Shalimar Restaurant

Fantastic, as always!

The food was as usual good although not as plentiful as usual, however during the Omicron surge it is hard to enjoy one's meal when the wait staff and others are not wearing masks. At my request our waiter put on a mask but other people kept bringing out our food and they were all maskless.The restaurant was virtually empty so that was good and bad. Normally I would recommend but not until Covid is over.

Great food. Can’t wait to go back.

Excellent service, food and drinks!

We made a reservation for my birthday lunch at Shalimar. When we arrived, they did not have record although we confirmed via email, text, and phone. The servers set up tables for our party. After we sat, we were told several of the menu items were not available to us due to timing. We were told we had to order right away because the kitchen was closing. This made us feel very rushed. Our drink choices were very limited, including no tea or cocktails. The food was excellent, as usual. I was disappointed in the lack of communication and rushed nature of our experience.

Food was good, nothing special; portions were large. Service was a bit lacking, server did not notice that we were 4 diners- only 3 glasses, 3 sets of utensils, and 3 menus were povided. We shared a menu (no big deal), when our food was served, we had to ask for the 4th glass and utensils. We repeatedly asked for more water. The check was brought promptly.

Waiter was rude and did not listen and pay attention tomy order when I would specifically speak to him. Food was great. Seating was fine and ambience was good for a group of friends. Don't take your first date here if you want to have intimate dialogue.

Everything was delicious. Service was very good. I'll be back.

Too notch, still a favorite. Great job.

Food was very good, service was excellent even though they we busy.

The food here is excellent and the prices are reasonable. We made a reservation which really helped - we got right in while people who just showed up waited for 50 minutes. This is a favorite restaurant because the food is always wonderful.

I've dined at Shalimar many, many times over the years, and while the place used to be terrific as recently as early in the pandemic, as of late 2021, it has become shockingly disappointing. I think it's simply a result of the restaurant being overwhelmed and over-stretched. The service was the worst I've ever experienced there. Rushed treatment by servers--and a mistake on what we ordered. But most disappointing of all was the food. It was the worst quality I've experienced since I've eaten at the restaurant.

Food was delicious and very inexpensive

Every time we go here, the food is wonderful. This is our favorite restaurant in ann arbor.

Overall, excellent…food amazing. They forgot some of our drink order but once reminded we’re very prompt.

The food is very good n they have a nice variety. I’m no spice on my lamb, but my son likes hot.

The service was atrocious. Not only did we wait 15min after seating for waiter to come over but then he “lost” our order and 90min later still no main meal. Samosas was lukewarm - had to ask waiter to check where they were after waiting 35min. Manager argumentative when we indicated the almost two hour wait. His reason for wait - tandoori oven cold. Fish and chicken curry do not need that oven. Paid for samosas and beer and left without eating main meal which suddenly showed up. Will not return and will advise others to stay away.

Very slow service despite lack of customers in the restaurant. Probably putting priority on carry out orders, in which they had lots.

Got something new - Chicken Lemon Tadka. It was delicious. Always best to be unafraid of trying something beyond the usual.

Would you recommend Shalimar Restaurant to a friend?

We had David as our server who gave excellent suggestions! I highly recommend appetizer chicken 65 which was delicious! We got seated right away, we’re treated well and the food was delicious and plentiful! Despite a few negative reviews, don’t listen, I would recommend this place!!!

Outstanding Indian food served well outside on the downtown sidewalk. We have been going to this restaurant for years, and as in this case, we have always been totally delighted with the food and the ambience.

Everything was ok but not much to write about. Most restraints these days are short staffed so I took that into account for my review. Probably won’t go back from while.

For only having one or two diners, service was slower than usual. I like the music, but consider playing at a lower volume. Food was good.

Excellent food as always. For some reason the service was very slow this time and the food all came out together including appetizers.

Great food and service. The vindaloo was delicious.

Really good Tandoori chicken. Waiter suggested the Taj Mahal beer, which is not my usual taste, But really fit the spicy food well.

Also ordered soo much Naan but it was so delicious we ate it all.

Salad Indian food!

This should not listed under Opentable as the manager does not honor any reservation confirmation from the Opentable. Not only that the Manager and staff are extremely rude.

We had a reservation at 8pm. We didn’t get sat until almost 9pm. There were piles of dishes on the tables outside. The poor host was desperately cleaning tables cuz waiters were so untrained and the old guy working there just wandered around literally doing nothing from 8-10. I watched him the entire time and he brought water to 2 tables. Our appetizers were brought out w our meal. We expected to be gone by 8/9:15 vs not even ordering till after nine. No one checked w us for 15 min after finally being sat.

Appetizers were all stale and dry. Food was below average. Restaurant was 20% filled while all other restaurants around were packed. So we should have known.

Excellent. We were at another restaurant and had to leave before we ordered our food due to a busted pipe in the kitchen. We were able to get reservations here and were not at all disappointed. Excellent staff, food, and outdoor seating. We’ll be back.

Lamb Rohan gosh yum!

The food is always fresh and delicious and the service was warm and attentive. I couldn't believe how fast the food came out, piping hot! The outdoor venue makes for great people watching. This is a great place for delicious Indian fare.

Very flavorful food! Mango Shrimp was incredible! Naan was amazing! Highly recommend. Heat seems to be adjusted for American palate...will request hot over medium on next visit!

Let's start with the good, shall we? The food is delicious! Chicken lemon tadka is outstanding! Savory with a fairly strong lemon flavor, but not overpowering. Next, we ordered chicken tikka masala mild, which was a mistake. It lacked flavor and needed salt. Next time we'll at least start with mild plus. We enjoyed both the plain and garlic naan, and they were great dipped in the sauce from both chicken dishes. On a side note, I do not recommend sharing unless you're not very hungry. Portions are surprisingly small for the prices on main dishes.

Service was ok. We had a reservation, which wasn't necessary as there were only two other tables seated when we arrived late in the day. It took about 5 minutes for someone to come to the host stand to seat us, with an employee looking at us from the back of the restaurant. Our server did a great job until it was time to cash out, when he went MIA. The restaurant wouldn't honor a check-in offer from Yelp, but they are currently offering a discount for Google reviews. If they can do one, why can't they do the other? With better service, I hope to be able to raise my rating on the next visit as I'm hoping the so-so service was out of the ordinary this time around.

Food was cold. Rice was not fresh. Service was extremely slow.

Very tasty..Our waiter explained everything to us.He was very patient and clear..I was so happy I ordered fish and loved my Shalimar sunrise..The desert was great too.

The food was delicious. The service was pretty bad. The place was not busy at all, but we were waiting 20+ minutes on drinks. The waiter didn’t bring out the salad that came with our meal till we reminded him. This was after we had eaten our entrees. We waited so long for them to take our card to pay, we ended up going inside to the bar. Just in general very inattentive and a very low quality server experience. I would be more understanding if it were busy, but it wasn’t. Was a bit disappointed.

Always pleasant inside Shalimar. The service is good. We all got thalis for lunch. I’d say that we got the level of spice or lack of spice requested in most of the dishes on the platter. My colleague had some concern that one of the chicken dishes was microwaved to thaw or something that made it not taste or chew as expected. I think the portion size of some of the dishes was smaller. Still, the food was good and it’s a great place for a quiet lunch or dinner.

Served raw chicken

It's always good here.