Swim in bowls of Himalayan comfort food at this cozy curry house.
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What’s good? Big dishes of saucy curry and ice-cold bottles of exotic beer will bring home happy memories for U.K. expats yearning for the sadly rare British-style curry house. We gorged on paneer butter masala, a creamy spinach dish with lamb, dal makhani, plus a generous helping of rice and perfect crunchy-but-chewy naans. The cuisine is Nepalese-Indian, so diners can also opt for classics like chicken tikka masala.
As is par for the course at L’Everest, we also got poppadoms with dips (one creamy, one spicy, one mysterious), aloo tikki and nonalcoholic lychee shots thrown in.
What’s not? It took a little while to get served drinks on previous visits — though on this occasion it all went like clockwork.
Vibe: Warm; all deep reds and dark woods. The walls are adorned with prints of Nepalese scenes like mountain vistas, pack-laden mules and farmers working the fields, and the service was friendly and efficient.
Who’s picking up the check? The (hefty) main meals were around €18, naans €5 and a dish of dal about €13. Get all of that and you’ll be full for days — you’d be perfectly well-fed with a main each and sharing rice and naan. Not cheap, but not bad given the bougie location and the lack of competition for good curry restaurants in town.
Spotted: A rather sad-looking, perennially empty “Indian soul food” restaurant just across the road.
Insider tip: The faintly orange Nepalese beer is off the chain delicious.
Fun fact: Nepal is one of only three countries in the world to have a nonrectangular flag. The other two are Switzerland and Vatican City, both of which have square flags. (And worse food.)
How to get there: Step off the tram or bus at Vleurgat on Avenue Louise and you’re meters away.
Review published on January 9, 2025. Illustration by Natália Delgado/POLITICO.
