I hestitate to post this, because I'm not really interested in getting blasted. I had serious thoughts about only sending this post privately. My opinion about Shamiana seems to differ from everyone who's posted here. This is only MY opinion, folks. You don't have to agree with me, okay? I ate at Shamiana because of numerous recommendations from this newsgroup. I was HIGHLY disappointed. I now have two "benchmark" Indian dishes. Whenever I try a new Indian restaurant I order Chicken Tikka, and my partner orders Vegetable Korma. Both dishes were bland at Shamiana. My chicken was a overcooked and stringy (there's no excuse for that when you're cooking in a tandoor!). There wasn't a good assortment of vegetables in the Vegetable Korma. Again, both dishes lacked enough seasoning and spice. I'm not talking "hot" here, I'm simply talking flavor. There was little flavor. Our service was marginal, at best. It took a server 20-minutes to take our order. We had difficulty getting water for our table. Shamiana's decor is certainly nicer than any Indian restaurant I've ever been to. I'll give it that. I'll personally give Shamiana one more try, but at this point I can't recommend it. I'm sure every other post will be a different opinion though. Good luck. -Jen In article , [email removed] (Grant Erwin) wrote: >>I am a Seattle boy, but I have an out-of-town visitor coming to visit >>this Wednesday. She and I used to go to Indian restaurants in the Bay >>Area, and then again in Portland. Now it's Bellevue's turn. >> >>I've seen some recent postings but haven't had the opportunity to >>save them in time. Please let me know what in your opinion is the >>best Indian restaurant in Bellevue. Is it Shamiana? >> >>Grant Erwin In article , Grant E. wrote: >>I am a Seattle boy, but I have an out-of-town visitor coming to visit >>this Wednesday. She and I used to go to Indian restaurants in the Bay >>Area, and then again in Portland. Now it's Bellevue's turn. >> >>I've seen some recent postings but haven't had the opportunity to >>save them in time. Please let me know what in your opinion is the >>best Indian restaurant in Bellevue. Is it Shamiana? >> >>Grant Erwin
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Grant E. wrote: >I am a Seattle boy, but I have an out-of-town visitor coming to visit >this Wednesday. She and I used to go to Indian restaurants in the Bay >Area, and then again in Portland. Now it's Bellevue's turn. >[...] Please let me know what in your opinion is the >best Indian restaurant in Bellevue. Is it Shamiana? Not when you have Golkonda and Mogul Palace to choose from.
I would have to vote for Shamiana or Raga. I have tried both Golkonda, and more recently the Mogul Palace and was quite unsatisfied. To be fair, I have only tried Mogul for lunch and found the food to be very dull, and the service extremely cold. Are they any better for dinner?
I'm with Jennifer and somebody - I found Shamiana to be mediocre. We went over one Friday night looking for an evening out. Fortunately had a coupon for two-fer, so the disappointment was muted by our cheapness...but I wouldn't go out of my way to go back. Sylvie McGee [email removed] seattle wa