The Famous Indian Cuisine

Their food is very fresh and delicious. I love the atmosphere in that place, they are so nice :). I will go again

This is my favourite indian place. Sometimes they have fish and this is different from other indian places in the area. Their butter chicken and chicken korma are excellent. I like their nan and dessert, too. They have good ice creams, too. They have a small space. Sometimes they are over crowded and I cannot have my seat when someone has a seat behind. The service is good and the waiter is always friendly. I love Famous!!!

«The Famous» could make the Gerrard India Bazaar famous all on its own. They have great food, with variety of spices and tastes, that certainly does NOT fall onto that common trap of everything tasting the same. The salads are crunchy and fresh, and the Naan is always fresh and hot. My only complaint is I wish they would bring it a little sooner as we love the food and we love to eat it with bread. Being a buffet it is a fantastic value. We discovered this gem when coming to TO, apartment hunting, We moved into the neighbourhood and have become regulars. Chef is very friendly and often comes out from the back to check on the customers.

Would have given more stars but the food has almost no spiciness. Flavours are ok, If you don’t like any heat at all, this place is for you.

This place is AMAZING!!!
The chef is the owner! His food is so tasty! Unlike other Indian restaurants, he looks with minimal oil & it isn’t super spicy!
The food is fresh and comes out hot!
The naan is great!
The mango lassi is amazing!
EAT HERE!!!
You will LOVE it!!!

Some of the best Indian I’ve had in Toronto. Perfectly balanced flavours, nice fresh naan. Friendly service, and good price.

11.99 dinner buffet and it’s good! That’s pretty much all I need to say but I’ll keep going. The selection isn’t too big but I don’t know what you would expect for $ 11.99 dinner buffet. He butter chicken was good with creaminess and good flavour but not as rich as other places. The tandoori chicken was alright, a bit dry, but again, what do you expect for 11.99? My favourite was the spinach. Forget what it is called but very soft, seasoned well and creamy. Plus the host brought fresh made Naan to our table. Only one server but makes sense since it’s a small restaurant and only one other couple. There is ice cream but the sign says 1 scoop each and $ 1 for each extra scoop which I’ve never seen but we were stuffed so didn’t need more.
Overall a good restaurant, VERY reasonable price for tasty Indian dinner buffet. Plus the host/​owner is nice.

went again. This time, no crowd, as it was 5pm and they had just opened for dinner. The service was good, the butter chicken is still one of the best dishes on the strip, but much of this food — certainly the tandoori chicken and the pakoras — tasted like warmed over lunch.
which it was.
fresh food please!

Excellent food — both in selection and quality. Every dish in the buffet (my favourite way to have Indian) was flavorful, hot or cold as appropriate, regularly replenished, and very tasty. With so many options in this section of town, I’m very glad we chose this one. And the price is so reasonable!
Not sure where the negative reviews & ratings came from because this place is as good or better than any other option in Toronto.
We’ll definitely be back for more!

I love this Indian buffet! It’s cheap, quick, and delicious. Whenever my friends crave Indian food, I take them here. Everything I’ve tried is good. They have something for everyone, from butter chicken, to pakora, to tandoori, to salads, to ice cream for dessert. They are constantly replenishing the buffet, so they never run out of anything. The naan is made fresh when you sit down and goes great with all the saucy foods. The server we usually get is friendly and efficient and happy to chat with us when it’s not busy. He also tells us what something is when we aren’t sure and reassures us that it’s tasty and it usually is. It’s something like $ 11 I $ 12 for dinner, which is pretty darn good considering how full you leave the restaurant.

