Amaya Express

In the shopping mall food court, I love that I can try Indian food. Where I live, we do not have many Indian restaurants, so I am not sure if this is very authentic Indian food or not, but at least foods our family tried were very delicious. Price was about right for this kind of quality food.

Food court location that has some seating inside as well. Food is okay. Had the butter chicken which is about $ 10 and my friend had the chicken tikka masala. To be honest, they both kinda tasted the same.
The first couple of bits were good, but for some reason there was water collecting at the bottom of the bowl. Maybe the rice had too much residual water or the butter chicken sauce broke.

Flavourless, not fresh, buffet style food. I wish I saw the reviews on here because I just wasted $ 15 on what was a 4 veg option that you would usually get at any restaurant for under $ 10 and at least it’s fresh. They charged me extra for not taking the Chana masala which made no sense. Plus the naan isn’t real Indian naan. Prices should be ½ the price for what they are dishing out.

Food is excellent but staff are very new and confused. They offered me to «try» their nan bread but they charged me for it and refused to return it!

Overpriced. Spice mixtures were not very typical of the Indian food I know. Service was good but I found it odd that they offered me freshly cooked naan for $ 1 more or the alternative of «cold» naan which was included in the cost of my meal. The rose lemonade was not very good as well. It’s in a large mall, so maybe automatically the bar is lower. Not sure what exactly I was expecting but this wasn’t it.

I love Amaya Indian Room on Bayview so I was very interested in trying their fast food. After trying their fast food, I am definitely a fan. I really like butter chicken so I ordered than with rice which was under $ 10. The bowl was HUGE and I couldn’t finish it. The curry came from a big pot so it was warm when I digged into my food. I’m very interested in trying their naan with butter chicken next time.
Just a tip: you’re supposed to bring your tray out to the outside food court after you’re done your meal.

Decent food … comparably priced to the other offers in the food court. The staff could learn to smile a bit!

I went here about two weeks ago, because the line up at the glow press and the burriito place didn’t entice me.
I had:
Two Kathi Rolls. One with chicken and one with lamb.
THe lamb was the best, hands down.
THe only qualms were that I thought it was way too expensive.
Its just a small chapati with like a tablespoon or two of curry, a few diced pieces of onion and some letture. Is that really worth two for ten? Should be more like two for five.
The rose-​lemonade was really good. Im guessing the made it the same way I always did growing up… Rooh Afzah syrup with lemon. Its the best. Like legit. My favourite thing that’s come from pakistan.
I might come back, but its expensive.
Whats with the city and all this expensive indian food?
Indian food is supposed to be cheap and yummy.
.end rant.

Portion size ok. But chicken massla should have more than 3 tiny pieces of chicken in it

Rolled in after some serious mall activity — we were totally convinced by the sign that said «Real Indian Food!» 1!1!!!11
This is on the pricey side of Indian Food, but it’s the food court and we were really craving some butter chicken. They give out free samples so you can figure out what you want before you buy. The butter chicken was actually very good — spicy, and the chicken was tender. Definitely wasn’t feeling the tikka masala — it tasted super weird, almost like sweet and sour sauce or something. We opted for the roti roll, which is basically an Indian burrito — they’ll put rice, your choice of curry, lettuce, cucumbers, a bunch of chutneys, and yogurt into a giant roti. They even had one of those Chipotle-​esque tortilla heating presses to heat up the roti before they roll it. The first few bites were pretty good but the sauce kind of drips and accumulates into this soggy mess at the bottom and the roti roll got really old, really fast.
They have a pretty good selection of curries for a food court. Their roti was really floppy and kind of weak, and got soggy from the curry really fast. Their naan was very flat too — more like chipati than naan. The staff is super unenthusiastic, but what can you expect?
Overall roti roll came out to around 11.50 after tax, which was fine. You can also get a curry bowl, which is a large serving of curry and rice, for less than $ 10. Nothing stellar, but would probably come again if I was in the mall.

