Kuramo Restaurant
8775 Cloudleap Ct,Ste 1, Columbia, MD, 21045
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Address :
8775 Cloudleap Ct,Ste 1
Columbia, MD, 21045 - Phone (410) 772-1000
- Website https://www.kuramorestaurant.com/
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Opening Hours
- Mon :12:00 pm - 7:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : Yes
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Quiet
Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : Free
Has TV : Yes
Dogs Allowed : No
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes
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Yaka H.
We came here around 1:30 on a Monday and the place was dead quiet and empty. In fact, we even questioned if this place was truly open... The menu consists mostly of African cuisine. There's a few American Soul food additions (ie: mac and cheese, fried chicken) and Caribbean influenced items (ie: curry goat, curry chicken, oxtail stew). There are not pictures of any of the entrees, but there are descriptions and the cook (owner I'm assuming as well) was friendly to offer help through the menu. There are a few pictures on their website and the menu is posted on their website, so I would definitely recommend looking it over to give you an idea of what is offered. SX opted for the oxtail stew and I, the jollof rice with the choice of beef and chicken. There wasn't any kidney beans available to go with the oxtail stew, so it was just oxtail stew, plain rice, and sauteed shredded cabbage. It was spiced differently from Caribbean places I've been, but the meat on the oxtails were tender and delightful to eat; very tasty. Spiced heavily with black pepper and thyme. The oxtail stew seemed spiced similarly to pepper pot soup. The jollof rice is tomato rice and it comes with fried sweet plantains (do do) and a choice of meat (chicken, beef, fish). I was able to opt for chicken and beef; figured I can sample more of the cooking this way. In the takeout container, it came with 2 chunks of chicken and a chunk of beef. Definitely opt for the beef. The beef was succulent and tender. The chicken was a bit dry and tough. The jollof rice was delightful to eat; very simple and easy to eat. Spiced with thyme, so just beware of the thyme stems. Portion size of the rice is huge in takeout (see pictures). Food is definitely cooked in a home style fashion. I didn't see any remnants of buffet or any mention of it in the menu, but I would be interested in trying it to sample more offerings, especially the African dishes. Located in the Long Reach Plaza (Family Mart, Chick N' Friends). It's right of the Family Mart Supermarket, left of the nail salon.
(3)HowChow B.
We hit up the Nigerian food at Kuramo in Columbia, and I'm a fan of our first table of food. Kuramo is a new restaurant in the Long Reach village center, offering up a short menu of Nigerian, Caribbean, and American food. We asked for advice, and we ended up with egusi -- a spicy stew of spinach and ground melon seed served with a very cool alternative to rice. It's pounded yam. It looks like pizza dough, but it's more like mashed potatoes with a slightly firmer texture. You pull off a piece of yam, and you scoop it to pick up the stew. It's mild, but delicious. The stew comes topped with a sauce and a choice of fish, beef or chicken. It's delicious. The stew is rich and spicy. The ground melon seed looks more like ground chicken or tofu. The meats were all good, although I liked the white meat chicken best. The yam is filling and mild. Pieces pull off easily, but it's a stretchy, smooth texture that feels simultaneously exotic and like comfort food. Kuramo is a pretty big space with wooden benches and almost an island vibe. It was pretty empty on a weeknight, but our waitress was friendly and chatted us up with advice. She recommended the egusi. She talked us through everything. We ordered chicken curry as well. It was another big stew, good but not as interesting as the egusi. It came with fried plantains, which were halfway between the types that I'm used to eating. They're sweeter than Cuban tostones, but not as soft and sweet as maduros. Next time, I want to try to okro, a stew based on okra instead of spinach. There are several stews along with rice dishes as well. Anyone else have suggestions for eating at Kuramo or at Nigerian places in general?
(3)Jamila F.
I really wanted to like this place because I Love African food! After reviewing the menu, I was thrilled to see akara (bean cake) for appetizers on the menu. Unfortunately, the waiter informed us that it's not available. We then requested Zobo (sorrel) for our drinks, which was also unavailable. We then decided to get water and our entree. I was unimpressed with my curry chicken and jallof rice. The stew was runny and not thick enough where as the jallof rice was missing the critical tamato-taste one finds in Jallof rice. My friend's order was better since she only asked for plantains. To top it all, we were advised to complete our meal ASAP as the restaurant was closing down for a "private" church meeting. We went there for dinner in a Friday night. We don't plan on going back again, but I hope the restaurant fixes up these issues and thrives!
(2)Adria M.
Superb egusi and pounded yam!
(4)Eireen C.
