Shafiq's Taste Of India

this place was amazing we came with such a large group but they managed to maintain us with all satisfaction i don't know what these terrible reviews are about however we all loves it definately going again!

Never EVER again!

In the 1.5 hours we waited for our food, we could have driven to downtown Toronto, and had a quality Indian meal there instead. The service was awful. Our table was completely ignored for over an hour. No drink refills or explanation as to why it was taking so long for our food to arrive. The owner was more interested in packing the place full than serving the people that were already in there. Did I mention that this was a birthday meal for my Mom? Severely disappointing. We were just about to get up and leave when the meal finally arrived (with no apology). On the menu: burnt Onion Bhajhi, overly sweet Butter Chicken, dried out Nan bread, bland Mix Vegetable Curry, and the only redeeming dish: Mattar Paneer.

Bottom line: extremely poor service, and overly priced, extremely disappointing food. Make the trip to Toronto instead.

By looking at the reviews we were not sure if we should try the restaurant. But at the end we decided to give it a try. I was actually disappointed at this place. I was hoping to get some good indian food after all the place was designed with alot of indian decor. It was kind of cramped in a way. The food was okay. It wasn't the best at all. More disappointment was the service. It wasn't busy so I was hoping to get faster service. The lady who was working seemed unhappy that we were there. Kind of a turn off. The other thing was the washroom was really dirty. Place seemed abit expensive for the type of decor it had. Its more like tacky than classy.

this was one of the best restaurants i have visited in a while. Good food, good service and a great atmosphere. The waitress was nice and friendly to us. We got our drinks right away. The owner of the restaurant came up to us and introduced himself to us since he noticed we were not familier with the cuisine and gave us complimentary papadums and onion bajis and recommended food for us. Will surely come back.

Indian food is one of the most authentic food ever. But this food was disgusting. We visited this restaurant last week before we hit the concert, unfortunately we couldn't even stay for the concert we both had to rush home. My husband and I were both in the washroom whole night. When we were having our dinner it didn't taste right. It didn't taste good at all. The chicken wasn't properly cooked. The rice was cold and tasted old. In the menu it says freshly cooked which wasn't true at all. We could sue this restaurant but we are not that sort of people. SERVICE was HORRIBLE!!! You don't expect this sort of service from a fine dinning. They forgot our drinks, they forgot the menu, it took forever for them to take our order. The only reason we went to this restaurant is because my Collegue recommended it to us. She said they have excellent service, but I don't see any service worth mentioning. Very disappointed at food and service. Wouldn't recommend it all!!!!!

Me and my wife moved from North bay couple months ago. We read other reviews and thought this might be a very good restaurant but unfortunately it wasn't. We love to eat out but this restaurant is not going to get our visit ever again. To start with service was really slow. We came in but nobody attended to us. The restaurant wasn't even that busy but we were basically ignored. We waited for like 10 minutes before someone came to us and told us to have a sit. We waited another 10 minutes to get the menu. After getting the menu we waited for half an hour before anybody came and attended us. They just took our order for the food and that was it. They didn't even ask us for drinks. I had to call the server back to get us some wine. Wine was good and that was that. The food came and the food tasted old. It didn't taste fresh at all. We order this appetizer called Samosas and they were soggy and the vegetables inside smelt like they gone bad. Most probably the food was rotten. The food wasn't cooked properly. The food didn't have any flavour to it. It tasted like just salt, pepper and tomato sauce. If i go to nofrills and get the curry paste I would be able to make better indian food. The owner should taste the food and train the servers, because as much as the food was horrible so was the service. Would not recommend this place to anyone. and woudnt visit either again.

Horrible place..
The food was awful, the worst food ever, the waiter and waitress awful. the waitress was hardly wearing any clothes. if it is a fine dining waitress shouldnt be dressed like that. service was horribly slow. it is a disgrace to indian food. Indian food doesnt taste like that. I have had indian food all over the world never tasted such worst food. veryy disappointed

I have friends that come to town and ask me if we can go out to Shafiq's when they are here. They also order double portions so they can take the leftovers home with them. The Naan is wonderful.

This is a very good restaurant, with a very gracious host/owner/chef. There are a couple bad reviews, which should be filed under "can't please all the people all the time". We eat out weekly in Ottawa & Toronto, and this restaurant can hold it's own. Service can be a slow when busy, but it's not a race - you're supposed to be relaxing ! Food is first rate.

Huge Disappointment !!!!
After reading the numerous other reviews for this restaurant it seemed to me that this would be a good choice for Indian food in Peterborough. I have had the pleasure of eating Indian food elsewhere such as in Toronto and was extremely disappointed in what I had experienced at Shafiq's Taste of India. I had ordered take out consisting of Butter Chicken, Palao Rice and Garlic Naan. The Butter Chicken which in the "manner" in which they make it was white, I had never seen that before, and had a strong taste of coconut, a taste that should not be in Butter chicken. The garlic naan had no taste of garlic, dry and cold. The rice was also very bland. Ended up throwing it out and a waste of my $20.