Kaavya Cuisine — Restaurant in Vaasa sub-region

The only good cheap weeknight restaurant in Vaasa.

The chicken vindaloo is spiced perfectly and with ginger shaved in to give it a fresher flavor than curry usually has, although the chicken is a bit overcooked. It also has a good amount of heat, so if you don't like spicy food you may want to steer clear of it.

The samosa are perfect. The ground meat samosas are well spiced, and I presume the meat inside is fried in it's own fat before wrapped to give it a nicer texture for finger foods. The veggie samosa are even better, and have a lot umami that I'm not sure how they create. The dipping sauce that comes with them has a mix of sweet and sour flavors that works very well with both types, although I'm partial to the veggie ones. Two portions of samosa is easily a meal.

Maybe I'm just easily impressed, but the difference between this place and other restaurants is...

A very poor dining experience. Given the short supply of Indian restaurants in the area, Kaavya has somewhat a captured market. The food has been passable, but tonight it was truly awful. Over-spiced with chilli and too saucy. Mushrooms from a tin which is inexcusable. I did not recognise my dish as a Karai at all. In fact, it reminded me of a 3:30am drunken curry from the crappy places I sometimes used to eat at as a student in Bradford. But then it was dirt cheap - which Kaavya most certainly is not. Then there was the the complete lack of customer service. At no point did anyone ask if the meal was satisfactory at the table - or when we went to pay. I won't go again. If you know anything about Indian food then I encourage you to cook at home - or make the trek to Sesam in Jakobstad if you want a nicer...

I was quite disappointed with the experience. The highlight was absolutely the naan-bread, and i wish i hadn’t ordered anything else. The butter chicken was the worst one i’ve ever had. It lacked any layers of flavor, there was no warmth from cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg, no freshness from coriander and cardamom, no trace of any seasoning except salt and sweetness. The best way to describe the sauce would be a bland tomato-carrotsoup (cause weirdly it tasted like that).

The interior of the restaurant was a bit shabby mostly due to the wrinkly tablerunners (a quick ironing of them would’ve done wonders).

The waiter was pleasant and efficient enough. The kind that meets the minimum expectations for...