Sherpa Kitchen in Elmbridge

My husband booked for a meal for our 50th wedding anniversary. The booking was for 7.30pm we arrived on time but were left waiting in a crowded area for 15 minutes when we got our table we chose a starter of a tandoori mix for two , it was ok but we were disappointed that there was only one prawn in the selection, were we supposed to fight over it. However I chose a meal of minced lamb with potatoes for my main corse . When it arrived I had a bowl of potatoes with a small amount of shish kabab in sauce in the bottom. I called the waiter and he said that that was how they did lamb, so I called the manager and he basically said the same but accepted when I insisted that it wasn’t , in my opinion, what was stated in the menu ie lamb mince with potatoes not the other way round and that I didn’t want it and wasn’t going to pay for what amounted to a plate of potatoes. He did offer me an alternative but given the time differenceI wanted to eat my anniversary meal with my husband not ten minutes later. We have eaten there previous with a better experience. It is worth noting that what they describe as chapatti I would call roti.

Unbelievably friendly staff in this little owner run Nepalese restaurant. Extensive menu of delicious food. Had delicious chicken in yoghurt sauce with crisp garlic nan. Very tasty, light and fresh. Will definitely come back

Having been to Nepal a couple of times, we were interested to try this restaurant which we've spotted when visiting the Waitrose store across the road. The Nepalese flag flies outside and it feels authentically Nepalese inside. It is a smallish restaurant, intimate but not cramped. Staff were friendly and helpful. Our meal was delicious. Plenty of choice except for dessert where there were just two or three offerings. Not complaining about that since the choice includes the Holy Sweet pudding, justly praised by the previous reviewer.

Came here at the last minute to meet a friend. Had the most warm welcome!.. and the food was fab! I need Gluten Free food and there was plenty of choice. The waiter even checked with me that I could eat certain ingredients of what I had ordered. Amazing care that I don’t often find elsewhere. A gem of a find that I will definitely be returning to. Try the Holy Sweet pudding. Amazing!

We had an amazing night. It was a birthday celebration and we really enjoyed it. The food was delicious and exceptional. The staff were so hospitable and welcoming. I would like to thank Shekhar for looking after us.

Tucked away opposite Waitrose on the High Street I enjoyed my first visit to this small, intimate Nepalese Restaurant. Potato cakes to start and an excellent Methi Prawn for the main. Glad I saved some room for the excellent carrot cake dessert. Polite service and excellent Gurka Beer. Enjoy!

The staff were fantastic and all the food was great. This is a little gem in Esher and very reasonably priced. We will definitely be back

Had drinks here with my friend on a Friday night and it was reallyyyy fun. Loved the cocktails and the music too. They didn’t have a dj on that particular day but it still had a really great vibe regardless. They also played afrobeats which was a plus for me!

Great place in terms of going out on a weekend but it’s a bit of hit and miss. Can be busy or can be very quiet. Staff are very polite and friendly. Service is great but DJ could go better with the music!

Always delicious food served 😋 great place to visit with friends for a drink and chat

Ordered online and seriously disappointing. Firstly, portions way too small for the price Secondly, zero seasoning to rice & noodles. Flavourless Lastly, the hot & sour sauce which was 8.50!!! Is disgusting. Just do normal sweet & sour. It was awful!

We ordered via Just eat. Butter Paneer cost me £13.95 And d we received a tub full of gravy with 7 pieces measuring approximately 1.5cm cubes. No Value for the money. Very disappointed. Ordered from here multiple times before. Lamb chops used to be 3, now serving 2.

Food was slow due to short staffing but on a Saturday was a bit frustrating. We had a sharing platter buffet for a Christmas do and the food was ridiculously overpriced for what was given. Drinks are a bit pricey, can expect free pouring and thr odd free drink if you make friends with the owner/manager

Had a Christmas evening meal with large group. Atmosphere ok, drinks expensive, food service fractured as dishes arrived at a slow rate. In all a very expensive evening for what was an average meal £130 per head. Merry Christmas.

