KAMA – Classical Indian Cuisine

I remember this place from a visit in 2011 and I remember the food being great. Now it is just average. For $ 22 per person the buffet is not cheap. They have three stations: salads, vegetarian and meat. There aren’t too many items in each. You won’t go hungry — what’s there is enough, but don’t expect a huge variety.
The butter chicken was overly sweet. The fish curry was very good. I liked their garlic naan (not all you can eat). That’s pretty much it. The rest was unremarkable. The place is large and never full. Service is good.

Went there with a Groupon with my husband on Sunday for a dinner buffet. As many reviewers have already indicated the buffet options are minimal; that said, they have the most popular Indian food e.g.
Food: overall okay… meh!
Meats: curry lamb, tandoori chicken, curry basa fish and butter chicken.
Vegetarian: curry lentil, mixed veg, basmati rice and some other curry.
Salad Bar: green salad, mixed salad, kale salad, condiments and some deep fried food (spring rolls, samosa, pakora.
Naan: ask server for either garlic or plain

**I found the temperature of the food was a bit on the cool side and not hot enough.
Service: good service if there aren’t a lot of customers– they don’t have enough staff
Overall: With this Groupon, it comes with any drinks including beer, house wine and even mango Lassi. Overall for the price we paid, good value. But probably won’t be coming back… definitely have had better Indian food.

Having come here several times over the years, KAMA is a solid but unspectacular Indian restaurant.
Known for their AYCE lunch and dinner buffets, the ambience of the restaurant itself is a bit strange. There’s very little service, the buffet itself is located a fair distance from the tables (which makes you feel a bit awkward while walking back to your seat) and it has the vibe of a small-​town restaurant, despite being in the heart of the city and located across the street from Roy Thomson Hall. It’s a place that’s clearly designed to seat a lot of people, but most of the time, I found it to be strangely empty and unappealing.
Food selection is solid overall, ranging from classics like butter chicken and masala to vegetarian dishes like Paneer Kadai, and a wide assortment of desserts, but the presentation is fairly plain. Regardless, the quality was very good across the board and is the basis for why I give it three stars.
It’s a tad on the pricey side, but you’re paying for the ease of location to the entertainment district and a fairly quiet atmosphere. Solid buffet overall, and it’s one I’m happy to visit again.

If you plan on eating food with very cold and buffet brought, then do so here, waste of money to call anyone a chef there, for the service is why the star was given, attentive and possibly only reason I would go, I told them the complaint and I wasn’t charged so I tipped the waiter $ 20 for both servers. I wouldn’t go in free meal and not tip. That’s rude and not the servers fault for bad chef and owner. Kindly work on food, as it’s embarrassing for that prime of a location.

Came here for buffet on a Friday night at 6:30 and the place was 70% empty, never a good sign. The buffet selection was disappointing, and what thy did have was lacklustre at best, the only redeeming thing was the fresh fruit. The worst part, they ran out of the vanilla and chocolate ice cream. Will never come back even with all the groupons they have…

Visiting from the States and saw this deal on Groupon. Overall a very positive experience. You don’t usually get great service at a buffet, but our server went above and beyond. I would recommend the lamb chops and the whole black lentils with kidney beans.

I got the dinner Groupon. I think we paid $ 15 in total, including tax (not tip). For a dinner buffet, that’s a good price, but I wouldn’t pay full price for the dinner buffet here.
There wasn’t much of a variety, as a buffet. The meat that they had was basically stew, so much sauce and you had to look and scrape around to find some meat. If you’re a vegetarian, definitely don’t bother with this place. The vegetarian selection were spring rolls, rice and one entrée, I don’t remember the dish, but you’d basically be better off paying for a vegetarian plate somewhere else.
I thought it was cool that they had a band perform live, but I kinda felt sorry for them because there were only a few people that were in the restaurant. If anything, people were mostly at the bar.
If you got the Groupon, cool. Other than that, I don’t recommend this place. They food tasted fine and the service was ok, but for the cost that you’re spending, you’re better of going somewhere else.

