Flavor of Himalaya
San Marcos, CA · Indian restaurant
- Address
- Flavor of Himalaya, 727 W San Marcos Blvd #115-116, San Marcos, CA 92078
- Phone
- (760) 539-7184
- Website
- flavorofhimalaya.com
- Status
- Closed · Opens 11 AM
Flavor of Himalaya is a restaurant located in San Marcos, CA. It is one of 212 restaurants listed in San Marcos. Its 4.6-star rating is above the San Marcos city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
Hours
| Saturday | 11 AM–3 PM, 4 PM–9 PM |
Customer Reviews
Excellent food without exception: butter chicken, lamb saag, chicken korma, momos, biryani, garlic cilantro naan ... it's all good. Spice levels are well-calibrated: kids eat a 1 with no problem, 4 has heat without destroying the palate. Reasonable prices, a good atmosphere (though sometimes loud music), and good service, too.
This was our first time to visit this restaurant. We saw the great reviews and decided to try it out. We were not disappointed. The service was great from the moment we walked in. The staff was very courteous and took excellent care of us. Now on to the food; we had Naan Bread, Himalayan Salad, Karahi Chicken and Chicken Nivana. All the food was fresh, delicious and presented in a very appetizing way. The flavor was incredible and we ate every last bite of it. The portions were large and we had plenty to eat. The prices were very reasonable and we will certainly come back again. This place is a hidden gem of a restaurant, especially if you love great Indian food. Highly recommend you try it out.
Food was spicy for us even when we had asked for medium. They didn’t listen to our request of adding less oil/ghee/butter. Flavors were okayish. Garlic nan was delicious. Himalayan special nan was too sweet. Saag paneer was oily and spicy. Aloo ka acchar was not good. Daal soup was bland.
I ordered from this restaurant while in town on business. I ordered from dessert menu. The Rasmalai, Kheer Rice Pudding and Gulab Jamun were ordered. The Rasmalai was very good. The Gulab Jamun was very good as well. The Kheer Rice Pudding was tasteless, so I can't really say I enjoyed it at all. In fact I ended up tossing this in the garbage due to the tasteless nature. I would definitely recommend trying the Rasmalai and the Gulab Jamun but would stay away from the Kheer Rice Pudding. I'm not sure what happened since it looked good before I tried it. I hope this helps someone looking for dessert recommendations.
The food was passable, but not great in any way. Overall flavor profile was very one dimensional (the vindaloo for example was mostly just sour), and not complex like you would expect from an Indian curry, and the consistency of the curry was way more soupy than it should have been. Portion sizes were on the smaller side. The garlic naan did stand out as pretty good, but the portions were tiny especially for what they were charging.
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