Canteen - Punjabi Restaurant in North York
1300 Finch Ave W Unit 33, North York, ON M3J 3K2, Canada
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The best in Indian food and Indian fusion cuisine. Takeout Only.
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Very poor quality indian food. Bought their 1Kilo chicken biryani... I kid you not, looked like something out of a garbage canister, tasted rancid, basically had to throw it away :| I love eating Indian food, but this one was very very disappointing.
I had an amazing experience at Canteen! Even though they were about to close, the staff went above and beyond to serve us. They kindly made sure we had everything we needed and didn't rush us, which made our meal even more enjoyable. It's rare to see such great customer service, and it really shows how much they care about their guests. The food was delicious as always, and I truly appreciate them going the extra mile. Highly recommend this place if you're looking for both great food and outstanding service!
HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED!! Ordered Pavbhaji, Chhole Bhature & Paneer Tikka Wraps and none of them were on the point!! I could also see that they haven’t done any preparations for the dishes we ordered. Had to wait for more than 20 minutes to get the food and still no better outcome. Firstly we got Chhole Bhature and Pavbhaji. Talking about Chhole, gravy wasn’t on point and prepared without any seasoning at all!!! About Pavbhaji, it didn’t even taste like a pavbhaji ( I mean how badly can you screw a Pavbhaji!!) and vegetables weren’t not mashed too!! After waiting for another 5 minutes, we got Paneer Tikka Wrap. And what should I not say about it…. Paneer wasn’t neither marinated nor grilled (clearly visible in the picture). For the wrap, they were using tortilla sheets!!! Sauce wasn’t there too and it was so liquidy and thin that it was dripping off the wrap. Last but not least, they didn’t even know how to wrap a wrap with the foil!!!!🤣🤣 Being an Indian, I personally feel so ashamed for this kinda restaurants serving an Indian cuisine like these!! Never ever go to such places if you want to try an Indian food for the first time and if you’re an Indian then don’t forget to put the same review as I did. Lol
Really bad experience bought 1/2 kg Chk. Biryani. Chicken wasn’t even throughly cooked. Never .All they do is cook chicken in the sauce and put it on the rice.
When I ordered 1kg of biryani. It was like only 0.5 kg and on top of that the quantity of meat were so less. Before this new owner It used cost to me 15 dollars for 1 kg now it’s 20. The previous owners were good they used give lot more of briyani in quantity and meats too were provided sufficiently. Now the new owners are a bit stingy. Hopefully they will make their customers smile. Best of luck new owners. I don’t think I will be back soon like past days.
Delicious food with amazing service. Butter chicken pieces were too big. Recommended!
EXCELLENT FOOD WITH PERFECT SOUND QUALITY The environment was pleasant and inviting, creating a comfortable dining experience. The staff displayed excellent behavior, always polite and attentive. The food arrived promptly, showcasing efficient service. Moreover, the staff were not only friendly but also genuinely caring, ensuring we had everything we needed throughout our meal. The menu offered a variety of delicious options, and the dishes we tried were flavorful and well-prepared. The presentation of the food was also impressive, adding to the overall enjoyment of our meal. The ambiance of the restaurant, combined with the quality of service, made it a truly memorable dining experience. Overall, I highly recommend Good Food for anyone looking for a great place to eat with excellent service and a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
I caught the young brother as he was just opening his store and i wish i had more time to wait for everything to be prepared. I really wanted to have some roti or pratha with my meal but as they make everything from scratch the day of, it would have taken an hour to prep for those side dishes. I was on a short lunch break and he accommodated me very well by serving me the most delicious goat biryani that i have had in a long time. I was craving this for a long time and hit the spot. i will definetly be coming back with my wife as i know she will love to have something that reminds her of back home. i highly recommend this location to anyone passing by, the flavors are amazing!
Chicken biryani was OKAY. Justifies the price, I believe.
Edit: omg. Clearly you don t value your customers review. Great to see your attitude and how you run your business. Disgusting comments. The food was disappointing :( Vada pav was too spicy and had a strange flavour. And the pav bhaji was just food colouring and no taste at all. Will not go here again
Perfect place for your hunger Perfect balaned for spices in all curries Perfect price Perfect perfect perfect Vegetarian options: Lot of veg options
Amazing food!
Chana bhatura is very tasty and Shiv Bhaji is very kind and polite ..Love this place and must try ..
Customer service was exceptional by Fenil, love to visit again!!
Great service by Fenil, this place has become my go to place now. Their veg and non-veg thali is great and the menu also changes everyday. Taste is delicious and great recommendation by Fenil.
