Banjara Indian Cuisine

Butter chicken always hits the spot. Tandoori cauliflower is amazing, so are the other sizzlers (tandoori chicken). Extra spicy option might be a little bit too much to handle for some (info tip). Naans are authentic and delivered fresh and hot. I asked for extra paladin’s instead of the rice pudding, and they kindly included both regardless. Whenever dining in, I always received courteous service and the servers were very attentive. Keep up he good work!

This was my first time trying Banjara, and wow, it was SO good! I’m fussier than fussy and don’t try new things to often, but this really surprised me, and I can’t recommend it enough. I had the chicken tikka masala dinner. I picked it up, and didn’t eat in the restaurant, so I can’t comment on service, but the young lady I dealt with when picking up my order was friendly. I’ll definitely be back.

BEST INIDIAN FOOD IN THE CITY. Take-​out and eat-​in are both delicious (but I don’t do the buffet, no idea what that is like). No chemicals (MSG) like at other Indian restaurants. I wish, wish, wish they made Saag Paneer!!!
Note, the décor is not pretty, nothing to look at, but the food is AMAZING.

Food ** — Service — *** — Ambience **

BEST butter chicken in the city. Very different. If you are looking for one of those sugar infested versions of butter chicken, you will be disappointed but if you want a rich, very creamy and flavorful version, you ought to try Banjara’s savory butter chicken. You even get to choose the level of spiciness, from mild to hot. I’ve tried them all and each one is a delight!

Update: I don’t know when they stopped, but when we check out the lunch buffet a month ago, it no longer existed.

My go to for indian food. Visit often. Their shrimp biryani is a must have. Service can be a hit or miss. Not a fan of the ambience. Good food overall.

Tasty food and good service. Friendly staff as well, they look very happy to serve as you say.

Our go-​to place. We always order from here and are never disappointed. :) The chicken Korma and any of the hotter lamb dishes are sooo yummy.

I’d give this spot 5/​5, if the space were nicer. Too much seating and too blah, to be considered a nice place to sit and dine. However the food is outstanding. You will be hard pressed to find a bette replace to eat, unless you go the original location on Bloor st. The phone rings off the hook, as they get orders going nonstop. Pick what ever you like, ask for your food psycho hot/​spicy or just mild, they’ll do it all.

This is a hidden gem! And now especially hidden because of all the LRT construction on Eglinton. But search a little bit and you’ll find some deliciousness. There is a sprawling menu of flavourful delights, and an indecisive mind always go to the thalis. We decided on fish curry and tomato eggplant curry as the main currry. If you pick the thalis, be prepared because there will be a lot of yummy food coming your way. The thalis come with rice, naan, several veggie curries such as lentil or mixed veggies and a small dessert. The tomato eggplant was the delight of the evening with the eggplant and tomato melting together and into the potent and flavourful spices. The fish curry came with lots of what looked like salmon. The fish may have been a touch dry, it was flavourful and the sauce made up for any lost moisture. The naan came out piping hot and with a nice char. It was definitely useful for mopping up all the rich sauces. The service was prompt and cheerful, but not as frequent as I’d like. I needed that water to put out some of the fire from the curries!

Regular food, awful service.
We ordered around 8 items, which is quite a bit for five people. Even though we were spending quite a bit of money there WITH reservations, they were constantly trying to rush us out. Halfway through the meal, they would come up to us and ask us if we wanted to pack it up. We said no, we are still eating. And they came up to us a few more times after that WHILE we were still eating! If you want their food, get take out, they will prefer it.

Food was passable, not very authentic-​Indian.
Friendly servers, decent location, clean place.

I downloaded the Unilocal App and made an account purely to do this review.
The service here is TERRIBLE.
I went here my first time 4 years ago as a total newb to Indian food, looking to try something new. When I told them I hadn’t tried this type of food before and would love their suggestions on what to try, I got blank stares and scoffs. I vowed to never go here again.
Fast forward to this year, and my wife insists that I’m just bad at ordering food, and am probably exaggerating about the bad service. So I break my vow and say we can give it another go (I went alone the first time). Sure enough, we go to the restaurant to sit down and eat, and the service is exactly the same. Blank stares, scoffs at the both of us, and when we were full and just chatting, one of the waitresses came over and very rudely asked if something was wrong (presumably because we weren’t eating anymore).
My wife agreed that the service was horrible, but we like the food well enough. Turns out the do take out, so we said to ourselves we’d do that from now on.
Tonight they even fucked that up.
We get there and say we want to order take out, and the girl takes us to the bar to look at menus, and proceeds to look at her phone. We already know what we want, so I try to get her attention. «So do we just tell you what we want, or???» Nothing. «Excuse me?» I say, and that seemed to wake her up from the phone trance, and finally we get to order our food.
From now on, we’re going to use Just Eat, and/​or try to find a more friendly Indian place in the area. Three strikes and they blew it as far as I’m concerned.

