From our kitchen to yours
Menu guides, catering stories, community events, and what's cooking at Himalayan Restaurant.
Featured Join us in Niles for a single-elimination chess tournament open to all ages and skill levels. $300/$150/$50 prizes, lunch buffet included, registration $30. Register by Sept 9.
Niles Founders Day is Saturday, August 29 at Golf Mill Park. Here's how to plan a real family dinner around the fireworks — momo, combo meals, and take-home trays from Himalayan Restaurant.
Why momo went from a Himalayan staple to a global obsession — its journey through India, its rise in America, and how Himalayan Restaurant makes and ships it nationwide.
Corporate catering and Labor Day catering in Niles, IL — office lunches, party trays for up to 100 guests, and a private event space, from Himalayan Restaurant.
Affordable, authentic Nepalese and Indian food near Columbia College and Roosevelt University — momos, thali-style combo plates, and vegetarian options a few blocks from Grant Park.
Looking for the best Indian or Nepali food in Niles or Chicago's South Loop? Here's your local guide to Himalayan Restaurant's two locations — menus, must-try dishes, and what makes each one worth the trip.
Planning a party of 25 to 100+ guests? Himalayan Restaurant has catered Diwali, Dashain, weddings, and work events across Chicagoland for over 20 years — here's how we make it easy.
Celebrate Diwali and Tihar with authentic Nepali and Indian flavors — festive dine-in, family meal combos to go, and office catering from Himalayan Restaurant in Chicago and Niles.
Himalayan Restaurant served Nepalese dumplings, Chicken Tikka Masala combos, samosas, and kulfi at the 2025 Taste of Park Ridge food festival, July 10–12.
Is Himalayan Restaurant a good place for vegans? The answer is a resounding yes. Here are our 10 most-loved plant-based dishes.
MOMO — a word that triggers hunger the moment it's spoken. A love letter to Nepal's iconic dumpling: nostalgia, spice, and why one bite is never enough.
What is momo? A guide to Nepal's beloved dumpling — its history, the many types from steamed to chili momo, plus our full chicken momo recipe with achar sauce.
Searching for the best Indian buffet near me? Himalayan Restaurant's Weekend Grand Lunch Buffet in Niles — $21.95/person, every Sat & Sun 12–3pm. All meat we serve is Zabiha Halal.
Tikka Masala, Makhani, Vindaloo, and Palak Paneer pizzas — spiced but not spicy, kid-approved, and exclusive to our Niles location. Pizza night, elevated.
Big Plate and Grand Plate — pick your entrees, get peas pulav rice, naan, and gulab jamun dessert, served fast during lunch hours at both Chicago South Loop and Niles.
In May 2015, our community came together at Himalayan Restaurant in Niles and raised over $22,000 for Nepal earthquake relief. This is the story — and the full donation record.
How Himalayan Restaurant catered a 55-guest baby shower including Jain-compliant dishes — no onion, no garlic, no root vegetables. A look at how we handle special dietary catering.
A Chicago beer writer visited Himalayan Restaurant to pair beer with Nepali and Indian cuisine — vegetable biryani, daal makhani, and more off the buffet.
Chicago food bloggers toured our Niles menu — momo, the weekend buffet, the sizzling Mix Grill with fish tikka, falooda dessert, and Haywards 5000 beer.
The Daily Herald reviewed Himalayan Restaurant in 2011, praising our chicken makhani, goat khasi ko masu, naan from the tandoor, and homemade mango ice cream.
111 million people watched Groupon's controversial 2011 Super Bowl ad featuring our fish curry. Then the Chicago Tribune came to Niles to answer one question: is it really amazing?
New to Indian or Nepali food? A Chicago food writer's guide to Himalayan Restaurant — what to order first, from momo and butter chicken to lassi and the lunch buffet.
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