Tibetan in Denver

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Tibet's Restaurant & Bar

321 McCaslin Blvd., Louisville Boulder

303-665-2557

Afghan, Indian, Tibetan, Best Of, Sponsor, Menu

Tibet's is owned by Kami Sherpa and Pasang Sherpa, and related through blood (not money) to another great Tibetan restaurant: Sherpa's Adventurers Restaurant in Boulder. It's staffed by some of Sherpa's former waiters, and Pasang himself works the floor while the cooking is done by chef Uttam Lama, who has major cred: He got his training at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and once cooked for the Dalai Lama. The spacious dining room is lovely and comfortable, with the sounds of Tibetan music and the smells of Tibetan food filling the place.

3 articles
India House

1514 Blake St. Downtown Denver

303-595-0680

Afghan, Indian, Tibetan, Recommended, Menu

Many of Denver's Indian restaurants seem content to keep to the low end of the food chain; they're little strip-mall spaces where you can get excellent grub, but not necessarily the feeling of being in a fine-dining environment. India House goes in the other direction, offering a truly fine-dining environment with a menu that goes far beyond the traditional saags, kormas and tandoori entrees.
Namaste

3355 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Lakewood

720-963-4005

Indian, Tibetan, Recommended, Best Of, Menu

Namaste offers everything a fan of Indian cuisine or even Tibetan food could possibly want — and then six or eight or a dozen more things, like shrimp saag or fried spinach and potato pakora, that they've never even thought of eating before seeing this triple-fold menu. The cooks here have a particular talent with butter and cream, as shown in a saag paneer so rich that it tastes of caramel.

5 articles
Namaste India

5545 Wadsworth Bypass, Unit G, Arvada Northwest Denver Suburbs

303-940-2517

Indian, Tibetan, Recommended, Slideshow

Namaste India deserves applause for bringing another ethnic restaurant to Arvada in 2013. Both of Namaste’s owners are from Nepal: Ramnath Sah runs the kitchen, and Bibek Rauniyar, who moved to Colorado to pursue a degree in chemistry and math and worked throughout college at Yak & Yeti and Jewel of India, is the general manager. For the most part, Rauniyar says, Namaste’s food is prepared as it would be made at home. Still, like so many Indian, Chinese, Thai and Malaysian restaurants in this country, Namaste tends to turn back the heat and scale back the spices in order to please an American audience. However, most Denver diners are likely to be pleased with many of the dishes on Namaste’s very long menu, particularly if they order the korma, which is more nuanced than the versions you usually find at Indian restaurants in America; the lamb vindaloo, a specialty of the Indian state of Goa, promises even more intrigue, with ample spices and plenty of lemon juice.

6 articles
Royal Peacock

5290 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder

303-447-1409

Afghan, Indian, Tibetan, Recommended, Menu

The first thing you notice about the Royal Peacock is the smell: incense and curry, old carpets and fresh cinnamon and ancient tandoor smoke. It's a warm, cloying and sweet smell, and a hint that the Peacock isn't your average strip-mall Indian outpost. The very traditional kitchen offers tastes of India straight out of Goa and Bombay. The curries are smoky-hot, the tandoori meats incredibly tender. The menu has inspired such a fierce loyalty among transplanted Coloradans that the kitchen also does a nice side business shipping out saags and kormas and thalis on ice.

6 articles
Tikka & Grill

2796 S. Broadway Englewood

303-484-1535

Tibetan, Indian

Many Americans are stuck in a rut when it comes to Indian food, and if chicken tikka masala and saag paneer are as adventurous as you want to get, Tikka & Grill's takes are exemplary, full of fragrant spices and depth. But you can also dig further into Indian — and Nepali — at Tikka's third metro-area outpost, which debuted in early 2024. The street-food section of the menu offers the chance to experience the textures and bright, fresh flavor of dishes like bhel puri. Momo — Nepali dumplings — are a draw as well, as are a slew of curries and other dishes that will expand your taste horizons.

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