Hello Kitchen — Restaurant in Town of Kensington

Hello Kitchen is a welcome addition to the PEI dining scene. We ate there twice since discovering this gem in September, 2022 and came away more than satisfied both times. Kensington may seem an unlikely place for great Indian food but Hello Kitchen is as good as any South Asian restaurant I have visited in the Greater Toronto Area. Their dishes, from garlic naan to basmati rice to pakora to samosas to various curries and the old standby, butter chicken, are flavourful and decently priced. The garlic naan arrived hot and with a nice crunch. Ditto the pakora and samosas. We also sampled the chicken curry, lamb curry and chicken kadai along with the butter chicken. All were bursting with flavour. The rice was flaky and cooked perfectly. A couple of words of advice: I saw some complaints that sides like rice were not included with the entrees. True enough, but the prices are such that even with the cost of basmati rice added, the meal is still priced right. Also, the family that runs the place keeps Island and tourist tastes in mind when it comes to spicing the food. So if you like some heat, make sure you tell your server you want it spicy. Given the loss of many favourite restaurants on PEI thanks to COVID, it is heartening to see Hello Kitchen arrive. We will be back every trip. BTW, on Thursday nights they close a bit early and have a good old-fashioned PEI dance. Since they are in the old Legion there's plenty of room to bring back memories for Islanders of a...

Ordered dinner take-out 45 min before closing. Boyfriend and I ordered chicken biryani, palak paneer with garlic naan and butter chicken with basmati rice and everything tasted wonderful! Service was friendly, wait time and pricing for the amt of food given was not only reasonable given the flavours but great due to the portions. They did not skimp on the meat/paneer in any of the dishes, as some places in the GTA do (which is absolutely annoying).

My only critique would be the garlic naan that was included. It wasn't the best and only came with 1 small piece. Was a bit on the oily side but never-the-less flavourful.

Overall 4.5 out 5 ☆s for take-out service. Highly recommend checking this place out if you're in and around Kensington, PEI. It's a really great option outside of the usual seafood and...

Very expensive, and don't even get me started about the Naan. It was the tiniest serving, store bought and chewy. Worst I've ever tried. Honestly the cup of room temperature water was the best part of the meal. Also none of the meals come with sides!! To me that's the equivalency of passing me just a pork chop on a plate if I was eating at another restaurant. It just wouldn't happen. I will say my kids liked it, but they don't have anything to compare it to as if was their first time trying indian food. The restaurant itself smells very musty. Service was mediocre at best. Hope this saves someone else a major...