Taste Of The Himalayas
Indian, Asian
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Location
1700 Shattuck Ave , Berkeley, CA
(510) 849-4983
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Overall rating
(164 reviews)
The most delicious Indian food we’ve had in Berkeley! Nice portions. Friendly efficient staff. Beautiful murals and a pleasant dining room.
Food is fantastic, very friendly service. Super easy.
Food is fantastic, very friendly service. Super easy.
Great food! Naan especially good. The restaurant does a great job with spice control too if that is your preference. Favorite dishes chicken Tikka, Chana Masala, veg pekoras.
Great food! Naan especially good. The restaurant does a great job with spice control too if that is your preference. Favorite dishes chicken Tikka, Chana Masala, veg pekoras.
They charge hot water per head. I've never been charged in any restaurant for hot drinking water.
The service is warm, kind, personal in just the right way. The lamb with rosemary kabab was delicious, and she brought a taste of an Indian wine I wanted, no charge. Lovely evening.
Food was fresh and tasty. Customer service was superb. Ambience is lovely and quiet enough for conversation. Plus excellent offerings for vegan and gluten free choices.
Was very pleasantly surprised at the excellent quality and value of food. Service was also great and the restaurant was very clean with pleasant atmosphere. Will definitely be coming back!
Vey clean, pleasant decor, comfortable room. Very attentive and friendly service. Wide choices in menu items and both diners very happy with meal choices. Accommodates all palates with choice of mild, medium or hot spices.
Service seemed a bit overwhelmed and struggling to keep up.
Great food, friendly service
Very attentive staff. Delicious food. Nice, pleasant atmosphere.
Good food,nice service and atmosphere.
food as always was great. best tikka masala in town! service as always mediocre.
excellent food and service
One of the best meals I have ever eaten. I had salmon tandoor, which I have never seen anywhere else. It was very moist and perfectly cooked.
Delicious food, perfect spices, portions right size; friendly and very attentive service
This is a wonderful restaurant: great food, atmosphere, and service!
Service was very good, except that she forgot to deduct my $15 discount at the end! I had to ask that they redo the bill. I also had to remind her that she had agreed to bring mint chutney for our table. Otherwise, it was all good.
quantity given too less
It wasn't a bad experience at all but I have no desire to return any time soon
The food (meat and chicken)were not cooked fully/properly and didn't taste like in other Indian restaurants using good spices.
Great place but can be noisy (because such a popular place!)
Great place but can be noisy (because such a popular place!)
Great place but can be noisy (because such a popular place!)
Great place but can be noisy (because such a popular place!)
Great place but can be noisy (because such a popular place!)
Food was very delicious with plenty of selections. The staff was very friendly, nice and helpful. I'd recommend highly and go back again.
Good service. Nice decor. Delicious food. Reasonable prices.
We ordered the Tandoori Chicken Tikka and it was the most tender, tasty and juiciest Tandoori Chicken I've ever had. Wait staff was fast, efficient and friendly. Absolutely great dining experience!
Wonderful experience! Service was friendly and attentive. The food was incredible. We will be back again.
The service was great, including helpful recommendations and the food was excellent.
Very noisy
Food and service was top-rate in taste and quality.Thanks
Nice service. Good food.
Nice service. Good food.
Nice service. Good food.
Really good tasting food in a pleasant atmosphere.
Quality of food was good, but not outstanding. Service was also good. The only flaw was that portions were small, boosting the overall bill.
Quality of food was good, but not outstanding. Service was also good. The only flaw was that portions were small, boosting the overall bill.
Decor is lovely, food delicious, and wait staff friendly and efficient. We enjoyed our evening and will return again and again.
great food and wonderful service
the ambience is wonderful; food is good
The servers were very knowledgeable and shared information with us
good food
The worst service ever.........Oh my this was probably the top ten worst experiences I have ever had! No refills, The waiter was playing with coworkers the whole time, No dish removal, wrong order, 20 min wait for check, Items that I ordered at the end were never put in. The Manager comped half the meal but its not about a comp when you waste over an hour and have horrible service.
the dahl soup is delicious. Lamb shanks were wonderful and lots of wonderful spices. Chicken Tikka Masala was creamy rich sauce with tender chiken
Manual has changed. Food quality has gone down.
Chicken on the Cobb salad was overdone and very dry.
the servers were Very attentive however there is a slight language barrier.
Good was great!
it would have been nice if and the sinews had been taken out of the goat curry
Great food, great service.
Great food, great service.
Meat dishes were good. Veggies we're ok; same gravy base. Naan was great. Service was inattentive once they served. No one came by to refill water or ask how the food was.
The lamb shank was exquisite!
Lamb shank and sauce was tasty. was Curry was not as flavorful. Momo a little dry. Dishes were not spicy enough.
Unfortunately, it is an Indian restaurant, not a Himalayas's.
Salmon was great
Excellent food, friendly and attentive service, comfortable, attractive room.
I'm looking forward to trying other dishes the next time I visit. Both food and service were wonderful.
