Fantastic food and people! Genuinely the best Indian cuisine I've had and the service was just as good if not better. Very clean and well lit inside, lots of families eating together. A must try if you have the opportunity! read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Half sized portions that fed two men and leftovers to go - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

I've been to this restaurant about three times now, and my most recent visit was just okay. We ordered the shrimp broccoli, and it definitely stood out--but not in the way I expected. I enjoy spicy food and usually have a pretty high tolerance for heat, but this dish was extremely spicy. It felt like the spice level completely overpowered the other flavors. We also tried one of the chicken dishes, which unfortunately was a bit lacking in flavor. The main reason we came here was because some of my friends wanted to try Pakistani food, so we decided to give it another shot. That said, not everything was disappointing. The service was good, the atmosphere was pleasant, and the rest of the food we ordered was enjoyable. While this visit wasn't my favorite, I'd still be open to coming back and trying some different dishes next time. read more

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Just went here again and it has fallen off hard. They redid the interior and tables for some reason (it's pretty outdated already somehow) and have raised prices as a result. The portions have reduced and there's also now a credit card fee. Nothing looks the way it does in the last pictures anymore. The service was alright but a baby threw up everywhere and then a man sprayed febreeze after they wiped it off and it made it super hard to eat with the febreeze smell. There was one really nice waiter, unfortunately i didn't catch his name but he did check on us since we were waiting for some time and we appreciated that. As for the food, everything except the beef hakka noodles were bad. Very under salted and way too much cabbage in the fried rice. The gola kabobs were decent portion but dry and something you'd expect from someone who just started learning how to make them last week. The rice we got with the chicken manchurian was not fresh and the chutney with the kabob was watered down and about to go bad. In fact the manchurian itself almost tasted watery. Literally spent almost $100 to walk out with the aftertaste of raw cabbage, can't go back again. Oh also weirdest part was that we were only given forks to eat with, no spoons or knives in sight! The menu format has changed as well but somehow the prices are still not accurate to the bill at the end! Be careful and take pics of the menu to compare if you need to. read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Chicken FRIED RICE szechuan CHICKEN - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

Only few words if you are smart enough super expensive for Trash food please don't go with your family & friends don't pay for Decorations pay for delicious food somewhere else Nihari it's sucks other food several days old no test hiding charges for nothing ZERO STAR from me!!! They are ripping off everyone they can... read more

We were so late to grab dinner that night and this restaurant was the only place open so decided to give it a try. They were pretty open to having us order as soon as possible as the kitchen was closing. Most of the Biryanis were over so we couldn't try them. We did however try the chapli kebab and some indo-chinese dishes. The flavor of the food was fine. The service was really quick (probably coz they wanted us out fast ). The place was well kept and clean but loud! read more

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The service here lacks a lot. Rude people who don't care enough about their customers especially when they have a banquet event in the other half of the restaurant. The food is good but it doesn't make up for the attitude of management and staff especially when there's plenty of competition in the neighborhood read more

Outrageously expensive: We sat for nearly 20 minutes. Finally, this guy with broken English and a big, huge moustache took our order. He did not look like he belonged to a table service job. One of the guys who is wearing glasses seems fluent in English and is a nice guy; he tried to provide good customer service. The young girl was at the Tea/Sweet dishes bar, which seems overworked; poor thing looks so stressed. We saw a lady sitting out in the lobby, who gave a dry smile (I think she is the owner), but it is a mob-style restaurant. Very bad customer service. Chicken Biryani (a couple of small pieces of chicken): $22; Nihari: $22; regular nan: $3. We had 1 Chicken Biryani, 1 Nehari, 3 naans, 1 small Faluda, and 1 Coke (Can) for $2.99, with tips and taxes; our bill came to $81 and some change. I will look for a different restaurant. Not going back: Too Expensive. read more

We had Nihari and Bihari kabab which was delicious. Awesome and amazing service provide by Tai

BAD FOOD SPECIALLY NIHARI I HAD A IFTAR PARTY ON February 21, 2026. Nothing good food and service both were bad. Not recommend to any one.