Long wait times every time even after ordering on the phone
I eat worst food ever in my life this award goes to this restaurant.
A friend and i had lunch here during our break and i must say, This place deserves 5 stars. Indian food is something im fairly new to so i cannot be the judge of how authentic the food is, but i can confidently say that i enjoyed my meal and everything tasted amazing! Further more, the person who served me and my friend showed outstanding customer service. Very courteous and took time to explain the specials and dishes. This is something i really appreciate because as someone who does not frequent these types of cuisines, i felt comfortable ordering something im familiar with AND trying something new. Over all, i recommend eating here. If you are like me and is new to indian food and need a place to start. Then i assure you that this is where you want to be. if youre looking for a flaw, the place is a bit small. Thats it. Parking: enough parking
Worst place and worst customer service experience
I placed an order with Uber eats - Veg Briyani. They have packed the very old food. It smelled bad when I opened the box. First of all it didnt taste like a Briyani at all. It looked like they mixed all the veg curries into rice and packed it.. Food had a bad order.. I threw the food in the garbage. I buy from this store time to time. I have to say that sometimes it tastes great and sometimes its garbage. I wonder howmany cooks they have and why they cant give the same quality food..
Great food and excellent hospitality by fenyl.
Finel was very good and food was good
2 stars because i have been going to this place from quite some time now. When they first opened they were good , like really good. Then the quality started deteriorating Recently , it has gone worse : my last 3 orders , i can not believe coming from same place - gobhi prantha : doughy , raw dough - tikki chana : the worst food i ever had , just some boiled channa and tonns of onion - saag makki roti : saag was stale like really bad
Really tasty Indian food...
This place is a complete disaster. I waited in an extremely long line, only to be ignored and not given any attention. There were no staff members available to assist me, and I had to wait for my order for an extended period of time. I will never visit this establishment again. It was a complete waste of my time and money.
Doesn t worth it the price they re charging. They charge for dressing a dollar but the flavors disgust you.
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This is a great place for students, tried chole bhature it was great and the staff was also very friendly and helpful. Had a great experience here truly recommended. Vegetarian options: There are many vegetarian option available here.
Food was good. Recommend.
Baddest tea ever
Tried rice and curry for 10$ love the portion. The staff is super friendly.Must try
I recently tried the samosa chaat and I was really disappointed. The samosas were cold and tasted like they had been reheated in microwave and the chutneys had no flavour and there was not enough yogurt or tamarind sauce . I nothing felt fresh and textures were all wrong . I wasted my time and money at this place . When I told the staff they did not seem to care Overall it was a very worst experience for me .Sadly I will not come back at this place to eat .
Very osm food Vegetarian options: Osm Food : 5/5 |
Delicious Chana bhatura... the portion of food is more than expected. Very fresh and made on time.
Delicious food
Food was amazing at this place. Service was quick and staff was really nice and polite. Must visit place.
It is one of the best place for having Indian food, and I really love there channa bhatura, and also so many options for vegetarians. Really recommended.
Amazing taste ....just feel like home
went there to have chole bhature as my birthday breakfast and it was really good. They gave a gulab jamun on the house. Very flavourful, super nice bhaturas.
Food is delicious!
Over priced food with a little taste
Amazing paranthas over here, perfect size, spice and reasonable price. Recommend to everyone please visit.
Tried allo parontha this time. The taste was good. Guy told us like 15-20 mins to wait but they gave us in like 7-10 mins and material inside was also fresh and tasty. Found a good spot to eat on Finch Av.
Great food , awesome service with taste from back home
The food was very nice!
Good food
Fenil is the best!! The food is awesome, the quantity and quality ..everything!!!
Good food and friendly staff .
Amazing Indian food
Amazing service by Fenil and chef marstchal specially modified the gravy as per my taste loved it the best place for Indian food near York university
Good food. Good service. Vegetarian options: All veg options available. Parking: Enough parking spaces. Wheelchair accessibility: Easily accessible.
New staff is actually better in customer service.
Pathetic food and taste with high prices. I won t even recommend this to my worst enemy
Worst momos i ever taste in my life . Not even worth for single penny
Amazing food
Best food
Must visit
Thaali is very good
Vegetarian options: Dal makhani, paneer butter masala, Chole Food
Not sure if it s the different chefs or something else but sometimes the food is great and sometimes it s just mediocre to say the least.
Very good
Perfect food!!
Great food
Best service and bestt food, loved it
Very nice food and amazing service!
