Mike Whitehouse
Wonderful! Thank you not just for the food but for the lovely service and the willingness to adjust food to our taste. As an example- my Wife likes her onion bhaji with quite well cooked onions- no problem! Price-wise this was genuine value- pickles, popadums, starters, mains, parathas and a side together with drinks for less than £60.00. Thank you- we will return!
Sandy Ewing
Shaheens came highly recommended by my daughter we chose this for dinner last night.
Absolutely phenomenal - the favours were intense and wonderful. So many options that make me want to come back and try more.
Service was great and would highly recommend.
John Rudkin
Alongside several other musical friends, I hit the place for an early doors tea on Saturday before heading to the cathedral to perform some Haydn and Mozart. I scored the chicken tikka tandoori sizzler, a slab of keema naan and a bottle of health restoring Cobra beer. We all heartily agreed that the grub was top drawer. We visited on the instructions of our female colleague who'd done her online research and noticed the restaurant scored highly, and rightly so too. Service was friendly, down to earth and swift enough (the place was fairly quiet at this time) and my platter was loaded with cooked-bang-on chicken. If you seek ace curry: go to Shaheen.
Liz Salmon
Lovely meal with attentive staff. Would definitely recommend 😀👍
Jennifer Barlow
From the moment we arrived we were taken care of, nothing was to much trouble.
The staff had a great knowledge of the menu, and helped us with our choice...and there are many!!!
All the dishes are designed to suit everyone's palate.
And the food didn't disappoint, very tasty, large portions and reasonably priced.
We would highly recommend and on our next visit to Durham will return.
Robin Dryden
What a friendly and welcoming restaurant. Staff took a keen interest in what I liked and made excellent recommendations for my meal.
Top quality
Alex Maria
The most amazing place to eat!
Not only is the food amazing, but the staff are so welcoming!
Adam the waiter, is really friendly, caring and attentive. And has an awesome beard!
I've never felt so welcomed in a restaurant! The sevice and food are perfect and i would recommend to anyone!
See you soon!
Jamie N. Bunni Fishwick-Ford
Delicious food, exactly the spice levels we asked for. Extensive menu, and 2 veggie options for each sauce (paneer or mixed veggies). The coriander rice is literally perfect.
Shemar Sadiq
This was our first time and it was absolutely fantastic, the food was beautiful and the staff and manger were great hosts. We have been to lots of Indian restaurants. But this is by far the best one we have been too. We are looking forward to having another great night out Durham. Many thanks to all the staff!
Sikandar
They were nice enough to fit us enough even though we didn't have a reservation. Compared to the Indian food we have in the US, this was leagues ahead since it wasn't just sweetness in a creamy sauce. We ordered chicken biryani and a chicken balti. Dropped a star because the food had way too much oil, especially the balti - and that's after many years of having eaten in Pakistan, where many places don't go light on oil...
David Turner
So this Indian restaurant has been here 36 years and this is the first time we'd even heard about it. This is a more traditional style indian restaurant, very authentic indian dishes, not the normal Bangladesh style most are used to. I ordered the Lamb Tikka Massala and I didnt really like mine as not what I was expecting. However the staff were amazing! I said I wasn't enjoying it. Not that it wasn't nice as it was but it just wasn't what i wanted. They asked me exactly what kind of curry I wanted, flavour, colour, spicy or sweet and then said they'd get the chef to make it up for me. First a sample came to try and it was spot on. So they gave me another full curry and rice to take away. Absolutely amazing service. I would definitely recommend but just be careful that the dishes might not he exactly what you expect.
Giona Girodo
The butter chicken whit the cheese Naan was extremely good, if a wasn't so full I would have eaten 2 more plate.
Absolutely to try, a very nice place also.
Randy
Very good variety of tikka styles and flavors. We tried the Balti and the Jalfrezi and both were very good. Service was prompt and very friendly. Atmosphere is typical English cozy and the setting is along a historic street. Would highly recommend.
Calum Morrison
Great menu & quality food. Sensible portions and very amiable staff. Thoroughly recommend 👌
Aaron Evans
Always love visiting Shaheens, as soon as you walk in you are greeted by Adham or another friendly member of their team. A warm welcome follows, with great food, service and overall atmosphere.
Especially recommend getting the poppadoms and garlic naans to accompany the great mains on offer.
CLAUDE MCMURTRIE
As a Hse professional I discovered this little gem of a place by accident, the staff very polite and helpful since and sinceI travel all over the country via work and love Indian food I dare anyone to try and beat this family run amazing restaurant the food was the best I have eaten throughout the country well done and will be returning again so curry lovers try it as it will blow your mind with the variety of flavours exploding in your mouth what a great feeling
Fred Bed
Excellent food, very friendly and helpful staff. Enjoyed it every time. My favorite restaurant in Durham
King Clement
Excellent service. The staff were class and the food is second to none in Durham.
Jordan King
Mint food, would recommend to anyone, good prices and portion sizes are good, nice staff too �
Sam Dalby
Very welcoming staff and great food. Service was fast and the food was delicious, would recommend to anyone
Sara Chapman
Really surprised to see negative reviews. We had one of the best curries we've ever had at Shaheen's last weekend and the service was impeccable. They are a really friendly family business and we chatted for ages with them all. Can't recommend this place highly enough and will be back very soon!! Thanks again.
Alex John
I went there at the end of term with my friends and it was bloody brilliant. The service was quick and friendly with the manager even knocking a few quid off a bottle of wine. The food was delicious and it was one of the best prawn curries I've ever had. Definitely returning to this restaurant.
Paul Jeffries
Lovely Indian meal which we really enjoyed. They did cock up one order (chicken instead of lamb) and if I was a typical internet bitch reviewer I would crucify them for it here! But actually, everything tasted great and fresh and every dish was different, and they were endearingly apologetic about it, and we got chatting and found out that the owners only live round the corner from us at home… Great meal and great staff; recommended!
Lorena I. León-Reece
Lots of great options for curry, rice, nan and sides. We had the Malayan and Balti curries with a garlic nan and roghani rice. Delicious, and friendly staff!
Deana Galsworthy
Me and three of my friends ate here during an overnight stay in Durham. We were waited on by a gentleman called Adam, he was a lovely guy, very chatty and extremely helpful. The food was all lovely and the service was brilliant. Adam was a lovely guy and we all wish him the best in his future.
Kieran Bennett
Had a fantastic experience at Shaheens and I will definitely be coming back. Great food great service.
Patricia Corby
Slow service, yes the Lumiere was on but had to wait half hour for poppadoms! Waiter very quiet and not very informative. Very nice food though.
Thomas Edmunds
Great food and a very quick service ��
Cyndy K Sample
Hands down! The best Indian cuisine on the planet!
Paul Barker
This is a very nice family run restaurant were everybody is very friendly and can't do enough for you. As we were on a works Christmas party got to try quite a range of there dishes and they were excellent . Would defently recommend going.
Duncan Proctor
Delicious food and friendly staff, a nice atmosphere and a very pleasant place to eat. One of the many things I miss about Durham.
Dario Zannolfi
The Best indian restaurant in durham!!!!!
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