Ayo Gorkhali — Restaurant in Stafford

Short review: Very flavourful and tasty food, fairly priced, and great service. Would highly recommend for evening meals and special occasions

Long review: Came here with my girlfriend for dinner. She goes very regularly, and I had been a few times. I ordered the chicken shashlik, and she ordered the chicken korma. Between the two of us we also got pilau rice, lamb momos, and garlic naan bread

The momos were very juicy, and had a lot of flavour. They went very well with the curry dip they came with. Some of the best dumplings I've had, and I would highly recommend this starter

The chicken shashlik was colourful and vibrant looking, with the marinated chicken and a range of fresh looking vegetables. The chicken was very juicy, and tender enough that my knife cut through like butter. It tasted like it had been marinated for a long time, because the yoghurt and spices penetrated all the way through the meat. The saltiness of the chicken was balanced by the light acidity and sweetness of the tomato based sauce. The dish also came with some shredded cabbage, a tomato slice, and half of a roasted onion. The onion was roasted to the point of being sweet, but still had a bit of crunch left. Overall it tasted like a dish that was made with a lot of care for the ingredients, would highly recommend

Although I didn't eat the korma myself, my girlfriend said that it is her regular dish. She let me try a piece of chicken, which was similarly tender and flavourful. The korma had a very nice sweetness from the coconut, and the sauce had a nice texture.

The garlic naan tasted fresh and had a nice crisp to it, and the pilau rice was perfectly cooked with some very light seasoning added to compliment the stronger tasting dishes

While the food did arrive slightly later than we had expected due to an error on the system (not the staff's fault), we were offered some free drinks as an apology. The staff were overall very friendly and attentive, as I've always noticed when I've been to this place before.

Definitely worth a visit if you haven't been already. The best Nepalese food I've had, and one of the best restaurants in Stafford. The food is priced very reasonably especially considering the quality, and the food itself is...

Decided to visit this Nepalese restaurant after reading the great reviews. Disappointment all around. First got seated right by the door even though there were more spaces available. As you can imagine, every time another customer arrives, cold air reminds us there is a very cozy and warm looking restaurant just next door. So we asked to be moved away and we were taken in the back room to be seated for the second time. Menus felt sticky and quite "well used". We placed our order starters, mains, bottle of wine and table water. The wine was brought to us in a wine cooler full of water and as you imagine, every time the the wine glasses were refilled, the table got covered in water. The water had to be requested multiple times and was brought to us in a pint glass, room teperature. We witnessed starters being given to customers who hadn't ordered yet, then taken away and served to a table right next to them. Same with mains, it was almost like you had to raise your hand as the food came out of kitchen that looked like yours, to have it brought to your table. One server spoke and understood no English at all, the other was running all over the place, bumping into people. My cutlery was placed by him holding the "teeth" of the fork in his hand after I had witnessed him walking and touching his nose (good thing I was planning on eating the authentic, eat by hand kind of way). Disorganised, messy and disapointing, did hear an excuse that they are new to the place. The main server never took off his puffer jacket, again, not a big deal but it does give the place a very cheap, run down kind of feel. Food itself was ok, nothing...

This was the second time we had visited the Ayo Gorkhali - our first visit was unsuccessful since we had not booked and they were full.

This evening, however, we were able to get an unbooked table and we were not disappointed. Neither of us had been to a Nepalese before, and the selection was a little overwhelming ; so we cheated and opted for the Nepalese dinner for two - a set meal consisting of a mixed starter and main with three dishes with rice and mixed vegetables.

The starter consisted of Bhutan Pork, Lamb and Pork Momo, Veg Chhoiyla, Samosa, Alu Dam, Salad and Achar - most were new to us, and all were really nice.

The Main was Pork bhutwa, Lamb Curry, Butter Chicken, Boiled Rice, Pilau Rice Dal, Nan and Veg - We tried a bit of each (finishing the Butter Chicken) but there was just too much food to finish (they were kind enough to box up what we had left). We had also been told after the dinner arrived, that if we wanted any more of anything, we should just ask and they would refill the bowl - awesome!

Service was polite and kind but there was quite a delay between ordering and receiving the starter course - the gap between starter and main was longer than normal, but welcome as we got a chance to let the starters settle :)

Food choice, drink choice and the whole setup of the restaurant was excellent. Staff were very friendly and helpful.

You are well advised to book - we only saw eight table groups, ranging from two to eight seats, so the max head count is small - and the restaurant is...