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2642 Islington Avenue, Etobicoke, ON M9V 2X5
Bandu Khan Grill was reported closed or not Halal 9 years ago A moderate sitting environment with great tasting food for just a few bucks extra per plate. Located at the corner of Albion/Islington. Added on November 25, 2011 and last updated 12 years ago
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★★☆☆☆ I am a big supporter of Halal restaurants, especially the Ma and Pa kinda joints like this one. And so in an effort of humility and solidarity I took my mom here for her birthday. BIG mistake. We would've had a better experience at Leena's Roti's and Doubles just around the corner (it is also a Halal restaurant). We walked into this deserted and desolate restaurant at 8 pm on a Friday night. One would think we were on the side of a highway in between US and Canada. Not so. Yes, there were pictures of the food on the display case. We were seated promptly, because it was...well...empty. We placed our orders and yes, 20 minutes later the food arrives. The naans were delicious, fresh and everything a proper naan should be. Everything else, not so much. After about two bites our palates began to reject fare. It was thick, the onions hadn't been cooked properly, my mom felt like it was cooked in some really cheap oil - perhaps diesel because it smelled that way. Isn't it common sense to have a water on the table while we're eating? Yeah, no, we had to ask thrice for water and then they brought ONE glass of water. And that too wasn't clean. I got Styrofoam glasses from the neighbouring table on my own. We took the left overs to go but didnt have the guts to finish them the next day. Also, the server looked tired, seemed bored and the cook had a look of "I guess you're here to eat as well, eh? Fine, let's get this over with. Oh great, you want more than one dish, sigh!" on his face the two times he came out to serve us. Not a family friendly restaurant. No place especially for a lady, especially not when she's celebrating a birthday. If they survive, they will do so only as a canteen restaurant for cabbies and bachelors with blue collar jobs. They could reduce the overhead if they just do away with the seating area and invest the funds into their food quality. Posted on August 20, 2014 |
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★★★★☆ Assalam u Alaikum Brothers/Sisters.
I always want to give a quick background of the eating scenario. I have a family of 5, who eat like we are of 10. We are from Lahore, Pakistan and review restaurants honestly and sincerely with Allah in mind.
My family came to eat here as the first Pakistani food we would have since our move to Canada. We arrived and saw the restaurant was at a corner of a plaza, full of our 3 other Indian eateries; this one being the only halal of course. We proceeded in to meet the owner, who seemed nice yet a bit quiet. There are no foods on display. Instead, the buffet type counter is there with only picture cards of the foods/platters on it, so no one could really try and judge how the food looked just like Pakistanis are prone to do. We were promptly seated in the restaurant will only 5-6 tables in it (4 family and 1-2 couples). It was completely empty, but we can understand that being that day a Thursday. We ordered from a menu that seemed to offer relatively more that was fresh and ready. There are pictures of the menu in the ones I have posted, all tagged DLPHD on the top right. We ordered what we wanted, and proceeded to see what was around us, which were photos of Lahore's scenic views and buildings, and a TV with about 80 channels on it streamed from ShavaTV. We ordered 10 buttered-naans, which were freshly made in a proper clay oven which were delicious and just the perfect crispiness. The flavor was there. Additionally, the owner himself put out the naans in a straw basket at about 3-4 a time, each being 8-9in in diameter. As he saw we were finishing them up, more were put on, so the naan were always hot and fresh, which was a great touch. We ordered one butter-chicken, one Lahori chana, and one haleem. The butter chicken was delicious and the gravy(saalan) was delicious too, and our most favorite item from what we ordered. The chana was delicious too but they seemed average and nothing we could call good. The gravy was on the thicker side which made it seem that much better. And the haleem was nothing special, and could have been passed on as gravy for some other dish. We were offered a chicken or beef option when ordering the haleem, so there was obviously some variation available. All the saalans came in a porcelain dish that was about 2-3in wide and 6-8in long. For the price, we could have definitely seen a little more in there. In fact, we were all kind of surprised as to how much we had gotten, so we ended up adding haleem at the end of our order. We also ordered 5 chicken kabobs, which were nothing special as well. They did seem fresh however, and plus we had seen the owner (which at this point was obviously part-time chef next to the other female-possibly wife-worker). They were fresh and tasted good as well, nicely seasoned too, yellow from the inside due to the oil utilized. Good overall and served on a porcelain plate just like the bahari kabab, which was also delicious. It came steamed off the skewer and was really well steamed, just like many say "fall off the bone." Of course it was boneless but I hope you understand what we mean. It was nicely portioned for the price. We also ordered one rasmali which came in a 3in diameter bowl with the actual maatai about 1-2in, and surrounded in the traditional liquid. It was tasty but didn't taste awfully sweet, and so we could have seen more taste in it since maatai have to be sweet, plus we were only given one. And in the end, we ordered one kashmiri pink tea, served in a 4in tall ceramic tea cup. The color was amazing and smell was good too, unfortunately, it didn't really taste fresh as we were expecting. If many people make kashmiri chai, they would know that it isn't made quickly, and it takes time to infuse the water with its raw tea leaf flavor. So the tea was definitely pre-made but kind of the older side. We also ordered 5 sodas for each member of the family.
Overall, we paid about $73. We did kind of expect something around this number but we would liked to either have seen a decrease in the price or a bigger portion. Economic conditions could have been the reason, due to the seemingly empty restaurant when we got there and leaving it that way with only one more person walking in to order some maatai.
So overall, inshallah we recommend that everyone please come here and support the owner and the restaurant as a whole. We have to keep halal stores open and make sure they gain revenue as they are providing a service to the Muslim community and are earning sawaab if they opened the store with the mindset that it is a Sunnah to do halal business.
We give this restaurent about a 3.5/5, which means it should receive an above average rating.
Assalam u Alaikum. :) Posted on December 27, 2012 |
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