At last, at last. If I could sing a love song in Nigerian, I would. I have been looking for Nigerian food for ages, and Kuramo delivers. Different flavors of fufu (the pounded yam is my favorite), dodo (plantains) and dipping sauces - with spinach, meat (can be left out if you're veg) and a red sauce that is like liquid cayenne - tasty if exceedingly spicy - all brought me back to the first time I ever had this cuisine, in a wee hole-in-the-wall in Ireland, of all places. The space is large, great for groups, and there is a small stage for musicians. It's somewhat dark but there are lights at each table, so seeing menus (and signing) is not a problem. However, they have both music and the TV going at the same time, so it's a bit loud in there. If you opt to eat your dinner with your hands instead of utensils, you don't automatically get a napkin, which you find you will need a few of. I do wish they would come around and refill water glasses more often (especially because of that red sauce), or ask if you need anything, because the servers were absent through much of our meal. Also - most of the beverages do not come with free refills. I also wish they had vegan meat substitutes, which I realize is not African in nature as you wouldn't go on a safari hunting for wild tofu, but the name Kuramo comes from a beach in Portugal, so who's kvetching? All I know is their food is stellar and I look forward to many more meals there.
(5)Tony P.
A welcomed new addition to the ebbing neighborhood offering African/Caribbean influenced fares. The decor is modest with plenty of seating. The service was spotty but not unexpected for a new opening. I would recommend people exercise some patience. The fares are very good. The ox-tail stew was nicely savory and balanced. Served with rice and sauteed cabbages, it was a solid meal. The goat stew was also nicely savory and had a bit of spicy kick that worked very well. The moin-moin side dish was savory and sweet. The fares are home style cooking with satisfying portions. I do hope the area offers more patrons to keep them going. The area could certainly use a bit of international influence to expand its palate.
(4)Dustin W.
This was first experience with Nigerian food and although I loved the food, there are defineitly some improvements to be made. The atmosphere needs some TLC and air conditioning is a must for the summer months. The service was very friendly but a bit more professionalism would encourage repeat business. I ordered the meat pie, jollof and egusi which ended up being far too much food. The egusi was extrordinary and the fufu gets you full quite quickly.
(3)Kalila W.
The ONLY reason this place is getting 3 stars is because the food was BOMB-TASTIC. But 1st faux-pas was when i first arrived, there was nobody to greet me, sat at the bar for almost 10 minutes before i had to flag somebody from the kitchen. Second straw was that it took over an hour for my food to be ready (I placed order at 7pm, they told me it would be 35 mins, Called them at 7:50 to ensure it would be ready by the time i get there - nope, still have 15 mins. Went up there at 8:05 ((mind u they close at 8)), and STILL had to wait like 15 mins. I think they burned the first fish and didnt want to tell me). No apology for the wait. But all that aside Jollof Rice - flavorful, spicy. Kuramo Tilapia was definitely the star. It WAS worth the hour wait. It was tender, moist fish and the spices were out of this world good. Pretty spicy too, but once u get past that, the flavors are addicting. My bf, who is a bit "conservative" in food choices, couldnt stop eating the fish either!! The dodo (plantains) were so-so, nothing special but thats not to say i wouldnt eat em again. I PRAY this place gets their act together because this is the only West african food spot in columbia. Would hate to see em go...cuz i'll be dreamin about that fish.
(3)Danny C.
Upon reading the reviews here, I saw how they're mixed up so I wanted to try this place out to see how it is. I walked in on a Saturday afternoon and found that the place is very spacious. Wooden booths and wooden tables with wooden chairs. Everything here is wooden. Not necessarily a bad thing. As I walked in, I was greeted by a woman. When I tried to ask her some questions, she didn't understand what I was trying to ask. So I just said "menu please" and she gave me a menu. The menu is small which I thought was great. I asked her if she had any recommendations. She pointed at the Jollof Rice dish and asked me what kind of meat do I like. I said the Goat and Tripe then told her either one is fine. She nodded her head and started to walk back to the kitchen but I stopped her and asked for another dish. She then pointed at the Okra dish. The Jollof rice dish comes with rice, plantains and a choice of meat and the Okra dish comes with Fufu (Solidified Mashed Potatoes used like bread.) and a choice of meat. Cool so I waited while watching the news on the tube. I checked in the restaurant first time and because of that, Yelp said I could get a 10% off of my first order there, yay! So I waited till she gave me my food and told her about the Yelp coupon. She smiled, shook her head and told me "no". I then asked her one more time because I'm sure Restaurants have to contact the company and advertise. I'm sure the company doesn't do the advertising for the restaurants... She again said "No, we don't do". I understand if the place is trying to get that money especially when it was empty when I came in but I found that to be a bit odd at the least. Then she gave me the receipt and come to find out, she charged me more than what the menu said. The menu said 13 bucks for each dish (The 2 dishes I got.) so including tax, it would have been around 27 bucks and some change. Instead the total was 33 bucks. Like I said above, I understand if they're trying to get money or survive but charging me hidden prices is terrible. If she had told me beforehand, I wouldn't have mind giving them extra money. It's not the amount of money that they took from me, it's the principle of their menu saying 1 price then charging me extra as if I wasn't going to find out. Anyways I paid it then left and when I got home I tasted the Jollof Rice dish. The rice had a distinct flavor to it which I liked and it came with Goat. The Goat was tasty and tender and the plantains were just plantains. I then had the Okra dish and the goat in that was very delicious. However, there were only 5 pieces in the dish. I then took some Fufu and laid it on my plate and got some Okra sauce and laid it on top of the Fufu. I took a bite and WOW it was terrible. You know how when you get too drunk and throw up, there's that after taste and burning sensation in your throat? It was EXACTLY like that. But oddly enough, the goat was good. The food was good aside from the Okra sauce and the service was horrendous. It wasn't about how long the food took, it was about the woman there lying to me about Yelp and charging me extra for the 2 dishes. According to the receipt, 5 pieces of goat equals 15 bucks. It doesn't say "Jollof Rice Dish" or anything of the sort. It's like she charged me A La Carte. I'm gonna stop by Nando's PERI PERI soon and hope they can better serve me without any hidden secrets.
