Himalaya Restaurant in Vancouver

Himalaya Restaurant in Vancouver
3.5 / 5
50 reviews

6587 Main St, Vancouver, British Columbia V5X 3H1, Canada, Vancouver

Overview

Cuisine
  • Indian
  • Asian
  • Vegetarian Friendly
Features
  • Takeout
  • Seating
  • Reservations
  • Waitstaff
  • Wheelchair Accessible
Good for
  • Families witd children

Restaurant Hours

Monday

10:30 am

Wednesday

10:30 am

Friday

10:30 am

Sunday

10:30 am

Can you take away buffet

Sandeep Bhullar, you can eat as much as your stomach can handle 😂.

Review

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Himalaya Restaurant
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Priyank M
google
05.15.2024
5/5

Their food and sweets are always fresh. Love the chapatis here.

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Yogesh Makhija
google
11.18.2018
5/5

Papdi chat was out of this world.. best so far..

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supreet singh
google
10.25.2018
3/5

The food wasn’t as tasty as it could have been. Coming from a place where we have seen authentic Indian food, this was no where near that. Service was good. They greet and ask but taste which is the most important aspect of any restaurant,itself was missing

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Vikram Tiwari
google
10.18.2018
5/5

Good place for some not so known sweets. Could use a better ambiance and music. Food is good and healthy. Helpful staff.

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Maanash Saamal
google
09.15.2018
1/5

Well in sort, Food quality is not good. Seems each dish been thrugh multiple reheating process. I don't think any of the preparation was fresh. So would not recommend this buffet place.

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siddharth jadhav
google
08.03.2018
4/5

Good food for a reasonable price. The buffet menu is standard but the taste is consistent.

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Kakka Movies
google
08.03.2018
1/5

One of the worst buffets in Vancouver. The number of items served in the buffet is super less. Instead of having food here, one can opt for the OPPOSITE Indian restaurant (can't remember the name). However, their Gulab Jamun was good <3

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Nikhil Mathew
google
07.27.2018
1/5

Very bad quality.. Never opt for buffet.... is the worst of all.

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Chris West
google
07.23.2018
4/5

Great food and good menu to choose from... Buffet is always a good choice

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Munish Thakur
google
07.21.2018
1/5

If you are looking for cheap food without any taste and service , this restaurant is for you. I had lunch buffet which was around 14 dollor, tasteless, dry, and not appealing at all. Butter chicken was so runny, one can swim inside. No dry snacks at all, though they had put so many chutneys on buffet table but for what?? Its old and doesn't smell good.

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Paresh Desai
google
07.03.2018
4/5

This was a pleasant and welcome surprised. We had horrible experience with another Indian restaurant via Doordash. We asked the cab driver what he recommended and he suggested this place. Wonderful staff. Food was very good. There is buffet option. We opted to order from the menu. Lots of snacks and sweet choices. There were other Indians eating there so that was key signal that it was authentic and not watered down for Western taste.It is on the Main street with #3 bus that took us near the hotel was a bonus. Bus run frequently here which was awesome.

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Rose S
google
07.01.2018
5/5

I have been coming to this place for a long time, and when you compare it to all the other samosa places in Vancouver, this is pretty high up! The sweets, the samosas, the service are all stellar! Samosas are so crunchy and are such a filler, while the sweets are made beautifully and taste amazing! Definitely check this place out! I mean, if you don't, more for me! (:

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Preethi Nair
google
06.27.2018
3/5

Not as expected. The food is not upto the expectation. The staff could be more humble.

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Moe Kang
google
06.16.2018
5/5

5 stars for super friendly service, price, delicious food and extra for me made authentic lassi.But only 1 star for the rainy night in Vancouver.