The quality of food at Banjara’s is in serious decline. I’ve tried ordering through just-​eat as well as eating in person as recently as this week with the hope of getting a fresher and tastier experience. Not happening.
The platters have gotten so stale.
The indoor seating is dark and dingy with no air circulation, but
The service worsens if you dare sit on the patio. Such a shame.
I also noticed the prices differ at different locations and from the online v. in-​person menu. Eek.
I RECOMMEND– Checking out the Banjara at Christie and Bloor.
EXTRA TIP– Everything at the Yeglinton location has become extremely mild so if you must, always order one-​up in terms of heat

I have been to many of Toronto’s Indian restaurants but none really of them have been really fabulous.
We where given the name of this restaurant from a person from our bank.
She told us not to eat the buffet the food is not the same as when you order, which makes sense because food on any buffet is not the greatest.
The medley of spices hit every layer in my palate you could taste everything, each level more exciting than the next.
I highly recommend ordering off the menu do not forget to ask for some hot sauce on the side, its made there and its a real treat.

Great food, and taste, the place is a bit depressing !!
Too dark. not a nice place to eat, however I would recommend to take the food to go. as they do give more portion.

This place used to be really good, but it has kept sliding downhilll for years. Had a crave and got their mixed platter to go (which I’ve had many times). I asked for plain rice instead of that yellow rice that normally comes with… But they UPCHARGED me $ 1 without telling me. Then I get the carton home and nothing’s been kept separate. the rice is coating everything, the flavours are muddled. And, the chicken was dry and I only got a mere 2 pakoras! usually i get 4 or 5.
I do wish more Indian places did combination platters for one of two. I wouldn’t recommend this place. If you do, dine IN the restaurant‘ *(otherwise your food will look like post-​mortem dog food), and ask about the price if you want to make a substitution.
Staff are… half friendly, half not. Maybe the other location cares more… and doesn’t leave chicken sitting around getting dried.

DE-​LIC-​IOUS! As far as Indian food goes — this place is as good as it gets!
Came here with a couple girlfriends and the food was top notch — we’re all salivating thinking about the meal we had here.
We ordered:
Aloo Gobi (Potato Cauliflower)
Paneer Masala (Cheese Curry)
Butter Chicken
Stuffed Cheese and Plain Naan
Masala Chai
Again…drooling thinking about this place. I’ve had Indian Food in India and Banjara is authentic/​great quality — service was really amazing as well.
If you want to know what India tastes like –visit Banjara: D

Dinner review only:
So this is a pretty embarrassing story.
We came here on a Thursday night. Originally, we were suppose to go to Copa Cabana which was just next door, however a friend of ours *ackhem* made reservations for the wrong day at that restaurant and we did not want to wait two hours to be seated. We decided to go to Banjura which was just next door and a friend said it wasn’t bad so we decided to try it out.
The restaurant was pretty empty (compared to the super crowded restaurant next door) and it seemed quaint. At first, I’m wondering, why is this restaurant empty. It could be because of the competition of other restaurants nearby, but the service and food there was not bad. The waitress was kind enough to accommodate for our friend who was late and served us plenty of water (which was needed!)
The food there was just A-​OK. I ordered the butter chicken and it tasted good. Nothing out of the ordinary. The goat was not bad. I was just disappointed to find bones in it. It’s not a big deal, but it would’ve been better if it had no bones, and it wasn’t TOO spicy which was great, but the food was salty. It’s probably like that for most Indian cuisine though.
It’s best to order your meat with rice or naan. The naan tasted better with the food though.
At the end, there was a lot of food leftover! We weren’t able to finish it but all in all, it wasn’t a bad Indian restaurant.

J’ai commandé à emporter un Chicken Massala avec un Lamb Biryani un soir directement au bar. L’accueil est très chaleureux et on vous offre quelques crackers indiens pour vous faire patienter.
J’ai noté que (mis à part moi) toutes les commandes à emporter se font déjà par téléphone puis les clients passent les chercher lorsqu’elles sont prêtes.
Après une dizaine de minutes mes plats étaient prêts et bien emballés dans des boites en plastique gardant la chaleur.
Les portions sont plutôt généreuses et les aliments étaient frais. Sur 10 je mettrais une note de 7. Pas le meilleur indien que je n’ai jamais mangé c’est sur mais très correct notamment au vu du prix.
J’y retournerais.