Shinwari Grill

Mr. Alam tries to please customers.The restaurant changed ownership several times So the newest reviews will be most correct.

***Note the rating for this business does not belong to Shinwari grill. It was for the previous restaurant. Whether this new business fills their shoes is yet to be seen. They have only been in business about a month.*** Shinwari grill is new to Devon ave, however, they are not new to the restaurant scene. It strikes me odd they took over Masti Grill's listing with ratings and "claimed" it as their own. That kinda bs is not cool and I inquired with them about it. To which I received a canned reply of, "uh, yeah, a lot of things switched hands fast at the time of the switch and we're still figuring that out." Again, that's bs. Their takeout menus have a Yelp logo on them, their in-store marketing mentions their Yelp page and this web page has been verified as theirs with an update on the new owner. So just note that most of their recent 5 star reviews belong to the last restaurant is all. Shinwari moved in, switched out much of the kitchen with all new cookware and has been operating about a month now.Regarding the previous restaurant: Unfortunately it seems that Masti Grill has shuttered their doors and moved out. Good luck to you Tanveer, I'd always hoped Masti would have taken off. If located in a different area of town and with more accessible business hours, it could have done better. Who knows. You brought a new stance to (late night) Pak/Indian food, surprising casual diners with freshly prepared recipes & appetizers. A detail that should be available across Devon "hotels" but is not. Hotels should not be confused with regular, sit-down restaurants ie Tiffin. In India a "hotel" is a fast food joint, to us here in the states it's a diner. Back to Shinwari grill. Much of their menu is Pakistani food with a few Indian crossovers. (In my mind, much of our food is mutual in name and ingredients. However, there are differences in the amount of oil used to start a curry and a far lighter hand of spices used for heat. Almost always, store bought Pakistani food is mild) Shinwari has been open now about a month and are in the process of figuring out their groove and how best to serve their new customers.So far I've been in twice spending an average of thirty plus dollars on takeout. I'll tell you, I think a free membership for anus calisthenics comes with every order. I'm two in and both times my anus has had a vigorous workout. There's the all night puttering which helps focus your anus to short, loud, bursts. Then the day long, overextended usage of pooping. Honestly, I needed a couple days of rest after those workouts. My orders have consisted of veg samosa, a couple breads and a curry. Over the short time, their samosas got better. The first time the shell was harder and darker colored than normal. I've seen this before with newbs using the wrong ingredients. On the second go, the shell was perfect as was the filling. I'd definitely order veg samosa again but only if they offer tamarind chutney. Presently they offer a sort of raita which to me does nothing for it or your taste buds. (You may like to use ketchup or BBQ sauce.) Don't get me started on their cost/type of breads. I'm not a fan. (Note to self. Get store bought paratha or make Costco chapathi)About the curries. All consistently gave my ass something to talk about. Day long flatulence... wowzers. An okra curry (bhindi gosht) that was so bland, murgh cholay (oily) and butter chicken. The butter chicken had good flavor, consistency and the meat was slow cooked. Too bad it upset my stomach.. but good for me, I suppose. Value vs cost vs health.. I can't be spending all my time on a toilet. Nor can I have a date over if I'm puttering under the sheets. Trust.. it's not fun to be told.. "honey! that's not sexy!!"

Never order again. Their Nehari test like yaqqqq . I don't think they make their orders from healthy meat. It was literally spoiled meat put in that damn Nehari

Today at SHINWARI we picked up Food, Tandoori chicken Tikka Baby goat karahi along with huge fluffy Nans. Despite they were very busy with attentive to details. Mind blowing Karachi Authentic taste, Malai chicken boti very yummy. Hats off to famous chef Mr Shahzad, we will soon cater for my wife's Birthday. Schaumburg Illinois,

We tried the chicken boti roll and zinger burger, both are amazing. Great customer service as well! Looking forward to trying more items from here.

Amazing iftar dinner. Delicious food and extremely flavorful. A great hidden gem on Devon Avenue. Will definitely be returning back to try their Charga. The staff was extremely friendly and courteous. Great service.

Amazing spices / we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. We recommend this restaurant to anyone. BYOBVery very good with wonderful waiters

This is my worst food delivery i ever had in my life. Food came extremely late and they were already cold. It's not a big a problem and it happens. I had a butter chicken which was disgusting and they put so much oil on the top which killed my appetite . Rice was so dry and tasted so bad. It ruined my dinner and just plain oatmeal could have taste it better. No utensils, no napkins and veggies were missing too.

I hated this place. The big guy (im assuming the manager or owner or the establishment) was very rude towards me when I went with my boyfriend. The waitress came to take our order and he stepped in after we had just said everything and asked my boyfriend to repeat the order while he then proceeded to mistreat his own waitress. He then took charge or taking our order and still managed to mess it up as we ordered two chicken shawarmas not one. I went up to pay and just kept following behind the poor girl. He went straight to my boyfriend with the food. I've dealt with rude restaurants before but the fact that the food was garbage did not make up for the shitty people running this place. How is this place passing food inspection?

I'm not sure where this restaurant gained good reviews. Their food was HORRIBLE. I got Butter Chicken and Chicken Biryani from here and it was horrendous. The butter chicken was sweet and red. Too much food coloring and too much sweetness. I know the difference between authentic chicken makhani and this horrible sweet makhani they gave us. I don't even want to say anything about the chicken biryani. It smelled, you could tell the biryani was old and stale. The stench was horrible you could clearly tell the biryani was not fresh at all. I've stored biryani in the fridge for 3-4 days and it never had a rancid smell but shinwari's biryani had an actual rotten stench coming from it. The biryani rice was all mushy, the rice were mashed up you could tell it was over cooked. No long grain spectate rice presentation. Horrible horrible food.