Karma Fine Indian Cusine

Excellent Indian food. Butter chicken is one of the best i have tasted. Definitely satisfies the craving.

Food was fantastic. Try the traditional butter chicken. Had a small issue with our server but think she was having an off night. Everyone is entitled to those I guess. Prices were fair as well. Will defiantly go back

We visited this rest @ lunch and I was disappointed by the limited selection offered in the buffet. No soups, no aloo gobi, no eggplant. Instead, they had lots of nan, rice, potatoes, & (of course) butter chicken. I checked their take-​out menu and Karma does sell two soups (lentil, mullgatawny) & lots of dishes with both cauliflower & eggplant? Why does the buffet excludes the healthier menu offerings? The buffet lunch for 4 ran $ 75 — pricey for the limited offerings!

Dear lord what mind blowing food. We’ve eaten here twice in a week and cannot believe our luck this place is near our home.
Fresh, light, rich and flavourful; I have yet to eat Indian anywhere that is even comparable. Its the kind of food that makes you want to run into the kitchen just to hug and kiss everyone. The Butter Chicken is the BEST I have ever eaten and their naan is made fresh to order.
Just when you think it can’t get any better, you find out there’s a lunch buffet Mon-​Sat from 11:30 — 2:00. Their food is the stuff dreams are made of and if you dont try this place, you are missing out. Me? Im planning on moving into their basement, so I can access leftovers when the restaurant is closed.

The food is awesome. The service is great. Even the owners are friendly and polite.
My favourite restaurant in the SE by far!!!

We picked Karma based on all the great reviews; didn’t enjoy as much as everyone else.
Décor was very nice, service really friendly and the best item was the naan. However everything else was very westernized; almost seemed like frozen Superstore product reheated. Sorry but it wasn’t very authentic, McDonald’s of Indian cuisine.
Unfortunately the naan bread is not enough to come back again.

Awesome! Some of the best Indian food I’ve had yet in Calgary. So far I’ve tried the pakoras, garlic naan, butter chicken, and their house special vegetable curry. We’re just done take-​out so far but would love to eat in the restaurant one of these days. A gem in the Deep South!

Best Indian food in the city, I’ve been here a more than a few times and every time I’ve been the food has been spot on. The Butter chicken and the coconut chicken curry are two favourites.

Awesome Karma here! Delicious food with great pricing. Friendly staff, comfortable environment. New favorite have gone a few times and will continue to do so!

Karma is a great place for a date night! Cute, quiet atmosphere. The food is amazing and you get SO MUCH! Enough to take home yummy leftovers for lunch the next day. It’s very vegetarian and vegan friendly! Just let them know and they have no problem accommodating. So happy with the service, the staff is very informed and helpful with unfamiliar items on the menu. All together a great experience! Definitely a must when visiting the Deep South area of Calgary! ESPECIALLY IF YOURE VEGAN! We will be back!

I’ve been to Karma numerous times in the last few years. My first few visits were fantastic, the food was full of flavor and the portions were reasonable for the price. The lamb there has always been fantastic.
I’ve noticed lately though that the quality of food has gone down hill with attempts to cut back on cost by watering down chutneys and raita (cucumber yoghurt). At one point their raita was so watered down that it tasted like cucumber yoghurt in water and we had to ask the manager to take it back and make a better one.
On my last visit to Karma i had the same experience with the tamarind chutney and raita again very watered down and lacked flavor. I probably would not go back again and would rather drive to downtown for more authentic indian food. I would have to agree with the reviewer that said that vindaloo is unreasonably spicy with no flavor (coming from a guy that has above average tolerance for spices).

Great food, great ambience, great service! We tried the 2 types of butter chicken and it was Ah-​maz-​ing, Nan is one of the best I’ve ever tried. I’m definitely a regular from now on!

I don’t know of many Indian restaurants down in the DEEP Southeast, and my Indian dining partner was quite wary because of it, but he was impressed by Karma’s food!
This restaurant is one of the more gorgeous Indian restaurants I’ve been to, great ambiance and décor.
We ordered some chicken masala tikka, shrimp korma, chicken vindaloo (very hot), and some naan bread and saffron rice. Their saffron rice was amazing, filled with yummy flavors and a generous size. I really, really enjoyed the shrimp korma the most, probably because I like the creaminess of the sauce curry :) The vindaloo is as spicy as it states on the menu, but if you like spice you will love it!
Prices are very reasonable and portions are served on a hot plate, which is kind of fun and keeps your meal warm for a long meal!