Ordered take away through PH, previously had been great. Dishes not as described. Chicken tikka was not chicken breast as described and looked like it was cooked in water and not a clay oven. The chicken tikka had no sauce, again not as described and again used chicken thigh. The only thing edible was the rice. I called the restaurant and they said we will let the management know. This is not how you run a restaurant.

Had food tonight in this place Nash served us food was brilliant. Would rate it 10 out of 10. Thanks for your service deafly would recommend and I will be coming back

Fantastic quality Nepalese food with attentive service. Very good value too. Highly recommended the Prawn Asworya and a Gurkha beer! I always try and visit when I am in the area!

Myself and my husband ate here last night for the first time and it was amazing, the food was excellent and the staff were lovely especially Nash very friendly, we felt really relaxed to enjoy a lovely meal will definitely be going back

Quality food, lovely staff and a great time. Highly recommend

Lovely service, staff are lovely and friendly and the place looks really well maintained and decorated, will certainly come again!

Wonderful food excellent service Small intimate restaurant. Abundance of flavours with the spices used. Parking easy as car park not far away . Also prices are very affordable.

As of the previous review left I can say that is complete rubbish. I was on a night out with the company I work with for a summer works do. I go to the pounding heart quite a lot in my own time and messaged a doormen I know there 30 minutes before arriving explaining one colleague had a service dog ( in training) and would it be possible to have him join us and have an area closed for us to enjoy the night all together. The doormen arranged this with management and we was very greatful as they allowed us in an area that would normally be closed at 11pm which we was allowed to stay in until 1am. We was treated like royalty. Staff was amazing and accommodating even though his dog wasn’t being particularly well behaved. In my opinion there is nothing more the establishment could have done for us to have an amazing night. Many thanks, Jack Laxton

Came here for a friend’s birthday for cocktails and dinner and really enjoyed it. We arrived just after happy hour had finished but had called ahead and Ajay very kindly extended the offer for us to enjoy some of the fab Margaritas. Food was amazing (we chose mostly from the Indian selection). Ajay was a friendly and hospitable host and we will be back to try a few more dishes and cocktails!

I went to this restaurant for the first time last night, and initially it was great. Waiters/Waitresses were very friendly and one of the guys was very funny. I ordered the Mai Tai cocktail which was absolutely fantastic and the wine was apparently great as well. Starters arrived, genuinely some of the best Indian/Chinese starters I’ve had in a while - my only complaint with this place was honestly the mains; we had the chilli chicken, and ordered two of the other stir fries. The food was nice, but far too sweet. All 4 dishes we felt had been sweetened too much, which while it didn’t bother me and my brother too much, really put my parents off (who I came with). Overall, lovely place which despite having a big menu does have good food, a good atmosphere and good staff. The main food just needs to be less sweet. Thanks for a great night

Went in normally. Ordered a redbull with no ice. Staff very friendly, service is phenominal. Will certainly return. Would 150% reccomend to anyone who wants food and drinks. One of the best places in esher for food, drinks, and reunions. Love it.

We had a super evening, the food was delicious and the cocktails are fabulous. Ajay is great and I am really looking forward to going again soon, highly recommend.

Have reviewed before some years ago but have to say that the food and service is as good as ever. The food is deliciously but not over spiced and we can recommend in particular the "Chuli" dishes on the menu.

Early evening meal lovely table overlooking street attentive owner and delicious food Dimsum pat Thai and peppered steak really lovely and reasonable wine at £28 looking forward to going again

Ajay and all the team were absolutely amazing from start to finish and couldn't of been more accommodating. I booked a table/area for my friends birthday, there was 12 of us and we were well looked after. Cocktails were amazing, Dj was brilliant, atmosphere great. Definitely coming back to try the food. Thank you again for everything.

Best Indian in Surrey. Also does excellent Chinese and Indo-Chinese Dishes.

