Comments on: Kinara II disappoints

By: TRADERJANKI

TRADERJANKI — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:48:41 +0000

The Kinara in Park Slope is actually really excellent. It’s one of the best avergae/cheap priced Indian restaurants in the US- usually Indian restaurant food here is more of the same, tired Punjabi recipes. But at Kinara everything is fresh and not uniformly creamy or spicy.

By: S

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:44:59 +0000

I’m surprised…the original Kinara is my favorite Indian in the Slope (added bonus: it’s INCREDIBLY cheap if you do the take-out specials or go during lunch). Didn’t know they were opening another

By: Gabe

Gabe — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:33:40 +0000

While my experience is somewhat limited (I only order Tikka Masala, I love Tikka Masala, if Tikka Masala was a religion I would be its jesus), I’ve ordered delivery from Kinara II twice now and haven’t been very impressed. I went back to ordering from Amin.

My main complaint with Kinara’s Tikka is that they include the fatty nubby somewhat-gross parts of chicken meat, i.e. the parts I immediately cut off when I buy chicken breast from the grocery store. Amin on the other hand always has nice clean cuts of chicken in the Tikka Masala.

Otherwise in terms of taste, etc., the Tikka at Amin & Kinara II weren’t all that different. Ditto the nan and samosas.

Delivery-wise, the first time I ordered from Kinara it took about 1 hr 20 mins for delivery, the second time was a more reasonable 30 mins. Amin, on the other hand, constantly shocks me with how quickly the food arrives. Granted that’s probably because I’m ordering a very simple, common dish (tikka), however getting a hot meal delivered in 12 minutes (frequently the actual delivery time) is always appreciated.

By: clintonswash

clintonswash — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:25:13 +0000

It’s a shame that the review is based on a small sampling of dishes tried once at Kinara2 on their opening night.

I’ve had takeout about a dozen times from Kinara2 as well as the original south slope location.

The Saag Panir & the samosas are amongst the best I’ve had, and all of their chicken dishes are great.

Kinara2 beats the pants off anything I’ve had in Brooklyn, it is quality food prepared with care.

Clinton Hill blog I’m not feeling the disrespectful comments towards Mexicans & Bengalis by the author of this piece and the justification “I am Indian, and I know what I am talking about” is lame, it’s up there with a recent review I read on one of the neighborhood blogs about chez lola where the author starts out the review by describing their disdain for French food! Give Kinara2 the same break you gave bonita by sending a reviewer who doesn’t have a chip on their shoulder.

By: tigerstripes

tigerstripes — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:17:52 +0000

Hello narrow minded snobby Indian man,

You’ve obviously never been in the kitchen of a restaurant before!

Kinara is great and compared to Amin (not fit for swill) and going to Kennedy Fried Chicken for Indian Food (huh?), we are very lucky to have them move into the neighborhood so I think you should take off your Bengali hating glasses and give them the praise they deserve.

By: news views and analysis

news views and analysis — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:15:39 +0000

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