Mango Shiva

I love the way this restaurant looks. It is very unique and authentic. It is really cool to be inside this restaurant. The service is well above average and the staff in very friendly and engaged in making you feel at home. The food is good not great. I don’t like the location however I no not like any downtown restaurant locations due to parking.

Mango Shiva is gorgeous! I don’t know when was the last time I was here but I didn’t remember it being as pricey as it is.
I was at Mango Shiva on a Thursday night and I was hoping for a dinner special or at least a drink special, but sadly we just missed happy hour (which was from 3−6pm, I think)
The service was great (although the waitress didn’t tell me that raita was included in my Thali vegetarian platter, when I ordered it so I had two). The atmosphere is amazing. The food is yummy although perhaps a bit small especially for the price.
Drinks are about $ 11, appetizers are about the same then your entrée is anywhere from $ 17 – 35 (which is okay if you got unlimited naan or larger portions) and sides like naan, rice or raita is about $ 5. So for a «casual» night out it can be pricey!
The plus side is, honestly, the atmosphere– its super glamorous and when Unilocalers check-​in they save 10% off the entrees.

the only choice at lunch is the Buffet (20 bux), eventhough they have a lunch menu on their website… very disappointing for lighter eaters.
Buffet was just ok, not great

The food was way overpriced and not great. My husband actually found a rock in his lunch. The service was great though.

The food was pretty good, but the menu was limited. The mango lassi was excellent. The garlic naan was excellent.
The place was a bit more expensive than I had expected. They charged separately for the entrée, the rice and the naan bread.
The waitstaff was friendly, but less attentive than I would have liked — considering they weren’t very busy.

A lovely place. The interior décor is very elegant and the mood is comfortable. The buffet has a good selection of dishes you would expect from an indian cuisine restaurant. Servers were very courteous and quick!

Very good food and service.
Prices are a few dollars higher than you might expect for entrees. Quality is high, but I can only give the flavors 4 stars instead of 5.

Lunch buffet is great. The selection is very broad and food is well prepared. I usually avoid Indian buffet, but this one is an exception. Ambiance is great and a good experience overall.

My favorite was the Baked Samosa appetizers, the Tandori mint chicken appetizer was excellent too.
Everyone voted two thumbs up for the Butter Chicken and the Goat Curry was the best goat we’ve had. The other two dishes are table shared were Coconut Prawns and the Vegan Platter. The platter had great presentation and fresh flavors.
The heat in the spice was definitely there in the meat dishes and the samosas.
Excellent service, but it was fairly quiet Friday evening when our table of 5 was there.

Nice ambiance. Friendly staff and good food. Portion sizes are generous. A tad spicy but fresh and authentic with a nice twist. We had the Pakistani biryani, lamb chops and paneer. Lamb chops were excellent. Dishes came creatively presented. A little pricey but worth it.

This place has been added to my list of new favourite restaurants in Calgary. Right from the get go I knew I would like it: Very friendly greeting by the hostess, bright, modern but cozy décor and atmosphere and a nice menu selection. I sat in the cozy lounge area and didn’t bother ordering an appetizer when I saw that the main dishes come with naan and rice and that was a wise decision as I was one person eating the main course (it could easily be shared if you rounded off your meal with a small app). I chose the South Indian Seafood curry with a glass of Gewurtztraminer that went nicely with that dish. My seafood curry was beautifully presented and accompanied by a silver dish of jasmine rice and a generous serving of yummy garlic naan. The curry was flavourful and slightly spicy (just perfect if you like medium level spiciness). It included beets, scallops, shrimp and a decent portion of salmon. I ate the full dish because it was so delicious and walked away quite stuffed. To top it off the service was excellent making the whole experience overall fantastic. The icing on the cake was checking in and getting a 10%off coupon on my meal which I used right away-​thanks Unilocal

Tried the rustic chicken curry this time and had some drink for happy hour. Everything turned out great. They stopped taking amex though which IMO is a bad business decision. You’re telling me you have a 30 dollar bottle of beer on your menu (Brooklyn Sorachi Ace) yet you’re worried about a 75 cents charge for swiping american express?
I hope they come to their senses but at least the food is still good.

Awesome food! One of the best Indian food I’ve tasted in North America! Expensive… and don’t accept Amex anymore :(
My fav is the Kashmiri pulao, Malai kofta and the coconut naan is just wow!
–1 star for being super pricey!

Mango Shiva and I go way back like old friends that me through Unilocal parties… yep that’s pretty much what I remember Mango Shiva for were these Unilocal elite events. It’s a great way to discover new dishes and cocktails they’ll be featuring on their menu, but I feel slightly shameful I haven’t actually sat down for a real dinner/​meal at Mango Shiva!
The opportunity finally came on date night when me and my lady decided to don our dapper threads. What’s great for Mango Shiva is that they aren’t busy after dinner time and we got seated with zero seconds of time. Speaking of seconds of time, our waitress had an awesome trick: she noted the exact amount of seconds it would take her to bring whatever our hearts desired. Extra spoon? EXACTLY five seconds. Amazing.
Food. The pakoras and the butter chicken will always be a must. Always. I loved the crispy savory pakoras and their trio of sweet, minty, salty, and spicy sauces. The butter chicken is perhaps the best I’ve had, it was so savory and flavorful two Filipinos couldn’t help but kill two pots of basmati rice. We also got the goat curry, which was spiced very well to hide the gamey-​ness of goat. Lastly, the spiked dirty mango Lassi, even Shiva herself couldn’t say no to that cocktail symphony!

