Skylark Restaurant

Is there no ZERO star. Avoid the evening dinner buffet. Most off the items were stale!!! And others were just re heated. None of the items were fresh!!!

I should have known better than to go into a place that was almost empty at dinner time, but I was drawn by the big street sign that said $ 9.99 All you can eat buffet, up to 50 items.
First off, there wasn’t even close to 50 items. There were exactly 15 hot food items (including the rice and papadums), plus maybe about 8 in the cold food section (cut up cucumbers, tomatoes, raita and sauces).
The vat of butter chicken was all sauce, and I couldn’t even see the chicken at first until I fished around and finally found 2 chunks. The entire tray of palak paneer literally had about 4 pieces of paneer in the whole thing, and the rest was spinach (I’m not even exaggerating). The samosas were sitting in pools of grease, and the papadums were burnt and broken into small pieces.
At least the naan was made fresh and hot, so that wasn’t bad. But then I saw a cockroach climbing up the side of the window, and I just had to settle the bill and leave at that point.
I felt really bad for the guy that was working there, as he seemed nice enough. But I did see him scraping food crumbs off the used table cloth onto the floor with the side of a menu instead of replacing the table cloth. I also saw him running one hand under water for 2 seconds and flicking it to the side instead of properly washing both hands with soap.
I would avoid this place.

Very slow service. Food is just ok. The gulab jamuns are served cold and not very tasty.

I first went to skylark a few months agowith my wife when we were on our way to our usual place next door «The Famous Indian food» and we were happy with the selection and the quality of the food, and for $ 9.99 you can’t really beat the price.
I went back with my father a few week slater and we were both unimpressed. A lot of the meat dishes were over cooked almost to the point of shredding which indicated to me it had been re-​heated a few times, and the meat in the butter chicken tasted off to me.
Wanting to give them them the benefit of the doubt I returned here a few days ago for dinner with my sister and again neither of us was impressed. The quality and flavour of the dishes was mediocre and again the some of the chicken dishes tastes and smelled to me as if the chicken was going off.
Unfortunately I won’t be returning here to eat again.

Love how this restaurant creates a warm atmosphere — I live in the neighbourhood and try to get here as much as possible. Yummy eats and great service. Went for dinner yesterday and Bobby, the owner remembered my name!

Went today for the first time, and definitely will go back again. The food was super delicious, much tastier than the average bland Indian buffet food. I especially appreciated that it had a bit of a kick to it, normally buffet food caters to the lowest common denominator and has no spice. The servers brought hot, crispy, buttery fresh naan to our table. For only $ 9.99, you cannot go wrong. The only drawback I found is that it could have had more salad and fresh fruit offerings, I can’t eat sugar so was hoping for fruit but they only had melon, which I don’t like. A minor thing. For the flavour, quality, and price, I will definitely be back.

Dinner buffet is $ 9.99 and there’s a decent selection of meat and vegetarian curries. I think one of the curries was off but the sever didn’t seem to agree.

Very nice place, I’ve had a great lunch with some friends, now I can say that I love Indian cuisine! Tasty food, good choices, if you walk around to gerrard st. I really suggest this restaurant. Enjoy! All you can eat!

An all-​you-​can-​eat buffet for just $ 9.99, and comes with a plethora of different types of dishes. The food was super yummy, and they were nice enough to keep refilling our basket of naan! Thumbs up for running into this place in the midst of India Bazaar!
P. S. You’ll find other $ 9.99 all-​you-​can-​eat buffets on the same street, but I can’t vouch for their quality because I haven’t been there!

I frequent Skylark, as it’s one of my favorites in Little India, and I’m a short drive away. I must say, this is a pretty good compromise, if you’re trying to satisfy the needs of both your omnivore and vegetarian friends. The buffet is an excellent range of Indian food — with plenty of choice between bean/​lentil based foods vs. beef/​chicken. As for the cuts of meat, they are generally high quality — I barely encounter bones or fat… I can’t say that for most of the other restaurants on this strip.
I’ve always found the staff quite polite, and helpful. The décor, while not being the best, is functional, comfortable, and clean.
Don’t be surprised if you’re loosing your pants after the meal… isn’t the whole point of buffet: to pig out? Should you need extra digestive help, try ordering the coffee here, it’s pretty good. They also have specialty coffees — such as an Indian Coffee, which hits the spot.

Went in with a group of friends and had the buffet. This was less than exciting. I found the food to be very bland and basic. The best was the dessert; canned pears. I won’t be back.

I normally don’t like buffets, but when they’re fresh and I’m hungry, Get. Out. Of. My. Freaking. Way.
Little India’s a great place for me when that feeling hits, because there are a flurry of dinner buffets to choose from. Thank you, Capitalism! I have the freedom to run into many restaurants, saunter along each buffet table with upturned noses, and JUDGE.
Recently, I did just that. And on purely superficial level, Skylark won. Their offerings were, by far, the freshest and most pleasant looking of the lot, and the only people in the restaurant were Indian families. Kinda says something.
Overall, good buffet. They actually had egg curry, and the server kept bringing us baskets of freshly made and cut naan, which I will state here is the BEST NAAN I’ve ever had. (I don’t take ALL-​CAPS lightly.)
Finally, their three-​punch dessert combo of ice cream, kheer, and OMG gulab jamin pushed me overboard, though happily overboard.
Nom nom nom. Stomach… exploding.
PS. But pass on the palak paneer. Way too runny.