Nepali Restaurant Opens In San Ramon

SAN RAMON, CA — Voyage to the Himalayas without leaving San Ramon via the Gurkha Kitchen, a Nepali-Indian restaurant that hosted a grand opening ribbon cutting Thursday.

The restaurant, located at 2475 San Ramon Valley Boulevard in Diablo Valley Plaza, offers a full range of Indian foods like samosas, tandoori meat, and curries, combined with Nepali dishes like Chicken Momo (stuffed dumplings), Wai Wai Sadeko (noodles with Nepali spices) and Chicken Choila (Nepali-style BBQ chicken salad.) Gurkha also offers a vegetarian section, a pizza section that includes chicken tikka pizza, desserts, and Indo-Chinese food. Food is available for online ordering, delivery, and catered parties.

San Ramon is the latest location for Gurkha Kitchen, which started in 2019 in Sunnyvale and expanded to Hayward. A San Jose location is coming soon.

“We started our restaurant business in early 2019 in Sunnyvale, and it was a grand hit right from the opening. People used to drive more than a couple of hours just to eat at Gurkha Kitchen,” owner Narayan Khanal told Patch. “As we were looking to expand the business, San Ramon was on our priority list because it's filled with the Indian & Nepali community. Also, San Ramon city lacked an authentic Indo-Nepali restaurant, which could attract people to San Ramon and recreate the vibrant atmosphere in the city.”

Gurkha Kitchen is open 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday, and 11 am to 10 pm Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, visit thegurkaskitchen.com, call 925-791-5600, or email gurkhakitchensr@gmail.com.