The Veggie Thali

Great food, just like home cooked 👍. Had a thali and pav bhaji today, worth the drive from Markham! Will definitely be back!

It's a small place serving some amazing homely vegan Indian food. We went for Samosa as a starter, a Pav Bhaji plate and their Thali. In the end, we also tried their Kabab Wrap.

Food:

Samosa was quite good, although the filling was simple (potatoes and peas seasoned with salt and pepper). Pav Bhaji was really tasty. It was less spicy, so could have been better. The bun was nice and well toasted. Red onions would go better than white ones. Lemon was too small. Coming to the Thali, it had Roti, Aloo Gobi and Saag sabzi, Daal, Plain Rice, Salad and Suji Halwa. We also ordered Papad separately to complement the Thali. Roti was very good - soft and homely. Aloo Gobi was great. Not much spicy but just enough. I am not really a fan of Saag, in general, but this one was eatable. The best thing in the Thali was Daal - really great and homely. It was mildly spiced - not sure if they were trying to replicate a Gujarati Daal then it was not a good job done. Rice was good and fluffy. The salad was not seasoned at all - maybe it was the way they wanted to keep it. The raw mango in the salad was nice, but otherwise, it was just capsicum and onions. I loved the Suji Halwa as well - very difficult to create the same wow factor when made vegan because the non-vegan version uses ghee and it's very difficult to beat that taste. However, this one used vegetable oil but the Halwa was still quite rich. Papad was disappointing - too oily (they had fried it) - but I guess if we had known, we would have asked for a roasted one. Kabab Wrap was great too - simple and humble roll which was very well spiced and quite neat to eat.

Ambiance:

It's a small place with 2-3 tables and a few high chairs. Most of their customers would be for takeout is what we felt - especially students and bachelors who may not be knowing cooking that much; it's a great place for them to have meals. Good natural light on a sunny day and even otherwise, during the day.

Staff and Service:

The staff was good and friendly. The service was decently quick to us but there was another customer who had been waiting for her Papad for long and was visibly not very happy about the wait as she was more than halfway through her meal.

Overall, it's a great place to have some good Indian vegan food.

It's actually Not near Fort York, it's very close to Eglinton square. The perfect vegetarian thali. Choice of three curries, generous portions, soft chapatis, good white rice. Each of the six curries had its own distinctive taste. I can't emphasise enough, but the same curries specially spinach, aloo gobi and Kadhi are tasteless in other Indian restaurants. These two thalis had food resembling our home cooked Indian meals. They weren't extravagant, but that's my whole point. The simplicity stood out.