Ola Restaurant & Catering Services in North York

1552 Jane St, North York, ON M9N 2R5, Canada

★★★★☆
(238 reviews)
Categories: West African restaurant

About

Down-to-earth restaurant dishing up traditional Nigerian cuisine such as pounded yam & goat meat.

Address
1552 Jane St, North York, ON M9N 2R5, Canada
Plus Code
MFXW+7V North York, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
12–9 PM
Wednesday
12–9 PM
Thursday
12–9 PM
Friday
12–9 PM
Saturday
12–9 PM
Sunday
12–9 PM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Healthy options Small plates
Dining options
Brunch Lunch Dinner Catering
Amenities
Gender-neutral toilets Toilets Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Family friendly Groups LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids Kids' menu
Parking
Parking

Reviews

4.0
★★★★☆
238 reviews

Most Mentioned

nigerian food (13) plantain (7) to go (7) jollof rice (6) pay (5) price (5) cash (4) egusi (3) stew (3) pounded yam (2)
5 stars
130
4 stars
42
3 stars
23
2 stars
15
1 stars
28
June 28, 2024

I don’t know why business owners will bring there dirty Nigerian character over here, walked into this restaurant and asked if they could suggest a good meal for me as it was my first time there and this lady said to me “that’s the menu over there, you can look at it” For christs sakes! What would it take you to please give a honest opinion on what a first timer can try out!!!

★★
June 12, 2024

This portion is not worth the amount we pay. It’s not even up to 1/3rd of the plate. Please endeavour to give your customers their money’s worth, else we might as well go somewhere else.

★★★★★
May 29, 2024

I went here with My colleagues for lunch. Amazing food, so welcoming and hospitable. Will definitely come back!

★★★★★
December 11, 2023

I took a quick trip to Oyato African food market to bulk up on African black soap, on my way out I seen ola there door advertised fresh restaurant and catered food. I went in and was greeted by two sweet elders aunty & auncle and they gently gave me the menu I seen all the great tasty fire dishes but I had to keep it humble with my diabetes. So I just ordered the cheapest thing on the menu mashed beans 🫘. They looked at me like that’s it! I laughed like “yeah I have my green banana at home to Dip” ! They were like okay I waited no more than 10 minutes cause it’s a pretty simple dish.some nice west African gospel was playing on the flatscreen I would say I got a nice homey vibes were your welcomed to eat ! And that’s what I love comfortable and calm I kindly asked the chef if she could add a water and ginger ale to my meal. And it came up to $15.00 they only had visa debit at the moment not credit card.Id say it’s worth the price I even had left overs for a day which I liked cause it tasted alot better. I recommend sitting in if you’re used to traditional settings and need a good quick tasty meal or ordering take out or delivery.

★★★★★
September 24, 2023

The food here brings me back to going over to an uncle or aunts place in traditional Yoruba Nigeria. I have flashbacks of #Abeokuta whenever I smell or taste the food. No matter how big boy you think you are your portions will not change. I asked them to mix Okro and egusi for me, they told me that’s not how we do things🤣🤣😳I’m a Yoruba boy ooo, lived in Okota, so when iGbo people show me that way, it entered sha. All in all, this is one of the original go to spots in the city for traditional Yoruba Eats.

April 19, 2023

The worst... I don't even know how the food tastes because when I got there, the man sitting there (whom I thought was a customer) was extremely rude! I placed my order before coming with some lady on the phone, she was very pleasent. When I got there and the lady must have not relayed the message to him. He seemed upset. I walked out no poi t. I get it we African and we can come of harsh at times. But when people are spending their hard earned money with you, especially since food is like a mortgage, please be nice!!!!

March 30, 2022

Highly disappointing! From the customers service, or should I say lack there of. To the extremely small portion of food provided. I ordered from them of the first time tonight and received a container 1/4 full with 1 small piece of beef and 1 large bone, no meat on it. When I had called to confirm this was the correct order I received a irate and very disrespectful answer. I ordered this for my husband, but was too embarrassed to serve it to him as it was barely enough for an appetizer. I would not recommend this restaurant unless ur willing to pay an outstanding amount of money for a snack.