I last visited this restaurant many years ago. My wife was alive at the time and she thought the food at that time I was not of a high standard. As a result we never went back. I decided to see whether she was wrong and I went with another person to try it out. On entering the waiter was very pleasant we decided to live the menu to him. These are the dishes he chose. Chicken Khursani, Piro Lamb,Dhali Bluenta, Rashijlio Bhagwan, Plain Poppadum, He chose the Pinot Grigio and the cuvee Blanc And for the desert Sherpa special honey and ginger. Although this was an expensive meal with all of the enjoyed it and as the portions were extremely good we thought it was value for money. We will certainly

Delivery is just right next to the bar, it is a concealed entrance but lead u to a car park where you can easily turn...

Excellent food, always. Upstanding service. Another level. I can’t recommend enough

Great family friendly place. 🙏🏾💙👊🏾

Late Friday evening visit, after frequenting a micro-pub in Claygate, with two local mates. Both staff members were very pleasant and fastidious. Didn’t eat myself - merely had a bottle of the very nice Katmandu beer, whilst the others had Piro Lamb x2, Chicken Noodles and Naan breads. Good as always.

I NEVER complain in restaurants and hate to make a fuss, so this was first. I had to send food back because it was heated unevenly (tasted like they had put it in the microwave). Service was friendly but so slow. We had to wait 45 minutes to get our food, which was cold. Cocktails were expensive too. Has the atmosphere of a club, but it trying to be a fancy restaurant which serves Chinese and also Indian food. They should just do one thing and do it well. Interior felt tacky.

Got a take away from Deliveroo! So disappointing this restaurant was one of my favourites & would get weekly take aways! Chef must have changed. My favourite Prawn Ashworya totally different sauce -darker in colour and pretty tasteless. Lamb noodles -dry / huge chunks of peppers & bitter cabbage.

Great venue. Fabulous waiting staff. Sensible and friendly security staff. I attended a 30th birthday party and we had cocktails and a chinese set menu. Food was an abundant feast and top quality, certainly in keeping with other restaurants/venues in Esher who are well known for their good reputation. The set menu was £39 per person and I thought that was very good value given the quality of the food, service and venue. I highly recommend you visit.

Excellent food and atmosphere, staff were very friendly and helpful. Will definitely return

Wonderful Cocktail Bar. The atmosphere is absolutely amazing. Staff is very profession and welcoming form the moment you walking into the door. The cocktails are spot on, one of the best I ever had in London. Defiantly be back.

I've been going to this restaurant for almost 20 years and it's still absolutely fantastic. Great food, great value (including the wine list) and great service to boot. Potato cakes, pork dumplings and squid are essential as starters, the mooli chicken is my go to main. Beautifully cooked, with spice levels for all palates. Worth a detour as the guides say.

Popped in for a meal with a friend on a Tuesday. Lovely food cooked really well and full of flavour, very gratious and helpful host to help us choose the best things in the menu. You could see that on a Friday or Saturday night it was set up to be a great place for a social drink or dinner. We will be back. Chris and John.

Great food full of flavour. Very good selection of Gluten free and all allergens shown against every dish. Very friendly staff, we'll definitely be coming back soon

Delicious food. Fast and friendly service. Golf cocktails for fair prices. Will definitely come back!

Brilliant food and beautiful decor, will definitely come again!

Really nice takeaway. Janaki Prawns main, vegetable noodles and Aloo Ra Bodi were all excellent. Staff and service were as good as ever.

I went to Sherpa kitchen with my family for dinner out and it was This spot gives extraordinary service and yummy meals. The staff is always ready to help, the premises are extremely clean, the atmosphere is lovely, and the food is both delicious and beautifully presented and I would say is one of the best Nepalese restaurant in Esher.❤️ Can totally recommend it and will definitely come back again.

This place is amazing , food fantastic, staff fantastic, great nite and a boogie included, thank you pounding heart

Really tasty food and friendly staff. We popped in before the cinema and were pleasantly surprised. There was a great selection of food on the menu. I can highly recommend the wasabi prawns Will definitely return for dinner and cocktails 🍹

Just amazing authentic Indian and Chienese Food. The best food I have eaten so far. A must place to go.

I have been to Pounding Heart a few times. The food and service have always been excellent. The variety of the pan-asian dishes is great. The food is freshly prepared so you have to be patient. A great experience.

An excellent dining experience with perfect service!

