Tried Wild Yak for the first time through UberEats after passing it countless times in person. I was first drawn in by the promise of momos and further impressed by their extensive and unique vegetarian options. In addition to the 4 piece veg momo set (which only come fried but are absolutely delicious that way) I also got two vegetable dishes - the delightfully sweet and sour honey and lemon vegetables and the mushrooms and vegetables cooked with cheese. I didn’t know what to expect from the dairy but it was melted through the dish and gave it a creamy, garlicky essence. Coconut rice and a steamed bun rounded out the meal. It arrived quickly, was very reasonably priced and tasted great.
3.5. Friendly and helpful staff. Really enjoyed the momo combo option where we sampled the different momos: steamed beef (my fav), panfried chicken (nice), deepfried veggie (nice) and panfried cheese (ok). Next was the fried beef thenthuk which had tasty soft noodles, although a tad bland. Would love to try it in the soup next time. Next we had the special pork dish with a spicy cheesy sauce. The dish was a surprise, very flavourful and quite spicy but worked well with the cheese. We scooped it up with the tingmo (bun), a large dense bun. Tried the Tibetan tea - too salty for my tastebuds. Overall, a lovely dining experience.
Walked passed this place many times but didn’t think much of it.
Until I decided to give it a stab. With some mates byo thank you very much!
The Momos were outstanding, like swallowing down a hot piece of soft gold filled with the finest beef and herbs money can buy. These were soo fresh. So tasty we ordered another round. The servings were huge and all the dishes were delish.
If you feel like a leak, head towards the back end and stop over and say hello to the Chef. The guy with the long goatee and large hat. He really looked like he was loving every single dish he was churning out. He was even wearing a Tibetan outfit!
We had a table of 4, worked out to be $25 a head at sharing 4 dishes.
Honest Tibetan food at a very reasonable price especially for Northcote. I highly rate this place. I shall be back soon!
This is one of my favourite places in Melbourne! Run by a beautiful Tibetan family - everything is fresh and authentic. Sometimes the staff are a little run off their feed but it’s totally worth it :)
Wow this restaurant was fabulous. There were four of us we all had two serves of dumplings they were “to die for” then we had four mains they were all mouth watering. I loved the Tibetan knee rugs. We couldn’t fault this restaurant in Northcote we will be going back again and again. Deb
Went for a Friday night date night. Really nice food and VERY reasonably priced ($50 for 2)!
We shared our food: fried momo’s (next time we will try steamed), Chasha katsa (lovely chicken but you got to like chilli), chickpeas, beef curry with rice & roti. Delicious! Next time will try to bring more people so we can order a banquet (min of 4ppl) & try more dishes. Only con is that it was a little chilly on a cold Melbourne night but we will definitely be back!
Perhaps the only Tibetan restaurant in Northcote and they know what they are doing. A combination of great and calming atmosphere, attentive service, and of course delicious authentic foods makes this place a must visit. The prices are also towards the affordable end.
Lovely food, lovely ambience and service with a smile. However, that smile could only be seen after long periods of time. We ordered a couple of plates of momos, a fried rice and a couple of Tibetian salty butter tea. While these may be nothing too complicated or time consuming, it took them all of almost three hours!!! It spoilt the fun of having the excellent food as the hunger was long gone. Anyway, we will try again and see if this horrible serving time was a one time thing. The food no doubt was excellent.
Easter’19... went there again. Lovely friendly service and the ordered food were served quickly in spite of a packed restaurant. Changing my rating from a 3 to a 5.
Went past this restaurant when we went grocery shopping near Northcote Plaza. We never tried Tibetan cuisine before and it made us curious. The ambience was really nice and calm, with those paintings and music. We ordered momo as main meals (combined pan fried and steam), calamari curry (because chicken curry is too mainstream), beef sha nyamo kyurmo and bao (didn’t really like the texture while it supposed to be soft when you tear it apart). But overall it was a really good experience and we’ll definitely come back again since it’s just a stones throw away from our place!
Great place to warm up in winter with friendly service in a relaxing atmosphere.
The food is delicious! You can tell that everything used is fresh.
One of my favourite places in Northcote!
Finally got to try this place for dinner. We ordered a few dishes across the menu (Chicken, Calamari, Tofu & Beef Thentuk). I'm not sure if I'm not use to the taste cuisine (First time trying Tibetan cuisine) but some dishes were a little bland, however overall everything was good. Decent portions and price.
The food was delicious!
For entree:
I got veg steamed Momo and my partner got their signature beef fried Momo. They were both good but fried beef Momo was exceptionally good (it’s their signature dish for a reason).
And for our mains we got coconut rice, radish chicken and mushroom veggies. The mains were delish! We will definitely be going back for the radish chicken.
Came here for my mum's birthday. Restaurant feels very authentic from the interior to the food.
We ordered the signature beef momos and cheese momos, the fried noodles (thenthuk), radish chicken (chasha lapau), stir fry beef (sha solo) and lamb curry for the mains.
Most dishes were quite good although the noodles were a bit on the salty side. Loved that the dishes felt like traditional home cooking. We finished it off with some chocolate momos which were served with a side of ice cream and delicious. We also tried the salty milk tea which was a little strange for me but I didn't mind it in the end.
Service was warm and friendly and they didn't charge a fee for serving the cake we brought in.
Great place. Really felt like a slice of Tibet in the middle of Northcote.
Wild Yak Tibetan Restaurant have the best momo in town! Would love to go back. Feels very sacred place as we saw Dalai Lama photos from their Altar! This place is amazing!
Nichakorn Pongsakornsathien
+5
Very genuine Tibetan cuisine. The atmosphere is calm and you don't feel like you are in Northcote! Momos were delicious! - well seasoned and the chilli sauce made it more tasty. Thenthuk was also great with an umami flavour and mellow. Tingmos were very soft. Their chai tea was also top notch; it did took them quite a while to make but definitely worth the wait. The prices are towards the affordable end.
I was glad to try out Wild Yak as I’ve never had Tibetan food before. The food was delicious and had interesting flavours. We ordered the Beef dumplings which was juicy and well done. Only thing is there were 9 dumplings and would’ve been nice to have more of that chilli and soy sauce. We also ordered the Chicken Fried Rice and Beef Lemon Stir Fry which were both intensely flavorsome. I actually can’t get enough of the stir fry. Make sure you order their buns which you can use to dip onto the sauce of the stir fry. I definitely will be going back to try out the rest of their menu.
Very lovely place with great food nice staff. Food quality was excellent and came really quick. This was our first time in this place but we’ll definitely go back to try everything on the menu!
Very lovely experience, price is good and food is so yummy. Feels clean and not too heavy, like a home cook food style. Would definitely come back often!
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