It’s been two years since Wichita last had a Himalayan restaurant when Himali Eats closed. And now, the city once again has its chance to try out the cuisine with the arrival of Himalayan Sherpa Indian & Nepali Cuisine.
2706 N Amidon Ave, Wichita, KS 67204
316-352-7117
Sunday-Thursday: 11am – 9pm
Friday-Saturday: 11am – 10pm
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Himalayan Sherpa Indian & Nepali Cuisine took over the former Defazio’s space at 2706 N. Amidon Ave. Most recently, it was Sam’s Southern Eatery which closed in 2025.
The layout for the restaurant is basically the same with most of the seating taking place in the south end of the building.
The menu, as the restaurant name suggests, consists of Nepali and Indian dishes.
For some reason Dall soup sounded good to start even though I was ordering soup as my main entrée. Dall soup is a mildly spicy lentil soup cooked with traditional herbs and spices.
There wasn’t much to it, to be honest. Not much spice or flavor to this one.
For our main dishes, we stuck with the Nepali side of the menu as we were looking for items that weren’t easily found in town.
I had the lamb thukpa (traditional Himalayan noodle soup) while fellow local food blogger, Fert the Foodie, had the chicken stew.
We had the option to order our soups with whatever level of heat. I went with medium as you never know how hot is hot to some chefs.
Both dishes came out pretty fast and while I wasn’t exactly wowed by my dish, I found it to be pretty good. The medium heat level wasn’t really spicy at all and the broth while a bit savory and lemony in flavor, didn’t have much in terms of any vibrant spices that stuck out. I found it to be pretty tame. The noodles appeared to be similar to what they use in their chow mein dishes, and the lamb was pretty tender, so that was a positive.
We also ordered the vegetable momo and chicken momo and some plain butter naan that came out after our soups.
The naan bread was very thin. Perhaps it was that way by design as I’m used to the softer naan bread at many other Indian restaurants.
But I did thoroughly enjoy the chicken momo and the sauce it came with. It was pretty filling and delicious.
Final thoughts on Himalayan Sherpa Indian & Nepali Cuisine:
I’m back and forth on this one and probably need to stop by again. I wanted to LOVE this place and perhaps went in with too high of expectations. Instead, I felt that it was a decent to pretty good visit. As I alluded to earlier, nothing really wowed me, but I also wasn’t really disappointed.
No major issues with the service. All the food came out in a timely manner, drinks were refilled and our server was very nice.
I want this place to succeed and will likely be back in the coming weeks.
Remember that nothing I say is gospel; it’s just one person’s opinion, and you might leave thinking its the best place in town. So give it an honest shot to see what you think.
Himalayan Sherpa Indian & Nepali Cuisine menu:
Happy Dining,
Eddy
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