サワディーナマステ 長津田店 Sawadee Namaste Nagatsuda — Restaurant in Yokohama

About 40 seats in an izakaya atmosphere with a Nepali staff. Posted Wi-Fi is okay on the smartphone, but rejected by the Chromebook. Friendly staff with some English ability, too.

Curry of the day was a potato, chicken, and goya mix, which worked rather better than I expected. Base of the curry was not thick, but flavorful. Spice scale on the Japanese side of less spicy, so I should have gone a notch higher. Naan was flavored with that spice, perhaps tamaran? Mine was a bit unevenly cooked, though delicious. Salad above average, but I'm only going to call it a...

For such a local spot, it can get surprisingly full on a Friday night. The service was as good as could be expected of one server in a full house: He kept his cool and his sense of humor.

The atmosphere is well above that of a fast food restaurant: I felt comfortable staying for awhile, but not at first.

The food is phenomenal! Great variety and pleasantly adapted to local taste. As for the curry: spicy is spicy, but will not kill you. Normal is pretty mild and mild is quite sweet. The tandoori chicken rocks and the shish kabobs are uniquely made...

We ordered the garlic naan with two options of curry (butter chicken and dal sag) and cheese naan with butter chicken cheese and chicken sag. It comes with a salad and a drink. The naan cheese is really generous and filling. The curry is very thick and savory. We had to wait for about 20 minutes to get our order but it was...