Chaihana - Tajik-Uzbek Cuisine Restaurant Halal Food Take Out or Dine In Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner at Patio

Enjoyed our family gathering here, the food was amazing and the staff were very accomadating!

As per my Lithuanian friend, Kharcho was served with very less quantity of meat n rice.n meat as traditional Kharcho is served. Khinkali was good. Juicy inside. Pricy as compared to the quality, quantity and location wise. I wouldn’t go again if I find something better.

They were very professional and had great food. There was a customer group beside us who were giving them a very hard time but they were very accommodating and still served them with a smile on their face and apologized many times.

Service was too slow, mistake in order and waitress insisted that the order was given wrong and late, rice was cold, they took it to put in microwave! The waitress kept changing her word to put the blame to the customer. Manager had to be involved to make the order. Overall, this was the worst restaurant that I have ever gone. I do not recommend this place at all.

Can't beat this place in quality to price value.
Absolutely amazing food from Uzbekistan. Nica atmosphere

The Georgian Khinkali and the Lula Kebab were both really good! Highly recommend them both. Stay away from the pilaf though, it was pretty bad.

The server was really nice and polite, but it seemed like she was the only one working in the whole restaurant.

Our first experience with the Central Asian food, very yummy Very courteous and friendly customer service too Ambiance was also very good

Amazing ambience, food and very friendly service. First time tried this cuisine and in love with it. I will go again although it is pricy with somewhat smaller portion size.

Been here with colleagues for lunch. The restaurant is located inside the mall, a bit tricky to find. You don't need to pay for parking if you're visiting this restaurant. Nice atmosphere, the restaurant was bit chilly but the food is Amazing, specially the freshly baked Uzbek bread and kachapuri. Although their service needs improvement.

Plov was very extremely bad, was mostly rice, just tiny bit of carrots and one small piece of old chewy meat. On top of that it was vey expensive.

Chaihana peaked my interest as they specialize in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan food.

The inside is spacious with an abundant of tables and banquet hall in the back. Service is slow and inattentive.

- Lagman ($10.99) - reminded me of a tomato soup with depth. Noodles were passable.
- Salmon shurpa ($10.99) - the dill really elevated the broth to the next level.
- Pilaf ($16.99) - normally comes with clumps of roasted garlic. Osh was still satisfying.
- Lamb shank with braised vegetables ($20.99) - vegetables and lamb jus was delicious. Lamb was tender and succulent. Potatoes would have completed the dish.
- Siberian pelmeni ($9.99) - plump, good filling and a nice elasticity.
- Lulya kebab ($19.99) - home style potatoes were light and crispy. Never were given the garden salad. Skewers were great.

Would return to try more dishes. 4.5 stars.

Great simple restaurant for people who appreciate Uzbek food. I loved this place. But the price increase of the menu items is unreasonable.

Les plats sont sans goût. Le temps d'attente est incroyablement long. On a attendu 1 heure juste pour les entrées. La moitier du menu est invalide en cause de manque de stock. La serveuse était jamais sur place, car elle était dans la cuisine qui était dans un autre salle plus loin. Les clients ont était obligés d'aller chercher les liqueurs tout seuls dans le frigo. Bon je vous invite de bien penser avant de manger dans ce restaurant.

Best of the best food
Service

We had to wait for our food little bit more, but it worth, everything was fresh & delicious

Went for dinner with a group of friends. Colourful interior, really nice decorations on the walls and ceiling. The owner was a very nice lady who helped guide us through the most popular dishes to order and how to eat them best, since it was our first time eating Central Asian Cuisine. The food was well presented, flavourful, and the portion sizes were more than generous. I especially liked the lamb and Baba Ganoush and would highly recommend them. I would most certainly come here again.

The worst service ever! The food was cold, very unorganized… will take an hour and a half to wait for the food to come. Your order few items from the menu and each one of them comes with an hour wait for each …kids were hungry because we had to wait two hours for fries and wings for them. Don’t waste your time and money … horrible, horrible service and the price and portion of the food is unreasonable! I hope they take reviews seriously and would do something to their service …!

The ambience was great. It gives totally cool vibes and makes you feel comfortable.

I ordered the Chicken Tapaka, it was well cooked and the quantity was great. The only thing I felt was the spice level could have been a little better.

People waiting the table and serving the food were humble and really friendly.

The food served is amazing and the portions are decent. The best babaghanoush I've tried as of yet and the bread is a must have as it goes along so well with the babaghanoush.

The plov is great as a meal of its own with decent amount of lamb. The chicken seemd like a brick chicken, but was still juicy. Every dish had a balance of it's own between light and heavy tasting.