Went their for dinner one night with my gf.
Food was good and our server did a good kob!
It was Wednesday night and they had live Jazz music as well!
Cool night at King West before Kinky boots!

After trying out some other Indian restaurants in the area, I have to say that Kama is still my favorite Indian restaurant in Toronto, however I can no longer give five stars.
The food as always is really good and flavorful, however every time I come here the place is almost deserted — completely empty. I am not sure why, maybe because Kama’s lunch buffet is $ 2 more expensive than other Indian lunch buffets or maybe it’s the area. can’t tell. Also, the food here is more spicy than in some other Indian restaurants around and some of the dishes looked very oily. On my last visit here, we were the only customers in the restaurant; it seemed kind of awkward. Also, some of the dishes were lukewarm, almost cold, some of the dishes were almost empty. I still like the food here, the table seating arrangements, authentic style, the service is very friendly and good, nothing to complaint about. I just wish they invested more money in marketing; this place is amazing. I love that they bring you hot and fresh naan at the table once you arrive. Another great thing about Kama is that the actual buffet is located away from the tables, and the space around it is pretty big. No need to bump into someone’s table while filling up your plate. They also have great dessert selection — Rice Kheer, Mango Kheer, Rasmalai, Gulab Jamun — depending on the day. But they always have kheers, ice cream and fresh fruit (melons, grapes etc).

Butter chicken here is delicious! Staff was really good and the live band music was great, too. Just one thing I wish was there was ice cream but other than that the food is delicious!

The location is great however for the kind of food, service and décor I think it’s extremely overpriced. I got a groupon coupon and went to dinner with my spouse as part of birthday celebrations. Just at the start of the evening I went to the buffet area and started looking for the fool when I saw a cockroach going around the food. It was the WORST feeling ever and I felt I was going to vomit during the dinner and I did not tell my wife not to ruin the dinner however it was so disgusting that there is no excuse for this. It has been my worst experience in a restaurant and I don’t even want to imagine the kitchen. Disgusting

Nice ambiance, Tasty vegetarian and meat dishes. Selection is somewhat limited but delicious nonetheless. Disappointing desert selections, in fact there we only 3 puddings to choose from and 3 ice cream flavours served the traditional «Mandarin» out of the bucket style.

This is probably one of the better looking and more spacious Indian restaurants in town. We came on a Sunday. Not many customers. This area is business area and tends to be busier during lunch, and Fri/​Saturdays.
This place charges a premium. I guess it’s due to the large size? They also have performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays which is nice addition. The food is pretty standard stuff. They have your typical naan, butter chicken, tandoori chicken, and all the standard curries. All the food were good, but nothing you can’t get elsewhere. It tastes like any other standard Indian buffet.
I came with a Groupon. The place is worth 3 stars to me, but I deducted another star because the stupid guy said we need to make a reservation. Looks like he was trying to shoe me away so he didn’t have to honor the Groupon. When the place is mostly empty, you want me to make a reservation? It didn’t say reservation required on the Groupon. This is the kind of thing that damages customer relations. We still got a table in the end but what’s said can’t be undone. And seriously… it’s a buffet. If I don’t eat the food, it’s going to go bad anyways. It’s smarter to honor the Groupon on a slow day like Sunday.
Personally, this place is too far for me. It’s not a place I would go out of the way for. I’d only consider this place again if a) I happened to be in the area, b) it’s a day where they have a performance, c) if I crave Indian d) they do Groupon again. Some stars need to align for me to come back. I will always have other options for Indian food.

Went to Kama again recently and noticed a distinct improvement in the food! Used to be sort of white people Indian fod but now it tastes much more authentic! I actually mentioned it to the manager and was told that they recently got a new head chef.
Any reviews that are more than a month or two old are probably not relevant!
Not cheap but the buffet makes it well worth it.
Lots of vegetarian dishes too!!!

