The Shad Indian Restaurant in Southwark

Excellent Indian restaurant in the heart of London! Fantastic authentic Indian food! Highly recommend to satisfy your curry cravings! Customer services top notch! 10/10!

A Hidden Gem That Deserves the Spotlight! I had the absolute pleasure of dining at Shad Indian Restaurant, and from start to finish, it was nothing short of exceptional. This place isn’t just a meal — it’s an experience. From the moment we stepped in, we were warmly welcomed and seated in a cozy, elegant setting. The ambiance struck a perfect balance between modern and traditional, creating a relaxed yet refined atmosphere. Now, the food — where do I even begin? Every dish was bursting with bold, authentic flavors that truly reflect the heart of Indian cuisine. The starters were perfectly spiced and fresh (the lamb chops were a standout), and the mains were rich, aromatic, and beautifully presented. Their butter chicken was easily the best I’ve ever had — creamy, well-balanced, and addictive. The naan was fluffy and warm, and the biryani was fragrant with layers of flavor. Service was attentive without being intrusive. Our waiter was knowledgeable and gave great recommendations based on our preferences. Whether you’re a seasoned lover of Indian food or trying it for the first time, Shad delivers quality, authenticity, and hospitality in every bite. It’s the kind of place you’ll want to return to again and again. Five stars, no question. A must-visit

I recently had the pleasure of dining at a shad indian and it was a truly memorable experience. From the moment I walked in, the warm, aromatic spices welcomed me like an old friend. The ambiance struck a perfect balance between traditional charm and modern comfort, with soft lighting and tasteful decor inspired by Indian culture. The menu was diverse, offering both classic and regional dishes. I ordered the butter chicken and garlic naan, and both were exceptional. The chicken was tender, with a creamy, flavorful sauce that had just the right amount of spice. The naan was fresh from the tandoor—crispy on the edges, soft inside, and wonderfully fragrant. The staff were attentive, knowledgeable, and genuinely passionate about the food they served. They offered great suggestions and checked in just enough to make sure everything was perfect without being intrusive. To top it off, the mango lassi was refreshing and perfectly sweet, and the meal ended with a complimentary serving of warm gulab jamun that melted in my mouth. Overall, this Indian restaurant offers a rich culinary journey and an inviting atmosphere that makes you want to return. Highly recommended for anyone craving authentic Indian cuisine.

The atmosphere at Shad was very welcoming. Plus the food was great. If I were to rate the Shade it would be a 10/10. I recommend to everyone.

The Shad Restaurant atmosphere is beautiful, and the food is delicious. I would definitely recommend it to friends and family. ❤️

Very delicious food and good service.Highly recommended 👍🏻

Food was fantastic great service an atmosphere would recommend I think he was the owner named big B who made us all laugh

Best service as always in London. Please come here. Lamb is awesome.

Nice and clean reasturent good food

Extraordinary Indian food. In London, where Indian food is among the best, this place surpasses any other. It's worth a visit.

Wonderful evening. Couldn’t decide what to eat and the vegetable dish recommended was delicious. Will be back.

Best in the biz. Thanks for having us!

Awesome food and service as always. A favourite to visit and always a great experience.

My local Indian restaurant. The food was amazing and the service was superb.

Had an amazing curry served by Babu

Absolutely fantastic, really friendly and helpful staff, super efficient and really good quality food, many thanks

This place was great. Fast. Very solicitous service. Very good food. Pretty standard faire. The Balti items were particularly tasty. Reasonable price. Family of three adults dined quite heartily for under 100 GBP. I don’t understand why this place has such a low rating. I’ve been to several neighborhood restaurants and this one is just as good as the others in this area.

I stopped by out of curiosity because their logo says “shad” (which means “happy” in Persian), but if you read it from right to left(as we do in Farsi) it spells “ghamnak,” which means “sad”! That contrast really caught my attention. I’ve been passing by this place for a year, always wondering about the story behind the logo. Finally went in to eat and ask, but none of the staff knew anything about it. Still a mystery! 😂 The food and service was nice though.

Had a good experience, food was tasty

Exceptional food, great atmosphere, wonderful evening.

Shad is our Indian restaurant of choice in the London Bridge area. Always fantastic food and great service. Recommend 5tar

Great traditional Indian, good service, close to London Bridge and Tower bridge.

The food is wonderfully flavorful! Large portions and extremely attentive staff. The owner helped us order perfectly heat balanced dishes for our differing tastes! We will return every time we visit London. We highly recommend Shad!

One of the worst restaurant in service given by staff, food quality and quantity and highly expensive as compared to food quantity & quality. I will suggest not to try ever this restaurant.