As we've not been here before, our server seemed to come off a bit unwelcoming at first but was pretty friendly after and provided recommendations to ensure we had an enjoyable meal.

Food is yummy, staff is very friendly. Makes you feel at home. Went there for lunch, truly enjoyed it.

Poor service. It takes so much time for any dishes to arrive. I have ordered manty (4pcs.) and I have been waiting for them about 50 minutes. All the dishes on the meny are unreasonably priced, and yet, the qiality of food seems to be beloww parnat all. The lunch special which is advertised on their wesbite, is no longer served due to "covid related reasons. " I wouldn't recommend anyone dining in here and wasting your time.

The restaurant is abit hard to locate.
It's inside this huge commercial building.
When we went they only allowed take outs so can't say much about customer service

This was my first time having central Asian food and the lamb soup I had was phenomenal. Also, the owner, Maika was so lovely and I’d definitely like to come back if I lived in the city.

Uzbek cuisine, fresh and delicious. We tried assorted kebabs (one veggie is included), pumpkin manty, tandoori lepyoshka and lagman. Everything was freshly prepared and hot when we picked up. Kebabs were very good: tender meat, no fatty pieces. Will definitely come back to try more from the menu.

First experience with Central Asian food, and it was minutes before closing too. The plov and mantys were delicious.

True Gem. Toronto is lucky to have it. Great food, fair prices, and outstanding atmosphere. Central Asian is difficult to cook in anything, but large quantities. Plov is recommended, Manti and if they have it Kazy. Wide selection of Georgian and Azeri speciality too. Having travelled and gone for research in Central Asia this is as close as your going to get short of travelling there. This place is so special because few central Asian restaurants exist in North America. No, Central Asian is not middle eastern so if you haven't had it it's worth a try. You won't be disappointed.

We ordered 2 chicken kebabs (2 skewers each= 4 skewers total) for takeout. They don't let anyone inside, so I received my order in a parking lot, and there was no way to check what's inside. I opened my order at home - there were a total of 12 pieces of meat inside! That's about 2 skewers! $45 for a single takeout dinner! This place is a scam!

It's an interesting experience to try this restaurant.

Environment: The restaurant is hidden within a building. The restaurant's interior design is pretty depressing with the orange wall, no window and the dim lighting, with chairs and tables scattered around. There was no people when we got there, no customers, no staff. A senior lady only came out when she served food for us. So the impression was that it was run by the senior lady alone. If you expect a delightful environment to dine in, it's not a good place to go, and they didn't offer dine-in either.

Food: We ordered Pilov and Lagman because they are Uzbekistan's national dishes. The Pilov is similar to Uyghur's 手抓饭, while Lagman is similar to Uyghur's 拉条子. They were quite special at the first bite, because of the ingredient they use, and I could taste cumin out of it. But we found them too greasy later soon. The bottom of the Pilov and the top of Lagman were just full of oil. So we didn't finish all of them.

The whole experience was interesting but no amazing. Since I am not sure whether Uzbeki cuisine is oily by its nature, I wouldn't deduct too much scores from them. The verdict is 3/5.

My favorite place! Highly recommend, large portion size, great tasting food and friendly staff.

Absolutely love this place, food is delicious, the restaurant is beautifully decorated, and the owners are lovely

Amazing food with generous portions at reasonable prices. Make sure you try out their plov/pilaf and lamb ribs, both of which are outstanding in their own right.

Quiet homey little place hidden away inside of the mall, the decor inside is beautiful and so are the people working there. The owner is extremely kind and the food is delicious. Definitely worth a try, especially now that they have indoor dining.

Served by the best people. Very delicious food, good prices, nice location with a parking lots. Highly recommend this place!

Never been to this restaurant before, since I live in the United States. Wish I could come here!

Beautiful place with a very friendly and welcoming owner. The meal was clearly made with lots of love and care for our group. I will definitely come back here again and recommend everyone to go!

The best place you can eat. Very kind, caring and helpful staff, excellent kitchen and easy to pickup. I recommend to all.

Awesome taste of food, very friendly staff. One of places that you must visit. We took out food here and that was real pleasure. I didn't eat food with that level of quality for 2 months in Toronto. Level is high.

Amazing food! Served by amazing people. Highly recommend anything on the menu. And if you can’t decide, ask them! Can’t go wrong.

Food was simply amazing, owners are good its a must try halal food for ppl in GTA

1. Mutton ribs / Lamb ribs were 10/10
2. Pilav / Palau was amazing with generous amount of lamb meat 10/10
3. Tandoori Lepyoshka 10/10
4. Beshbarmak (dumpling, meat steak slices, saute onions with some soup) 7/10

Owners were friendly and nice.chef is from azerbaijan.must try!

