Bukhara Grill

Food is good. Delivery and Service are terrible. There is a better service/​food combo for Indian up on Dundas W at Curry Twist. Id suggest going there if you are in this area.

You can’t ever go wrong with anything you order ! Delicious food and great service ! I’ve been to the Bukhara grill few times now and it’s been always busy but they always look after you and come check if you’re enjoying your meal ! Highly recommend this Resturant !

Totally love this place. The chicken korma is smooth and gorgeous. We have ordered many items and loved then all. Great ambiance. More upscale than your typical Indian place. Highly recommend.

My favourite Indian place in Bloor West. Great takeout run by a great family. The tandoori platter and bread basket are great.

our fav go-​to place for date night, birthdays and when we’re too lazy to cook. food is amazing for both takeout and eat in. such a hidden gem. not the speediest option but well worth it.

The food was excellent. Other reviewers have left plenty of reviews about how good the food is, and my experience matched it. And the staff were plenty friendly, and the décor and ambience are great — a little hidden gem in a Bloor West lower level.
But it was SLOW. Perhaps we messed up the regular pace by having two of our party of four show up 15 minutes after the reservation time (although there was no evidence that they’d recorded a reservation — they didn’t recognize my name and just found us an available table), but we went straight to mains without appetizers, and it took easily 75 minutes for our food to come out with no updates from the servers.
Another table which was already seated when we arrived got their food when I would’ve expected us to get ours, so it wasn’t just our table left to wait.
We’ll probably go back, it was incredibly good Indian without the lienup of, say, Curry Twist, and maybe they were short-​staffed in the kitchen or something. Hopefully next time it won’t be a three-​hour affair.

The definition of a hidden gem, Bukhara Grill is located in the Bloor West Village, its entrance tucked beside a Pizza Pizza. I was initially skeptical as I walked down a rather steep flight of stairs to get into the restaurant itself, but pleasantly surprised to find that it was elegantly decorated, white table clothes and all, and very quiet despite the hustle and bustle of the main street above. My boyfriend and I decided to try this place on a Friday night after hearing glowing reviews from one of his co-​workers.
Ambiance:
Beautifully decorated, with white table clothes and white napkins neatly folded on the the table. Very classy, and more formal than I had expected (and found myself dressed a little too casually for the occasion).
Service:
One thing that made the experience outstanding was the attentive service. It was a first for me to have a fresh hot towel provided at the beginning of the meal, and never have I ever had my glass of water refilled so many times! The waiters and servers are all very polite and gave helpful recommendations for what to order.
Food:
All of the food was fresh, flavourful and delicious! My boyfriend and I shared a basket of naan, garlic rice, Chicken Jalfrezi (chicken cooked with ginger, garlic, onion and capsicum *the orange dish*) and Saag Chicken (chicken cooked with garlic, onion, green chillies and spinach *the green dish*). I particularly enjoyed the chicken jalfezi, as it seemed spicier than the saag chicken. I will be back for more!

employees are always nice and helpful – it’s a family affair it seems.
the food is good, consistently. amazing: samosas, pakoras, saag paneer, garlic naan, and tandoori chicken. the biryani however is a disgrace. frozen veggies, no raisins and maybe one or two if any nuts. they deliver, which is somewhat rare for indian food.
i’d give it 4 stars, but strangely, something about bukhara ALWAYS leaves me with some type of GI situation. i don’t know how to explain it. i love indian cuisine, have eaten it for decades, and sure, i’ve had similar experiences from time to time with other indian restos, but every. single. time. i eat bukhara’s delicious food, it’s hard on my body. ???

The place is beautiful and the service is attentive and friendly. I had the kadai paneer dish and it was delicious. I loved how spicy it was too. I would definitely go back for sure. I see that they have paneer tikka. Maybe I will try that and the channa masala. Maybe vegetable biryani too.

I think Bukhara was pretty good. We ordered:
chicken tikka masala
Plain naan
Saffron rice
Everything tastes good and the naan was fresh! Love.
I found the service a bit dull, the server didn’t check in with us often and when we paid the bill and said thank you, he just said ok and left. So awkward.

Did take out from here and found that Bukhara gives good bang for the buck. Quality is ok. For quality at similar pricing and less value, I’d go to Curry Twist. All in all, I’d come back and am happy to have eaten from here.
Pakoras — For $ 3.99, they provided a healthy portion of pakoras. With the dips, they were good.
Butter chicken — Average. Nice portion of sauce & chicken provided. My wife’s the butter chicken fan.
Next time, I’d try a lamb dish of some kind.

I love love love this place. Great service and exceptional food. Sometimes I order take out from this place for lunchtime but I prefer to dine in because it feels like I am about to indulge in a different world. One has to walk down a bare white stairway from the street to enter the spacious wood clad restaurant… it really takes you by surprise.
Split the appetizer platter, butter chicken, malai prawns, and delicious mixed veggies with Indian spices. Naan it up to soak up the sauces and finish your meal with masala chai.
One star less because the tikki masala I’ve received for take-​out can sometimes be dry.

