The Shalimar in Derbyshire Dales

Simply the best, super tasty food, fabulous, place, really lovely friendly and helpful staff 🥰

Wonderful meal tonight, great service. Will definitely be coming again next time we’re in Derbyshire.

Excellent service and very tasty food. Good veggie options too.

Friendly, good-humoured and professional service throughout. Excellent and reasonably priced menu. First visit but waiter took time to give advice on curry heat levels and re-appeared with tester dishes from the chef to sample before we made final orders.Thoroughly recommended.

First time for a sit down meal despite having several takeaways. Staff polite and friendly and food was excellent. Went the extra mile when they knew it was my birthday. Will definitely go again.

Very helpful and friendly staff. Food was excellent- I’m not keen on very spicy food so a sauce was mixed for me to try a sample and that was then used for my meal. Very smart decor in the restaurant. We really enjoyed ourselves.

So welcoming and hospitable! Food was great and flavoursome with a range of options. The staff were so friendly and accommodating- we came for a birthday occasion and the team made it extra special! Lovely atmosphere overall

First visit to Shalimar, recommended by hotel host, didn't disappoint, staff very welcoming and attentive. Great choices on menu. Highly recommend 👌

Lovely meal. And lovely staff. Good drinks advice !! Wished we lived closer

Delicious meal from beginning to end! Definitely will visit again.

Brilliant service, amazing food would definitely come again

First time here we received a very warm welcome the food and service is excellent, definitely worth the drive.

delicious food - wonderful atmosphere - brilliant experience - trust them if they tell you the food isn’t spicy.. it really is not 🙂

Best night out in a long time. All the staff joined in with the banter, great start to a stag night

Lovely food, lovely atmosphere. Really attentive staff and really friendly. Value for money. Great relaxing atmosphere. Will definitely be back in the near future.

The whole team are very professional and attentive. Great ambiance and wonderful food

First time here and definitely will be back. Lovely food and really friendly staff.

Cannot fault this wonderful Indian restaurant. Excellent staff, superb food and great service. Definitely recommend

We arrived half an hour early, we were seated straight away with a smile. Food came out promptly and was really lovely. Very attentive and personal service. Finished off with a £10 complimentary discount for next time! Would highly recommend

Really lovely meal had at the Shalimar this evening. We had the lamb Rogan Josh & a Lamb Madras both of which were delicious. Staff were friendly and very attentive, made our evening very enjoyable. Will definitely be back.

This is a really great amiable staff amazing food and superb ambiance. Better than Dishoom. Considerably. Need I say any more? Every family birthday is celebrated in this restaurant. The only thing I can think of better than the food is the service.

Yet again! Phenomenal!! Great food! Great staff! Great experience! The best Curry house. Not only in Derbyshire. Not even in England. In the world! Would definitely recommend!!!!

Fantastic service and the food was exceptional.

Great food, fantastic and friendly service. Attentive to my partners allergy needs. Good portions and plenty of food! Will come again!

We went for joint 60th birthday and 25th wedding anniversary, there was balloons on table and banners on the window, we where treated like royalty, Wonderful location, lovely staff, cannot wait to come back,

Always enjoy visiting. Amazing food and super super friendly people.

We enjoyed a lovely evening, the food was delicious and the staff were very friendly

Absolutely brilliant we came for a friends birthday and the staff went above and beyond for our table of 12. Couldn’t have asked for better. Quality service thank you everyone at the Shalimar.

Exceptional food and service. Very friendly, too

Excellent food, and high quality service thank you

Fabulous experience, v friendly and top food

Lovely place food and atmosphere..if you come to Matlock this is the Indian to go to

We came for Sunday lunch - fabulous food and friendly staff, great location en route to the peaks

Food and service absolutely fantastic. Will be coming back very soon.

First visit amazing food look forward to returning

Great food, great service, and a really good atmosphere.

Another lovely birthday meal. Helped us try something new and handled allergy requirements with ease.

Food was delicious! Would definitely comeback 👍

The staff really looked after us we had young children and they were great with them. The food was amazing we all enjoyed our curry’s would definitely recommend if you’re in the area

What a lovely meal and the staff are lovely too great night in uppermill.

