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    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen

    4.1 (264 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    Chicken Korma with 4 cubes of chicken and blah flavor
    Cassandra R.

    Y'all. We eat Indian on the regular. Many of our friends are Indian. We CHOW DOWN on Indian. This was the worst I've had. First, there was no music. When we walked in the server (the only person in the restaurant we could see at the time--6:30pm) said "just sit wherever you'd like, you'll see some tables are dirty." Why were they dirty? There were at least 4 dirty tables, so I'm not sure what was going on there. We ordered drinks then food. Cold drinks are served in these neat metal cups. Food is served as expected, in metal "family style" containers. The samosas were greasy (beyond greasy). The mint chutney had green dye in it--I'd never seen anything like it! It kept coloring rice, the samosas, and our teeth. Totally bizarre. And the flavors were all wrong. My husband ordered a tea at the beginning of our visit and as we finished she brought the tea over. We love chais and drink them whenever possible, so to have one overwhelmed with seasoning and not sweetened at all was nauseating. We both tried it and left it full on the table. It passed my 12 hour test (I didn't get sick) but we did leave promptly and go eat somewhere better (check my reviews to find it). Overall, a hard, hard pass for future.

    Chicken Tikka Masala
    Miss K.

    Food was hot, just wasn't flavorful. It's sad because I wanted it to be good, it just wasn't.

    Naan Bread
    Jonathan R.

    I wanted Indian food but wasn't able to go anywhere due to my car needing repairs. Checking Uber eats, I saw that Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen was an option. I've heard of it but I'd never been to it. My curiosity prompted me to try them. Chicken tikka masala was the obvious choice and I also decided to order naan. The restaurant is a considerable distance away from my house so I expected a longer wait for the arrival of my order. I believe the wait time was supposed to be 30-55 minutes. I'm not sure when the order arrived but it didn't seem like a particularly long time. When I picked up the order from outside, the food still felt really warm. I have to say that I'm not much of a spicy food eater. My chicken tikka masala spice choice was mild. I believe you get to choose from mild, medium, spicy, and extra spicy. The mild was just enough spice for me and I loved it. It smelled so good and the flavor didn't disappoint. The naan was delicious as well. It was fresh and cooked to perfection. I will have to try this place again. The first time was a 5 star experience.

    Hot and Sour Soup and Garlic Naan

    Super food. Hot and Sour Soup with Garlic Naan. Then Steamed MoMo Chicken(dumplings). I ordered the soup spicy. Good food. Good service. Only knock would be the ambiance was lacking. Pro Tip-- save some soup to use as a dip for the MoMo

    Bart J.

    4 star food. 2 star the way you order food and the QR Code menu lacks a lot of what the takeout menu has on it. For example: tandoori chicken on printed menu but nowhere on the digital menu. We got butter chicken, lamb vindaloo, naan and samosas which were all good. The QR code menu you have to scroll on your phone then pay and tip before any food or service rendered. Then they ask for a lot of info to finally pay. Very cumbersome in my opinion. It also costs them $ as you will not go through the process twice to order anything else you might like. Service was dropping off the food and no return to table which was fine. Not sure we would return to eat here. Yelp had a buffet listed but none when we went for lunch. Must be outdated on Yelp.

    Papdi Chat  VEG CHILLI MOMO
    Palveen L.

    This place has a very authentic appeal. Restaurant s decorated keeping in mind the Nepalese festivities. We ordered appetizers for a small snack meal which included veg chili momos, papdi chat, pani puri and veg spring rolls. They were out of spring rolls and they happily replaced with vegetarian chowmein. After these fulfilling dishes , We ordered masala chai and Salted lassi! Only thing we were left perplexed by is that there is no one to greet you and you have to order food it at self service kiosk. Even though it disappointed me in start , but their food made my day! They did have posters their which said "Let us cook delicious food for you , pardon our service" . For me , this was their honesty and awareness of the situation. I would 100% recommend this place!

    Scott R.

    Small. Unusual. Multi-cultural. Homey. Comfortable. Warm. Inviting. Spicy. SPICYYY. Creamy. Tasty. Yummy. OMFG! DELICIOUS!

    Not looking clean.
    Irene P.

