Namaste Cuisine of India and Nepal Restaurant

Good food and friendly service. I always appreciate the hospitality of the staff. They are attentive without being over bearing and make you feel at home. The lunch buffet is great and the dinner portions are generous.

We LOVE namaste. From the minute you walk in to leaving you feel like family. Always greeted, helpful with any questions. Food is always so amazing and full of flavor. Love trying g new different dishes. Been coming here for over 10 years. Love you guys!!

Interesting place. Great staff. The food was good Plan a couple of trips to understand and try the different choices. Well worth the stop

Quite good Indian food in a relaxed atmosphere. I love the lunch buffet where you can try a little bit of everything. Nam bread brought to your table, fresh from the oven and delicious 😋. Convenient location.

Namaste is our go-to restaurant in Rio Rancho, we go for Christmas, celebratory days, it's just the best! Amazing food and incredible service, you can tell that it is a family-run business that truly cares about each and every customer. We just can't get enough of their food, and it's always such a pleasure to chat with the owners.

Updated review 28 Dec 2025 - We haven't been in for quite some time, but not because we haven't wanted to! We dined in tonight and ordered our favorites; as usual, the service and food were perfection! We ordered way too much but look forward to leftovers tomorrow. Happy New Year and thank you for yet another delicious dinner experience! 19 Nov 2023 - We had dinner at opening once again, last evening! Chicken Saag and Shrimp Biryani were the new items we tried this time, in addition to some of our favorites, and both were very tasty! The service was still just as amazing. I'd washed my hands in the restroom after once again eating Tandoori Chicken Wings; they keep it clean and functioning. A few new pics are included in this update! 10 Nov 2023 - We dined in here again last night, our second visit within a week, right after it opened for dinner. Once again, we experienced incredible food and service, and it's still very much popular on a Thursday night! We couldn't resist having more of the Tandoori Chicken Wings, regular Naan, and Chicken Biryani; for new dishes and items, we had the Paneer Pakora, Chicken Vindaloo, Chicken Tikka Masala, garlic Naan, and cheese Naan - all of which were divine. Check out the new pics! I was able to get a shot of the dining area before it filled up. Our first time eating here was 4 Nov 2023, just after they opened for dinner. This was also my first time eating Indian food, and I didn't know what to expect. The amazing smells as you walk up to the door, are enough to make you salivate. Upon entering, we were greeted by friendly and smiling faces, and even got to pick our own seating. The restaurant is beautiful inside; it's simple elegance and so clean. Our server poured us water as soon as we sat down and also brought us complimentary papadum with two sauces - all of which were delicious. The menu has so many appealing options! There is truly something for everyone. I found the dish I wanted to try very quickly, then looked at the rest of the menu out of curiosity. My significant other ordered the Chicken Curry and Chicken Biryani; I ordered the Karahi Chicken. Our appetizer was the Tandoori Chicken Wings, which were the best chicken wings I've ever eaten in my entire life - and I'm picky about wings! The Chicken Specialties came with Naan, and lots of it! We both had some of everything we ordered and loved it. We chose regular spice but having at least medium spice would have been great, too. The flavors of everything, even the Naan, were pure perfection. Indian food has easily become my new favorite food, all because of this wonderful restaurant. Delicious is an understatement! Our server and everyone we encountered here, delivered spectacular service and made us feel so welcome. We have zero complaints, as literally everything about our first dine-in experience here was phenomenal. We WILL be back! It wasn't too busy when we arrived, but by the time we were finished and leaving, so many people had come in to eat and for pick-up orders. It's clearly a popular place, and now we know why! I cannot recommend Namaste more. If you haven't eaten here, or have never had Indian food, this is where you want to go!

Hands down the best place on the Westside, and not just because it’s the only one! Ha ha. From the moment we looped around their one way parking lot to the moment we devoured dessert, everything was spectacular. We were seated right away, with only a few tables left on a Thursday night. After seated with waters ready, we got the Indian version of chips and salsa, papadums and chutney. The chutney is something I wish I had bottled and on hand for everything. We ended up getting a second side of the chutney for our chicken pakora, which was crispy yet housed the most succulent chicken I’ve had in a while. Dinner was a Lamb and Chicken Combo Platter with an accompaniment of shrimp biryani. The basmati was fantastic and flavorful and the sides on the platter were just as delicious as the moist lamb and the yummy grilled chicken legs. Dessert was similar to rice pudding, but the saffron just boosted the whole flavor profile and kept it authentically Indian. Will definitely return to this lighthearted, charming, and welcome restaurant in Rio Rancho.