Funky, colorful space in Davis Square for informal family-style Tibetan & Himalayan dining. Based on 530 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout
Address:
243 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144
Phone: (617) 666-0660
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Martsa-On-Elm-121875627822903/
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Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed |
| Tuesday | 5–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 5–9 PM |
| Thursday | 5–9 PM |
| Friday | 5–10 PM |
| Saturday | 5–10 PM |
| Sunday | 5–9 PM |
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Reviews
Ritu Pandey
I decided to try this restaurant after a friend’s recommendation for their momos. The food was enjoyable, although the service was a bit sluggish despite the relatively low crowd. It’s worth keeping your patience. The flavors reminded me of homemade meals more than any other restaurant. I’m eager to return and explore their other dishes.
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Sharmin Sultana (Anu)
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Courtney Wong
This was my first time trying Tibetan food, it was a good introduction. The food was tasty and very filling. Service was very fast and thoughtful (one dish out at a time, immediately after we finished the previous, and nice box to go at the end). The serving size for the main dish was a bit small for the price, but the huge portion size for the Momo and bread dish made up for it.
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Schuyler Bailar
My girlfriend and I really loved the food here. Pretty much everything was delicious and so flavorful. The ambience was also very nice – quiet and peaceful but also busy as the night went on. The shrimp curry was absolutely amazing. The Bhale – Tibetan bread – was light and fluffy and so yummy. The soups were both delicious. The Tibetan tea was comforting and tasty but also strange if you hadn’t had it before. The momos (dumplings) were probably our least favorite dish as the dough wasn’t as light and flavorful as we’d have wished. We’d probably award this 4.5 stars if possible – a half star deduction because the service wasn’t very good. They were a bit inattentive (we didn’t have our waters filled once without us asking) and they were a bit standoffish. But the speed of the food arriving and the quality of the food compensated well. In any case, we’ll definitely be back!!
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Jon Langbert
Great papri chaat! Steamed vegetable dumplings tasted like canned spinach – avoid unless your name is Popeye. Spicy fish curry was quite good and quite spicy. Definitely get rice to go with it. Roti was a good-sized serving, but a bit dry.
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Bianca Bowman
Delicious place! Everything we got was incredible. We had the rice cake appetizer, pumpkin & lamb curry, and rice flour coated fried shrimp. The chai was also amazing, although as someone who is lactose intolerant I probably should have indulged less. A sidenote to those who (like us) have never tried it is that the Tibetan butter tea is very buttery milky and salty — certainly tasty, and was just a bit intense for one of us to drink the whole thing.
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PRANIL MANE
Interior is good.
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Summer Wang
This is the type of restaurant that you will keep revisiting overtimes. I really like the food, and the nice environment here. Must try their special tea, it’s like salty milk definitely worth a try.
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Ritika Patane
As we were seated, my partner saw a cockroach next to him. We ordered chicken curry it was oily and no curry. As we informed our server about the cockroach they did not bother to care about the customer.
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Sophia
I think that the management changed. We used to love this restaurant. Now the food is overpriced and very poor quality, we felt sick after eating. I found a hair in my food and the kitchen lady (who wasn’t wearing a hair net) didn’t take it well, and no one even apologized for our bad experience. The momos (just bland dumplings) didn’t taste authentic at all (I used to work at a Nepalese restaurant). Very disappointed.
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