Don't go here; not worth your time or money. The staff is inattentive, the food tastes abysmally bad, and is also far too expensive. I've given this place a few chances but it disappoints at every turn. Stay away! Go to Mezzo down the street or something, they'll treat you right for less. read more

Came here for some lunch on a Saturday and it is a cozy place on the corner. They have an extensive menu of Nepalese and Indian food. We decided to get the lunch specials which are also good for the weekend. My friend ordered the curry chicken lunch special and I ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala lunch special. The special comes in a round plate with 4 pieces of naan, rice, chick peas, salad, and of course the entree. All were delicious and the price was reasonable for $9.99 each. We also ordered some vegetable samosas which were crisp and tasty. I'd like to go back and try the chicken momos next! read more

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Nepali food? "Please where is it and what's the name of restaurant"? Don't worry I gotcha:) Firstly, this place is so special and close to me always and am really picky with the restaurant looks and smell of the restaurant. But not this place czo this place owned by Nepalese and they keep restaurant nice and their customer service is good. Food are so good in here if u wanna talk about (spicy) and all that. It's a Nepali/Indian cuisine which is perfect combination and worth going there. Also, the best thing is if you are lights lover than u will definitely like this place czo they do candles light dinner at night and it makes so beautiful and blissful. Everything is so clean and waitress are so friendly and nice. I promise you that u won't be disappoint going this place so, enjoy the food and Himalayan vibes there :) Namesta! read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Chicken chowmen, rice, fish curry, plain naan, water, coke, and mango lasi. - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

TL;DR: smaller portions than expected, really good chicken dishes, good but different naan I've been meaning to try this restaurant for a long while, especially since I walk by it almost every day. Mount Everest providing a surprising ambience with pretty good food. One thing that caught me by surprise was the serving size. I was expecting a much bigger serving of food, but I still got full off what I ordered. I ordered the Chicken Vindaloo with a side of Plain Naan to share. CHICKEN VINDALOO (4/5) - Ordered with medium spiciness and really not spicy at all - Really good sauce to pour over rice - Super tender chicken and delicious potatoes PLAIN NAAN (3/5) - A good side, but not exactly what you'd expect of naan (very doughy) - Great to dip in curries or sauces from main dishes I think this would make for a very great date location. It's a dimly lit dinner with a candle on the table. What more can you ask for? I might come back to try other options in the future, but Berkeley has a wealth of Indian food that still needs me to try it. read more

The lunch special is plentiful and very good. I get chicken Tuma masala and quite satisfied.

Stopped by this spot after visiting the nearby Hare Krishna temple on my boyfriend's birthday. He's Nepalese, so Nepali/Indian fare is our fave! The interior is cozy and elegant. There are a few longer tables so that they can accommodate larger parties despite the smaller size. The wait staff is wonderful! They're kind and knowledgeable (they handled my dairy allergy with ease). However, I do feel that they couldve been more attentive at times. It took a while for them to take our order. My boyfriend and I ultimately decided to order the lunch specials which included: an entree, a side of garbanzo beans, naan or roti, a salad, and rice. I was expecting the portions to be on the smaller side, but they were served in sizeable steel platters-traditional and filling! We also started the meal off with an order of veggie momo (which turned out to be vegan! yaaaaay!) All in all, this spot is nice. I wouldve appreciated a slightly more crispy momo (I usually pan fry mine at home) but the spices were delicious and aromatic. We both considered are entrees to be "okay" though not the best Nepalese food we've had by any means. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - veggie momo! - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

Loved loved loved this place - even as take out! Yum - The Vegetable Somosas are vegan and probably the best I've ever had. Everything was fresh and tasty! Cant wait to eat here again. read more

Delicious food!!!! I got pick-up take out and it was super easy. There was a bag at the front with my name on it and I just grabbed it, said thank you to the kitchen, and left. I got an amazing vegetable korma and my friend got the chicken vindalu. Both absolutely delicious. Super flavorful. Thick creamy sauce. I got my dish spicy and it was perfect. Not ridiculously spicy, but hot enough that my lips were burning. Highly recommend these two dishes! Garlic naan was okay, not the best. I came late in the evening so maybe it was a little old by that time. Better once I stuck it in the toaster oven for a couple minutes to toast up. Then it was warm & soft & delicious!! Great to dip into the dishes. And it was a good size, probably a 1ft diameter. Will definitely be back. Thank you to the folks who continue to run the restaurant even in covid conditions! read more

Chicken Chowmein too oily and the pieces of the chicken was extremely dry, couldn't even chew it. The chili monos were extra salty. The regular momos came without sauce. The previous time the food was great not sure if they changed owners or chef the food was not good at all. read more

