Nawab Fusion Grill

Great spot for lunch with good portions and yummy food. Lots of space, courteous staff, and quick service make this a solid option.

We have always enjoyed the food at Nawab whenever we did a take out. So, when we were looking for catering for a recent party, it was our first choice. From the very first interaction, the owner was professional and accommodating of our picks and open with his suggestions (very good ones too).
The food was delivered to the party and it was delectable, hot and fresh which everyone raved and enjoyed it.
Special mentions to the «Garlic balls» which is a signature dish suggested by the owner. we were glad we went with this choice. everyone loved it…
The chicken kebabs and the entrée Bombay chicken that we ordered were also enjoyed by all.
Thanks so much for making our party a success! We will definitely be back for more…

Great service staff they were all very friendly. The owner was in the restaurant and recommended the saffron chicken, good choice.
Prices are reasonable, even a bottle of wine was really good priced. ambience nice.
Not sure if the complaints were valid, I found it all around a good clean experience

*Takeout Food Only*
I have not dined in so can’t comment on the service, but the food… OH MY THE FOOD!
So, as a caveat, the types of food I love aren’t very «traditional» but whatevs, because those Garlic Balls are AMAZING! It’s got the crisp outer layer with a soft interior and before I knew it, I had 6 of them! My husband and I usually order two plates of these because on our walk home, we always finish one on the way!
The Mumbai wings were also really good too; the meat was perfectly fried.
The Nawab Saag is great with rice (Spinach) as well as the Chicken Tika Masala with that rich tomato sauce.
If you ever feel like not cooking and having a totally satisfying meal, I would recommend all the dishes above. We always finish between 2 people.
It doesn’t take long to get your food… we placed an order then went grocery shopping… the food was done within 20 minutes.
I would love to dine in one time, but the place is kind of dark. Because we live so close, we always do take out…4 times already!

I thought it was going to be an underwhelming experience but if it was pretty good.
If you go, you must eat the Garlic Balls. I’m still thinking about them.

Good food. Naan bread could be old but they make a new one IF asked.
Average service. Not very customer oriented management. Glasses can be dirty, they change it IF asked.
Songs are very loud. Need to change some decoration.
If you are just looking for good indian food and not so concerned about service, I should say Nawab would be a good place.

Garlic balls, bombay chicken, saffron chicken even yhe garlic naan was fresh n out of the world… we love going there…5 star n more for service too :)

We have been here a few times and love their vegetarian menu. Veg tikka masala, baingan bharta and daal are extremely delicious. Also love their naans. Food prices are quite reasonable. Highly recommended!

The food here is very much laughable compared to numerous of other Indian restaurants in the city. Sure inside is very modern, but no one’s there for the décor. People who are not used to indian food could find this place good, but those who know indian food won’t step feet inside. They also include gratuity themselves for 4 people — what. the. heck.
Will not come back unless the city ever goes blackout and by some miracle this is the only restaurant in ontario that has lights.

I personally don’t like giving a one star rating but I think this place is overrated and my experience was not good in all areas. I was in the area so I decided to give this place a try since the rating was not that bad. First, my impression of the place when I first walked in was that it looked like a grungy bar in the west end (no offense). I was expecting bikers to walk in at any point in time, so no points for décor. They sat us down right away in a dark corner. We looked at the menu for a few minutes and wanted to order and we had a few questions. We were just here to eat and leave and weren’t here to socialize with our friends, but no one came to our table and didn’t seem to acknowledge our existence. We finally got someone’s attention where we had to literally scream at someone to get some service, cause they all seem to be running away from us, perhaps they were busy and understaffed? No excuses!
We ordered the meal for two people and I highly don’t reccommend it because it’s not really the deal that you think it is. Our waiter was not knowledgable and was constantly confused about their restaurant menu. He didn’t know what the chef’s appetizer was today. But we were fine and just wanted our food. The meal makes you order a chicken entrée and a veggie entrée. So we ordered butter chicken and saffron vegetables. The saffron sounded really good because it said it had cashews in the sauce.
So when our appetizers came, we had already waited for more than 20 mins since we ordered. They were these four tiny triangles (samosas) and the skin didn’t have the consistency that I was used to. Maybe they were more healthy but at that point I didn’t care, I was HUNGRY… We had to wait another 20 minutes for our entrees to come, seriously? Do I really think that they were making our food from scratch? Because it would have taken the same amount of time. So our two entrees came with rice and naan. The rice was fine nothing special just plain rice. The naan came cold! I thought this stuff was supposed to be fresh. The butter chicken was okay, tasted more like tomato sauce chicken, no butter. The saffron vegetables was a big disappointment, it was full of the what looked like frozen vegetables, beans, peas, corn and the little bits of carrots. There might have been one piece of paneer in there. The saffron sauce didn’t taste like it had much cashews in it, it didn’t have the nutty taste or the gritty consistency. It was terrible even the generic Compliments butter chicken sauce you get in a jar at Metro tastes better. I had a hard time scoffing it down with some cold naan. At this point, when I thought there was only two waiters working their butts off the «owner» came and asked us how our food was and proceeded to tell us how they use this healthy style of cooking to make their foods. If this style consists of removing the main ingredients of your dishes like butter and cashews then you have succeeded! He was being all fake and all and I hated it, I’m like no BS pls. Where were you when we were waiting for our waiter and our food? You could have made yourself useful and made some samosas or something, (or maybe he was, if so I apologize but still one star).
Overall it was a bad experience for me, if what they meant by fusion is to take out good quality ingredients and replace with bland foods then I am not okay with that.

