Kathmandu Palace

I felt like Indian food and I didn't want to cook. I decided to try Kathmandu for two reasons. They advertise no MSG and they have pretty good reviews. I was still hesitant because the last time I bought Indian food online, the food was extremely oily. The food was hot and fresh. Some Indian places I have eaten over the years, the spices overpowered the food therefore making the eating experience unpleasant. All the dishes we had were perfect in spice and heat. I can eat hot and spicy food, the heat for me was medium and a little spicy for my wife. In other words a great balance of heat. The creamy lamb Korma is everything described. The Daal I found a little watery, perfect the next day. I love saffron rice. It wasn't gluggy or over cooked. I found the Beef Madras really salty. I struggled to eat it, mixed with the rice it settled the flavour a little. The kachumber is supposed to bring a freshness to the dish and again it was far too salty. I had to take it off my plate. I don't understand why the carrot was in the kachumber, it may be a minor ingredient, it changes the flavour and texture of the dish, I don't think it is necessary. I couldn't taste any lime, and there was a little coriander in the dish. When we ordered the meal it was going to take over an hour, the delivery was within 45 minutes. Overall I am pleased with the meal.

Nice atmosphere, ample parking, great wait staff, BYO wine as well as fully licensed. We ordered tandoori prawn entree, prawns were nicely cooked with a tasty sauce, not much depth of flavour like tandoori normally is but light and fresh. Had a prawn main advertised as medium heat, and chicken korma advertised as mild but asked for it to be made medium heat. Both dishes had the meat cooked perfectly with lovely sauce, unfortunately there was just no spice to them (and we're not huge spice eaters) so tasted quite bland and again no depth of flavour that you'd expect from Indian food, just seemed to be lacking spices and aromatics. Saffron rice also tasted like basmati (bland) but raita and naan were delicious. Overall would recommend, but would order in hot heat if you want more flavour.

First timer and I must say, this place was INCREDIBLE! Very clean restaurant, rather upscale. The vegetarian platter did lack flavour and was rather dry, but the mains were FANTASTIC! Full of flavour and spicy! Highly recommend this place to all that are willing to try something new and spicy! And go on an empty stomach, as the servings are rather generous!

Nice and quiet situated in a great spot in Beaconsfield. It was a pleasant evening overall. We went on a Friday night 6pm and it was very quiet (maybe around 6-8 other people dining there - mostly seniors). I would love to have gotten a feel of Kathmandu, Nepal but it was more of an old empty warehouse just painted up with carpet and transformed into a restaurant. Having been to Nepal many times, it lacked that cultural display and 'wow' factor. I would suggest maybe having some light background music, Nepalese decorations or anything to get customers interested. Pros: Lovely service, really yummy food, comfortable and clean environment, wide range menu (Vegan, Vegetarian friendly options), lots of parking out front, clean toilets. Cons: Food took way too long to come out for so little people there, very quiet and stagnant for a restaurant (no music or anything really to do with Nepal at all!), decor is a bit out dated and very dull, doesn't have traditional drinks either on the menu. Recommendations: Goat curry, Chicken Tikka and Mango Lassi - Delicious! Would definitely come back one day.