Karki Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Grand Rapids

Pros: Chicken Kadhai was good Cons: Ordered online & didn’t get half of what we ordered (they were out), flavors were so-so, the dessert was most definitely not what I ordered & looked thrown together (tasted awful)

I was so excited to find a restaurant that had pani puri, chicken manchurian, and kheer. I put in an online lunch order for these as well as ras malai, and chicken kadhai and chicken fried rice for my husband (the menu noted it’s their specialty). The restaurant called as my husband was pulling in and they were out of my two appetizers and the kheer dessert (my whole meal). We didn’t want to cancel on them so I figured I would share his. The kadhai was very good -the meat was tender and the sauce was delish. The portion, for the price, was a bit steep. Maybe a scant cup of meat, a cup of sauce, and a cup and a half of rice for $15 -no sides or bread. The chicken fried rice wasn’t great. Salt helped, but it was maybe a 5/10. The ras malai was really, really off-putting. I worried at one point that the balls were actually styrofoam and not food. Further, they were not in a cardamom condensed milk -they were in plain sugar syrup and they were definitely not cottage cheese patties. I checked against the website to ensure they didn’t prepare them a different way -I think, perhaps, they were out of that item as well and threw a few things together. It was, really, really bad. I would probably not try again -from being out of half our food to us only liking one item, too costly and too...

No words good enough to describe this place. Discovered it less than a month ago and have already been here 4 times. Amazing selection of vegetarian foods, 4 different kinds of momos, each better than the last, authentic Nepali food which I couldn’t find anywhere nearby earlier (closest was in Chicago). Thalis have a wide variety, it’s not unnecessarily over spiced up, and the freshness levels of the meats and veggies are beyond amazing. Tried so many things here even apart from the momos and Thaali such as the Wai Wai soup (my personal favorite) and sadeko, chowmein, thukpa. The gravy of the jhol momo is probably the best one I have tasted in the entire United States. Aside from the food, the service is a solid 10/10. Decor is quite cute and not cluttered, and cleanliness is perfectly maintained too. In general, South Asian restaurants are relatively more expensive than others when you consider the price to serving size ratio and Karki’s is no exception, but it’s worth every penny of its value. Will keep visiting and updating this review with newer pics for the duration of my stay in Michigan, and highly recommend to anyone in this area for a wonderful casual...

Since we are Nepali, we wanted to dine in for lunch after our family tirelessly drove for a few hours. When we got in the restaurant, it was a major red flag because of the bad impression the employees gave us. Our family decided to go to the restroom, and mind you, it was the most dirtiest and unhygienic place of the restaurant. And to top that off, it had no paper towels to wipe my hands with which will obviously dissatisfy any costumer. When we placed our orders, we ordered 2 plates of chicken momo which looked severely undercooked and stale that I couldn’t even take one single bite of. After that, we order 2 thali which was a tiny bit better than the momo, but it was bland to the point that home cooked meals are extremely luxurious. The worst part was the garlic naan because it was the most inedible bread ever and was HARD AS A ROCK!! Like how do you mess up the naan. Additionally, the food here made me WANT TO THROW UP UNGODLY AMOUNTS OF THIS FILTH. Therefore, for future customers planning to go to this nasty restaurant, don’t because you’ll save your money. And will don’t have to go thru the unwelcoming workers, the repulsive bathroom, and the...