Husband and I LOVE this place. Great samosas, incredible aged basmati rice and the chana masala is incredible. We have never eaten in the restaurant but the take-out is shockingly fast. Do not be deterred by the bodega appearance when you walk in. Everyone is very welcoming and it is interesting to watch Al Ghazera on the television while you wait for your food. read more

Cheap & tasty! My samosa was perfectly crispy, my husbands chicken pastry was also very tasty. I had the chana masala and hubby had the chicken byrani (sp?). Closed with the mango lassi. All of it was very good. The service was friendly and the atmosphere, very relaxed (I mean really, you can go there in shorts and sneakers, sweaty from a walk with your hair all over the place and nobody will blink an eye!) read more

Well, the place looks bad from the outside and I did not check out the restroom but I am sure it was a little seedy but yeah. . . the food is OUTSTANDING!!! The samosas are great and the server depending on when you go in there is so so but we lucked out. We ate and enjoyed some good Indian TV and yeah, there is a grocery store attached and the floor was a little sticky and the place smelled a little but if you are looking for some GREAT Indian food, check this place out! You will not be disappointed with the food! read more

I really love the food here. While typically, we get delivery, we have been here in person to pick up an order and the staff is super friendly. While waiting for our take out order, we were given a table with a pitcher of water and free samosas. The chicken mahkani is outstanding, especially with an order of the biryani rice. The samosas are spicy, crispy and delicious. Delivery is quick and food arrives hot. read more

This restaurant is amazing! The food is fresh and delicious. The staff is great, very friendly and has a great family vibe. The restaurant also features a grocery section that carries spices, snacks, and other essentials. No complaints! read more

Love Shan for takeout. Large portions - excellent flavor - friendly and helpful staff. But the food is on the greasy side. I still enjoy it but I try to pour out the grease. Get the Chana masala, aloo Gobi, chicken makhani, and lamb gosht. Oh and don't forget samosas. read more

Went here the first time last night with a friend and let me tell you I was quite surprised. Totally random place, that's for sure, but for some quick Indian fix, totally worth it!! Go for the Nan, you won't be displeased and of course the rice. How could you not partake in the ricing. As far as dishes, frontier chicken was very good as well as the chicken curry. however, I go for the Chicken Maknai ( totally probably not spelling that right) but it was really good. surprised and will totally be back here- SO much food as well with leftovers :) read more

Love this place! Although their menu is limited, the food is superb and cheap. The service is also good and they're open till 12:30 am 7 days a week!! The food is delicious too and the samosas aren't overpriced either (just a dollar for one). Great place! read more

My husband and I are regulars here. We come at least once a week. I absolutely love everything that we get here. Naan, chana masala, aloo palak, frontier chicken, butter chicken. Everything I've gotten here is spicy and AMAZING. The folks that run it are always very friendly and respectful. I am obsessed w/ this place. read more

How do you mess up Naan? Dry and no flavor. Butter Chicken was greasy. Samosas was bland and greasy Only good thing was basmati rice. Delivery was slow. But delivery person was nice and friendly read more

Shan is fantastic! I always get the frontier chicken to-go and make a heaping amount of rice at home. Price is borderline high, but it's an amazing value. You can definitely eat-in, but it's more self-serve. And hunting for parking is fun--you get to do battle with the city's taxi drivers. Those samosas--$1.50/each and the size of a dessert plate...YES, PLEASE. read more

Amazing karahi gosht and rasmalai

Epic quantities of cheap delicious Indian/Pakistani food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This hole in the wall is emminently passable from the outside. It's in a run down strip mall, and the crater that passes for a sunken parking lot is a messy turnaround for taxis. Tucked in the corner with an entrance through a grocery/convenience store you might never explore it if you didn't get a personal recommendation . However there's just so few great places for Subcontinental food anywhere from Hollywood on down to Wilson a true urban eater has got to look in. When you see lamb brains on the window posted menu you know something good and crazy has to be going on inside.. (If there are more Edgewater restaurants I'd love to hear about them.) Shan Food is a grocery store where you can buy all the necessary spices em mass for Indian cooking yourself, or drink your milk tea while you wait for your next fare. But if you're just a neighborhood resident , just go in and sit down in the back. It's an unadorned, well lighted beige room, with a Bollywood video channel always playing, and the same smiling middle aged man always giving you kindly service as he refills your plastic water pitcher. It's a place to eat nothing more. The 8$ and change lunch buffet is a terrific deal, until you actually go there for dinner and realize that for 9 dollars you can order a rice entree, like the incredibley flavor and spicey Fronteir Rice that will feed 4 people. The somosa, that golden fried gift to humanity, is enormous and unlike some other places one will actually do you. The spinach and potatos, the chickpeas, the nan. You name it, its as good here or better than other places (Hema's ..ahem...Medicore Kitchen for one) that you might have visited on Devon. Three of us had the happy accident of ordering 5 dishes 3 days ago- we're still eating the leftovers. Incredibley spicey, for an unitiated tongue, and you aren't provided with quite enough cucumbers to get through it without drinking a gallon of water. (A word to the wise the yogurt sauce served with the salad must have jalapenos in it.) But a certifiable, stomach filling eating experience that everyone in the neighborhood shoudl be turning to. read more

