Tibetan Kitchen - Middletown

This place is great! The vegan options are clearly marked and plentiful. We tried the potatoes and flatbread.

Had the Momos (dumplings) for lunch. Very tasty and service was great!

My food is always outstanding and has such a unique, tasty flavor. They're always so nice and my order is prepared quickly every visit. I love that all the vegan items are clearly marked, and there's so many to choose from.

One of my favorite places to eat on Main Street in Middletown. The food is fresh and flavorful with tons of vegan options which are clearly marked on the menu. The decor and background music create a pleasant atmosphere without being overwhelming. The restaurant is relatively small, fills up fast and closes between lunch and dinner so make sure you check the time before you go. Even if there's a crowd and you end up having to wait a bit for a table, it's well worth it. I've never been disappointed by the quality or the portions at Tibetan Kitchen, and the service is fast and friendly. They have unique, flavorful dishes that you'd have trouble finding in other locations and two delicious breads that everyone should try. Even with all of the dining options on Main but this is definitely a place you should stop at given the opportunity.

Years ago, my lunch date suggested we meet at Tibetan Kitchen, but at that time I did not second the notion and instead voted for ION, just a block away, because when given the choice I prefer to eat at all-veg restaurants over those that also serve meat. But last month, I compromised my high ideals and tried Tibetan Kitchen, and I was pleasantly surprised by its number of all-vegan dishes that matches its number with meat. In fact, there are more vegan dishes here than in Middletown’s all-vegetarian Indian restaurant, Udupi Bhavan. Even better, Tibetan Kitchen classifies its menu into two sections, Vegetarian (really meaning Vegan) listed first, and Non-Vegetarian second. I applaud that demotion of meat down to the secondary status of Non-Being. While highly processed tofu abounds among its vegan dishes, there still are many dishes with wholesome vegetables that do not include toad-food. The avocado salad, a combo of potato and avocado, was a treat, but is easy to prepare at home. The mixed vegetable sauté and the steamed mixed vegetables both are good, but nothing special. Except for the few entrées marked on the menu with a red pepper, the level of hot and spicy is very humane. I do wish that brown rice was offered rather than only white. While enjoying the meal here, I felt conflicted. I have grown disillusioned with ION. With all its highly processed mock meats, fried foods, white flour, and booze, ION now serves few wholesome dishes of any nutritional worth outside of a few salads, but salads I eat at home. So who was forsaking whose ideals? Was I, for eating at a non-veg restaurant when I could have eaten at ION? Or was ION, for wandering so far from the path of natural foods that it appropriately dropped any claim to the word Natural when it changed its name from It’s Only Natural to ION? But then, a restaurant does not uphold ideals, rather people do. If a restaurant must literally cater to the desires of its customers to keeps itself in business, then should not the customers be blamed for not craving nutritious foods? Questions, questions, troubling my meal. But back to the here and now, or rather last month to Tibetan Kitchen. This tiny hole-in-the-wall café is as small inside as it appears it will be when viewed from the outside, so try to eat here during odd hours (though hard to do, as it is closed from 2:30 to 5pm). Otherwise, you’ll likely feel cramped when its few tables are filled with its many happy customers.