Everest Indian-Nepali Restaurant — Restaurant in South Burlington

The only times we go ahead and write reviews is when we want to be fair to the future customers coming to the place because the food is exceptionally bad and we feel robbed. We do not intend to offend any readers except the owners of this place.

From the reviews and ratings, we decided we would like to try out this place. Considering we have had our fair share of Asian/Indian food growing up and coming from an Asian/Indian background, we known our spices and recipes pretty well. We have well-travelled and tasted our cuisine in numerous places and on numerous occasions. We have our family in restaurant business that knows their expertise very well. We obviously cook similar dishes ourselves at home. It could not be a “more” authentic and relatable experience for us to render a comparative analysis here.

We ordered: Veg Pakora, Chicken Dumplings Fried, Lamb Curry, Chana Masala, Garlic Naan, and Pappudum. Rice was complimentary with Chana Masala and Lamb Curry.

We opted for mild to high spice level. We do eat heavily spiced food at home.

Portions are pretty small for the prices. Prices are what are average.

Overall Rating: Poor taste and unappetizing.

Veg Pakore were not fried but seemed baked or air-fried. Pale in taste and average.

Chicken Dumplings had to be returned immediately. These also seemed like they were baked - dry on the outside and not juicy/soupy like regular dumplings or pan-fried. Additionally, the chicken tasted funky and it was literally stone-cold inside upon touching. We assumed it was frozen and stored. Later thawed and forced to bake before serving.

Lamb curry was okay but the meat seemed a day old. The meat was stiff and not fresh. Possibly cooked and frozen for storage as well.

Chana Masala was good. It’s sauce seemed basic with no flavor or spice profile to deliver.

Garlic naan was okay but seemed slightly cold. Last thing we want is our bread to be cold too. Ugh.

Pappudum was basic and tasteless.

Our verdict - We do believe that this restaurant caters to the “Americanized” taste in food. We our offended at their audacity to deliver such pale and lacking food to the diverse crowd that it caters to. Best bet is to just stick to the Nepali food in this restaurant - probably if you still want to go there. The worst thing their food could give us was food poisoning from using stale ingredients.

We did not request a refund and gave no tip. Sadly we won’t be coming back...

Ive been here 3 times and everytime it has filled me with tasty food and emotions. Its affordable and very quality, worthwhile ethnic food.

My first trip here I was with my mother and we both got mango lassi's to start us off. We ordered 5$ vegetarian samosas and they came with a sweet sauce that complemented it perfectly. I orded the Lamb Korma, a curry with a puree of cashew and tasty spices, I dipped buttered naan bread we ordered in it and I was in paradise.

The next time was just as enjoyable, we ordered the delicious mango lassi drinks again. Though tbis time I ordered a normal lamb curry that was a bit more traditional and spicy but very packed with yummy flavors. We got things similar to samosas that dont have wheat in them and were orange/red on the outside.

The last time ive gone so far, (tonight. the picture is from this time) we got many dishes and shared them instead, family style. Very much to my satisfaction they accommodated and brought out additional anything needed, they were more than happy to let us split dishes. I mafe my friends try the mango drink, they loved it. They tried the lamb korma i got the first time and dipped the delicious naan bread in it, needless to say, they rejoiced at their blooming tastebuds. We all tried some of the tandoori chicken, a interesting style chicken dish. We got chicken samosas this time and a few other dishes to share among us. The bill was less than 55$! And we were stuffed, after a long day of biking no less!

The waiters and all general staff were extremely friendly and accommodating, I felt like I was dining at a friends house this last time, im truly satisfied.

Thank you Everest Indian Nepalese Resteraunt! 5 out of...

How was the food here? I don’t know because I never got to try it. This restaurant is clearly not ready for customers. Arrived to find the restaurant about 3/4 full. No sign of any host or server. When one finally came out, she ignored us during the time she was on the floor. The second time we were able to ask whether we should seat ourselves or wait. She gave us menus and seated us (just two of us) at an 8-top. After 20 minutes, no one had come to take our order, check on us, etc. But that wasn’t the worst part of it. The worst was all the other very frustrated, angry customers surrounding us. I watched three separate customers stand at the door to the kitchen so they could get the server’s attention! They had to basically pounce on her because if they waited at their table, they would be ignored. My husband thought he heard the table of four saying they had been there for more than an hour. They received some dumplings, but then the waitress came out and asked them what they had ordered! We took that as our cue to leave (without even the chance to order). After leaving, we saw another frustrated, angry set of customers leaving, and also read some reviews from customers who waited two hours and never received their food! If I ever go back, I’ll revise my review, but this restaurant needs a ton of work! I’ve never encountered such a failure of restaurant service. The food looked good from the little I saw of it. (Only about 2 out of 10 tables had food. The others were all waiting...