Shish Mahal in East Lothian

Food was out of this world, visiting the area and glad I called in honestly would recommend to anyone local or visiting five star food and five star staff, left feeling sad I live so far away but I will be back

Very tasty, good quality ingredients. very quick delivery and delivered hot.

Never ever have I had any issues with food from here. but tonight I had items missing and most of our food was cold when we opened up the containers to eat. Such a disappointment as we had guests over and mentioned this was the best takeaway in the area

chicken tikka masala tasteless. naan bread burnt and solid, inedible. lamb biryani ok as was the aloo gobi. to burn food and then send it shows a total lack of respect, not only for the customer but also for the chef and restaurant. extremely doubtful that we would order again as we feel it was a total waste of money.

Fabulous and fresh as always 🌟

Great Indian food been eating here for years

This place was ok and the food was alright but nothing special. I went for a hot dish which wasn't very hot and tasted more sweet than spicy. The saag aloos was nearly all spinach and hardly any potatoes and the naan was so big but also thin it went cold very quickly! The mushroom bhaji was nice though and tikka chicken which was a plus. The building was really cold and I couldn't really get comfortable. Not a bad restaurant but won't be in a hurry to get back there again anytime soon

food was cold. tikka masala was not how it should taste. poppadom soggy. would not recommend

Tough chicken. No flavour to sauce

It was half an hour late and we had reheat it. Very disappointed.

Much prefer the food in foil cartons as plastic boxes go cold quicker

great service with your usual high quality food !

Hi don't to mention my name but unfortunately I am really unhappy to post this in this group I ordered my food from SHISH MAHAL , MUSSELBURGH . I order lamb karahi & 2 nans & they charged me 22 £ it was a collection order , & on the top I found a dark brown hair in my lamb karahi , and I called to the manager and I asked him how he wants to sort it out but he replied me if I want to post it anywhere online I can but he will give me only a 20% discount which is if I spend £20 I will get £4 discount really really disappointed with their service. I wouldn't suggest anyone to go there it's better to order from different places around in the area at least they provide us good customer service we don't mind paying them the money they ask they work for but actually they need to provide a good customer service. Realy bad service @Shishmahal musselburgh

the pakoras where too notch but the korma was tasteless and really runny which was for my liking.

DELICIOUS. Only downfall is I prefer round onion bahjis, but these ones are flat

pre-ordered in the morning but was still an hour late. asked for 6pm but didn't get here until 7pm. called at 6.20pm. said it was on the way?? not happy with delivery at all

I ordered a takeaway late last night. Ordered the meal deal with a chicken vindaloo, some poppadoms and mixed pickles, as well as 2 cans of juice. The order arrived within an hour and ten minutes which was perfectly fine. The Pakora that came with the meal deal were tasty, though not quite as hot as they could be, still very thoroughly enjoyed them. The curry and rice were piping hot, very clearly freshly cooked, and delicious. The Vindaloo was the perfect spice level, the rice was fragrant and colourful and the chapatti was not too chewy. Mixed pickle was a nice variety, particularly enjoyed the spiced onions, the only complaint I have at all about this place was the juice was not the coldest, but ten minutes in the freezer sorted that right out. Have found my new favourite Indian takeaway in Musselburgh, will have to see if the sit in is as good as the gurkah 🤭

Spectacular 💫 deliver all the way to Dalkeith food is always fresh and hot wouldnt go anywhere else

Delivered hot and food is always fresh and amazing

Excellent food, but a long wait. Very expensive!

30 minutes early, piping hot and superb. Couldn’t fault it.

First time dining at Shish Mahal and I was impressed with both the service and the food. The waiter when made aware of my dislike of dairy made sure that my food was dairy free. The portion of food was good and the food was delicious. I'd definitely return when next time in the area.

Best Indian restaurant and take away in the Edinburgh and lothian area. Superb fresh food

Our go to Indian takeaway. Love it. So tasty.

