Shalimar India

80 Hanover St, Portsmouth
(603) 427-2959

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casscheat

The Vegan selections were great. The food was delicious. And the atmosphere was great. Excellent service.

Pomeranian Exotic

I would like to begin by addressing the quality of the food. It was gross the worst Indian I have ever had. I am use to eating good Indian food in Portland Maine or Florida. The samosa tasted like cheap samosas that were frozen and reheated. The dish they brought me the chicken was dry and over cooked the rice was plain and had no flavor. The yellow rice they serve is so nasty. The nan bread was the only thing that was good. The food was so bad we didn’t even dare try the dessert. The mango lassi also was not good it is way too sweet and not in a good way. Usually a mango lassi tastes delicious. They managed to even mess this one up. I really was looking forward to trying this place. The food was not good all. I got a horrible stomach ache. Terrible experience and horrendous quality.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sara Lauter

Our meal was absolutely delicious! This visit we ordered Saag Paneer, Lamb Vindaloo, Seafood Marsala and the Butter Chicken Chef Style. Highly recommend the butter chicken chef style! Each bite is a flavor journey and it's spicy but not melt-your-face-off. Staff is great at helping you decide your spice comfort and with recommendations. Every bread we've tried has been great but our favorites include garlic naan and peshawari naan (stuffed with potatoes). Our favorite spot to celebrate.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Matthew Bland

Everything is amazing. Food is superb. The hotness can very depending on what you like. Make sure to get some Nann

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Heather Perry

Food was amazing and service was very attentive. We had Vindaloo, Tikka Marsala, Garlic Naan and Papadam. Everything was fantastic!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Katie

Best Indian restaurant in NH. Super consistent, great service/people, and nice atmosphere (especially since they updated in the interior a couple of years ago).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Erik Castine

Very good and very expensive

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sandeep Artham

Panner was like a kids pencil eraser. It's completely artificial paneer

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Vincent Lobaccaro

This place is special worth a trip from anywhere. I've eaten Indian food all over the world and this one is one of my top favorites.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marie Wolfe

Had takeout for lunch today, worst Indian food I’ve had ever! Years ago it used to be really good, I’m not sure what happened. Sorry not willing to give you a try again.

Food: 1

Ram

Nice interior , nice food,

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Bharath Srinivasan

The luncheon specials were tasty and sumptuous for more than one.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tamasa Mahapatra

Excellent food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Manisha Patel

The service was disappointing. Two tables that arrived after us were served before us, possibly because they were white. When the waiter approached our table, he didn’t greet us. He just stared at me until I said “Hi, how are you?” and then responded with, “Any questions?” I said no and went ahead with my order. He didn’t refill our water until I asked, but he refilled other tables’ water without being prompted. The table next to us, of course more of the catering to white folks, got their food, ate, and finished before we even received ours. The food was good, but even so, I’m giving this place a one-star rating because of the way we were treated. I also noticed that many of the one-star reviews are from Indians who were treated disrespectfully by their waiter. How an Indian restaurant can be unwelcoming to Indians is beyond me.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Aki Goldstein

The place looks nice. Thats its best feature.

Too many people attending to us. 2 ladies to seat us. One lady coming by with water refils. One official waiter. One other waiter coming buy for other helps. Too many!!!!!! Every 4 minutes there was one of these 4 waiters at our table for something. We came here to eat peacefully, not meet all your waiters and keep answeing questions.

Food: I ordered lamb korma. To me, it tasted like beef. Maybe it was lamb, but I kept telling my wife...this tastes like beef. Its a trick one can try to play. I know what lamb tastes like. Also, they dont serve goat. First Indian restsurant that doesnt have ANY goat dishes.

Overall, I think this place is overhyped. Its not bad, but there was nothing special in the food at all. The food is just average.

The atmosphere was not calm, too much hustle and bustle.

I dont plan to come back here.

They need to make sure the food tastes good enough, that one can tolerate the 4 waiters per table for the food.

For a restaurant, all I ask is: make great tasty food. Thats the priority. And to me they fail at this.

My wifes meal tasted like a Campbells tomato soup from the can with a little work done on it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

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