Kigo Kitchen

I used to love Kigo. Now they make you use cling wrap because they don’t buy lids for their bowls. They also dont have soy sauce or sriracha at the counter anymore. Manager needs to go.

I ordered the Kigo-tarian (the vegetarian dish) and they took the scooper out of the uncooked chicken, covered in chicken bits, and used it to scoop the edamame into my bowl. I ate it anyways cause I already paid and I'm a poor college student, and it gave me the worst food poisoning. currently barfing ✌️

This was my first time here. I was starving out of my mind. I have to say this place hit the G-spot on my tongue that is only stimulated by brutal amounts of hot spice (chili peppers) and the occasional twist of curry. I got a steak bowl with all the veggies, brown rice, curry sauce and a triple scoop of chili peppers. I read another review that said the quality of the meat and veggies had gone downhill. Maybe I was so starving that I would have eaten out of bum's ass crack, actually I wasn't that hungy, but I thought the quality of the steak was decent and the veggies looked and tasted fine to me. I used to Levelup to pay and saved $5 on the deal. That's a win for me.

Do not get food here.

The food is good. But they sometime give you the wrong food and you have to wait extra time for your correct food.

Delicious food, but only if you bring enough time...

Their employees today abused, not worth it at all. Not going again

Food is okay, but proportion is pretty small.

ok the food wasn't that bad.. but I got food poisoning from Kigo. My friend did too and ended up in the ER. The only food we ate in common? Kigo.

I grabbed lunch in the Curry Center with a few friends and was impressed to see a healthier, fresher dining option than fries, pizza, fried chicken, etc. I ordered the Peanut Hoisin noodles with tofu. One bowl is quite filling and well worth the price as a meal. I was confused as to whether or not I had to request vegetables separately, but was assured by the woman taking my order that they came with every bowl. I then watched as she heaped a pile of fresh veggies into a bowl to pass over to the chef manning the wok! Sure, they cook down and don't make up the full meal, but in terms of a standard veggie serving in a rice/noodle dish, I was very impressed! The (Peanut Hoisin)sauce was tasty, although maybe a bit more sauce than I needed with the noodles (I would think the rice probably soaks it up a bit better), and a good amount of 'kick' to it without drowning out the flavors of the dish. A few other perks that helped secure my high rating: *I liked the concept of the BOWLS which at least appear to be (and I'm almost certain are) more ECO-FRIENDLY than some of their neighbors. *The STAFF appeared very PROFESSIONAL, well put together, and efficient, yet friendly (or friendly, yet efficient?). *The WOK concept definitely impressed me - I expected more 'partially-prepared' elements getting reheated like other Asian restaurants often do - but they cooked everything TO ORDER and I still didn't have to wait longer than most of the other nearby dining options. I checked out their website before posting this review - very professional! It's great to see a small, entrepreneurial business gain its footing in a market saturated with fast food chains. Kudos to the Curry Center for branching out. Hopefully other students see the value in having options like this too!

Like many things in Boston, the name of the place is enough to strike fear into one. How the hell will I pronounce it? KAI-go? kai-GOH? KIH-go? etc. It being Boston, you know the name will be pronounced strangely, because the pronunciation of ALL place names in Massachusetts must be, according to state law, as unpredictable (and resistant to second-and-third guessing) as possible. Sometimes one can avoid this by referring to such places as Quincy ("KWIN-zy") or Waltham ("wal-THAMM" WTF?!) as "that strip mall outside of the city", but in this case I couldn't avoid it, as I had my heart set on ordering the "Kigo Classic". "KI-gah" I was corrected. WTF indeed. These had been my thoughts as I ordered, and then waited for my food. I got the food, intent on going back to my office. The KI-gah classic, however, is not portable. No bag, no lid, no nada. So with the smelly undergrads was I forced to share my lunch. OK, fine I thought, I'll scarf it down. No such luck, unfortunately, because as soon as I bit in, all I could taste was BURNING. BURNT. SCORCHED. FLAMED. CARBON. BLACK HOOOOOLE. And not even like burnt meat. Like burnt lettuce* (*why one ever cooks lettuce is a mystery to me anyway, but I feel like that particular bit of cultural confusion may be either a) my fault b) the fault of certain, mainly East Asian cuisines, rather than c) the fault of KI-gah Asian Carbon-posing-as-food Factory). Its not like the whole dish was burnt. Then I could have returned it. It's just that the dish had picked up enough flakes of on-their-way-to-being diamonds of crusty black burnt lettuce/carbon from the grill that I could taste nothing else. And still cannot. Despite washing my meal down with tea, milk, crab juice, beer, and pure, uncut diamonds. For gosh sake dudes, clean your grill or something.

Alright, it's time to update this one. I rarely do this, but this time it's warranted: Kigo is really sliding downhill. I've been here a number of times since my initial Oct 2012 review, and unfortunately, the quality's been dropping ever since my I lost my Kigo virginity. They still charge the same amount for the same volume of food, but that's just my issue -- the food making up that volume just isn't what it used to be. There's a whole lot more rice and lettuce in each bowl, less and lower quality meat, and less premium veggies. Gross man. At least you can ask for more veggies, but that should really come standard for like $8+ a bowl. There's certainly some game that needs to be stepped up here. In the words of Gotye -- "What happened to the Kigo that I used to know?"

This was my first time here. I was starving out of my mind. I have to say this place hit the G-spot on my tongue that is only stimulated by brutal amounts of hot spice (chili peppers) and the occasional twist of curry. I got a steak bowl with all the veggies, brown rice, curry sauce and a triple scoop of chili peppers. I read another review that said the quality of the meat and veggies had gone downhill. Maybe I was so starving that I would have eaten out of bum's ass crack, actually I wasn't that hungy, but I thought the quality of the steak was decent and the veggies looked and tasted fine to me. I used to Levelup to pay and saved $5 on the deal. That's a win for me.

This restaurant is part of the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University. I recommend the Thai stir fry with tofu. I've never had the meat. The vegetables are fresh and I appreciate that they offer brown rice. The noodles are not as good. You can select from a menu or tell them what combination you want, and they cook it to order. You get a buzzer so you can wander around and come back when your order is ready. The bowls are recyclable cardboard (thank you, Kigo). There are also lids and bags if you want your lunch to go, which you might because the din in the student center is pretty overwhelming. On a nice day it's more pleasant to eat outside. It's not haute cuisine, and the coconut milk in the Thai stir fry is pretty rich, I imagine it's not terribly light, but they don't publish nutrition information. A good change from the rest of the fast food in this location.

Been this place once or twice... Like the flavor of the noodles but it's a little bit expensive for the "not that much good noodles"...

Yep, I actually went back, tried something else delicious, and guess what they have now? A little laminated menu on the counter that tells you what's vegetarian/vegan/gluten free on their menu!! It just gets better and better.

Will you be my on campus version of Sarku Japan for chicken teriyaki or any other stir fry besides Stetson West? Wait for it... Probably not. The teriyaki sauce is, for lack of better words, too heavy and thick. Having tried the beef, which they gave a good amount of, was way too charcoal. The noodles are good, but sopped in that thick brown sauce makes it terrifyingly hard to down. I had to add my own noodles to the bowl to soak up the rest of the sauce. I like their variety of veggies but I had to hunt for them, quick (but maybe too quick for quality) service, and how they use colored chopsticks to differentiate bowls. But given the price and quality, I don't think Kigo kitchen is that great.

One of many improvements to the Curry Student Center this year. It's nice to have a fresh alternative to West End salads. Good veggie assortment and tons of food in every dish.

yuck the tofu noodle dish was gross! the noodles tasted like chalk...never again...