Shinwari
677 Reviews
- Friday12–11:30 PM
- Saturday12–11:30 PM
- Sunday12–11:30 PM
- Monday12–11:30 PM
- Tuesday12–11:30 PM
- Wednesday12–11:30 PM
- Thursday12–11:30 PM
About the Business
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Contacts
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+442085542022
229-231 Cranbrook Rd, Cranbrook, Ilford IG1 4TF
Hours
- Friday12–11:30 PM
- Saturday12–11:30 PM
- Sunday12–11:30 PM
- Monday12–11:30 PM
- Tuesday12–11:30 PM
- Wednesday12–11:30 PM
- Thursday12–11:30 PM
Features
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
- Credit cards
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Dine-in
- Takeaway
- Halal food
- Healthy options
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Toilets
- Cosy
- Groups
- Accepts reservations
- Good for kids
- Late-night food
- Lunch
- Casual
- Great tea selection
- Brunch
- Small plates
Recommended Reviews
Ib Ib
20.03.2024
Shinwari
As an Afghan, I can confirm that this is NOT Afghan food! Avoid! Feeling sick day after!Very low quality and poor taste.
Alom Mohammed
22.02.2024
Shinwari
Shinwari is an afghan and Iranian styled restaurant. They have an awesome traditional theme and they even have booths where you can sit on the floor and eat Sunnah style (or Afghan style for this restaurant).They do tradition Afghan food obviously. My only gripe is that as a spice loving Bengali... I found the food a little bland for my taste buds. The presentation and texture of the meat was brilliant. The service was half decent too.Shinwari is a good joint in Ilford to check out. I gave it a 3 star because they only had green tea. It was an Afghan restaurant with NO afghan tea or even Arabic tea etc. That was a let down.
Ebrahim Patel
20.02.2024
Shinwari
Three of us went to have a nice meal. Unfortunately it was terrible. Ordered meat kharai, chicken kharai and rice with lamb shank.It was served within 5 minutes. Looked liked warmed in a microwave. No taste at all.We were the only one there. Now I know why.Will never go again.
Shamsu Dewan
01.02.2024
Shinwari
Ordered a takeaway from here and gonna keep it simple and say it as it is, the worst Afghan food ever. The kabuli pulao absolute joke, literally had the smallest piece of meat, size of a chicken leg in that big tray. They mixed grill absolutely lacked flavour. And then the chicken karahi was 75% oil in the container. Avoid this place.
Jarin Sanramoni
15.01.2024
Shinwari
If I am not wrong it was my third time to try their food. And I must say every time I visit them I enjoyed their food with my heart. The taste was amazing. Foods were fresh. Mango lassi was too sweet but it’s ok. All the kebabs and grills were fresh cooked. Washroom was perfectly clean. The portion of food was very good. They are the most authentic Halal Afghan cuisine restaurant. I highly recommend them.
Hassan Saeed
09.01.2024
Shinwari
CASH ONLY!!!! Food was just about average, I think lacking spice/herbs; daal was weirdly sweet; no tap water available; the boneless chicken korma was actually with bones LOL!! When I asked why it has bones despite the menu saying its boneless, staff said that’s how it is. The most disappointing part of our experience was that it is cash only, despite this Era’s push towards cashless payments a large restaurant like this is still cash only! Seating was nice, naans were nice, staff were also friendly. Would I go here again? Probably not.. rather Al-Hashim on Romford road.
Abdul Hafeez Mohammed
01.01.2024
Shinwari
After reading mixed reviews, I visited this restaurant over the weekend. I ordered Shinwari special Chappli Kebab and Kabuli Pulow. Both were scrumptious and tasty. They provide complimentary Afgani naan as well which was amazingly good.They have enough seating capacity and the Afghani ambience is good.A few points to note:1. They accept only Cash.2. If you are not a heavy foodie, be careful while you are ordering as they provide a large quantity of food.A couple of points to raise, firstly, cutlery seems to be old. They need to renew the cutlery. Secondly, they need to use good air fresheners.
Asad bin islam
29.12.2023
Shinwari
Nothing about this restaurant i liked .First the smell, they should use some very good air freshener .When we entered the restaurant it wasn’t busy at all & there was no one to greet the customer so we had to wait .Then one employee came & just kept looking at us ,didn’t say Hi/Hello & we wasn’t sure he/she is a customer or a employee so we keep waiting in-front of entrance.After brief moment we approached & asked for a tableFoods was tasteless. We ordered Naan, Dal gusto, chciken & kabuli pulaoIt was the worst kabuli pulao i ever tasted in my london life. just boil rice & boil meat no flavour at all.Chciken was spiceless sweet thing.& the plastic straw in mango lassi are so small/narrow i had to use more than one straw together to drink it. I don’tknow why this straw exist.Only decent thing was here is dal gusto & naan.And about their dishes either they don’t clean it properly or it’s too old.
James Khalid
29.12.2023
Shinwari
Authentic tasting Afghani food even the sitting is traditional.. I would definitely recommend, their spices absolutely on point, not over complicated no blend, all the meat is very tender surprisingly even the chickenI would highly recommend this location.Usually bring my family here, my little one rolls around on the carpet.Feeling of eating on the floor feels extremely satisfying
Majid Khan
17.12.2023
Shinwari
Restsurant is renovated I think recently, new looks with Touch of afghani and modern. Food was average not that great which we were expecting. Kabli pilau is always good, Chaplin kebab is also okay, but lamb Karahi taste was different.
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229-231 Cranbrook Rd, Cranbrook, Ilford IG1 4TF
Shinwari