Have been really enjoying the food here and have never been disappointed. The staff have also always been truly lovely. Absolutely recommend

Great food as always, been eating here for many years, service and food impeccable

Absolutely fantastic food. I have always gone to shish for my curry because it is top quality food. I ordered a takeaway and ordered lamb biryani. The lamb was the most tender I have had from a restaurant ever. They clearly don't scrimp on quality ingredients. Thanks shish mahal you never disappoint. Highly recommend.👍

There is no debate. This is comfortably the best in it's class in the EH area. Original and unbeaten. The Indian cuisine equivalent of Marios Pizza.

Absolutely delicious. As always!

Brilliant food delivered as always, friendly driver also. 5*****

Always order frim here, never had a problem with food, always lovely - ordered last night and couple of small things, the nan bread was tasteless for a garlic nan and halfed in size, no spiced onions and the poppadoms were soft. Main meal was lovely.

Food good and on time. But forgot my pompadoms !

Food delivered was mediocre at best, chicken tikka masala looked like frozen strips of chicken whilst passanda and jallfraizi had chunks of chicken. Left guessing which was the passanda and tikka masala as both were same colouring and not identified on lid. Arrived cold, and dishes lying on their side therefore spilling out. No popadoms despite spending near on £60. Delivery driver was nice. Overall probably wouldn’t order from here again

We had a lovely meal here. It was a spur of the moment choice because another restaurant we tried was too full. The food was lovely, we were well catered for. They even made some allowances for my 5 year old who is super fussy. Both of my kids loved the food. We all had lots of food and were stuffed. We took a doggy bag home. They had a really busy night with drivers not turning up for deliveries so had to send some of the chefs out to deliver. Hannan looked after us so well and was super attentive.

Amazing food as always. Freshly prepared and always delivered hot even tho I’m in Dalkeith! Wouldn’t order from anywhere else

Wow I use this restaurant all the time but had a horrible experience so have to let people know to be careful. The Shish is open till midnight or used to be so I ordered online after 11.30pm last night. Nothing came up saying it was closed and order would come the following evening. I waited up till the early hours of this morning and left a voicemail saying not to bother and cancel. The delivery came tonight so I refused delivery and the delivery driver told me to cancel it online which was quite an experience. Phoned several times and the owner told me I wasn't getting my money back. Absolutely furious and will avoid, avoid, avoid.

Ordered chicken Kashmiri advertised as pineapple and lychee. Ended up having tinned fruit cocktail in it. So disappointing as we have had many dishes previously.

Meal was fabulous as always and it is Saturday night so all forgiven for delay. Piping hot and very nice delivery guy *****

Ordered on food hub app paid in full plus £1 tip(yes £1 isn't much but it's the thought) The restaurant then phoned me to say that the delivery price is wrong and now while most places would make you aware of this and complete the order this once, No the asked me to pay another £6 to the driver. When I said no there is no way I would be paying £10 delivery, they didn't cancel then and there they said we will speak to the driver so 25 minutes of wondering what's happening this my order before I proceed to get the phone call telling me it's cancelled. Now I understand that the food hub app is wrong but if the restaurant isn't on the ball then for the sake off £6 I think they should put that down to customer service. Fact since put down £1 tip the restaurant could have used that towards it. To me it just shows that they really couldn't care about customers when they were not willing to complete the order over the sake of a few pound when it wasn't the customers fault. Now the reason I had to wait until the spoke to the driver was because they had started cooking my order bet they will probably hand that to someone else even if it has been sitting since they clearly don't care

Korma and rice was lovely. Only fault was the chips was cold :)

Another 5* meal best Indian around by miles

Amazing food no matter if you eat in the restaurant or take away always the best quality 😃

Best Indian food around for miles ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Outstanding food 💫. Quick delivery to outside Dalkeith from Musselburgh with no hassle and still piping hot! Best Indian food around.

Never had a bad meal from here. Was hot, on time and polite when he delivered it.

Fantastic family run curry house where you're made to feel so welcome. The food is authentic and super tasty. Also very reasonably priced.

