India’s Taste

A great Indian buffet. Good choices. I would say about 30 – 35 different dishes for mains, about 10 – 15 choices for appetizers, about 10 – 15 choices for desserts (including ice cream). Go elsewhere if you don’t want buffet.
I’ve came here for weekend dinner 10+ times over the last couple of years. It’s currently $ 16.99(Friday — Sunday night).
They bring the naan to you fresh.
Most of the food in the buffet area is quite fresh too.
Highly recommend the paneer butter masala, most chicken dishes (although there butter chicken is hit or miss), goat and lamb curry, honey ball/​Gulab Jamun (super sweet but super soft!), rasmalai (cheese dessert soaked in milk cream?).
Good value!

I’m not the type how leaves 1-​start reviews for restaurants, but when you have a negative experience, it’s worth sharing it with others. This is an all you can eat buffet, but I decided to order from the menu. I ordered Palak Paneer and Garlic Naan. The Naan was freshly made, tasty, but kind of small. The Palak Paneer was quite spicy, and tasted pretty bad. It was one of worst Palak Panners I’ve ever tried to be honest. It was watery, while the cottage cheese had a weird texture to it.
I ate a little bit of palak paneer and realized that I wasn’t enjoying the taste at all + it was too spicy for me and the server never asked me if I wanted it mild, medium or spicy. I knew I had to voice my dissatisfaction with the food to see what happens.
Once I communicated my dissatisfaction with the food to the manager, they offered to take it back to the kitchen and make it non-​spicy. I said that it would not make a difference to me, because I didn’t like the food. The manager refused to take the food back to the kitchen and said that either I leave it or take it home, he’ll still charge me, because everyone’s tastes are different and if everybody did the same… well, you get the point. Fine, it’s his choice, but he can be rest assured that I’m **NEVER** coming back to that restaurant.
Here’s how he could have handled the situation instead: «I understand there’s something wrong with the food. No worries, would you like to have any other dish instead? No? Ok, don’t worry about it. We’ll take care of it.» Alas, the manager decided that $ 11 was worth more than a happy customer who could come back in the future and bring more business. Instead, he earned an unhappy customer who’s ready to broadcast his experience to his prospective patrons.

They had a good variety! I’d come back again if I’m craving for Indian food. Good price for all you can eat lunch buffet on weekend! 16.99

Its a great place to go get indian food in buffet style. Its great to go with as a group, you can reserve a table in advance. Waiters are very nice and food is great for the price. I actually find the food pretty tasteful and their is so many options even for vegetarians or meat lovers. The desserts are great and waiter always keeps refilling the naan fresh.

Went for weekend lunch. Pretty impressed with the variety of the Indian buffet for a cheap price. The restaurant was packed and there was a line waiting at around 1:30 PM. There were different curries like chicken, goat, and a vegetarian curry. I especially enjoyed the chicken curry. The fried fish and tandoori chicken are also very delicious and tender.
There is a bar for meats, one for vegetarian foods, a salad bar with fruits like watermelon and pineapple. There is also a cake/​pudding bar. I noticed a lot of desserts that you can buy for take out near the cashier.
The highlight of the buffet was the unlimited freshly made naans that are delivered to your table. They taste much better than the ones bought in store as they are freshly made and have a sweeter taste to it.
The servers are very quick at collecting your finished plates and refilling your lemon water. Be prepared to be super full, so come with a big appetite!

Food is good, I liked the grill stuff but some of the veggie dish needs some more freshness, also naan need to less burnt and cooked thought out. Overall amazing

This is our go to Indian buffet restaurant in the Markham area. Located near the intersection of Woodbine and Denison, it’s one of the few Indian buffets that’s still around in the area and there’s a reason why it has survived… Value.
Friday weekend night dinner prices are $ 16/​person, kids about $ 9 for kids 6 – 9 and $ 6 for kids 2 – 5. There’s a variety of both vegetarian and non-​vegetarian options for all types of tastes. Because the place is usually packed food turnover is excellent and fresh.
Freshly made naan is served table side and goes well with all the delicious butter chicken, curry beef, paneer, goat curry, etc… The fish pakoras are excellent along with the gajar halwa (carrot based desserts) but ultimately take your time and eat slowly or you’ll regret it:) Everytime we go, I have to loosen my belt holes a few notches afterwards, so be warned!
Service is courteous and you pay at the front when you are done. They also have take out of Indian sweets that you can take home.

|| Must Try: Naan Bread, Butter Chicken, Veggie Fried Rice, Sweet Dessert Ball
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|| My Experience:
One of the few buffets I actually like and return to, India’s Taste has an expansive clientele, from families to officer works, and people of all different ethnic backgrounds.
The dishes are all self-​serve, but are quickly replenished and don’t sit around too long. The best value is lunch time, as the dinner service is more expensive but doesn’t really add any new dishes to the table.
The real standout here is the Naan bread, which is made fresh and brought to your table. Servers are attentive enough to ensure Naan is replenished, as well as any drinks that need refilled and plates that need taken away.
Overall, a great place when you’re feeling for some Indian food, but come with an appetite to feast!

