Shimlas Oldham

My girlfriend and I visited for dinner one evening. The food was great, although more spicy than expected - still absolutely delicious. It was well priced and good sized portions. The service could have been better, but I think it was just coming to closing time so the staff had other things to do - and we were the only ones in the restaurant at the time. Overall great quality food, and would be happy to give it a shot again sometime to compare.

Excellent kebab

A friend and I visited after seeing their reviews and pictures on Instagram as well as some recommendations. I’ll start with the only positive thing I can remember about this unforgettable experience (for all the wrong reasons), the decor and interior was to a high standard. The food fell extremely short of our expectations as we had heard good things about the place. The cheesy chicken donner stir fry looked like it had been fermenting for a week and was warmed up upon request. An unappetising concoction of congealed inedible food. The whole portion was just one giant blob, it made no sense. We left still feeling hungry as we’d barely touched anything (other than the chips). The service left a lot to be desired and there seemed to only be two young girls left to tend to approximately 7 or 8 tables so the service was very slow indeed. While I had nice things to say about the decor, the temperature inside was comparable to the outside (we visited late Feb) as the AC was blasting out cold air constantly. We begrudgingly paid our £27 and left to find another place to eat. The Google reviews and other social media posts have positive things to say but unfortunately on my visit and with what I had I cannot agree with them.

We really enjoy visiting Shimlas. When you want to enjoy a cosy wholesome meal this is the place. On this occasion we visited during Ramadan. The service is usually very much on point but maybe due to time sensitivity the staff were a little pushed this time. However we had to keep calling them to initially place the order and then for individual bits like plates etc. But as I said could be because it was near iftari time. Starters were served after mains..again going to give benefit of doubt. We wanted to order another jug of lassi..I think they didn't have it. Flavours of mocktails were out of stock.. The food is amazing and that's why we keep coming back. Ambience has a little more to be desired. Decor is nice but really if food was not as good there is no other reason to go back again.

Terrible food, ive been in many restaurants but never had worse food than here, the only nice thing is the place

My experience with shimla's was overall very disappointing, I would have never stepped foot in that place if I had known they can't protect their most venerable staff members, What kind of place allows rowdy customers to verbally and physically abuse there staff and warrant them to be correct. Only because they claim to have personal relations with the owners.