Chaihana

High price… Food varieties is bad … In general if you wan to enjoy Uzbek food don’t go there … It is not even restaurant … It is like some sort of banquette place with very overpriced low quality food…

Let this be a warning to all that want to try this place (Trust me, you will thank me). I had ordered the chicken tabaka, which came out to around $ 14. When the food arrived… the chicken looked like it had been run over by a truck and the truck had reversed and ran it over again countless times. The «Georgian herbs and spices» advertised is just 1 ingredient — GARLIC. If vampires did exist, this would definitely be my weapon of choice. I felt like the garlic was to cover the taste of the meat, which may have gone bad. I felt extremely sick after and wanted to throw up.
You have been warned! Who needs stakes for vampires when you got Chicken Tabaka???

Upon entering I found the high ceiling and central Asian, Uzbek prints & decorum to be lovely.
The restaurant was spacious, clean and had a homey feel.
Sadly the experience only declined from then on.
Our waiter was great but the food was not.
The meats were tough and although served with a bed of onions, you could not taste it nor the seasoning (cumin etc) .
The samsa, non and lamb tasted microwaved.
My company and I left disappointed. It’s a new restaurant so hopefully there is a turn around in a positive direction.

Food ³⁄₅: blended, simple, small portions, no flavor except for 1 sauce.
Service ⁴⁄₅: the are friendly and attentive. Personal using wireless headphones to pass your order but it looks funny and not necessary in empty restaurant.
Location ²⁄₅: its an addition to a night club. Its not an stand alone restaurant. Paid parking. No good view. They have 2 levels. 1 its like you are at cheap ugly mall and 2^nd is so high and there is so many loud sounds coming from club rehearsal. Its not comfortable. Looks like whole restaurant just an «who cares» addition.
Price ²⁄₅: $$$. other «Russian» restaurants are cheaper or better.
Will NOT be back!

It smells funny when you walk in.
They had a 10 year old taking our order.
I personally did not enjoy any of the food items but it could possibly be just a personal preference.
The vinegar on our table had about 10 fruit flies floating around in it so we told one of the waitresses who then went around the empty restaurant replacing all the vinegars.
I will never go back.

Finally, a Central Asian restaurant in Toronto!
This place is located in a non-​description office building at Finch and Dufferin — it occupies space inside the building and is not visible from the street. It is a large bilevel place with a huge adjoining banquet room. The cheerful orange décor has a pleasant oriental flair.
The food is excellent. It is mostly Uzbek with a few dishes from other countries. Try the delicious spicy carrot salad, the shurpa soups, the semi-​flat leposhka bread and the little kutabi pies. We all had the plov (rice pilaf) as a main dish and it was wonderful. They also have a wide assortment of kebabs, which we have not tried yet.
It helps to have a Russian speaker in your party, as English is somewhat limited. But the service was very gracious and friendly.
I hope they will add a few more main dishes to their menu in the future — would like to see a bit more variety of non-​kebab offerings. But would highly recommend this as a new addition to the diversity of cuisine in Toronto.