Kaya's Kitchen - Asbury Park

So I'm not vegan, but I'm for everything and I like medium east kitchen. years ago this was vegetarian and in a wise smaller location. I have falafel with the side of the best fresh, handmade French pommes that I immersed in the Thai erdnuss sauce I asked. even the ketchup was thick with fresh salt tomato taste. my Falafel balls were delicious, with a perfect cripple on the outside, with a beautiful curry spice (not spicy), fresh tahiti and sweet. my friend got the philly cheese steak, the vegan cheese tasted like real cheese. he thought it was. the herbal steak had eaten good taste with all the components together, but by itself as non vegan I thought the texture was sponge. ryann our waitress was knowledgeable and answered our suggestions. I hate it when server says everything is good. she was very attentive and friendly. the dining room has an eastern meets Africa vibe with wooden mastermasks. the only problem is the address in the menu and in gps is not correct. it is on the side street, next to the flames of the main st. So I couldn't find it. I want to go back for dinner and repair my falafel!

The “chicken” wings were great and spiced amazingly!! The staff was super friendly and sat us pretty soon after we arrived when it was busy. The burger was nice but i personally like more sauce other than that it was amazing and I’d love to come again.

Make a Reservation!!!! It's very busy, runs out of delicious desserts quickly. Most of the staff is very friendly. The food is amazing! Be prepared to wait a long time for food and drinks tho!

Always great. Needs a menu update though. We ordered a salad because the menu said it included beets. It came to us without beets and our server explained they stopped making it with them. The salad needed something more substantial since the beets are not longer included.

Just had the worst dining experience at this establishment! The service was horrible. My daughter I waited over an half hour for the Turkish Delight (a simple hummus appetizer). Meanwhile, there were people that came in after us who were served and we were left sitting still waiting for our main course. I became so irritated that I simply asked for our food to be boxed up to go and for the check! After getting home, to eat our food we were not impressed. Our black bean lentil burgers had zero flavor! Our waitress the front staff knew that we were unhappy with the wait time, because I clearly expressed it to them. Instead of trying to make the situation better or even compensate us for our troubles. I got a dismissive cold sorry about that This restaurant was a total waste of time money. Would not recommend or would I ever return in the future!