore which is a shame as I would of ordered seperate if I’d known. Chicken balti very bland although the chicken was lovely. Overall I found this ok I wouldn’t order again as after reading all the excellent reviews was expecting something better for what you pay.

Food wasn’t the usual quality to what we normally receive

We have been using this restaurant for many months now was so disappointed on Sunday we had the banquet the chicken chat was very salty the sharing starter the lamb was inedible. Then to add insult to injury when we paid the bill drinks had been added that we hadn't had. We were asked if the food was ok we said about our issues but not one member of staff came back to let us know what the chef had said. It seems criticism is not taken kindly. We were not even offered any Mints as normal when paying the bill Admittingly this is perhaps our second incident the first was weeks ago when we said there was only 3 prawns in a starter and was told there was defiantly more. (Mrs Jayne Hill)

Pilau rice was solid, the korai was extremely hot compared to normal and we got a shaswari naan and not a garlic so couldn’t eat it. Very disappointed

Delivery was fast, the food was lovely and hot however we ordered 2 peshwari naans and got 2 cheese naans which we weren’t keen on.

Best Indian in Donny hands down.

Excellent food but delivery was 20 mins late

They forgot to leave part of my order, but when I contacted them they sent it straight out, couldn't ask for more.

Soggy chips and really oily and watery chicken korma. Did not taste good, sorry to say most of it went in the bin :(

Quality of food was terrible. The food was cold by the time we received it. Both Naan breads were burnt and could not be eaten.

Delivered on time, everything was hot and fresh and was one of the best Indian takeaways we've had for a while

Hurrah for Shimla. Had just about given up on Just Eat but this order was fab - great tasting food, hot, delivered on time and reasonable prices. Would recommend!

Food arrived on time, was however very cold, when putting the food out it was so watery, piece of plastic found in one of the dishes also! Usually love the food from here but was not great at all tonight, also when ordering asked for a change with the pickle tray and was still sent without changing an item.

First time ordering from here and was pleasantly surprised, fast delivery and really nice food, will definitely order again

Was ok .. but just ok , ordered chilli chicken masala , there were no fresh green chillis in it .. whole uncooked garlic added too finished dish .. which wasn’t nice .. the spices were not prominent , there was a lack of a few key spices to make the dishes .. and no fresh coriander used … Tbh I’m a bit of a curry connoisseur and I cook many Asian dishes myself so I do know what I’m talking about . Room for improvement for sure , however the meal was on time .

First time I've eaten at shimla for quite a number of years as I was in the area. The food was nice, and I had a good conversation with 2 fellow patrons. The service wasn't the best, asked for a drink, and had to get the waiters attention from his phone for him to get it after 5 minutes. Also, when I was waiting for one of my courses, the same waiter seemed to just dump my cutlery on my table and walk off. It was mostly a decent experience but could have been better.

Overall good quality, everything was tasty just the curry was a bit watery

Fantastic food as always! Thank you😊

Delicious food and brilliant delivery

We visited last night, thought I’d have to leave a review about this place as my husband was disappointed with the mens toilets. This really put us off visiting here again. Basic hygiene and the cleanliness was not here in the facilities. He was disgusted and really put him off eating his meal. He said it looked like they had never been cleaned.

Besides missing items which I was refunded the food is amazing!

The chicken korma my wife had was watery and tasteless. My chicken korai lacked any heat from the spice. The pilau looked kind of grey and washed out. For the £40 I had spent I expected much better

Ordered Peshwari Naan and received a soggy plain Naan. Ordered Pilau Rice and received boiled rice tinged with something brown. The balti and rogan josh were just about OK but lacked any proper flavour. A waste of £30.

Absolutely terrible chips undercooked and full of grease first time trying here and definitely the last

Amazing once again. Lovely dishes. Order from here a lot and won’t stop. Deffo out go to Indian takeaway

I don’t usually write reviews, especially bad ones but I feel I have to, I regularly eat inside this place and never a complaint, unfortunately tried the delivery for the first time tonight, on arrival the first thing I noticed was how small the portions were, which turned out may be a good thing, I ordered 2 curries, 2 rices, a naan and some poppadoms for nearly £40……. Both curries had no taste whatsoever and lukewarm at best the 2 rices were cold and tasteless, only good thing was the poppadoms and pickle tray which was a good selection, my partner after a couple of mouthfuls turned to me and said “this is the worst takeout I’ve ever had” so it wasn’t just me! Such a shame because it’s really nice eating in, but I will not be ordering another takeout

After reading the reviews I thought I would give it a try from my usual curry house. I’m guessing the reason the food was cold and not really a good standard because it came late and was sitting around. I’d like to see what the food was like when on time etc. but won’t waste any more cash to try.

You pay a bit more for food from here but, trust me, it's so well worth it. The food was piping hot and gorgeous. We will definitely be ordering from here again but with prices, it won't be as often as we would like.

Excellent food, what more can you ask for?

Good tasty food and quick delivery. Thanks

Some good flavours but the madras was quite mild so would have been better with a bit more spice, the tikka jalfrezi again was missing a kick of spice. Poppadoms were lovely and the garlic chapatti was great. The garlic naan however was far to overpowering with all the garlic being in the middle and not evening spread so we ended up not eating it at all. Was good, unsure it's worth the price as very expensive for what it was Delivered on time but no update from the app and just rocked up

Food was absolutely beautiful no fault what so ever but for near on £100 worth of food we should have at least got a free bottle of pop or free naan bread with it or better yet qualify for free delivery.

Amazing food and great service

These guys are the best. Wouldn’t go anywhere else 💙

The food was not great. Rogan josh was just loaded with tomatoes and very little flavour, pilau rice looked and tasted like fried rice. Korma was very runny. Had from here before but truly disappointed this time.

Beautiful tasty food - really enjoyed it would definitely recommend

Lovely food, definitely recommend

Food was tasteless, my Chicken Jalfrezi tasted like stew no spice what's so ever. The Chicken tikka masala again tasteless. Won't be ordering again what a waste of £55