Karama Restaurant

So I’ve never set food inside of this restaurant. My Somalian coworker, who is blessed with a heart that would turn gold to coral with the shame alone, was kind enough to bring me some food from here, and I was not disappointed. It was a dish of rice and beef accompanied by a banana (which I am told is fairly traditional in Somalia). If you haven’t had any manner of Somalian food (which up until today I certainly had not), it is definitely an interesting mix of cuisines which is apparently linked to Somalia’s history of trade with not only Southern Europe but the Middle East and so on and so forth. To be honest the beef and rice reminded me of a sort of synthesis of Latin American food and Indian food. I would in fact say the spices really were more reminiscent of Indian food than anything else (which is certainly a positive). This is just solid food and you really can’t go wrong with it. Despite what some have said regarding «food poisoning», my body embraced these quality victuals with absolutely no issue. Trust the handsome guy on this one, this place is worth at least a try.

Came here for Plate of Nations. For $ 25 we were served a very large platter containing various food.
This may be typically Filipino of me, but my favorite thing on that plate was the rice. Not sure how they flavored it but it was slightly sweet, with spices I can’t really identify. The «spaghetti» was interesting too, cooked more like a Filipino-​style pansit, meaning not really much sauce and more of, again, spices.
My roommates enjoyed the fried fish a lot, and the goat was suprisingly unlike goat, by which I mean not greasy and not gamey. Guava juice was way too sweet for me, but it was okay.
Overall, good amount of food for the price. My only concern here is the service… the lady was incredibly sweet, but she was all by herself — cooking and serving everything. We came here after having a light snack a couple hours before, so we weren’t too hungry. But had I been, I think I would’ve been pretty pissed off at how long everything took.
Oh and the parking lot back there was kinda shady. Glad I was with three guys.

This is a very good restaurant. They cook your food very quickly and they have a variety of option. Their rice is very good and if you go here you have to try the bread. If you are in the mood for authentic African food this is definitely a great place to stop at!

My office is in the area and so today coworkers and I wandered into Karama for lunch.
There seems to be only one person working the restaurant. I wouldn’t recommend the place for large groups.
I got the chicken sandwich, I found that bread too sweet for my liking.
Finishing my food was difficult, the whole time I was wondering if I would get food poisoning.

I don’t make it into this part of town much but I’ve *seen* this restaurant through the window when I’ve taken Sound Transit Light Rail from the airport to downtown. (Can’t wait til I can take light rail all the way to Husky Stadium!) On Saturday, my daughter and I had an opportunity to eat at Karama – we were driving home from her soccer game at Rainier Beach High School and we stopped for lunch. This place is definitely not fancy but we stuffed ourselves for $ 15 and that included a 15% tip for the very nice waitress. We had the Kata Kata and the Sambusas.

after a long day of class, I decided to stop by thai palms, but of course… they had to be closed on a tuesday. i didn’t feel like walking down the viet plaza and i decided to try some african food for once.
i entered karama with windows that are still cracked with plain decorations. the place was super quiet with 2 customers eating. no music, television off, trying to save electricity bills? i didn’t know what to ordered, so i checked my phone, while the cook kept staring at me. i decided i wanted to try kata kata from thomas’s recommendation and it was okay… not my type of dish and the 2 sauces that came with it was pretty gross.
this is my first time trying african food and it may be my last, at least for karama.

This place has an array of East African and Somali foods and is located a few blocks away from the Othello Central Link station. It’s situated in a pretty low-​key area of town.
So I had the sambusa, which is a cousin of the Indian snack Samosa. The filling was pretty flavorful – ground beef with green peppers and onions. It was piping hot, so I had to eat a bit carefully. Not bad. Not bad at all.
The waitress was friendly and I got free juice with my snack, though I must say the juice was of a weird color (neon pinkish) and tasted too sugary.
The décor could be improved, but then again some businesses selling points are the food, rather than the experience. I will try some more food the next time I come to Seattle.

Fantastic authentic — East African and Somalian Foods. I had this wonderful soup — she called it soup mata… I think — This was a most wonderful place. The main meal was called… Kata Kata — with Chicken. I will be back.
Kata Kata — was a flovorful dish with chicken and chapati bread with onions and carrots. I never had anything like it — Very Yummy.
I had the most wonderful hot — sweet tea… Oh it was so funny — I told the waitress how wonderful her soup was — she brought me another bowl… so good…