Great good, great service, excellent ambience. Not sure what the bad reviews are all about. If you want great desi brunch, come here read more

The waiter had no idea how to use the handheld, he also lied about the way meals were cooked & served. Atmosphere was not very inviting, quality the food was mediocre, at least one piece of my chicken meal was not cooked fully. read more

A typical desi restaurant experience. We waited 10 minutes before anyone came to take our order, and initially, it got mixed up with another table's. The food was overly oily, but the tea was excellent. The parking was convenient, and the place was clean, including the restrooms. read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

Everything was perfect i didn't know that this restaurant could make nihari sooooo good. The fact that I would recommend to all the people that never tried nihari to come in to Shahi Nihari to give it a whirl(taste) The servers were amazingly knowledgeable of the food plus they even have Chinese cuisine as well. What a combination so if you're wondering where to eat,go to Shahi nihari it's the place to be read more

We went for brunch on week day we were welcomed by a lady who introduced herself as Dr. Rahila she was on & on telling us about her education & that she owners wife & what all degrees she planning to do in future . The info was unnecessary. We opted to for brunch menu. Our mistake we didnot take a peak at the dishes . Later we saw the Paya's were black in color & the gravy too. They seemed stale & over cooked. I told Rahila I was very disappointed with the dish as well on menu was murgh cholay & there was no murgh in it. Then she requested the chef to bring fresh Paya & get murgh in cholay . Also second round of tea even when requested was old . What kind of service & food this can be. Kindly correct it read more

Yes! Good, reliable nihari, good biryani, decent kadahi gosht served in an actual kadahi, great grill platters. We always experience consistency when we come here. We mostly come with a large group and order a boatload of stuff, more than we can handle. The service is always quick and careful. The drinks are awesome(mocktails). We always get their mojitos, which I will argue, aid in digestion. We have also had their brunch which is equally delicious. Grilled items are actually grilled as in smokey, not flat top griddle. Nothing tastes old or reheated (I've had that in proper Indian/Pakistani restaurants..you can't fool me guys). On that note, clean silverware, tables, and glasses too! Do not sleep on their "Chopsticks" menu items. I love their Thai vegetable curry, chili garlic shrimp, burnt garlic fried rice, and other items. They do have plenty of vegetarian items as well. The place is nice and clean. There is plenty of space too. Oh, and don't forget to try their falooda! read more

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Stay Away!! Terrible experience last night for our family and a few of us have had an upset stomach all night! For a restaurant that has "Nihari" in their name, you'd expect the Nihari to be great, but in reality it was the worst dish out if the few that we ordered. Barely touched by two people given how it looked. It had a white looking gravy instead of the red you'd expect. When arrived we could tell it was warmed up in a microwave based on how the top layer oil looked. A bit crinckled as it gets after warming up in a microwave. We ordered the BBQ platter which was decent however instead of Gola kabab in the platter that is listed in the menu, it was seekh kabab. We ordered an extra tava paratha and the paratha was so thin that by the time we started eating, it became hard and crispy. Disappointed in overall food quality for a restaurant that prides itself in Pakistani food. Even a bigger let down than the above was the service, ambiance and the attitude. We showed up at around 9:40 and the timing for the restaurant are through 10:30. By the time our food arrived around 10, the staff had already started cleaning up the area around us by sweeping and mopping. I understand that staff is trying to get ahead on their work but to do this while we're eating is plain disrespectful. We felt the need to rush to eat vs enjoy a family dinner by taking our team. The other side of the restaurant was still sitting customers at this time by the way. We had to asked for raita and chtneys multiple times and had to shag down staff every time we needed something. When finished, waited over 15 mins just to get someone to give us to go boxes for left overs and had to ask 3-4 times for the check. Asked for a few chutneys for our leftovers to-go and was told it would be $0.25 each. I understand that food costs are high and restaurants need to find ways to keep costs low but this seems like nickeling and diming in a family restaurant where our total check was well north of over $100! Not something expected for a reputed restaurant and not something we'd hear in a decent sit down restaurant in others parts of Chicagoland. Summary - Terrible Nihari, below average overall food, disrespectful ambiance and horrible service. Take your money else where as it's clear these guys don't care much for it!! read more

