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The Everest Kitchen
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Categories: Indian, Himalayan/Nepalese, Pakistani
14561 Bothell Way NE(between 145th St & 147th St)
Shoreline, WA 98155
(206) 440-0321
- Hours:
Tue-Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
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- Category:
- Indian
- Neighborhood:
- University District
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19 reviews for The Everest Kitchen
I felt really zen after eating here. I would definitely recommend the non-Indian dishes for a new flavor experience. Have your Indian fare elsewhere, and check out the Nepali or Tibetan menu. Great staff, unique atmosphere.
Good for: Lamb sekuwa, Weekend Lunch Buffet
I started with two stars but decided to reduce it because my boyfriend got sick from dinner.
I wanted a new place to Yelp about and after seeing the reviews about Everest Kitchen my boyfriend and I were encouraged to go.
The good first:
They staff are just so nice. It pains me to be writing negative things about this place when they're some of the kindest people this side of lake. They remember their regulars and they have a lot of them. The place had more regulars than newbies (meaning we were the only newbies there).
The place is really clean. Surprisingly clean. Also, I like how vibrant and warm the decor looks. Not that I have ever been to Tibet or India but I felt like I was in another country while I was there.
The garlic naan was delicious. It was the best thing they served.
The bad:
They served us a small salad to start. We appreciate the variety of vegetables and the delicious spice and saucey stuff they served with it but the vegetables were old.
My father is British/African and I grew up drinking hot tea since the age of 3. I like strong tea. I complain about restaurants serving weak tea. But at Everest Kitchen, I have to complain that the chai tea I had was way too strong. Holy moly I couldn't finish it.
I ordered chicken tikka masala--an Indian restaurant standard. It was the worst chicken tikka masala I have ever had. The curry was thin and really really sweet. It tasted like they used canned cream of tomato soup. My chicken, although appreciatively white meat, was super dry.
The rice we ordered wasn't the standard seasoned buttered rice we typically get at Indian restaurants, it was plain jasmine rice. We found it bland.
We ordered veggie samosas. They were okay. Not my favorite.
I wonder if, perhaps, Indian wasn't the route to take in this restaurant. Perhaps I should have ordered Nepali or Tibetan food instead. Maybe that's more their specialty. If any of you have had their Nepali or Tibetan food here, shoot me an email and let me know how it is. I'm curious but I'm not sure I want to come back.
Tasty and cheap. The owner is a really nice guy. The $5.95 lunch specials are an excellent replacement for the buffet. Their saag paneer is rather outstanding. They know what vindaloo is supposed to taste like. Bottomless chai warms my insides and my heart.
Can be a little spotty on take-out. I usually just go deal with the social stigma of eating alone if that's what it comes down to. They actually have a decent range of Tibetan food and when i asked for something with "a lot of asafoetida" it did indeed come with it. Their samosas are positively to die for. They handle big groups well, which is a plus.
We were planning to go to the Northern Chinese restaurant next door because of a recommendation. But, we hit it the one day it's closed for lunch, So we walked across the parking lot and into the Everest Kitchen not knowing a thing about it. We were blown away by the food! Absolutely delicious! What a treat to be able to try Nepalese and Tibetan dishes as well as Indian. It was so good that one week later we went again.
What an interesting dining experience!
The man had to do some measurements in the area, so he suggest we met before his appointment to have lunch at this little, sort of ramshackle restaurant.
Honestly, I was blown away by this. The BF has a cautious palate, and he's not into Indian food, which has many common elements with Nepali (or Nepalese) cuisine. In fact, they have Indian and Tibetan dishes in their menu as well. I was really happy to see the BF is willing to branch out and try all kinds of new food (but never anything involving raw fish--that's OK honey, you're doing wonderfully!) so I was delighted to accept the invitation.
The place can trick you from outside. It's a bit on the shabby side. Inside, the story is different. The place is clean and tidy. The array of small souvenirs that make the "decor" is actually interesting and borderline tender. Yes. Tender. I loved looking all these scattered mementos, and listening to their music.
To begin our gastronomic journey, we ordered some garlic naan, which was delicious. We could use more garlic on the bread, but then again, BF and I are the Garlic Monsters and it's never too much for us.
The BF knew what he was going to order before we got there, because even though he's into food-adventurous mode, he researched the menu the night before. He had the Chicken Chilly, spice No. 4. The dish consisted of pan fried chicken with bell pepper, green pepper, onion, garlic, tomato and herbs, plus the side of steamed white rice. It was simply outstanding. Spectacular. Not too hot but spicy enough to get that lingering aftertaste in the roof of your mouth that is oh-so-pleasant. The chicken was tender and perfectly cooked.
