Shimul in Dartford

Pre-Covid the food was quite good, but since then the curry consists of 6 bits of meat and a load of sauce. The prices have jumped up as well. Won't be going there again.

Food was piping hot & very tasty, second time we’ve had a takeaway from here & both times it has been really good

The driver was polite and courteous and the food was delicious. Will order again.

Wow - just had the most delicious curry from here. Fantastic tasting and delivered piping hot. Best curry house in the area by miles

food didn't even show up. we called the restaurant and they was rude on the phone and said the delivery man couldn't find our address, we waited 2 hours and no update. very had service do not order from here.

Dirty kitchen , unclean staff, i had to cancel the order

Very rude service. Disgusting service. Literally shouting /threatening the customer. Insane behaviour...

Arrogant rude staff and un-hygenic food. The Cheff’s mouth is full of dirty pan(betel and tobacco) colored in red. I just cancelled the order and left.

We also had a missing item, which was the spring rolls

We haven't ordered from shimul for about a year now as we had several bad experiences after the original owner became unwell and passed over the gauntlet to other members of the family. However we decided this evening to give them another try and we are so glad we did! The food was excellent, very tasty and arrived piping hot. We will definitely be ordering from shimul again they have certainly restored our faith in them. Thankyou Shimul 👍

Extremely poor quality unfortunately. New customer so went for a basic popular dish, as you can see from the photo a very watery and oily Lamb Vindaloo, even the mango chutney was oddly watery. Very tasteless and mild for a Vandaloo too. Huge improvement needed!

First time order and wasn’t disappointed. Super shashlik!

They removed the "free choice meal" which is great for people who live alone and cant think what to have. Also their meat mains only have about 5/6 pieces of meat in them, the rest of the tub is ALL sauce. Such a shame because the staff are lovely. No longer ordering from them now.

Tried to call them to ask why the app is telling me "delivered" yet my food hasnt arrived and the man answering didn't understand English and asked me what I would like to order. Maybe put someone on the phone who can understand people while the others do deliveries because now Im left without my order and nobody to help me.

Thank you for a beautiful meal! My prawn dansak was delicious this evening and I appreciate that you read my notes and made the Bombay Aloo extra spicy hot. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal which arrived early and piping hot. Great portions and competitively priced without the quality compromised! Thanks again xx

I don't leave many reviews, but considering the low ratings overall, I figure I have to make a positive claim. I only found this place because the Chinese next door was shut. Their menu is vast, but I always go for the set meals, and this place has the best value one I've ever seen. Starter, main, sides, salad and poppadoms all for £15.50. bargain. What I received was vast, flavourful, even the little bag of salad was fresh and good. There's a theory that often the lowest rated takeaways are the best, and this was definitely proof of that. I would have snapped a photo because it all looked great, but it tasted even better so of course I didn't think to. Will definitely return!

Beautiful fresh food delivered quickly

Look, they have nice flavours but I just wish they put more meat/seafood pieces in their curries, just so measly! I have gotten more pieces when eating IN restaurants. Portion sizes are fine, just the protein portions are poor.

Ordered the Bombay Special as part of our meal to find that there was no omelette topping, everything else was just fine..

Mostly great, but the king prawn vindaloo had 4 prawns and was quite watery, so not worth the nearly £10 price tag. Nan was really nice and fluffy, mushroom bhajee really good and the salmon Tikka was flavourful if slightly small

Food quality was good, my house is difficult to find but instructions given and they were not passed to the driver. My food was also not what I ordered.

Ordered online, meant to be ready in 20min went there to pick it up after 30 min and I was told there was a delay of 4 minutes, waited for an extra 25 minutes! almost an hour when it was meant to be ready in 20 min! nevertheless the food was not as expected, ordered different plates (currys,tika masala....) and all taste the same, sweet, no spicy and no flavour at all apart from the sweetnes. Spent over £40 but I have to say more than half of the food was not consumed.

Very tasty and nice and hot, rare for delivery food.

Food was great, and excellent value.

40 mins late! And food was cold and the nann bread was like rubber it was so cold I had to walk the streets to look for the delivery driver who was no where near my house

message enjoy food 10 minute later food arrives

Updates via the App were ‘on its way’ and ‘enjoy your food’ . Hadn’t turned up, rang to chase up, was told it’s still here and will be sent out shortly and will send a can of coke, for my troubles. Food turned up, curries leaking all through the bag, won’t be ordering from here again will revert back to spice fusion.

Best Indian meal I've had in a long time...

On my 3rd order now. Changed my order about abit. Everything ordered still all good. My son gives them a thumbs up as well 👌🏽 keep up the good work

Another good job again tonight guys 👍🏽

Food was on time and hot. Ordered Onion Bhajis which wasn’t in the bag but they did throw in a couple more popadoms then we ordered which was nice. Good food and good prices. Other than missing Bhajis, overall happy with the food and service.

I run a pub in dartford. A customer told me to try it. Was very watery. It was okay… would I order again and recommend it to my customers. Probably not. Sorry

This is my first order and won't be my last. Thoroughly enjoyed the food, it was hot and tasted lovely. The kebab was really tasty, never had it before then followed by the rest of the food I ordered my belly is totally full up 😊. Thankyou

Really good indian takeaway. We had a Chicken korma which the kids enjoyed, and I had a lamb phall which was nice and spicy and really well made. Naans, rices and the tarka daal were all lovely too. And the onion bhaji are some of the best we've ever had ! Will order from here again

First time ordering from Shimul and wasn’t let down, thumbs up from us 👍🏽 thank you 😊

Delicious food, delivered hot, and a little early too. I thought the food was really good and portions were decent. Will order again from here.

