Mengying Teresa Qiao
+3.5
A variety of curry, which is good to try. A good choice for people who love spices. Chicken liver is very very hot! Eggplant curry is good for vegetarian.
Amazing momo, good variety of authentic Nepalese cuisine. Liver is a must try on the entree. Small restaurant with great ambience, the feel of the restaurant takes you back to the country
Global Foodie & Filmy
+3.5
Ordered one dish as takeaway so my review may not do justice... Will have to go there again for more meals. Ordered on phone with a very professional voice... Reached there and food was being cooked fresh and give in a couple of minutes. Flavours were good
The Nepalese Kitchen has an authentic, warm and homey feel as soon as you step foot into it. The food was delicious and flavorsome. We ordered a chicken and lamb curry with the spinach and cheese dumplings to start. Was very pleasant with the dishes!
Food and atmosphere is great. However they starting cleaning/mopping the floor around us with what smelt like bleach while us and a couple of other tables were still in the restaurant. I think they did it on purpose so we would leave but it was only 9:30pm... was really bizarre
Location is great and really enjoyed having a quick chat with the owner about the differences of dining in Australia in comparison with Italy. Beautiful breakfast.
Coffeebrunchanddinner
+3.5
Located in Surry Hills the Nepalese kitchen is a nice but no frills restaurant. It's best to go with a group as the food is perfect for sharing. We had a range of curries including goat, lamb and a vegetarian curry with eggplant, potato and tomato. The curries each had a great flavor and the meat was tender however the roti bread is fairly basic. Overall we enjoyed our meals and they are reasonably priced. BYO only.
Entrees disappointing, mains quite good. Though some of what was ordered didn't make it to the table. Some dishes arrived and just got dumped on the table and the waitress herself didn't even know what the dish were. Not enough rice, roti didn't come to the table. Not enough staff rostered on to deal with a busy Saturday evening, therefore not great service. Disappointing overall, would consider somewhere else for a group dinner in the future.
Been here countless times and the food and service never disappoints. The dishes are here best shared, so come with someone or a group.
The Maacha Pakauda fried prawns entree are delicious, maybe even get two servings of them. Definitely try one of the curries — the Goat curry is my favourite and get a salad to go it. The Paratha and/or Roti is a must to go with the curry as well, and get a pick at least 2 Achaars Relishes to dip — highly recommend the Nariwal and Somar Achaars.
Delicious food and really cheap too! Also $2pp BYO. Really can't go wrong. I would skip the entrees. The dishes are quite small and not that great. The mains however were full of flavour. We ordered the goats meat curry and lamb curry. Both were great. The chicken was also good as well as their roti and fragrance rice. Best to reserve a table. Really cheap and decent price
Delicious food and great service. For entrée we had the fish and black lentil fritter with lamb - mains we shared the goat curry and the eggplant/potato curry and both were so good and full of flavour. Corkage was $2 pp which was a treat. Would definitely go back and recommend.
Went searching for a restaurant in Surry hills on a Friday night, came across this little gem. Delicious food, lovely service, plenty of variety, byo wine!
Loved indulging in this Nepalese feast with my vegan friend. Lovely staff, intimate setting and great variety of meat and vegetable dishes. Very well priced and BYO too!
Amazing food!! Fantastic service and cosy little setup that makes it a destination for all occasions. Had no idea what I was in for when I was taken here by a friend, she was raving about it but I remained sceptical as I have heard mixed reviews about this place. Suffice to say, my expectations were met and exceeded to the highest level. Everything we had was mouth watering and of the highest quality. The staff are attentive yet not intrusive. Highly recommend this place. Get your Nepalese fix ASAP!!!!
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One of those places where I always feel like ordering only entrees, as they're different & delicious! Over many visits I've had nearly all of them. Favourites:
- Alu Chop potato patties with green yoghurt
- BBQ beef salad with crispy & puffed rice, & picked veges
- best of all, Keema Ko Bara, a crispy browned lentil flour kind of pancake with chicken, lamb or egg. Yum!
All the curries I've had are good, most recently the boneless goat & 9 different beans. For variety from curries, one of their best mains IMO - and I've tried most of them - is the marinated char-grilled boneless lamb or chicken. Heaps of places do this, but none of them as good as here. Make sure you order the fresh coconut & coriander relish with it!
The cold & hot drink selection is good, plus if you manage leave room for dessert, they include '3 in 1' pyramids of icecream - fig/honey/pistachio, rose/lychee/pistachio.
Service is friendly. Food arrives reasonably fast IF you come at off-peak times. Your bill comes with sugar-coated fennel seeds! Last time I was here, about $150 for 4 people who had 3 full courses plus 2 drinks each & left very full - great value for the enjoyment.
One of the best Nepali restaurants in town. Probably the best in eastern suburbs!