On the other hand, I had some problems at the beginning. I ordered the Daal Bhaat with Kukhurako Maasu (rice, lentil soup, chicken curry and achaar). Something really strange happened here. The food was well-cooked but bland. However, despite this initial disadvantage, once I added salt to the lentil soup (delicious consistence), and some of my man's dish sauce to my chicken curry, the dish was really good. That's not supposed to happen, you should be served to pick up food with fork-spoon-hands and eat, eat and eat. But I got to say, the end result was delicious.
Service was extremely good, attentive and kind. The very polite owner made sure we had everything we needed and was very charming. He offered us some dessert on the house. The BF didn't even blink. Two seconds after said sweetness was offered, I was crawling to the buffet table. I picked up some fresh orange wedges and a couple of spoonfuls of Kheer (rice pudding). The orange was really refreshing and cleaned our tongues nicely. The rice pudding was to-die-for-and-to-make-the-20-minute-drive-to-go-g et-it. Delicately creamy, it had a few raisins (perfect amount) and a hint of cardamom. If the sweet polizei wasn't there, I'd walk back to that table several times.
We will be back. But next time, this chick will order the Chick Chilly. And I know I will be excusing myself to the "ladies room, dear." Good excuse to make a detour to the dessert table!
Tonight we ventured back to the Everest Kitchen for the first time in a few months. Everyone was super nice, as always, and once we were seated the owner came over to take our order. I ordered the vegetable curry and my husband ordered a chicken dish. He asked us how spicy, and I said "as hot as you can possible get".
Can I just take a moment to talk about this? Why is food not spicy? After lamenting over the common theme in non-american restaurants of what my husband and I call "white people spice", I can't help but wonder WHY. I grew up in Minnesota where the extent of our spices were salt, pepper and garlic powder (that was fancy). I acquired the taste for spicy seemingly randomly and have NEVER been able to find anything that is "too" hot for my mouth. My husband is the same way, except spent two years in asia eating red chili paste. Go figure. Anyway!
About five-ten minutes later they brought us out our food. I took the first bite and my mouth exploded. It was like angels came down from heaven and played the trumpets around my head. Every bite built on itself in taste, complexity, and most importantly, SPICE. My nose started running, my stomach started churning, my eyes got a little watery (but didn't run, come on now, I can man up!). My husband at one point looked at me and said, with a smile, "this chicken tastes like FIRE". I actually had to stop eating because I was full after only half my dish was gone, plus my stomach was heading for a full on revolt.
Our total for two dishes, two drinks (plus four glasses of water a piece, jeez), and a delicious naan was $30 including a HEFTY tip. Why? Because they fucking brought the spice. As we were leaving the owner asked how we liked it and we both fell all over ourselves telling him how good it was.
Everest Kitchen, I love you.
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5/4/2008
On the advice of fellow yelpers, myself and three friends ventured to Everest Kitchen last night and… Read more »
I've eaten here twice and both times the food was delicious. I especially liked the potato nan and the tamarind sauce that comes with each meal. The owner stopped by at the end of the meal and gave us some free samples of desserts.
I hear they have they have a lunch special for about 6 or 7 dollars. Great deal for such delish, fresh food.
Yeah, good stuff.
If for no other reason, you should eat here to say you've tried Tibetan food.
I'm not a connoisseur of food from that area of the world, so take my review with a grain of salt. It's seems similar to an Indian restaurant: meat in spicy cream sauce over non-sticky rice, etc. The meat was a little old seeming. The sauce was really good. I like their milky tea.
I met the owner. He's from Nepal. He's very personable. They've been open for about five years. The bathrooms are a little substandard, but it seemed clean.
I go here lots. The food is awesome and the family who owns it very nice.
What a nice family that serves people here. The Shrimp Pokora was wonderful. Other dishes were good, but not remarkable. A nice family feeling here, with other patrons clearly repeat visitors. Nice.
The owner/manager is super personable and also has good taste as he complimented my kitty shaped purse (which happens to be Nepalese).
I've been twice for Sunday afternoon buffet. The first time they had chicken curry with the absolute perfect spicing. Towards the end of my meal I still wanted the delicious curry flavor in my mouth but I was too full to eat. That being said, their chicken curry can be eaten like a soup as long as you serve it without the chicken. That perfect spicing fought back the next day. And it was totally worth it.
Prior to my second trip to Everest I was looking forward to that special chicken curry but they must have had a different cook that day. It just didn't hit home and I was disappointed. I'm still giving them four stars because that first batch was crazy good.
