Sherpa Kitchen - Newtown

4 of us went to this restaurant on a voucher so got to try a lot of dishes and I would say all were of a high standard.  The momos are good as  was the  chicken sekuwa.  Am not usually one for too much vegetarian but the pakoda was nice and not oily at all, and to finish the entrees we had an ordinary sounding dish called potato chop which was delicious.  Loved the dosai.  For main we had palak paneer (not my fave but nice enough), veggie korma - tasty, butter chicken -  also tasty and the stand out being the goat.  Nicest goat curry I've had with good tender meat and taste.  Service was great but there were not a lot of customers and our girl was helpful with suggestions.  Would like to go back and try other dishes also.  This is a good place for people that don't like too spicy a meal and the ones that want some flavour.

I want sooooo badly to give this place a good review, but after our experience sadly I have to say it let me down big time.  We made a booking a week in advance for Valentines Day. We wanted to try something new and after seeing the menu online we thought we would give it a go.  When we arrived, we told the woman we had a booking and she started our order for takeaway. Eventually we got sat at a table. We ordered some Nepalese beers that were really good, and eventually had another round.  The problem here was the amount of staff. We had to stop the same girl several times to order, ask for water, etc. We felt so bad for her because with the 20 tables in the restaurant she could only do so much.  We finally ordered and the wait began. The couple next to us had extreme patience and had asked for things several times with no help.  We ended up receiving garlic naan bread and my partners dish, which was goat. We wanted to try something different. The food was amazing. Both of us agreed everything we ate was really good.  Our booking was at 7pm. By the time 8:45pm rolled around and my dish and appetiser had yet to appear, we gave up.  We walked up to the counter to pay for the food we did receive and to thank the one girl walking around working like crazy. We even gave her extra cash because we felt so bad for her struggles. They needed more staff especially for a holiday! The other girls working just stood behind the counter and watched this young girl struggle!  I was really looking forward to the food I ordered considering the other food we got was so good, it just ruined the date because I left without even receiving a Valentines Day meal!  My partner felt horrible, and the experience overall was a let down.  We decided we may try again when it isn't a busy day, or try and get takeaway.

We tried the veg thali and the Sherpa signature dish. The thali consisted on rice, a small portion of dal (gravied lentil stir fried portion of greens, one mixed vegetable portion(Sabzi) and chutney. The papad (fried lentil crisp) wasn't included in our plate while the menu states that it is a part of the meal. All the other tables received their thali's with the papad. Found it strange. We had to place an order separately and yet the mistake wasn't rectified.The sherpa signature which is slow cooked goat was good. Its served with flat rice but I substituted mine for rice. The combo felt too dry for my taste but nevertheless it was yum. A lot of people order momos.. They looked pretty tempting, but was full with all the goat meat.

Good food with plenty of flavour and variety. The service was good but the wait was ridiculous. The waiter was friendly but couldn’t really answer some dietary questions we had which is quite a concern. We ordered entreé and mains separately, and for a night that wasn’t busy it was a joke that almost took an hour for the mains to come out and a half hour for the entreé. Apart from that I do recommend the delicious traditional set and the unique north signature set with a complementing Nepalese beer. Lamb shank and lamb korma is also worth a try paired with naan.

I mainly chose a Nepalese restaurant for the momo. sherpas had thinner case than I used to it, but the cured vegetables in the inner were great. the chicken and rice was interesting, although the ziegenbriyani was much better. I suppose the serviettes are quite small. the lunch specialties seem a good one, but a few we ordered came with a free drink and I only realized later that we never get the drinks.