Taste of the Himalayas

We came in on a Friday night and it took quite a while to be served.But I understand that staffing issues are a challenge for everybody these days.And the servers that were there were very attentive when they could be and hopefully the food was fresh and yummy.It just took a long time to get and that's the reason I gave them four stars. I ordered one of the appetizers.That's in the picture which was a chicken vegetable dish and it was quite delicious.Although a little spicy for my taste and my dinner mates ordered the tiki masala and it was a very generous portion and also too spicy for my taste so I didn't need much of that but I understand that it was quite delicious.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Waited about 35 to get an order in, waited another 15+ min to get water still haven received our drinks and food, only 1 person to take orders and 3 ppl take out food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED.....

Ordered himalayan biryani which is a combo of chicken, shrimp and lamb...

The Taste was okay but not great..
Found only one shrimp in the whole packet .

Will avoid next time & do not recommend ... spending $21 was not worth..👎👎👎👎👎

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Ordered take out from here, and had a couple of major issues. While the channa masala and veg pakora were both fine, there were two main takeaways:
1. The paneer tikka masala did not come as ordered... instead it came with chicken. Since we are both vegetarian, this ruined lunch for my wife (I'd ordered by channa masala too spicy for her tastes)
2. The garlic naan was the worst naan I've had (and I've eaten many). Paper thin, hard, dry... the opposite of a good naan.

Had it just been the naan, well, whatever, but meat in a vegetarian dish... that's too far.

Vegetarian options: Don't trust the vegetarian options, as in our experience, it came with meat.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

The food tasted whatever, the lamb was gamey and the portion size for tge main entrees was skant. A lot of sauce and very little protien. I might be able to understand the lamb since it's expensive but the chicken is inexcusable. 7 pieces of chicken in the chicken Tikka masala should be a crime. The rice was mushy to. The Biyarni was good which is why they got 1 more star than just 1. For the price of the dishes I expected dinner but got a lunch special amount for one.

Food: 2

Naan was good but curry was too watery and tangy

Food: 2

We ordered the tikka masala and bhanta ra chicken, both at a 6 spice level, naan, and raita. Unfortunately all of the dishes were very sweet, especially the tikka masala, and the chicken in the bhanta ra was ivercooked. They weren’t very spicy at all and the naan came out significantly after the rest of the food.

Food: 3

Service: 4

I’ve had better Indian food in San Diego. The lamb vindaloo is so soupy and traditionally it not. Food was lacking in those big bold Indian spice flavors and for a medium in spice level we didn’t taste any heat. The naan was soggy and lacking in garlic and just a few pieces of cilantro. The papadum arrived and most of the pieces were broken. The mint chutney was also very milky which is not normal. We were craving Indian food but this place did not deliver. Service was good and ambiance was nice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

We had ordered lamb tarkari using door dash. Asked for spicy level 6 out of 10 but it came as if someone has put some lamb in pepper solution. We had to trash the food. I can handle spices but this one came as bad as drinking the chilly solution! Upon calling, they did not even acknowledge it! Never eating again!

Food: 1

Service: 1

Man this used to be my favorite place. Never again. May as well buy a rotisserie chicken and put it in a can of tomato soup instead of getting the tikka masala. 3 pieces of lamb in the Byrini. 0 spice after asking for 8 and 9. 👋 👋

I had the Chicken Kadhai and Vegetable Momos. Both were delicious. Quantity and quality are perfect for the price.

I love that momos have 8 pieces and not 6 like most other places.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mixed Momo

I’d visit again!

The food was great with great options. The bhindi masala was amazing. Lots of restaurants can mess up on this dish.

They allowed dogs in the restaurant- server was super nice about it. Love when the restaurant folks are so accommodating for the customers.

Vegetarian options: Great Momos and bhindi masala

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

I ordered on Postmates. Rather disappoining. Flavor-wanting and watered down chicken tikka. the Naan was soggy and bland. The Samosas were spicy yet very soggy - not crispy. Perhaps this food does not travel well. I'll give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt. If that is the case, they should not offer delivery since the delivery experience was 2 stars at best. I was actually very hungry and ate half the order despite the disappointing food. But sadly, I threw the rest out, it was so disappointing. I don't like giving bad reviews more than that, I really do not like throwing out food. Especially after paying a mid-level restaurant price to have an expected quality meal. Overall: Disappointing and would not recommend to anyone looking for quality Indian or Napali food. SD has better. But again, perhaps the in-restaurant experience is much better. I hope.

Food: 2

Was good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5