So if you're looking to eat pounds and pounds of amazing chicken curry for cheap, this is the place. If the curry is orange/reddish you're good to go. If you walk in and see a creamy curry with white blobs... chances are it won't be so good.
The combination of excellent food in three culinary cultures, great prices and the wonderful and friendly family that owns and operates Everest Kitchen earns a five-star review from me. The diverse and always tantalizing selections from Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan cuisines make this restaurant a special treat. Service can sometimes be erratic, as it was recently, but as long as there's food on the table and no where to be we felt there was no problem. We love Everest Kitchen.
From the outside, Everest Kitchen doesn't look like much. It's a little hole in the wall and if my wife hadn't spotted it from the road and insisted that we give it a try I would have kept on driving. I'm glad she saw it though!
The menu is Nepali, Indian and Tibetan which is a new combo for me. Mainly the menu consists of Indian food. There are also lots of vegetarian dishes on the menu, I've tried a couple and they're pretty tasty! The menu is extensive, however they'll help you pick something yummy if you're not familiar with what they have to offer. I'm particularly fond of the lamb dishes and the vegetable samosas are outstanding.
The lunch buffet is cheap and yummy, but extremely small.
I brought two friends to the Everest kitchen one is a vegetarian and I am a strict carnivore. It is impossible to find place she and I can both agree on, well after racking my brain I thought Indian food might be up her alley. I was surprised to find that the Everest kitchen did Nepali, Tibetan and Indian food all three on the menu under two titles vegetarian and non-vegetarian which took the guess work right out. The food was great my dish, my friends dish, and I don't eat vegetables so I don't know how hers was though she said it was good. The service was great our waiter was quite nice very helpful and even comped us a dessert. I assumed he did this because we were raving about the meal. He must have also noticed that even though I knew Indian food my friends had not. He was probably trying to win them over and it had worked they loved it and live near by so they will continue to go there as will I.
This place was FANTASTIC! Doesn't look all that great from the outside, but based on the reviews, we went for dinner. Had the cauliflower naan, chicken kothey, prawn makhani, lamb sekuwa and kheer for dessert. The prawns and lamb were AMAZING! The rest was pretty damn good as well.... The owner Mohan was very friendly and came to our table several times to see how we were doing. They don't do the buffet for lunch anymore, but we were told they have $5.95 lunch specials. Prices were reasonable too; the two of us had all listed above as well as a beer and the bill was $50. You gotta check this place out...NOW!
My wife and I have eaten at The Everest Kitchen several times now and always thoroughly enjoyed the food, but that is not what motivated me to write this review. We are traveling to Tibet, Nepal and India in a few weeks... so when I decided to throw a bon voyage party (which was also a surprise birthday party for my wife) I wanted the food to honor the trip we're about to take. The owner, Mohan, was extremely helpful with selecting the right menu, staying within my budget while making sure we had enough food, and working around my schedule to make this all a surprise for my wife. The party went off without a hitch and everybody absolutely loved the food! Now I look forward to eating at Mohan's restaurant in Kathmandu in about a month.
Great place to host a large group. They have a huge central table. We recently did a Bhutanese themed party there. Mohan even made up a special batch of Amadasi, the national dish of Bhutan. It was deeeelicious. Highly recommended.
Two words. Saag Paneer. It has that je ne sais quoi... couldn't figure it out. But it was tre-yum!
We basically u- turned to stop in after seeing the buffet sign at lunch. We were too hungry to continue the trek up to the Ave! My man wanted Indian buffet. The sign said Indian buffet 6.95. Decision made. This place looks seedy from the outside (what can you expect across from a strip club?!) and pretty low brow on the inside- random artwork, knick-knacks, paintings, posters, etc. We were greeted right away and pointed to a table as we nervously looked at the "buffet". It was Chili Marsala with chicken, Tandoori chicken, Chow mien large noodle style, Naan, Paneer- but with no cheese?*, and some other veggie and lentil dishes. We were just too hungry to leave (ok- he was) and my dining friend really didn't know that there was better so we settled with a shrug. The naan was fine(but ran out), the server/owner attentive with the water, the low brow decor almost amusing/expected, and the veggie dishes ok. The savior was the sauce table that contained the plates. I am a sauce and dip person so I had fun putting the naan in everything and anything. There was one sauce though that I could not figure out if it was thickened cheese or butterscotch pudding- I don't think this is a good thing! Everest was ok... I feel bad because I see the owner trying really hard. I just don't see myself going back unless trapped on Lake City again and my stomach is eating itself. Stop in if you like.
