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| - Oh, KJs... you have gotten good reviews in general, so we gave you a try--twice. We really, really want to like you.
First off, let me say that the owner?/server/woman who greets you when you walk in is very pleasant and friendly, so major points for that. :)
Otherwise, meh. KJs tries to be a lot of things to many people, with dishes ranging from teriyaki/stir fry to quesadillas to burritos to cajun food to curry. As a result, nothing excels. In our first visit, my partner had a teriyaki meal that did not reach beyond the level of frozen-dinner-heated-up, and which was so doused in teriyaki sauce that it was totally unappealing. We also ordered potstickers that were good, I suppose, but were overpriced for how few you get (4, if I recall correctly). On our second visit, he ordered a chicken masala that lacked the cream and complexity I have always found in that dish--the sauce was thin (liquid rather than "gravy") and the spices seemed one-dimensional and over... cinnamoned, perhaps? In both cases, my partner--a big believer in "quantity over quality" most of the time--didn't finish his food.
For my part, I ordered two slightly different, vegetarian curries in my two visits. They were ok, but also not as complex and flavorful as I would have liked, and they had very few vegetables in them (the potato curry pretty much was just potato). Additionally, neither of them came with any kind of protein (I wanted tofu); adding it was an additional $3, which brought the price up to closer to $13 or $14--pretty pricey for a semi-fast-food-style place.
Finally, the booth where we sat for our second visit had a chunk of base board missing, so there was a big hole in the wall and lots of visible drywall otherwise--a state that always leaves that question of "what's back there?" lingering in one's mind.
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