The Himalaya of Chester-le-Street in County Durham

We had a fabulous meal in the Himalaya last night. A varied and interesting menu with loads to choose from. Every part of our meal was absolutely delicious and the service was fantastic. Just a shame for the staff that not more people using the restaurant and ordering take away instead. They really enjoyed talking to us and getting our feedback on the food. We will definitely be back. Thank you so much

Just had another delivery it was absolutely fabulous thank you

Great food, .very attentive host

Good food, but the coffee is not…

The kitchen washes their dishes using washing machine powder Not very good for hygiene purposes How do I know I worked in the kitchen.

Excellent restaurant and food. Beautiful meal

Absolutely fantastic, the food is excellent and the service is top notch....highly recommended 👌

Been a while but decided to get one of my old favorite meals and it did not dissapoint, food is very nice and the people are great

Ordered chicken tika masala food was mediocre but very very very disappointed with the amount of chicken 3 small squares of chicken and sauce was terrible I feel robbed of my friday night with my wife will never order again

Our favourite Indian restaurant in Chester-le-street! Authentic, tasty, consistent and fresh. Highly recommend the Madhav Puri - unbelievable. Takeaway are just as tasty as the restaurant meals, but the service you receive in the restaurant makes it well worth booking a table.

Food is amazing, & the staff are fantastic 👍

10/10 as always best Indian in the north east

Cancelling orders without reason given. Very disappointing. There’s also a price disparity between the diet and standard can of Coca Cola of 25% extra. The SDIL rate for this item is 6p, not 25p.

Ordered food online through food hub. It didn’t turn up, phone number didn’t pick up. Waited an hour and a half no food and got told from food hub to wait another hour

Shame for this restaurant, the food was nice and very affordable 👌, the waiter was friendly and welcoming. No one in there but us which was slightly sad and caused a lack of atmosphere. Hope the locals support them more often in future.

Delicious take away every time at a reasonable price.

I didn't get the chance to eat any food from here because when i rang up for a delivery the man who answered the phone didn't understand english so after trying to explain my address seven times I hung up and ordered from somewhere else

Always a great meal! The lamb balti is the best outside Birmingham I've enjoyed.

Just had a delicious takeaway. King prawn massala. Huge portions. The Keema nan had loads of Keema in. Definitely recommend.

Very amazing food but everything not real indian cuisine. Staff is very friendly and same time professional BUT there are some minor things that staff need to know about behaving with costumers, one of our waiter tap my shoulder twice while he talk. And he was very talkative even though we didn’t wish to hear.

Delicious Indian menu with plenty of choice, would recommend any day of the week

4 of us had a very enjoyable meal here. Friendly waiters, great menu choices, with dishes we'd never tried before. Delicious. Highly recommended.

Authentic delocious food , music Indian musak .Authentic....staff lovely

Amazing, lots and lots of choice. Fantastic food and service

Food ok , staff did their job, but it was all very serious, there were empty tables but seemed to want us out. We booked for 6.3pm.

It was ok, lots of parking near by (2 hours free at Tesco next door) food nice but service slow and not that friendly. Would I go again? There are better options in Chester so I wouldn't.

Ordered twice from here the last few months. Food has been excellent both times but have been left feeling I won't order again after waiting two hours for our delivery on the second order. Rang twice and spoke with restaurant half HR before we had food delivered to be told it was 5-10mins away then again 10mins before we received our order. Very bad service but lovely food. We won't be ordering from here again for the horrendously long wait on a delivery. 2* review is totally for delivery time as food is great!! Such a shame. Honesty goes a long way when talking to someone!!

Currys have really gone from strength to strength this year best on the street.

Small friendly intimate food was delicious definitely be back... Recommended

Amazing Indian food at a great price. Try the lemon sorbet it’s the best lemon sorbet I’ve ever had! So tart and delicious and served inside a lemon, clever.

This is around the 6th time I’ve ordered and not left a review. I can’t at all complain, I’ve never been let down ordering for collection or sitting in. Genuine, authentic tasting Indian food at a reasonable price. Even serve my favourite cobra beer whilst waiting for takeout. Thumbs up from me!!

