Comments on: The Kathmandu Restaurant review

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 03 May 2011 03:52:22 +0000

I love their lunch buffet. Its the best I’ve had anywhere in Salt Lake, and one of the best I’ve had nationwide. I drive down from Park City at least once or twice a month just to eat their buffet. The staff are friendly, helpful, and the prices are just right.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:07:31 +0000

Just as an update, I think the restaurant has now overcome its main difficulties. At least from my own experience. We have dined in and ordered take out on multiple subsequent occasions now. Everything has been good to great.

Just recently we also tried their lunch time buffet, 11.30-2.30, all you can eat, a good selection of items both meat and veg, plus a great price. Lunch for two with soft drinks was less than $20. I ate that much I barely even needed dinner that evening

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:58:11 +0000

Food tonight (weekday, dine in) was great as our first few visits. Food requested hot really packed a sweat inducing punch and everything had great flavour. Service was still a bit muddled and slow.

I think I stand by the original review with a caveat. The place can really produce some great food, and the service can be slow sometimes, they staff are totally amiable and eager to please.

Just be careful on very busy evenings.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:21:19 +0000

Simply put, the food at Kathmandu is the most delicious of its genre we’ve had in Utah. On Sunday I picked up a takeout order, and went back again tonight with my girlfriend. The Nepali items on the menu are slightly different than what our palates are accustomed to with Indian dishes, and it was a treat to take in the blend of spices. We sampled the vegetable momo, samosa, vegetable kofta, and the veggie Nepali Thali sampler (saag aloo, aloo kauli, quanti masala). The staff are very warm and charming, the service very good. The downside is that it did take an unusually long time for the entrees to arrive. This will probably deter us from eating there if we’re in a time crunch, but when we are in the mood to settle into the entire experience, we will go to Kathmandu.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:17 +0000

It does appear that consistency of food and service is an issue. I do stand by those first two visits. The food was excellent and I was rooting for them to pull through on the service issues. Looks like their own success is causing it’s own issues.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:41:34 +0000

No should do, Kathmandu. We went once and didn’t care much for the huge cafetria-like space nor for any of the dishes we tried, which turned out to be bland and unexciting compared to similar dishes in other SLC Indian restaurants. And the service was unusually slow for an uncrowded evening. So all 3 dining components – food, service and atmosphere – were disappointing.

By: Katheryn

Katheryn — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:11:02 +0000

We found the bread selections to be dry, instead of light and chewy. The meat dishes we ate were extremely dry with lots of fatty pieces. While the sauce wasn’t awful, it wasn’t very flavorful either. If you want good Indian food, we recommend Taj India in Murray on 4500 South and 900 East.

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:31:06 +0000

Our first takeout was great, on time, cooked fantastic. The last two times were poor, and the very last time just completely inedible. I was fairly shocked actually.

From that experience, I would completely avoid the busy times. The restaurant was just utterly packed and they seemed perhaps stretched to thin.

If you go at a quieter time, early-mid week dinner service, I would imagine it being a lot quieter, and they should be able to focus on you better.

I also have a friend who has been dining in weekly since they opened, he raves after every visit.

By: Muncher

Muncher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:54:34 +0000

Thanks for the update Stu. We will certainly try it but will go on an off night when they are not as busy. Do you think they drop the ball with the takeout? Is it wise to eat in the restaurant instead? I second Stu’s request of Katheryn, why didn’t you like it? I certainly respect your opinion especially since you and your husband have traveled, (I’m assuming in Nepal or surrounding areas), but your comment does not offer any constructive criticism and therefore sort of defeats the purpose of the blog. I have a friend from Nepal so I will try to get her to eat there and will report on her and our dining experience.

By: Stu

Stu — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:50:43 +0000

Takeout again last night (Saturday) and the place was packed. My to go order was a horrible shambles. Told 30mins but then on arrival at agreed time waited another 45mins. Finally got the food home and it was inedible, had to throw the lot in the bin and go buy a gyro instead.

Very dissapointed.