Shimla Indian 6 Dean Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny R95 FW77

"Getting take away from here for years. Always good."

"When you order food online you hope for a delicious, freshly cooked meal delivered to your door. You do not however expect to witness a first-hand demonstration of the space-time continuum breaking down. We ordered at 6.30 and the food arrived at 9.25.That’s 3 hours. But here’s the interesting bit, when we we rang to check in where our delicious, freshly cooked meal was at 8.45pm it was apparently ‘out for delivery and would arrive in 5 mins’ but it actually arrived 45 mins later. Now the sceptic in me would say that I was told a flat-out lie and that our food hadn’t even been cooked. But the optimist in me thinks that the Shimla kitchen operates in a different dimension where their 5 minutes is actually our 45mins. Step inside their kitchen and test for yourself, just watch out for the owner (he doesn’t like customers so I’d stay out of his way). We rang again and this time, after the first person I spoke to was unavailable, (I think she had maybe fallen into a worm hole and couldn’t get back to earth), we were told that the food would be 15 mins max and was out for delivery - it actually arrived 35mins later. Now the sceptic in me would say that again, this was a lie and the food was still nowhere near our coveted brown bag. The optimist in me however thinks that Shimla are maybe not of this earth and their concept of time is not analogous to ours. It must be, because the same thing happened the last two occasions, most notably one New Years Eve when we waited for 4 hours and ended up eating toast to soak up the beer while we waited. Again, in Shimla’s world, ‘it was on the way’. Great lads those time travellers. Anyway, what was the food like? Average at best. Bland at worst. There are better Indian restaurants in Kilkenny where you’ll get your food within 1 hour of ordering (like most delivery options). But you won’t get to have a brush with the Shimla time travellers there…"

"Was craving for an Indian cuisine but the food taste does not resemble anyway close to Indian flavours.. Tikka Curry extremely sweet and flavour less...chicken wasn't cooked properly.. .."

"Anytime I visit Kilkenny I make it a priority to have a meal at shimla. It is the best Indian food I have tasted in the country... I know that’s a big statement but it’s just that good. The naan bread is wonderful so much flavour."

"I would definitely recommend this restaurant, great chef and service is absolutely fantastic. No need booking, price is reasonable as well. I will come back again."