Shimlas Leeds in Leeds

I’ve been a customer for a long time because they have good chicken kebabs at a fair price. I usually eat in and take some food to go before I leave. But when I get takeaways, the portion is always about half of what I get when I eat in, which feels shady since it’s happened three times. They’re definitely doing it on purpose. Also, the music is always so loud that you have to shout to talk to anyone, which kind of ruins the atmosphere.

I visited this place with the assumption that it serves authentic Indian/Pakistani cuisine. Much to my disappointment, I experienced the most whitewashed version of the butter chicken special. The lamb biryani was also pilau rice with meat added to it which in actual fact should be renamed meat pilau rice. It reminded of the time I used to work for a local Indian restaurant that catered for the English rather than desi customer. The only saving grace was the masala fish Many years ago I used to be a fan of Akbar's due to their attention to producing desi style dishes with desi flavours. Shimlas has a long way to go to even reach that pedestal.

The food is yummy. I love the fries they always arrive hot. And the portion is filling.

The food was good but the need to improve customer service and team members wasn’t good in behavior.

As my first time there and recommendations from my husband, we went with our little ones today and it was a lovely, friendly and warm experience. I highly recommend going in for the service and food. 5 stars from us!

I took my family to dine at the Shimlas in Harehills for the first time and the standard of service and food were incredible. We loved the atmosphere and all the staff were very welcoming. It’s our family’s favourite spot. Would highly recommend if you want excellent Asian cuisine. A+

Amazing food and service Shimlas. Many Thanks to Annie, Hassan and Gaila It’s 28/02/2025 I wanted to say Thank you to Athira, she has served us twice and we enjoy her services. She has an amazing personality and she is a happy Soul ❤️ We love you Athira

Gran comida y gran servicio. Gracias Aathira por cuidar de nosotros y hacer que sea una buena noche. ¡Nos vemos pronto! Salud Abhi

Amazing food. Fantastic customer service and love shown by the team. Great to go with your friends or family.

❣️❣️❣️😍very lovele service beautiful hiba thank you so much

Good place to go..the manager changed my food for me half way through cz I didn't like it..

Had an amazing experience at Shimlas Leeds! The Magaz and Meat Karahi were absolutely delicious—rich, flavorful, and cooked to perfection. The highlight of our visit was the super fantastic service from Hassan—attentive, friendly, and made our meal even more enjoyable. Highly recommend this place for great food and top-notch service!

Amazing food and amazing service

Absolutely amazing service… special shoutout to Hassan. He was so accommodating, answered 101 questions and was so so polite. He really made our meal. The food was delicious and very generous portion sizes. Great value for money and wasn’t super loud or crowded. We visited Leeds for the first time ever and will definitely recommend and be back!! Also one of the only places open at 1am.

Athria was excellent during our visit at Shimla. The food was amazing and tasted just as good as it looks. Highley recommend ! Thank you Athira your service was amazing.

Devika was a superstar. She made us feel right at home. Great service and great food

Nice restaurant with good food served by friendly staff..

Quality freshly served. Service is a top notch by athira

Food not cooked right over priced not cooked properly

I have been numorous times and everytime I visit I always think it will improve with the pace of the service and quality of food but i guess I was wrong, they have messed my order twice and this time the wings had alot of blood in both the naga wings and dynamite wings, I do hope this can be fixed as the quality is good but these kind of things are off putting, the service defo needs improvement on the takeaway side as people are waiting to be served but they tend to get calls first and ignore people that are waiting there before the phone is ringing this is shocking customer service.

Food is so delectable and customs service is brilliant 👏, I will recommend it always.

First time going with my partner and son and we will be definitely going back soon

Super nice biryani is a must try coming back again for sure staff and managers are so great in accomodating God bless your team guys surely we will be back

Great atmosphere with great friendly service and brilliant food

Delicious food and excellent service from Athira.Highly recommended.

The food was gorgeous, all the dishes complimented each other well, were cooked to perfection and were really reasonable portions for sharing. They got so many new curry additions to their menu. We tried their desi lamb on the bone and it was amazing, they improved a lot with their food quality and customer service.The service we received from Hassan and Devika was amazing.Highly recommended 💯

The food was really good with amazing customer service. The staff Athira was a really good and a friendly person who provided with excellent customer service to us.

The food was prepared fresh and Athira had a very positive attitude, the overall customer experience was good

Best service and best food I have ever had especially the service by Aathira was excellent. Highly recommend this place.

I really appreciate the improvement of shimlas service the things are best now popping hot food with good quality and especial taste of sauces.. highly recommended

Great experience. Thanks Devika.

Worth enough money and great service quality. Highly recommended

I do not recommend this place.they waiting time is ridiculous when you place an order they give 15-20 minutes and they take 45 minutes and the food is very disgusting I’m not happy with their service.

Everything was perfect. Devika served really well.

Really nice food loved it. Would highly recommend it ❤️

Well done to Devika, great service

Fantastic service, food was lovely and at a decent price.

