Shimla Spice in Shipley, West Yorkshire

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Telephone:	+44 1274 599800
Website:	www.shimlaspice.co.uk
Address:	Bankdale House 69 Otley Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, BD18 2BJ
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:	450 ftShipley 500 ftShipley Market Place S5 530 ftShipley Market Place S4
Categories:	Indian Pakistani

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Takes Reservations	Yes
Delivery	Yes
Take-out	Yes
Accepts Credit Cards	Yes
Good For	Dinner
Parking	Street, Private Lot
Wheelchair Accessible	Yes
Good for Kids	Yes

Good for Groups	Yes
Attire	Casual
Ambience	Casual
Noise Level	Average
Alcohol	No
Outdoor Seating	No
Wi-Fi	No
Waiter Service	Yes

Today

Today	5:30 pm – 11:30 pm Closed now
Local time (Shipley)	9:17 AM Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Business hours

Monday	5:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Tuesday	5:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Wednesday	5:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Thursday	5:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Friday	5:30 pm – 12:30 am
Saturday	5:30 pm – 12:30 am
Sunday	–

Description

Specialties

Shimla Spice is dedicated to, serve the finest cooked asian cuise, by award winning chefs, bought in from 5 star hotels around asia. The décor at Shimla Spice is idea for anyone, with colour changing mood lighting

History

Established in 1998.

Specialties

Parties &

Celebrations

Make your special occasion one to remember…

At Shimla Spice, we want to help you commemorate your special occasion in style

We can offer a night to remember for ay of the following and much more!

Birthday Parties

Engagement Parties

Wedding Receptions

Anniversaries

Retirement & Leaving Parties

We take special care to ensure your night at Shimla Spice is a very special occasion indeed with our top class chefs providing a range of excellent dishes for you and your guests with our unique Kashmiri cooking.

We can provide flowers, birthday cakes, photography and to give your occasion that extra special touch we can provide you with a chauffeur driven limousine to pick you up and take you home.

if your would like more information on booking a special occasion — please contact the appropriate branch and we will be happy to help make your occasion one to remeber.

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«Shimla Spice in Keighley is our sister branch, and where the generation of Shimla Spice started. A popular venue, serving the finest in Asian cuisine»

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12 reviews of Shimla Spice

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Kate W.

Place rating: 4
Esholt, United Kingdom

Visited Shimla a couple of weeks ago as a pre mother’s day treat for my mum.
We went on a Thursday but the place was really busy which is always a good sign. We three got a sharing starter which came with your standard Indian starters, and was actually really nice.
We then ordered mains, I went for lamb rogan josh. The curry was really nice, meat was tender rather than being tough as you can get at many curry houses. Staff were lovely.
The place could do with a décor upgrade and that is really the only downside for me.

Sean S.

Place rating: 4
Shipley, United Kingdom

The main 2 in Shipley are aagrah and shimla — shimla has it for the attentive staff and willingness to give a customer what they want.
We, as business customers need vat receipts — both do vat receipts but with aagrah it’s as if they are doing you a favour and the atmosphere when asking is unpaleatable.
Shimla are willing able and happy to do so.
The food is delicious the staff are brilliant and the naan bread is jaw dropping.
They provide takeaway too and have an app — but the price of mushroom pilau on the app is way off — it doesn’t cost that much.
I can see why they are award winning and I truly hope this doesn’t go to their heads like aagrah — award winning can spoil what gave the award to begin with — customers!
Shimla is customer focused and the food is delicious and not too expensive.
Tip — don’t order a naan to yourself — you will be defeated at first glance — you do have to look twice at it — huge!

Graham O.

Place rating: 4
York, United Kingdom

We happened to be passing by while looking for a place for dinner. This place had banners up pointing out that it was voted the best curry in the region by readers of the local newspaper. «Best curry in Bradford?» we thought: must be worth a try.
And it was.
Service was exemplary. Not just good — outstanding. Very polite, without being grovelling. Attentive and engaging.
The food was superb. Each curry tasted really very distinctive and quite special. Plenty.
The one odd thing was that, due to the fact that no alcohol was served, people were turning up with clinking carrier bags, full of bottles and cans. One enterprising table had brought a box of wine, which they’d set up for easy access. It was all a bit bizarre, but actually very pragmatic. Everyone seemed happy.
Thoroughly recommend. Would be there every couple of weeks if we lived closer!

