Himalayan Aroma

the only good thing about this place is its open till 2, absolutely disastrous food and service. NO!

I went there hoping for a nice, quiet break from the office for lunch. The atmosphere felt like a disco club with the music videos that were playing on television. The restaurant didn’t look well kept. The menu is very limited and there are no fresh green salads on it. What I ordered (vegetable soup, steamed dumplings and masala dish) was just ok and nothing to rave about it. I should have just turned around and left, but I didn’t have time to go anywhere else. I would like to give this place more stars, but I can’t in good conscious.

First of all food was awesome and price is very less but maintenance is not good and the worst serving I have seen in any restaurant. Please don’t go for dine better to take take away

The food here tastes okay. The reason I’m giving it two stars is because of the service. I’ve been here several times within the last few weeks and the waitresses we had were some of the worst I’ve ever encountered. They are inattentive to the customers, play on their phones the whole time, slightly rude, and are overall incompetent. I can understand if the restaurant is busy, but there were literally no more than 4 other people when we were there. It is impossible to get the attention of these waitresses. I was without water for my entire meal and they ignored me when I made eye contact and waved down one of them. Please please get better customer service skills and maybe I’ll come back. It’s a shame.

The chicken thali and the mutton thali are very good. They have very authentic taste. For a change tried the pork chilly. It was deep fried pork in chilly garlic sauce which tastes horrible. The jhol momo was mediocre.
The service is PATHETIC. The server has no idea what is she doing, she didn’t even have common sense to bring two appetizer plates in the table when two people were trying to share pork chilly! When asked for plates she rolled her eyes. The restaurant wasn’t even busy besides us there were two more table of two!

A terrible experience. I ordered jhol-​momo (chicken soup dumplings) to go and had called ahead 30 minutes. The lady on the phone had told me only 10 minutes and food will be ready. I went there 15 minutes later… Still no food! Waited 30 minutes before I could get it. I was furious and almost wanted to leave. THe décor inside the place is horrible… Don’t ever go there to dine. It’s chaotic dirty and like a shack. I had high hopes on food… The sauce was good but the momos were disgusting. big mistake to give them a chance. The only server waiting never said a word to me. Kept looking at me and when I asked about the food she said yes it’s coming. Sure enough only 10 + minutes later it was thete. And in between the server made her tea, drank and never bothered to offer me anything. Poor service, terrible food!

Nepalese cooking, similar to Indian and Bangladesh. Have their own specialties. Good if you want something different. Very pleasant service.

Where’s the Dahli Lama when you need him?
The experience: in order.
Dingy place. Tables wiped but smeary. Friday night, i’m the only customer in the place. Menu is greasy. Menu has no description aside from postage stamp size pictures. The waitress is almost no help. Very little English. The best she can tell me is that some dishes are dry, others have a sauce.
I was going to go adventurous, but it seems ill advised at this point.
I order lamb curry. Only its not lamb. It’s mutton that they ran to the market. Tough, over cooked, dried out, then put into a curry sauce. Sauce was good, hence the 1 star. Enough rice to feed 4. They are out of mango lassi. Who doesnt have yoghurt and mango pulp i ask you! No refill on the drinks was forthcoming. Pushed plate back when finished. Fooled around with phone for 5 min. No check. I go to register to check out. Won’t be back.
oh yeah. The TV is on. A cross of bollywood meets autotuner meets electrotrance music. The worst of 2 worlds.

The only dish they had was chicken curry and thats what I ordered. I was the only customer. There were three Nepali students chilling out in one corner of the room. The order was slow and when the food came, it had a peculiar smell of either lard or old frozen meat. I did not eat the dish, instead paid the bill, with tip and left. The girl at the front counter was apologetic and wanted to pack up the dish as takeout. But I did not have the feel for this food and the restaurant. My health was prime to me and instincts guareded my decision not to eat. I do not recommend this place to anyone. The food is not safe!

Well, you might not get the aroma of musk, rhododendron or hemp here; how can you? this place is sandwiched between laundromat and gas station; nevertheless if ever you wondered what those brave soul in the Everest base camp might eat before embarking on their conquest to the top of the World never realizing that it could be their last proper meal, here is your chance to peek into that world!
A chicken or mutton (goat) thali will pretty much sum up the simple yet distinct Nepalese meal. It comes with an assortment of rice, lentils, aachar (handcrafted pickle), Tama-​aalu-​bodi (fermented bamboo shoot-​potato-​black-​eyed bean), saag (leafy greens-​mostly mustard or spinach), some other items– depending upon the availability, and off course the meat. They have a whole lot of Indian items too in the menu… some items on appetizer are distinctly Nepalese and worth trying.
The place has big screen TV and projectors– good for upcoming World Cup. Not sure if they serve alcohol or have BYOB?
Now the problem part: Ahh! what expectation I had for MoMo (dumpling) and how disappointed I was. It was decent size and juicy but pretty much plain; the momo casing was yellowish –seems like someone in the kitchen unknowingly mixed turmeric… so the whole aftertaste was bitter! The momo-​aachar too needs improvement!
The floor was sticking to my shoe, and restroom felt like I had made a stopover at Itahari bus park… please take care of the place!!! and what is up with the seating arrangement —feels like it’s been laid out for retirement home Bingo night!

ordered to go and received stale momo/​dumpling. i could tell that the dumplings were from the night before and simply reheated. plenty of choices around for this kind of food so buyers beware.

Service here is a bit slow but the prices are pretty cheap. Chicken thali is ~$ 7 and is just a burst of different flavors and spices. Looks like there’s live music on some days, but I haven’t experienced that yet. Cleanliness of the place is questionable. It’s a hole in the wall right next to a laundromat after all…
I did check the Irving inspections and they got a C. It’s not a place to go to for ambiance or anything like that. Good place though if you want to try Nepalese cuisine. They have an extensive menu of some things I don’t even know what they are, and I haven’t had food poisoning or anything yet so it’s all fine by me.

Worst restaurant experience I’ve had in years. I can see why thebplace was deserted on a Saturday night, I just don’t see why they’re open at all. «Oh, we don’t have that» came up over and over. We asked or garlic naan, no garlic naan. Veg mixed grill? «we don’t have that, tis is pur old menu.» We were the only people there! Bring the new menu! Finally after we ordered and the waitress came back to say they didn’t have my entrée, we left. Can I review with zero stars?

Went here for dinner on a Saturday evening around 8:30 or so. I had called ahead to make reservations but the nice girl on the phone said I didn’t need one and she was right, because there were only 4 other people dining. Anyhow, the nice girl spoke to us in Nepali which really surprised us. During the whole ordering process, Nepali was spoken, and luckily my girlfriend is better at it than I lol. They also speak English so don’t worry!
I was really in the mood for one thing and one thing only: MOMO’s. These are Nepali dumplings and pretty much one of my favorite foods when done properly.
Buff momo’s: greasy and not as good as the chicken momo’s, I think it was a bit overspiced but couldn’t really figure out exactly why I didn’t like it as much as the chicken variety.
Chicken momo’s: also very greasy but very tasty as well.
Next time we will try the pork momo’s as I think these will be the tastiest of them all. I will continue to update this review as I try more things since I definitely will be returning here at least once a month!