★★★★★
January 23, 2021

This is one of the original nigerian restaurants in Toronto. Good quantity for the amount you pay for the jollof rice. Their pounded yam and egusi is good too. There are seats available if you wanna dine in but will recommend take out!

November 21, 2024

Very unfriendly and condescending to customers

★★★★
Local Guide
October 21, 2024

Nice

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 21, 2024

100 percent number 1 place for African delicacies...

June 21, 2024

I ordered Okro for someone in addition to other things and he got only soup I thought they should have informed me if they didn t have instead of giving me something different.

Local Guide
June 21, 2024

This portion is not worth the amount we pay. Way over priced. . Please endeavour to give your customers their money s worth, else we might as well go somewhere else Food : 3/5

★★★★
Local Guide
May 21, 2024

Tasty food

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 21, 2024

They make really good meals. It feels like home

January 21, 2024

I wanted to try this place but too much bad reviews damn!!

Local Guide
December 21, 2023

I drove across country line to go eat at this restaurant but it was a very bad experience. Their customer service was absolutely rubbish. Almost everything on the menu was not available, one of them even insulted me when I asked if they have real pouded yam or Poundo. We managed to eat what was available and when I asked for take away plate to pack my remaining food, the man would rather take the food away from me to go pack inside their kitchen. It was a bad experience. Our people need to do better with their businesses especially dealing with people.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Plantain & beans with assorted beef. Delicious west African cuisine but the price on google is wrong because they never uploaded the price themselves. You can t be wrong with there Nigerian food

Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Outdated prices on their website and they think it s your duty to cross check prices on Uber , door dash, etc. out of 3 pieces of meat in their assorted, only 1 was soft enough to be eaten. The rest went in the garbage. I tried this place for the first time and never again because nothing worse than getting ambushed with different prices that what you planned for.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

You should get 4 stars but you deserve 3 or less, sha manage 3 like that cos that place is tooooooo stuffed, Ill go in there coming out smelling like food. Also after placing your order, I dont advice you eat in there but make sure to ask when it will be ready if not youll wait endlessly thinking your food will be out in a min. But see that jollof is tasty and nice. Very good portion for 25$ or 23$ if not mistaken .

★★★★★
December 21, 2023

Very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2023

Good customer service

December 21, 2023

Worst customer service and you dont get what you pay for. They short change you. Food takes forever and not what you ordered

★★★★
December 21, 2023

Poor parking lot, but the service is good.

December 21, 2023

Driving all the way from Scarborough bad customer service the place its so dirty and disgusting food tastes good but its a small portion i was charged $60 bucks come-on for a small portion of food i will never buy their food again. Take care of your business dont overcharge customers that restaurant its dirty chai

December 21, 2023

If your looking for real authentic hood Nigerian food this place isn t it . Egusi is somehow and took too long and plantain wasn t even sweet

December 21, 2023

Whoever picked up the phone to speak to me was rude,you can do better.Thanks

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Staff attitude. I stood for almost 5 minutes before I was attended to, she was busy talking on phone and yelling in her local language

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

The food was AMAZING and I ordered more

December 21, 2022

I ordered porridge and its so tasteless, this is my 2nd time ordering food here, the stew taste like its only tomatoes and its even expensive for that type of food. Cant order here again.

December 21, 2022

This is not a good place to eat. Food taste was extremely poor and the stew so small. The whole place stinks. I wish I had read other peoples review before coming here. The whole restaurant needs a total overhaul, a lot of cleaning up and better ambiance.

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Very good quality food and nice owners

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Efficient service by the staff.

