Mainsha Restaurant — Restaurant in Toronto

When you see a sign that says "All day Tuesday special: $4.50", you HAVE to try it to see what the catch is. Turns out, there is no catch; just good food at extremely good value.

Service/ Atmosphere: I can't say much about the atmosphere and the service since I usually get the food to-go, but it's a nice homey place. The cashier is nice and even packs extra napkins when I got the oxtail (much appreciated). I guess they never ask if I need more than one fork, but these dishes are a perfect fit for one anyway.

Food: As mentioned before, I've gotten the Tuesday specials as well as the large oxtail.

The Tuesday special comes out to 4.50 and gives you a good amount of rice, coleslaw (optional), gravy (optional) and offers a choice of 3 types of chicken: jerk, fried or barbecue. Honestly, in this day, this much variety for a freshly-made meal at this price point is unthinkable.

Concerning the taste of the special, it's good. At this price point, I shouldn't care about the taste, but it's good food. The chicken is the main star, the coleslaw's slight sweetness helps with the richness of the chicken, the gravy adds on good flavour and the rice soaks up all the leftover and fills you up.

This is the kind of meal that I would be completely fine paying 10 dollars for (and I have; tip your local restaurants). If you buy it on not a Tuesday, it costs around 8.50 for a similar size, which is still good value.

The oxtail is a bit more pricey at around 15 dollars, but still a good eat. My only complaint is that the meat was a bit bone heavy. Napkins are mandatory when eating this oxtail and it may not be for the impatient. Taste wise, still great.

Overall: Over the past 4 weeks, I discovered this place and have probably eaten from here at least 5 times. This is the kind of place that you tell your friends and family about. It's not pretty enough to get you Instagram followers, but you're doing a disservice to yourself and your wallet if you're in the area and you don't try it

5/5 It's not perfect, but the price value is undeniably good, making it worth a...

Sooo disappointed. Ordered ackee and salt fish with provisions and even paid $6+ extra to upgrade to a large. I received a large portion of provisions, about 25% of the ackee/saltfish that I should have received and then the rest was shredded cabbage that was used to try to hide the provisions and make the container appear fuller. Not to mention the flavour itself was bland and watered down. A 1-star review is very generous. If the restaurant does not have the food quantity/quality available to fulfill a customer's order PROPERLY, then should not accept the...

Would not order a fish from them again not even to eat from there I went in today to buy brown stew fish I got a small when u got the fish to go eat the fish is from NOFRILS the red fish that's in the bag with the head missing I believe 3 or 6 pieces come in the bag that is what they have serving ppl RIDDICLOUS!! I thought I was getting a nice red snapper nope it was nofrils fish in a bag very upset I wasted my money i had to throw out the fish i just eat the rice and veggie and drink the juice will not buy...