Our Mission
At Shapla, our mission is to deliver the finest quality Indian cuisine. We use fresh, locally sourced ingredients to achieve this. Established since 1995, Shapla has been providing you with textures of India for over two decades. Combining and celebrating diverse regional methods of cooking, with the tandoor at the heart of the kitchen.
Be sure to try our exclusive to Shapla dishes. All of our recipes have been perfected through generations of experience. Dishes to truly excite your palate.
We believe Indian food is a celebration to be enjoyed in company. From quiet meals for two to larger party gatherings, Shapla is always the perfect choice for any occasion.
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Loved our food and service don't forget to review us and tell others. The learning never stops in the culinary world, we are constantly looking at ways to improve and we love using customer feedback to do so. If for any reason you are not happy please get in touch with us directly. We will do our very best to make sure our customers are always happy
See What Our Customer Have To Say
"Popped in here as a family as fancied an Indian and were passing by. Very impressed. Food was absolutely delicious, staff were efficient and friendly. Would highly recommend and will no doubt visit again."
Richard Searle 07/08/2023
"Great food and very tasty. Prices were reasonable. The delivery was really fast. Would recommend to others. Like"
Nathan Williams 07/08/2023
"great service, fast delivery and the staff are really friendly when I go to collect. used them for years, definitely recommend!!!"
John 03/08/2023
"Never fails to give excellent food delivered on time or ready for pick up. The dishes are excellent and large portions."
Ria 03/08/2023
"Delicious food served with excellent service. Always recommend to friends and family."
Riya 17/07/2023
"Food is always delicious and full of flavour. Delivery times can vary depending on how busy they are, nearly always on time. Thoroughly recommend."
Div 17/07/2023
"Lovely food and service 11/10 😊 "
Olly Lovejoy 04/04/2022
"Food is amazing 🤩 "
Ruhel Ahmed 04/04/2022
"Excellent service. Curries arrived hot. Absolutely delicious food YUM "
Sonya Kemp 04/04/2022
"Excellent food as always, very reliable and arrived on time. "
SUSAN LESLIE 04/04/2022
"Consistently good. The last meal was absolutely superb. Arrived fresh and hot. Thank you."
Louisa Dean 04/04/2022
"Best Indian in the area. Amazing curry and the service was absolutely brilliant. I will definitely be ordering again and again."
Ted Dawson 04/04/2022
"Delicious food excellent service. What more can you want. Definitely try their exclusive dishes, excellent stuff. "
Glen Palmer 04/04/2022
"Shapla is our family favorite place! We love their chicken tikka bryani!!! It's so yummy! We didn't taste anywhere else the flavour and taste of the chicken tikka bryani as Shapla cook! 😋👌👌👌👌"
Delicious MunaCakes 04/04/2022
"I ordered a takeaway from this place and honestly it's the best takeaway I've ever had in chelmsford. I will definitely be ordering here again. Also delivery was very quick. Highly recommended 😋 "
Jenny Gething 04/04/2022
"I have ordered from here a couple of times in the last month and the food was delivered on time and was absolutely perfect. I had a few personalised changes and they did not disappoint 10/10 would definitely recommend! "
Sarah Thompson 04/04/2022
"Absolutely fabulous, best takeaway I have had in Chelmsford. Every single dish from Papadom’s/breads/rice to biryani/curry/tandoori were amazing. Recommend "
Margaret Quigley 19/11/2021
"Brilliant food as always . On Time professional and friendly "
Ann Claydon 26/03/2021
"Lovely meal, many thanks"
Janet Gamblin 06/03/2021
"Great food , great value "
Ann Claydon 27/02/2021
"Excellent food as always. Very reliable. Arrived on time. All in all perfect."
John Leslie 31/01/2021
"Lovely food"
Chelsey Taylor 20/01/2021
"It would be a good idea to show the estimated time of delivery on your order confirmation email and not just the time the order was placed"
Christopher Webb 01/12/2020
"Best Take Away Food in Town!"
John Williams 29/10/2020
"I really enjoyed my first meal from Shapla and will definitely use Shapla again."
Christopher Webb 04/10/2020
"Excellent tasting food, I ordered the garlic chilli peri peri and it was delicious. Delivery was 5 minutes late but was very much worth the wait. Will definitely be ordering again. "
Edgar 31/08/2020
"Great takeaway, food came quick and was one of the best I’ve tried, definitely recommend. "
Jack 31/08/2020
"Excellent customer service and beautiful food."
Donavon 31/08/2020
"Thanks so much for the great curries tonight. Finally got a spicy one which is a challenge these days. The phall was superb and we loved the balti too"
Mand 13/08/2020
"Absolutely delicious meal. Ecellent flavour and arrived piping hot. Keep up the great work. Thank you."