My boyfriend and I came to this place for lunch. I had a Groupon for their buffet lunch for two people with two drinks. I have to say the Groupon was a great deal. The service at this place was very good. The seating was comfortable. For my drink, I ordered a masala chai tea. I thought the tea was ok, but I didn’t really taste the flavours of the spices that was supposed to be in the tea. The food in the buffet, was satisfactory as I have had other Indian food that was much better. Overall I like this place, the food was satisfactory the seating was comfortable and the service was very good.

From the start, I would have given Kama a 4 stars because the food selection and the quality was good, but the service (or lack thereof) sort of killed my vibe.
My friend and I went on a Tuesday evening for their buffet.
The place was not full, nor empty either.
DECOR
The place is in a basement and it feels like it. A bit difficult to find the entrance, and once you get inside, it’s dark and you come across these massive couches in the middle of the dinning room, next to a jazz scene.
FOOD
Good selection, you find all the classic dishes and they bring you naan (classic or garlic) directly to your table. The food was very hot, it didn’t appeared to be there for hours and tasted good.
SERVICE
You could tell the staff was not sufficient. I saw only 3 people running the dinning room and terrace, + they had to help refurbish the buffet and prepare drinks at the bar. The lady was very nice but the two other guys just seem like they couldn’t care less.
We had to ask 2 times to get some naan and waited 10 minutes for our bill. We then waited another 15 minutes for someone to come and take the payment. Slightly fed up, we went to the bar to pay and had to wait another 5 minutes.
I hope they would get more people on the floor to provide a better experience.
Overall, a good filling meal for less than 20 $ (including tip)

I have tried many Indian restaurants and this is one the best I have tried. Especially their dinner buffet is amazing. I always come here when in town, I bring all my friends and they love it too.
I strongly suggest. Their butter chicken is amazing. They also have delicious mango ice cream and good cocktails for ladies.

Bought the groupon for buffet lunch. Food quality was okay– pretty average. I came here on a weekday and it was fairly busy. Honestly, I liked it for the price that I paid with the groupon, but I probably wouldn’t come back and pay full price.
They didn’t have Gulab Jamun :(

Sometimes when I have dinner plans, I take it easy on the snacking during the day.
It was a good thing I did this yesterday because my dinner venue was changed at the last minute… to an All-​You-​Can-​Eat Buffet!
Self-​serve buffets aren’t for everyone. I admit, I’m not one of those people.
Last night an old friend and I met at Kama, an Indian place in Toronto’s Theatre District. She and I have been many times and the place never fails to satisfy.
We met there just before 6pm, and the place was empty. (More naan bread for us, yay!) But by the time we had sat down to our (ahem) second plate, most of the tables were occupied… our guess was the theatre crowd grabbing a bite before the shows started at 7:30 or 8pm.
What do I say? It was an extravaganza of all you can eat Chicken (and Fish) Tikka, Butter Chicken, Channa Masala, Saag Paneer (my personal favourite), plus salads, rice, desserts, naan bread and many other delicacies that are Indian-​based and catered to our North American palate. (We all know this to be the truth)
The food is good. I know that it’s hard to make a dish perfectly when you are making mass quantities of it. And yes, plate presentation doesn’t even exist when you are scooping food onto your own plate and in a queue full of people. The wait staff, while busy, were pleasant and always had water available when your glass was running low. The place is clean, big and from what I observed, very popular with locals, tourists and theatre-​goers alike.
My only comment would be that they didn’t have Gulab Jammun for dessert. I was really looking forward to some of that. Also, they served Naan bread when you asked, as opposed to their lunch buffet, when you can take much more than you probably needed. (Well, maybe that’s a good thing)
I like this place. I’ve been going for years and I’m always happy when I leave. I can say from experience that it’s a great place for lunch, it’s family-​friendly and you will enjoy yourself.

I like the ambiance of the restaurant, they have live music during dinner time. I have been to this place twice first time a la cart and second time buffet and here are my findings:
A la cart:
1) the best option if you’re going to dine at this venu; food is fresh and hot.
2) the best items are lamb biryani and butter chicken.
Buffet:
Skip it all together because curries were liquidly displayed and there was always shortage of naans!