North York City Centre Food Court

This is a review for Sbarro, the pizza place ay North York city centre food court. The staff here don’t know the importance of wearing gloves while handling food!
I was almost shocked when the salad touched the Indian guy’s hand and he simply shrugged his shoulder and added it back to my plate! I simply told him that I changed my mind and don’t want the salad. Maybe I should have toughened up and told him the real reason I didn’t want to eat it. Their pizza is super greasy.

Pretty crappy food court. California Thai despite what the name might imply is actually standard for court Chinese food (right down to the pricing and combos). In fact it may be more msg heavy than typical food court Chinese. No legitimately healthy options unless you’re consistently in the mood for Subway, which is redundant considering there were two already within 5 – 10 minutes walk of the building. Haven’t tried Opa! Of Greece but their menu looks severely handicapped in comparison to the omnipresent Mr Greek or Jimmy the Greek. It seems like they wanted a diversity of cuisines but ended up with the weakest option in each category. Sbarro for Italian is inexcusable. Pizza pizza is more legitimate. Unfortunately given the lack of food options in the area I think these places will get more business than they deserve and are unlikely to go under any time soon (except Opa, I never see a line there).
It does earn a bonus star for being nice and shiny with ample seating. And Wi-​Fi from second cup. And the fact that its existence is better than nothing.

My buddy and I came here to hang out around 8pm, when most everything was closed. We sat down and basically enjoyed how modern and clean it was. It was a great place to hang out for free and catch up.

The only people that eat here are the people who work in the offices in the area and bring food back to their desks. North York City Centre relies strongly on this demographic of business focused individuals to eat at all of their sub-​par food eateries including Café Palma and La Prep. With K-​town just a walk away, there really is no excuse to eat here unless you work in the offices and have less than 20 minutes for lunch.
Give us something better!!!

This food court opened for business on January 7^th, 2012. A few restaurants within the food court have continued to open in later weeks of January.
As a new food court, this place is extremely busy. I’m not sure where all of these people are coming from or where they were eating before. None of the existing places nearby have had long lines, but the lines at every restaurant in this food court are extremely long. To avoid these lines, you’ll need to come before 12 or after 1.
Cleanliness and Appearance
— This is a new food court, and as such is very clean. There appears to be people roaming around and quickly bussing tables. It’s also bright and modern. It’s not like some of those depressing underground food courts.
Seating:
— There is ample seating. Despite the large number of people buying food here, I didn’t really notice lots of people wandering around trying to find seats. This is helped by the fact that most people here are bringing their food back to the office.
Variety — As of the time of this review, the following restaurants are located in this food court:
— Manchu Work — chinese fast food
— California Thai — unfortunately, this isn’t really Thai. Most of the food is greasy battered chicken. The menu is very similar to Manchu’s Wok’s. It’s redundant, in my opinion.
— Subway
— Sbarro — Pasta and Pizza
— Wasabi — A noodle place
— Opa! Of Greece
— La Prep — this isn’t in the food court, but is directly across the hallway. They sell, wraps, sandwiches, salads, and things like that.
— There is also a Starbucks location and another place called Café Palma in the same building. There is a Druxy’s down the escalator.
Overall, the variety is just ok. I’d prefer a true Thai place vs. California Thai, which is just a slightly better variation of Manchu Wok. I’d also like to see more healthy options.
This food court is connected to the North York Centre subway station.