The rest of the food was good but we did not receive the chicken tikka madras and instead received a different curry that was not spicy at all. It did not say what it was. Had similar issues before

Great Indian restaurant - travel from east linton for takeaway. Hanan who works there is great also.

We order regularly from Shish Mahal, sometimes twice per week. We absolutely love the food. Delivery is always on time and food is always piping hot. We wouldn’t go anywhere else for our Indian food. Thanks so much to the team including manager Hassan for always being amazing!

Outstanding yet again. Fabulous food.

hands down the best takeaway in musselburgh!

Only late by minutes of there estimated time scale and food was delicious and we’re stuffed and happy 🥰 thank you 🙏

Food was delicious hot and came on time 💙

Asked for mushrooms. Order late, very let down

Absolutely amazing food highly recommended only place I would go for the best curry full of flavour and good portions 10/10

Excellent food and service. All dishes were first class including mixed kebab, samosa, korma, dopiaza and pilau rice. Had three different kinds of nan bread. Each better than the other. A nice buzz about the place. Will be returning very soon.

In the years we have used this restaurant, this is the first time I was disappointed with meal. & I’m talking 28-30 years. I ordered veg in a tikka masala sauce, what arrived was rather pathetic to be honest.. I literally got 1 tiny slice of potato, 3 slices of carrot… not enough to make 1 small carrot. & I found the tiniest 1 broccoli floret near the end.. so basically my meal was all peas & green beans… glad I ordered mushroom pilau ( was more veg in that).For what I paid I expected more variety

Popadums were soft. Unusual. Cmon guys, don’t let the quality slip.

The food was average, cold and the naan was burnt and chewy. This was ordered on a Thursday night and would expect a lot better. It took over an hour and 40 mins to arrive and wasn’t even worth the wait. I actually had to watch my teeth when I was eating the naan it was that over cooked, it was pretty tasteless too. Won’t be back- there’s loads of better restaurants in the area.

Food really good. However, 45 mins late on delivery

My food was late and when it arrived it was cold. The Bombay potatoes were brick hard, I was very disappointed with the whole experience.

Absolutely fantastic food and service love this restaurant and have been going for years oh and the peshwari nan is fantastic. Staff are so friendly and deliver a world class standard thank you for this wonderful longstanding restaurant in this town

lovely food and great service with on time service

Took over two hours to get my delivery. Chicken tikka masala was mediocre at best, not very much flavour in the sauce.

Order was three hours late and food cold. Called restaurant and said food was on way then had to call again an hour later if I had been told the truth I would’ve cancelled my order.

So this week we order our usual Friday night order and today we are disappointed. There was NO salad for the second week in a row which I was disappointed in because it's the perfect balance to have with the meal. Why advertise that meals come with salad when you dont bother to put salad in the bag. The lamb was extremely dry which is quite common and the peshweri naan was bland and thin. The rest of the meal was to your usual high standards which was class.

Excellent food and very friendly service.

Late due to driver no showing, but arrived hot and tasty

£8 for a KP puree, 2&1/2 prawns that surely weren't King. My £180 from yourselves last week, came faster than tonight.

We regularly order from Shish mahal - the food is always delicious and the Chicken tikka masala is the best I have had. Service always reliable and friendly . I have dietary requirements and I know they cater well for these. Hanan is very helpful when taking the order .

Lovely food, great value, especially the thalli! The staff are very nice. We go here all the time.

Chicken Passanda was not passanda at all and was not nice. Tikka masala was ok. Chicken pakora dry. Veg pakora good. Rice and naan nice.

I specifically asked no coriander as it makes me gag... and I got coriander grrrrrrrr

Great food and wonderful service from Hanan, thank you very much. Will be back!