Went for dinner on a week night. $ 14 I think it was. Pretty big selection of food and was full before I could try everything. The fish pakora, goat curries, butter chicken and Naan were standouts.
The dessert not the best. I’m not a huge Indian dessert fan and the cakes and ice cream were all pretty lackluster. The service was also below average. They forgot our drink order and had to ask for the Naan bread. Just bring that over when I sit at the table!
More of a 3.5 rating than a 4 star. The quality of food leaned me the other way.

Recommended by a friend to try out. Happy with my experience. Last time i tried Indian buffet was a long time ago, in Brampton which was over 8 years ago. It was good in Brampton, and it was good here too!!. This place is not extremely huge for seating, and they don’t take reservations after 6pm on weekends. Staff is friendly and pretty quick. Food was tasty and good!!! I just tried a little of everything including goat curry,
On a saturday night, we got there at about 7:30pm and waited for a table until past 8pm. Paying the bill at 10pm there were still people waiting to be seated.
Will visit again!

Great place for take out and dine in… I come here mostly for their biryani rice (veggie with extra paneer), my brother likes the chicken biryani, had the buffet here before too. Good place for Indian food, place is always packed with Indian people during lunch hours. If you ask them to make it extra spicy, it gives a good kick if you like spicy food — which I do. 5 stars!

My second time coming here. Went on a Wednesday for their dinner buffet. For a $ 13.99 weeknight dinner this place is a steal! I tried to eat every single dish but couldn’t pull it off because there’s just so many! I’ve been to my fair share of Indian buffets and this place is easily one of the better ones because of the price and options. There’s an appetizer section, salads, desserts, lots of curries, warm from the oven naans. I could go on but as I write this my stomach is asking me whyyyyyy did I stuff so much food in there??? Lol! Don’t know why it took me so long to come back. Definitely will come back sooner rather than later with more folks to share this gem of a Indian buffet spot!

Tried the buffet today with family. Service was pretty good and impressive.
Lots of choices on starters both veg and non veg. Also lots of tasty options with deserts especially rice kheer and gajar ka halwa was amazing.
We also loved 2 special Tawa items-​lamb and veg.
We will definitely visit again.

Standard Indian buffet and a good deal for the price. The lamb curry was very good and I liked the warm carrot pudding. Some of the chicken dishes were hit and miss though, and I did not like their fish option. They also give you naan at your table.
They definitely need to change the table cloths more often though. Almost every single table I saw had smears of food on them, which is not very inspiring.

Went there this past weekend with my second-​nephew who is FOB from India. It was so bad that it turned him off Indian buffets in Canada. It’s actually pretty funny because he loves to eat Indian food and the next day, when I offered to take him to a different Indian buffet, he flatly refused.
IMHO,
Appetizers:
— Tandoori paneer: too dry, resulted in being super chewy and rubbery
— Chaat papri: good, seemed freshly made
— Chicken tandoor broke my second-nephew’s heart. He calls them lollipops and he was disappointed in them
— mint chutney: good
— tamarind chutney: weak/​watery
Main courses:
Non-​veg
— sauces for all the non-​veg dishes were decent to good, EXCEPT for:
— butter chicken: sauce was ketchupy sweet. I’d say too ketchupy sweet except the sauce shouldn’t taste at all like anything remotely resembling ketchup or sweet.
Veg:
— I was traumatized by the two paneer dishes. I’m a paneer fan and the butter paneer was too ketchupy and the karahi/​bell pepper paneer dish had an extremely off-​putting combination of spices that I’ve never had before. I never thought I’d find a paneer dish I’d hate but I found them here.
The naans were fresh and tasty.
The gulab jamuns were okay, soft and soaked in syrup, but my mom’s made better since there didn’t seem to be any cardamom or pistachios in theirs.
My second-​nephew did not like the carrot halawa.
As a result of my experience with the rest of the food, my second-​nephew and I did not think it worth the extra calories to try it and further risk our respective waistlines and tastebuds.
The service was good. So was the selection of Bollywood music videos.
On a side-​note, we observed that when members of the staff sat down to eat, instead of self-​serving from the same buffet we ate from, they had their food brought in from the kitchen separately.
Would I ever go back there? No. But I can’t give it 1.5 stars so I’ll round up.
The only good thing that came out of our experience is that my second-​nephew will not gain weight after coming to Canada, at Indian buffets, since he was so traumatized.