We went to celebrate Eid with family , mostly young adults . They all love the Nihari there . Last night , Eid ul adha day . Dinner . The Nihari was tasteless no masala . No one wanted to eat that . The manager , is new . Maybe never ran a restaurant . Did not understand the customers issues . Our bill was $720 . Could have been more understanding . We go on every occasion about same number of people sometimes more ! Anyways , Good bye to Shahi . This was our last visit . The waiter Arif was excellent !! read more

Went there a few times and each experience was progressively worse. In the name of Halal you get treated like crap and the icing on the cake was the food poisoning we got from our last visit. This is the place to take your least liked relatives from out of town to make sure they remember the experience. If you want some service or at least decent food - make sure you pretend to be rich and spend $100 +. You are better off going to a real restaurant that wants to earn your business. read more

I placed an order today via call and it went through. Telling me it will be ready in 20 min i came and pick it up and i was told there was no order! This indian restaurant are terrible in getting orders to pick up or delivery! This ja not the only firat time it happened but it seems like Indian restaurants are just hard to place an order every weekend! Terrible terrible terrible experience! read more

Barbecue is good, Could be better if the chef makes the cooking more perfection with dedication. Price is expensive though. Will come back again for just barbecue. Ambience for dinner is Not so appealing. Front entrance is good though read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

Very good buffet for Pakistani and Indian Chinese food. We went there 1 day for the a la carte - and all items ordered were good. The next day we went back from the Sunday brunch buffet. It was a sizable spread - and many of the items were very good. But in general, I would stick to the a la carte next time. read more

5 stars for Barbecue platter; it's fresh and killer. The best part about this restaurant is the barbecue and the lemonade. I would just recommend these two items. read more

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Loved this place.No idea why the reviews are so low. The service was great, the waiter was kind and polite when we asked questions. The food was both timely and delicious. The chicken fried rice is not the typical you're used to, it was awesome. The Hot n Sour soup is perfect not too spicy not too mild. Overall we really enjoyed this place 10/10 if I'm in the area I'm coming back for sure! read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Butter chicken with BUTTER NAAN - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

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Terrible food. Not sure what happened, but Shahi definitely fell off. It has been a few years that the food just gets worse and worse. Tried it few weeks ago, terrible food. Shahi Nihari was served at a wedding I went to last weekend, and the food was so disgusting. The Nihari meat was still pink on the inside, food was just not edible. read more

Worst and stale food. Mostly frozen items are weeks old. Needs huge improvement. I ordered samosas and they were nasty. The Chinese food was below average. Never visiting again. read more

Been by several times - this time I was headed home and decided it was a good opportunity to grab a takeout order so I did. A bit of an odd offering as the menu has Indo-Pak, Chinese and American options - burgers and such. Perused the menu and decided to get the Chicken Qorma. At $16.99 I got about 6 pieces of small to medium sized chicken, two of which were mostly bones. Gravy/sauce was good - had a little kick to it, but not over the top. Also ordered some basmati rice to go with it - that was $5.99 and was more than enough - still have some in my fridge, was very good. I ordered some naan as well - the host was trying to upsell me on two pieces - the single order is quite a large (long) piece - one was fine. Pretty good as well. The order did suffer a little from the 20+ minute ride home - would have been better at the restaurant. Given the dearth of Indo-Pak restaurants in the west burbs, I'll likely go again, but I have had better Indian food in the city and at a place in Bloomingdale that sadly closed after some 30 years. read more