What a cute restaurant! The staff here were very nice and the food came out quickly when we went. We were there for dinner at 5 pm and it was near empty. The food was delicious! We had their garlic naan, the chicken korma, and the butter chicken. My only complaint is that the toilet seat in their bathroom is broken. It's very irritating to sit down to dont business on a shifting seat. It's a cheap fix but would count for a lot! read more

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Low key spot on Telegraph, never overly crowded or noisy. Helps to be juuust a bit further from campus but still walkable and walk-worthy. Came here when I was in school and then 3 years out, literally throw back cus nothing's changed - and that's a good thing! Consistently delicious food across all sections of the menu - appetizers (hearty momos and soups), entrees (tandoori, curries, everythaaang), sides (mango lassis, naan). Never disappoints. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - garlic naan, rice, chicken vindaloo and with bell peppers (fave)! - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Very rude owner, never coming back here again, the food is good but service is shitty

Recently ordered catering for a 40-person lunch event on campus. Really satisfied with the customer service and food quality! Also order takeout here frequently. Everything is pretty good, esp. the Nepali dishes! read more

Mount Everest is a little far from campus but it's the perfect place for lunch. For around 10 dollars (a little less for vegetable entrees and more expensive for speciality items), you'll get a side of salad, a main entree, channa masala, four pieces of naan and a side of rice. The side of salad was small and had carrots and cucumbers, and lettuce and had ranch dressing and mango syrup. It wasn't an amazing salad but the mango kept it interesting and it was a good start to the meal. I got the chicken tikka masala for my entree and it was just enough and delicious. It was flavorful and spiced perfectly. The garbanzo beans were well spiced as well but it seem to be undercooked. It was a little too crunchy for my taste. The naan was delicious and fluffy, probably the best in the east bay. By the end of the meal, I was full and struggled to finish the last few bites. I also got the mango lassi and it was like any other mango lassi, maybe a little more yogurt tasting than others. The service was attentive and was constantly filling up water. Overall, it was a great lunch. If you ever have time to go here I would recommend it! read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Chicken Tikka Masala lunch special! - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

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I get takeout quite often from here. My go-to is the Lamb Tikka Masala, an order of plain naan, and the chicken momos. The Lamb is soft and easy to cut or tear apart. The sauce is creamy and rustic, and you can't go wrong with any of the spiciness levels. The flavor of the mild is just as strong as the medium, no worries about losing flavor with less spice! The momos are a lot more complex than I expected and come with a rich sauce to dip. The portions are great for college students! They open at 5pm so I usually schedule for 5:30 pickup and my food has been ready on time every time. The staff is very polite when they confirm your order and your on your way pretty quick. Definitely give it a try! read more

The Mount Everest Restaurant has four out of five stars on Yelp, so my boyfriend and I had high hopes when we went out here for an early Saturday night dinner. Gotta say, we left disappointed and completely baffled--how could we have gotten led so astray by our fellows on Yelp? I admit--I've never had Nepali/Himalayan food before. But I am a HUGE fan of Indian food, so I was excited to try some new things and get some naan and curry. Even at 7pm or so, the restaurant was only about a third-full, so we got our order in quickly--chicken momo, chicken chhailla, shrimp curry, and garlic naan. The service was lovely, but it was a rough meal from the start. Chicken momo is a Tibetan street food snack--small, circular dumplings filled with ground chicken and spice. I loved the dipping sauce, but was surprised about how thick the dumpling casing was. The ratio of filling-to-dough seemed wildly off because of it (I kept feeling like I was eating overly doughy pot stickers), and I didn't want to get too full, so I ended up having a couple and then easing off. Now I wish that I'd just torn off half the dumpling casing and eaten it that way, as I probably enjoyed this dish the best. The garlic naan was fine. I'm simple enough--garlicky, hot, buttery naan? I'm in. But the entrees it was served with didn't allow me to enjoy it much. The shrimp curry was a bland, tikka masalaish dish, with a few pieces of shrimp in it and not much else. It was fine I guess, but I don't want to pay $13 for something unmemorable that makes me look around for hot sauce. The chicken chhailla was the most disappointing though. The menu describes it as "chicken cubes grilled in a clay oven, mixed with traditional Nepalese spices." The chicken was not only dry, but wasn't... actually hot. At all. I think it might have been cooked and left out while everything else was being prepped? If the chicken had been moist, and the dish served hot, this would have been excellent because the spices were actually incredibly lovely! But the dish is 95% chicken, 4% veggies (maybe a generous estimate--the veggies are mostly onions), 1% spice, so there wasn't a lot to distract me from the fact that the chicken just wasn't any good. Yelpers love this place, so maybe this was an off-day of a meal. But boy, this first visit was a pricey disappointment. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Chicken momo! - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

