Keema
The Everest Nepalese Indian

The Everest Nepalese Indian

52 Home Street, EH3 9NA, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom

Sushi • Seafood • Asiatic • Fast Food


"this restaurant has long been on my wish list. as Indian and Nepalese cuisine lovers, I have tried almost all kinds of restaurants in edinburgh for this type of kitchen, except that which was closed during its normal working time without saying when it opens the customers again. fortunately, it finally opens again on Saturday afternoon when my sister passed it and noticed. So we decided to eat in the everest right away. / let us go directly with food first. we ordered chicken mama, vegetable corma and mushroom bhaji with simple naan. served as an appetizer after about ten minutes. it was freshly prepared with homemade tasty sauce and tiny ambalate. two of five knödeln seem to have been exposed to fragile pastries with fillings. Nevertheless, the noodles had solid fillings, but honestly we didn't taste a bun in the fillings. in comparison to momo was his beside sauce much more beautiful and tasty. its taste is like homemade, fresh and not hot with coriander on it. / soon we finished our momo, hoping that the waiter can quickly serve the main dishes. it took about ten minutes to find waiter in the restaurant, since at that time no one was on the desk. to the luck, a young man with a nice smile noticed that we finished the starter and came to give us warm big teller for our upcoming main dishes. soon the main dishes after the hot plate were placed on our table to keep curry aromatic and hot. I personally think that the offer of hot teller is very careful because many Indian restaurants have good curries, but they soon become too cold, so the taste deteriorates once curries become cold. / mix them sweet corma is absolutely amazing with generous portion and desicated cocosnuss. it is not creamy, in contrast to traditional creamy corma in some Indian restaurants. I personally think it is one of the best two corma in edinburgh (the other is namaste kathmandu.) the mushroom bhaji is also great and tasty. both main dishes are mild, which are good for us as a spicy intolerant people. yet simple naan relatiw was not very impressive. they were hard to cut and crispy. I am not sure whether they are overcooked by tandoori./ the menu includes a lot of choice options, including traditional Indian and Nepalese dishes. So you're all trying. the everest restaurant has a good job overall for both its service and for its eating. the chef knows exactly what he cooks and culture this kitchen. there were also many customers after we came to the restaurant that were usually regular customers. the young waiter who told us that he worked in the restaurant had particularly good service quality. I would highly recommend this restaurant to Indian and Nepalese cuisine lovers and in any case try other dishes next time."

Westbourne Tandoori

Westbourne Tandoori

42 Seamoor Road, BH4 9AS, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Balti • Asian • Vegan • Indian


"Is this considered fraud to change more on the bill then on the menu I wonder? £14.60 extra. Price on menu for food £46 and yet price we paid £60.60. For example; Chicken Tikka (off the bone on menu £11 yet we paid £16, Tandoori King Prawns on menu £17 yet we paid £21, Peshwari Naan on menu £4 yet we paid £6…and so on. I’ll upload the receipt for all to see. Apart from the Poppadoms that were not fresh at all and tasted of rancid oil flavour the food was good and well presented. Although served on black plates which I personally don’t like as I find it easier to enjoy the colours of the dishes on a white plate. The atmosphere seemed pleasant and the decor was appealing to my eye with this owner, and as we have been eating at this restaurant for at least 33 years I have seen the decor in many differing styles. I was taking my best friend of 38 yrs out for a 53rd birthday meal and so we were enjoying a good chat, and eating slowly to enjoy the food. Reminiscing for a starter of how we used to spend so much time in this restaurant and indeed now we have more time that kids are soon off to Uni etc. we must resurrect our Westbourne Tandoori nights. Unlikely now so we’ll be looking for an alternative regular restaurant. I am trying to think why they did this but alas I am at a loss. I don’t believe it has been done by mistake as towards the end we realised that it was too late for a dessert (fingers crossed the ice cream they once offered was the same and instead asked for two teas but was met with a very blunt response that the kitchen was closed. It was 10:20pm. I apologise and asked if he would like us to leave but we were told they were open until 11pm. We could also hear other guests chatting and relaxed again but thought it somewhat odd and just put his slight rudeness down to just having a bad day or just that sort of personality. We were late…ops. I had booked the table for 7.30 but my godson and son to my dinner partner wanted a lift into bournenouth which made us 15mins late but which a immediately apologised for upon arrival. So we arrived at 7:45pm and left at 10:45. They didn’t seem especially busy but I probably would not have noticed as we were in the end booth and busy chatting. Maybe they thought they could squeeze another dinner in if we ate quickly and left? However other guests arrived at similar time and stayed for a similar amount so probably not that. We were obviously polite not just because we just are but also because we had said we must try and come here at least once a month. We were quite slow in ordering as we were chatting but the second time we were asked what we’d like we did say. Again I am at a loss as to why I was over charged. We didn’t really feel we were annoying them by eating too slowly and enjoying the food. The waiters all were mostly very professional and polite so they didn’t seem bothered with us and others were also spending a similar time eating. It may however be we simply didn’t order enough food because sadly we are both rather slim and reasonably short and neither of us have a big appetite. We actually left a fair amount and so I apologised that we could not finish all our food but please let chef know it was lovely. We were planning on returning so obviously didn’t want to allow chef to think we didn’t enjoy the main meal. We did leave a small space for something sweet like ice cream and we were hoping that we’d be offered a dessert menu but alas we were not offered and because we were catching up on news the time just flew past and we suddenly realised the time and felt it too late to order ice cream. I am really rather disappointed and sad about the new owners of this restaurant as we used to go their nearly every week for many years in our 20s and have been returning for all our Indian Meals for at least 33 years. It sadly seems it is now time to breakaway and try a more honest restaurant until this owner sells and we can once again return. You maybe wondering why I didn’t say anything when the bill arrived as I did notice and therefore left zero tip. I just didn’t want to end my birthday meal to the mother of my godchild etc. with a row over £14.60. I am a good tipper of often 20% to restaurants that we know we will be returning as I was brought up that this act of generosity may very well likely be rewarded in the future. For example if we want to book a table on a busy night at short notice, and also due to the fact we are slow eaters with small appetites that would very much like a booth so we can feel more at ease having a gossip. The tip I was think on my mental arithmetic was going to be £10 on a bill I was expecting to be around £55. So from their view point they are up £4.60 but have lost £55 £10 tip monthly. Mind you they weren’t to know how loyal we once were to the Westbourne Tandoori. Years ago other guests would wonder who we were with the friendly welcome we once proudly received. We used to enjoy very much how the owner used to have a knowledgeable friendly chat and how we’d often get a free liquor with our coffees. (In our salad days of having a strong coffee at 10:30pm. Crazy! We had very many happy times at the Westbourne tandoori and I dare say that one day in the future we will again but sadly not while in the current owners hands. After over 33years of returning it is however sad that we must now stop. I do very much wish they were not so dishonest as if they were honest they would have got very nearly all the extra greed they desired and have realised we’ll be back. During those cold quite winter months we will be loyal. Ho hum what can we do but vote with our feet and walk away."