December 21, 2022

Honestly wish I could find 0 star!! I ate it out of courtesy. Ambience-0; customer service-0, air very stale; I mean it doesn t really matter if you dine in or out- they have a market online. My sons rated them 2/10. Cutlery was handled with hands- poor hygiene. I am nigerian and honestly hoped there should have been a bit of finesse in the service, food delivery and ambience. Anyway- won t be going back there. I should have read reviews before going in. Advice: restaurant needs an overhaul.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Pricy!

★★★★★
December 21, 2022

Love this place. Amazing food. Amazing Owners.

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2022

Customer service was horrible. The cashier was rude and disrespectful and i was there for a pick up, i can only imagine if i had to dine in......

December 21, 2022

Omg this is the worst meal I ve ever had. I ordered Jollof rice and they served J-rice (the ollof was no where to be found) . The ambience and customer service is zero. Meat was undone. Nothing nice about this place.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Trust me Ola continues to dominate Nigerian food in this North York. Jollof rice is grainy, less oily and beef amazing.. You wont be dissapinted

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

WOW! The most delicious egusi soup (I got all beef), pounded yam, and fried plantain. Will definitely order from here again. Hot and fresh.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Good food

Local Guide
December 21, 2021

The food was bad and expensive. Never again.

★★★
December 21, 2021

Food portions is too small.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Nice Nigerian dishes

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

This is a goto place for every Nigerian food lovers hoping to get the nostalgic taste of the Yoruba tribe best delicacies. #chefskiss

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Well made and delicious food.I am grateful to the management and staff for their service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

The food is delicious. We use them as our primary source for food when hosting parties.

Local Guide
December 21, 2021

too dirty

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

The best!

★★★★★
December 21, 2021

Great African Restaurant with an amazing taste of food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2021

Delicious tasty meals with Nigerian (Yorùbá) dishes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Clean delicious African cuisine

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

The best jollof rice in town and the best stews to go along with your swallow of choice. I love the owner, she is so kind and delivers to perfection. They cater as well, so they are a full service restaurant. Highly recommend!

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Highly rated. 5star.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Tasty African food.

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Waitresses are great and very nice. But the man in the kitchen who brought us our food and took payment tried scamming us by lying about the price of the food, and then purposely not giving the right change back. Not a good way to treat people new to Nigerian culture and food. Ive been to similar restaurants in the area with much better honesty and customer service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Sumptuous food

★★★
December 21, 2020

I bought some african food from this restaurant on, March 22, 2020. I am not African but I have eaten Africsn food before and love it. The food was so tasty. The plaintains was the way I like them. The one thing negative is, the portion is too small. I will order from them again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Great african place to eat food is tasty

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Great service.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Very clean and respectable with good Customers Services

★★★★
December 21, 2020

Delightful!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

The best vegetable soups in canada

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

The best nigerian food Ive ever had.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2020

Fantastic food! WOW wife and kid loved the rice, beef, fish, greens and plantain. Authentic and Delish, hidden gem!! Thank you!!!

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Family restaurant, great food.

Local Guide
December 21, 2020

I love this place but very had to deal with them when you order food from them. They asked to return eba so they can sell it to someone else how sick... please don t order something that has plantain in it worst plantain ever.do something or take out the plantain from the menu

December 21, 2020

Food tasted good. Service was bad. And portion of efo riro was small.

★★★★★
December 21, 2020

Yummy in my tummy delicious and fast service. U will like your fingers when u done

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Service was great

Local Guide
December 21, 2019

They got to get rid of that mouldy wet smell..

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Very nice African meal, sumptuous and delicious

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

They welcome you with respect and good customer service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

good African food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

African cuisines

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great meal

★★★★
December 21, 2019

Nice and well prepared

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Love this place. Large portions and The food is excellent and consistent. They might not Offer the most friendly service in the traditional sense but the owners are lovely people and never rude.

★★
December 21, 2019

Dirty place and poor customer service

Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Not a lot of choice on there menu !

