The yak and yeti Gurkha Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely delicious food and good service."
• "The buffalo momo were to die for as well as the rich lamb curry and smoky flavours of the Gurkali pork."
• "The food is excellent! It has the spicy flavour you would expect from Indian food, but it's light on the stomach."
• "Very very tasty."
• "Stunning food at great prices!"
• "The food especially. There's quite a lot of choices."
• "The food was excellent, with a great range of dishes."

Cons:

• "The portions are small for the price, so not somewhere to go with a tight budget."
• "The meat was dry, the sauces were greasy, and the flavour of each dish was identical."
• "Food tasty but not a great experience budget / portion wise."
• "However, despite the always friendly & courteous staff, the food today was a real letdown."
• "The dahl was very watery. Not impressed."
• "Yak and yeti beef was dry..it needed some sauce and more vegetables."
• "Food was dreadful! We went there once and will not recommend it to anyone!"

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very fast and friendly, good vegetarian options."
• "Service is good as well and the bill is very reasonable in this time of overpriced restaurants."
• "Service was great."
• "The service was attentive but not in your face."
• "The service was good and the prices reasonable."
• "Service was excellent and unintrusive."
• "Staff was friendly and smiling and service was very fast even though it was a busy afternoon."

Cons:

• "Their attitude was not good though, booked a table for six people at 6:30, had three courses and were presented with our bill at eight o’clock as the next sitting for our table had arrived."
• "Extremely rude restaurant, previous had a dinner there... the owner said fxxk you to me..."
• "Staff weren't bothered."
• "The people who were front of house just didn't seem very happy which isn't a good start."
• "She was not very polite in the end when we were going and asked if we had paid, which made us think maybe other unhappy customers haven’t been paying."
• "I suspect the kitchen forgot about our order after sitting there for 1.5 hours waiting for our main course."
• "Food was interesting, waiter had to ask if we had eaten our starters yet 30 minutes after plates were taken."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Loved the ambiance too."
• "Simple yet colorful and friendly atmosphere."
• "Very busy but a great atmosphere which added to make our evening special."
• "Brilliant atmosphere."
• "Atmosphere relaxing and rejuvenating."
• "A relaxing environment."
• "Lively atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately, the middle table in the room was incredibly noisy. Our table of five literally couldn’t talk to each other."
• "The only problem was one drink we ordered didnt arrive."
• "It was a full restaurant, therefore busy, lots of chattering and some people may have found it a tad noisy."
• "The table closest to the stairs where customers come in and line up has no privacy - last thing you want is people stood over you whilst waiting to be seated."
• "Quite warm inside, even on a cool evening."
• "One star knocked off for price (for York, I thought it was quite expensive) and also for cash only."
• "Gents toilet was broken. One ladies toilet which was disgustingly dirty round the bowl."

Value

Pros:

• "Good quantity."
• "The food was amazing and really well priced."
• "2 of us spent £40 good price."
• "Service is good as well and the bill is very reasonable in this time of overpriced restaurants."
• "The service was good and the prices reasonable."
• "The prices reasonable."
• "The price quality of the food is excellent too."

Cons:

• "The portions are small for the price, so not somewhere to go with a tight budget."
• "Portions were fairly small for the money but again flavour made up for it."
• "Drinks were expensive but overall good."
• "The only downside is that payment is by cash only; no payment cards accepted."
• "Very small portions and very overpriced."
• "£11.99 for 4 cubes of Annapurna chicken was a insult."
• "Very small portions and very overpriced."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "The low tables and floor seats were cool though."
• "The restaurant has ethnic decorations and include tables with floor and chair seating."
• "Located upstairs, it offers a cozy, traditional setting and excellent food."

Cons:

• "No baby change and nowhere to really do it."
• "There is a flight of stairs to reach this restaurant as it is above another business."
• "There are a lot of stairs which my father struggled with."
• "Is up stairs for if anyone struggles/ you have a pram."