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This is my favorite Indian restaurant close to Berkeley's campus. They have a great lunch special, but a lot of the dishes that I love or off of the actual menu. Make sure to get the vegetable pakora as an appetizer, and order your fair share of garlic naan. My go-to entrees are butter chicken, chicken vindaloo, or the coconut chicken curry. Getting the coconut chicken curry spicy is perfect, and they definitely bring the spice. read more

Absolutely amazing Indian food. The doesn't have a specially good vibe but the butter chicken, the chicken tikka masala and the Naan were all incredible. It's the best Indian food place I've been to in Berkeley. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Butter Chicken - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

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Decent rice in biryani, but the meat wasn't great only a few edible pieces of white meat chicken, the other dark meat was very dark and looked gross. The actual rice was great. The server gave the bill before I was done then came back to check if my card was inside, I said I'm not even done yet and gave her a look, then she apologized. Get the fuck out of here. At $15.99 for biryani this place is over priced. I left no tip I mean 0000, and I always tip. Tacky ass people, did me a favor it's on crap Telegraph Ave, overpriced and unfriendly, bad combo. They can shove it. read more

This is my go to restaurant. I get the paneer tikki masala every time and it is just SO GOOD with rice and naan!!! A great vegetarian spot! (They have non veg options too.) Also, their samosas are giant and delicious. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Paneer Tikka Masala Plain Naan Basmati Rice - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

I went to Mount Everest with a friend for dinner one evening. The reviews seemed very positive, and we were looking forward to our meal! We showed up around 6:00pm, and the place had plenty of available seating. It didn't seem too crowded. We sat down, and were quickly given waters and menus. The service here is certainly quite fast, and friendly as well. It was the food that let me down. We ordered Aloo Tikki chaat, Dahi Papdi chaat, and Paneer Tikka Masala. The Dahi Papdi chaat was the first to come out, and it was not what I was expecting at all! Dahi papdi chaat is usually yogurt based (it's in the name- Dahi means yogurt!) and there were barely two little drops of yogurt in this dish. We were both immensely disappointed. Our disappointment continued when the rest of the food arrived. The aloo tikki was the exact same dish as the Dahi Papdi chaat but with a potato patty instead of crispy bits. We basically had two of the exact same dish, which is also very unauthentic. The paneer tikka masala was ok, it was bland, but the paneer was cooked well and was nice and chewy. The three things we got were more than enough food for two, and we had some leftovers as well. I came to Mount Everest with high expectations, and I do not think that it was quite up to par. There are plenty of other Indian restaurants around to satisfy a craving. If you want to come to Mount Everest, I would recommend trying the momos (maybe Nepalese food is their specialty and Indian isn't). read more

So I came here with a craving for indian flavor... the food mildly hit the spot. Ordered (Vegan) * vegan dishes are labelled on the menu Fried POTATO PATTIES : VERY deep fried & generous with the salt in a good way. Also liked the Tamarind & Mint sauce but a lil watery. These were my fav but I can also feel my face breaking out. PALAK DAL (spicy request): The spicing tasted indian. A light dish--not heavy oily. Just the right amount of heat. But... the spinach had no spinach flavor? Again-- I think they use too much water to "spread" the rations. CHANNA MASALA (spicy request): SWIMMING in Water. Chickpeas were firm but clearly coulda been cooked down more. I'd rather a restaurant suggest an alternate dish if the beans haven't cooked down & melded the way they're supposed too. TASTED JUST LIKE THE PALAK DAL. Literally no distinction in flavor. A little pricey for the lack of technique & flavor infused into these dishes. But totally edible. Just weary that anything else I order will TASTE THE SAME. read more

Love this place, very decent prices and the that rice and chicken and out of this planet. I like how the place is clean an organized, something that is missed in most place around this area. I'll definitely will come back to try more vegetarian dishes. read more

Door Dash order. The Good: Chicken Karahi very good tasting with excellent chicken texture and moisture level. Spinach Naan very high level in terms of taste, texture, non-rubbery. Overall there seemed to be a culturally authentic vibe that was slightly different than Indian food, generally speaking. The Bad: Not nearly enough sauce in chicken dish. Karahi did not come with rice as I hoped it would for $12.99. Rice pudding was fine except that it was watery to the point of not really being pudding. read more