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Fantastic service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Great and authentic Nigerian food with very kind people

★★
December 21, 2019

Alright service

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Very good place to visit.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Authentic Nigerian Dishes. I needed a place to eat amala on a sunday and this was the best sunday lunch ever in a Nigerian restaurant.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Lovely food

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Tasty

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Good food. But only accepts cash for large orders. Weird

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Delicious meal.. decent .. friendly and nice not rude ... but their service is not so Professional hence 4 star

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Great food.. my belly is full and happy

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Delicious food, neat, tasty.

★★★★★
December 21, 2019

Great customer service and food. Highly recommend it to anyone.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2019

Food is good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Best Africa restaurant so far in Toronto

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

the food is legit but they dont sell meat

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Okay for me a little too too spicy but if you like spicy it a place to check out

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Drove there to pick up an order. She tells me upon arriving that the interac machine does not work and Ill need to go to the bank to get cash. It wouldve been nice if I was told this information before driving past how many banks to get there. Then I come back again with the cash to pick up my order, she then says there is a deposit on the cooler of $75... okay that makes sense but why didnt you tell me this information the first time before I went to the bank? So frustrating. She eventually says she will let me have it but I must bring it back ASAP. I suggested Monday (as this was a Sunday). She then says she isnt open on Monday. Ugh. So then we agreed upon Tuesday. Bottom line... Food was good BUT I will not be ordering from here again. If you arent Yoruba or you dont speak Yoruba then good luck

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Nice and friendly Nigerian restaurant hot, fresh and quick service from the moment you step through the door.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

The food is so amazing, I can drive from Vancouver just for that egusi soup but the waiters are rude and need to be educated on how to run a proper fast food business

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Home of Nigerian cuisines in Toronto, home away from home. The efo riro was on point. You can quote me on this.

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

D best

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great African food but not an excellent sight

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great Nigerian food! Interior decor needs to be significantly upgraded

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

The ayamase and the yam porridge is good,gv it a try

★★★★★
December 21, 2018

Great food and service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Nigerian delicacy st premium

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great food tastes lovely

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Because of delicious Africa food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

A taste of home!! Excellent

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great tasting food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2018

Great Nigerian Meals

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Great food and warm customer service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Great food...not really good customer service experience. Very loud (Typical Nigerian restaurant)...but the food is amazing! Go for just the food, not the customer service.

★★★★★
December 21, 2017

Naija Jollf is bae

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Great tasting food, helpful staff and a convenient location. Private parties and banquets are held on the lower level. Free parking in the back, ttc buses 35 & 195 both stop a few minutes walking distance away. Relaxed and enjoyable experience!

★★★★★
December 21, 2017

The best in Toronto among other restaurants. It was a great experience for me !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Good food

★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Food is expensive but tastes good. Major issue is that the place is extremely dirty and unkept. Needs serious work

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Good place for tasty African cuisine. A bit dirty and needs work

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Their food is nice, but the restaurant needs an upgrade and they need to keep their AC on during summer

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Great

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Service can be better. Came across as sloppy from a service point of view.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

One of the best African restaurants

★★★★★
December 21, 2017

Great Nigerian food......

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

The lady was so nice. I went without cash, she let me eat first before showing me where i can use my ATM card to access cash. She also packed my to go without payment. I was so impressed with her gesture and kindness. I was able to get cash and make payment

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Nigerian Restaurant. Good for those looking for something different and tasty. Cash only.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

Service is really friendly and food is Great.

★★★★★
December 21, 2017

Great place

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2017

A little too pricey and serve very small portions however it is tasteful

★★★★
December 21, 2017

Very and have almost everything you would need

★★★★★
December 21, 2016

The food tasted so good

★★★★★
December 21, 2016

The restaurant is so yummy... Koodos to Ola Restaurant...

★★★★
December 21, 2016

Some sweet nigerian food

★★★★★
December 21, 2015

I live in Brampton, use to live across the street at 710 Trethewey Drive... Could you believe I drive faithfully ever chance I get, to come and get their food... Ive tried others but I love this restaurant

★★
December 21, 2012

bankrupt...new owners...looks like a gang hangout....