Himalayan Bistro Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to Himalayan Bistro, where the rich flavors of Himalayan, Nepalese, and Indian cuisines blend harmoniously. Nestled in Oceanside, CA, this gem offers a thoughtfully curated menu that's sure to delight. Start your culinary adventure with tempting appetizers like Onion Bhaji and Coconut Shrimp, each bursting with authentic spices.

For the main course, indulge in vibrant Vegetable Curries or savor the melt-in-your-mouth Butter Chicken. Their Navaratna Korma and Chana Masala reflect a perfect balance of spices and textures, catering to various palates, including vegan options. Don't forget to pair your meal with freshly made Garlic Naan for a complete experience!

With welcoming staff, affordable lunch specials, and a casual atmosphere, Himalayan Bistro is not just a meal; it’s a delightful journey through Himalayan flavors.

Appetizers

Papadum

3 pieces. Baked crispy thin lentil bread. Served with mint chutney.

$4.99

Onion Bhaji

Onion ring fried with chickpea batter with Himalayan spices.

$6.99

Vegetables Pakora

Mixed vegetable, potatoes, cauliflower, spinach, cabbage and onion deep-fried with chickpea batter.

$6.99

Vegetable Samosa

2 pieces. Crisp pastry stuffed with spices potatoes & green peas deep-fried.

$8.99

Pakora Masala

Mildly spices spinach, onion, potato, chickpea batter fried and topped with masala sauce.

$10.99

Chicken Pakora

Boneless chicken breast mixed with Himalayan spices then deep-fried in chickpea batter.

$10.99

Tandoori Wings

Overnight marinated chicken wings with yogurt and Himalayan spices cooked in tandoori oven. Served with onion, cabbage and carrot.

$11.99

Coconut Shrimp

Jumbo shrimp deep-fried and topped with coconut flakes based sauce.

$12.99

Dal Soup

Mixed lentil cooked with Himalayan herbs & spices.

$6.99

Garden Salad

Lettuce, tomato, cucumber and carrot. Serve with your choice of ranch or raita or balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

$8.99

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Homemade style cream of mushroom cook with garlic and Himalayan herbs & spices.

$9.99

Soup & Salad

Vegetable Entrees

Tarka Daal

A mixture of yellow lentils cooked and sauteed with onion and spices. Served with your choice of side.

$17.99

Vegetable Curry

Seasonal mixed vegetable cooked in onion & tomato sauce with Himalayan spices. Served with your choice of side.

$18.99

Aloo Gobi

Cauliflower & potatoes cooked with onion tomato sauce with Himalayan spices. Served with your choice of side.

$18.99

Chana Masala

Garbanzo beans cooked in Himalayan spices with onion & tomato sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$18.99

Matar Paneer

Green peas & homemade cheese cubes cooked with onion & tomato sauce in light creamy sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$18.99

Saag Paneer

Chop spinach & homemade cheese cooked in onion & tomato with light cream. Served with your choice of side.

$20.99

Saag Tofu

Tofu cooked in onion & tomato with light cream. Served with your choice of side.

$20.99

Navaratna Korma

Mixed vegetables cooked with onion based creamy sauce, almond cashews & coconut.

$20.99

Paneer Tikka Masala

Homemade cheese cube in creamy orange sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$20.99

Veggie Makhani

Mixed seasonal vegetables cooked in creamy butter sauce with herb & Himalayan spices. Served with your choice of side.

$20.99

Malai Kofta

Minced mixed vegetable, paneer, potatoes, cashew nuts & Himalayan spices combined to make kofta then cooked with onion based creamy homemade sauce along with coconut milk. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Veggie Nirvana

Mixed vegetable cooked with coconut milk & special sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Chicken Curry

Boneless chicken cooked in onion & tomato gravy with Himalayan spices. Served with your choice of side.

$19.99

Chicken Saag

Boneless chicken cooked with spinach in traditional Indian style with a touch of cream. Served with your choice of side.

$19.99

Chicken Vindaloo

Premium chicken cooked in gravy of tomato & onions with potatoes & tamarind sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$19.99

Chicken Jalfrezi

Premium chicken cooked with mixed seasonal vegetable with Himalayan herb & spice. Served with your choice of side.

$19.99

Chicken Bhuna

Boneless meat pieces cooked with bell pepper, onion, tomatoes & Himalayan spices and touch of soy sauce with mustard seed. Served with your choice of side.

$19.99

Mango Chicken

Premium chicken cooked with ripe mango, creamy sauce & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Chicken Korma

Boneless chicken cooked in creamy sauce with almonds, cashews & coconut powder. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Chicken Nirvana

Boneless chicken cooked with coconut milk & special sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Chicken Tikka Masala

Clay oven roasted boneless chicken breast cubes cooked in a creamy sauce with herbs & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Butter Chicken

Premium chicken cooked in the Tandoor oven & then cooked in a butter sauce.

$23.99

Chicken Entrees

Lamb Entrees

Lamb Curry

Boneless lamb pieces are cooked in Himalayan special sauce with different herbs & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Lamb Vindaloo

Lamb with potato. Boneless lamb cooked in gravy of tomato & onions with potatoes & tamarind. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Lamb Saag

Lamb with spinach. Boneless lamb pieces cooked with spinach along with different herbs & spices sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Lamb Jalfrezi

Boneless lamb cooked with mixed seasonal vegetable with Himalayan herb & spice. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Lamb Bhuna

Boneless lamb pieces cooked with bell pepper, onion, tomatoes & Himalayan spices and touch of soy sauce with mustard seed. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Lamb Tikka Masala

Boneless lamb cubes cooked in a creamy sauce with herbs & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$24.99

Lamb Korma

Boneless lamb cooked in creamy sauce with almonds, cashews & coconut powder. Served with your choice of side.