Good staff, great food. Authentic taste of Nepal and not too expensive on the pockets. The owner is a nice person, when in mood often gave us free beers and desserts. Too bad I am far away now in a different part of the world, but if I had to go back to sydney for a visit, I surely would have this place on my list.
Good times!
Slow service aside, the food was mouthwatering and the prices reasonable (it worked out to about $20 a head, and the dishes fill you up more than you think they would). If I were to return, I definitely wouldn't bother ordering bread again to sop up the curry. It's not worth it, especially compared to the rice.
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Amazing food, average service. Me and my partner visited this restaurant in August 2014. I phoned ahead to see if there was a possibility of reserving a table that night, however the person who answered was very rude and dismissive, I decided to still go to the restaurant regardless to see if this was a one off. When we arrived at the restaurant we stood awkwardly at the door waiting for someone to come down as seat us at a table which took forever, we ended up walking up to a waitress to ask ourselves. After we got our table the waiter promptly brought us a bottle of water which I always appreciate when going to a restaurant. After we had decided what we wanted it took forever for them to take our order and again I ended up getting up to ask if we could order. Despite the negatives, the food arrived quickly and was absolutely delicious!! We recommend the Goat Curry which is the signature dish, and also the vegetarian dishes are great of which there are a few. After a disappointing start, the night ended with us enjoying a delicious meal together. If you ask me, the restaurant would be much better if it hired staff that were attentive and engaging.... which is an essential aspect of having a successful restaurant. I give The Nepealese Kitchen a 7//10.
Lovely Experience. On a very wet Sydney night, we endured a long walk from our hotel to locate this place. It was well worth it and as it was only the 2nd time I had eaten Nepalese, I was again happy with our choice. We had 2 entrees and shared a main of goat curry which we struggled to finish. It was a lovely dish and the bonus of being BYO wine is always appreciated. 5 star dining it isn't, so be prepared to be cosy with other diners, but it fills a niche nicely. Great value. Well worth visiting again.
Had a lovely meal last night at the Nepalese Kitchen. Sunday night and it was packed - a good sign and well justified. The goat curry is their signature dish and it was sensational. Would also highly recommend the grilled chicken. Had several accompaniments with the mains, two entrees and shared a lovely dessert. All for under $70. Would highly recommend and will definitely go again. Yum!
Good Tucker!. I love this place (located on Crown Street in Surry Hills) and have eaten here several times recently. Some of the dishes are very authentic (if you've ever been to Nepal) and the dahls and other veggie and meat dishes are really top notch. The decor is not much and the tables are close together but if you ignore all of that you will have a fantastic meal there with value for money.
Washed down with a nice glass of Moet (BYO), which represented itself surprisingly well, the evening was capped off beautifully by the attentive, friendly staff who were helpful and polite.
I fully expect this place to go from strength to strength thanks to friendly, efficient service and simple, unobtrusive surroundings as well as that fine Nepalese cuisine. I can't recommend this place highly enough.
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Simply must try !. I dined @ The Nepalese Kitchen tonight with a group of friends, when I had a look at the reviews on this site I didn't have high expectations because of a few of the previous comments, particularly the last one because my girlfriend told me we would be having the Banquet.
But I couldn't have been more surprised, this is simply a lovely restaurant, we were seated in a charming private room upstairs, the service was friendly and attentive and the Banquet was fantastic. We started with Papadams and yummy dips the coconut & coriander was so good, as well as a lovely mango chutney. Then dumplings, a spicy beef salad and fluffy potato patties Then we had four different curries, the goat was so good, rich and delicately spiced, Smokey BBQ chicken, an amazing eggplant dish, yellow lentils with spinach and nine bean curry which was amazing,as well as rice and crispy bread. All this for $30.00 amazing value and a great way to sample Nepalese food for the first time. I cant wait to bring my husband back so we can try the rest of the menu.
Little hut in the mountains. My wife and I walked past this place on the Friday night and it was packed out so thought we'd try it. We booked a table for last night but they turned out to be much quieter as it was a Sunday.
Great service. We were greeted as soon as we got in with a warm and friendly smile and taken to seats. Had our orders taken within 10 minutes and the food came out within 15 minutes. Had two of the vegetarian curries which were fantastic.
The whole place has a great atmosphere. You feel like you've been transported to a little out of the way hut in the mountains somewhere. Very cool!
Went with a group of 8 and had the banquet. Quick service, friendly staff, lovely food with delicious flavors. We all loved it
Great little restaurant in Surry Hills it had lots of atmosphere on a Saturday night. Only $2 corkage and the food was great. Get the chicken dumplings for entree. The goat curry was a highlight dish which was very tended and tasty. The eggplant was cooked perfectly with a perfect balance of spicers
Fantastic and very reasonably priced food. We are vegetarian and plenty of choice for us - 5 mains and 3 or 4 starters. Great flavours.