Came here for lunch in the middle of a work day with a group of 6. There was pretty much no one else dining in the restaurant so we got seated as soon as we walked in. The lunch specials were a great deal. Lots of food - I took half for lunch the next day - and for a good price. Good place to come with a mixed group of vegetarians, vegetarians, and meat eaters. Everyone was able to find something they wanted to eat from the menu. Also highly highly recommend the momos! So delicious, definitely my favorite dish here. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Chicken Tikka Masala Lunch Special - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

After trusted friends who have lived in Berkeley for TWELVE years told me this was their second favorite restaurant in East Bay, I decided I had to try it. My boyfriend and I went for the lunch specials in order to get the deals the restaurant offers from 11 AM to 3 PM. I ordered the chicken tikka masala ($10) and my boyfriend got the tandoori chicken ($11). About 20 minutes after we ordered, our dishes came out- accompanied by a sad excuse for a salad (old carrots, apple slices, dry lettuce...but are you really coming to Everest for the salad?), delicious lentils, rice, and the best regular naan I have ever had. My portion was considerably smaller than his, especially given the small price difference, but we both ended up feeling very full after we had finished our meals. Really everything except the salad was very good, but I'm not quite convinced I would call it my second favorite restaurant in East Bay. Four stars for now. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Chicken Tikka Masala and Chicken Tandoori lunch specials - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

Came here with a group of 5 on a Friday night and was really happy to be seated right away! After having passed this place multiple times my past 3 years here, I was excited to finally try it. First off, let me say that I was super disappointed when Indian Flavors Express closed last year because then there weren't any good Indian places right near campus (don't you dare suggest House of Curries). But after Friday night, I'm happy to say that Mount Everest has filled that spot! First of all, their menu is huge so there's definitely something in there for all sorts of people. A friend and I shared paneer tikka masala and bhindi baji with two orders of naan and left feeling extremely full and happy. The paneer tikka was flavorful and the curry was the right thickness, not too watery like some other places. It was actually my first time having bhindi baji at a restaurant and while it was good, I probably would opt for malai kofta or something else the next time I come. The only negative thing is that it can be a bit pricey since you have to order naan separately but worth it every once in a while when your missing good Indian food. read more

Great restaurant if you like microwaved food. The chicken tikka masala was super tough and both our dishes came out piping hot from the microwave. I'm sure you can find better restaurants in the area. read more

This place was recommended by a coworker, but I was pretty disappointed in the food. Veggie momos - ok, a bit bland Chicken curry lunch special- not great, chicken was dry. Naan - good, chewy and fluffy Chicken tandoori lunch special - this was the best out of everything. Chicken was tender, but typical Bhanghan Barta (eggplant dish) - way too salty. I couldn't eat it...and i never not eat anything unless its truly awful. Seating was plentiful and street parking wasn't an issue on the weekend at around 11:30am. Unfortunately my friends and I were pretty underwhelmed with the food and won't be back. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - Underwhelming food @ Mount Everest: Eggplant dish -too salty. Chk curry-chk was dry. Veggie momos-ok. Chk tandoori-ok. - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

Currently my favorite Indian joint in Berkeley, and it's conveniently right by my house. Their momos are so good here that we always get a plate as an appetizer. Nine perfectly formed little dumplings with just enough orange sauce to add zing. You might not have considered the veggie version since there's a chicken option, but the light minced veg is amazing. Goat vindaloo is my favorite dish here, just nuggets of tendon and fat on small cuts of bone. The lamb sag is also great, with so much creaminess without any dairy used at all. Get a side of rice and a paratha or naan, and you're set for two people. The decor is comfortable, with lights lining the ivy. Not a bad casual date night, even if service is on the slower side but it's largely that the servers leave you plenty of time to linger and chat. Just realized this is my 600th review, woo! read more

This is my favorite Indian restaurant in Berkeley. I order out from here all the time and have come in a few times as well. Staff is usually pretty attentive... BUT. Don't sit at the table in the corner by the stairs. They WILL forget about you. read more

I don't know where to start.. The reviews for this place were good, so I decided to try it out on a Monday night. At first glance the place looked cute and cozy, and the service wasn't bad either, BUT the food was a miss. We ordered the vegetable samosas, garlic naan, lamb vindaloo, butter chicken, and rice. The servings were small and the prices were high, so we had high hopes. Vegetable Samosas - they were pretty bad. Dry, hard to bite into, and a bit tasteless. Garlic Naan - it tasted overly sweet which made the entire dish unappetizing. Lamb Vindaloo - pieces were big, but meat was tough. The flavor was a bit bland. Butter Chicken - bland and not very good. Rice - very dry and hard. Overall a pretty disappointing meal. Don't think I'll be returning in the future. read more

