Cafe Sheli

Heathl food done well. And with flavour.
I was very impressed today. The food (their version of an Israeli Salad) was full of colour and just the right amount of chic peas. Yes, chic peas; its their version after all.
My daughter ordered from the kid’s menu (grilled cheese). For $ 6.99, I was very impressed with size of her kid’s meal. Everything, including our milk shake, all tasted fresh. Nothing reheated or frozen and thawed.
I was impressed. I will return.

Ordered the Israeli platter.
First, while there are variations on Israeli salad, true Israeli salad (referred to in Israel as arab salad «Salat Aravi») is composed of cucumber, tomato, onion (all diced) parsley, lemon juice, olive oil and salt. Nothing else. Café Sheli uses peppers and lettuce which is more akin to a diced garden salad than an Israeli salad.
Next, the eggs. Scrambled eggs seem to be a huge challenge for many restaurants to accomplish. Their’s were typical, but not done right. Typically, restaurants serve what amounts to chopped up plain omelette. This is not scrambled eggs. Café Sheli, if you’re reading, send your chef back to school or watch Gordon Ramsay do it right:
Next, the hash brown. Rather than make one, they buy those toaster sized ones at the grocery store and deep fry them.
The cream cheese was also store bought, or so it tasted.
All in the meal was clean and service was great, but at $ 10, even for kosher, it wasn’t anything more than a breakfast anyone could make at home, shopped for at the grocery store with zero creativity.
I give it 2 stars. Meh, boring.

I don’t like it here. the line ups are long, the service is slow, the prices are high and I am not impressed with the menu. The wraps are kind of nice. I usually just stop in to buy bread from occasion, but you can’t use debit for less than 10 dollars. the employees are nice though.

Meeting my Hot Yoga Date at Café Sheli for lunch but got stood up!
Café Sheli is so busy during lunch rush. Packed with people and the tables here are set up so close together, I can barely squeezed through to get in and out of my seats. My waitress cannot even get near to my table, my food, cheque and everything was passed to me over my next table???
Menu selection is good, this place would have made any vegetarians happy. Where is my Hot Yoga Date?!
I ordered Portobello Sandwich with side salad ($ 10.99) and Mint Lemonade ($ 3.99).
Grilled Portobello with Goat Cheese and vegetables in a ciabatta bread Mmmmm, Love the bread! Price wise is a little pricey but quite delicious!
I asked the waitress if their Lemonade is house made… and she reassured me that it is fresh. But it tasted suspiciously like the one I got from supermarket… and for $ 3.99? Skip!
Don’t expect excellent services at Café Sheli. You get decent food at a premium prices in a cafeteria like setting!

My husband and I were in Thornhill, signing mortgage documents (tip: don’t drive to Thornhill from downtown at 5pm. It’s soul crushingly slow) and ended up having dinner at Café Sheli (lit: «My Café»). I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised. I expected typical bakery-​restaurant food like mediocre sandwiches, etc. But the food was really delicious and the menu quite large for a dairy-​based café.
We shared the Jerusalem platter, which was much larger than we expected. Six perfectly cooked falafels (super crispy and crunchy on the outside, light and melty on the inside) served with passable hummous, roasted veggies, pita and a salad. It’s listed as an appetizer but could easily be a meal for one person.
Mains were equally huge. My oriental salmon salad was terrific and much better than I expected. Generous, well-​cooked salmon tossed with stir-​fried snap peas, baby corn and other veggies on top of a green salad and served with crispy noodles. It was perfectly seasoned and almost a little smokey — as if the salmon had been BBQ’d. My husband got the penne Arrabiatta (his standby), which was also super tasty and served with generous cloves of roasted garlic and a nice amount of spice.
Service was great and they even had benchers available for the birkat hamazon!
Vegetarian score = 8.5÷10. Hooray for kosher dairy restaurants. There was tons of choice for my husband and all generous and tasty.

Wrap are great. The service is slow and not always good.

Their bagels are delicious and they have a great variety of food on their menu, although it seems to be best for breakfast/​brunch.
Their omelets were great, their pancakes & french toast were average, and their wraps looked delicious but I didn’t get to taste any so will have to rate that next time.
Decent service, little bit on the expensive side but nothing out of the ordinary for kosher food.