A great variety on the menu, the portions were a good size and had some great flavor.
We tried several items (and ended up having way too much!) And we plan on going back for more…
The service did leave a little to be desired. Not bad service, But certainly not the friendliest.

First I’m not sure why people say the portions aren’t big. I got take out and they were pretty big average for most Indian restaurants I have been too. Here’s my review:
Dinner for 2 special 30 $:
Chef choice appetizer: veggie samosas
— weren’t overly spicy
— good veggie to dough ratio
— had better but not the worse
³⁄₅
1 chicken dish: I picked chicken vindaloo
— not as spicy as u would think «try if u dare» I’ve had spicier
— good sauce to chicken ratio
— pretty decent
³⁄₅
1 veggie dish: I picked butter sauce with veg
— lacked in taste
— good ratio
— was disappointed it wasn’t as authentic as I expected
— ²⁄₅
Supposed to come with plain naan paid 2 $ extra for garlic naan which was AMAZING ⁵⁄₅
Came with basic rice too which was a good portion
I’m not disappointed but next time I wouldn’t have butter chicken I’d try the saffron chicken and see how it goes
But I’ll defiantly be back
Advice makes Sence to get the meal deals because if you buy sesperate becomes really prices
$ 10 for a veg meal you’d assume comes with rice or bread but doesn’t so that’s a dissappointment

Not too say that i was dissatisfied with this place; as food was ok. However I feel that it was bland in comparison to a lot of indian chains.
They never had some of the beer on tap; excusable but then their domestic beer tasted watered down. I ordered the mixed grill (surf and turf); which had chicken/​beef kebabs; tandoori chicken, and lamb chops. The highlight was definitely the Tandoori Lamb chops; if I do ever go back, it would be for the that. Everything else was pretty generic.
Ordered the cheese naan for $ 4; felt let down as the item did not have the value. Thin naan with cheese in between. There are several other indian places in the neighbourhood with a lot more flavor.
Strange that fellow Unilocalers are so amazed with this place. They probably never got food in gerrard or even silver spoon.

I reviewed the dishes in the individual pictures. The rating it has is I feel accurate. The place itself is classy but cold by the windows in the winter. The music wasn’t too loud and the service was pretty good. The poutine was mediocre even though it sounded awesome. The lamb was good but it was pretty fatty. The chicken was decent but nothing crazy.
It’s a bit pricey but a decent meal, don’t expect to have your socks blown off.

Excellent butter chicken. Have been here with one guest and have also brought many for a birthday gathering. In all cases the food had been delicious and everyone had enjoyed it. Service is variable and it has been cold on a few occasions so we’re trying takeout today. I did do a survey on one visit so I’m optimistic that they’ll work out some of the issues.
P. S. takeout was yummy!

Ok,
So, I felt like playing ping pong, drove to Estrella (the old Smokey Joe’s) near Yonge and Sheppard… and I wanted to eat something.
I used to live in the area for 2 years, and know for an emprical fact you have good people and things to do in the area… but every single restaurant in the area — sucks
So, after playing ping pong, I walk in here.
It is EMPTY. Not a single person in the whole restaurant, except the owner. Bad sign.
Nothing to lose (nothing in the area that is worth eating, I lived here and checked under every rock), so I sit down, and order.
The food comes out actually very good. There are some fake pseudo names to foods to make foreign food easier to understand. Pakoras are now named «Poppers», Daal is explained as Lentils, and Chana Masala is now flavoured chick peas. But if you know what you are doing, you can work backwards and order what you need :)
Ate the Bombay Curry (which tasted exactly like a good Karaih Curry), and shish kebabs which was pretty good too.
Overall, I remember NOT writing about Bombay Grill (because I used to have to get takeout somewhere) and you can’t write bad about somewhere you eat!
So, I would say give it a shot if you are in the area. You have no other choices unfortunately :(
The person who served me Ali (I think) was outstanding customer service. I had to personally tell him to keep his business going. People will come.
Should be a solid 4 star, but gave it a 5. It defies all logic of Yonge and Shep and actually gives you a decent meal.
Enjoy :)

We came here with my wife’s old co-​worker Faisal and his wife Corinne a while back and it was a great experience. We decided to meet my cousin and his wife because they wanted to try out the restaurant.
I had made reservations for 7 PM over the phone. When we got there, it was half empty and we were seated inside. Our waitress was very helpful, nice and easy to deal with. We went through the extensive menu and they had a lot of choices. Famished we ordered a slew of grub. Check out the photos! Garlic Balls, Bombay Lollipops, Chicken Biryani, Butter Chicken, Garlic Naan and not pictured, Lamb Rogan Josh.
The Garlic Balls were incredible and we had to order a second. They were moist, crispy, soft, all in one shot, an ultimate combination. Yummy balls! The Bombay Lollipops were delicious. They were also crispy, fun to eat and had excellent flavour. Take the foiled up bone and just rotate it through your teeth and chow down on the meat. Awesomeness!
The biryani, butter chicken, naan and lamb were pretty good. Loved all the fixings and went really well together. I couldn’t get enough of it. It was great to have a variety of dry and saucy to mix together.
I would definitely return to this restaurant. I know that the place itself had a conditional pass in previous months and is a bit pricey but it’s okay once in a while. We enjoyed ourselves and loved the variety. We also had left-​overs which was great too. Superb!

