Shapla — Restaurant in Winchester

The first time ive been here in many years as had a few bad experiences but recently found out that they had new owners so thought my family, my girlfriend and i would give it a try, it was absolutely Jam Packed Was happy that we had booked a table in advance, the staff we're friendly and couldnt do enough for you.

The food Was Amazing, The portion sizes were good if not a bit too much although im not complaining as the pricing of it was quite hefty but for 4 drinks 4 starters and 4 mains with 2 rice sides and 2 Nan Breads it was almost £25 a head but you got what you expected at that price.

The only negative thing i can really say is that you could tell some of the members of staff were under a lot of pressure im guessing this was either due to how busy it was or due to being new members of staff and being nervous because of the high volume of customers, im sure this will only be a Time Based Problem though and wasnt any hardship.

i would highly recommend going here definitely 5...

When we asked the owner who wasn’t attending to anyone if we could order some drinks he said, yes yes I’ll send someone over, we still waited. When the waitress eventually came over we asked for a certain lager, she said that they didn’t have it but then didn’t suggest an alternative! Once we had finished and asked for the bill, the same waitress came over with a sour face and asked if we like to give a gratuitie, we said that we would leave cash as a tip, her face showed that she was not impressed! The food was good and the other waiter and waitress were friendly enough. I can only think that our faces didn’t fit with the proprietor? Needless to say, we won’t...

Expensive!!! The starter was great....the biriyani was underwhelming. Not worth the £50 we paid for it.

What upsets me most was the service...I like to leave a decent tip - if service has been good-

Now bear in mind we were the only people eating in the restaurant- everyone was getting takeaways. The drinks ordered- had to be asked for again as our starter had come out. Had to ask for ice in my water twice. Had to ask twice for the bill...it's like they just couldn't be bothered.... I hate leaving an okay review as I want to be able to champion local business....but this...