IrisSi

Place rating: 4
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

I actually used to live in a first floor flat just above Shimla Spice between January-November 2008 and I could always smell the curries and cuisine there. The quality of their meals are excellent and the décor is extensively delightful.
Hands down an excellent place to go for a meal.

Joshua W.

Place rating: 2
Leeds, United Kingdom

Well, Shimla has won enough awards to sink a ship, and yes the food does taste amazing! However, the service on the night i went was way below par.
We arrived to find it was byob, which is my favourite kind of place and we were sat in a waiting area and left to wait for 40 minutes… YES 40 MINS!
Needless to say seeing people being sat in far larger groups than our own who had arrived half an hour after us was infuriating!
When we were seated, we were quickly pressed to make an order by a gent who was rude and abrupt to start with. Add to this him being rude to my mum when she couldnt hear him (she is deaf) sent me over the edge!
Add to this a further 40 mins before the main was brought to the table.
Believe me when i say i kicked up a stink!
The manager couldnt have acted in a better way about the problem and apologised profusely and got the rude twerp to apologise too and we got the meal for free!
Honestly some of the best curry iv ever eaten in my life, but i will not be returning to have my mother taking rubbish from some jumped up idiot!
Delicious food, atrocious service.

Carl-Darren M.

Place rating: 1
Leeds, United Kingdom

It would appear from the other reviews that i am in the minority, but i would not recommend Shimla Spice under any circumstances. Myself and 7 others visited Shimla Spice on a Sunday evening. In short, the restaurant was cold, badly lit, dirty with staff that had little interest in our requirements. The cutlery and crockery were dirty, the menu’s had old food stuck to them and the tables could have done with cleaning. The food was poor, unless you class prawns that take 10 minutes to chew, acceptable. Whilst the overall bill was not excessive, i would rather pay more and enjoy the evening. Definitely would not visit again or recommend

J H.

Place rating: 1
Leeds, United Kingdom

Having heard so much about Shimla spice and having a penchant for a good curry, me and my OH were very keen to try the place.
It was reasonably busy when we arrived at 8.30 on a Saturday night, but I guess it probably fills up when the pubs close like most Indian restaurants.
We had forgotten it was BYO so a quick dash to Asda was needed before we could sit down.
On a first visit we always order onion bhajees — it’s one of our tester dishes. They arrived in the shape of huge onion rings, under spiced and a little greasy, not the best. I had asked the waiter for his recommendation — the best vegetarian dish, he was clueless so again I ordered a couple of side dishes that I consider to be tester dishes. Aloo Gobi and Tarka Daal. Unfortunately, neither dish met the grade in my opinion. The Daal was ok but the Aloo Gobi was just dreadful — it certainly wasn’t fresh that day, probably not that week either! OH had Achari Chicken which he said was ok but under spiced. So we left disappointed and will stick with the Aagrah in future!

Simon S.

Place rating: 5
Leeds, United Kingdom

Bring your own beer, order a fantastic curry from an incredible menu and enjoy!!! I lived in Shipley for 20 years and Shimla opened towards the end of that time. Now, whenever I go home, this is one of my first stops. Last time I literally stepped off the train and walked to Shimla with my suitcases before I even went home to see my parents. It’s family friendly, group friendly, a group of mates friendly, a lively meal for 2 friendly… can’t fault the place.
If there’s a birthday in your group, let the waiters know and you get a sparkler in a cake with a suitably cheesy jingle… a winner every time!

Virtua

Place rating: 2
London, United Kingdom

Less than average food, service and ambience

Alamye

Place rating: 4
Shipley, United Kingdom

Nice quiet curry house, Good service.
No longer have a licence to sell beer, but you can take your own alcohol.
Good prices too

JoMe

Place rating: 5
Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Shimla Spice is fantastic!!! I love it here. The Shipley restaurant is now definitely better than the Keighley one. Does great food, service is excellent and it’s a bring your own bottle place so you can enjoy a nice glass or two of your favourite wine by taking it along with you.
Usually very very busy — especially at weekends so well worth booking!!!

Joe_Ro

Place rating: 4
Leeds, United Kingdom

A lovely, friendly indian restraunt with a very welcoming atmosphere. With a very diverse and exciting menu. A large room that is often very busy, it does not have a liscenced bar, but you can take your own alchohol, which I think is a very good idea and cost saving too.
Shimla Spice also have a restraunt in Keighley, but this is the newer one of the two and is really good value for money, that myself and my wife have been to on numerous occasions.
This is now the best indian restraunt in Shipley.