Got there right when they opened on Sunday and the service was great.
The food was excellent, great atmosphere and great service.
Very fresh, not too heavy or salty.
very friendly+warm staff.food was great-one of the best tikka masalas i've ever had. we went on a friday, so a bit of a wait - abt 1/2 hr from ordering to table.
We were there on New Year's Day evening, so it was quite crowded. It just took a very long time to get our food and we had a small child in our group, so it was difficult to keep him entertained for so long.
This my favorite restaurant in Berkeley
food was tasty and portion size was just right
As you enter you are always greeted with a 'Namaste' no matter how busy they are! I come for their MOMOS a Nepali sort of steamed dumpling...they are a lot of work to make and just a treat to have fresh...with a perfect dipping sauce...I usually place 2 orders of MOMOS (1 for me and 1 to share) and then let the other person order a special dinner. The specials come with home-made nan...yummy! And soup. And since I do not order a dinner I do not get a soup...but they offer true Himalayan hospitality and bring a bowl for me as well! Although the coupons include an 18% tip I add more because they do go over and above in hospitality. Sadly, without the coupon, the bill with tax and tip usually runs $50 and that is more than I could afford without the coupon!
Food and service excellent, especially liked the atmosphere too.
Food and service excellent, especially liked the atmosphere too.
The waitstaff inattentive service detracted from the quality of the food
From the moment we walked through the door, we were treated with warmth and superb service. The food was beyond delicious, and the entire experience was excellent.
Very friendly service, serving size looked rather small but we were amazingly full at the end of the meal. They will adjust the spices to your preference, too.
Food and service were both excellent. We both had different lamb dishes, servings were generous and the rosemary naan, the special that night was (sooo!)good!
Good food,great service!
Great food. Excellent service.
The entire dining experience is great and excellent. Appreciate the restaurant accepts the Restaurant.com Gift Certificate.
Good food and very good service.
Great staff. Food was good. Naan was excellent.
Naan did not taste the same as usual (usually more buttery and crispy) and despite coupon/certificate, price out of pocket was still over $22 for just 2 entrees!
Best Indian food I have ever had in my 62 years, and I lived in India.
NOT QUITE PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD THAT WAS ORDERED.
Friendly service, nice crowd and excellent food!
Very warm welcoming owners, great food, feel good after I eat there every time, 10x by now
BEST naan I've ever had!!
The chicken momos were delicious. Was more expensive than anticipated
We enjoyed the food but the pacing was way off! Our entrees arrived less than 5 minutes after our appetizer so we felt rushed.;
Ambience nice, service OK, food quality good and very tasty. Price is on the expensive side considering the very tiny portion of their entrees. We had to remind the waiter we are missing an order of Naan, he said OK but never brought it. we waited for 15 min and had to call on another waitress and this time she was attentive and gave it to us within 5 min
This is one of the few Himalayan restaurants that has atmosphere,excellent service and food!
food was wonderful, service was friendly,warm and efficient,very nice decor and bonus- $5 corkage!
gd. quality nice friendly service, good atmosphere
Everything would have been fine if it hadn't of been for sitting next to the door. Everytime it opened we got a blast of cold air; we were constantly cold.
The food was very good. I just wished there was more meat. I had the tikkie marsala and I there was just 6 pieces of chicken in there.
Roja (owner) is a warm, welcoming face that greeted me with joy and graciousness every time I've been there, which is more than a half a dozen times. The food is unique and excellent. What an experience! What a deal! Can't wait until I'm there again.
food was excellent, service was good, ambiance was pleasant, mgr. was attentive to our needs
it was a busy friday evening but they did everything to seat us in 10 minutes...friendly and knowledgeable server...excellent food
we are impressed with the friendliness of the staff and the owner food is good, decor good
The service is excellent. The food is flavorful and delicious.
Excellent food. Fast, friendly service.
They forgot our Nan.
The atmosphere was beautiful, the service impeccable, and the food delicious.
Great servers.
I've been here before but this was the first time I brought my fiancé to the restaurant with and he just loved it! The food here is so delish! And the service is impeccable! 10 stars! Love, love, love it!
This time I did not like the food. The Tandori chicken was very dry the chiken tikka massala sauce was watery and the other dish with tometoes (I forgot the name) was very sour.
The food was way overpriced for what it was. You can get good quality food similar to this at nice restaurants in the area at half the price.
Amazing food!
The ambiance was very pleasant, we enjoyed the mural and art. The service was impeccable: courteous, friendly, caring and yet unobtrusive. The food was tasty.
Really love this place and its food. I always bring friends or out of town visitors here to impress them :)
I love Indian and Nepalese cuisine and was able to introduce a friend to this delicious cuisine.
The food was rather tasty. The portion sizes were a little small - especially the salmon dish - but not too bad considering the price. Will definitely return!
The butter chicken was the only dish worth coming back to. We enjoyed the somozas? Thos were yummy. We ordered the shrimp dish but it was not flavorful. The portions are small for what you pay for.
been going here for years; was not worth the trip this time. seems to have fallen far
Great atmosphere and service combined with memorable dishes. I would highly recommend this place.