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Melissa Mac
google
04.19.2018
2/5

Food: the curry selection was satisfactory and didn't taste or feel as rich as curries are supposed to. They had a huge selection of desserts that looked really appealing! Service: Pleasant and accommodating! They were pleasant to deal with when an issue had occurred and comped our meal, so that is something that was handled nicely! Personal comments: Maybe we just came in on a bad day, but I just found the curries to be thin and bland and a turn off for the whole experience. This place has such mixed reviews, you can definitely try it for yourself, but I won't be returning and there is a reason why it's rated what it's rated...

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Robert Albanese
google
02.11.2018
5/5

Been going here for what seems like decades.... The best samosas, usually will stop in a buy a dozen or more. can't be beat

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Prairie Dog
google
01.06.2018
1/5

Old dried out food and rude, miserably unhappy staff. The entire place is old, dirty and in need of repairs. Do not waste time going into this dump.

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Abhi Micheal
google
01.05.2018
1/5

Worst food, rudest owner, full of weird attitude. Not so good vibes.

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Bonnie Cleans Vancouver
google
09.25.2017
5/5

I was so impressed with the buffet. All the food was so delicious. Really happy I went to this restaurant

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N Bala
google
09.25.2017
4/5

Day long buffet! Affordable price! Nothing stale noticed! Service was fast! Place needs reno!

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Gregory McCay
google
09.06.2017
3/5

Indian buffet is decent: appreciated as buffet not very available elsewhere now All India Sweets (across Main Street) only does it Tuesdays. Good selection of entrées & few included sweets. Large front-&-center colourful selection of burfi/ sweets for sale. One major negative in restaurant is tired, not-really caring attitude of owners/ managers—also not we’ll-dressed. Like they’ve been in business/ location too long and they’d really rather retire /stay home. Fresh faces, new management needed.

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Geeta Ashweeni
google
07.27.2017
2/5

I don't hate the place. I wasn't satisfied with the food I ordered

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James Baylis
google
07.16.2017
5/5

Great value indian buffet. I think it's owned and operated be a family and they have excellent casual hospitality. Their takeout samosas are great quality and excellent price - perfect for parties and potlucks. I've been coming here for years and will continue as long as they're open.

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Piyush Rawat
google
07.13.2017
1/5

Hope I can give below one or zero rating. If food quality is that bad at 12:00pm noon it's really pathetic. Street food is far far better than this. Worst food I've ever tasted in my whole life. Only consistency was that every single dish was worse, including sweet dishes. Feeling really sick afterwards. To all Canadians, please don't judge ' Indian' food with this. Indian food is way better. I highly not recommend it. Please don't visit it.

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Seemmranjeet
google
05.27.2017
1/5

The ambience is unpleasant, tv in the background is too loud. The interiors are very old and scrappy, menu all torn apart from the edges. Food is low in quality, overpriced.

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Unknown gamer
google
05.16.2017
1/5

Total rippoff for lamb curry for that size 15$$ Also small glass of milkshakes 5 dollars

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Daryl Shim
google
03.27.2017
3/5

I have never been to this restaurant , I do remember this place has been here along time on Main St , Vancouver.The buffet itself , I don't see any meat dishessuch as beef , pork or chicken.I was going to apply for the kitchen helperposition they have but now I don't thinkI'll bother with.I very rarely go for Indian Cuisine and I live close to Coquitlam so there is one Indian restaurant , I haven't tried yet but plan to.Daryl S , Burnaby

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Ken Gardner
google
03.19.2017
5/5

We have gotten takeout from here several times recently, but we stopped to try the buffet this time. It's quite a nice spread, with something for the carnivores, as well as vegetarians. We both enjoyed it. The bill was approximately $14 each.

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JIGAR SHAH
google
03.07.2017
4/5

Good and tasty food. Value for money

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Krishan Sharma
google
03.03.2017
3/5

More of 3.5 My family has been coming here for ages and back then it was the go to place for cheap Indian food so going there I get nostalgia feels. However over time the quality of the food has gone down hill quite extensively (referring to the buffet). However some of their items off the menu are still worth going back to (dosa, paratha, and chole bhature) and of course their sweets are still the best in Vancouver.

