Everest Gurkha Chef — Restaurant in North Devon

We had booked for 5. We had to wait whilst the staff set up our table as the person arranging tables had overlooked that we were 5. The lady dealing with us was charming and apologetic. The food we had was fine. I had the Chicken Sekuwa as a starter. The chicken was very tender and the flavour lovely. I then had the Nepalese Lamb with a keema naan. I opted to have the heat as medium as it was our first visit so I didn't know the heat strength there. That was fine - some warmth but not enough to overwhelm the flavours. The lamb was good and the sauce tasty. The keema naan was fabulous. A fluffy naan and proper meat - not dyed red as you often see. Everyone else on the table liked their dishes. I tasted the onion bhaji, seekh kebab and Himalayan chicken which were good. The restaurant is BYOB with a £1.50 charge per person for the glasses, bottle disposal etc. The only gripe was with the poppadoms. On the takeaway menu a poppadom is 95p as are the pickles. In the restaurant they charge £1.99 for each poppadom, which they claim is the poppadoms and pickle. The 5 of us ordered 10 poppadoms. We got one pickle tray. I suspect it was the same size as you would get if you ordered 2 poppadoms. They should charge a price for the poppadoms and a separate price for pickles. As it was we were charged £19.90 for 10 poppadoms and a small quantity of pickles, which is daylight robbery. Next time we will not order poppadoms as that is clearly a ludicrous charge. That said, the bill came to about £27.50 each for the poppadoms, 4 starters, 5 main courses, 2 rice, 3 naan, a vegetable dish and the corkage for 5 people, so...

Having just moved back to north Devon from Dublin, I was terrified to be returning to a veritable culinary wasteland. Evertest Gurkha Chef however has proven themselves to be above par not just for the area, but for any Nepalese restaurant. The restaurant is tiny and unassuming and consists of 6 tables, which occupies half of the space, the sizzling kitchen dominates the other. The food was consistently delicious and bursting with flavour - I highly recommend the Sunsari Chicken and especially the Solukhumbu Ko Timmur (yes, I copied and pasted from their online menu! The effort was worth it if you try this dish!). The lamb in the latter was so soft and tender, it could not have been more melt in the mouth. Best of all it’s bring your own booze! A total winner and we will be returning here...

This restaurant is Tiny. BUT it has exceptionally good food and service. While coping with our birthday party of thirteen, one of whom was a two year old, they carried on serving other diners and take-away customers. The food was very tasty, sauces left in the bottom of bowls were wiped clean with Naan, they were that good. Vegetarians and carnivores alike were happy. We had a chef amongst us and she, equally, enjoyed the meal. The large oval dinner plates had been warmed and the 'corkage' fee was reasonable, (BYOB). Making it a very excellent celebration. The staff couldn't have been any more attentive or professional. Value, good food, good...