Verry nice food and good atmosphere and good service good to come again.

Excellent food with good customer service especially Athira.

Great food one of the best curry's I've ever had

Poor service, iced cold food told them it’s cold waitress not even bothered ignored call again then microwaved it and re served it, it was on 29th January 2025 at 1:30pm we will never come back again

Never again; Stomach hurts next morning and it was the last thing I ate couldn’t get off toilet. Spent so much time on the toilet especially at work it nearly cost me my job. Won’t be going again 👎🏼

I don’t usually type up reviews as it’s never needed because I wouldn’t want to be nit picking but yesterday I had some food and it was shocking the chicken donner was dry as ever very tough and then the spring rolls where drenched with oil all I could taste was oil and that is not exaggerating told the waiter about it and all I got was… it’s usually not like that and that is it nothing more but yes now I have to be at work and here I am not able to as my stomach doesn’t allow me to all because I chose to eat at shimlas instead of a classic shahjahan down the road 🤒🤒

The food and services was really good, special thanks to Devika for providing a very great service.

Great food and great service. This was my first time visiting here in the Leeds branch, Devika was very professional and provided great service. Will visit again.

quick and efficient service from hasan tonight. and food was great as usual

The food was OUTSTANDING guys could not ask for better meal, hats of to chefs very pleased with service.the staff are very kind and helpful thank you for everything 👍

Fast and efficient service. We ordered Lamb Shinwari Karahi and it was spot on! The starters were delicious and the portion size was generous.everything was just spot on

Great food great service Thank you happy for your service Devika was exceptional Ty

The atmosphere was calm, cool and welcoming, absolutely loved the service and the food.

Fantastic customer service, especially with the children. Food was amazing and got served real quick. Desserts were fabulous. High chairs available

Awesome food and very good service. Totally recommend it

I don’t understand how this place is highly rated. Came here around 10pm and the waitress had a negative attitude, didn’t really answer any questions and overall put us off initially. We waited for the food and that was just as bad as the service. The butter chicken is very watery and the chicken had none of the fat cut off it. Waitress was no where to be seen but the kitchen. I will only compliment the naan which was nice but I really think this is one of the worst restaurants I’ve been to. I feel like I wasted my money here

Very polite but very slow. We were the only customers and it took them 50 minutes because they hadn't put the grill on. Food was worth the wait but it was very frustrating.

Amazing Dining Experience at Shimla Leeds I visited Shimla Leeds today and had a fantastic experience. We ordered Chicken Tikka Kabab, Mixed Kabab, Nuggets Kids Meal, and Milk Cake, and everything was absolutely delicious. The flavors were spot on, and the dishes were beautifully prepared. The service was top-notch, and a special thanks to Athira for her exceptional hospitality—she was attentive, friendly, and made sure everything was perfect. The warm and inviting ambiance added to the experience. Highly recommend this restaurant for great food, excellent service, and a memorable dining experience!

Great service and food. We were served by really good lady . Will defo come again!

It makes me feel to go back again and again ♥️

Had a wonderful experience here at shimlas Leeds, very hard to get the food and service both spot on these days but this restaurant make it look so easy, food is on point had chicken dinner which was recommended by the waiterss that was too good, had lamb shinvari on the bone and that was the best curry I have ever had in a restaurant in a very long time, proper authentic Desi taste takes you back to Pakistan, keep it up guys

Great food and great service provided by Devika. Amazing as always. Will visit again

Delicious food friendly service. Professional services from devika. Thank you very much

Wonderful experience and great service by Athira. 😃

Worst experience ever spoiled my birthday and new year raw chicken and feathers found in my food chicken donner,went as family totally dispointed

Food was delicious, service was nice and quick. Ordered the lamb karahi and was cooked to perfection!

Was very nice fresh and tasty 😋

First visit, takeaway. Mixed kebab. Meat was ok, little difficult to tell. Same with naan, nice around the edges. Meal spoiled by the famous sauce. Not the taste, the quantity. Opened the box and the food looked great, but once started tucking in found there was that much sauce pooled under the meat that some pieces of chicken were completely submerged. Removed what I could with a spoon but couldn't save it. I see from the menu your proud of your famous sauce, but nevertheless it's only an accompliament and not the main event. I had to dregde through it with my fork to find the meat and the naan was that saturated it was more like paper mashay. You were busy and maybe rushing, but please, a couple seconds more care and a little less slap dash and it mightve been a nice meal. Side note .... if you ask if I want salad .... give salad. I got a sprinkling of lettuce and onion, 1 pickled chilli. I had to bulk it out with some I had in the fridge. Didnt take a pic before I started. Only of what was left when I lost interest. Salad was my own .

Very delicious @Athira thank you so much for your service.

Hi I just want to tell my experience about recently I ordered a boneless chick Karachi it was to salty I couldn't even eat it and I was so hungry I had to eat it and then I got a little bit of a headache. So can they give me my money back that was disgusting..

