Kara Mia

Penne picante rose with baked cheese=4/5 rating
Breaded shrimp=3.5/5
Pizza=2/5
Pizza wasn't great. Pasta and app was good! Love how one can add baked cheese!

Ambiance/Decor:

Minimal decor: each table is set up with napkins and glasses. It feels like you are sitting at a food court rather then a restaurant. You get up to order and pay and get your own drink.

Food:
The water had a very weird stale taste

They now have Indian/Pakistani Food options along with Italian.

Caesar Salad: Tasty

Saffron Poutine: Very delicious. Probably the most delicious item on the menu.

Chicken Parmesan: I found my chicken to be on the drier side.

Penne: it wasn't bad but nothing too exciting

Chicken Kabob: it was dry and kind of hard to eat since they don't give any dressing to go with it. Also it was just packed with hot peppers.


Price:

The food is definitely a little over priced for some items.

Excellent Experience. We have been going to Kara Mia since 2008 when they opened this location in Mississauga. I never thought about writing my review on it till today when I read all these weird reviews (not sure if they are real or from other wonna be who are closing one by one). One thing my friends and I will tell you for sure that this is undoubtedly the best non desi place in the GTA. They are the pioneers and it shows in everything they do.
We discovered Kara Mia when I moved here from Ottawa. It was a hitting a jack pot feeling for me and my several friends. To us, it is the best gift Toronto has to offer!
We have been to both the locations several times and have thoroughly enjoyed the Kara Mia experience!
When we first visited Kara Mia Mississauga back in 2009, we were so happy that finally we have a place who offers food for the first & second generation at a very affordable prices, a 10 oz Halal AAA sirloin for
around $ 20?, where can you find a Halal steak for this price. FYI, non Halal restaurants offer the same size steaks at min $ 35+ onwards!
I was so surprised to see people making statements here about this place being expensive, wait time, service . No offence, but let me make it easy for these people. If you are a NKB (nan/kebob/briyani) comparison mentality, then this place is not for you. You will for sure find this place expensive. At least I know this much, when you cook fresh food without any tenderizer especially steaks, it takes minimum 20-25 mins ez. Something like fillet mignon, min 30 mins! That’s when the appetizer come in handy!
This is not a zoo like takeout/self serve kebob or briyani place where you get treated like thugs and given heavily tenderized low quality meats or frozen/precooked to micro waved food etc. Don’t trust me just go and visit them, there are plenty of them in the neighborhood!

Way to go Kara Mia, keep it up!

Food is a hit or miss, very inconsistent. Service is always horrible and their prices keep increasing. I don't know if I will be going there anymore.

The food here is a little bit costly however it's very tasty. You could get anything that you live from vegetarian to non-vegetarian, including halal. The service is great and the atmosphere is very good. I usually try Italian pasta and it's really very good. Anyone that goes there should definitely try that pasta. As for desserts you could get cheese cake, simple vanilla cake or pretty much anything you'd like. Their mango shake is also very good.