Beautiful food and fabulous service as always! Thank you!

We had a great night for a birthday celebration food and service were fantastic!!!

Fantastic meal and fab friendly service !! Brilliant traditional food too!

Best Indian restaurant in the country

Great food with amazing service

Amazing place! Great curry as well!

First time eating in the restuatant. Really nice & pleasant service. Food 5*

Lovely service and the food was lovely, highly recommend!

Beautiful food, amazing service, would definitely recommend 👌

Lovely food, great staff and very welcoming, will definitely be back again!!!

This place is beyond fantastic, what else can I say? Food, Service, Friendly, it's all better than fantastic.

fab dinner here the service was very good and the food was unreal, recommend 100%

Warming accommodating staff. Great food. Would certainly recommend.

Went for a birthday meal. Staff really friendly. Food excellent.

Highly recommend. Have had very friendly service every time I've visited. Food was spot on. Ordered the Lamb Karahi, which was very tasty.

Amazing food, kind staff, wide menu, and an overall lovely experience! I’d highly recommend the paneer shaslik!

Fancied a curry, just moved to the area - absolutely spot on. Service was very good and friendly. Loads of parking and more coconut in the peshwari naan than i’ve ever experienced! It was great! Thank you guys, we’ll be back!

5* rating all round. Fantastic staff and food.

Perfect as usual! Been coming here since it first opened and it's better than ever!

Lovely restaurant. Very welcoming and friendly staff and great atmosphere. Food was excellent. Will definitely visit again. Highly recommended.

Me and Ellen went to the shalimar for the first time tonight and can't rate the food and service enough , we can't wait to go back again

food was so good!!! service was quicker then expected with a large table and the waiters were so friendly and talkative which is nice to have, especially the gentlemen who gave us all vouchers

Travelled all the way from Grimsby and was one of the best Indians I’ve had.

Seemed a good place to go as the reviews looked good online but….. The food was very bland and the keema naan had a really funny smell, the lamb chop starter was tougher than ghandis flip flop 🩴 , and to top it all off the table next to ours chicken was raw! 😣 After the experience we already had we went up to split the bill and the gentleman behind the bar over charged us £2 on one bill and £1 on the other! And only realised once walking out.

I regret to say that our recent visit to Shalimar was far from satisfactory. From start to finish, there were issues that left us feeling frustrated and unimpressed. To begin with, the table behind us voiced a concerning complaint about their chicken being raw—something that immediately raised doubts about the quality and safety of the food being served. Our own dishes were bland and lacked the rich flavors we had hoped for, failing to deliver the authentic Indian cuisine experience we were expecting. On top of that, the billing process was confusing and felt unprofessional. Our total bill came to £133.70, and when we requested to split the cost, we were both charged **different amounts**, both exceeding half of the bill, despite the server using a calculator. This left us feeling overcharged and bewildered. Adding to the discomfort, just as we finished our meal, a staff member waved an NFC card to solicit reviews—a move that felt forced and insincere. This practice might explain the abundance of glowing reviews the restaurant appears to have online, but in our experience, these reviews seem misleading and far from reality. Overall, Shalimar fell short in both quality and professionalism. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this restaurant based on our experience.

Lovely food and lovely staff, will be back :)

What a restaurant! One of the best in terms of service. Host was exceptional and really friendly. Good quality food! Would recommend to anyone!

A great birthday with friends, staff were excellent and the food was bang on

I've been coming here since it opened, I also worked here as a delivery driver not long after it opened so I've seen behind the scenes and know the care and attention that goes into delivering the quality and service. The food is what I judge other places by and TBH nowhere else comes close. If you've never been come along and try it, you won't be disappointed. Here's to another 20 years of The Shalimar

Lovely atmosphere and great food

We had such a warm welcome and lovely cosy table. The food was delicious and lots of it! I think the star of the show was the Gulab Jamon dessert! Had never had anything like it and loved every mouthful!! Yum!! Thankyou for a lovely evening!!