Terrible. Worst Indian buffet that I’ve ever been to (and I’ve been to lots). Oh fellow Unilocalers, how you let me down this time! I’ve yet to eat in an Indian restaurant that I didn’t like. Until today.
My husband and I have had the buffet in many of the restaurants in Little India and they’ve all been delicious and a great experience. But silly me, I decided to try somewhere new so went on Unilocal and picked this place based on the high ratings.
We arrived at 12:30 absolutely famished and ready to dig in to some yummy Indian goodness. The place was small, dark and unassuming. We could see that there was very little at the buffet table so we thought that we were early. We double checked and confirmed that lunch had started an hour ago at 11:30. Our server (owner?) told us that we could get started so we headed to the buffet table where we were disappointed to see that there was only steamed rice and a measly 5 dishes — channa masala, very watery dhal (with no bowls to put it in), saag «paneer» (with NO PANEER!!), butter chicken and a beef curry. After about 20 minutes, they added a matar paneer dish. Their «salad» section was literally a bowl of iceberg lettuce, a bowl of cucumber slices and small bowl of pickled veggies plus some sauces. I should have trusted my instinct and left when we saw the poor selection. Most of the food was ok but nothing special. The saag paneer though had no paneer, just greasy spinach and the dhal was much too salty and watery. The channa and the meat dishes (according to my husband) were good.
This was by far the measliest Indian buffet that we’ve ever been to. It was obvious that we were the first ones there so it’s not as if they had run out of food. There was none of the dishes that you would typically expect at an Indian buffet — no samosas, no bhajji, no pakoras, no biryani, no tandoori chicken, no kebabs, no vegetable dishes, no salads (though as we were leaving 45 minutes later we saw that they had added tandoori chicken and a potato dish). Worst of all there was NO NAAN (!!!) Who has an Indian buffet with no naan? After 15 minutes, we asked if there was naan and were told «it’s coming». It finally arrived after 30 minutes when we’d already eaten 2 plates of food and were almost full. No apology for the wait. Although the naan was actually delicious no one wants to eat it on its own — the whole point is to eat it with your food and soak up the sauces!
The service was also terrible. Although our waiter was warm and welcoming when we first came in, he virtually ignored us for most of the meal. You’d think that since we were the only customers for almost the entire meal, we’d have his full attention. (The fact that it was completely empty at 12:30 on a Saturday should have been a big clue to us right there). We were never offered anything to drink. I would have loved some tea, especially because it was freezing in the restaurant. Our dirty plates sat on the table for most of our meal and our water glasses refilled once. The waiter stood by silently while I looked around for a bowl to put the dhal in, never offering any assistance. I ended up putting it in a teeny tiny ice cream bowl that held about 2 spoonfuls. There was no apology for the limited food selection or for the long delay before getting naan at the end of our meal. Seeing as 2 dishes were added as we were leaving (perhaps more afterwards), they should have told us that not all the food was ready yet and told us to wait before starting (we would have been happy to wait) OR they could have apologized (imagine that!) OR offered us $$ off of the bill. We’re pretty understanding and would have been ok with any of these options but Instead they just ignored the issues and ended up with 2 unhappy customers and no tip. Sorry but if you’re going to be charging customers full price for your buffet, you ought to have a full buffet ready to offer. It’s really sad that some restaurants are so clueless about customer service.
Needless to say, we definitely won’t be back.

Famous is a great spot in Little India for a buffet style all you can eat meal. We were here for my father’s birthday and my family really enjoyed the food.
Famous features great dishes with a lot of flavour and does not taste like a typical Indian buffet. They make fresh naan and bring it to you table. Pricing is affordable and comparable to other buffet places in the area.
I will definitely be back for future meals! Check Famous out if you are in the Little India neighbourhood!

i really had high hopes for this place because of the reviews, but it really felt short. I’m not very picky with indian food but this was very mediocre.
Butter chicken was sweet, not very sweet, but noticeably sweet. Chicken was plentiful though!
Tandoori chicken was good, dry though
Fish curry was good
Chickpeas tasted stale.
dessert and salad selection was very small. Salads included cucumber salad and lettuce. Desserts were just ice cream and the sweet balls.
OVERALL, food was warm, food was not spicy and not flavoured and service was whatever.

