Shish Mahal in East Lothian

No free popadoms when spending £36 I’ll stick to my original takeaway where you are appreciated and given few free bits, £5 for popadoms n sauce. Stick to what u know Bombay lounge Dalkeith but recently moved Musselburgh thought I’d try else where I’ll stick to Dalkeith nice pakora tho 👍🏼

Really disappointed with this order. Food normally great. Ordered Royal Tawa at £50 for a treat. No way was it worth £50. Def won’t order that again.

food cold and not cooked properly tried to phone up but no answer, food got binned

Estimated delivery was 45mins but took 90mins and wasn’t hot.

Food always good. Just need a little tightening on the delivery time.

Went here with my wife. Hadn't been for a while and glad we went back. Lovely young guy who runs the business couldn't be more accommodating. Some really tasty dishes that you won't get anywhere else. Definitely going back.

Absolutely loving the new menu and cooked to perfection

Food was delicious delivered hot and fast and I’m 8 miles away from the restaurant. Excellent

Amazing as always, never eat anywhere else

Amazing… a recent revamp of the menu. Best Indian around

Impeccable food… recommend the mixed grill and the new butter nan absolutely delicious 😋

From the moment we walked in to when we walked out the door we got 5 star service. Amazingly attentive staff, amazing food, especially the lamb chops!! The tawa was fantastic and great portion sizes. I'm especially picky with eating out but oh my this is worth me coming back from glasgow for. Even the usually picky children loved the food so much they expanded outside of the usual chicken nuggets they'd be after! Will definitely be back, 10/5 stars!!

It was not the drivers fault. We have a ew build house with no postcode so it was difficult even with instructions to the adddress

5 Stars – Outstanding Experience at Shish Mahal, Musselburgh ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ We had an exceptional experience at Shish Mahal. Despite a last-minute cancellation from another restaurant, Hanan and Inam went above and beyond to accommodate our group of 18 people with warmth, professionalism, and genuine hospitality. Their service was nothing short of outstanding—attentive, courteous, and truly welcoming from start to finish. The food was phenomenal. We ordered the Tawa for 4, and every element was bursting with flavor. The lamb chops were perfectly cooked, and the pakoras were crisp, fresh, and delicious. Portion sizes were generous, and the quality was evident in every bite. The mocktails were equally impressive—refreshing, vibrant, and beautifully presented. I tried four different ones, and each one was fantastic. A special thank you to Chef Shayru for delivering such exceptional dishes. This was honestly one of the best dining experiences we’ve had, and we can’t wait to return. I’ll be recommending Shish Mahal to all my friends and family. This place truly deserves to expand into Edinburgh—their standard of food and service is outstanding.

The guys have totally revamped the menu, the flavours and quality of the meat cannot be beaten. Highly recommend the Shish mixed grill…amazing. Best Indian around.

First time we have ordered from here, and absolutely loved our meal! Definitely will order again.

food was delivered on time however one of the meals was wrong, chips were undercooked and meat from the mixed grill was very overcooked. poppadoms were all smashed and naan bread was dripping with condensation

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

Best chicken kebab and garlic naan I’ve ever had… amazing

1st ordered and it was so nice.

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

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

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

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 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

Food good and on time. But forgot my pompadoms !

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 :)

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

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

Another 5* meal best Indian around by miles

Best Indian food around for miles ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

lovely food and great service with on time service

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