Sheela Palace Restaurant — Restaurant in Waterford

Looking at the menu on the website it indicated dosas. This is an error, they do not serve dosas. Apparently that's done at their Dublin takeaway branch. They should fix their site. Selecting the Waterford restaurant on the website and then clicking on the online ordering option, Dosas are clearly listed at the bottom.

First impressions on entering were not great. The interior is drab, confused and dated. A mix of colours and decorative elements that just don't make sense. The exception is the 2 large posters on one side of the reestaurant, which are lovely. I thought, given the greatly positive reviews the food must be amazing. Unfortunately, that wasn't our experience, at least with the mains. The Paneer tikka we had as a starter was ok. Can't say the same for the rest.

We ordered the Vegetarian Biryani and Shahi paneer. Had a taste of the latter and it wasn't great at all. Practically inedible tbh. The Biryani looked good though and you can see effort had been made in its preparation with lots of vegetables and nuts and other things. The taste though was again strange. I've never had a sweet Biryani. They had generously added raisins to the rice. Also, the rice was clumpy which is just a very basic thing to get wrong. On crushing the clumps, white rice was exposed. This was not a Biryani dish at all but rather a vegetarian pulau dish with raisins. Kinda like a Kashmiri pulao, but not quite. It seemed like biryani spices had been lightly mixed into the preparation to give it that distinct aroma. The flavour was lacking however.

The front-of-house staff were nice. Though one lady asked every customer what specific cutlery they wanted before setting the table. Nothing wrong with that mind you, but just added to the strangeness of the experience.

I suspect the non-vegetarian fare is better given the previous positive reviews from other diners but if you're a Vegetarian I would not...

Mixed Experience, Proceed with Caution

I recently visited this restaurant and had a mixed experience. The ambiance was pleasant, creating a good atmosphere for dining. The mango lassi was delightful, and the jinga prawn dish was both delicious and fresh, showcasing the restaurant's potential.

However, the dhal tadka was just average, nothing exceptional. My disappointment escalated with the chicken dishes. The chicken manchurian was simply horrible, and the suggested chicken 65 gravy for the main course was equally disappointing. The taste was off, and it seemed like the chicken used was not fresh. We suspected that they might be using frozen chicken that had been stocked for too long, as there was a noticeable unpleasant smell.

Given the inconsistency in food quality, I would recommend avoiding their chicken dishes altogether. While the ambiance and some dishes show promise, the overall experience left much...

Decided to come here instead of the modern restaurants on the waterfront thinking it would would be more authentic. Unfortunately the whole experience was a disappointment.greeted by a pleasant man who informed us straight away there was no wine so minerals only.ordered starters and side dishes with rice and nan that we wanted to come all at the same time. Cauliflower Manchurian came first on its own.was tasty but not overly hot.no sign of waiter as he was also working kitchen and takeaway. Chana masala was very strange in a pale pink sauce,paneer tikka had little flavour and was served with ketchup and garlic mayo not raita and mango.chilli paneer was ok but had a skin on it like it had been under heat too long.rice was nice but peshwari naan was the saddest looking naan I’d ever had.flat pale and small. First and last time I will be in sheela...