Moods Eatery & Cafe

The shisha is really good. The rustic look of the place is very nice and refreshing, specially when compared to most shisha places that prefer a rather dark/​dim lit style. The music was your everyday Arabic but not too loud as too obstruct a conversation. The shisha came within 5 minutes which was great.
What really brings this place down is the service. We had ordered chicken bites to share and they were really, really bad. Chicken tasted stale, and was too oily. The dip was too sweet (we weren’t asked what dip we wanted, realised later that we could pick from a few options). When we told our server about it, it was met with a very arrogant look and a ‘SO?!’ from him. The least he could have done was ask if we wanted something else (and we would have happily paid for it) or taken off some amount from our bill because we barely touched it and sent it back. Not the right way to run a business when you don’t bother to even ask if something could be done to make the dining experience better.
Another major drawback is the $ 25 minimum per person on the weekend, which no other Shisha café in the west GTA requires. I’ve heard of $ 5 but $ 25 is really too much. Compared to Mazaj or haze — where the service is impeccable, and no minimum order, it seems like a rip off. I’d happily come back (the place is 10 minutes from my house compared to 30 minutes for mazaj) if it weren’t for the poor service and the ridiculous minimum.

This is probably one of the best shisha and eatery place around that knew how to combine both in a nice and practical way.
I was impressed with the trendy rustic and cozy lay out and setting. The service is nice but need more training, the door receiving was very welcoming and that was nice.
menu is short and divers, appetizers (need to improve on presentation and recipe) main courses were ok in taste and need little improvement on presentation. Prices are descent, specially the shisha.
over all I believe that they are working hard for improvement, an ok place to go to for a shisha and dinner.
Wish them all the best.

We went here as a fairly large group (13 adults, 4 kids). There was one server working at the time, so service was slow. Our food arrived at the table very staggered (some people were done before others got their meals).
When our appetizers were served, the server brought us side plates. In the stack of 10 plates on our side of the table, about 2 were clean enough to eat off of, while others were wet, had food stuck to them, or looked like they weren’t even washed at all. The jalapeño poppers were made not very good (mostly cheese, which didn’t even taste like decent cheddar cheese).
Had a tex mex burger, and it was rather bland. For our group, our bill was nearly $ 500 (over $ 30 per person), and we didn’t have any alcoholic drinks, just a few had a pop or a coffee. This is very overpriced for the quality of food we received.
The only good thing was the server. She was nice to our group, but couldn’t make up for being understaffed (which caused our food delays), nor the poor quality of food.
I would suggest looking elsewhere for your night out.

Bar food genre. the food is horrible. chefs needs to go to cooking school.
ambiance is nice clean. the staff very cordial.
Recommendations: not a place to visit if you are a bonified foode

Just got back from this place. There is no doubt that its a nice clean place and everything but when it comes to food it loses its charm. The cheese stuffed jalapenos were 95% cheese and batter with less than 5% real pepper. The tex mex burger was big but filled with cold salsa which totally took the essence of the burger away when mixed with hot beef patty and who puts beans in salsa? I mean what are they thinking when they are giving you this tex mex burger? Just putting a piece of avacado and a little of your own non authentic in house salsa makes it a tex mex? Utterly disappointed with that.

We came by tonight to moods, It’s a newbie shisha place like few month old. They have various options of panini sandwiched and wraps, appetizers and few main courses.
The place sounds spacious and cosy, there was a tremendous amount of tables. Once I arrived, my friends told me the shisha tooks more than 45 minutes to be up. I ordered orange mint and it was out of order, I switched to peach mint and it was fresh and smoky enough. It’s more pricey than other shisha places.
The place is fresh, vibrant, and clean. I felt a downsized service though but I’ll keep coming back as it’s the most modern shisha Café I have been to in GTA area.

Absolutely delicious food! I had the butter chicken and it was incredible. Very kind service and the look of the place is very trendy! I’d recommend this place to anyone who enjoys south asian dinning and hookahs

Over 15 mins to get seated in a nearly empty restaurant. Another 20 mins for the server to take the order and another 30 mins after that to get the burgers. They had only 1 server for such a large place.
The tex mex burger had beans instead of a tomato salsa as listed on the menu. As someone else noted, the menu is now half of what was originally listed on the website.
Dont waste your time or money.

To sum it up concisely, this place spent to much money initially and had to cut down, in my next couple visits from the first one I found that the number of servers decreased and that lead to service being slow as well but food was still delicious. But since my last visit, they converted to a hookah lounge and now the food is also garbage. So essentially the two stars are for the hookah (which is $ 12.95 and I have yet to try) and the environment because they lost everything else about their identity.

First of all, the hours on their website aren’t accurate. It says it is open at 4:30pm but went on a Wednesday and it wasn’t open until 5:30pm. The hours on Unilocal are probably more accurate but it has been over a week and the website hasn’t been updated even though I told them it said they opened at 4:30pm.
Went with a friend last week and we got there before they opened so we had a choice of seats. The pricing on the drinks are crazy. Too much for juice, pop, milkshake, etc. Not market pricing, it is like they are trying to make extraordinary profits on the drinks. And, their food price isn’t «cheap» either. I had a chicken wrap (tandoori wrap I think it was called). It was okay but not really worth the price. It was overspiced (the spice overwhelmed the dish) and even though they say unlimited refill on the fries not sure why the portion of fries was so small to start.
My friend had a garden salad with added chicken. The salad had shredded lettuce, it didn’t look that great but he said it was okay.
The service was friendly but I really didn’t like that when I asked for a glass of tap water the answer was «we do bottled water here». Eventually the waitress agreed to bring me out a glass of water but the attitude about the water really turned me off. I am sure she was told by her boss/​manager to try to sell bottled water but that is nuts.
Personally, I won’t be going back. The place seemed popular. Maybe it is the halal aspect that brings people in but if you don’t need/​want to eat halal there are better options (even Monforte next door, which itself has gone downhill since the early years, is much better food/​value in my books).

The food was over priced and burnt. Service was slow and not very knowledgeable. The first and last time I will eat there.

One of the best restaurants I have been to, Excels in all areas, Interior is unique, upscale and inviting. Service is very good, respectable and prompt, menu choices are sufficient and balanced.
Food: we ordered a pulled beef sandwich, that came with skin on fries, Carribean Fire burger, mini burger kids combo, Lemon mint drink, and Caramel cream for dessert. It was the best meal I have had for a long time, and I must admit that it was the best burger I have had, period.
I highly rate and recommend this restaurant.

Moods Eatery is simply fun, different, and apparently authentically Halal .The combination of quantity (Huge portions) and festive atmosphere is very amusing, the meats are quite good. Specially the Steak and burgers were very good, the pasta and chicken also exceptionally good — but it’s really a meat place! And once you find things you like, you can pile your plate high. They also provided complimentary appetizers & sometimes fresh juice drinks (excellent) and mashed potatoes.
Dessert, in the highly unlikely event you have room, is an extra delight and the selections is very nice.
If you’re a fresh coffee lover you’re definitely at the right place, amazingly fresh espresso !!

Good food, awesome ambience and great customer service. There’s ample seating and Moods creates a wonderful atmosphere to sit down and have dinner. I came with my family of 5 we tried the burgers, chicken caprese sandwich, and penne. The burgers and sandwiches are the best. Definitely worth a visit. Also they have endless fries: o

Good food, good ambiance and good service; Philly steak sandwich was ok; but the classic beaf burger was exceptional; one of the best burgers I have had in years, a true classic. The lemon mint drink was most refreshing. Lots of variety and choices in the menu.