I have been going to this restaurant for the last couple of years the food is outstanding. The…read morestaff have excellent customer service skills always smiling and nothing is to much trouble for them. I love the atmosphere of the place always clean and inviting. My favourite Indian restaurant in Sutton coldfield by far and I have been to a few. Well done to you all I wish you every success for now and in the future because you all deserve it. Mrs K Kemp of Walmley.

Very clean and friendly restraunt. The food is really tasty and filling. The decor is clean and…read morefresh. The service is fast and the waiters always ask if everythings ok. Good restraunt if you want a relaxed atmosphere and a lovely meal.

I've been using this place for many years and I'm pleased to report that the food has always been…read morefantastic. The waiters are excellent and the atmosphere is perfect for a curry. They serve all the traditional dishes you'd expect from a long established curry house. On this occasion I went for a speciality starter; Pathia Puri, chicken tikka cooked in a sweet and sour sauce and wrapped in a soft puri bread. For my main course I had Bhindi Fish. Fillets of cod in a rich tomato sauce, which was spiced to just the way I like it. It was served with garlic and fresh okra. Delicious and well worth a visit.

The food at this restaurant is excellent, we've been coming for nearly 30 years and we're never…read moredisappointed. I'd particularly recommend the spicy (as opposed to creamy) chicken tikka massala.

Acting as both neighbourhood takeaway and classy, indoor Indian restaurant, this family-owned…read moreeatery offers high quality Asian cuisine at remarkably reasonable prices. On my most recent visit, my family and I ate in and we all had a very pleasant dining experience. The waiter service is very efficient and the staff don't try to rush you out of your seat, as they may do in other independent restaurants. The Chicken Korma I ordered was mild and creamy, yet still flavourful and filling and the restaurant's menu offered a very impressive range of authentic Indian and Bengali dishes. Pretty much the only thing I didn't like about the place was the odd, dark and dingy atmosphere inside. Low-level lighting combined with darkly coloured walls and furniture made it a tad difficult to read the menus and seemed to give off a sort of unappealing, backstreet vibe as opposed to a romantic ambience which could have easily been achieved with a little more light or colour.

I've been visiting this place on-and-off for 20 years. It's a great little curry house situated…read morejust of the Boldmere high street and as such as popular place for a late meal when you've had a few drinks in the pubs along the main road. It's also pretty reasonably priced and caters well for vegetarians, should you have any of those in your number. The staff are friendly and the service is excellent: Rice is served to you, for example, which feels, in the relatively recent history of British Curry, like a quaint touch as it's not something you see everywhere these days. I think that's what I like about this place the most - it hasn't changed all that much over the years. If you fancy a simple, well-cooked meal in cheerful surroundings then I recommend it. The music they play is pretty standard Indian background music that must be on a tape loop. One song sounds like a version of The Irish Rover by The Pogues, so listen out for that. I wonder if Shane MacGowan has eaten here?

Fantastic! Great service, smart restaurant, lovely food…read more What more could you want??? The prices are very very reasonable! Plus, with it being "Bring your own beer" and conveniently placed above a Sainsburys, EVERYONES A WINNER!!!!!!

Wrong order delivered. Told 15 mins and a fresh one would arrive. 45 mins later and no order…read more Eventually my order arrives almost 2 hours after ordering - meat was hard - naan was too doughy, starter was very salty. Driver also requested wrong order back even though it cannot be reused! Staff should not inform customers with a time frame if they cannot deliver in that time frame.

This spot is our usual go to for a curry, we ordered a butter chicken and some other curries,…read morealongside pashwari naan and some chips. The food is perfect as always, with the food always reaching the highest standard as always, I highly suggest this place to anyone looking for an authentic curry.

We visited Shaban just before Christmas 2022. It was not a good experience. The restaurant was cold…read moreand when I asked why it was so cold I was told by a waiter, "It's winter, what do you expect?" No attempt was made to make my family and children comfortable. My children kept coats and hats on for the remainder of the meal. What a joke. We were seated right at the back of the restaurant by the service counter even though the restaurant was empty when we arrived? It became apparent that the rude staff would continue to reach over our heads and serve food or shout orders to each other throughout the remainder of our meal. Appalling. To top it off, the restaurant is running an online service where people walk into the restaurant to collect their orders. Throughout our meal we had people queueing beside our table, leaning against our chairs, paying at the cash register behind our heads. It was horrible. The restaurant needs a specific waiting area for people collecting orders away from guests in the restaurant. Service was bad. Food was slapped onto my mums plate with no care. No food warmers were on the table to keep food warm as other guests seemed to have. My daughters ordered some fried chicken and were given tough bits of chicken on a plate. The rest of the food was just about ok. The restaurant decor is extremely dated and in extreme need of extensive modernisation. I also have to ask whether their were racist undertones to our treatment. Seated at a table at the back of the restaurant where no diner should have been seated. The rudeness of staff and terrible service. All other dinners (white)were seated at the front of the restaurant. As a person of colour I feel that this could have been the case. I would advise anyone wanting to eat at the restaurant to think carefully. There are far superior Indian restaurants in the area. Shaban is not even a patch on these.

This was actually very delicious. Me and my family were craving some Indian food so I went online…read moreto see what we could have. I found this place called mother India and my family was expecting it not to be nice and was thinking about going somewhere else but I saw the food and convinced them to have it. We went there and the customer service was very good and the food came surprisingly good. The price was good and the food was so delicious we left the building very happy of tonight's food ambiance.

First visit for a takeout. Wow, delicious. Parking is tough but worth hunting a spot down…read more I had Chicken Tikka Marsala - delicious with a little of the coconut coming through. The Vegetable Baha, nan and boiled rice. Take out had papadoms, onions and a delicious sauce. Would highly recommend. Also, and a key ingredient, the staff we very nice and helpful.

I ordered a takeaway for my birthday and collected. There's a small car park round the side. Came…read moreto about £50. Nice food and service.

The Starter of Kababish kebab didn't cut it for me. Not enough spice and tasted like a burger-I…read moredon't eat burgers..... The lamb chompens were a whole different ball game-Delish. They were cooked in a tandoori oven yet were marinated perfectly and were very tender. My husband had the Dhesi karai Gosht (hot lamb curry) and I had Chicken KA sizzler. Mine was chicken with onions, peppers, rice, vegetables served on a sizzling platter with a mini naan. My husbands curry was lovely, one of the best he's ever had "apparently"! My sizzler was also very nice and great value for the money. The portion size was massive which meant I had lunch for work the following day! Only negative really was the service was incredibly slow. We had to ask for our starters when a couple who came in after us began eating their mains.

Very nice, very clean. Didnt feel too bloated after eating either... Last time i went was around 5…read moremonths ago tho

You should not, of course, judge a venue by its entrance, but the pavement-set blue lights and…read morewaterfall doorway could make you wonder what you're in for: an achingly self-conscious and substance-free pitch to appear different for the sake of it, or a reflection that diners might be onto an experience a touch fresher than the considerable range of nearby family-favourite curry restaurants Thankfully, for those looking for a new take on Indian dining, the latter is true. It's not that the food is streets ahead of the four or five neighbouring ventures, although it is good and, to survive, it needs to be. The place comes into its own through the surroundings; the flashy, blue-lit exterior giving perhaps a false sense of the decoration and atmosphere inside. None of the comparable Boldmere restaurants have that 'curry hut' feel, but this is the one which is best placed to move beyond that familiar, brisk, white tablecloth-and-waistcoat shtick and enter into a more formal experience. Tasteful but without pretension and never forgetting, for all the professionalism, that it remains a suburban enterprise, Simla makes for a good choice among those looking for something new.