We really very much enjoyed this Markham Indian restaurant.
We went for lunch on a Saturday, and there was a great selection.
They had all the usual suspects.
Such as:
— Butter Chicken (boneless)
— Tandoori chicken
— Goat Curry
— Daal
— Aloo
Plus lots of different kinds of salads, rice, fish, lots of vegetarian choices, and they brought fresh man baked right on the tandoor. It was awesome. Loved the Naan bread. Service was nice and friendly and we ended up having Mango Lassi with it also
Dessert was fresh fruit, ice pudding, ice cream, carrot pudding. and the cake balls in cardamom syrup.
Food had a bit of bite to it but definitely suitable for western palates. It was pretty busy with families and couples alike.

Food is good, but only if you are staying for the buffet, if you are getting the thali’s for takeout they don’t ever fill the containers. My paneer dish had one small peice of paneer, my Kadi with pakora had no pakora.
Best thing is to eat there.

Every time I eat Indian food I ask myself why don’t I eat this every day? I love the flavour and it is so satisfying. Then after I overeat it, I ask myself, how do people eat this everyday?
India’s Taste really delivers if you are looking to scratch that spicy itch. For a buffet, the food is fresh, the service is attentive, and the place is clean. You will find a good variety of vegetarian and meat dishes plus there is a good salad section. The naan is served fresh as you ask for it.
My only thing is the desserts. They are soooo sweet. I am not into sweets, and the dessert section here is crazy sweet. But their carrot dessert is amazing if you can handle the sweet.

I’ve tried a few Indian buffets around Markham and others like tandoori flame. This buffet is the best yet. It’s good for vegetarian, non vegetarian. With appetizers, mains, desserts and you order the naan to your table.
Some menu items: samosas, chaat papri, pani puri, tandoori/​tikka meats, variety of chicken curries, vegetarian (paneer, chickpea etc) with Indian desserts and ice cream.
Though this doesn’t have as wide a selection as tandoori flame– it tastes way better. If you want quality food, don’t go to a buffet– rule 101 of food.
The customers here are very diverse– from all parts of Asia usually which is great.
You pay at the counter — which is fine I’ve done it at many Indian restaurants before.

I love that this place has buffet all the time, why need to change to a la carte at night time? Who doesn’t love Indian buffet. This place is clean, really clean, there’s ample parking, great service!
The quality of the food is a bit inconsistent, I must admit. I’ve been here a few times. But overall there’s a good variety of food here. I like that they have Caesar salad here for those of us who don’t like the other types of cold vegetables. The veggies and fruits are pretty fresh. I like the butter chicken and goat curry. They had this potato with spinach dish that was pretty good. Sometimes the rice gets dried up but if you go during the rush it’s usually okay. They have different dishes everytime I come. This time they had French fries. Although the French fries got cold I attempted to concoct my own butter chicken fries and it was not too bad, I thought. They also have samosas here but I find it too doughy and never fresh. However, someone does come around to bring you fresh naan, although I found the naan a bit too oily.
Things were not clearly labelled so I didn’t know what some of the things were so I tried some of everything. That’s the beauty of buffets right? I had a meat sauce looking curry with peas, it was not bad. Some yellow curry with fried fish fillet. It was really lemony and sour, not to my liking. I also tried various vegetarian dishes with cauliflower and broccoli. They all taste similar to me. I’m not a fan of the curry chicken so much, I guess just cause it’s not as smooth and creamy as the butter chicken. It doesn’t sit as well in my stomach.
They have a good variety of fruits, watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapples, and red grapes. For dessert I always have the orange paste with the Indian honey timbit. Today they also served a neon orange pretzel! (Sorry, I don’t know what anything is called but if you were there you’ll know what I’m talking about!) The Orange paste is simply divine, I really like it. It’s really sweet in a not so sweet way. The texture is great and mixed with some almond slivers and raisins is the perfect combination. This is a great place and in my standards super clean! There’s great service and you can sit comfortably. The consistency of the food can improve a bit. There’s also a myriad of sweets in the front display counter that I’m dying to try!