Reasonably priced and good quality food. Currently my favourite indian in chester-le-street

Been to this little gem tonight with the Wife, food was 2nd to none service was amazing would definitely paid more than what himalaya charged thanks

Really nice food and they do spiced onions not that common in England

Friendly staff and very polite amazing food highly recommended

Best Indian meal I have had in a while

We tried the Himalaya tonight for the first time, we opted for home delivery. We ordered at 6pm and were given a delivery time between 6.55 and 7.15. The food was delivered at 6.50. It was piping hot. We ordered onion bhaji and samosa to start, we received 2 of each with 2 portions of salad and raita followed by a house special bbq chicken with mango sauce and a prawn dopiaza. The food was absolutely delicious, and we are sitting here stuffed! Well done, we will certainly be back.

This place gets better every time I go. I can highly recommend the lamb naga

Told my partner about this place. He ordered. Wish I didn't bother. *Awkward and hurried phone service. *Waited so long we ended up calling to make sure it was still happening. *Small order took 1hr15 mins instead of the quoted 45 max. *Order was then missing the rice. *Rice got "sent out" *20 mins later after still not recieving the rice (total minimum waiting time to eat 1hr 35 at this point), my partner decided to call up and he told them it didn't matter anymore as we had ate everything else by this point. We were wayy too hungry.. *food was also lukewarm but probably would have been lush, if it had have been served hot. -didn't do this for free food, my partner didn't even want his rice money back haha. I Just feel a bit mugged off cause I highly rated this place to my bf and they've right fecked the job.

We had a really good meal in a nice environment

Love this place, however the madras curry was really really hot this time

Excellent service and very friendly, helpful staff. A very well presented restaurant and the food was delicious with some lovely little touches. Definitely recommend and will be back.

Excellent well presented food, top friendly service by many staff who genuinely cared of the service being provided. Lovely restaurant itself. Would highly recommend and will be going back. 5*

We ate everything we were served. Very tasty. Tandoori mixed grill was lovely and the nan bread was lush.

The best. Beautiful food, great service.

Excellent service and good food 👌

Nice food and pleasant atmosphere waiter couldn't do enough for me and my wife, will definitely be returning

Ordered a selection of starters to eat in the garden as we like tapas. Enjoyed this and salad was really fresh

Chicken Tikka absolutely delicious. Lovely staff very welcoming . Service is great .

Excellent food, excellent service.

Had first meal from here tonight, absolutely delicious, prices as expected delivery on time and friendly, definitely recommend, will order again, guy on phone taking order very helpful

Really nice food, takeaway cartons were full to the top, good value for money.

Delicious, tasty. Good choices and fair prices. Friendly and helpful staff. Thursday and Sunday specials are a good buy.

Just ordered £40.95 worth of food and put £38 worth in the bin. Having used this take away several times previously and been satisfied I will personally never order again. Food was bland, lukewarm and took ages to arrive. In my opinion save your money and go somewhere else.

Amazing. Great Staff And Great Service Food Is Beyond Excellent And Would Definitely Go Again

Been a long time favourite of mine this place, I've always said I've never had a bad meal I ordered a meal for collection last night which cost in the region of £42 and it was a massive disappointment from starters to main courses and even Nan breads felt massively disappointed, if it had of just been one of the main courses are starters I'd had brushed it off, but it was everything the passion seems to have gone from their kitchens I really hope it comes back but I'll be going else where from now on until I hear it improves!!!

5* food best in the county never disappoints

Have always had nice meals in the past until tonight. Meal very bland with no taste. Ordered 2 starters both on puree but received 1 puree and half dozen chips? Although dont like curries too hot Bhuna was nothing like an Indian curry at all it had no taste. Is it a change of staff/chef. Will not b returning.

Not often that I get a chance to go here but always great service and the food is top notch everytime

Great atmosphere and good food thanks

Lovely food. Friendly service. Will definitely go again.

Been going here for years and best place for an Indian in the town centre

Nice food, reasonably priced, great staff, nice setting

I was looking for an Indian restaurant whilst staying in Chester-le-Street and came across The Himalaya. It did not disappoint. Everything that we ordered was packed full of flavour - over and above your average Indian restaurant. The lamb in one of our choices had a lovely smokey grilled flavour (rather than just boiled to death). My only quibble was that every dish felt heavily salted but I would definitely come back here next time I am in Chester-le-Street

Fantastic Thursday curry highly recommended

Doesn't break the bank, lovely food. Nice quiet restaurant. Does take out but you have to pick it up yourself.

Visited on the spare of the moment on recommendation from taxi driver and it was excellent. The service was a1 and the food was amazing. Highly recommend

Family of four , visited tonight. Website prices are different from the menu when you get inside. Very pricey for food and drinks. Service was ok . Almost at the end of my meal , I discovered something sharp in my mouth. It was some sort of plastic. I mentioned it to the waitress. She said she ketvthe chef know. We asked for the bill and paid in full . Nobody spoke to us about this an apology would of been accepted. Would never go back !! Very poor customer service

Shame it was so quiet, bait is cracking.

