Located in a nice two level house offset from soi 31 with some interior parking, and a short walk from the Phrom Phong skytrain station, the Himali Cha Cha it is a nice and remarkably economical restaurant for its class of ambiance.
It is also very popular, with the downstairs filling up soon after opening on a Sunday evening.
Open for lunch and dinner but not late afternoon.
The menu has a good variety of Himalayan Indian food, lassis, and so on.
I ordered the chicken with Himali's special spinach cream sauce, but I was not very impressed with said sauce, as I've had better. Too creamy rather than spinachy. The saffron rice appeared polished with a thin oil coating, apparently high class style but the taste did not appeal to me. However, this is probably just me, because the popularity of the place is testimony that a lot of people must love the food (and the prices). (I should have ordered the mutton, but not wanting a heavy meal I got the chicken...)
The restaurant was founded by a chef for high class British people in colonial India, who later served for similar sorts in Vientiane, Laos, until the communist takeover when he fled to Bangkok and opened up a restaurant here. There are now three branches of this restaurant in Bangkok. Actually, it's called Himali Cha Cha and Son now.
When I say interior parking, I should say that there are limited spaces and note that my SUV was a bit tight.
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It is also very popular, with the downstairs filling up soon after opening on a Sunday evening.
Open for lunch and dinner but not late afternoon.
The menu has a good variety of Himalayan Indian food, lassis, and so on.
I ordered the chicken with Himali's special spinach cream sauce, but I was not very impressed with said sauce, as I've had better. Too creamy rather than spinachy. The saffron rice appeared polished with a thin oil coating, apparently high class style but the taste did not appeal to me. However, this is probably just me, because the popularity of the place is testimony that a lot of people must love the food (and the prices). (I should have ordered the mutton, but not wanting a heavy meal I got the chicken...)
The restaurant was founded by a chef for high class British people in colonial India, who later served for similar sorts in Vientiane, Laos, until the communist takeover when he fled to Bangkok and opened up a restaurant here. There are now three branches of this restaurant in Bangkok. Actually, it's called Himali Cha Cha and Son now.
When I say interior parking, I should say that there are limited spaces and note that my SUV was a bit tight.
Reservations are suggested, just to be sure.