This place has me flummoxed. Let me explain. Entering the place, the aroma of Indian food hits you, it was great. We were well received and seated in the middle of the hall. The server was super friendly and had many suggestions and recommendations. We picked one of those for starters, the Chicken Samosa and Tea. We were hungry af and so when the samosa came in, we started devouring it with a passion, only to realize that the chicken inside was bad!!!! The smell hit me at once. The server was embarrassed and he took it all away and promised to bring me vegetable samosa's instead. Another 15 mins of toe tapping and stomach rubbing got us vegetable samosa's... again devour and then realized that the potato filling inside was still frozen!!! Lol. At this point in time all I was sipping on was tea, and let me tell you it was fabulous! So we told our server to forget appetizers and get us the actual entrees. So then came the mix grill platter and chickens biryani.... And oh boy! The kabob in the mix grill platter were divine! Tasted exceptional and my palettes were dancing with joy and stomach finally stopped growling at me. The biryani rice was fantastic too, but will say was mild when it came to the medley of spices. To me Biryani is rich in mix of various spices and the aroma of rice, that was missing here, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. We forgot the bad experience from just a few mins back with the samosa!! We ended the dinner with falooda which was awesome too. So there you go... the reason I was flummoxed, salta eyes very bad but ended with a bang! Would I recommend this place to anyone else... maybe!!! read more

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I ordered food while sitting chicken Karahi and chicken fried rice and Nihari and soup is bad that served in 5 minutes which means all frozen food just warmed and served taste was jus fair not great I expected at the end by the bill payment some mix sweet sonfh witch is very bad taste and they charge $2 shame on. And serving is so bad use finger touched yo your food while serving . I think Our Devon Chicago restaurant are best read more

Not sure why so many negative reviews. I went with a group of ten. We ordered: Cilantro fried rice with shrimp: group favorite; Highly recommended. Mongolian beef and Beef and broccoli: both tasted the same to me. Make sure you ask for spicy. It doesn't come on a bed of crispy noodles. It comes with a side order of vegetable fried rice. Chicken makhni: tasted fresh. A close second to Sabris. Group loved it. Hawker noodles with shrimp: huge portion. They did not go cheap with shrimp. Chicken 65: this was also great. Portion is on not huge, we probably could have ordered two. Pista ice cream: this was huge, 3-4 people could eat it. Pista falooda: not as good as tahoora, but still good. read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Pista falooda - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

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Way over priced.... $3.30 for 1 naan? Insane. $4.40 for 1 garlic naan? Delusional It's just flour and heat, crazy for charging so much for 1 piece. They charge $17 for nihari only for 3 pieces of meat. Crazy. Chicken boti is $18, what a joke. You cannot take your family of 3 or 4 here without paying minimum over $100+ tip for dinner. For little quantity they over charge by. Imagine charging almost $5 for 1 piece of garlic naan. Wake up, this place is a rip off. read more

A very cool place to eat great Pakistani food! The building is nice and is kept pretty clean. The decor is very typical of a standard Indian/Pakistani restaurant. The menu has nearly all the mainstream Pakistani food items for offer. We were able to order quite a few items and the food is outstanding. Really great flavors. The nihari was amazing. This is one of those dishes that take a good 7-8 hours of cooking and requires some real culinary skills. The nihari here really was fantastic. We ordered the daal tarka and the saag paneer for our veggie dishes. Both were very well made. The non-veg items ordered included chicken karahi, chicken boti, and the Bihari kebab. All of this with garlic naans. Everything was served hot and at the right level of spice- about a mild-medium level. The Bihari kebab is a specialty dish which is hard to make. This was made okay- not outstanding. The meat was super tender however the flavors weren't quite perfect. All the other dishes were great. The one issue I had was that we ordered appetizers. This was simply forgotten about. We received our entree dishes and asked about the appetizers. The server apologized and went back into the kitchen to find out. We didn't see him again. The items did however appear on the bill. The other thing that was a little frustrating was the bussser. He kept coming up while we were eating with his cleanup trolley to take things away. Why? We are still eating!!! If you're want to clear the odd plate away, that's fine but why bring that nasty cleanup trolley? And he took our Bihari kebab plate with about a third of the dish still remaining. I had to shout out at him to put it back on the table. Jeez!!! I told him to leave us alone until we have finished. So overall, the food is great. Not every dish is perfect but the food really is great. The service is not wonderful. The server is trying so I give them some credit. Mistakes can happen. But the busters need better trading. Should you go here? Yes! read more

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Been going here for years and they've consistently had great nihari. We also love the seekh kebabs.