Went after the racing for a meal. Food was great, very friendly, helpfull and attentive staff and management.

I had a takeaway at this restaurant consisting of prawns for starter which were over cooked and dry served with raw onion Chicken in yoghurt and spices with dry chicken and curdled yoghurt There was no flavour whatsoever let alone any spice The Nan was hard with no garlic What a shame ! I was expecting so much better

Had a great night with the family for my daughter’s birthday. Great quality asian fusion food, very fresh tasting curries and good cocktails! It was also to party and dance there after your meal with the resident DJ. Thanks to all the team at Pounding Heart for looking after us.

Soggiest crispy beef ever…and mushy egg fried rice…a no from me. Great prawn toast though! (Delivery)

We enjoyed a meal with friends here tonight. The food was tasty and authentic. I had the lamb that began with M. I forgot the name. It was nice but not spicy at all. The lamb was tender. We also had the pork bun starter as well as the fried potato starter. Both were good. We had veg of spinach and pumpkin. The pumpkin was spicy. My husband had chicken that came on a hot plate that was absolutely sizzling. It was good food but everything came separately. Rice was separate, as was naan, poppadoms, etc. the Nepalese tea was £4.50, which seemed a bit overpriced. The hygiene rating on the door was a 3, which concerned me a bit, but I didn’t see anything that made me cringe.

Interesting menu. However, overall found it disappointing, a poor range of beers. My chicken dish, the chicken was very dry and a little disappointing. My wife found the lamb shank a little too fatty. The other thing was it was not busy, and lacked atmosphere.

Really good Nepalese food, and one of, if not the best restaurant in Esher. I always get the chicken stir fried noodles, which are always consistently great. Really friendly service staff, especially Shieke, always cared for with a great atmosphere. I always recommend this to...

Big fan of Sherpa kitchen, all the staff are exceptionally nice and helpful - especially Shiek. The food is always delicious. Come here very often and would recommend.

Good quality food, plenty of chicken in pad thai, and yummy dimsum. everything was hot too but was a bit disappointed that there where no peanuts or nuts in the pad Thai as that is an essential part to the dish and thought for the price for food and delivery they could've included some prawn crackers on the house like most places do

The star of the show we felt was the food the lamb dish with almonds, cream and honey was sublime and the pork massa amazing as well. The rice was steamy and soft - like I could never make it at home. Staff are very...

Great service. My go to Chinese delivery service. Food is good quality and very rarely more than a couple of minutes late. Recommended

Food delivered on time and nice and hot

Ordered a takeaway for a family birthday. Meal was chosen and prepared by restaurant. Food was excellent, interesting and varied choices. All on time. Would recommend.

As usual, my heart is pounding pretty hard, worth it! <3

I find it difficult to find a nice Chinese take away that also has a reasonable vegetarian selection. This one had a few tofu dishes (could have a could more though) which is a few more than my local (highly rated restaurant). The food was very tasty, the kitchen delivered my request (a slight change to one of the dishes). Thank you All in all very satisfied and will definitely be ordering from the restaurant again. My only slight negative was length of time from order to delivery but I knew the time in advance.

Food and service was brilliant. Shek was our waiter and he was extremely attentive and recommended us some great dishes based on our tastes. Thank you Shek! We came across this place after we visited Esher after a go Karting event at Esher. Would definitely...

Very pleasant evening meal with an American mate, and some local friends at this fine venue. New staff member of two days, both highly affable and fastidious. Food, was tremendous - starters of salmon, chicken liver and king prawns - excellent. Mains and sides including...

A firm favourite of ours. Lovely meal and excellent service as usual. Khasi Tang (lamb shank with chick peas) fantastic.

Sadly, it wasn’t very nice. It just didn’t taste that good, strange flavours and too peppery. It wasn’t that hot when it arrived but it was delivered from a bit away. The choices near my location are poor for Chinese food. I wouldn’t choose to eat from Pounding heart again.

I visited this lovely family owned restaurant recently and this was the best meal we had in years. The quality of the food and flavours was outstanding. we would highly recommend it. We will be back.......