Place to eat when your not sure what you want.

Great Chicken Donner ‘Famous Chicken Donner’ always clean tables / establishment on a whole - friendly staff

Had amazing food there, specially we loved sheekh kebab and chicken karahi. The atmosphere is lovely. And we got amazing service by Devika, she is lovely. Recommended.

Today I have ordered three doner from Shimla. Earlier the quantity of food was good. Today I have received food in very less and shit quantity due to which I feel I have wasted my money 👎🏻👎🏻

Nice food good management food served by miss jasleen ji

Meat Chop Masala, Boiled Rice and Naan Bread - Delicious! I forgot to take a photo as the food smelt so good, hence the empty plate. You can taste the combinations of spices wrapped around the delicious chops. A thick and flavourful sauce. I will most definitely be ordering from Shimlas again.

Nice place,nice food and good people. Thanks,a supervisor guy(sorry don't know his name) Jeslin, Devika and Athira,we had a great time.

Excellent food not a quick.service but well worth it.

The food was lovely and the service from Athira was very good as well. Very friendly.

Excellent service, particularly Athira’s, which was truly outstanding

Food and service was exceptional. The service by Athira was really good and professional

Really had a good experience. Delicious food. Excellent service.

Exceptional food and service. Loved Chicken Tikka Donor and Mango Lassi. Special thanks to Athira for the best hospitality. ❤️

Hassan looked after us and provided excellent service

I went to visit my local shimlas branch Roundhay Road on a Saturday morning with a friend and I had the mixed grill, whilst my friend had donner on naan. Service was great as we were the only customers and we came pretty much as soon as they opened. Usually I wouldn't have a meal this early on a morning but I wouldn't expect stomach pains and diarrhoea to follow. My friend experienced the same and I spoke to a colleague at shimlas about this who would inform me about any update as to how they will resolve this matter. It's been over a week now and I have had no response. This is absolutely appalling and I certainly will not be coming again. I will be reporting to food standard agency for lack of communication.

Food was very nice and the staff called Athira was very friendly and she was very good in her roles we enjoyed the evening there. Thankyou.

Just put loads of sauce and chips on my Order when it’s suppose to be Donner&chicken chips and the price magically went up the in a day

We went for a dinner out here. The service by Athira was quite nice. The food is delicious. would love some veriety of food and deserts next time

Nice food and great atmosphere, highly recommend.

Delicious food and Professional staff. Highly recommended

1st visit. Was seated upstairs and room temperature was cold it took a while for the room to heat up. There were 7 of us our mains were cold. The only thing I found was nice was the lassi. Cheesy naga was cold and below mid. Nephew found hair in the chicken wing, did tell waitress and nothing was said after that. Won’t be back here.

Good food. Very short staffed. Indian lady working is like superwoman - but please employ some staff as one person cant be expected to deliver customer service to an entire restaurant. Typical desi business model....spend big on shopfront, spend zero on people.

the food was good. The service from Athira was cherry on top. She made sure we are happy with food and having good time while we dine. Thanks

Had an amazing dining experience at Shimla. The staffs were incredibly friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed. ‘A must try’

Great service. Staffs always welcoming with a smile specially Athira. She was very attentive and made excellent recommendations. Overall was a great experience at Shimlas

When I first came here it was very nice but when I went this year it was awful ordered a swarma meal 1 had a literal hair inside then got a new one the other was Cold

Restaurant Review: A Series of Disappointments I’ve been to this restaurant several times, hoping it would improve, but each visit has been a letdown. Last night was the tipping point. I brought a guest, only to be greeted with shockingly rude service. Despite the upstairs being completely empty, the waitress insisted we sit at a cramped table practically in the doorway or “go somewhere else.” We chose the latter, and it was the best decision of the evening. This isn’t the first time the restaurant has fallen short. From being overcharged on multiple occasions to enduring mediocre, substandard food, the experience is consistently frustrating. The dishes lack flavor, creativity, and any sense of care—hardly worth the price they charge. The staff’s attitude is another major issue. Unprofessional and indifferent at best, they seem entirely disinterested in making guests feel welcome. Hospitality is clearly not a priority here. I’ve given this place more chances than it deserves, and I won’t be back. There are far better dining options where your time, money, and presence are genuinely valued—this isn’t one of them.

Friendly service and perfect authentic Indian food. Must visit

thank you for the delicious food. We really enjoyed it. A special thanks to Aathira for the excellent service—she was very friendly and made us feel comfortable.

Too slow missed a funeral because food took too long

Our first visit. The food was very nice, also Hasan who served us was a really nice guy polite and professional. Will come back again.

Kacha Gosht Thandy chawal If you are a meat lover, do not, i repeat, please do not try the meat lover platter, you will be traumatised. Biryani was just thandy cooked rice mixed with chicken ka salan.

Gr8 experience… amazing food and top service by Hassan