Shamrat Indian Restaurant

Shamrat on Queens Road is a sit-down Indian restaurant and takeaway with a modern lean, offering dine-in seating in a simply furnished room alongside a delivery and collection service. The menu moves from the familiar comfort of a chicken tikka masala through to more authentic subcontinental dishes where, as one reviewer put it, you can taste every individual spice in the curry — a meaningful distinction in a market where many kitchens play it safe. Service is informal and the prices modest, befitting a neighbourhood restaurant rather than a formal occasion venue. The kitchen has built a modest but genuine local following among Buckhurst Hill residents looking for a casual Indian sit-down. Queens Road is the main commercial artery of this small Central Line village, and Shamrat fills the dine-in Indian slot in a stretch largely dominated by pure takeaways.