We visited last week and ordered half the menu - every single dish was excellent. I can’t emphasise that enough. I have had takeaways from here for years (collection) but this was the first time eating in. Really wonderful staff, excellent and authentic Nepalese food...

Found here while staying away for work. Looks small from the outside but plenty of seating and lovely atmosphere & music. Staff were amazing, very helpful and friendly. And I love the menu design, and info! Gorgeous! Keeps getting better after my Momo starter -...

First time using Just Eat. Delighted with how efficient the service was.

A real hidden gem of a restaurant in Esher just opposite Waitrose. Such a pleasant change from the usual Indian restaurant and very reasonably priced. The staff are always very welcoming and helpful making selections. I will definitely be back for a delicious meal washed...

Great starters, but crispy duck was disappointing. It came pre shredded so was very dry by the time it arrived. The good takeaways now give the option for it to come on the bone for shredding at home which makes it much fresher.

Very poor quality food and small portions for the price - especially the "platter". Food was delivered on time and still hot but unfortunately will not be ordering again

Absolutely rubbish! Rock hard pork curry no flavour rock hard mutton noodles. Complained no response except take off 20%service charge! Wow..been on loo all day please give this place a miss 🙏

Excellent food and service. I have eaten here a few times with friends and family. Always outstanding meals and at a price point lower than you'd expect for the quality and the location. We love it here.

My family and I have been going to this restaurant for many years and have always eaten excellent food along side fantastic service.This was when the owner denish and his wife Rita managed the restaurant but they have now retired and the service and food...

We were really looking forward to meeting with friends to celebrate a 50th Birthday celebration. I chose a lamb skewer starter. In a nutshell the lamb was on the menu as tender pieces that had been marinated over night. What I in-fact got was dry...

We had another delicious meal at Sherpa Kitchen on Saturday evening. Despite being very full & busy, the food and service were first class. All the staff are genuine, hard-working and attentive and we were made to feel special.

Still an exceptional restaurant with highly warm and friendly members of staff. Excellent service throughout. King Prawn Methi was excellent and the Vindi and Veg Noodles highly enjoyable.

Very bland flavors, even momos were lacking taste and texture. Lamb was hard and again begging for some sauce or kick. I have been in others Nepalese restaurants but maybe my expectation was high given the ratings. It was a disappointment for us. The staff...

Food was delicious but not very hot on arrival and there were only 4 prawns in the king prawn chow mein

Always excellent - many thanks!

First time user ,very enjoyable

Food was perfect as usual but there was an item missing. I rang up them up but couldn't get through so I left a voicemail to call me back, they haven't.

The size of the meal should be a bit bigger, more quantity

Excellent every week! Thank you.

Arrived quite late - around 8.35 pm on the Sunday, not realising that they closed at 9 pm. Just wanted a quick, main course meal, so a staff member, very kindly, allowed me to eat downstairs, whilst a staff/family/friends Nepalese Dwadashi Festival Party, took place...

What great food I will be back the best Asian food within a 10 miles radius 🍾🍾

Our 2nd time using Pounding Heart, 1st experience was excellent, 2nd experience was very poor at nearly an hour late despite 2 phone calls seeking an update. Sauces were also missing from crispy aromatic duck. Other dishes were lukewarm- very difficult to recommend.

Excellent food always - lovely friendly staff - so pleased that you arrived in Esher!

The Sherpa kitchen was not my first choice of food but oh was I pleasantly surprised. Fabulous evening with great service. Food was hot, fresh, tasty and plenty of it. The staff were delightful and service was excellent. I will definitely be returning.

Ordered food for whole family, was told it would be 40 minutes - arrived 40 minutes later and it was completely ready. No queue or waiting involved at all. Staff were very friendly. Food was hot and tasty, and descriptions on the menu were accurate....

I’ve been coming for a few years to Sherpa Kitchen and couldn’t recommend it highly enough! Really fresh, authentic food perfect for a family dinner or a date. Our servers Netra and Kushal were very helpful and polite.

Really good food and great service. I will be using this restaurant again

Amazing communication and great food, will definitely be ordering again