Not a well known place but their chicken biryani is good, second only to Aga's but cheaper

I love coming here. Food is good. For a buffet it's decent. Small selection but when your hungry and wanna try something new , it works.

Five stars..3rd class service and food They have served us rotten Bryani and everyone got sick because meet was rotten...and sad is they don't even apologize or anything. Mr Nasser is very cheap business person No customers respect or regard.. This place needs to shut down because serving rotten and old food ..they are Five star tutee maker

I was really happy to see that they have a buffet since many are still not open. I love buffets. You get exactly what you want in the right portions. There are about fifteen main dishes including two or three beef, four chicken, goat, vegetable caseroles, daal and biryani. The salad and dessert table has about ten items including a great mint raita. The disappointment was that they didn't have unsweetend tea. Of course, the buffet comes with fresh naan serviced quickly. As others may have mentioned, the dinner manager is obsessed with his cell phone to the point of not noticing customers that need service.

I've been coming here for about 15 years. The food is always excellent and the butter chicken is the best of any restaurant I've tried. (Seriously, try the butter chicken. It's the best.) Also try the Crown Kulfi ice cream. Simply outstanding!

Tucked inside a large shopping center, Shania Restaurant is truly a hidden gem. First and foremost, we found out the hard way that Indian restaurants typically don't offer buffet style dinners on the weekends. After calling at least 10 various restaurants, Shahnai was 1 of 2 that offered a dinner time buffet. After researching on yelp, the picture for this place looked pretty good so we decided to give it a try. The dinner buffet (weekday and weekends) is only $10.99, which is very reasonable for their many offerings! The lunch buffet rings in at a whopping $1 cheaper. It was pretty empty when we walked in Saturday night around 6:30, but we weren't deterred by that as our stomachs growled. We went straight to the buffet and were pleasantly greeted by a plethora of Indian items: saag paneer, chicken tikki masala, chickpeas and cauliflower, lo mein (okay this doesn't really fit in), biriyani, goat curry, chicken kebabs, and more. Even though the place was relatively quiet (I heard a warning once that you don't go to a empty buffet cause the food will be old and cold, since there's no incentive for the cook to bring out new fresh foods!), I felt that the food was still fresh and hot. As we sat down, the skies opened up and a basket of naan descended upon us...hallelujah. Unfortunately, the naan didn't appear very fresh as it was cold and some pieces were even a bit tough to chew. No worries though, because as soon as I tasted the saag paneer, everything bad in the world disappeared. The taste of this saag paneer was on point. My favorite saag paneer to date (and I've been on many dates with different saag paneers...) I enjoyed it so much, I went back for seconds, and then thirds. The rest of the meats and curries were pretty darn good too (the lo mein was surprisingly appetizing, the chickpea curry was flavorful, and the chicken kebab was tasty and juicy.) All in all, I would definitely come back here for an Indian craving. Don't pass on this place just because it's tucked deep inside a shopping center in Hillcroft. Bonus round: the buffet offers mango lassi included on the buffet price!