Great option in the South for Indian food if you don’t feel like going far from home. I’ve always found the food to be good, if a little over priced. If you plan to go on a Friday or Saturday be sure to make a reservation. Even with a reservation you may still wait though. They tend to seat people at reserved tables and tell them they need to be out by the time the reservation arrives, and of course, your table is still being used when you get there.

Our first experience with Karma was fantastic!
We walked in without reservations and had to wait (which I don’t mind). We ordered non-​vegetarian dinner — service was friendly, food tasted great, atmosphere was relaxed and we liked the pre-​set menu allowing us to try their chicken, lamb and beef entrees.
Pricing was comparable to other restaurants we’ve visited for the quality and amount of food we received. Everything tasted fresh, and we enjoyed the variety. We will eat here again.

Karma karma karma karma… karma chameleeeeonnnn!
(See what I did there? Now it’s in your head… sorry peeps!)
Anyways, chameleon is a great way to describe Karma because it’s trying to be something that it’s not.
I took a client there for lunch (his suggestion) and hit up Unilocal to find out what was good. We had the buffet and I elected to sample the butter chicken.
It was… interesting.
I took a bite of it and was immediately reminded of another flavor that I’ve had many times previously. But what was it? It didn’t belong in butter chicken, but it was familiar. It took me about 10 minutes to figure it out — tomato soup!
Now, tomato soup is awesome and definitely a great lunch item, but it makes a horrible butter chicken. I suppose an Indian restaurant in the burbs caters to a different crowd, and living downtown I’m probably spoiled with so many great options nearby.
Bottom line: You can get tomato soup from the grocery store and throw in your own chicken for a fraction of the cost. If you’re looking for authentic Indian at a reasonable price, it’s worth it to drive a little further.

One of my favourite restaurants in South Calgary to visit for a nice evening out. Rav and his family do a wonderful job of serving delicious food, at good prices, for dine-​in or takeout. The staff are always friendly, knowledgeable, speedy and make a point of connecting with their customers. The kitchen is also open to customer modifications, such as increasing the heat or even ordering dishes not on the menu, like Sag Aloo. The Nan bread, veggie samosas and Butter Chicken are my favourite items to order. Definitely worth trying!

I don’t really think there’s much to add than what has already been noted in these reviews. The interior décor is nicer than your average East Indian restaurant. The food is quite pricey for what you get, and I thought the portion size was pretty minimal. The food itself was tasty, however, I expected a bit more «kick» from the dishes. The only spicy dish was the vindaloo, so I’d recommend asking them for some heat if that’s what you like.

Karma is a small, trendy place that gets a lot of attention from the area: we reserved a table for 12, but in the end only 9 arrived, so the waitress had to remove a table to use for a separate party, and to make space, our long table was squeezed against the wall.
Strike one! In a clear attempt to squeeze-‘em-in-and-turn-‘em-around, the restaurant neglected to leave us space to maneuver. We were on the bench against the wall, and it was basically «good luck» if you had to get to the washroom and ask four other people to squeeze over on the bench (into the next table’s space). Room is tight, and even getting the four people to get up and come around the table to stand (in a line) hovering over the adjacent tables, would have been a considerable challenge. Jovi and Kat, sitting in the corner, had to resort to crawling under the table to get out. Very unrefined of the place, they would highly benefit from having a few less tables…
…and a bit more effort in food preparation. Our appetizers were good (though Kat found severe fault with the vegetable samosas, calling them unworthy), and because we were nine people ordering over a dozen dishes, a couple seemed to have inevitably been lost and the dilemma unsatisfactorily left in the air. The main dishes were as good as you can expect if you’re unwilling to hit up the northeast restaurants, but not from the prices: they are at least $ 2 too much each. They are already milking every penny from the customer, giving them small portions in a small space to eat in a very short time, all at huge prices. Drop the prices! You will still rake in the dough!
I daresay I will give them another chance (perhaps a lunch buffet), but although I did enjoy some of the dishes, there were too many things that went wrong to truly recommend Karma at this time.
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Mediocre Indian cuisine. They in my opinion should have a different price for children under 12 not lump all kids
Mediocre Indian food. They could have a better pricing policy, when it comes to children. As it stands under 12 is half price, and under 5 is $ 5.00. In my opinion kids under 12 should be a certain price, and my 3 yr. old which ate a scoop of rice should not be made to pay $ 5.00