Yum! This meal really hit the spot when me and my friends were visiting Berkeley for the weekend. We accidentally ordered both rice and naan with our buttered chicken, so ended up being super stuffed. But the buttered chicken was very tasty, and I highly recommend the garlic naan as well! read more

The great thing about restaurant.com and Groupon deals is it introduces us to restaurants that we might not otherwise try on our own. Since it was too hot to cook yesterday and I needed some items from Farmer Joe's for tonight's dinner, we finally got a chance to try Mt. Everest Café with our 2 year old restaurant.com coupon. We almost always get momos at Nepalese/Himalayan restaurant so went with the chicken one this time around. Although we requested mild for the spice level, they accidentally put through medium so the momo was a bit spicier than I expected. Not sure if it was the momo itself or the sauce that held the heat but when I tried one with the raita yogurt sauce that came with our biryani, it did cut it a bit and the mango lassi always helps. I was able to handle the medium goat curry and chicken biryani much better. Personally I prefer the goat curry at Everest Café as there were a couple of pieces that was bone only and/or a bit tough but the chicken biryani was flavorful and delicious and I love the raita sauce with it. The makhmali naan stuffed with coconut, cashew, raisin, and cherry was a hit that I could not stop eating it, making me way too full for dessert. Guess we'll just have to come back! read more

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Holy sacred cow! This place has delicious food! But only if you choose dine-in as an option. Take-out is a different story though... The traditional Nepali tray came with an arrays of different dishes. Mine has lamb curry, mixed vegetables, pickled daikon, rice pudding, rice and naan...enough to feed two people for just about $15.00. They don't pack naan, or rice pudding for take out order...kinda disappointed! I also had their goat curry and this is probably one of my favorite dishes here. Beware of the tiny fragment pieces of bone in the curry though, one could choke to dead on those tiny bones. Check out my yelp picture to see just how deadly this dish can be. By the way, it does not come with rice or naan, so make sure you get some naan to soak up the deliciousness of the curry. For those who are wondering, let me tell you that goat meat tastes like beef but smells like lamb, it is like having the best of both worlds combined. Their sizzling plate (beef or lamb) was just an okay, it looked good, smelled wonderful, but did not win me over. I also like their Nepali beer...but who doesn't like beer? Their mango lassi is the bomb. The waitstaff are nice and very helpful. The restaurant is pretty dark at dinner time, so good luck reading the menu with a flashlight. read more

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My culinary soulmate, Sara P., is one of the most awesome people I know. Who else would go see Winnie the Pooh in theaters with me? Who else would happily go to the East Bay for dinner with me? Armed with a Groupon, we headed to Mount Everest on a Tuesday night for some good ol' Nepalese food. Upon arriving, we decided that we'd split the garlic naan and Basmati rice. Sara ordered a spicy chicken dish, and I originally wanted the goat curry but they were out of it. So I had no choice but to go for the koobideh kebabs, which were freaking juicy and delicious with the basmati rice (we had to order this separately). Totally loved everything. The restaurant itself helped by being clean, relatively spacious, and simply but nicely decorated. Service was pretty good, and the dishes are all pretty reasonably priced. Oh, and did I mention that parking is pretty easy on the side streets? Yeah, it is. read more

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Very authentic Nepalese/Himalayan food. Tons of spices and bite when you need it. Their lunch specials are really good and definitely worth the price. read more

When I think of this place, the one thing that comes in mind is their naan. Their garlic naan is SOOOO good! Also, we tried this other bread (I forget the name) that comes out puffy and goes great with curry. YUM. We also tried their fried chicken appetizer which tasted like chicken nuggets. Nothing special except for their dipping sauces. Should I have asked for sweet&sour instead? read more

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Ordered food for pick up from this place. I got some malai kofta (8/10), butter naan and garlic naan(1/10), chicken tikka masala (2/10) and paneer chilly(5/10). Here's why I had such a bad experience: There were about 6 pieces of chicken in the chicken tikka masala and 3 of them were very poorly cook. I could chew the rawness in the chicken. I specifically asked the restaurant to make the naans crispy and with butter. They even wrote the work "crispy" next to my naans on the receipt. The naan itself was poorly cooked, it was chewy, not crispy at all and had no butter. The same exact thing has happened with my roommate too. Lastly both my girlfriend and I have an upset stomach after having the raw food. The gravy with the chicken (that's the only reason it got a 2/10) was not bad but overall it was a very bad experience. Please refrain from going here. read more

Mount Everest Restaurant - This was the meal that got my girlfriend and I sick. The chicken at the bottom was raw. - Indian Near Me - Berkeley, California

Not close to authentic Indian food. It's watered down, bland, spiceless stuff. No value for money either. It just doesn't taste right.