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The candlelit dining room of The Gurkha House at night

Dallas, Texas · Family owned

The First Nepali Kitchen in Dallas.

Two decades of momo, dal bhat and slow-ground masalas — kept exactly the way the Gurung family opened it.

Rated 4.8 on Google920 reviews“Best of Dallas” 2019As seen on local TV

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Our Story

Twenty years, one notebook of recipes.

  1. 2004

    Eight tables on Main Street

    Prem and Maya Gurung open the first Nepali kitchen in Dallas — one steamer, eight tables, and recipes carried from Pokhara in a spiral notebook.

  2. 2009

    First 'Best Momo' award

    The steamed chicken momo takes the city's first 'Best Momo' ribbon. The notebook recipe hasn't changed since.

  3. 2014

    Featured on local TV

    A morning-show crew films the Friday jhol momo rush. Dallas learns how to say 'achar' — and the phone hasn't stopped ringing.

  4. 2019

    The dining room grows

    The wall to the old tailor's shop next door comes down. Forty more seats, the same eight-table welcome — and 'Best of Dallas' the same year.

  5. 2024

    The second generation joins

    Daughter Asmita steps in beside her parents, twenty years to the month after opening day. The notebook gets its first new page.

Whole spices laid out before the weekly masala grind
The Sunday masala table, before the grind

Sourcing

Ground by hand, bought by name.

  • Masalas ground in-house

    Every Sunday before service we roast and grind the week's masalas — cumin, coriander, timur pepper — never from a packet.

  • Dallas farmers market

    Greens, tomatoes and seasonal vegetables come from the downtown farmers market, chosen by Maya herself most mornings.

  • Texas hill-country goat

    Our goat curry starts on a family farm in the hill country — raised slow, delivered weekly, braised for hours.

Live sarangi music, Fridays

Weekend brunch buffet

Free local delivery

2 blocks from DART station

Guest Book

What two decades of regulars say.

Rated 4.8 across 1,400+ reviews on three platforms

GoogleMarch 2026
“Been coming since the eight-table days on Main Street. Twenty years and the momo tastes exactly the same — highest praise I've got.”
5 out of 5 stars.Gerald H.
YelpJanuary 2026
“Our anniversary dinner every single year. The Friday sarangi, the goat curry, Maya stopping by the table — nothing here is ever rushed.”
5 out of 5 stars.Sushila T.
GoogleNovember 2025
“You can taste that the masalas are ground in-house. A bowl of thukpa on a cold night is worth the DART ride on its own.”
5 out of 5 stars.Nathan C.
TripAdvisorSeptember 2025
“Old-school in the best possible way. Immodest portions, modest prices, and dal bhat refills that simply never stop.”
4 out of 5 stars.Deepa M.
TripAdvisorJuly 2025
“Twenty years and my parents still won't celebrate an anniversary anywhere else. The dal bhat refills are a love language.”
5 out of 5 stars.Priya K.
YelpMay 2025
“Came for the momo after the TV segment years ago. Still here most Fridays — the sarangi player knows me by now.”
5 out of 5 stars.Tom W.
GoogleFebruary 2025
“The thukpa on a cold day is worth the DART ride from Plano alone. Old-school service, no fuss.”
4 out of 5 stars.Anita G.

Visit

The table is set.

The Gurkha House

2200 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75201

(800) 440-2200

Hours

Mon – Thu11 AM – 9:30 PM

Fri – Sat11 AM – 10:30 PM

Sunday12 PM – 9 PM

Lunch specials Mon–Fri, 11 AM – 2:30 PM

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Free lot behind the building after 5 PM · street parking on Main · two blocks from the DART station.

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