Probably the best curry I’ve ever had! Food was absolutely amazing, piping hot . Will definitely order again

We have been using this restaurant for a few years now and the food is always fresh and delivered on time.

I am a tandoori lover! And a lot of takeaways do not offer a whole. I was quite surprised when shimul said they do it. And didn't they do will . The garlic naan was beautifully made. I am delighted to say this is one of the best takeaway. 10/10 👍🏽

Another great meal from a great restaurant!! Highly recommended!!

The food was tasty and prompt although something in it made me unwell immediately after eating it. Hopefully it's not an experience anyone else will have

1st time ordering from there they food turned up hot very good portion size will be my favourite place so far for curry night

Terrible services a 40 minute delivery time took almost 2 hours, called the take away to be lied to they said the driver was 5 minutes away, called back 30 minutes later he hadnt even left. When it finally arrived items were missing from my order, they said they would give free next time!! There will not be a next time.

Terrible services a 40 minute delivery time took almost 2 hours, called the take away to be lied to they said the driver was 5 minutes away, called back 30 minutes later he hadnt even left. When it finally arrived items were missing from my order, they said they would give free next time!! There will not be a next time.

I ordered for a set time was late when I rang up to enquire I got shouted at very loudly then the phone got out down, it's a shame as I've always used Shimul i got told it's been taken over maybe the new owner needs to learn some manners screaming and shouting to a customer who is ringing to find out where their food is is not the way forward! Terrible service

Was barely any meat in the lamb tikka masala. Small bits and not enough of them for the price. Cheese naan had barely any cheese too. There's much better places nearby so overall quite poor.

Ordered onion bhajees to start with, very greasy. The rest of the food was fine, not huge portions but suited my appetite. Onion salad chopped up with cucumber which I do not like. Maybe not the place for me. Price is goid

Great experience. Food was delicious and when I accidentally ordered the wrong thing there was no issues when I called to restaurant to change it.

My favourite Indian takeaway!!! Nice big portions. Well cooked, perfect spices and fresh vegetables (even when you order late). Fluffy Naan and crispy Poppadoms...the works. I always order my favourites, Madras and Rogan Josh. The Rogan Josh is the best around.

Great food, delivered early, Will use again👌🏻

Best curry house in Dartford!!!

Was very impressed with the delivery time and it was hot on arrival. Food quality could be much better, it was dripping in oil and had ti stop eating halfway through. Taste wise was good but was way too oily

Biryani must be better, it was fried rice with chicken. Biryani must have biryani rice Vindaloo was great, taste and portion wise . overall good job but improve ur biryani guys

First time ordering from food was tasty and arrived hot and early will order again delivery drive was very pleasant

First time useing, definitely be back.Tasty hot food very nice compliments to the chef😎

The first time ordering here food was hot and delicious will be ordering from here again

Not good value for money at all

Best Indian for miles. Highly recommend.

Our "go to" Indian for some months now. Always extremely helpful when ordering, food arrives on time and hot, always delicious and they even have time to cook you up something a bit different if you request it. Fantastic place.

Not at all good, the missus and I proper sick after food from here this evening. Plus got a lovely bit of bone in my chicken dish. Thanks. Next time I think I’ll look at street view to see what the shop looks like before ordering as this one looks like they closed sometime ago.

Excellent food, great service and generous friendly people.Highly recommended! ,🍴👍

Dishes are great, delivery was over an hour later than booked.

This is the best Indian around ! Everything dish is cooked to perfection and the portions are very generous. If you like Indian then SHIMUL is for you . Alum and his team are very friendly. Highly recommended 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Jimmy

Loved The Food! Perfectly Warm When It Arrived! Garnished perfectly with spices and coriander and overall was great! Food was a little bit oily but it was perfect where i couldn't taste the oil!

This is the 3rd takeaway we have had from Shimul, the food is absolutely gorgeous, really tasty best Madras I’ve ever had. Highly recommend, this is now our favourite!!

Lovely service and amazing food

Fast delivery and good flavour 👌🏻 Will be ordering again.

Living nearby we have used this takeaway on numerous occasions over many years for varying numbers between two and up to eight people. We always phone in our order and arrange a pickup time. You only usually have to wait a few minutes once you have arrived to pick up the order and there is a 10% discount for collections. We have never had a bad meal over all the years we have used them, we have tried most of the chef’s specials and would recommend the King Prawn Jalfezi, Chicken Nezamee, Shatkora Chicken. Everything we have had has always been well cooked, plenty of it and full of flavour. I would definitely recommend them.

thought we would give this takeaway a try, our first visit there and the last !!!. we ordered a chicken madras a chicken korma both with pillar rice, and a nan bread. the bill came to £16. when we got home we opened the cartons of food. what a shock! the size of the curries could only be described as miserly, a small childs portion at best with hardly any chicken. absolutely disgusting. the 2 curries combined would just about feed 1 person. indian takeaway? yes, please take it away!

A local take away and delivery service really enjoyed the meals and service

Poor quality and quantity of food plus the delivery driver with alopecia tried to charge us much more than the price of the order as he is a bad man. Avoid this one.

Fantastic Indian great service very accomdating Best Indian food I have had honestly guys this is lovely well done shimul thanks

Used once and very good. Ordered for 12 people and everything was correct and good. They later rang to check all was OK.

They are flavour-meisters reminds me of India. Try the garlic mushrooms. Really good on the phone and accurate.

Fantastic food excellent delivery time and can not help enough

Excellent food. Easily the best quality in the area. They made a simple mistake with my delivery order, but without prompting sent the manager around who delivered the rest of the orders and extras free. You cannot beat that for customer service. 5 stars!!

Chicken was tough and chewy, the whole meal had no flavour the chicken tasted like nothing, very disappointing. Potatoes were greasy, chicken tikka was a strange brown colour! Terrible