Very bad, bad service and the only thing they are good at is bland food! I recommend you go to Subway if you want spice and service, it's right next door. You will thank me! read more

This is one of my new favorite "dives." The frontier chicken is delicious as is the Naan; the Paratha is pretty good as well (if you have to choose go with the Naan). The portions are also extremely generous the last time we ate in house we (me and my boyfriend) stuffed ourselves and ate for three days on a $35 check. The Mango Lassi is also superior to just about all others. The Biryanis also have particularly large portions. If you're choosing between veggies I would go with the aloo gobi over the aloo palak. read more

Food is good, service was HORRIBLE today. I've eaten here several times and had slow service but today was just ridiculous. I had to ask for water several times. ... they ignored me. The food never came, the water never came. ..we left, never going back. read more

This place is casual, but inviting. The place smells delicious, has many wonderful items to choose from, and is very reasonably priced. I live right off of Devon avenue, and have a wide variety of choices in Indian/Pakistani food, but choose Shan because they are inexpensive enough to keep going back and trying new things. read more

Worse delivery service ever, it took an 1 1/2 before I got my food! Then when the delivery came, he blamed it on the kitchen taking a long time and the restaurant blamed it on the driver taking a long time! read more

I ordered the chana daal, pakora curry,naan and rice. Lets begin with both the chana daal and curry having more oil than substance. I had to literally pour out the oil before eating my food. The naan that was sent was NOT naan it was some giant pita bread. I know my naan and that was not it! The rice was beyond overcooked(I didn't even touch it). My meal was suppose to come with a free samosa which it was missing. Overall the food was terrible. I will def. Not be trying this place again. read more

Up side: price, convenience from south loop since it is right off Lake shore Dr. Parking lot altho it is usually filled with cabs (taxi hang out place). Samosa: Weren't amazing. I think they are average, not enough spices. And it didn't come with the green sauce just the red. I like the combination of both, green for spicy and red for sweet. Beef Puff Pastry: $1 it was ok to try. kind of fun. tasted good. I don;t order it often because puffs are usually just buttery thus puffy Beef Roll: $1 It was good. I pretty much like the vegetable dishes alot. I think they are a safe bet. Not a lentil person so I don;t like those. Tried the chicken curry- didn't like it at all. Too much spices, too strong. it had too much cinnamon. Nehari- beef dish. same thing spices were kind of weird and strong. didn't want to eat it. Tho the beef was really tender. without the spices, it is good beef. Veg Pullao was good but i thought it was too greasy. Everything else hd a layer of oil too but i figure those were spicy dishes so it is ok but the rice was not spicy so didn;t really need all that oil. For fun i put the bit of left over in a paper towel cone. It soaked through 3 bid bounty towels. I was shocked! I would stick with the plain rice as I like basmati rice. Frontier chicken. It was a-ok according to me but the sisters liked it. Chicken makhani was good! I would prob just order this and a veg dish. The yogurt is one of the best. I think the dishes could use more sauce because I like to dip my bread in sauce. Aloo paratha was delicious! potato in a bread thing. Yum Naan was super. read more

Their samosas are amazing, fresh, spicy and oozing with delicious potato filling. The parathas are pakistani style- layered, crispy and fluffy, very delicious. I was obsessed over their chai for a while, until i noticed there was a steady decline in flavor and a steady increase in the creaminess of the tea. If you are into chai that tastes like it was made with heavy cream or half and half then you might love it, but not necessarily my taste... read more

We ordered delivery from here, and I had high hopes based on the good reviews it has on Yelp and Grubhub. SO disappointing! Maybe it was a bad night, but I'm not in any hurry to get food from here again. They don't have our staple, chicken tikka masala, on the menu, so we ordered butter chicken instead, along with bindi masala (okra) and a beef dish (beef at an Indian restaurant? never seen that before) called Paya. We also ordered rice and naan. The food came on time and we got a free samosa, that was about the best I can say for it. The beef thing was basically soup; I don't know if it was supposed to be in a sauce but it was more or less broth. My friend tried a few bites and said she didn't like it at all. The two pieces of beef in the broth were really, really fatty. I guess we know better than to order beef at an Indian restaurant again. The butter chicken was okay, but really greasy and looked like the sauce had separated; the main flavor was just the heat and the grease. The bindi wasn't bad either, except for again being really greasy. The free samosa had a nice crust, and they do give you a good amount of rice, but the naan was dry and tasteless. Very disappointing. And now I have a fridge full of leftovers that I don't really think I'll be eating. read more

The food is delicious and priced well. I love the Samosas, Chana Masala, and Daal Masoor. While I do think the rice is overpriced, the Chipati and Naan make great sides to the entrees. I'll be making this my main spot for Indian food cravings! read more

Try the chicken biryani and frontier chicken. Great neighborhood option for those who don't feel like venturing out to Devon...