Put in an order for delivery yesterday. Man on the phone was rude and disrespectful while taking our order. Then it took 2 hours to deliver the food to us. After eating the food, my husband wasn’t feeling well (we both decided on different dishes).Now my husband has been violently vomiting all day and unable to keep any food or liquid down. So in a nutshell, he got food poisoning. I do not recommend this place.

A hidden gem in the Bloor West Village area, located right below the Pizza Pizza. In fact, it seems a bit sketchy at first going down and there was no one to greet us at the door, but we were seated quickly and offered water and crunchy deliciousness.
The décor looks like a mix of European bar meets a basement wine cellar… it has a rustic, cavernous, and yet romantic sort of feel… a great place for a date if you like quiet and actually being able to hear the person sitting across from you.
We had the prawn pakoras which were succulent with just a hint of spice — best I’ve had… I was very happy that they did not overcook the prawns, which I find is the type of thing that restaurants tend to do often.
Chicken jalfrezi and lamb vindaloo with a side of saffron rice and plain naan… incredibly full by the end of our meal, to the point that my innie may have become an outie (and I was hoping for a kulfi for dessert, but there is always next time).
Pretty close to the best Indian I’ve had in Toronto… the chicken was just a touch dry, but the lamb was incredibly tender. Great service as far as refilling our waters and checking on how we were enjoying the food. Wish we could have eaten more… we’ll need to fast next time to make sure everything fits in our bellies ;-)

This place lived up to the reviews I had read prior to my visit. Delicious food, the sweetest service and a great ambience!
My boyfriend and I ordered the chicken mirch tikka to start, followed by chicken tikka masala and palak paneer, garlic naan and rice. Our server suggested our dishes and was very helpful and attentive.
The portions were extremely fair and I recommend the chicken mirch tikka, absolutely divine.
Thankfully this place hasn’t been hit by the mainstream Indian cooking style, so it actually tastes like a home cooked meal with portion sizes that are worth it.
All in all, I can’t wait to go back… Especially for the fresh naan

This place is a little gem on Bloor West. It’s hard to spot as it’s in a basement, but totally worth going. Also just because it’s in a basement doesn’t mean it’s nasty. The décor is amazing and most importantly the food and service are amazing.

Happy that there is great decent Indian food in the neighborhood. Very nice service and delicious food. Restaurant is a bit tucked away as it is in the lower level of the building but it’s super cozy and beautiful inside. Wish they had some pictures advertised so people walking by can see. We went in only because we have been craving indian food for awhile. Glad we ventured down the steps.
We’ve also had delivery several times from here — since we live down the street, food arrives within 30 mins (they quote 60 mins). Naan and butter chicken are our favorites.
Edit: food is still good but what’s up with the service? Servers never look me in the eye, always speaks solely to my male partner. Not a fan.

What sets the Bloor location apart from their Mississauga location is the SERVICE! Man who seated and served us was very kind and gentle. Since this restaurant is newer, it’s also a more dim, white table cloth, cavernous atmosphere with a lot of wood beams.
Food is more or less the same as the Burnhamthorpe location. Except Bloor does not have a lunch buffet. :(
I frequent the Burnhamthorpe location and 1 particular waiter there isn’t the most friendliest — at least not to me. I don’t know why. So when he serves me, I don’t feel as welcomed as the other staff.
Another difference is that the Bloor location is slightly more expensive. With certain dishes rice/​naan is not included, so you end up paying a few dollars more. However, sometimes it is worth it to enjoy your dining experience and be treated nicely, as opposed to complete indifference!

I went here on Friday night after reading many good reviews. I didn’t love the stair case leading to the restaurant, but once we got inside all was forgotten. The restaurant is spacious and done in dark wood.
The food was very tasty, though not at all spicy. The hot sauce they bring is great though.
Everything we ordered was on the specialty section of the menu
We had:
The chicken tikka masala
Butter chicken
lamb — incredible sauce!
All were delicious.
The service was excellent every time I’ve been here. I ordered in once and found the portions to be huge :) I highly recommend Bukhara.

This is an amazing spot in Bloor West Village for Indian food! I have only heard great things about this place. I was running some errands in the area and decided to check the place out.
Located downstairs by the Pizza Pizza, the restaurant is a lot bigger and more slightly more formal than expected. The staff is courteous and friendly and helpful making recommdations.
I went with the butter chicken, which was spicy and creamy with large chunks of chicken. ($ 12)
The eggplant Bharta was super fresh and flavourful. I could have eaten then whole dish. ($ 10)
The garlic Naan was more buttery than garlic, but pretty good. ($ 3)
Overall, I had a really good dining experience here and I will be back for sure. They have several paneer dishes that I want to try next time.
The place was quiet for a Thursday night, but they had a lot of pickup orders. There were a few moments where I was the only patron. I wasn’t offered the appetizer crunchy bread basket because I was there on my own. The other tables got them. I felt like I missed out (–1 star).