Kaya is always an excellent option for any occasion but I really appreciate the birthday bonus! I went with my parents who needed a little TLC and everybody there was kind and accommodating. The food was fantastic. We enjoyed happy hour discounts on margaritas. As always, my favorite place to celebrate my birthday. Thanks Kaya!!
William
The meal itself was excellent and creative and the menu had enough enticing choices to consider a return visit. Our waiter was both patient and attentive. The ambience was its weak point - a bit too dark and the music far too loud. We were meeting with friends we hadn't seen in over a year and conversation was very difficult to hear. We asked to turn down the music volume but that request fell on deaf ears.
Garrett
Pretty good food and really good service. I would highly recommend the jerk wings as a starter. It's a perfect dish. The restaurant itself is pretty small but I love the atmosphere and the attention to detail in the restaurant when it comes to the decoration and the plates.
EJ Crough
Great food; their chicken dishes especially from the jerk chicken wings to their fried chicken
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jamaican Jerk Wings
Erin Stanko
My new favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh. Everything I have tried has been exceptional. I love that there are so many vegetarian options served in interesting, non-conventional ways! The avocado banh mi may be my new favorite, and the Yucatan bean dip should not be missed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chloe Neilly
Everything was so delicious from the drinks to the food to the dessert, 10 out of 10! What a gem of a place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cherish Ansanelli
Amazing. I had the jerk chicken.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nick Certo
Kaya never disappoints. Started with guacamole and black bean dips with drinks from their creative and fun menu. All 4 companions raved about their meals.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tropical Guacamole Dip and Chips Salsa, Cuban Sandwich with Sweet Potato Fries, Tempura Avocado Banh MI Tacos, Jamaican Jerk Wings
Nicole Green
We were able to get a seat around 7pm without reservations, but it picked up significantly after we sat down. Service was wonderful, lots of great cocktail options, I had a very unique but delicious dark and stormy, it had apple butter in it, which was surprisingly delicious! My husband had a spicy margarita that was very spicy but well balanced with the cucumber. The conch fritters were so shockingly good! I wouldn't have expected a restaurant on the strip in pittsburgh to have such good ones. The cuban was good, not the best we've had, but still really good. It could have used more pickle and more meat. The only thing we would change is the fries, I'm not sure if it was an off night, but they were really crunchy and little flavor. Also, the tables are just really close together, so it was hard to talk and not listen to the tables next to us, I think most nights it would be fine, we just had a loud couple with interesting stories next to us. That being said, the inside is beautiful and well decorated, very fun and inviting atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Evan Shikora
This place is a long term fave of my family. Awesome bar and Caribbean cuisine. Veg options are abundant.
Saturday afternoon. Asked for a table away from bar. Was told because of turnover we had to sit at table beside the bar. After we sat the waitress said she could seat us in the back. I was pleased and we sat. The music came on and blasted so loud that I got a headache. I asked four times for it to be turned down but every time it was not. I became ill from the blading and took my food home.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 3
Steve Nagy
Great vegan place. Food is excellent! Take out service is the worst! Waited at least 30 minutes to receive our order. Even worse than that, everyone just watched us wait. We had to keep asking someone to check on our food. Note: place was only about 15% with customers at the time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
Nuray Memmedli
My waitress was stephanie she was great! And food was was awesome
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Liang-Kai Chu
The conch fritter has a Taiwanese hint. I like it. The mahi mahi taco is great and well-balanced in flavor. The food is much better when they are hot. Don't make food come together. I won't say it's authentic but the dishes are delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Conch Fritters
Courtney Somma
Love the location, atmosphere, and service.
We haven’t been here before and I was pumped about all of the plant based options so we ordered a little too much knowing we’d take something home. Portion sizes were great btw.
We got the tropical guac and avocado tacos to start. I got the rainbow salad and my husband got the broccoli and carrot paella with crispy tofu. The paella was delicious and we loved that the tofu was not fried!! I had a little bit of food envy on this one.
I will say everything else was good, but it did need a little more umph. It was nice and light but lacked flavor.
I think the fruit in the guac was delicious but also made it so light it needed a bit of salt and spice so we added some salt and cholula.
The tacos were also good but again needed something. I added a couple of our leftover tortilla chips but it could have used some nice thick chunky salsa to keep it light but add flavor.
Finally, the rainbow salad looked beautiful but was so light and kind of watery with everything on it being so high in water content. Which is great but such a light dressing (which tasted good but was very thin) made it a little bland. I think something like a vegan southwest ranch with a cashew or avocado base would have given this salad the body that it was lacking.
As with most restaurants, the mocktails at $10 were over priced so we opted for pelligrino and a carafe of juice.. which still came out to $20 but it was tasty and we got 2-3 drinks each going that route.
Our server, Nathan, was fantastic and we are appreciative of his service.
