My Roti Place/My Dosa Place — Restaurant in Toronto

NTS: Roti is made from wheat flour (atta), Dosa is made from rice. Roti tastes like a pita, Dosa has a unique pancake-like taste. "Eating dosa will make you hungry faster compared to roti. Nutrition wise dosa is better than roti since the batter is a combination of rice, urad dal (mung bean) and fenugreek seeds. Roti is just wheat flour and water." Rotis here come with a small gulab jamun dessert, meanwhile Dosas don't.

2nd visit: Came with a colleague (IM), 10 minutes before the lunch time rush, and got seats so we could dine in. Had a chicken tikka (spiced chicken, boneless) dosa (chicken, onions, peppers, spices). Thin crispy dosa, consumed very fresh as a dine-in order. Came with tomato+onion sauce (spicy chutney), coconut sauce (coconut chutney), and a coriander type soup (called sambar - pigeon pea lentils, tamarind and a unique spice blend called sambar powder). Lifted the folded round dosa up to form a pyramid like shape, then broke up pieces of the thin crispy dosa (pancake) to scoop up the chicken and dipped it into the various 2 sauces and soup. Started by dipping my dosa into the sauces 1 at a time, then started combining them 2s and 2s then all 3. Cool flavour combinations. Then finished with drinking the soup at the end. Was very authentic, and delicious.

1st visit: Came with a colleague (IM). Had a Build My Own Roti - Turmeric Roti with Chicken as my meat and Superior Butter Masala. My Roti was a fat wrap, which I like, and it tasted great. IM had a chicken Dosa (we both sampled each other's, and my colleague says the flavours are fantastic and very authentic). However my Roti could be crispier and less soggy, but the Dosa was very crispy. Also came with a small gulab jamun dessert (seems like they make these in house) - delicious.

We had dine-in, but there are only around 16 total seats in the place. In the future, we could eat on the picnic tables by...

Update: I used to be a regular customer and quiet a fan of their food and this place but off lately they have not been good! The quality of food and the service have both left a lot to be desired for. I ordered delivery and the Biryani tasted off and chicken was super dry! The other time I placed a pick up order and when I reached to pick it up they told me they didn’t receive the order. Which was a complete lie! And then eventually they admitted receiving the order but made an excuse that it was received ‘20 mins late’ and hence they needed 25 mins more to prepare it. When I asked to cancel it since I had already spent 17 mins waiting for the order and didn’t plan on spending next half hour there. They told me they can’t cancel. And after 5 mins the same lady at counter front asked if I wanted to cancel it! It was so ridiculous and the lack of acknowledgment of the inconvenience was disrespectful. When I requested the person at the front desk if it can be prioritized and done first, she told me no! Like zero sense of regret for the delay which was purely on your end and because of no fault of your customer! 25 mins after placing the order and 10 mins after waiting to pick up your another employee comes up to ask if I still want my order or not! Implying in the conversation that potentially I am some Uber or ritual pick up person, so basically you have different level of treatment for pick up people. The surprise on your face on realizing that I was just a customer and not a courier showed how the level of treatment and service changes based on these labels! Shameful to say! Never ever spending a...

This place was the most exciting surprise of Summer of 2019! In it's opening week, I came here 5 days IN A ROW! And to respond to a reviews here saying "if you're Indian you won't like this place"... I'm Indian and I LOVE this place. I initially went for the dosa, which I really like (and the sambar is so wonderfully spicy and nice amount of tamarind to make it tangy), but the roti has really won me over. My favourite is the spinach lamb. The mango lassi is good too. And you get complimentary gulab jamun with every order (just a tiny portion of it, but enough to get a sweet treat).

But it's the service and attention to personal relationship that keeps me coming back. The owner is often there overseeing and makes a point of introducing himself to the customers and asking about their experience what he can do to make it better. I've also gotten to know a few of the people who work there and everyone is so warm and really tries their best to give you the best experience. Every so often my order was wrong, but they went above and beyond to correct it. I honestly think it's because there is so much demand and they're trying to keep up and there's only so much room behind the counter for more staff members. More than anything, I appreciate the effort to make things right and the attention respecting customer experience.

I really love having a new neighbourhood restaurant where "everyone...