Sheba – Brick Lane

Went here with 12 of my colleagues for our Christmas Party on a Friday night. Food was very nice - the spicy dishes were spicier than expected (which I don't mind, but some of my colleagues struggled to eat theirs). The atmosphere was absolutely mad, I know it's Christmas and things can be chaotic but this was next level - lots of shouting, barking instructions. We found it funny but I guess many would find it stressful. A few meals were also forgotten, so my colleague only got her starter once we had all finished ours. The Jalfrezi was nice and I loved the Chilli Ponir, and the keema naan was very good too. I'd go back (just not at Christmas!).

The food and service were lovely. Best Naan I've had and the Garlic Chicken Grill Curry was delicious! My team had a lovely time and we will be visiting again!

Thoroughly enjoyed the 'Sheba' on behalf of 8 of us. Food was great. Service was great. Yes, we would go again.
Thank you.
Shaz & friends :)

Food was Ok, service was not brilliant waiter asked me point blank to leave for him tips in cash as they would not get it of I added to the card. I found that bad manner.

Food was excellent but the service felt rushed.

We had booked a table for 7 but it clearly was a table for 6. One of us was uncomfortable and the rest of us were squished definitely dampened the experience some what.

Booking was simple online.
Staff friendly when greeting on arrival.
Discounts to be had - just ask!

Everything was fantastic. Great service. We ordered Keema naan and saffron chicken curry plus king prawn curry and the food was the best indian food we have ever eaten. Please try this place. You will not be dissapointed.

Where do I start...
Poppadums: My plain ones were ok but my friend had two spicy ones and they hadn't been cooked properly; slightly translucent but burnt in other placed like they'd be microwaved rather than fried in oil.

Pickle tray: Raita/Onion salad/Lime+Chilli Pickle/Mango Chutney - these were OK, but the mango chutney was a little on the cheap side. Sharwoods or another brand would've been nicer.

Starters:
Chicken Pakora - not a nice piece of chicken breast but moulded meat into a flat pancake sort of thing - odd
Chilli Paneer (Ponir?) - dry and slightly burnt, looked to be simply fried in chilli powder - not cooked in a sauce as usual so spicy from the powder but not very flavourful
Onion Bhaji - flat rather than a round ball (probably to speed up prep) - on the OK side but nothing fantastic.

Mains:
Afrani Chicken Korma (Butter) - absolutely awful - very thick and overly sweet with way too much coconut milk and added cream. Tasted more like chicken in melted coconut ice cream. Curry had no 'curry' flavour and couldn't taste any cardamom pod or saffron flavour as is usual with a Korma.

Methi Chicken - sauce bland and tasted very similar to my friend's sauce for her Biriyani. No obvious 'methi/fenugreek' taste which I was expecting. Chicken was very dry as if the curry had been prepared a while back and then re-heated in a microwave for convenience.

Vegetable Biryani - came as a moulded shape of rice with random bits of cucumber and tomato on it, very odd. No real effort made in making the biryani, looked and tasted more like Pilau rice with vegetables stired through it rather than a slow cooked rice dish. Accompanying curry sauce was bland like the methi chicken.

Spicy Daalaubergine Special - again a bland curry sauce with a few slices of aubergine - nothing authentic or spicy.

Drinks:
Cobra - slightly flat but otherwise OK.
Coke - OK

We came here thinking I would get a proper curry but left very dissapointed - AVOID!!!

Food was fantastic- service was ok to good. Sauces were authentic. Price was excellent for the quality.

Good food, decent service ... would recommend