Overall, love the vibes, service, and all of the plant based options. Will definitely return but I do hope that some more body and flavor (other than just jalepenos) is added to their dishes in the mean-time!
Kaya is always an excellent option for any occasion but I really appreciate the birthday bonus! I went with my parents who needed a little TLC and everybody there was kind and accommodating. The food was fantastic. We enjoyed happy hour discounts on margaritas. As always, my favorite place to celebrate my birthday. Thanks Kaya!!
The meal itself was excellent and creative and the menu had enough enticing choices to consider a return visit. Our waiter was both patient and attentive. The ambience was its weak point - a bit too dark and the music far too loud. We were meeting with friends we hadn't seen in over a year and conversation was very difficult to hear. We asked to turn down the music volume but that request fell on deaf ears.
Pretty good food and really good service. I would highly recommend the jerk wings as a starter. It's a perfect dish. The restaurant itself is pretty small but I love the atmosphere and the attention to detail in the restaurant when it comes to the decoration and the plates.
Great food; their chicken dishes especially from the jerk chicken wings to their fried chicken
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jamaican Jerk Wings
My new favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh. Everything I have tried has been exceptional. I love that there are so many vegetarian options served in interesting, non-conventional ways! The avocado banh mi may be my new favorite, and the Yucatan bean dip should not be missed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everything was so delicious from the drinks to the food to the dessert, 10 out of 10! What a gem of a place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing. I had the jerk chicken.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kaya never disappoints. Started with guacamole and black bean dips with drinks from their creative and fun menu. All 4 companions raved about their meals.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tropical Guacamole Dip and Chips Salsa, Cuban Sandwich with Sweet Potato Fries, Tempura Avocado Banh MI Tacos, Jamaican Jerk Wings
We were able to get a seat around 7pm without reservations, but it picked up significantly after we sat down. Service was wonderful, lots of great cocktail options, I had a very unique but delicious dark and stormy, it had apple butter in it, which was surprisingly delicious! My husband had a spicy margarita that was very spicy but well balanced with the cucumber. The conch fritters were so shockingly good! I wouldn't have expected a restaurant on the strip in pittsburgh to have such good ones. The cuban was good, not the best we've had, but still really good. It could have used more pickle and more meat. The only thing we would change is the fries, I'm not sure if it was an off night, but they were really crunchy and little flavor. Also, the tables are just really close together, so it was hard to talk and not listen to the tables next to us, I think most nights it would be fine, we just had a loud couple with interesting stories next to us. That being said, the inside is beautiful and well decorated, very fun and inviting atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
This place is a long term fave of my family. Awesome bar and Caribbean cuisine. Veg options are abundant.
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Saturday afternoon. Asked for a table away from bar. Was told because of turnover we had to sit at table beside the bar. After we sat the waitress said she could seat us in the back. I was pleased and we sat. The music came on and blasted so loud that I got a headache. I asked four times for it to be turned down but every time it was not. I became ill from the blading and took my food home.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 3
Great vegan place. Food is excellent! Take out service is the worst! Waited at least 30 minutes to receive our order. Even worse than that, everyone just watched us wait. We had to keep asking someone to check on our food. Note: place was only about 15% with customers at the time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 1
My waitress was stephanie she was great! And food was was awesome
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The conch fritter has a Taiwanese hint. I like it. The mahi mahi taco is great and well-balanced in flavor. The food is much better when they are hot. Don't make food come together. I won't say it's authentic but the dishes are delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Conch Fritters
Love the location, atmosphere, and service.
We haven’t been here before and I was pumped about all of the plant based options so we ordered a little too much knowing we’d take something home. Portion sizes were great btw.
We got the tropical guac and avocado tacos to start. I got the rainbow salad and my husband got the broccoli and carrot paella with crispy tofu. The paella was delicious and we loved that the tofu was not fried!! I had a little bit of food envy on this one.
I will say everything else was good, but it did need a little more umph. It was nice and light but lacked flavor.
I think the fruit in the guac was delicious but also made it so light it needed a bit of salt and spice so we added some salt and cholula.
The tacos were also good but again needed something. I added a couple of our leftover tortilla chips but it could have used some nice thick chunky salsa to keep it light but add flavor.
Finally, the rainbow salad looked beautiful but was so light and kind of watery with everything on it being so high in water content. Which is great but such a light dressing (which tasted good but was very thin) made it a little bland. I think something like a vegan southwest ranch with a cashew or avocado base would have given this salad the body that it was lacking.
As with most restaurants, the mocktails at $10 were over priced so we opted for pelligrino and a carafe of juice.. which still came out to $20 but it was tasty and we got 2-3 drinks each going that route.
Our server, Nathan, was fantastic and we are appreciative of his service.
Overall, love the vibes, service, and all of the plant based options. Will definitely return but I do hope that some more body and flavor (other than just jalepenos) is added to their dishes in the mean-time!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
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