Grate food and Grate service with no problems will be back

Most amazing experience for my birthday. Hanan was absolutely amazing so helpful and so so polite, GORGEOUS food!!!! recommend completely with excellent food and service :)

Great customer service from the lovely Hanan- (knows the shop, the menu, what customers enjoy and overall is a joy to speak to- saved money too).

food was amazing delivery was on time couldn't have asked for any better 👍

Haven’t received my order will never order here again.

Foods nice , portion sizes are poor for what you pay.

Honestly how many times does it have to be late and inedibley cold. please sort this out

Food was quite cool needed to reheat but was very nice

Very, very long wait for delivery. The food is excellent but the delivery time is abysmal.

small portions compared to others , food very dry not cheap one beer £7.50

Decided on collection and the time scale was 25minutes and had to wait over 30 minutes to get my food and there were also a lot of others in the restaurant having to wait in theirs as well. We didn’t even get our full order

Amazing food at a decent price. Well worth going

We visited on a Wednesday night. Group of 3 for our dinner. We were for the majority of our seating the only guests present. Food ordered and the first course of poppadom and pickles. These were well received and did not last very long. Main courses were quick to be turned around. Each was consumed as expected and wiped up with the naan. We skipped dessert, opting for Luca's across the street. Atmosphere wise. We were the only guests. This made the space a little odd, but we made do with it and continued as required.

Always late, never an apology. Go elsewhere or order 3 hours before you want to eat!!!!

My order arrived nearly 2 hours after ordering food was stone cold . They refused to cancel my order or give my money back . Called the restaurant they said owww we were busy and not enough staff on …. I’ve eaten here 3 times in the past month and the third time has put me off due to the lateness, attitude and cold inedible food . I think I’ll be giving this restaurants miss from now on .. I’d advise you do the same

Can't comment on atmosphere, we ordered a take-away. The prices have rocketed. Understandable with increases in the cost of products. However, the curry was 'ok'. The poppadoms were inedible. They were stale. They were so off they could be folded without breaking. At a pound each it shouldn't be to hard to cook fresh even with rising food costs. The service was awful. The online said it would take an hour. An hour in and it was tracking as still cooking. After 1hr 10 mins I called. I got a 'its on its way' phone down. The person barely registered the address I said before putting the phone down. Being pleasant costs nothing. We have been customers of shish mahal for over 20 years. I dont know what has happened to it but it looks like new ownership has ruined it. The owners before has so much pride in it and were so polite. We will be ordering elsewhere in future. This was a Thursday evening. Not a busy time.

terrible and refund to fix order send wrong food ans we spend over 60

Food 5 Stars. Always great quality. Delivery early/on time and friendly service.

Soft poppadoms Garlic nann tasted not of garlic and very very chewy Prawns also very chewy

Order was obviously forgotten, when scheduled delivery time passed informed food had not arrived. New schedule then missed, 2 hrs after order food showed up. Did not accept food as two hours since order so can not comment on food.

We ordered a carry out for 4 people tonight over the phone for collection. Definitely the best Indian food I've had so far in East Lothian & I'd definitely go back again. Generous portions, absolutely delicious & ready for pickup when we arrived. Happy to recommend.

I would not recommend it for Asian people as we ordered some and we got something different. It seems like a random guy in kitchen mixing everything together and sends out to serve. Apart from chapati nothing looked, smelled or tasted asian. We ordered Lahori karahi and got it with lots of vegetables in it. Who does that with Karahi bro? Kisi desi ko recommend nahi karta bhai Velayati khaa rehe hain to khane do, unhoon ne konsa sahi wala khaya hai? Chapti mast the

This is without a doubt the best Indian in Scotland, I've lived here 5 years and this has been my absolute gem many times, food never disappoints, delivery service is fantastic and always on time with a smile, you cannot beat this place. Ignore the absolute wet wipes leaving low star reviews, theyve got the culinary taste buds of a bulldog with covid, this place is top tier and is a must have if in Musselburgh.

Delicious meal, family enjoyed it.

Once again excellent service along with great food

Got a lamb bhuna and a chicken Rogan Josh with rice and pewshari nann. It was lovely and very tender. Would get again