12 editor-picked nepalese restaurants across 6 cities.
A guide to nepalese restaurants worth a trip, by city. We list operators, signature dishes, and the rooms locals book first.
Tours, tastings and classes from the cities on this page, bookable on GetYourGuide.
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The best-scored nepalese place in each of 6 cities.
Gorkhali Kitchen in New Tampa holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for Himalayan and Nepalese cooking, with steamed momos and big-bowl thalis the table builds.
OrderA plate of steamed buff momos with chili sauce and the chicken thali platter for two.
TipThe strip-mall room is unassuming; bring a group and order across the thali, momo and biryani sections to taste range.
Himalayan Bistro brings Dawa and Tashi Sherpa's Nepali, Tibetan and Indian cooking to Council Tree Avenue in Fort Collins, est. 2016 at Front Range Village.
OrderA plate of momos, then a Sherpa-spiced curry
TipThe owners come from Nepal's Solukhumbu Valley and also founded Mt Everest Cafe in 2004; order momos before anything else.
Kathmandu Momo Station serves Himalayan dumplings and Nepalese small plates downtown, open late and cited as one of Omaha's most underrated casual kitchens.
OrderSteamed momo dumplings: the filling changes daily and the kitchen makes them by hand each morning.
Yalla Momos steams momos and jhol momo behind Park Regis Hotel on 4B Street in Al Karama, Dubai, with an Indo-Chinese menu of noodles alongside.
TrySteamed momos
TipOrder the jhol momos, served in a spiced broth, or the cheese chilli oil dim sum.
Bhansaghar sits at the tip of Humayunpur, Delhi's Northeastern food pocket, cooking Nepali food: a Thakali thali, duck curry, kothey momo and jhol momo.
OrderThe Thakali thali with a plate of jhol momo on the side.
Why locals goIts name means kitchen in Nepali, and at the tip of Humayunpur, among the Northeastern cafes, it cooks a Nepali Thakali thali, duck and jhol momo.
TipOrder the jhol momo alongside the Thakali thali; there are two levels of seating in the small room, and ordering is done online.
Nepali Kitchen on Julu Road in Shanghai has served dal bhat, curries and momos from a three-storey lane house since 2001, run by native Nepalese owners.
OrderDal bhat set and the fried cheese balls.
TipAsk for the raised floor seating with cushions; the ground floor of the lane house is a cafe and bar.
Gorkhali Kitchen in New Tampa holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand for Himalayan and Nepalese cooking, with steamed momos and big-bowl thalis the table builds.
OrderA plate of steamed buff momos with chili sauce and the chicken thali platter for two.
TipThe strip-mall room is unassuming; bring a group and order across the thali, momo and biryani sections to taste range.
Himalayan Bistro brings Dawa and Tashi Sherpa's Nepali, Tibetan and Indian cooking to Council Tree Avenue in Fort Collins, est. 2016 at Front Range Village.
OrderA plate of momos, then a Sherpa-spiced curry
TipThe owners come from Nepal's Solukhumbu Valley and also founded Mt Everest Cafe in 2004; order momos before anything else.
Kathmandu Momo Station serves Himalayan dumplings and Nepalese small plates downtown, open late and cited as one of Omaha's most underrated casual kitchens.
OrderSteamed momo dumplings: the filling changes daily and the kitchen makes them by hand each morning.
Yalla Momos steams momos and jhol momo behind Park Regis Hotel on 4B Street in Al Karama, Dubai, with an Indo-Chinese menu of noodles alongside.
TrySteamed momos
TipOrder the jhol momos, served in a spiced broth, or the cheese chilli oil dim sum.
Bhansaghar sits at the tip of Humayunpur, Delhi's Northeastern food pocket, cooking Nepali food: a Thakali thali, duck curry, kothey momo and jhol momo.
OrderThe Thakali thali with a plate of jhol momo on the side.
Why locals goIts name means kitchen in Nepali, and at the tip of Humayunpur, among the Northeastern cafes, it cooks a Nepali Thakali thali, duck and jhol momo.
TipOrder the jhol momo alongside the Thakali thali; there are two levels of seating in the small room, and ordering is done online.
Variety Momo Restaurant steams and fries Nepali dumplings beside Portsaid vegetarian restaurant, a small Al Fahidi, Dubai counter for Himalayan food.
TrySteamed chicken momo
TipOrder the jhol momo if you want the dumplings served in soup rather than the drier fried style.
Nepali Kitchen on Julu Road in Shanghai has served dal bhat, curries and momos from a three-storey lane house since 2001, run by native Nepalese owners.
OrderDal bhat set and the fried cheese balls.
TipAsk for the raised floor seating with cushions; the ground floor of the lane house is a cafe and bar.
Omaha4 places
Kathmandu Momo Station
Dubai2 places
Yalla Momos, Variety Momo Restaurant
Fort Collins2 places
Himalayan Bistro
Tampa2 places
Gorkhali Kitchen
Delhi1 place
Bhansaghar
Shanghai1 place
Nepali Kitchen
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