Loved the food here and it made me feel like at home
It was very amazing experience eating here loved ir
Best , clean and healthy food
Nice Parking: Nice Food : 5/5 |
Nice spicy food
Amazing food and service
**Disappointing Experience** I recently visited this restaurant and, unfortunately, the experience left much to be desired. The food was not up to the mark, especially the Palak Paneer, which tasted more like Saag Paneer with an odd texture and flavor. Additionally, the service was far from professional. Overall, the visit was quite underwhelming, and I m not sure I ll be returning anytime soon.
Best food in town. Best punjabi restaurants. Must try all
Staff is very friendly and cooperative, suggests you what you can have and gives the best option..!!
Great food and excellent customer service. Must visit and it is great place for students as prices are very affordable
Experience was so good as a first time visitor and their food will be more delicious than your expectations. Staff was friendly and can make u feel you are eating at home . They added few more items to the menu .. soon visiting again to try them .. Must recommend people to try visiting this place once ..
Nice service
Food is delicious in taste and service is also very fast.
Food was very delicious and not very expensive. Must visit.
Food was delicious and last authentic Punjabi taste. Vegetarian options: Awesome service awesome food. Food : 5/5 |
I ordered butter chicken from this place and the taste was too amazing. I recommend everyone to try the food in this place. It was great
The food was lovely and loved the ambience
Vegetarian options: Good Parking: Enough parking Food : 5/5 |
Had burger and samosa chat- taste delicious
Great food
Used to order from this place before, and the chicken tikka used to be good. But from the last 2 times, it has been sweet, i am convinced that they use the same butter chicken gravy and just call it chicken tikka masala. Very disappointed, it used to be one of my go to places:(
One of the best indian restaurant in north york. Tried their noodle burger and chole bhature. Best
Really great food. The staff is very helpful and polite. They always serve fresh food and very fast service. Tried their naan and butter chicken it s amazing
Very good service and food
The food here is yum. I have mostly tried their all items. I have always wondered why they don t start Tiffin service. To my Luck, On my last visit to this place .I got to know they have started tiffin service now. Which is very affordable and their food is as always delicious . Even the staff is very helpful and keeps my food ready if I need it in an hurry.Overall I liked this place a lot.
Good service
Yummy food! Excellent and fast service! Will recommend vada pav and chole bhature for sure. They even tailor made a drink for us based on our taste preference. Food
Very tasty food
Loved it !
Awesome food, Thali definitely recommended !!!!!
Very good food super delicious
must try chole bhature Vegetarian options: good option Food : 5/5 |
Delicious food Vegetarian options: Noodle burger Food : 5/5 |
Greatt food!! Loved the friendly staff , completely professional. Great quantity and good quality food. Must try!! Food
Good food, and better service! Kudos to the team.
Just started tiffin service,Flavour and taste feels proper and authentic,gravy is not watered down at all unlike other services,and the rotis are made fresh for you when you come in. Very large variety of options for veg and non veg as well. MUST TRY!
Tasty food. Speedy service. Paneer bhurji was phenomenal. There new menu is quite something!
Amazing Indian cuisine with decent ambience
Paneer Tikka masala was too good
Best Chole Bahatura locally
Best in the business
Great experience..Amazing Food Love it Food
Cholle bhature is best must try Vegetarian options: They have wide range of vegetarian menu Food : 5/5 |
there was food
Really good food Must visit this place for good indian food Food
Good food here overall. I really liked: channa bhaturra, samosas, and palak paneer. The rest of their food that I had was a bit too spicy for me. Avoid ordering any chaat dish for take-out, it turns into a soggy mess.
Their samosa chat is probably the best one I have eaten so far. Must try. The ingredients were fresh and delicious.
Excellent service
This is the awesome place i ever had food in canada for 1.5 years. Staff is awesome. Special thanks to all the staff who makes amazing food and they always make it feel like home. Must visit place in North York Canada. Chana bhatura is a must try thanks team.
Guys you have to try their Chicken Biryani. I don t know what do they do with it , Its getting tastier and tastier. Have tried so many different places , but this remains on the top, ALWAYS!!! SIRRAAA Food
Worst service by them. Need to learn how to talk with customers.
tasty and affordable food. thanks for very good service too.
Roti s were so soft and whole food was yummy. Good customer service
Great food, great hospitality. 10 out of 10.
Before the food was good but since last some order chicken is very bad so the quality of food is getting worst.
I have been a regular here and food is good and well served. People are nice and humble and food yummy!!! Basically a go to place around York University for Indian cuisine. Loved it!! Vegetarian options: Well cooked.
Awesome food and great service by Dheeraj..I will visit again and will recommend to others Vegetarian options: Lot of options
Super food chill pagoda must try must go place
Food is very delicious and good quality
Food was very good and their service was also good. I like their bread pakora.