(2)Angela I.
STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY!! Because I saw the previous reviews, I did My due diligence to calculate the price before I was given my receipt. Needless to say, YES I was overcharged. After I lengthy discussion with the male worker (who's not in charge, and the person in charge has vanished) I was told that goat meat is extra money. Even though the menu doesn't state that, it says $12.95 for my choice of meat PERIOD. He says when the ring it in the system a la carte, it comes up that way. So I explained they have less than stellar Yelp reviews for this reason and should fix the problem. He says he's not I. Charge and can't do anything about it. I walked away leaving the food. He followed me outside to give it to me for the price it should have been but complained that I was blaming him for a system error. I still didn't want the food and kept walking. DAMN and I really wanted some African food today!! Such is never. Needless to say I will NEVER come here again!
(1)Parice L.
NOW I UNDERSTAND y the chick below was singing AT LAAAAAAAAST!!! I was getting under the weather n needed spicy food and I always go african to find that... had been elsewhere days prior and food was totally bland but these folks had that standard nigerian party rice taste oh my geez i was floating and gloating. wanted to buy a carry out but cuz its so heavy and I struggled w/my seat buckle on my last flight................ yeah. SO. i had the jollof n plantain n beef and asked for extra side stew cause I can never eat rice dry regardless how tender it is. The plantain were PERFECTION... the meat uber pliable and I can taste it all coming back now. came back later for egusi n eba which is another plate I get when im getting ill for the greens n the fiber and the PEPPER. Think theyre probably one of the best authentic fares in the whole area cause I searched hi/low. Thank God I found em! As far as the wait time it really was average but when you come to these unique kind of places best bet is call ahead or ask upfront whats READY or what food they made for the day cause they never make everrrrything on the menu
(5)Ericka G.
I'm spoiled by another restaurant. Although this place is much closer, the service here is rather slow and they are never busy, but the food is decent. I come for the food, I deal with the wait and I carry out.
(3)Justin F.
I've been here twice, and the food's been delicious. I should tell you though the atmosphere is appropriately Nigerian, which means when the waitress gets to you, she'll talk to you like just another person... Which means any typical mannerisms you expect from the waitress may be stunted or casual or on a five second delay. Aside from that, it also means you need to be patient once you order, because it's food cooked with love, and you'll taste it. Today I got the spinach soup with beef, goat and chicken with pounded yam. LOVED IT. I know when we first came here, it wasn't as crowded as it was today, so the waitress actually chatted with us and made my food less spicy (she could pick me out of a lineup, haha). Today, the owner's grandkids were having dinner so there were adorable tykes running around. That didn't stop the waitress from afterwards chatting with us and offering a little Bowl of jollof rice to us to make up for the cuties running around. A good time waiting for the takeout and we'll definitely be back.
(4)Carla C.
Last Thursday was our second try at Kuramo...it failed us again :( I so wanted to enjoy this restaurant because I love ethnic foods and I was in the mood to try something different. Well, this time like the last, we walked into the restaurant and it was completely empty. It didn't even appear to have any workers present. No wait staff, no host/hostess, and the big red flag was that there weren't any customers! We stood at the front of the restaurant waiting for someone to greet us, at this point I didn't want to be seated. I simply wanted to satisfy my curiosity...would the service be better than my first impression of the restaurant? I was disappointed. No one came out to greet or seat us. One man did come from the kitchen but he never acknowledged us standing there. I will revisit this restaurant because I am all for third chances. Maybe next go around I will get a chance to at least experience the comfort of the booth seating...
(1)B'more f.
