Masala Cafe Indian And Sri Lankan Food Bar&wings in North York

45 Four Winds Dr Unit #59, North York, ON M3J 2T6, Canada

★★★★☆
(252 reviews)
Categories: Indian restaurant Asian restaurant Restaurant

About

Open

Address
45 Four Winds Dr Unit #59, North York, ON M3J 2T6, Canada
Plus Code
QG72+69 North York, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Sunday
4 PM–12 AM
Monday
4 PM–2 AM
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
4 PM–2 AM
Thursday
4 PM–2 AM
Friday
4 AM–2:30 AM
Saturday
4 PM–2:30 AM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Halal food Healthy options Late-night food Small plates Vegan options Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Bar on site Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Payments
Credit cards
Children
High chairs

Photos

Reviews

3.5
★★★★☆
252 reviews

Most Mentioned

price (22) kothu roti (11) fried rice (10) portion size (9) delivery (6) sambar (5) south indian food (5) oil (5) sri lankan cuisine (4) mutton kothu (2)
5 stars
95
4 stars
59
3 stars
28
2 stars
16
1 stars
54
★★★★★
November 9, 2024

Can’t comment enough about the taste of the koththu and the fried rice!! Heavenly srilankan! And the portion sizes, are so worth the price.

★★★★★
November 7, 2024

Best Srilankan Matara bath kade style fried rice (seafood chicken and shrimp combo)

★★★★★
February 10, 2024

My favourite fried rice spot in Toronto. The chicken dosa, chicken kothu and chicken fried rice are spot on. All time favourites. Service is good. Must visit if you love spicy, piping hot, and good food. I have visited many times and the quality and portion size has always been exceptional.

★★★★★
November 27, 2023

This is my first time visiting them; the fried rice is really good. I will visit again to sample their other dishes. Update: I am still visiting them on a weekly basis, and I have always been quite happy with their food. I can't eat 'hot' (really spicy) food and the owner prepared the food the way I can enjoy it (it may seem like a no-brainer, but that's not always a possible adjustment for some restaurants). Their rice dishes have a very 'unique' spice use that I don't see anywhere else around this part; it gives a 'warm' sensation but it's not hot. I have started sampling their comfort food and I really look forward to my next visit.

★★★★★
December 6, 2022

Best food in Canada! Brought me tears cus i finally had a taste of a srilankan koththu and fried rice after months and months . Starting from the chicken fried rice it was a huge portion with lots of chicken and a yummy chillie paste in it. The rice wasnt oily and soo good. And the mutton koththu, the part that made me cry when i had my first bite. Love this place ❤️

★★★★★
November 12, 2022

Delicious mutton kothu, made fresh to order so I don't mind the wait. Good portion size.

★★★★
May 22, 2022

This joint provides real good Sri Lankan food. The taste is good. The chef opens the kitcken around 6PM so don't be deceived anout the times in google. Overall food meets expectations and the portion sizes are reasonable for the price. This place is not the cheapest Sri Lankan food place in toronto. Kottu: this gives authentic Sri Lankan kottu vibes making most of the other joints around toronto sub par. They have chicken, mutton, and other options as well. 5 stars String hopper kottu: ordinary and nothing special about them. 3 stars Fried rice: One of the best Sri Lankan fried rice in Toronto. The chicken and eggs are generously added. This gets 5 stars. Short eats: Samosa and rolls are ok but I have had better in Toronto so not really good. 2 stars. The overall 3 stars are due to waiting time. Your order will take minimum an hour feom the time you pay. You can order in advance but the phone is not always answered. I believe this is due to the fact that it is a single person run shop. He does everything. Cleanliness is not so good but not bad either. Edit: The quality of food has remained the same, hence increasing the stars to 4 stars. I managed to order in advance to get the food.