I should have avoided this place given all the poor reviews, but I was given a free $ 20 Wagjag voucher for this place, so I decided why not give it a chance? Big mistake.
So the voucher said this on it (I still have the electronic copy so this is verbatim):
— Limit 1 voucher per visit
— Valid only at the location selected (Yorkdale Mall: 3401 Dufferin Street)
— Not valid with other promotions
— Must print voucher and present at time of visit. Electronic vouchers are not accepted
— Does not include tax or gratuity. No cash value. No cash back
I always read the fine print and nowhere did it say that you must order from the dinner menu and that you cannot order from the lunch menu.
So I was there at lunch time with my parents. So I ordered from the lunch menu. We ordered an order of Butter Chicken, an order of Masala Lime Lamb, and an order of Amaya Prawns. When I went to pay (we were doing takeout so it was shortly after ordering), the cashier charged me the dinner prices which were $ 4 more for each plate than the lunch prices. I asked her why and she said it was because I was using the Wagjag voucher. There was a huge lineup behind me (I have no idea why this place was so busy) and we were so hungry, I didn’t care to argue with her, so I just paid it and took our orders out to the food court. WTF? I’m charged the dinner prices at lunchtime because I’m using a voucher? And I’m pretty sure I wasn’t given dinner-​sized portions because the portions were pretty dinky. So I had to pay over $ 20 on top of the $ 20 voucher (the total food bill was over $ 40 — for 3 dinky portions and no beverages).
So maybe the food is actually good… wrong! It’s not good at all. The shrimp (prawns) tasted disgusting to me. They were mushy. How in the world do you make shrimps mushy? I have no idea. They definitely did not taste fresh. My parents were not crazy about the butter chicken or masala lamb either. What a waste of money and calories.
If someone were to give me a free voucher for this place again, I would actually decline it.

I had been to Amaya the Indian Room on Bayview Ave and was really impressed by the food there. Foolishly thought that, despite the mall setting, an established restaurant like that would want to preserve its reputation by serving at least half-​decent fare. I ordered the Masala Lime Lamb curry bowl and at first bite, immediately regretted spending my hard-​earned cash on Amaya instead of, say, the KFC located in the same food court. Bland as hell and totally devoid of even a hint of spiciness. I wasn’t expecting flagship restaurant standards but c’mon! I’ve had much better food from shady-​looking Indian buffet places on Gerrard St.
The lack of customers in an otherwise very busy food court should’ve tipped me off. If you’re a fan of Indian food, avoid this place like a plague.

This is the second time I’ve been to this Amaya, the first was during the opening week of the Yorkdale food court, and to say I’m disappointed is like saying Rob Ford having to miss football and sit at a council meeting and maybe even having to pay attention.
I’ve always felt there’d be a huge market for tasty fast food Indian at hawker stand prices. If all you can eat buffets can dominate the Yonge St. Clair area, surely you could do it cheaper at a food court right?
Sadly this place charges more than the sit downs I’ve been to, and managed to provide some supremely disappointing food.
Had the butter chicken where the sauce was thinner than a runway model after a night of purging. The 7 cubes of chicken was so dry I actually choked on it a bit. Oh I’m not quite sure exactly what the literally two table spoons of salad was. The corn was actually shriveled like me after a cold shower or watching episodes of golden girl followed by Rita McNeil (I’m sorry that was mean. but not as much as the damn salad).
Won’t somebody think of the children?

Terrible and Inconsistent. Been there 3 times. I tried to like this place and gave it a chance. The 1^st time was ok. The 2^nd time the service was terrible with the hard sell to buy the more expensive options on the menu. The 3^rd time they tried to rip me off! Unbelievable, in this day and age, especially at Yorkdale mall. $ 8.50 for a roti is a fair price but when the server only gave me a single teaspoon of topping on a huge bread roti that’s when I said stop. Serious rip off. Complained and walked out… so did the couple behind me after witnessing what had happened. The servers looked stunned but what did they expect. These people need to learn customer service Canadian style. I would avoid them for a few months until they get their act together.

Avoid, avoid avoid the butter chicken poutine at all costs. If you’ve got a hankering for butter chicken poutine read this review and weigh the pros and cons should you find yourself at Yorkdale Mall and in desperate need of a poutine fix.
I’ve had their butter chicken and it’s not bad. It’s good the first few bites and then it just turns into a chore to finish the rest.
While the place is nestled into a little café-​like area, the lack of customers should have told me to not order the poutine as the fries would not be fresh. Unable to resist, I asked if the fries were fresh (since they didn’t look it). The woman there told me ‘yes’ and I should have gone with my instinct.
At over $ 6 it’s not bad but not a great deal by any means. When I tried it I knew I had been had, the fries were definately not fresh. They were warm but only because the butter chicken had sat on top of it for quite some time as I waited to pay.
Unlike their butter chicken with rice, the first few bites were not pleasant. The warmness from the butter chicken could not mask the dry and unsavory fries.
Ironically they are right beside NY fries which also has butter chicken poutine available.
Should you find yourself with this dilemma you need to ask yourself what is more important:
Hot fries, or fresh hot butter chicken?
You get fresh fries at NY fries but the butter chicken most likely isn’t fresh and hot but if you go with Amaya your fries are most likely going to be sitting there a while before it’s served to you.
They get an extra star because I asked the lady if I could get more fries (before I knew they were cold) and she gave me more.