I have been to lots of indian buffets, I can say with confidence that this could be one of the best in Toronto.
The food is fresh and the staff is very nice.
I am mostly impressed that the butter chicken on the buffet is all chicken breast.
You don’t find that any where for $ 9.99
I will be sure to return.

Went for the lunch buffet with my boyfriend today. We tried pretty much every dish (including the salads and rice pudding).
The pros: decent selection, excellent service, hot naan bread served at your table, tasty mater paneer.
The cons: food was *very* sweet (especially the butter chicken — this was inedible), the lamb dish was dry and undercooked lamb, the sag paneer didn’t have ANY paneer in it, and the curries were generally mostly sauce with little meat or veg.
Would we return? No.

I never was here before the reno, however have been here 3 times in the last month and have loved it each time. Fairly priced, always fresh and most important of all, friendly and courteous service. Skylark down the street is cheaper and more selection, but the quality is always hit or miss. Willing to pay a bit more for what The Famous has to offer.

Delicious! Quaint little restaurant, no frills, but great service and tasty food. Fresh naan was brought to our table and we jumped right into our meal. The dishes aren’t labeled, but it’s pretty easy to figure out what the food is. Ice cream seemed a little old but it’s an unexpected plus anyways. All four of us left in good spirits… perhaps a little too full.

4.5÷5 to be exact.
If you want good Indian food go to little India (yes Toronto has such a thing, embedded in the gentrifying Leslieville).
If you want great Indian, go to Famous’s buffet.
Forget Siddharta’s or any other uppity restaurant on the block. Famous has an unassuming dining space but you always walk in to a friendly reception and walk out wishing you’d put your spoon down a plate earlier than you did.
Don’t take my word for it. I surveyed the Indians in the area (yes– that’s right– why not go to an authority on a subject) and most agree this hideaway has the best buffet on Gerrard street east. Furthermore it’s available, lunch & dinner, at an AMAZING value (leave the plastic at home people, the loose change in the couch and car should cut it).
I wouldn’t necessarily go out of my way for this buffet… I’ve had better Indian in DC, NYC, heck in Ottawa even… BUT if you’re craving tandoori chicken on a whim, the 504 streetcar to Famous might be your best bet. And the kitchen guys are great. I’ve asked for a dish that’s not on the daily special and been accommodated within buffet price tag!!!
I RECOMMEND: the naan. It’s free with your buffet but comes straight and fresh to your table. Pff, who needs rice!
EXTRA TIP: don’t let the waiters get carried away refilling your water glass. They are relentless! Oldest trick in the book, filling you up with liquids at an all-​you-​can-​eat.
SMH

As soon as we walked in into The Famous Indian we felt like we came into someone’s home. We were greeted by the owner who was very sweet and friendly. He sat us down and told us about the specials on their buffet. Everything looked fresh and clean.
The vibe of the place is a little grungy, but then again you are in Little India, so it’s kind of expected.
The food was very homy and good. There were some vegetarian options for me so I was happy.
Okay, to be honest I would normally leave 3 stars to this kind of place, so why am I leaving 4 stars? Because the owner made us feel so welcome and went above and beyond to make sure we are happy with everything.
If you are in the area and are feeling Indian then definitely check this place out:)

This is the BEST Indian buffet in the area. I’ve never had their A La Carte before but by the taste of their buffet, I’m sure it’s equally good.
I’ve gone to this restaurant about 50 times in my life and has gained about 15 pounds in 6 months going to this place. You just can’t stop eating when you go there because the food is sooo good.
The chickpeas are my favourite, the tandoori is excellent as you can taste the charcoal taste yet it’s very moist and not dry, the naan is made perfectly every single time and arrives promptly before even you are done getting your first plate!
The service here is good and hands down to the gentleman who has been our server for the past few years, it’s ashame I never got his name and thanked him before he got ill and stopped working there for awhile =(