Great service great food thank will back soon

All ways very good food and excellent service they treat you like a customer should be treated

Great food great service !! Thanks

Our first visit and we are really impressed. Fantastic customer focused service from all staff. The food was very flavoursome and highly recommended as an superb dining experience. Thank you

Warm, friendly, attentive service and good food. The peshwari naan and chicken tikka were particularly good.

Amazing, found it by chance and by chance it was wonderful. Cake, card, and sparkler for my birthday. Fantastic food and service.

Very friendly and professional. Excellent food

We chose to dine it, relaxed atmosphere.

Great restaurant. Amazing food. Brilliant service & friendly staff. Looking forward to our next visit.

We were staying in Matlock Bath and this had been booked for my birthday. I know that all Indian restaurants are different but we had Mackhen Chicken and we were informed that it was a "mild dish", but it was like eating a tomato soup with chicken in it, not one of the better choices and a very rich dish. Starters were lovely. Service and friendliness of the staff were great.

The most amazing food that I have ever had. Servers were absolutely amazing and so friendly. Food was hot and served so quickly. All four people enjoyed it and cannot recommend enough. We had this on a trip around 3 hours away from home and would happily drive back just for the amazing service and food

Brilliant once again Thanks for exalent food and friendly service

Absolutely fabulous meal and a nice atmosphere. The service is secondly to none….. I haven’t experienced the like in ANY other Indian restaurant. I would absolutely recommend visiting The Shalimar.

Excellent food at a reasonable price, friendly speedy service, great atmosphere. Highly recommended

We have been many times and each and everyone of them has been exceptional. The staff are wonderful with children. The food is of the highest quality every time. I particularly like the fact that the staff bend over backwards whilst taking the order to ensure it will exceed your your expectations. It’s really worth asking them to give you a recommendation. They will listen to then you are only a few questions away form an hidden delight. Once again thank you to all the wonderful attentive staff for what is always the most wonderful dining experience

Absolutely my favourite, and well worth the miles to get here. The food is nothing short of beautiful, and the team could not do more to make you feel welcome. A really great experience and I can’t wait to come back :)

This is the best Indian restaurant around the food is delicious and of great quality and the service is five stars a must visit restaurant xxxxx

Amazing meal. Beautiful food and lovely service. We will be back. Thanks so much

Wonderfull staff and owner. Best quality of food.

Wow, absolutely lovely restaurant, we have passed this many times and only wish we had been in sooner. What an absolute gem! We arrived before they opened and haapily waiting in the car, a waiter came over to us and said we could come in (this was 20 minutes early) and was so lovely. Welcome was lovely and warm, relaxed atmosphere and friendly and polite staff. Very attentive but not overpowering or annoying. Service brilliant and guided us on some choices. Food amazing and super delicious, good sized portions I couldn't eat all mine and got the remaining boxed up to take home. Great prices 👏 absolutley cannot fault this place at all. We will definitely be back at some point. Thank you and see you soon x

Amazing food services 5 star all friendly nothing too much trouble

First time visiting Shalimar, service was excellent, the staff were very attentive personalising the curries to our taste. Always asking if we needed drinks or a top up. Would certainly recommend coming here. Overall food was excellent.

Great service and equally great food, would definitely recommend.

Amazing food and amazing service

Bloody brilliant. I normally get Deli belly after a ruby.....not this time. Forgot to go to the toilet though, which has upset me a tad.

wonderful service and excellent food would definitely visit again!!!

The only good thing about this place is ambience, the food here was below average. It was the worse Indian food I have had in UK. We had chicken handi, paneer shashlik, chicken achari, for main course - both the chicken curries, had no difference in taste. Chicken tikka (starter), malai chicken tikka (starter) was like boiled chicken with color, there was no flavor at all, and portion size was despicable. On top of that the waiter was really rude, when I asked if the restaurant is halal or not, he took it personally and started explaining he is Muslim and eats here at the restaurant ( which no one cares about ) and also asked for halal certificate - which he finally never showed. Will never recommend this restaurant.

Visited whilst on Holliday in Darwin forest, beautiful food, brilliant service and lovely atmosphere

Always love coming here.. perfect welcome and service