Kenyan Cafe and Cuisine — Restaurant in Anaheim

Tip: Mention "OC Food Diva" and receive 15% off your bill. Samosas are usually stuffed with meat and spices and deep-fried. They are very popular in areas that were part of the Spice Route - India, Southeast Asia, Arabian Peninsula, Mediterranean, and Africa. It generally consists of a fried or baked triangular, semilunar or tetrahedral pastry shell with a savory filling, which may include spiced potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, and lentils, or ground lamb or chicken. Kenyan Café offers beef or lentils and cheese. The beef samosas are to die for! Think of an empanada or wonton but better. The spices that are used to flavor the beef definitely taste of Indian and Asian influence. The outer crust reminds me of crispy wonton or gyoza. The ground beef reminds me of an Asian meat filling with green onions and spices. I could eat these all night long because they are addictive. Thumbs up, way up!

Obama Meal is fried tilapia on a bed of freshly cooked sauce. The tilapia was whole and perfectly fried. The fish was tender and fall-off-the-bone delicious. The sauce was light and added a textural dimension to the fish. The presentation was beautiful! No fighting over who gets the eyeballs! Roll up the fish in the chapati (unleavened flatbread similar to naan in Indian cuisine) for a unique eating and flavor experience. Thumbs up, way up!

Vegetarian Combo Dish is a delicious hearty and filling meal of lentils, githeri (corn and beans boiled together and served as a stew), collard greens, and cabbage with your choice of chapati, ugali (simple staple made from corn or maize flour and water, similar to grits in flavor, but much more doughy), or rice. This is a vegetarian’s paradise. The lentils were cooked to perfection and stewed with spices and vegetables. The collard greens were braised but still green. These have to be the best collard greens - better than any Southern-style collard greens that I’ve ever had. The cabbage was a surprise. It was sweet and didn’t even taste like cabbage. It was scrumptious! The githeri is like a vegetarian chili with beans and spices. It went great with the rice. Thumbs up, way up!

Mbuzi Karanga (Lamb Stew) is a tasty meal of lamb stew in a blend of Kenyan spices and herbs. The lamb was tender fell off of the bone. The Kenyan spices were amazing! The ugali was an interesting vehicle to use to grab your food. It had a faint corn flavor to it, but the texture reminded me of stiff mashed potatoes. Use it to soak up all of the stew juices. You don’t want to waste a drop!...

I could not believe the way the staff gave us a bad altitude upon arrival. He did not welcome us and his look was very unfriendly. We drove all the way from Los Angeles Airport where we had booked our lovely hotel to Kenyan Cafe and Cuisine to have our Kenyan meal. The food was very small not worthy the money we paid for so if you are very hungry this is not the place you can go to refill your stomach. However, the food is very tasty especially ugali, kachumbali and nyama choma but Pilau not very nice. I could have given 5 stars but the poor services and quantity of the food would not allow me to do so. My friend who live in Los Angeles had warned me not to go there but I thought it is good to see bymyself. It is very unfortunate that the staff was a Kenyan and did not treat us like his fellow Kenyan. We live in UK but if I chance to go back US I won't bother to go this...

I can't believe this place! I got here on a Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. and they open at 4:00 p.m. and no one is here and no 1 is answering the phone! If they go out of business, I will not be surprised because this is horrible customer service! I drove almost an hour to get here and this place is not even open! I'm so disappointed because I've been to Kenya and miss their food and really wanted some today. Perhaps they've already gone out of business! Someone responded that I should have given them 15 minutes before becoming so outraged. I see their point. However, I did not leave until about 4:40. Although when I started writing the review it was for 4:10 but I didn't post it until some time later (to give them a few more minutes and the benefit of the doubt) and still no one...