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    Himalayan Yak

    4.1 (38 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Inside
    Michael B.

    Another tasty Asian place; get your sherpa and visit! Himalayan Yak has Nepali and Indian dishes, classics like briyani, butter chicken, tikka masala, but also less common: thukpa and palak. Everyone's food was very good. We got the tikka masala, vindaloo, Himalayan mix grill, and a mix. The portion sizes and costs were also very reasonable. I'm excited to try the buffet. We got the assorted app 2 samosas and 8 pakoras. The samosas were packed and had to good sauces. I wished it was under the boiler for an extra minute. The pakoras were basically deep fried veggie things, odd looking but very tasty. After we sat down the place filled up. We didn't get checked on. There was no water until we flagged the person down. It took a long while to get the bill as well. There was only one person.

    Amber K.

    OK, so I've only been here so far once before but when I was here, it was absolutely phenomenal. So I showed up on a somewhat strange day it was just a couple of days before Thanksgiving. The place wasn't incredibly full and we arrived around dinner time there seemed to be a bunch of takeout orders that were happening and I had to give it up to the fact that a lot of people were traveling and influx due to the holiday. We immediately took our seats and started looking at the menu. We ended up doing one of the giant non-vegetarian dinner sets - chicken tandoori, chicken curry, garlic nan and more. The server was very nice and then made sure to ask for all of our specifics for the selections on what we were ordering and that we wanted it with medium spice. The service was nicely paced and the flavors were incredible. It was just the right amount of heat and richness that I would have wanted. Loved the rice and we had plenty of leftovers (which tasted just as good the next day for lunch!) We also got an addition of the Gobi Manchurian. The cauliflower, deep-fried and tossed in a sweet manchurian sauce was so yummy and I would definitely order again - It kind of even has a tiny bit of a vibe of general tso type flavoring so if you're new to Indian food but like that taste - it's a win! I have to imagine that their lunch buffet is out of this world and probably hoppin' to the brim full of people. I hope a lot more people notice at this place is open. It's new less than a year and it's a great time to support them and the food is stellar.

    The lunch buffet
    Lori L.

    I am SO excited that this place opened up buffet style but also with a menu but I love a good Indian buffet. With your meal you also get a drink so I got the chai like hot tea. Everything on the buffet was delicious. There were the typical crowd favorites like palak paneer, butter chicken, mutton, papadom, rice, etc. Nothing was greasy. Great place!

    Roti, garlic naan, chicken masala, veggie samosa, wings, chili Momo
    Char D.

    Oh my gosh!!! What a delicious surprise! Himalayan Yak is bound for success- the food is simply too good for people not to try it. We ordered take out, and it was ready within 45 minutes, everything was hot and ready by the time I picked it up. We couldn't decide on what to get, so we just got a plethora of things. We ordered the Chili Momo, the Wings, veggie samosas, the assorted bread, chicken tika masala, and the sahi karmo. The chili momo was abolsutely delicious! I will be ordering this every single time we order from here. Everything else we got was also delicious, but those were the star of the dinner. I ordered everything as a medium spice level 1- which was perfect for me. Just enough heat to still get all the flavor. Whether you eat in, or order take out- you should give this new Bayview restaurant some love!

    Lamb starter
    Emma H.

    Amazing family owned hole in the wall joint with authentic dishes. I was walking past this place and saw that it opened recently and had to go in. They serve a lunch buffet (which I will be trying after visiting) and dinner. The food was very authentic and there were items on the menu I had never tried. Know that the spice levels are serious, so order to what you can handle. The service was friendly but a little slow, but we also went on a Saturday night. Overall, a great addition to the neighborhood and I will be adding it to the rotation of favorite restaurants in the area.

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    Faith B.

    I'm a huge fan of veggie momocha. Since college I've been addicted and my favorite have always been Himal Chuli in Madison. I've loved some in wine country in California and in Bloomington, IN. I've enjoyed other dishes a lot from the cheel, but their momocha weren't my style. No others in Wisconsin have quite hit it. At Himalayan Yak, I've found a new local favorite - their veggie momo are on the spicy side, but the flavors are multi-layered and complex. We visited at 3 on a Saturday, shortly after the lunch buffet ended. We had the place mainly to ourselves as a consequence. The space is large and bright and open. Service was great. BF enjoyed his Sahi Korma from the Indian menu. It rivaled any place in town for lamb. My mother enjoyed her Madras, coconut lamb curry as well, but found it a little salty. We're salt forward people, but I'd agree that all the dishes were on the edge of being over salted. We all ordered our dishes medium hot, which was plenty for me - not too hot, but it built up over time. There could have been more rice - we all had left over curry to bring home. I had the Chyau Ko Tarkari from the Nepalese part of the menu and it was amazing - nuanced and multi-layered and all the vegetables still had great texture. Amazing mushroom curry. We ordered Poori - light, puffy and excellent. Mom had a salt lassi. There are non-alcoholic drinks on offer as well as wine and beer. I will be getting those veggie momo often and enthusiastically. Try this place!