I have been here twice, had carribean food the first time, never went back but recently wanted to try the Nigerian offerings & was surprised at how good and flavorful the food was. The egusi with pounded yam, Okro & ogbono soup ( has a slimy texture) and moin moin which were all spot on. The area has plenty of parking and the restaurant itself is clean & has a tiki vibe to it. They are not honoring the yelp voucher for 10% off anymore even though it appears to be active. Will definetly go back to try the rest of the African menu.
(4)Helen S.
When my party arrived at the restaurant, we were not sure whether it was open or not. There was no host, place looked run down, furniture was disorganized, no decoration, NOTHING! My friend decided to scream "Anyone here?" and a lady who dressed like she just got hired on the spot came out from the kitchen and seated us. She tried to serve us drinks and when my friends asked for their beer selection, she did not know and had to check. First ding. When she returned with our beverages, she handed us the menus and was ready to take our order. We asked her what is in a meat pie (appetizer) and how is the pepper fish soup like. Her response was "a meat pie has meat and dough, and pepper fish soup was soup with fish and pepper". DING DING AND MORE DINGS!! .................. I literally facepalm in her presence. Lady, are you serious? Is that the best description you can give? I honestly could not tell if she was joking with us. I later found that she was serious. I order a shrimp fried rice (which also come with fried plantain and 3 pieces of meat: chicken, fish and beef). Our food arrived. The first thing I noticed about my fried rice was that, it smelled like it was burnt. I tried to be open minded and make myself think that - this is the african/carribbean style maybe that's the way it should smell like - and let me tell you, I am 99.99% sure its just burnt!! My 3 pieces of meat tasted dried and the only thing that was edible on my plate was the plantains. I pulled out my phone and looked up this restaurant on Yelp to look at reviews. I don't know how this place has 3.5 stars because it deserves nothing. The food was terrible, service was a joke, ambiance was...let's just not get me started on this.
(1)Lola S.
Stopped by today to try out kuramo. The restaurant was clean and spacious. It was not busy and I ordered a few entrees to go. I had to wait an hour as I guess they needed to make the plantains and a few other sides. They do not seem to have enough foot traffic to have certain items prepped and ready to go. The egusi was good but it would have been nice to have the meat I ordered. The okro and amala was divine..did not care for the cuts of meat. It was just ok for me. I was not wowed at all .
(2)S. B.
I have been here on more than one occasion, and although I have great conversations with the owners, I can't recommend it to my friends. First time I went, kids were running around playing and screaming. Not a great idea for a restaurant where patrons might want to just talk to each other. I was only in for their mango juice so it didn't really bother me. I sat at the bar. Second time - the man who seated me had been seated at the end. He licked his fingers then sat me and proceeded to bring me my utensils. He didn't wash his hands, AND his apron was filthy. I decided to get my food to go and ordered directly from the bar (no more of him touching ANYTHING of mine). I got the egusi soup, which I am a huge fan of, and a meat dish (can't remember what it was). Third time - screaming children running around. Male owner and his friends sitting in one corner (the kids are theirs). Long wait for someone to acknowledge that Iam there. Finally get seated. The waiter comes and SITS at the table. He casually asks how I am doing and what I would like to drink. He takes the order and then tries to have a conversation.....REALLY?? Not professional at all, and I am sort of in a hurry. Comes back and half the food items are not available. Sigh. Order my egusi soup which always seems to be available, and a water because the juices and sodas I want are not available. Kids come to my table, sit down and start chatting. I talk to them (they are cute and funny, but it is still not appropriate or professional), and wait to see if their parents will claim them. They don't. I feel like a babysitter. I finally get my food and just ask for a to-go box. There obviously will be no peaceful meal this time. Fourth time - take friends and PRAY that my experiences are going to be different. Restaurant isn't open, even though we are there during the times that they state they are open (on their door). Fifth time - see how dedicated I am to seeing them be successful? I take friends and this time they are open. Half the menu isn't available, the sit-down-casual waiter comes and takes our order like we are all buddies that went to high-school together. My friends are looking at me a little confused (I am usually the picky one so they are not sure what is going on). The screaming kids are running ALL over the restaurant. I think they are playing tag. They come to hang out at our table, but this time their aunt/related adult female calls to them and says it's not appropriate. When our food gets to us, it is dry and we are sipping on water to keep from getting too parched (the sodas and juices were not available). Friends vow to NEVER come back to this place. I am still trying to mend our friendship. Sixth time - this was the last time. Screaming kids, over-casual waiter, VERY dry food, and tables and chairs in disarray. Went with a friend who knows the owner and she stated that they usually rely on their church folks to keep them afloat. Well, that 's one day a week, and if that is all that they care about, they won't last very long. I have not been back since this visit, and don't plan to go until I read reivews stating that they have gotten it together. And they should! They are the only African restaurant in Columbia. It can be a goldmine if they just become more professional, and act like they are expecting real customers.
(1)Lindsay P.
great lunch buffet - half meat and half vegetarian.
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