Kiya's kitchen

In my Keith Lee voice, I tried it and rated everything a 10! From the soulful 90s r&b playing upon entry, to the warm and friendly service received from the owner and the cashier, to that TRUE soul food that you receive.. this place is nothing short of amazing. I gave it a try as I didn’t feel like cooking dinner, and I’m so glad I did. The owner is also the chef, and she greeted me at the counter to run down the menu. She makes you feel at home like family and is patient as I expressed it was my first visit to the restaurant. I ordered the catfish dinner which came with 2 sides (I picked spaghetti and collard greens), jerk chicken eggrolls (can be ordered separate or as a meal), and a piece of lemon pound cake. Breaking my diet was worth it! The catfish was my favorite (I took a pic of how flaky and perfect it was.. crispy like I like it too!) but everything had a burst of flavor!! Every forkful! The wait was about 15-20 minutes, but it was well worth it because everything was fresh and steaming when I got home! As I was ordering she told me the Mac was still in the oven so I didn’t get a chance to order it. As I was leaving with my order, she told me to wait because it had just come out, and handed me a sample to try. Let me just say, I tasted it on my way out the door and ran back inside (not exaggerating) to tell her just how good that macaroni and cheese was and how grateful I was for that sample! She truly didn’t have to do that or allow me to taste the peach cobbler but I’m so glad she did! As an operations manager, I can recognize and appreciate true hospitable service! I told her I would be back and I meant that. Please give this place a try because I promise you won’t regret it and we need this business to thrive. You can tell this is her passion as you can feel it in her rapport with her customers and taste it in every bit of that food! Hopefully I can stick to my original turkey burger idea next time 😂😂😂. (Probably not, I’m coming back for that mac!🤣❤️)

Customer service was A-1. She took my order last minute ( I had a huge order ) which I appreciate and half of these black owned restaurants would not do that. I did find a little piece of something odd in the spaghetti. I’m not sure what it was or if it was a piece of the herbs from the spaghetti but it was a light brown color of wood. Besides that error , ALL of the food tasted good, I would revisit if I visited east Chicago again. The peach cobbler was superb, fish seasoned and cooked to perfection, yams sweet but not overly sweet, etc . This is a place definitely worth trying and the light skin lady who took my order was very nice and patient with me.

I ordered over the phone, she told me 30 minutes and it was right on time!...Order the Stuffed Turkey burger, Jerk egg rolls and my co worker had the Philly cheese steak egg rolls...Everything was fresh, hot, and delicious... I think we ate everything with our eyes closed LOL The only thing better than the food was the customer service, She was so nice (I think it was the owner). She did mentioned Customers ordering over the phone and not picking up there order and that is absolutely "Their LOSS" because you're missing out! She has now earned herself a couple of regulars, we will definitely be ordering again SOON!!

Tried kiyas kitchen because of all of the good "tea" I was hearing about this nearby restaurant. The turkey burger was delish!. Came out nice and hot. The stuffed soul food egg rolls were ok not my favorite out of the three I ordered. The third but first thing i ate and didnt get a picture of(sorry) lol was the fried catfish! It was definitely my #1 pick. I say give it a try it was a bit of a wait but everything came out fresh and hot.

Was really excited to try this place. The food I did get was very good. Not sure how ya forget a 3 piece wing w/ fry, Italian beef egg roll and a cabbage egg roll. Somehow I still got my mild sauce tho lol. Received only my 2 tacos and burgers which luckily my wife shared with me..