$24.99

Lamb Nirvana

Boneless lamb cooked with coconut milk & special sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$24.99

Fish Curry

Fresh salmon fish fillets cooked in Himalayan special sauce with different herbs & spices. Cooked in garlic, ginger & onion. Served with your choice of side.

$20.99

Shrimp Curry

Premium shrimps cooked in onion & tomato sauce with Himalayan herbs & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Shrimp Vindaloo

Shrimp with potato. Premium shrimps cooked in curry sauce with potatoes & tamarind sauce. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Shrimp Korma

Premium shrimps cooked in creamy sauce with almonds, cashews & coconut powder. Served with your choice of side.

$25.99

Shrimp Saag

Shrimp with spinach. Premium shrimps cooked in creamy tomato & onion sauce with spinach. Served with your choice of side.

$23.99

Shrimp Chili

Premium shrimp cooked with red & green bell pepper, fresh tomato, onion & Himalayan herb & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$25.99

Shrimp Tikka Masala

Premium shrimps cooked in creamy sauce with herbs & spices. Served with your choice of side.

$25.99

Seafood Entrees

Tandoori Grill Entrees

Paneer Tikka Tandoori

Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$26.99

Chicken Tandoori

Bone in. Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$21.99

Chicken Tikka Tandoori

Boneless. Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$24.99

Lamb Tandoori

Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$26.99

Shrimp Tandoori

Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$26.99

Salmon Tandoori

Overnight marinated in yogurt with Himalayan spices cooked in a traditional clay oven & sizzling with sauted onion, carrot, bell pepper, broccoli & cabbage. Served with your choice of side.

$26.99

Tandoori Mixed Grill

Bone in chicken, lamb, shrimp, fish & chicken tikka. Served with your choice of side.

$28.99

Vegetable Biryani

Cooked in Himalayan herbs & spices with fresh mints, yogurt, nuts & basmati rice. Served with side of raita (yogurt sauce).

$18.99

Chicken Biryani

Cooked in Himalayan herbs & spices with fresh mints, yogurt, nuts & basmati rice. Served with side of raita (yogurt sauce).

$19.99

Shrimp Biryani

Cooked in Himalayan herbs & spices with fresh mints, yogurt, nuts & basmati rice. Served with side of raita (yogurt sauce).

$20.99

Lamb Biryani

Cooked in Himalayan herbs & spices with fresh mints, yogurt, nuts & basmati rice. Served with side of raita (yogurt sauce).

$21.99

Himalayan Style Fried Rice

Stir-fried rice, almond, cashew nuts with a touch of soy sauce. Cooked in Himalayan herbs & spices with fresh mints, yogurt, nuts and basmati rice. Served with side of raita (yogurt sauce).

$18.99

Biryani

Himalayan & Nepalese Special Dishes

Vegetables Momo

10 pieces. Steamed dumplings filled with minced cabbage, fresh spinach, onion, cilantro, green onion & spices. Served with special Himalayan sauce.

$16.99

Chicken Momo

10 pieces. Steamed dumplings filled with minced chicken, onion, cilantro & spices. Served with special Himalayan sauce.

$17.99

Vegetable Chow Mein

Stir-fried noodle with vegetable cooked with Himalayan herb & spice.

$17.99

Chicken Chow Mein

Stir-fried noodle with vegetable & chicken strips cooked with Himalayan herb & spice.

$18.99

Chicken Sekuwa

Marinated premium lamb in Himalayan herbs and spice cooked in clay oven on skewers. Served with basmati rice or butter naan.

$19.99

Chicken Chilli

Pan-fried marinated chicken strips with bell pepper, fresh tomato, onion cooked with Himalayan sauce. Served with basmati rice or butter naan.

$19.99

Paneer Chilli

Homemade Cottage cheese stir-fried with onion, bell pepper & tomatoes with a touch of soy sauce.

$19.99

Tofu Chilli

Tofu stir-fried with onion, bell pepper & tomatoes with a touch of soy sauce.

$19.99

Goat Curry

Bone-in goat meat cooked with Himalayan herb & spices. Served with basmati rice or butter naan.

$21.99

Lamb Sekuwa

Marinated premium lamb in Himalayan herbs & spice cooked in clay oven on skewers. Served with basmati rice or butter naan.

$21.99

Plain Butter Naan

$3.99

Garlic Cilantro Naan

$4.99

Tandoori Roti

$4.99

Cheese Naan

$5.99

Aloo Naan

$5.99

Garlic & Cheese Naan

$6.99

Himalayan Special Naan

$6.99

Naan

Side Order

Basmati Rice

$3.99

Raita

$4.99

Mango Chuttny

$5.99

Mint Chuttny

$4.99

Tamarind Chuttny

$4.99

Mixed Pickle

$4.99

Kheer

Rice pudding.

$5.99

Gulab Jamun

2 pieces. Juicy sweet milk balls.

$5.99

Mango Ice Cream

$5.99

Desserts

Beverages

Mango Lassi

$6.99

Lassi

$6.99

Sparkling Water

$5.99

Masala Chai

Nepalese hot tea made with milk.

$4.99

Juice

$3.99

Soft Drink

$3.99

Ice Tea

$3.99

Coffee

$3.99

Hot Tea

$3.99

Green Tea

$3.99