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Title:True North Strong & Free
Notice:Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:POLAR::RICHARDSON
Created:Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1040
Total number of notes:13668

183.0. "Indian Restaurants in TORONTO" by PHLACT::RUPARELIA (Out of Africa . . . 8-)) Sun May 21 1989 18:08

    Hello!!
    
    Me and a few friends are planning to drive up from Pennsylvania
    to Niagra Falls and then onto Toronto for the Memorial Day Weekend
    (5/26).

    I would appreciate it if someone could suggest a good Spicy Indian
    Restaurant in Toronto.  I hear that they have some great places to eat
    Indian food.
                                              
    Regards
    
    Piyush
    
    P.S.  If this information can be found in any other note in this
    file please point me to it, again, thanks. 
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183.1A few (but there have to be more)TRCA01::OBRIENGlenn O'Brien @TRC 18/6Tue May 23 1989 18:3822
    I can't comment on any of these restaurants, but they are listed
    in Goodlife's Tastes of Toronto (1988 edition).  The first is downtown,
    the rest are in the east end of Metro.  There are undoubtedly more,
    but that's all I have listed.
    
    Bombay Palace
    - chain of restaurants worldwide
    - semi-formal
    - dinner for two with wine: $45
    - 71 Jarvis St.  (368-8048)
    
    Oriental Indian Kitchen
    - casual
    - 2783 Danforth Ave.  (699-8947)
    
    Shala-Mar
    - casual
    - 427 Donlands   (425-3663)
    
    Sher-E-Punjab
    - casual
    - 351 Danforth Ave.   (465-2125)
183.2Thai maybe?TRCA01::OBRIENGlenn O'Brien @TRC 18/6Tue May 23 1989 18:434
    If you like Thai food, there is a good restaurant near our dowtown
    office.  It's called Bangkok Gardens and is highly recommended.
    It's located at 18 Elm St. (between Yonge and Bay).  The phone number
    is 977-6748 and you should reserve.
183.3PHLACT::RUPARELIAOut of Africa . . . 8-)Tue May 23 1989 20:583
    Thanks for the Info.  I'll let you know which ones I went to.
    
    Regards
183.4An Ex will go well!TROA02::KAMMINThu May 25 1989 18:406
    My favourite is the Moghal at 33 Elm Street.  There are three others,
    but I like this location the best.  Whenever I try another Indian
    restaurant in Toronto, I regret not having gone there.  I hear
    Woodlands at 177 College Street (there is another one now at 456
    Bloor St. W.) is excellent.  I'm going to try that next time I don't
    go to the Moghal.
183.5<Gerrard St.>TRCA03::SANDHUMon May 29 1989 15:2712
    There is yet another Mugal (Moghal?) in Markham just north of Steeles
    on Warden. My favourite is the one on Bloor, just east of Bathurst.
    
    For the visitor to T.O. : There is a whole area of Indian shops and 
    restaurants in Toronto on Gerrard St. I think its called India Town or 
    Little India or something like that. While places like the Moghal cater
    more the Western palate, Gerrard street is more like what things
    might be in India - the atmosphere is less formal and the food more
    spicey etc.
    
    I think there is also a similar India Town in around Malton or
    Brampton. Maybe others know more about that.
183.6Woodlands RestaurantTROA02::BRAYFood, glorious food ....Tue Jun 06 1989 19:2215
Re: 183.4

My wife and I went to the Woodlands Restaurant at 456 Bloor St. West about
a month ago.  It really is very good.  It's moderately priced (maximum $8
to $10 per entree), and there is a good selection of both meat dishes and
vegetarian dishes (the Thali Platter at about $7.50 is excellent, and is
enough for one normal sized appetite).  Also, their Paper Masala must be
one of the longest dishes I've ever seen in a restaurant - it overlaps
both ends of your plate!

Don't expect plush surroundings there; the tables and chairs are fairly
spartan, but the quality of the food more than makes up for that.  My
wife and I really pigged out and still spent less than $35.

Peter B.