★★
February 6, 2020

UNBEARABLE DELAY IN FOOD PREPARATION! Woul Have Cancelled If Not Paid While Ordering. Good Srilankan food at reasonable prices! Not the cleanest place atleast the washrooms. Got a sports pub vibe to it, not entirely a family space. The time took to prepare the food was really not worth, absolutely no care about people’s time and I was dining in. + Cheap costs + Tasty South Indian dishes + Good Service - Smiling - Cleanliness of the washroom - Heater not effective - Takes time for preparation- so much TIME

June 22, 2024

Really small portion. Not worth with the price. And late delivery.

May 22, 2024

The worst Kothu roti ever, please save your money and go elsewhere only had three pieces of meat.

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

I tried masala dosa was very good And staff was very nice Recommended dishes

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

Best restaurant amazing food

February 22, 2024

Worst service ever

★★★★★
January 22, 2024

A must visit spot, the taste and the quantity is excellent. We tried biriyani, chicken fried rice and chicken noodles everything was freshly made and the owner was very kind. Only issue is no customers please do come visit.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best kothu in town all the hundreds of Scarborough kothu spots cant compare to this one hidden gem in the heart of north York!!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Great to mjngle and a few beers never ate there yet

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Highly recommend For Srilankan FRIED RICE and MUTTON KOTTU. If you want to dine in or take-out better you call and let him know because Waiting Time is So long he s only one guy working ( cook and server and cashier). Food is grate, worth it for if you have wait.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

chicken fried rice is a must try!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great food. Authentic taste. Can work on improving the hygiene.

December 22, 2023

Even though you pre book the food you want , they will make you to wait more than you expect. Bought chicken noodles and kothuroti , noodles was really terrible, soggy and meat smells stinks ( don t know it s spoiled or not washed properly). At last, the noodles which I bought went to the garbage. Pleasure ensure the food quality before you serve.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Over priced menu. The menu that they have here is 10 years old as they claimed. Don t accept credit and there s a charge on debit for 25 cents. Food quality is okay but the kitchen looks unhygienic.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I m typing this review while I m standing infront of this store . I drove an hour away to come to this location and I get here only to find out that the store is closed from days so and so. Could the owners not update on google or on their website? Beyond disappointed. I don t even think I d give a this place second chance.

December 22, 2022

Be careful when you order, you will have to wait nearly 1 and half hour even if you order before going. Just want the money just like typical Sri Lankan restaurant. At least place your order when the restaurant open, they shows a busyness where their is none.

December 22, 2022

Worst place to go i waste my time going there because its saying open on google but they are not it happened with me the other day too I tried to call them to but nobody never answer the call.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Their mixed fried rice is the best! Call ahead and go pick up to give them time to cook.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good quite bar

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Gross quality of food. Owner/cashier is always drunk while working. Tried for the first time and was very disappointed!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

My favorite place. Close to my apartment. Always great service. Best owner. Great music. Recommend for all parties and sports events.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great food. Definitely call ahead make sure theyre open before visiting if youre trying to get food at off hours

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Good food, great taste and awesome service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Amazing south indian food!! Loved it

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Restaurant is closed

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great Sri Lankan food

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Food is amazing. Wait time is TERRIBLE!!! I waited for 1 hour to get my food!!! 1 star due to wait time.

December 22, 2021

Wrong menu prices on the google maps. Always call in and check the for the price before you decided to order or dine in

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

I ve been looking for a Biryani and finally found this store. I did not hesitate to purchase Chicken Biryani as I think they are expert in making Indian and Sri Lankan cuisine. I was absolutely right! The Chef was amazingly friendly, the food was delicious and the rice that comes with the chicken was a good quality. Can highly recommend this store.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Excellent portions and tastes flavorsome!

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Their food is fresh and delicious. They also have a variety of items available. Huge portion size! You might have to wait a bit too long once you order the food but its totally worth waiting.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

For being in the predicament in life we are all in...covid...this is one place that will bring a smile to your face when you see and eat the food! Thank you for delicious food and good customer service. this is a must goto destination!! Always my food on time i Oder before I get there it s easy Delicious good portioned food well worth the stop.,..dont pass by! Take care all and be safe

★★★
December 22, 2021

Is ok!

