Karma Asian Food & Fine Wine

Reviews about Karma Asian Food & Fine Wine

• 3 / 5

  By Rob Huebschmann
  Karma is a...well...restaurant according to their sign. Clearly my karma was doomed tonight. Needing to have an early dinner before an evening phone call I decided this hotel restaurant was my best choice before going up to my room. Their online menu looked good and the pictures in the hotel elevator were impressive. Unfortunately, the reality was quite different. Upon arriving at the hostess station I was greeted by no one. I waited. I looked at the menu. I answered some email messages on my phone. I looked up directions to another restaurant. After several minutes of seeing neither a hostess nor a waitperson, I decided eating in the bar at Karma would probably be a more efficient choice.
  I went to the bar section of the restaurant. The bartender was working on the touch screen payment system. Again I waited. And I waited. I sat down. I waited some more. Alas! He turned around and finally noticed me. By this point I had been looking at the clock, and over six minutes had passed before anyone had even acknowledged my existence. Happy to find out I had not become a ghost, I asked if I could order from the restaurant menu at the bar, and he confirmed I could do just that. Excellent. I moved to a different bar stool and he gave me the bar menu. No, I wanted the restaurant menu. So he went back over to the restaurant to get a copy of their menu. Finally, I can at least order something. I opted for some tempura and an order of noodles. I had to resort to pointing at things on the menu, because he didn't seem to understand what I was ordering. I spoke slower and pointed again. And after this rough start, I asked for a glass of sauvignon blanc as well.
  Confident things would get better; I was surprised to find him approaching me with a glass of red wine. It was cabernet sauvignon. No. I ordered the sauvignon blanc. I again pointed at the menu. This time he brought the bottle to be sure he was getting it right. Yes! Finally. Pour quickly please, before I walk out of this place.
  I should have just left. The tempura wasn't terrible, but it was clearly whatever vegetables could be found at the local corner store, cut into pieces so large it took 5 or 6 bites to consume most of them. It was not a regular tempura style batter. It was clearly a generic onion ring batter. One branch of broccoli was so massive I did not even want to attempt to consume it. The noodle dish I ordered could have been good if it wasn't for the uninspired sauce, bland seasoning and overcooked noodles. Aside from that, it was edible. Now that the bartender could identify the sauvignon blanc on the menu, I had another glass just to keep the evening from being a total waste. For the price, I could have eaten at an Asian fast food restaurant 4 times and the food would have been better.
  The only highlight of the evening was watching the bartender struggle with every single customer regarding his or her order. With only six beers on tap, he didn't know which one was the IPA. I helped by telling the frustrated customer to just point at what he wanted.
  February 25, 2017
• 5 / 5

  By Lucas Kusek
  very good asian fusion food, portions for appetizers could be bigger other than that the food was outstanding. the decor is pleasant and modern. the service could have done a better job communicating clearly but other than that it was a great meal.
  August 29, 2016