Worst restaurant i have ever experienced in my life. Very poor food quality& quantity, service of staff was very bad as they very quite rude and arrogant. Very expensive as compared to food quantity

Great staff and when you want spicy 🌶️ 🥵 they can sort you out 😊👍

The servers were amazing and helpful! We asked for some dish substitutions, and they were more than happy to accommodate and went above and beyond.

These guys went over and above! Thank you!

Great atmosphere absolutely loved the man

Great customer service and food was delicious

Food was good. I felt that the portion size is a bit small. Considering the location i guess it's expensive. Service was excellent.

Lovely Indian restaurant with great food, great prices and friendly service. Highly recommend if you’re in the Tower Bridge area!

Good place for large groups to go, food is good but there is definitely better for the price nearby.

Been coming to this restaurant for 15 years and never ever had a bad experience, Always had a great reception and the food is second to none. Highly recommended!!!

The food was good but the service was on top of it all the time, a little uncomfortable but otherwise fine

Food is always cooked perfectly. Service with a smile and very good recommendations for dishes especially for little people

Very expensive - £8 per beer. Good service.

Great food and atmosphere. Incredibly child friendly.

The worst service I have ever experienced. I was with my family and I would strongly advise not to go here after the treatment my kids and my family got. Extremely poor. To make it worse, the food was terrible.

Decent food & service from 2/3rds of the staff we came into contact with. The main guy in a waistcoat is miserable and shouldn’t be in hospitality, the cheek of him to charge service after that!

The shad is the best Indian restaurant in town , me and family have becoming here now for years , the food is delicious 😋 100000 stars 🌟, and staff are amazing to so friendly and polite and I even give there delivery service a 10 out of 10 fast and on time So if your ever wanting a Indian restaurant to sit in and eat please go to shad or even call up for a delivery take away they will not let you down food is amazing

Foods was really good and Rasel bhai was very nice to us Thank you very much

I come here every time I'm in London....always excellent food and great staff.

We were not given drinks menu card that looked discriminatory. Also if you are looking for authentic Indian restaurant this may not be the place.

One of the most delicious meals we’ve had in London! Everything was all around great!

Chilli panner was good specially the chutney with ,channa masala was also good just like india or just like home and staff was nice specially rasel thank you

Lovely evening, great food and fab service - shout out to Rasel

Great Indian restaurant. Highly recommend *****

Travelled 200 Miles To Visit This Restaurant Not Disappointed Welcome From Entering Restaurant to Exit With Speaking To Owner Food First Class Service Excellent Worth A Visit

The food was really good, but staffs were really ill mannered

Very bad service, they were rude to us, and took away or plates before we was finished

Worst food experience ever Everything is overpriced briyani portion we got was worst everything we ate made us literally throwup literally we paid £88 and had to eat dinner later from outside again

To much expensive and contatty is to low and too much chrge for

The best restaurant i can suggest❤️

This was the best meal I’ve had in ages service was lovely food was amazing I will 100% return with my family. Thank you for everything see you all very soon. The food was so lovely it wasn’t on the table long enough to take pictures but take my word for it, it was all amazing. They even got my mother in law and son a birthday cake. They even got restaurant was clean the staff were so polite and kind.

Had a really nice time friendly atmosphere and good food would highly recommend

Testy food .. and authentic Indian style..

Great food and friendly atmosphere with Rasul as our friendly waiter, would definitely recommend if you’re around London Bridge and itching for a curry!

Super tasty, very friendly and attentive staff and really clean.

Thank you for a lovely meal and services and drinks on the house at the end! Lovely meal! Rasel was amazing to us and extremely accommodating!

Great place and great service from Rasel

¡Fabulosa comida! Gran servicio por el personal que es amable y atento. Sin duda volveremos... fantástica noche!

Russel is fantastic, wonderful meal

Very attentive and helpful staff. Excellent food and average price for London. I highly recommend it!!!!

Excelente servicio amable, atendía mis necesidades dietéticas peculiares, menú de muy alta calidad con comida servida de manera profesional. Y tan cerca del puente de la torre...

The food was good, i ordered chicken madras which was delicious, however, unreasonable chapati price, around £4 for small portions of chapati. My experience with staff has been awful, a grumpy old age man took our order, he looked so annoyed, my husband asked him about the menu and he seemed irritated with any questions. Food was good but staff is rude.

Had a very nice indian meal. The service was great!

My favourite Indian place in the neighbourhood

The best Indian cuisine in all of London!

What a fabulous place this is! The mixed grill was to die for and the staff were super attentive. 5 stars from me!