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GG
Google Guide
google
02.27.2017
3/5

This place has been around for many years. East Indian food with both a la carte and buffet, serving the usual dishes plus many sweets. The all you can eat buffet includes 2 choices of meat (usually butter and curry chicken) and desserts; is the same price all day. It has a home style cooking taste to their dishes. Street parking. #letsguide

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MP
Michael Pertsev
google
02.26.2017
5/5

Loved this place and the Indian coffee as well

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Lawrence Pradeep
google
01.19.2017
4/5

Went in for a quick bite and for Chai Tea Indian spice tea. Had samosa and its comes with a spice sauce.

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Upinderjeet Kaur
google
01.08.2017
1/5

Worst attitude of the old lady standing at cash She doesn't know how to charge and sometimes charge extra to the customer. Instead of saying thanks or sorry she tried to show her english accent that was so bad. We didn't even got her what she was saying. :( Thankless

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Rob Mitzel
google
01.06.2017
1/5

Terrible service, awful selection, and the taste was barely adequate. There are much better buffets nearby that cost less.

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Karim K
google
11.19.2016
5/5

Best sweets freshly prepared. We enjoyed their house chai also

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Vincent Lee
google
11.11.2016
5/5

I like to sit in the window and people watch while drinking my hot cup of chai tea and eating a couple of samosas while chatting to my close friend.Doesn't that sound like fun??

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Sounak Ranjan Das
google
10.26.2016
3/5

Not very impressed by the quality of the food. The only thing I liked was the fish pakora. Could have improved the presentation a bit better. We ordered samosa chat which is supposed to be smashed samosa cooked in chana masala. But they gave us with seperate samosa and chana.

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Japleen Kaur
google
10.24.2016
3/5

I liked the butter chicken and naan from this place.

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Rob Kwalheim
google
09.23.2016
3/5

The dishes offered at the all-you-can-eat buffet where standard East-Indian fair. Food was good and fresh. I was a little put off by the less than friendly staff however.

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Roger Brant
google
08.22.2016
5/5

Beautifully prepared food. Although the buffet is not open yet, the variety of foods they offer ( basically a vegetarian or non vegie plate) is very good value and all excellently prepared.

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Baba Jani
google
06.12.2016
1/5

Guys at front counter is not friendly. No Smile on face anytime. Not Good Customer Service.Yes, taste is Good. Overall Good restaurant.

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Pravin Kumar
google
05.04.2016
4/5

The restaurant has been around for a long time at least since 1987. Traditional Punjabi food, all day buffet, plenty of sweets and samosas. Not a fine dining spot. If you are interested in average food at a good price, this is your place to dine.

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Peter
google
04.15.2016
5/5

Haven't been to this place since the early 90's. Happy to see it still exists. I will stop by soon. I recall the sweets and food being delicious

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Tanya ANAND
google
03.10.2016
3/5

one of my friend , recommended me this restaurant. The food was good but i was expecting more , i ordered channa masala , it was not so good , as i tasted earlier from this restaurant.

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MW
Mike Wood
google
03.01.2016
1/5

Not many choices. Mostly sweets. Had a pop and after tax was over 16$. I don't think I'm going back.

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Diana L.
google
02.10.2016
4/5

Can’t go wrong with this place. Good variety the matches the price. It’s typically the same: butter chicken, chicken curry, Chana masala, mixed veggie, cheese and peas, yoghurt and peas, salad bar, fresh naan, samosas and dessert. Friendly staff. $13.95

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Jennifer Chernecki
google
01.22.2016
4/5

We adore this place. Great value, wonderful sauces and cute employees, young and aged. We would give it 5 stars, but there is always room for improvement. It's a little chilly in there, bring a sweater.

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FL
Freddie Lee Kim
google
01.20.2016
4/5

i love the buffet. affordable way to stuff yourself.

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MP
Mukesh Panwar
google
01.07.2016
5/5

Buffet is so good...and Fresh

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