Tasty food, very polite and friendly staff.
I just called in to order food but they said its closing at 5 pm but here it shows it gonna close at 10 pm which is quite misleading.its been edited one week ago.
It s great! Service and food
Great food
Good must visit quality osm I like it
Nice food try their mirchi pakoda Must visit
Vegetarian options: Food
Good food at good price
Good food
I love the food
Really great food, always hot and fresh. The staff is very friendly as well!! Great experience
Most of the time i prefer to take meal from this canteen. The taste is amazing as well as the price is much more cheaper as compared to other ones.
Very tasty food!! Very good service
I tried the new noodle burger and it is delicious . It s a must try dish when you visit here next.
Vegetarian options: Nice, cheap and delicious. Food
Vegetarian options: It was really amazing!! Food
Amazing food! Great experience at Canteen.
Staff very friendly, helpful and fast really enjoy coming here. They have great food. I will return often. Heard canteen is under new management. Hope it all goes well. Glad to hear the owner is still the same. Recommended dishes
My go to place Amazing service and really good food. Highly recommend aloo paratha and Pav bhaji. Keep it up guys!
Food quality is very good and staff is also very helpful
nice place
taste is best!!
Food is very tasty and quality is very good
The food here is absolutely delicious. We tried noodle burger(must try), pav bhaji and shahi paneer. Each bite was a delight and cooked perfectly. The staff is very friendly and incredibly knowledgeable about their menu options. I would recommend all my friends to must visit the restaurant. Prices are also very affordable.
Ive been coming to the restaurant for the longest time but during summers its really hot to have a good dine in experience
If u wanna waste your money then this is the right place for you. . I ordered parantha and just took one bite and rest is in my Bin. YHA MAT AANA KOI MERI BAAT MAAN LO
I ordered vada pav and samosa. It did not taste good, it was too oily and seems the oil used was old.
Not sure what happened. Used to be amazing. Ordered recently and the food was very different. Didnt taste authentic. Channa was hard and undercooked. I hope it was a one-off because used to be good.
It just ordered channa bhatura, bhaturas are not properly made and no taste, as per price not worth When called to them they were not even ready to listen and were saying i m liar
Terrible experience with food and poor temperature control inside. There was not even a fan in the waiting area. I will never come back.
worst indian food i ever eat in my life.
Must try chole bhature just problem in staff. I tried to talk in Punjabi or hindi language but still he talked with me in English. We know that he speaks punjabi or hindi as well. At the end he finally talked in our language. Must be focus on staff behavior. Rest of the things is good. I just want customer experience must be good in this restaurant because I am indian too. Thank you
ample parking, very secure, i loved it
Please update the timings. I reached the restaurant at around 9:50. It was closed. And you have mentioned you open at 9.
Very bad experience. Food was so bad, naan was very old.
Every time i ordered veg biriyani and chana bhatura after half hour they giving refund for veg biriyani its happening 4 th time
This was the worst place to order food. The menu prices are inflated. We ordered a vada pav plate which had two pieces. When ordered the same thing at ubereats, we received only a single piece at the price of two pieces. When confronted, the person incharge was very rude and said he would charge double on the app. There are other better places to order at ubereats. Please do not order from here and save by ordering from other better places.
Friendly helpful staff! I ordered 1/2 Kilo Chicken Briyani. It was delicious!! The place is a little small but there are tables to eat.
Thank you Canteen for making me love with my Toilet three times a day. I tried Chicken bone Biryani. Good Bye. Food
2 stars because the samosas were okay. I ordered samosa and aloo pratha. Samosa were ok I guess but the pratha was not qualified to be called aloo pratha. No stuffing, burnt on one side, thick burnt plain pratha. Not happy with the pratha at all. $6 for a pratha even though it was big in size but the fact that it had no stuffing what so ever makes it not worth 6 dollars.
If you do not have any food , why do you accept it on food delivery app !! You have an option to show us out of stock products . When ever we order something then after some times , you give refund for some of them !! This is frustrating. If this is for once In a while thats okay but again and again !? Worst experience with any restaurant, lost respect for management. You have to understand someones time and earnings values.
Food was good, enjoyed the veggie dishes.
The person who is reading this, let me tell you one thing this restaurant doesn t open at 7 as they show in their description whenever you try to make an order via phone call they told you that call after 10 AM whether they are open or not even if they are open they don t take your order. I was much much disappointed by their service.
Ordered gobhi paranthas in the morning via Uber eats. They sent pathetic burnt paranthas.