Mount Everest Restaurant — Restaurant in Berkeley

One of the best Indian/Nepalese Restaurants in the area! (5/5 green stars) Mount Everest is becoming my go-to local Indian/Nepalese spot. I think it’s on-par with my other fav local Indian spot, Flavors of India, and perhaps a little better for ambiance. Good selection of vegetarian and vegan options. If you prefer your curry on the mild side, they do a good job here with reducing the heat but keeping it flavorful. Last visit, we tried the Kacho Alu Tareko from the organic specials menu – potato with a thick coating of spiced chickpea flour, deep fried. I’d never seen that before and I’d recommend it if you’re in the market for a hearty appetizer. Also recommend the Malai Kofta and Navratna Korma. Reasonable prices and good service.

I’m also giving Mount Everest 4/5 “green stars” for social and environmental impact, based on these reasons: • A decent number of dishes are vegetarian or vegan. • They have a specials menu that’s all organic. • Could do with more local drinks selection (and no PepsiCo). • If you have left-over food, they package it in the typical Chinese take-out boxes. I prefer this to plastic containers but they are still polyethylene-lined so it would be nice to see an upgrade to completely compostable boxes. • Indian food is generally based on sustainable ingredients like potatoes and legumes (lentils...

I went their with family and two other families of my friends we got their by 8:45pm for dinner we order starter first they bring the starter and we did not even start eating the starter and one lady came and said order your dinner cause our kitchen is closing at 9:30 and we order dinner right away and they bring the dinner even we did not even finish the starter cause i have one 3 year and 5 year old with me I couldn’t hurry them to eat and table was full with food their is no space for even plates they didn’t not bring any plates or cuttlery we have to ask about it and when we ask for anything they start talking in their own language and then worst part when we did not even start eating dinner and lady came with bill and ask us about to go boxes because she said they are close and one man came from kitchen and turn off the light even we didn’t not even putt food in boxes I recommend people if you guys have kids with you plzzz ask for to go food spacialy if it’s dinner time and eat in your car otherwise you can not enjoy your food i feel like i waste my 200$...

I came for lunch. The ambiance was cozy-- large windows, soft music, beautiful strands of pothos plants hanging from balcony. The staff was friendly, if not particularly engaging. Chai was prrrrretty bland-- effectively warm, brown milk. I'm not entirely sure, because I wasn't interested in more, but the refills don't seem to be free here. It was cheap though: $1.75. Samosas were large but bland as well. Not very crispy. The mint chutney was tangy and relatively thick; the brown chutney was sweet with no other flavor-- but not bad. The butter chicken's creaminess was on point and the chicken was perfectly tender; I asked for it spicy, but did not receive it spicy at all, and, if you like heavy use of herbs or spices to bulk up the flavor, it might not be the butter chicken for you. The portion size wasn't bad.

Overall, not a bad meal, but, if you prefer desi food that smacks you in the mouth with potent flavor, I wouldn't recommend...