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Closed when says open, owner didn t pick up any calls for orders. Quite disappointed to have driven here for 45 mins

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Tasty food and good portion size

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Spicy food

★★★
December 22, 2020

I have been going here for year... That being said lately the meat portion size is low. Food doesnt taste as good as it used to. Despite that somehow price has gone up LOL look if you want Sri Lankan food and dont want to drive to Scarborough this works other wise go somewhere else for high protein meal.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Foods good, Please, its winter at least turn the heat on, its freezing inside the store.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Noise, Sometimes people fight.

December 22, 2020

This place is closed at 2pm when I went there yet they say they open at 12:30pm and I called them nobody responded to my call.horrible experience

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good food and they offer takeout

★★
December 22, 2020

It used to be alot better. It is now cookie cutter, nothing special.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Food is really nice here. It s very flavorful and there s a lot of variety!

December 22, 2020

Horrible food, Very long waiting time, will not recommend this to anyone.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Cheap food, friendly person, took them 40 mins to get the order ready, half of the menu is sold out and Its super hot inside

December 22, 2020

We ate dinner recently..such a horrible food ever had.chicken was decayed with full oil soaked kothu roti.this place must be investigated by public health

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

I ordered Kothu roti and dosa from this place a while back and that was the first and last time i got food from here. I love Indian (esp. South Indian) food and would love to try out from different restaurants around Toronto, this place is pretty close to where I live and wanted to avoid the hassle of going to Scarborough. The food they prepared was not upto the mark, it was too oily filled with extreme amount of masalas (Spices) to my taste. If you dont want to travel to Scarborough or Brampton for a south indian food experience then its okay, but i wouldnt recommend. But the people were nice and welcoming, the restaurant was pretty decent.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Excellent service, and tasty food I really enjoyed the cheese and onion dosa and soup. The owner is very personable, and tries to make his customers happy. Definitely recommend checking Masala out!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Price is affordable...food quality is good...as a conclusion quality is ok for the price paid.

Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Average food, taking too long to prepare.

December 22, 2020

Just takes too long to prepare order. After delivering the order, there are missing items

★★★★
December 22, 2020

I ordered from here, the order was completely wrong but the food was still pretty good. Hopefully, next time, Ill get what I ordered and itll be even better (:

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Food was good, biriyani was not a authentic one. Kothu roti was delicious. Place is small and average. Wash rooms are not maintained that well.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

The food is really good

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Good service

December 22, 2019

The chicken was so not fresh. I got stomach flu after eating here. The FOOD IS NOT FRESH .

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Ordered through skip the dishes, took 1 hour 32 mins for the food to be delivered. I had Skip call me twice as the restaurant was sold out on ordered items. I had hungry kids and these guys literally tested my patience. I even called the restaurant to check if the pick up times were less that Skip but they hung up on me before I could even talk. The food arrives after 1 hour 32 mins and it s literally the worst food I had in my life. No taste or flavour and it was a waste of $50. Will never order from these guys. Bad prep time, worse customer service and the worst food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Really good food and great service.. Nice ambiance.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Best srilankan food... anna is very friendly but beware of the wait times !!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Excellent

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Great prices - samosas are always good

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

The roti was great

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Food took legit 1 hour to to cook. I ordered Biriyani. Literally had such little meat I wanted to go back to the restaurant and refund it :( I threw away half of the food after eating half because I ran out of meat and eating extra spicy rice without meat is not my kind of thing. Went to sleep hungry The receptionist was nice though. She had good customer service skills and kept going to the kitchen to tell them to hurry up.

Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Worst kothu roti of the world

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Best kothu roti I had in Toronto! Very reasonable prices too

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Place was great ... Amazing food

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Good place to visit,,,,, thank you

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

A long time customer! Honestly Decent Ambience. But best taste and Mid Night Hunger Killer ! Chicken #KothuRoti recommended - SPICY

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Ambience is. Nothing but food is authentic south indian/sri lankan

December 22, 2019

You will wait for an hour to get your food. Poor service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

small place but fantastic!

December 22, 2019

This place was closed the last time I was there during business hours. And they dont answer the phone when you call .

