text: It is hard to give a twostar review for Kareys Kitchen given the storm of very positive reviews so far but anything more feels really inaccurate given my two experiences there Let me explain myself nnThe first time I went to this place which is just a few blocks from my office I really liked the food but found the service hitormiss albeit ridiculously friendly As of April of this year I had stopped eating meat so I was unable to order anything from the readymade lunch buffet Not the restaurants fault per se but it would have been helpful to know from the extensive laundry list online menu that fishtofu items had to be made to order I did end ordering a noodle bowl with tofu and shrimp but it took minutes Even though the man helping me was incredibly apologetic it was frustrating on a busy work day to be so held up The noodle cake he offered me was also good but hard to eat before I had actually eaten my savory lunch Again though my noodles were greasy but really good nnThe second time I came to Kareys Kitchen I brought a coworker She eats meat so she ordered items from the lunch buffet I again ordered something off the menu and we also ordered some vegetarian fried rolls to share When my food finally came we dug in Her porkbased dish was incredibly greasy and she described the meat as being suspect My vegetarian dish essentially a tofu rice bowl was good but also very greasy Worst of all the vegetarian rolls had meat in them Third strikennI do truly appreciate how nice the staff at this place was each time there were messups I was also really impressed by the way they leveraged social networking Facebook Twitter to advertise their opening and spread awareness I also understand that as a familyowned business they are shortstaffed All that said they need to focus on doing fewer menu items better and should add some vegetarianfish items to their main lunch menu so people like me do not have to wait half an hour for a special order