We were so hungry I forgot to take pictures of our food. It was really good! We haven't had this good of Indian food in a while. There was decent spice too. The service was great. We were able to walk in without a reservation.
We had the non veg set menu for 4 people, it was amazing!!! They ask if we want to refill the curries, we said yes they refilled the full bowl of curries!!! We ate so much and we're all very food!!! Amazing service and food and cocktail, highly recommended!
5
Great food with wide selection of Indian/Nepalese dishes.
A lot of vegan/vegetarian options.
Attentive service.
Good prices.
Most dishes can come with different levels of spicy (the waiter asked us for every dish we ordered) - very important in an Indian restaurant... :)
Only thing is that for some unclear reason they don't offer the option of a cappuccino with milk substitute, e.g. oat/almond/soya milk.
That was a bit of a surprise for me since almost all restaurants nowadays offer that option and also since they did have many vegan options in the menu...
If you're oriented (and justly so) towards vegan crowds why not walk the extra mile and let them also have a cup of cappuccino...?
4
Our Ashoka experience was so good we had to come here. Great service and experience, food was a notch below par, the breads were not there best and spice levels were low. Would def come back though!
5
Tucked into the Leidseplein restaurant strip — where it's easy to end up with mediocre tourist-trap Italian or "whatever" — Sherpa is the real deal. Genuinely good Nepalese, Tibetan, and Indian food, presented with care and authenticity instead of the watered-down versions you often get in this part of town.
I had the Sherpa Thali, and it's a beautiful way to eat: a big brass plate ringed by little pedestal bowls — lamb curry, chicken curry, a chunky mixed-vegetable curry, dal, rice, raita, and warm naan, with chutneys and pickle on the side. You graze across all of it, building each bite yourself. Generous, flavorful, and a proper sampler of what the kitchen does well.
If you're in the area and want food that actually means something, skip the obvious spots and come here. Highly recommended.