Very expensive place and they raising their price whenever they want. Recently they raise naan prices to $4 per naan. Can you believe it .So here is an example if you order one curry item plus 2 naans your total bill cones out 30 dollars plus tip . Food quantity and quality also going down. But they recently bought a new Banquet hall. So go figure read more

The quality of the food has really depreciated - I ordered chicken 65, karahi ghosh, naan, fried rice, and falooda for a iftar party and honestly the only thing that was good was the falooda and the rice. Back in the day this place was very good from what I can remember but now this is not the case. Hope they can start focusing on quality again. read more

If you like food with your oil then this is the place to come. Everything was coated in or drowning in oil. I know Indian food has a tendency to be very oily but this place beats them all. The owners need to fix this and be more conscious of people's health. Not coming back. read more

It's a typical Pakistani restaurant. They have a very elaborate menu and also serve Chinese. Food is ok but it's very very oily and spicy you need to tell them to go low on those. Biryani was full of spice and the rice was kind of oily .we ordered Chinese too it was ok nothing great ... The service is quick. Go there before the rush hour . The servers are good and friendly. I would not care to go back though . It's nice to try different foods !! read more

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INDO-PAKIN' IT IN A ridiculously good lunch special all but negates the fact that I felt like the invisible diner. Following a conversation with several coworkers who mentioned that there's very few quality Indian restaurants in the western Chicago suburbs, I was advised to seek out Shahi Nihari per the glowing recommendation of Shreyas C. I made the trip down North Ave on a Monday for their touted lunch special. It was pretty quiet at noon on 7/30/18, so I got to enjoy my meal in peace & quiet, which was nice. The only option at the time was the $7.99 deal, and that's exactly what I came for. Choices for lunch special include 2 meats: kabab, chicken '65', philly steak, and a few other variations of chicken like 'boti' and 'frontier'. I went with the 'malai' chicken (the Indian equivalent of Jamaican jerk chicken) and beef chapli, which were sorta like seasoned burger patties. All lunch specials come with plenty of naan bread, 'dal' (lentils), rice, and a TON of condiments. Besides the awesome 'raita' (cucumber yogurt), there was also a pair of chutneys and some vinegar based sauces. No shortage of flavors and dips, I'm a big fan of that. Bread = 4.5 Circuses = 2 Maybe it's because it was a Monday, maybe it's because it was a sleepy lunch hour, maybe it's due to a race thing (really hope not), but I barely got any interaction from my server. I even said "dhanyavaad" (Hindi for 'thank you') to two employees and basically got a blank stare. Maybe it was the wrong dialect? :\ * TL;DR * An amazing midday lunch deal (valid from 11:30am-3pm) can be found here at Shahi Nihari, just don't go expecting incredible service to go with the incredible value. I'd like to return during dinner at some point, but I definitely will come back for lunch. read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Their lunch special (only $7.99!!): choice of two meats, naan, rice, and sauces. "Malai chicken" with raita and chutney pictured here - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

We ordered iftar items. Picked it up at 7:10. Mind iftar is at 7:59. It costed us $70 for the iftar in picture along with biryani and seekh kabab/naan. Pakoras were stale. Looks like they were refried because they were hard and chewy. Cholay were sweet with khattay potato. Looked like imli chutney was mixed and thats it. No onions, no masala. Fruit chaat was i dont even know what to say. There was no banana plus the chat wasnt sweet. When you take a bit, all you can taste is chat masala. Chicken Samosas were fresh. Dahi baray was good. I mean its hard to screw up dahi baray. Veggie rolls didnt have any flavor. Seekh kabab we found pebble which was cherry on top. Now we have had their buffet last year and it was a good experience. But i dont know if their cook left or what happened but i feel like $70 went down the drain. I feel bad in wasting that much food. read more

Shahi Nihari and Chopsticks - Iftar - Indian Near Me - Villa Park, Illinois

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We had a large variety of dishes from Thai curry vegetables to goat biryani, grill platters, chili chicken kadai gosht and mire. We all thoroughly enjoyed each item. The mojitos were refreshing and bright. Ended with amazing faloodas. Great service, clean We will certainly be back! read more

I been going to this restaurant for a few years now. I never got disappointed. Service is good. Food is delicious.