Kumari Restaurant & Bar

Tried Kumari yesterday with my girlfriend due to the proximity to our hotel. We absolutely loved it.

Started out with the vegetable samosas. Very flavorful (especially with the plum sauce). I got the chicken curry, my girlfriend the chicken tikka masala. Generous portions of each with a large dish of jasmine rice to share and garlic naan on the side. As we were finishing up, we received a complimentary order of gulab jamun, the perfect way to end the meal.

Service was fantastic, our server making sure we were doing all right throughout our meal. Great ambiance with lovely art and aesthetics throughout the restaurant.

I am hoping that Kumari gets plenty of business (the restaurant was unfortunately pretty empty at dinner last night) because it's definitely worth a return visit next time I'm in Baltimore.

Solid Indian food for medium prices, prompt service, and good location.

Started with chicken momos which were tender and soft with a tasty tomato based dipping sauce. The chicken tikka was a classic, rich and savory with good amount of heat (got the medium, very doable). One wish is for the chicken pieces to be a little more tender. Gobi manchurian was a sleeper pick but really glad to have gotten it! Deep fried and crispy cauliflower pieces spiced fantastically. Order a basket of garlic naan to round it out.

Parking was easy as a plus (came during lunch).

This place is great. I ordered the Chicken Biryani. You get 3 options of heat on the food: Mild, Medium, and Spicy. I ordered the medium. It was delicious. The chicken was good and the rice was even better. (This is because I like rice, not that the chicken is bad.) The restaurant's ambiance was good. It was fancy and the building's architecture was very unique. The service was great and my server was kind and friendly. Overall, 5/5 stars. Would eat here again.

This used to be my wife and I favorite Indian restaurant but over the last year or so the quality of the food has gone downhill. We have ordered many dishes from this restaurant over the years but our favorite dishes from here would have to be the butter chicken and chicken korma which we ordered tonight and it was TERRIBLE!
The so called "Butter Chicken" tasted like CAMPBELL's tomato soup with chicken and no seasoning they should have paired it with a grilled cheese it would have been better. The Chicken Korma had no seasoning no flavor just terrible we called the restaurant the person that answered said they made some changes to the recipe so we won't be ordering from this place anymore.

Not ADA compliant. Rude waiter. Hid behind the bar. Had to go to the bar to ask if we had a waiter. I guess he assumed that everyone wants to eat from the buffet. He came over to the table, no menus. I had to quickly ask for beverages before he flew off.

What a horrible place. They are so mechanical on the day-to-day operation, there's no actual customer service or pleasantries. Horrible that restaurants in Mount Vernon area are not ADA compliant. Horrible stay here.

Absolutely incredible food for a very decent price. We have never tried this spot and ordered delivery and it was amazing. It arrived way faster than was scheduled, the food came piping hot, it was perfectly seasoned, and the portions were huge!

Pro-tip: don't order Indian spicy unless you really mean it! This had me sweating and fogging up my glasses, y'all but that painful burn is just too good, I can't pass it up.

We ordered the butter lamb and chicken tikka masala, both were fantastic. I liked the vegetable samosa, it was flavorful and crispy yet moist on the inside, however I've never had the filling completely mashed, it was an interesting texture that I didn't hate but didn't love. We also had the gulab jamun and it was perfect!

I don't like to give out low stars often but I was truly disappointed.

I do want to start off saying I ordered through GrubHub for delivery. I feel that maybe it is better to eat in person as food might be fresh.

I just ate this today for lunch. And I picked it up 5 minutes after it being delivered to my front desk.
Delivery took less than 45 minutes from start to finish which was great.

Flavor was there the sauce itself was delicious and not too spicy. The rice was cooked well and soft. They do give you a good portion which is great!

The two stars I took away are solely for the chicken. It was extremely dry and hard. The outside of the chicken cubes were red like it was cooked previously for another dish as a Tandoori and left for1-2 hours untouched.

I will not order from them as delivery again but will try their lunch buffet in person to give it another shot.

Honestly, I was a little worried at first seeing all of the reviews on Grubhub about the chicken being too dry or seemingly being left out for too long. It was my first time ordering here, and I will definitely try different items in the future. I got the butter chicken, vegetable samosas, naan bread, and gulab jamun. Everything tasted pretty good and hit the spot. The chicken was not dry and cooked just right.

I Placed an online order via grub hub around their opening time 11:30am. It was ready in the projected 25 minutes as stated--- I was in a hurry, so this was great.


I was able to pull up right out front and run in, and my order was waiting at the door. I didn't pay to park, so I didn't have time to check my order. I was excited to see that everything was correct when I got to my destination.

Most tandoori chicken is too dry to eat alone in my opinion-- but this one was moist. It had a lot of oil, so beware, but it was very delicious.

I look forward to coming back and trying some of their other dishes.

I've been working in Baltimore for several months now, and each week I order from Kumari! I wish I could get myself to order something besides the Shahi paneer, but oh my gosh, it is so good; it's my order 4 out of 5 weeks! It's even good as cold leftovers. I usually order via a delivery service, and my order is always correct, on time and the portions are excellent. I've also tried the raita, papadum (yum), and a few other vegetarian dishes. Everything has been great!