    lentil curry
    Alano V.

    this place had such great food! fusion of indian and nepali, i was familiar w a lot of the indian dishes and liked the uniqueness of some of them because of the nepali influence. the music was so nice to listen to and was something ive never head of before. the food did not disappoint. we got all vegan dishes and they all had their own unique flavors! the red cauliflower one was my favorite! they were nice and tender with a slight chewiness and the flavor of that curry was amazing! mushroom curry was tasty too, i enjoyed the chewiness of the mushrooms! im not a fan of lentils, but my partner enjoyed it and when i tried it, i definitely appreciated the flavor!! would definitely come back to try more of their menu! the staff was great and checked on us often! a must try for sure :)

    Himalayan Mix, butter naan, lamb shish kabob, chai
    Cheryl C.

    The food is absolutely amazing- fresh, high quality, and delicious. There was nothing that I didn't like. The chai was delicious. The butter naan was soft and fluffy. The Himalayan mix was incredible. I can't wait to take friends here and blow their minds

    Garlic Naan
    Anna M.

    We came in on a Wednesday for dinner and they seated us in the side room and it seems we were forgotten about for about 10-15 minutes with no drinks. We tried to order one of their Yak Special Dinners and they said no it would take too long and pointed to something else. The replacement daal was not as good as when I've have the same dish other places unfortunately. My friend's biryani was good and I ended up eating that with them. The server never checked in on us and it was so hard to get their attention. All together it took over an hour and ten minutes from the time we came into the place to when the food was even brought to us. We wanted to leave a long time before this and overall not a great experience which was a bummer since we really wanted to like this place. I understand wanting to serve as many people as possible but please don't seat people if you can't serve them!

    Bhanu was our server.

    All I can say is not enough. Bhanu was our server and he was amazing. The food is amazingly good. I never eaten before here and it was fantastic. I can't say enough good things about it. I recommend it highly.

    Marilyn B.

    I can't wait to go back and try the lunch buffet. Our first experience there was for dinner around 5:30 p.m. on a weekday and it was fantastic, so I'm looking forward to trying lunch. Chana Masala and the Mushroom Curry were so delicious. We were the only customers in the place, so it was nice and quiet. The waiter was friendly and attentive. Our food came out really quickly and was plentiful; we took some home. Prices are reasonable. And the BEST thing is that they have a whole vegan section! Never having been there before and not researching the menu in advance like I usually do, I walked in and asked the first employee I saw if they happened to have any vegan dishes, fully expecting them to give me that quizzical look like they never heard the word before, or they just say no, at which point I always turn and walk out. But this time the gentleman grabbed a menu and pointed to a part of it and I saw the words "Completely Vegan." Yippee! We sat right down and had a fabulous dinner. I walked over to the lunch buffet section to see what they offer and most of the labels said "dairy-free" so that's why I'll be there for lunch as soon as I can. I hope they do well in this location and stick around for a long, long time. I'm telling everyone I know to go there.

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    Great food and service. Went for the lunch buffet and everything was delicious! Will definitely go back!

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    This has always been one of my favorite restaurants for Indian food, and I've told so many people…read moreabout it. I went back today and was honestly so upset because my go-to dish, the paneer makhini, was nothing like it used to be. It literally just tasted like straight cream. I even asked them to remake it because I thought something was wrong, but it came out the same way. I ended up just eating the other food we ordered, but it was such a disappointment because this has always been the dish I look forward to. I even showed them old photos from past visits compared to today and it was clearly different. The chef tried it and said it was the same, which shocked me because it really wasn't. I get that places can have off days, but this was really discouraging. As much as I've loved this restaurant, I don't know if I'll be back if the quality has dropped this much.

    We thoroughly enjoyed our pickup order from Himalayan Restaurant for dinner recently. We did a…read morefamily meal combo to sample something of everything. Our order included: cocktail samosas, palak paneer, baigan bharta, and the chicken tikka masala. The meal comes with three naan and rice on the side, as well as a dessert. We went with the gulab jamun. I also wanted an order of soup momos, so we added that onto our already robust order as well. (They didn't disappoint, so delicious.) Everything was well-balanced and spiced. I especially love that we were able to split the portions across multiple meals given how generous the naan was. The most beloved item was definitely the momos in the spicy/sour soup, followed by the buttery naan dipped in chicken tikka masala. I also really enjoyed the baigan bharta. So very enjoyed this meal, and I can't wait to try some of the other menu items that other diners have recommended.

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