Food was lovely, well priced with lots of options. Only downside was how long it took to be served. Recommended!

First time here will definitely come again, excellent food, good portion size, staff friendly and nothing is to much trouble very attentive

Friendly staff and meals are always excellent. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone

Great quality classic Indian restaurant

Nicely located in a small town. Great indian food and service. Enjoyed the meals.

Fantastic food, absolutely delicious!

Excellent Indian cuisine with moderate prices, especially with the Thursday and Sunday menus

Had a great meal with friends late Saturday evening. Staff were extremely patient, nothing was a problem, even though it was last minute. Will definitely be back soon.

My favourite Indian in Chester le Street. And I've tried them all. I go here at least once per week. The restaurant is usually fairly quiet but food is top notch.

Every year we come to Chester-le-Street for the cricket and we always eat here. It never fails to impress - excellent menu, fantastic food, friendly and great service.

Wonderful tasty food. Amazing service with fantastic staff!

Go here all the time. My experience is that you are better off choosing something from the specials menu for something really tasty. The standard dishes are fine, I think for something extra go specials. Service usually fine 90% of time but when in a bigger group than 4 at busy times, service can be slow.

We like the food here. Never had a bad meal and we've had several get togethers for family and friends in the upstairs room. The staff are always friendly and helpful. Plenty of parking close by too.

We really enjoy the Himalaya! Lovely food & decent prices. The staff are very friendly & the place is spotless.

Price's are top wack for what you get

Had a good meal. Comfortable atmosphere.

Friendly staff, price is great and the food is always outstanding

An absolutely delicious place for a Indian

We really liked the food and the service, price was very acceptable too!

Belting Indian restaurant and take away. Our local and favourite. Highly recommended.

Excellent service, excellent food with a great atmosphere too

I would never step foot in this place again! We booked a party of 23 people. Paid £5 per head DEPOSIT which we were told would be deducted from the final bill as it is with any where else you go. When it came to paying for our meal they refused to take the £5 off each persons meal and said the deposit we had paid was a charging fee for the room £115 is very steep to sit in a room and put all the food drinks on top of that! We had to stand and argue the fact what a deposit actually is if we didn't turn up they keep it but every person turned up so there for the deposit should be tuck off the bill as there has been no loss to the company its self in fact they have made money from us and a lot of it! It tuck 4 people to stand and explain what a deposit was for them to eventually after half an hour of arguing and the member of staff repeating him self, (the manager being conveniently on holiday) in front of other paying customers (looks good for business) to say they would in fact give us the money back which was rightfully ours anyway! All meals came out at separate times people were still waiting for there starters when others had already had starters and mains and we were told this was our fault because people wanted individual bills for there family.. when in fact you could quite easily work out we needed 23 starters made first then 23 mains.. yes a large party but if you can not cater for a large party you should not take the booking. It was an absolute joke from start to finish. The meals weren't very nice curry portions are very small we usually order 2 curries at our regular Indians which feed myself my husband and two children you were lucky to get these curries to stretch to two people. Over priced food and drinks.. £13.90 for two cokes a cobra and a shandy is rediculous especially when they pour the coke out a 2 litre bottle infront of you. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone and will avoid at all point in the future.

Very good meal, thanks to Den for his recommendation

Best indian food in Chester le street hands down. Tikka Pathia one of my personal favourites. Very cosy atmosphere. Definitely would recommend!

Fantastic food, excellent value for money, very friendly staff. Well worth a visit.

Always 1st class food served here. Never fails to impress

Not much to look at from the outside, the interior is rather well finished and pleasant to be in, the staff friendly and polite and the food excellent. Portions are just the right size and everything we had was fabulous. No unsightly oily bits or unnatural colours, flavours delicate and dishes varied. I will be going back. We even observed a slightly difficult customer being politely handled by the staff. No fuss, just a solution presented nicely.

Great food, highly recommended.

Good food but can be busy best book before hand

Really tasty and good selection. Enjoyable friendly service. Good value

Food is really good here! Prices are slightly more expensive than other Indian restaurants I've been to before but not enough to break the bank. The staff there are so friendly and remembered us from the last time we went. The only concern I have is that the two times I've been it's been absolutely freezing! Uncomfortably cold. For me it is a big put off as I was sat there shivering most of the time.