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    Shan Restaurant

    2.8 (254 reviews)
    ModerateIndian, Pakistani, Halal
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Goat Karahi,

    Food, service and ambiance nothing much to say about no repeat. Inside tables are left unattended after previous customers ate

    Kimberly G.

    Terrible customer support, make sure you never accidentally mix up delivery and pick up on DoorDash, because they will make it extremely hard for even DoorDash Support. Accidentally placed pick-up and needed delivery so I contacted DD Support, they told me since I placed the order less than 8 minutes ago that they should be able to cancel my order so l can replace my order with a delivery as they are unable to just switch it on their end if they marked it "In Progress" already. I called them and they continuously just told me "no pick it up", or telling me to switch it to delivery myself and they won't help, "go call DoorDash". If I could switch it myself I would've already done so. And so I did call DoorDash support and they attempted to call the restaurant on my behalf and then they marked my order complete almost right away, so I was unable to refund it. Mind you, I ordered like 5 big items, it wasn't like snacks or drinks anything. And then because they did that, DoorDash support couldn't do anything for 20-30ish minutes. I was literally willing to be double charged just so I can get my items delivered and get my Pick-Up order refunded later on. I've worked in a restaurant before and am familiar with the Doordash platform they use, and they purposefully made it hard when I was literally willing to be charged again, just so they see I wasn't going to just refund my order. Internal Support for DoorDash literally had to step in. Now not only will I not be replacing my order, I got my refund and I will never be ordering from them again. I literally ordered from them countless of times, probably one of their regulars at this point. But just absolutely terrible support. I just don't understand why they were making it so hard for even DoorDash support, nothing was being lost, I even tipped them. Staff must be so miserable to intentionally make things harder for no reason. Like are they serious, right after support talks to them, they marked it complete, the order wasn't even placed 15 minutes at that point.

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    Jamie L.

    Decent place. We ordered veg biryani, chicken, beef and lamb kebabs and garlic naan. Food is reasonably priced. The kebabs were a bit on the dry side but I liked it enough that I ate them all. Biryani is great and so is the naan. Complimentary tea which is also great. Will be back again.

    Tandoori Roti,  Chicken Breast Tandoori
    Zoheb M.

    I order chicken tandoori breast almost every week.. the quality is good and the preparation consistent. The service can improve a bit. Recommend this restaurant.

    Chad C.

    I really wanted to get five stars how fast and good food on first , but what stops me while I'm eating to find hair, human hair in the food I ordered chicken masala and rice and I find the hair in the masala while I'm eating that was so disgusting it's more disgusting if I say what happened to me after and I think and what I believe the people they work in the kitchen they should put a hairnet on their head and beard net ,so the hair does not fall in the food I'll never go back

    Tiki masala
    Richard W.

    Ordered on Grubhub and they called pretty quickly to tell me they were out of the lamb wrap and offered the lamb roll and skewer instead. Also ordered tandoori chicken a la carte, chicken tikki masala, Palak Aloo (spinach and potatoes), and garlic naan. The chicken in the Tikki Masala proved too dry - even with the accompanying sauce, which was flavorful in itself. That was the biggest disappointment. The lamb skewer (granted, tasted as leftovers the following day) was also dry and crumbly. Sort of the opposite of succulent. Really liked Palak Aloo - there is a good number of cubes potatoes to contrast the creamy textured spinach. Garlic naan excellent and keeps well - just a turn in the toaster oven and it's like new. Tandoori chicken was solid - great rub and soft centers. When picking up the take out, I noticed the shop had a pretty heavy spice odor - just beware. I would definitely go back for local, well priced, Indian food.

    Paper thin dry biscuit naan.

    Warning! Takeout Beware! We just now picked up food from Shaan - a few curries, biryani and several naans. The naans are clearly stale!!! They were hard/brittle/dried up like old naan that is reheated. We were clearly cheated. Couldn't go back because we picked it up on our way home 30 mins away. Will never go here again. Should report them. I tried calling them but the number on the Yelp site (same as the one printed on the receipt) is a fake number. So there is no way to call them and driving 30 mins for this isn't economical with time or money.

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    Alan G.

    Ordered to go but Shan's Sandeep Sing manager said you don't have to pay twice but the online order was never received he argued and demanded that I show the online order. I had to lookup the email and the signal was weak in the Shan's restaurant so I kept telling him yes the order confirmation is in my email, he said no way we never got the order you're describing, he moved to the next customer. Finally I got the signal strength and showed him how I had already paid online, he said in the rude manner: "wait I'm talking to this other customer, I know u were waiting a long time, let me see your iPhone so I can place your order now, even though u ordered almost an hour ago, u don't mind waiting 30 minutes! I almost wanted to cancel the order, but I thought I can write a review to save someone else from this disorganized unprofessional mess! On Saturday 9/26 Sandeep Sing said: "so you have to wait at least 30 minutes but customers that just walked in only 10 min wait, so lessons learned don't order to go, walk in works 3 times faster than ordering online."

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    Crystal H.

    We have ordered DoorDash from here a couple of times. It never disappoints. We have tried chicken biryani, tandoori chicken, mixed vegetable curry, lamb curry, and naan. Everything was delicious. Not spicy like other places so it was enjoyable. The naan gets hard if you reheat it in microwave.

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    Shan used to be good. I don't know what happened but the food sucks now. Kebabs are super dry. Curry has no flavor. It's seriously a bummer.

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    good service and food professionally really good service professionalsism customer service and people are very helpful

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    Food isn't consistent here. Go with least expectations and you may end up getting good food. Service is decent but nothing to be rave about.

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    When I first discovered Shawarmaji, I was ride or die. As of late, I think it's just ok. It is good…read morefor when you're in a pinch and need to satisfy the craving for shawarma. The beef and lamb arabi style wrap portion is pretty big. I got seasoned fries for the side and we were given a lot. I'm a big fan of the double fried fries or the so-called psoriasis fries. There was a good balance of crispy and mushy fries. Tastes really good with the toum and the tahini sauce. The wrap is a bit dry but the flavors are still good. I think I do prefer the chicken over the beef/lamb mainly for the tahini sauce. The service is kind of just ok. I didn't know you were supposed to grab the sides from the fridge and they didn't tell me until I had to go back and ask. The whole interaction just felt a bit awkward but I'm sure they were also just tired. The place could be a bit tidier and cleaner. There's also no public restroom for those wondering but they have hand sanitizer stations set up which is nice. Parking is not too difficult but I haven't been when it's peak hours.

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