Cafe Shambala

Shambala serves high quality food in good portions for very reasonable prices. Also, the people are so kind and there is certainly a sense of care in their food and business. I ordered takeout and they left a kind note on the box and it just made my night! It’s the reason I’m writing this review :). Wonderful local restaurant, check it out!

We always walk beside this restaurant on Sunday, but it is closed. We were around on Saturday, and we decided to take our lunch there, and we were glad we did. There was only a woman serving there. Although she was running back and forth to serve different tables, she smiled and seemed happy. The food was delicious and big. We could not complete our plates, and we took the leftovers with us home. We love to support local restaurants like this one. We will be back again!

The service was superb. Very sweet servers and staff. Menu had a huge vegetarian selection but we expected better tasting food. The hot and sour mushroom and cauliflower was only sweet and extremely, also almost no salt. The noodles had a distinct smell but no real flavor and the vegetable momos only had potato filling and no veggies. I probably would try and go there again to check if it was a one day thing but was disappointed with the taste honestly.

I think I'll regret making this review, but here it goes. The space inside is fairly small and tables can fill up quickly. You may even have the opportunity to find yourselves sharing a table with other patrons. The place gives off a morning deli/coffee shop vibe with the faint aromas of noodle, rice and curry culinary delights in the air. Come at a prime time and you may find yourself needing to wait for a while as your meal is being prepared from scratch. With limited staff, the wait may feel lengthy so be prepared to chitchat with your meal partner. The ambiance is very conducive to a mellow evening and relaxed time. Don't show up in a hurry as you're going to need a bit of time to soak it all in. The food is the star of the show. Their vegetarian offerings are plentiful and absolutely delicious, along with the non vegetarian dishes. Portions are big and prices are small which is a rarity these days, so come hungry and leave stuffed. All of this leaves plenty of pocket room to tip well. If you're looking for bland and flavorless then you should consider other places, but if you're looking for some of the best comfort food at a spot with mellow vibes and even mellower prices then you'd be hard pressed to do better. My regret is that now the next time I go my wait may be even longer 😢 😂

I hate to give this place 4 stars because the food was sooooo good, however it took an hour to get appetizers out, and then another 10 minutes for the main course. It was Saturday evening at dinner time and they were clearly busy and understaffed but an hour is a really long wait time and no one came over to update us or apologize. The food was so good that I'll come back on a less busy day and see if they were just having an off night.

A gem of a restaurant in the Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City. We started with a raspberry lassi — bracing. It left me wondering why other south Asian restaurants do not offer this flavour. Apps of lentil soup and deep fried beef momos followed. The momos were accompanied by a delicious ginger dipping sauce and a very spicy chili sauce. Mains followed with a Tibetan take on chicken sitting atop Singapore noodles and chicken curry served with rice. I have put the restaurant on my return visit list.