Went here on a whim. Great food and great service. Would accommodate a walk in of 4 when no other restaurant would. Would go again.

We had an amazing dinner. The food was delicious and the service provided was very professional. Particularly Yash, he was very kind and nice.The atmosphere was very pleasant with light music in the background which allowed us to have conversations.We will definitely come back again!

Great restaurant by the tower bridge. I had dinner here twice in a row and it was good but time, but the lamb shank I had the first time was outstanding. The service was very good and it did not take long to get the food. As far as prices go, it is not cheap at all, especially the drinks which i thought were overpriced. I still recommend it though.

Fantasy mmm. Happy ending? Indoors, yes pleas and thank you

Amazing restaurant we found it by accident. We will be back asap x

Why complain. Everything worked well, good value for money. They are charming. Just remember to take the dish, add rice, vegetables, bread and serve. We don't necessarily have the codes.

Yet another fantastic evening at the Shad! Excellent food and great customer service

Excellent curry. New favourite!

Love this friendly small restaurant close to London Bridge

Lovely cozy atmosphere Food Lovely

I had a great experience and amazing food and atmosphere.

Great food and very friendly staff

"Disappointing and Discriminatory Experience" I was really looking forward to dining at this restaurant, but my experience was ruined by the dismissive and, frankly, discriminatory service. Even though we were the first customers there right when they opened, we were immediately questioned about having an appointment in an empty restaurant and then told we could only stay for an hour. This rigid and unwelcoming approach made us feel uncomfortable, and the attitude of the servers was off-putting. As an Asian customer in an Asian restaurant, I expected a welcoming environment but instead felt singled out and dismissed. To make matters worse, the food was average. The fried rice was nothing special, tasting more like a simple rice pulao. I hope management considers training staff to ensure every customer feels valued, regardless of their background. A dining experience should feel warm, welcoming, and inclusive, and unfortunately, this experience was far from that. Reply for your Response : Your excuse about reservations is hollow—there were no other guests when I was there. Stop playing the victim and address the blatant racial discrimination I experienced. It's clear your staff, especially the male members, need proper training in respecting all customers. Asian patrons, like anyone else, deserve to be treated with dignity. Unfortunately, your dismissive attitude reflects poorly on your establishment and undermines the essence of Indian hospitality. I won't be dining here again, as no one should have to endure such treatment.

I recently visited this restaurant with a few friends for a light dinner, and our experience was disappointing. Despite arriving an hour before closing, the staff seemed annoyed at our presence. When we asked about the menu, they explained it in an unpolite and hurried way, making it clear from their tone that they didn’t want to serve us. The lack of respect and poor customer service made us feel unwelcome. I expect a basic level of courtesy, but unfortunately, it was lacking here.

Decent food served with a lovely atmosphere.

All in all a great meal and value, with excellent service, thanks you

Los camareros antipáticos y poco profesionales no tienen experiencia ni siquiera pueden entender inglés, el gerente estaba tan orgulloso. Nunca he visto una experiencia tan mala en Indian Restaurant. Nunca recomendaría no querer ir nunca más.

I have eaten here many times over recent years. Always my 1st choice when in central London! Food always fantastic and friendly staff. All the common/standard dishes I've had were great. Two standout dishes I have had more than once are Khala Lamb Bhuna and Dhakar Murgh. Both seem fairly unique to this place, as never seen them anywhere else.

My third visit and amazing as always. Absolutely loved the samosas, bhajis and lamb chops combo for starters. The mains of lamb rezala, king prawn bhuna, and numerous other dishes with some choice sides (sag, tarka daal, Bombay spuds etc were just spot on. Everyone left satiated and smiling, so says it all. Well done team!

When we arrived, the restaurant was very busy, but the staff were very courteous and welcoming, food was amazing and the service was very good. I would highly recommend.

simply I wouldn’t eat here again

Fantastic and tasty food served in a lovely friendly atmosphere

What a fantastic Indian, I live in the West Midlands and am surrounded by Indian restaurants, this place is brilliant, great food in a great atmosphere.

Disgusting never going here again so rasist very rude service food taste really bad paid 100 waste 😖😖😖

Rasel and the crew at Shad are Exceptional and cater to your every need we love come here and having a lovely evening thank you again

Very poor services bad attitude slow services, rude behaviour , smelly food

So much to choose from, everything was great and the service was phenomenal 👍💯

Thank you Aman, great service, lovely food, lovely atmosphere.

Amazing Indian food. Helpful suggestions and the food was so delicious and flavorful. I will come here every time I’m in London. The service was very good too.

Delicious food and amazing service