Excellent food and service and accommodated me in my wheelchair and plenty to choose for my vegetarian diet with excellent sparkling red wine! I felt like i was dining in a foreign city! read more

Good food except we kind of got scammed. I went with a group of 5 and we all did the "Let us cook for you" option for $120/pp with auto gratuity of 20%. Not a cheap meal. The food was good and each main came with its own naan or rice. It was a lot of naan/rice so towards the end there were left overs of 3 mains with 3 baskets of naan (different flavors) and 2 bowls of rice. We were all quite full. I asked how many dishes were left and she said 1 fried rice and prawn dish followed by dessert. She asked if we wanted this last dish packed to go or if she should still serve it. We asked her to serve it so we can still try it together. We were later told our reservation time was ending and we had to start finishing up so all the food was packed up for us and we were given our dessert. After we left we realized the fried rice and prawn dish that was never served (because of time) was never given to us to go. Not sure if it was intentional or mistaken but considering there was a conversation about it seemed odd. Also once the food was packed we didn't leave quickly as we still had our dessert to eat then pay, and we later stayed outside the restaurant to chat for a few minutes. I doubt dishes are mistakenly left behind at the kitchen but if so there would have been plenty of time to discover the mishap. I understand the 20% gratuity and it is clearly stated but for sharing so many dishes, we had to ask for our dirty dishes to be changed towards the end of the mains. Each dish has curry/sauce, oils and strong flavors and it just continued to stay on the plate since the first dish. I'm pretty sure if we didn't ask for new plates they never would have been changed. High dining places change the plates after every dish. I can understand if it was only after the saucy dishes but that was every dish here. Besides these points, the restaurant was very capable to cater to the different dietary restrictions of our table. The server was attentive with our water. read more

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Ammakase tasting menu was a (mostly) total miss, and the service was bad. I hope I save you some money. Among the issues- - no breads at all, of any kind, during an entire Indian tasting menu - lamb was not good - not charred or smoky at all despite the description - pork coppa dish and the curry were bad - red rice provided was not tasty My wife refused to eat the meat courses - they just didn't taste appetizing A couple ate the normal menu next to us, which looked pretty good. But we paid a bunch extra to have not-good food The restaurant was empty and there was a reason First time anyone asked us if we liked a dish was at the very end Hope this helps someone else! read more

Kavita is a new high-end Indian restaurant focusing on Mumbai and Malvan food. I haven't seen a lot of places in Vancouver that specialize in Malvan food, that too in a high-end setting so I was very excited to try this place out! The ambiance of their restaurant is gorgeous - very minimalistic and chic. The service was 5/5! The staff were so friendly and knowledgeable, everyone took their time to explain the dishes to us. They said for a party of two, they would recommend 2 appies and 2 mains which was perfect! Here's what I tried - :: Chili cheese garlic naan - it was not like your typical cheese garlic naan, it looked more like a cheesy pizza with Indian flavours. I loved how they showcased it! It came with a puree which tasted like chutney and was pretty good. :: Bombay vada usal - LOVED the presentation of this! The flavours were spot on but the spice level was missing. :: Mangalorean chicken - it came with a crispy roti on top that they recommend you crush into the plate for an added crisp. Such a great idea! The flavour profile and presentation was spot on! :: Malvani prawn pulao - so apparently this dish was something the chef's mom use to make for him and i could definitely taste the authenticity of it in the flavours - tasted like a home cooked meal :: paneer nettle saag - the paneer was sooo fresh and soft!! Big fan Dessert - It was a milk cake dessert which had their take on pooran podi which is a traditional marathi dessert. This was the highlight of the night for us! I would definitely come back for it!! read more

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Went for dinner this wknd and started with aam panna cocktails based in tequila, the ingredients including buttermilk wash was different and it was a unique cocktail. We started with jumbo prawn recheado and 4 prawns to a serving, it was probably one of the most flavorful prawns because of that spicy chili sauce. Then we told the server we wanted to keep the leftover sauce so he brought the malvani prawn pulao that we could have with the leftover rechado sauce, nice combo. The palau on its own was good tastes homemade, but the prawns recheado was the favorite of the evening. The chicken malai kebab was good, 4 pieces to an order, as we ordered it with garlic naan. It came with a malai sauce which was good but these are from the small plates menu. Then we ended it with mangalorean sablefish curry that came with heirloom red rice from Sri Lanka. It was very succulent and the reason I wanted to try this restaurant. The curry could have had more spice and the rice was very healthy. Our server was great, nice experience except the end felt a bit rushed as the next reservation arrived earlier so they were trying to rush us, so we skipped dessert but none of the options looked enticing anyway. read more

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They provided one of the best dining experiences I've had in Vancouver. The food was excellent. We did the set menu and top to bottom it was very good. The service was perfect and with the set menu we got full descriptions that made the evening. read more

Kavita - Course 4 - Indian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

excellent uniquewith explary service. I was in a wheelchair and was treated 'normal'.

Food was good but service needs improvement. We had a lovely female waitress but towards the end we were being helped by a different server that just dropped off our bills without us requesting them. A minute later he just put the credit card machine on the table. It was quite rude. No one thanked us for our visit when we left either. I expected more customer service since it is an expensive restaurant. I wanted to leave a review on Google maps but it was locked. I also noticed that all their reviews are from when they first opened. There are no recent reviews! read more

Kavita - Restaurant turned off Google reviews - Indian Near Me - Vancouver, British Columbia

Tried out Kavita recently for a Valentine's Day dinner with my partner. It's a new upscale Indian place just south of Olympic Village, in the new "Ofiswerks" lofts, tucked in next to a kitchen offering cooking classes. Immediately upon entry we were greeted warmly by the host and shown to our table. The decor in the restaurant is warm and elegant, but quite minimalistic. There are abundant cool tones and earthy accents on the furniture, perhaps to make the point that your focus should remain firmly on the vibrant curries and character cocktails in front of you. The menu is divided into a series of small and large plates taking inspiration from points up and down the west coast of India, accompanied by a decent wine and beer list, and a menu of eight cocktails. We chose four small plates to start, as it was our first time, not wanting to overcommit. For a late-evening seating, this amount of food ended up being perfect. The naan oozed with cheese and a pungent chutney made from garlic scapes that smacks you across the mouth. We followed this with the potato fritters (vada usal). Flavourful, crispy on the exterior, soft and pillowy inside. The fritters were placed on a bean stew that was brimming with warming spices. Next up was the Mangalorean chicken, which I probably could have eaten seven of. The spice level, the freshness of the curry leaves, the creaminess of the coconut sauce, all of it moreish and just spot-on. It was topped by this crispy, bubbly roti that was reminiscent of a parmesan cracker. Crunched up and mixed in the sauce, it was the perfect contrast to the soft texture of the chicken. We finished with the prawn recheado, which we were told was composed of jumbo prawns that are sourced directly from India. These were some of the juiciest prawns I've ever eaten, with a slight briny note under a powerful heat from a bright red curry. The spoonful of bright, lemony kachumbar salad broke up the richness well. The servers were attentive, engaging, and cheerful, not hovering too much, taking the time to explain each dish, making recommendations throughout. The restaurant was full but the acoustics of the room tamped down the volume of conversations. A smash hit for sure; looking forward to coming back for more. read more