Kama Bistro

Everything made from scratch? I am in-today, tomorrow and always!🤤 I loved the fresh food concept, ambiance, and service. Nothing can be any better. Everything is made on order so you can select your protein, that’s a win win for a vegetarian like me. Absolutely loved a cute gesture by the servers - complementary dessert on our anniversary. I am going back again and again and again. 5 ⭐️ Would also like to add, parking around this restaurant is a bit difficult. So plan ahead. :)

We were a group of 5 people and came here on a Friday night. We made reservations in advance and were seated promptly on arrival. We had 2 vegetarians in our group. We ordered samosas, chili chicken and crispy chilling potatoes for appetizers and a rooibis tea, mango lassi and a few cocktails to start us off. The chili chicken tasted great but it wasn’t really what you’d call as chili chicken in India. The samosas and crispy chili potatoes were good. All the drinks were all pretty decent too. For mains we had a malai kofta, tandoori grilled chicken, lamb nihari, dal makhani, vegetable pulao and raita. We also had a garlic naan and pudina paratha. All in all we knew this was a lot of food for 5 people but we were prepared to take home leftovers. The tandoori grilled chicken had raving reviews from all those who had it in our group. The malai kofta and dal were decent and so was the pudina paratha and pulao. The disappointments were the lamb nihari and garlic naan. The nihari wasn’t really a nihari and didn’t taste like one and the garlic naan wasn’t flavored very well and seemed very dry. The prices are on the higher end but the portion sizes are pretty big too. A pretty decent Indian restaurant by chicago standards and would definitely recommend you to check it out.

This bistro may be a fit for the patrons exploring Indian cuisine 101 because the "modern" seem to be taking shortcuts. Ordered the BASICS for lunch and it WAS DISAPPOINTING. A drastic change from our pre-COVID visit and it is possible there's been a change in ownership. * Papadum tasted stale, perhaps the chickpeas were mixed with other ingredients(?) because it was not crispy or fragrant. ** The Chicken Tikka Masala was missing several spices and tasted more like Vindaloo without the creamy texture. ***Where was the ginger and garlic in the Saag Paneer? The primary reason that my review is not a two star is because of the cocktail menu and the attentive wait staff. The ambience is dark and during the brighter non-winter months, most patrons obviously opted for the few available window seating facing the street.

Extremely disappointed by the quantity and price of food. The taste was good and I was hungry that's why I gave 3 stars else my initial thoughts were to give them almost 1 star. My recommendation is that you can find Indian restaurants with much better deals and also more options in terms of cuisine, quality of food, Quantity and pricing at places like Lombard, Naperville and Schaumburg.

What an amazing staff. My mom can be a bit much to handle which can stress me out when going out to eat with her but the staff and owner were incredibly kind. My dad ordered the lamb grill and I’ve never seen him happier with his food. The tikka chicken was absolutely delicious with good size portions. We all left incredibly happy!