My brother came into town and unexpectedly wanted to try some Indian food. I read a couple reviews on Yelp and decided this was the place to go since we didn't want to drive anywhere. The reviews are totally right. It's a cabby joint that sits inside a convenience store. They do have a room that looks more like a restaurant, but when we went, it was being used for a party. The prices are pretty cheap and the food is great. The portions are HUGE. I would recommend ordering a couple things and sharing it. After eating until we felt disgusting, we still left with 3 large styrofoam trays. I paid under $30 to feed three people pretty much twice. read more

A basic rule of thumb when it comes to ethnic food is that if you are the only "different race" in the place then it must be good and authentic. This place is no different. Usually I walk in and order some Samosa and Aaloo Palak, which is so different then any other ethnic food. It's a bit refreshing since the area is mostly Vietnamese and Thai food oriented. Prices are very reasonable and service is fairly good. read more

Food was hot and fresh, and delivered exactly when they said they would. Their prices are more reasonable than the other indian restaurants in the area. I wish it was hotter/spicier. Next time I'll specify that. read more

Best northern Indian food in the city. All veg dishes are great. Try the channa masala as well. The frontier chicken and karahi ghost are terrific. I highly recommended shan. read more

My all time fav place... Almost a year now I carry out and till now they didn't disappoint me in the taste,quality and quantity. My fav dish is lamb Briyani, tantoori chicken and aloo and cauliflower gravy. Suggestion: pls improve your interior. read more

This place rocks! I have been eating here for a couple of years and can't get over how inexpensive it is. Awesome Samosas and Beef Rolls that are only $1. The Chicken Makhani (Butter Chicken) and Chana Masala are outstanding. read more

A casual experience with surprisingly delicious Pakistani (think Indian style) food at reasonable prices. They have a variety of bread options and vegetarian and meat options. Of everything we ordered, the chana masala and samosas are must eats. Also, leave room for dessert because they make a decadent rice pudding that creates the perfect end to a filling meal. read more

Shan offers delicious food at an affordable price. The servers always tell us what dishes are fresh. My favorite foods are the aloo keema, chicken biryani, chicken 65 and samosas. The naan is of course fresh and delicious. The meal isn't complete without the chai and barfi. This is one of the best Pakistani joints in Chicago! read more

Came here on a lark based on all the great reviews here. Here's my take on it: Parking: there is a small lot but it was filled w cabs, some doubled parked, making getting in and out somewhat difficult. Park in the street if you can. Ambiance: very cafeteria like, south Asian cabbie joint Price: very reasonable! I don't recall seeing anything over $10. Take out is definitely the way to go here, as each dish is about $1 more with delivery, which can rack up w large orders. Food: all the Pakistani regulars are represented here. Large portions and very tasty. Not the best I've had but pretty decent. Overall: highly recommended for take out, cheap and tasty. read more

I picked this place based on yelp reviews and the fact they deliver alone. All I can say is wow was I pleasantly surprised. I'm not sure I would ever venture over to sit down and have a meal but for takeout or delivery it was perfect. The rice was just perfect and in fact I enjoyed it cold the next morning. I look forward to exploring other items on the menu. read more

Service is hit or miss these days. One serve in particular Alwin I think he said his name was. He's the type of person I live to mingle with. He's hilarious ! He called my brother Jackie Chan and bowed. The best part when he served us our meal he whispered "attack." Though some may find this rude behavior I find it absolutely refreshing from what I usually come across here. Hire more men like him and I guarantee you'll be booming. Alongside the service, the food tasted phenomenal and freshly made. Plates weren't hot like they were nuked. I can't wait to visit over winter break ! read more

Good and affordable place! Best place if you want to have low cost tasty food

Delivery was on time. I ordered aloo mutter gajar. Spice and everything was ok but no enough salt in the dish

Meh. How did this place get four stars? We got takeout a few nights ago, and everything was pretty consistently mediocre. No, I lie, the samosas were actually gross. Kind of like eating a deep-fried potato salad. The chana masala was spicy, but didn't have any other flavors. The day's special -- a lamb/cauliflower concoction -- was the best thing in our meal, without being actually special. If you're thinking of eating here, make the trek to Devon instead ... read more

Great Indian/Pakistani food and it is very reasonably priced. This is the place where all the local Taxi drivers hang, so that means they are doing something right. Don't listen to people who complain about 'service' this place is the real deal so all you care about is the taste, and it's good! Order the Samosa, Chana Masala, Frontier Chicken Be sure to ask for 'Today's Special' and order take-out because all the menu items should be 25cents to $1 cheaper. read more

I saw this place because I stopped by the subway next door. The samosas are so good and they are huge! Plus only 1.25 each. Customer service was also great. I will definitely be trying it out when I am in the mood for an inexpensive Indian meal. I looked at the prices and they were not bad at all. read more