Shamani Indian Cuisine: Our Indian Food & Date Night Experience in Woodstock

Indian food requires a proper blend of flavours to ensure that the taste melts right into your mouth when you eat it. And that is why, if you are anything like us, you will know that good Indian food can be hard to find! If you’d like to see Shamani Indian Cuisine’s review instead of read, click here.

So when we find a commendable Indian restaurant, of course we have to share it with you all so you can also enjoy the same delicious food 😃

Our Date Night at Shamani Indian Cuisine

Today we introduce you to @shamaniindiancuisine , a family owned restaurant in Woodstock that brings authentic Indian food to you.

What did we think about the food? Overall, it was great. For starters, we had Hara Bhara Kabab (this was DELICIOUS and we absolutely recommend it) and the Chicken Malai Tikka (which we unfortunately felt had a slight lack of flavour).

Our main dishes were the Mixed Vegetable Korma and Chicken Jalfrezi, with some rice and butter Naan. Both were delicious; S loved the Jalfrezi more 🤭

A had a Mango Lassi for the first time and was delighted by the refreshing taste. We ended the meal with some good old fashioned Gulab Jamun (although a very small portion for the price, something to keep in mind). Yum, yum and yum!

The restaurant had friendly staff and the owner, who was so present. He went around to each table including ours, to ask if everything was okay, as if we were regular customers. S enjoys gulab jamun without ice cream (they usually serve it with) and he actually accommodated that request.

They have only opened recently and so the place can get filled up quickly, but in spite of that we felt we had enough space around our table.

Would We Recommend Shamani Indian Cuisine?

One last thing mention, we were out on a date that night and Shamani definitely met our standard for date night restaurants.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙: Service, ambience and food (especially the Hara Bhara Kebab and Chicken Jalfrezi)
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧: The malai tikka
𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: RR

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