Everest Petone is an Indian and Nepalese restaurant at 304 Jackson Street, Petone, in Lower Hutt. It also trades under the name Everest Chullo Petone, and both names appear across its websites and signage. It holds a Google rating of 4.4.
### Cuisine
The kitchen serves a mixed Indo-Nepalese and Indian menu. Nepalese dishes are a defined part of the offer, including momo, chilli momo, jhol momo and chow mein, alongside Indian mains such as butter chicken and a chef's special lamb or chicken Gorkhali. The published menu sections cover vegetable and non-vegetarian starters, Nepalese mains, traditional Indian mains, vegetarian and vegan mains, Indo-Chinese dishes, biryani and rice, soups and salads, naan breads, and condiments and desserts. Roti Chennai also appears on the menu, reflecting the wider Southeast Asian influence found in several Petone kitchens. The restaurant describes itself as family owned.
### Service and hours
Everest Petone offers lunch, dinner and takeaway, with online ordering and online table booking through its website. Published opening hours differ between the restaurant's two websites and its footer listings, with some pages showing a Monday dinner-only service and others showing Monday closed, and lunch generally from 11.30am with dinner running to between 9.00pm and 10.00pm depending on the day. Anyone planning a group booking should confirm current trading hours directly with the restaurant.
### Groups and functions
Neither of the restaurant's websites publishes function information: there are no stated capacities, private dining rooms, set banquet menus, group minimums or catering terms available. The venue does take table bookings online, and the restaurant describes its atmosphere as suited to family meals and special celebrations, but any group arrangement, larger booking or event requirement would need to be discussed directly with the restaurant by phone.
### Suitability for group dining
For MICE purposes, Everest Petone is best treated as a straightforward restaurant booking rather than a function venue. It is a reasonable choice for an informal team dinner or delegate meal on Jackson Street where Indian and Nepalese food is wanted, particularly given the breadth of vegetarian and vegan options on the menu, which simplifies catering for mixed dietary requirements in a group. Its Petone location places it close to local accommodation and a short drive from Lower Hutt's CBD. Organisers requiring a private room, contracted catering or published capacities should look at dedicated Wellington venues.
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