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

I tried dosa, it was not that good to deserve 4 stars. Reason for this rating is customer service. ..........................................

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Good Food, tasty and fast.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

We used to visit this place regularly before, missing the delicious Kottu roti

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Cozy place and met great peoplw

December 22, 2018

Customer service at its worst..DON T WASTE YOUR TIME GOING HERE..

December 22, 2018

The customer service is not good at all dont waste your time going there their so disrespectful.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Every time I have gone here, I have had amazing food, great drinks and wonderful conversations. It s a small place, with a community feel. Unlike larger businesses, the positive to this is that you get personal customer service. I will definitely continue to attend to this location.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great food, prepared how you want it. Huge portion sizes too! Local hidden gem that I am in love with!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great food and great prices. Next to laundry, grocery, and so much more. Great place to relax in between errands. Hard to find though, right next to laundry mat

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

This place serves the best mutton patties. Don t even try their noodles or fried rice it s god damn greasy and just dunked in soy sauce. Their idly and dosa aren t bad but there are occasions where they were extremely salty.

December 22, 2018

Do yourself a favour and do not come to this place. They dont even serve water to the customers, neither asked for a glass of water. The food was pathetic and burnt... the quantity and quality is not even worth a penny. Nothing about this place is good... highly recommend not to visit this place! Waste of time and super waste of money

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Lovely

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Its a South Asian restaurant, not an Asian one. That aside this is my go-to place for good south Indian food. I especially love their dosa and kootu paratha. Their noodles are also pretty good - very south indian/Sri Lankan in flavour. The flavours all hit home. They also serve alcohol that attracts seedy crowd. An old couldnt keep his gaze off my friend who was the age of his grand daughter. The service is decent but slow, sometimes too slow to the point that I had leave midway after asking my friend to get the food home. the bartender girl is sweet. they also charge 25-50 cents for debit card transactions and dont accept credit cards.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I ordered delivery of chicken biryani, mutton biryani, chicken kotha, mutton kotha. They made them all spicy for me :) (I highly recommend getting them spicy if you enjoy heat!!) Massive portion sizes, amazingly tasty food, awesome prices! Excellent service as well! My new favourite local restaurant! Thanks!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Mutton rolls are amazing. Wait times can be high especially on nights the restaurant turns into a pseudo night club. One cook works super hard trying to keep up with online orders and restaurant demands

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great place! Food is amazing and their dine in area is well built. Less one star because one time I went,I had to wait 45mins for my food after I ordered. Another time, it came in 10 mins.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Seems oil is being used several time. I got stomach problem. No water provided as theyre selling water in bottles. Very slow in taking order and service.

December 22, 2018

The place is terrible. a) It is not authentic cuisine and the oil used is of very poor quality. b) Service is bad - the waitress doesnt know the menu items (says I dont know, you are asking the wrong person for some Qs - what!?) and (c) the order waiting time is too long even when they had to serve just one table. After a long wait, they got the order for one person in the table. More wait for others. Sorry - there are better south indian/srilankan places in the city and this is a definite no-go.

★★★★
December 22, 2018

The portions here are insanely large. Theres enough food for me to have dinner and lunch the next day. And all of it is for around $10! On top of all that, it tastes pretty good too I usually go when its not busy, so service is pretty quick. Their various samosas are also tasty.

★★★
December 22, 2018

Typical asian bar. Spicy food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Great food at a great price. Try something new that is great

★★★★★
December 22, 2018

Great food great place great management !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Affordable prices, clean place and better people available .... but experienced greater delay to get the food that we ordered. Dont know wheather they wanted us to order an extra drink...lol

December 22, 2018

I ordered 1 mutton, 1 chicken biryani and one mutton curry however I received 2 chicken biryani with 1 bone curry. Very unfortunately when I called the manager to share the feedback I asked for his name and he said his name is Mr. Masala and refused to own up to the nonsense mutton curry what they have served and had the audacity to say what ever we have served is awesome and in case we have to share any feedback go ahead and do that with skip the dishes. This is one nonsense restaurant and please do not order from them in case if you value your money. Forget customer service if you have to order from this nonsense Masala cafe.