    Failing health inspections score because they thaw the chicken in the sink. They have chicken on the floor? Filthy kitchen! Nothing is clean in the kitchen area. If you happen to peek through the curtain and actually get into the see the kitchen, it is the filthiest kitchen I've ever seen in my life, dried food on the walls, bathrooms are filthy, broken doors, and smells bad. left the dirty dishes from previous customer, waitress touches the water you drink from with her hands in the place where your mouth would go, so be sure to use a straw. Lots of cross-contamination and poor hygiene practices.

    Aloo broccoli

    I ordered Aloo Gobi and my son ordered Chana masala. Instead of potato cauliflower, I received potato broccoli. I don't know if they ran out of cauliflower and decided to substitute. If that is the case, they should have told me and asked if that was okay. I would have ordered something different. Not likely to return.

    They inform no service. True. Delicious food? No way!

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    Always good food and friendly service. We love their buffet! Even our kids eat it. Their take out is always hot.

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    Not really a dine-in place, mostly take-out. The food is great. Reasonable prices. Return again and again.

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    That did not taste like Indian Food at all. The service was minimal, due to having one person on staff.

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    Ask the Community - Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen

    Do they deliver?

    Yes we do . Thank you

    Does Yak serve alcohol?

    Yes. We do . Thank you

    What hours is the lunch buffet, and do they serve it on weekends?

    11am-3pm everyday. Thank you

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    Himalayan Nepali Cuisine - A bite or two of everything I could fit from the buffet!

    Himalayan Nepali Cuisine

    4.5(24 reviews)
    6.4 mi

    Well a quick lunch with the Mrs a rare weekday treat as I was on that side of town. Swift phone…read morecall and we decided to meet at Banzi Japanese next to Wemos. Arrived and surprise, they are gone and now this place has sprung up. We decided to give it a try, upon entering the smell was delightful and the fella that greeted us was bland. Opted for the lunch buffet as a way to get introduced to many of the dishes here. Food was dull and cold, very sparse and almost like we were 10 minutes from the end of the day. It was noon. Tea was sweet and served in copper looking glasses nice and cool, would have enjoyed refills. Dude working front was only person we saw and may have been there alone, didn't see any real activity from kitchen area. We were the only seated customers. Several folks came in and got take out orders ordered ahead and one guy got 2 buffets to go, never saw any more (fresh) food make its way to the buffet while we were there, odd. For the price and quality I may try the menu but the buffet is a no from here on out. May just be me but this felt like we were allowed to dig through leftovers but charged a premium price.

    So good! We actually arrived before they opened, but the server graciously offered for us to go…read moreahead and sit while they stocked the buffet. The food was delicious and flavorful. My photo isn't particularly pretty, but you can see I got 2 bites of everything I could fit in my first buffet trip so I could decide what dishes I wanted to enjoy more. (Which I did!!) Enjoyed the sweet cultural music videos that played on the TV. We don't live here, but would definitely eat here again if we were in Mobile!

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    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen

    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen

    4.3(114 reviews)
    12.8 mi
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    Amazing Food So glad we found this place in Daphne…read more It my favorite for Indian cuisine

    I really hate writing bad reviews but I also hate paying money for poor quality food. Customer…read moreservice was good and I will say this place was better before the pandemic when they had the buffet but what I had recently was some of the worst Indian/nepalese/Himalayan food I've ever had. I ordered the dal fry, vindaloo vegetables, and pakora. The dal fry was the wateriest/soupiest dal I've ever had with absolutely no flavor. The. Vindaloo which is typically a rich red color , that is savory and tangy and spicy looked like a bland curry they just added a little vinegar too. It had none of the complexity of flavor you'd expect, was poorly salted, and tasted like they just threw in a bunch of chilly to make it spicy. The pakora was ok, though not at all crispy, more thick and doughy and soaked the bag in oil. What was most appalling was the mint chutney which was an unnatural form of green, tasted watery, and stained all the food green. I don't know what they're putting in that but when you make mint chutney with mint and cilantro and natural ingredients, it doesn't look like that and it tastes a whole lot better. I don't know if they're getting by making low quality food because there are limited options in the area but this was really disappointing.

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    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen - These are so so good.  Not sure what they are but the dipping sauce is amazing.  Yeah, I just realized what they look like but no.

    These are so so good. Not sure what they are but the dipping sauce is amazing. Yeah, I just realized what they look like but no.

    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen - Coming in for Yaks...

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    Yak The Kathmandu Kitchen - indpak - Updated June 2026

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