Kama Bistro in Lagrange

I'm kind of surprised there has been no mentions here of a great Indian restaurant in the western burbs - Kama Bistro.

I was there last night - the third time I've been, but I was armed with a friend who is pretty deeply into Indian food - he's an Indian from Punjab and is quite exacting about the restaurants he goes to. He really loved it. He said he could tell the chef was not only Indian, but clearly a professionally trained chef, and you dont get meals like this in India unless you are in a fancy hotel or your mom is cooking...

I, on the other hand, have been to multiple Indian restaurants and never been impressed. Its usually for a buffet, and its always just OK at best. Kama, however, really is great stuff.

We had a Tandoori platter to start, which was just great... very well spiced and the spices seemed very fresh. We also had a couple other dishes (dont remember what because I didnt order) and a really fantastic dish called Lamb Roganjosh, and followed up with a dessert made of pistachios and condensed milk - which was kind of like Ice cream... but not. A little on the expensive side, but then again, we ate a ton of stuff.

I'm curious now if this restaurant is a total outlier in Indian food, or if other Indian places are as good or better. I've been to India House, Klay Pot, places in other cities, etc.


But if you dig Indian food and are near Lagrange, I'd recommend you check it out.

threegoofs wrote:I'm kind of surprised there has been no mentions here of a great Indian restaurant in the western burbs - Kama Bistro.

I found one mention buried in a thread on hot peppers.

Thanks for reporting on your favored restaurant, we all love a new place to try.

Regards,

Kama Indian Bistro
8 W Burlington Ave, La Grange
(708) 352-3300
http://www.kamabistro.com/

They are moving to:

9 S. LaGrange.

Larger location + bar: http://lagrange.patch.com/groups/busine ... ight-scene


The food here is excellent, the ghost pepper vindaloo was actually flavorful and not death-spicy to me. The chili spicy potato appetizer is really good (more like american meets indian) - and the curry mussells are fabulous.

I ordered a Tiger Prawns dish the last time I was there and I was amazed at how FRESH the prawns were, I was amazed that such fresh prawns were being served here in downtown LaGrange.

Inside tip: yelp has a deal to save you some bucks http://www.yelp.com/biz/kama-indian-bis ... a%20bistro

Don't get out to the western burbs often, but had an appointment on Monday. Stopped with our vegan daughter and shared an entire vegan meal. Everything was excellent and did not miss ordering non-vegan.

We ordered samosa's, sweet potato chat, aloo gobi, vegetable vindaloo, yellow dal, and vegetable biryani.

If I lived closer, would be here often.