Biryani House

Not a fan. I don’t think people know what «good or decent» Indian food is. Just adding huge amounts of masala/​spices do not make it Indian.
Wish there were better authentic Indian restaurants in Toronto!

Some of the best indian in Toronto — but there’s a catch.
Be sure to get TAKE OUT ONLY. If you eat in, the service is bad and you get less food! So take out is the way to go — I have never been disappointed with take out.
I LOVE the shrimp vindaloo and the butter chicken. YUM.

We went here because it was hyped up to me. But honestly, it was gross. I’ve had better Indian food at more chain-​type Indian restaurants in the suburbs like Bombay Bhel and Saravanaa Bhavan. The space was greasy, the bathrooms greasier. It still had white table cloth service, which I guess makes it… classy?
The samosas had super thick, super deep fried crust. The curry might as well have been heavy sauce out of a can. On the plus side, I did learn how to eat Indian food properly with my hands (take a small piece of naan and pinch some curry with it, don’t make a giant naan curry taco like I’ve been doing all along).
Mango lassi was decent.
Located just across the side street entrance of Wellesley station with the 80s style green façade and big red lit lettering.

An average Indian buffet.
The pakroas are nice and crunchy and taste great! I like the sauce that you can use on them. The butter chicken is pretty good, as is the curry goat, but the rest of the selection consists of the average tasting usual suspects (chana masala, paneer, etc).
It’s quite a big restaurant with huge windows overlooking the street, so I’m giving this 3 stars because of the atmosphere and good service.

Not sure why all the negative reviews, this is the best indian food i’ve had! I dont have their buffet so maybe that’s it, but from their menu everything i’ve tried i’ve enjoyed. I go here about once a month so i guess that makes me a regular.
Butter chicken is phenomenal and the naan is always fresh. Samosas was good (a bit much on the breading). All the lamb dishes have been delicious, and they’ve got a nice vegetarian menu. Cheap beers if that’s your thing.
Waiters are very helpful if you’re not sure what to order, service has been consistent and the interior is very nicely decorated. Big windows are good to people-​watch while you eat.

egads — what to do? I recently came here with a friend and we seemed to enjoy one of the nicer Indian buffet places in Toronto. Food and variety was pretty good. Labels were well displayed. Service was particularly good b/​c the customer: server ratio was particularly in our favour. This ended up meaning fresh naan served right to our table, and regular refreshing of our glasses of cold water.
However, and this is the biggest However in all of my Unilocal experience thus far… my friend had a WILDLY BAD BOUT of FOOD POISONING.
I did not have any of the Tandoori chicken, but decided to wing one piece home for my dog. He thoroughly enjoyed it… but, not unlike my friend, he was «off» the next day and resisted his two regular daily meals. Also, the first thing that he did when he went outside to pee, was eat grass (something that animals instinctively do when their stomach is upset and s/​he might feel like vomitting).
Argh! This is one of my fave Indian buffet spots (the other being Dharma on King st.)… but the fact that my friend became SO VIOLENTLY ILL has now put a different spin on this place.
Gad, I don’t want this place to shut down or anything — but geez, I don’t want to become sick after having a meal here. My friend had to take sick leave off work, and is still not 100% 48 hours later.
Online I looked up ways to deal with Food Poisoning, and one site suggested a visit to the doctor’s to document/​prove the association with the restaurant AND to make a phone call to Health Canada (?) to make them aware of the situation.
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«You can report any concerns about restaurant food to your local inspection authority. If they determine that food (rather than on-​site preparation) appears to be the likely cause of illness, they will contact the CFIA to initiate an investigation.»

The food is good, the service is HORRENDOUS.
We were there on a Friday night and imagine that, the place was completely empty. We had a female server who too forever to take our orders, and then promptly forgot about it. About 15 minutes later, with no lassi or appetizer on our table, a male server came up to us and gave us the menu… we told him we already ordered and he looked confused.
20 minutes later, our appetizer (chat) came. It was good. another 10 minutes later, our «chicken» vindaloo came, and it turned out to be beef. We didnt complain. We did, however, after another 5 minutes, asked what happened to our sweet lassi and mango lassi and our saag paneer. 10 minutes later, the mango lassi came. another five minutes, came the saag paneer. We again asked for the sweet lassi and it finally came. We also asked for water from the start and that never came.
After finishing our meal, we waited approximately 10 minutes hoping to see our server, who disappeared. I finally waved down the female server who looked at me, and then walked away and never came back. I had to go to the bar to pay.
What would have been an enjoyable meal was completely marred by the service, or lack thereof. I think there are way to many better indian restaurants to put myself through the torture again.

Horrible service.
The food wasn’t good at all.
We ordered the
1. Samosas — the flavour was bland and they served it on a bed of mad wilted lettuce.
2. The Dum Pukht Biryani with Lame — only reason im giving this review 2 stars. It was really good but lacked any sort of real spice.
3. The Chicken Tikka Masala — I’m pretty sure the waiter gave us butter chicken. It was okay. Barely any spice.
4. The Naan — Dry and too thin so it wasnt even edible.
Our bill came to 40ishs.
Such a waste of money on my end.