My friend is from Kazakstan and was looking for a place that serves the food she misses so much! This was the only place in the GTA we could find so we drove about 30 mins to pick-up. The menu is huge and there is a lot to choose from. The person who gave us our food was extremely kind, he even gave us some chocolates since it was around Valentine’s day. Food was really good, my friend said it tasted very authentic. Special shout-out to the Manty with pumpkin, the Baursaki, Lagman (was super hearty and flavourful) and the Borsh. We can’t wait to be able to go sit inside as it looks very pretty in there!

Best pilov in the town! This is my 3rd time, every single time same quality, same kindness, same freshness

Thank you team!

We ordered two soups, tasted like south Asian curry, portions were okay for the price. Plov tasted good but sooo graesy. But the worst part of the order was Kiev cutlet meal which consisted of a cutlet made from 100-125 grams of chicken served with French fries and costed $22. Never going again.

No better time to support local business, and to try some delicious Central Asian food! My dreams of plov have been fulfilled, and there's nothing better than baursaki to soak up the delicious laghman!

This place is my favorite. I visit many restaurants but here I go the most. The team is very affectionate and the cooking they cook is so good. I would always prefer to have a decent dinner in this restaurant. I recommend this place with pleasure.

Tried this place before with my friend and I am addicted since then. I love the awesome ambience and tasty dishes and drinks. They never disappoint.

When i found out about this place i couldn’t wait to be in the area to try it out! But we got disappointed big time. The menu is mix of dishes from all over middle east not just tajik-uzbek, too many choices but nothing we ordered was outstanding. And the worst part i think they bbq beef and lamb same time and our beef had very vivid smell of lamb. Cant say i will be back.

I havent been to this place, but I wonder if the food is halal. Is it? I have given 5 stars presumably the food is great

Decoration and unique food amazed me the most. Staff was very nice. The cheese pie was the best thing ever. Matter-of-fact every dish was freaking delicious. Chaihana where u bin all my life.

Hidden gem in the truest sense, I would have never found it if it wasn't for that Instagram post my wife saw. Beautiful atmosphere, only to be outdone by the fantastic food offerings. Fabulous service for a well deserved 5 stars. Lamb ribs were to die for. I'd be a lucky man if I can have that as my last bite. Owner Meka (sp) was gracious and kind. What a delightful experience. If you want to try the exoctic menu items, go early or call ahead.
Reservation is recommended. Wheelchair accessible.

Them Lagman is perfect but Olivie Salad isn't good (I also can recommend Pilav and Chachapury. And I don't like it here because it's noisy place, but if need to order some food it will Chaihana.

Thank you for the wonderful experience at your restaurant! Delicious food, friendly atmosphere, excellent service! Thank you, Anna for your efficient, professional and friendly service! Definitely will come back

Visited on Feb 1 in the evening. Ordered chebureki, samosas, pilaf, lagman, manty with pumpkin and lamb kebab. Meat kebab was terrible, mear was clearly not fresh, we couldn't even tried it. Lagman noodles were soggy, broth was too thick. Very disappointing experience especially as a representation of central asian cuisine in Canada.

Food was reasonably good. Salad was over onions.food priced on the higher side. Cutlery was old and not presentable and plates were not clean.

As a Kabob junkie, I can tell you that the kabobs here were TOP notch. Don’t miss the BabaGhanoush with the fresh baked bread. Salads were a bit to heavy on onions for my taste but every other food was very high quality.
We went with a group of 20 adults and kids on a Sunday night when there was a small wedding party happening in a hall to the immediate back which belongs to the restaurant. We were allowed in felt very welcome!

Amazing aromas, great decor, superb borsch, superior chicken skews, surprising dumplings, but not a good place for vegetarians.

The heart felt place that always welcomes central Asian community, even at very sad times like today: a farewell lunch with the family of an international student Damir Kussain from Kazakhstan who studied at Centennial college in Toronto. Thank you to Chaikhana for sharing your empathy with family and friends.

Hummus was good, pickles plate was good.
For the main dish, I had the vegetable kabob meal (I'm vegan). It was a partly-grilled tomato, burned zucchini and a partly-grilled bell pepper. That main dish was pretty bad overall.

I consider this place to be one of the most delicious among any other Middle East restaurant. Pilaf and pastries are amazing here. Recently I taste their Azerbaijan cuisine, and it definitely worth it. Their Saj was so delicious. By the way, two weeks ago I ordered a huge delivery from them, food arrived on time and hot, plus they gave me so many different cold appetizers and a dessert as a compliment. Highly recommend!