Shapla Indian Restaurant And Takeaway

Shapla is one of the better-rated Indian dining-rooms in central Gravesend, holding a top-twenty placing in the borough's Tripadvisor ranking — at the time of writing ranked twelfth of around 135 town restaurants — with a couple of hundred individual reviews behind that score. The restaurant sits on Parrock Street a few doors away from sister operation The Rickshaw, and the two share a back-of-house kitchen registered jointly on the FSA register, which means the same chefs are turning out food across both the sit-down and the takeaway sides. Shapla itself is the dine-in arm: a smarter dining room with linen and table service, a la carte ordering across the standard British-Bangladeshi list plus a chef's specials section that leans on the lamb cookery the reviewers single out. Lamb chops in particular come up repeatedly in customer feedback. The kitchen also handles takeaway and delivery, with online ordering through the restaurant's own platform. The shop runs an evenings-only schedule, opening from 5pm to 11pm. It is one of the more credible occasion-meal Indians in the borough on the strength of consistently strong reviewer feedback.