I was fortunate enough to be invited to their grand opening several months ago, and then when Imran N planned a UYE here back in October I got to re-​sample a large portion of their menu to be 100% on my thoughts. Overall pretty good, with a few mishaps but overall worth the visit if you’ve never had Indian Fusion cuisine before.
It’s a smaller location, but well laid out, near the Shepperd and Yonge area in North York. This location is the relaunch of this international brand after two previously mismanaged locations in Thornhill and Mississauga failed. The true visionary (Alfie) behind bringing Nawab back to Toronto is a generous and kind business man who knows exactly what it takes to make this business work.
Here is a run down of what we got to eat and my thoughts on each as we tried them:
— Nawab Garlic Balls — pretty good, very nice flavour
— Mumbai Lollipop — very similar to a chicken wing with Indian flavour
— Green Poutine — Not very good, this dish is Indian trying too hard to be North American cusiine, the general concensus with our group was that this dish was lost on us, not a real fit
— Pulled Lamb Slider — it was mostly bread and is less a slider and more a pulled lamb naan sandwich. Good taste overall.
— Seekh Kabob Beef — this dish was a major fail, it needs to be reworked. Extremely dry and over cooked
— Channa Masala — this was a good dish, I enjoyed the flavour on this
— Saffron Chicken — This was their signature dish that they pride themselves on, it’s similar to butter chicken but with a healthier take. I enjoy this, would definitely come back for this
— Gulub Jamun — a very sweet dessert but most folks in our group loved this, I could eat one but more than that and I’d be in a sugar come ha ha
I’ll likely return when in the area and perhaps with a larger portion I’ll be able to properly rate/​improve their review rating.
Eatcrest Out!

I was lucky enough to try out a quite a few of Nawab Fusion Grill’s offerings.
If you are looking for authentic Indian food, you might be disappointed but if you just want to have «fusion» Indian food, Nawab is not a bad option.
Nawab Garlic Balls — good
Mumbai Lollipop — good, great pub food
Green Poutine — ok
Pulled Lamb Slider — meh, a small spoon of lamb sandwich between 2 burnt naan bread
Seekh Kabob Beef — super dry and crumbly
Chana Malsa (curried chickpea) — good
Saffron Chicken — meh, not much flavour and super dry
Gulab jamun — good
Nawab trying to be a «Gastropub» really have to work on it’s drink menu and add a little more «spice» and «flavour» to their food. It does have potential to be a great place for a drink and a snack after work!
Daily and Happy Hour Special!

I went here for an «Unofficial Unilocal event», which is basically just a bunch of people (30+) getting together for a meal at a slightly discounted price. This place is conveniently located across from the North York Civic Centre and the interior has a nice urban vibe to it with a couple of large tv’s. It is more an «pub feel» to Indian food.
Appetizers:
a)Nawab Veg balls: these were delicious. There were lots of nice herbs in there.
b)Green Poutine: I’m not a big fan of fries, but they were nice and crispy with good flavour.
c) Lolipop Chicken: this was probably my favourite of the night. The chicken was very tender and it was like a mix of tandoori and chilli chicken (but a lot less spicy) on a little skewer
d)Beef Seekh kebob: To be perfectly honest, while I know the chef tried hard to cook well for 30 people, I think he tried too hard and over-​cooked these. The meat was kind of tough.
However, I thought most of the apps were delicious — so for the apps, probably ⁴⁄₅.
Dinner:
a)Saffron Chicken — like a sweet butter chicken. It was white meat and some of tablemates didn’t like it that much, but I thought it was pretty good.
b)Lamb Slider — the lamb inside was very well cooked, however I think the naan bread needed a bit of work. I’m not sure but it wasn’t as «hot» as I like it.
c)Channa Masala — this was actually my favourite entrée. Thought this was amazing channa.
d) Rice — very fragrant
e)Plain and whole wheat naan — naan was okay, but I’ve had better.
So for entrees I would give this place a ³⁄₅
So in essence, this gives the place a score of 3.5÷5. However, I’ll round up to 4 stars because the owner and servers are all very pleasant and accommodating.
Oh yeah, and I had a fresh lime juice. MY GAWD! this was off the hook (yes I know, no one says that anymore, sue me). It basically tasted like a mojito but virgin. SUPERB!
If you work or live in the area, I would say this is a great place to have business lunches or drinks and apps after work.