This was fantastic. Our good friend is Nepalese, and this is very close to her and her mom's home cooking. The 9-bean dish and the potato/mushroom curry were not to be missed.
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Hit and Miss. After having looked at the extensive menu and lovely decor so many times in passing, I finally tried Nepalese Kitchen last night. Between two people we ordered 2 entrees and 2 mains.
We initially ordered a char-grilled eggplant dish (Sano Bhanta) as one of the entrees, but it was unavailable so we opted for the barbecued beef salad (Haku Chweola) instead, along with spicy chicken dumplings (Momo).
In the Haku Chweola the beef was cold, the vegetables inedibly salty, and the "cripsy rice" chewy and bitter. It also did not come with the daiko achar described on the menu.
The chicken dumplings were good. The filling was amazing - spicy and flavourful, but the dumplings wrapper was bland and overcooked. To be honest, the tomato achar tasted like jar tomato sauce.
After these mostly disappointing entrees, I was starting to worry about what the mains would be. We ordered the house speciality of goat curry (Boko to Takari) and the Masu ko Pulao - a fragrant rice dish topped with lamb curry and mint and yogurt achar. We also ordered some jasmine rice and chose Paratha bread over the roti with the help of the waitress.
The mains were both amazing! In particular the Masu ko Pulao was a hit, with plenty of delicious currants in the rice to complement the ridiculously tender lamb and spicy sauce contrasted with the yogurt and mint achar. I highly recommend this dish! The goat was a bit tough but I suspect that is the norm for goat.
Overall, I enjoyed the meal and I would certainly go back for a second try with the knowledge of the first in mind. I would not order any entrees, as the are very small in relation to price, and at least in my experience, not very tasty. I would love to try many more of the mains, and would be interested to try more of the great selection of Nepalese achars available.
Highly recommend. Great tasting food. Being a vegetarian, there was a fair few options. I went with the Dal Bhat Takari, 2pg of Menu, at the top.
Absolutely fantastic, great portion, lots of flavour.
The only thing I would recommend is to make a booking. We were told we only could sit for 1:15. After which, they, not very subtlely started trying to hurry us up. Which in their defense, they were trying to accomodate us with no booking, and still honour those who did make one.
All in all, I am going back there tonight!
First Nepalese I've had and it was absolutely incredible. Beautiful curries and flavours and well prepared. I expected, an wouldve been happy to pay more for it but it was very cheap
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Give this one a go. We turned up at the doorstep at 6.30pm, rather hungry, no booking, and were advised they were pretty-much full. However, we could sit upstairs at a big empty table providing we'd be out of there by 8. Yeah, we could do that.
Having been here before (maybe eight years ago) we were familiar with what the Nepali eat. I'd say the menu here is a luxurious choice in comparison to the edited selection we had on our Everest Basecamp Trek many years ago!
To start we had the Keema ko Bara, an ordinary-looking yet highly flavoursome fritter of ground lentils stuffed with spicy lamb. Delicious. I could have gone one on my own.
On its heels arrive the gorgeous little Momo's. Steamed spicy chicken dumplings with a side of tangy tomato salsa. You can get these in veg or cheese & spinach.
Next came a very generous serve of Boko ko Takari - goat curry. Tender bits of boneless meat in a rich spiced tomato gravy.
My choice of main was the Khukura ko Masu - a Nepalese chicken curry, ever-so frangrant with hearty chunks of chicken and pumpkin. Yummo.
We ordered a side of the Alu ko Achar, a salad of spiced spuds flavoured with roasted sesame, tangy lemon, green chilli and earthy mustard oil. For $6.50 I expected a little more than a few mouthfuls.
If you're having a wet dish, don't forget to include a serve or two of the Paratha. This flaky, lightly charred flatbread is perfect to sop up those juices.
Book in advance when you plan your visit, and sit downstairs if you can. There's more atmosphere on the lower level. There are two rooms upstairs, one with tables & chairs, the other with on-floor cushions and low table, great for a private party
First time for me to try Nepalese food. We ordered two curries, the fish curry was awesome but the lamb smell in the lamb curry was a bit too strong for my liking. The infused rice was interesting and worth a try. We went on a Wed night, no booking was needed.
Had the most amazing food experience at The Nepalese Kitchen . The food was thoroughly enjoyable with all the flavours and spices which are usually only possible while in that country ,where I have been . The restaurant has a great buzzy vibe .The staff who are Nepalese are helpful with the menu .Overall great tasting and well priced ,my favourite dishes are the Goat and Prakash's chicken curry ,look forward to my return.
Venue is very cozy and food is delicious. Portions aren't that big though - especially for bred and entrees. Try the curry with mushroom or the one with potatoes, they are great!
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