This is simply the best small Indian restaurant in NE London. The staff are smart and discreet but always on hand and very polite. The proprietor is quietly charming and will chat with you if appropriate. The place is cosy with semi-booths if you want. The food is superb. The usual well-known Indian dishes are the best examples you will get. The specials are indeed special: try the chicken kebab starters in a cheese sauce, followed by the Shish Mahal Special which is meat or chicken tikka in a thick sauce on a bed of mincemeat with prawns succulent and complex with some heat. The side dishes are good as well: the spinach in the sag poneer is not soggy and drenched in cheese, and the onion bargees are crisp on the outside without being frazzled. There are some good Pakistani fast food restaurants in Walthamstow Hackney and Leyton; but if you want a relaxed Indian meal go to the Shish Mahal. Lloyd Debbie and Emma Lewzey, Jan 2011
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Tu valoración: 5 London, United Kingdom
We have been going to Shish Mahal, our local Indian restaurant, for about eight years now, and it takes alot of beating. What’s not to like?!! The food is consistantly excellent, very reasonable prices and really friendly staff. And after the recent revamp, it looks good too! Some of our favourite dishes are Garlic King Prawns, Chicken Shashlik, Lamb Madras and Peshwari Nan. Only downside is the pre-prepared sweet menu but by the time I reach there I only have room for some lychees anyway. Drop in next time you are in the area, you wont regret it