This is my third visit to mango shiva. My first two visit were great. Food was delicious and service was fast and friendly. Today’s visit was enough for me not to come back. Came around 3:30 on a Saturday. There was maybe three other tables. Service was terrible had four different servers so no one knew if they were coming or going. Food took forever to get to the table and the butter chicken tasted like Campbell’s tomato soup out of the can with chicken pieces. Thoroughly disappointed in today’s visit. We told the staff when paying and the response was oh sorry. Even the people
Behind us paying heard us commenting and chimed in today say the service was piss poor for the amount of people in the restaurant. I prefer tamarind in the north in panorama hills and I will drive across the city to eat there from now on. I would have put no stars if Unilocal would let me.

All I wanted when I came to Calgary was Indian/​ethnic food. I saw some disappointing reviews of other Indian restaurants and then found this place. I almost didn’t walk in because all I wanted was chicken curry. Just because it doesn’t say ‘chicken curry’ doesn’t mean there isn’t. Some of the best food I’ve had. I am still savoring the spice and heat I just had. Well done!

I’ve been to Mango Shiva 3 times now and it’s time for a review.
My first visit was with colleagues during the Calgary stampede and the place was packed. However we had a reservation, were seated fairly quickly and enjoyed our meal
Second visit was with a friend at a less busy period. Food and service were just as good as the first time and I was totally blown away by the mango lassi and watching the chef make the naan in the stone oven. Nothing beats fresh-​out-​of-​the-​oven naan. Delish!
Third visit, I was alone and caught the lunch Buffett just after 1 pm. This visit cost them a star in this review. Despite having less than 6 full tables, service was slow and apathetic. I ordered a mango lassi since I remember the previous one fondly and was informed that they had run out. So I settled for a coke which showed up after 10 minutes. (grabbing a bottle to place on a table should not take 10 minutes in a restaurant that is less than half full) Then I headed for the Buffett and made a beeline for the naan. (At the expense of sounding like an epicurean ignoramus, I go to Indian restaurants strictly for the naan) THE NAAN WAS COLD. I was shattered. The rest of the meal was a blur for me.
All 3 visits were for the lunch Buffett and while it’s not cheap at ~$ 23 per person, the food is tasty and authentic. You get the usual pickles, mango chutney, rice, butter chicken, curries and rice pudding.
This is not a 4-​star restaurant for me because of the inconsistency in service.

Excellent! Had the Shaan-​E-​Saag (kale & oyster mushrooms with sides of basmati rice and garlic naan), which was much different than I was expecting but in a very good way. I was way more full than I thought I would be after eating it, too.
For drinks, the mango lassi is blended with a housemade yogurt and tastes delicious.
Great service all night from a friendly staff from New Zealand, India, Azerbaijan, Chile, etc. The décor is also very cool and different than your usual Indian digs.
Lastly, TRY THE INDIAN DUO FOR DESSERT. Just trust me on that one!

Mango Shiva has the cool, classy and casual mix found in many restaurants along Stephen Ave, but they do it with an Indian flare that is uniquely their own. From the look, to the food, to the cocktails, the Mango Shiva vision is thought out as excellently as it is executed. Mango Shiva’s menu is creative with western presentations of Indian flavours. You’ll want to try EVERYTHING, and lucky for you, they have a bunch of share plates. Go to town on these things, I haven’t found anything I haven’t loved. Getting to sample different items from Butter Chicken Naacos (Naan Tacos. get it?!) to Pekora with assorted chutneys to sample is a great way to get you and your ridiculously attractive date (seriously, how did you hook that up?! Good on you!) talking and having a great time.
Looking for an even better time? Check out their cocktails! They put a delicious Mango Shiva spin on some classics. I’m in love with the Mint Julep, a crafty concoction of mint and bourbon whiskey. I also had a pretty good time with the Mango Sling, like a Singapore sling but with mango! There’s even one for all you Cilantro lovers out there that sounded really interesting — I haven’t tried it yet though.
They took their cocktails off of the $ 5 happy hour list for summer, only beer and wine for your happy hour patio sessions. This makes me really sad. I can get beer and wine anywhere, but a Mango Shiva cocktail on the other hand is worth going out of my way for.

One of the best places I’ve been for Indian cuisine in a while! The staff were wonderful and I was so pleased to see that they have mojitos on the menu. We ordered an appetizer and a main to split both were fantastic, but the butter chicken was seriously out of this world! The staff were really friendly and the food came out really quick! I loved that they had gulab jamu, it’s my favourite!
The décor was impressive and I was happy to sit at a table with bench seating and tons of pillows with my back to the open air. If it were nicer I totally would have sat out on the patio.
I’ve heard they have a fantastic lunch buffet during the week, so I’ll definitely be headed back to give that a try. Overall it’s a great place, a little on the pricey side but man was it delicious!