Enjoyed the serene atmosphere, excellent, well priced food, background music, decor. Overall, a very pleasant experience!
Always very friendly service and excellent momos
The Lamb Momos were the highlight of the dinner. I could eat the lamb momos plain or with the tomato sauce. I also ordered the coconut chicken curry and menti (sp) lamb both from the monthly special. All excellent.
Everything was EXCELLENT! Enjoyed the decor too - especially the cool mural.
Lunch is a bit pricey. The $10 barely makes a dent. It is as expensive as dinner there, where we once used a $25 certificate. Much better deal!
Best food in the history of food!
Price point is a bit too high without the coupon.
Great experience. Food was outstanding. Will dine here again.
Fantastic service and food across the board. I hope that the economy picks up so I don't have to keep using the restaurant.com coupon to visit!
The space is delightful and the while the food is slightly more expensive that other Indian restaurants the flavors are wonderful. They have very reasonably priced beer and wines too.
Overall, very good! I DO think that their soda refill policy (namely, NOT doing it!) detracts from their overall desirability for me becoming a repeat or regular customer. Frankly, at $2 bucks/soda, there are WAY too many similar restaurants out there of the SAME type of cuisine & similar price range that DO also participate in this program AND offer refills on soda for this establishment to be a choice OVER them. They MAY want to reevaulate their policy in light of that fact! (They DID offer a free small dessert at the end of our meal - which was both unexpected and lovely - but I wasn't sure if this was because it was a special day (Valentine's day), due to having an excess of product near the end of the night, or both! Nor can I be sure it's a regular) offer!
It's a good restaurant in the "Gourmet Ghetto" area of North Berkeley--situated among many good restaurants in that part of town.
Wonderful atmosphere and really good food. Other patrons around us looked like they enjoyed themselves also.
We had a terrific meal at Taste of the Himalayas and will definitely return when we are going out in Berkeley!
Food is excellent, but entree portions are on the small side for the price. With this discount, the value is perfect. Awesome naan and breads, they are addictive!
Excellent Napalese
Taste of the food is good, but the portion is very small. Therefore is very pricy.
Great service, pretty bland food. Hopefully they'll spice it up next time.
The service and food was enjoyable!
The food and the service made for a most enjoyable eating experience. We will return.
staff very courtious, seems family operation so everybody was humble and helpful, unlike only your waiter serve you like in many restaurant. garlic nan with herbs was excelent. i recommend that along with butter chicken.
The menu has many typical Indian dishes but also some I had never seen before. Delicious soup and the sauces on our curries were delicate and very flavorful.
great service, great decor
My prior experience at The Himalayas was outstanding which is why I decided to take a friend, however, the service was extremely slow, we waited 45 minutes for our food, though other who walked in after us got served within 15 minutes of their arrival. One of our dishes was luke warm. It was a horrible experience. I will not go there again.
Excellent place to eat
The food is absolutely delicious! And the owner/manager, Rajen Thapa, is a good man--he gives back. He uses proceeds from the restaurant to help educate impoverished children in Nepal.
Excellent food, ask for spicy food its awesome. I am a vegetarian and I was completely satisfied with their malai kofta and paneer specialty dish.
Forgot half our order and added an automatic gratuity, even though the service was awful.
Tasty food. We are very satisfied.
the ambiance is very soothing. the decor is lovely. the food is flavorful.
I really enjoyed the server and the owners who were welcoming and personable. Good food-though the Biryani was realy spicy!
Long wait for food being served after ordering. Many other parties were waiting for food as well. There was a large party that arrived after we did, I think the kitchen could not handle so many guests.
Samosas were excellent!
The portion of food was very small in comparison to the price. You really shouldn't charge $12 for about 8 ounces of tofu and a handful of spinach, no matter how well the ambiance of a restaurant. We really felt ripped off for what we ordered and how much food we got. Way too expensive.
Initially came because of Restaurant.com certificate; have returned twice because of quality and recommend to friends.
The food was very, very good.
lunch special prices good, but menu very high for the small quantity given. either lower prices or increase quantity of entree.
Excellent in all respects!
A little over priced and %18 tip too high.
Some of the best chicken tikka masala I've ever had!
Taste of the Himalayas has the best Indian Food we've tasted. Service is excellent. One of the best places to go in the Bay Area, hands down.
The ledge of the wall near where we were seated was very dirty and I found it a bit disturbing. Also, the korma sauce could be more flavorful.
My family has visited your restaurant often over many years. Don't remember how we first heard about it.
Saw it on the bus.
Everything was delicious and the atmosphere was delightful. We will definitely be back! Also, having vegan requirements in the party, it is hard to find great places - this one was wonderful!
The food was a bit bland.
Went for the coupon, will return for the excellent food.
The salmon dish was sparse and saucy, which was a disappointment
From the lentil soup, to the vegetarian appetizers, the crisp and light wine from India,and the delicious entrees and garlic naan, all was superb!