December 22, 2018

Too long of a wait for the food and got really sick after. I dont recommend this place.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I love this place. The food is fresh and delicious!!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

I never complain about anything in the service industry, even if it s reasonable to. But half of the time the food shows up not just cooled off, but full-on cold, or some of the ingredients are blatantly no good anymore but they re used anyways. Plus the waiting time seems to be very long compared to other Indian restaurants I have gone to, but who knows what s going on in their kitchen, it s hard to manage that sometimes. I m still giving 4 stars because the amount of food you get for the price is amazing, and when the food DOES come out how it s supposed to, it s delicious.

Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Worst timings....

★★
December 22, 2018

Well,good taste but extremely long waiting time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

The portion is plenty. The service is great. And they are nice. The fried rice is one of the best ive tasted. I highly recommend this place. The have a nice bar too.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Ok.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Amazing people, the bartender is AWESOME. Very good interpersonal and customer skills. The cook is also a good guy, good food and amazing atmosphere to be in. I would give this place a 10 star, if it were possible.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2018

Literally one of the best hidden gems in North York, hope you have a giant appetite cus the portions are enormous!

Local Guide
December 22, 2017

This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. I have ordered for a plate of Idly and they were like stones. The chutney given was very very cold. Sambar was literally tasteless. The restaurant has charged me CAD $ 8.25 for a single plate of Idly. I strongly dont recommend this place at all.

Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Really bad food. The chicken curry was basically inedible because of how many little bones were in it. The veg curry was very watery, and the onion dosa had a very strange flavor.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Good food at a very low price. open till late night.

★★★★★
December 22, 2017

EXCELLENT FOOD. HAVE BEEN ORDERING FOR 3 MONTHS NOW. NO COMPLAINTS.!!

December 22, 2017

Worst experience. Very slow process took more than an hour for serving the food.(note: last time even take out order took about 45 minutes).

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Slow service... But food is good so i dont mind.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Slow service and not a great dine in place but makes decent chicken masala dosa.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Cheap and great Indian food

December 22, 2017

Not worthy...!! Very slow in processing the order. Wont even give 1 star. Worst part is they dont even give water to drink when u dine there.

December 22, 2017

A dining in should have drinking water facility but this dining doesnt provide it and cant give a good experience of food

Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Avoid this place if you can. Ordered food through skip the dishes and it literally took 2 hrs for the food to show up. What was delivered was horribly prepared and was extremely spicy and as an Indian guy when I say extremely spicy, it is quite spicy. Worst of all for a south indian place, they did not have any sambhar left at 8:0pm. Skip the dishes had to to call me back and refund the money for that one dish.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Awsome place

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2017

Below average place, Dont even try for south Indian food. Sambhar was not that much good plus they charge almost half price of the Dosa for that Sambhar without taste. I will not recommend this place.

★★★★★
December 22, 2016

Great Food and Great Prices ! Just missing beer

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Really good place for the price. Authentic south Indian snacks and bites for the dosa idli cravings. The sambar is nice and spicy and the dosas are fresh. Great quantity for the price. They need improvement in their seating area, but great place for delivery.

December 22, 2016

Very slow service .....

★★
December 22, 2016

Used to be excellent in the past. Now the prices have gone up but the quantity has gone down. Very disappointing.

December 22, 2016

Be careful and check the bill as they might cheat you with stupid charges you might have not even heard of

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2016

Like the dosa , idliyam and chicken biryani (its not the usual biryani as u will find in India but tastes good)

★★★
December 22, 2016

It is pretty hard to find the location, it is hidden at the back of the complex. Food is good, cheap prices and seating area can be made much more brighter but overall for faster service, you can go here.. But idlies are always cold as they make and keep at the beginning I believe so myself and my husband did not feel eating at in backhome in chennai, India and sambar as well as chutney doesnt take in backhome whereas my husband loved egg kothu roti/parotta from here.And I believe this place will be more authentic for Srilankans. .