The peas in the paneer dish tasted like they'd been frozen, thawed, frozen again, thawed again. They were like really hard chalk. The paneer didn't taste good either; it had a really bad texture. The biryani was way too oily, and not flavorful. The portions were miserably small. I definitely won't be coming back here. read more

We came as a group of 25 for dinner. We initially didn't know the restaurant only seats around 35 people, so we took up most of the restaurant. The service staff were very patient with us throughout the night despite the difficulty of us ordering a la carte instead of from a prix fixe menu. Understandably the kitchen was a bit swamped, but the food was still very excellently prepared. We tried a lot of their appetizers, and the group seemed to particularly enjoy the fish tikka and murg malai tikka. I had the Goan fish curry paired with lachha parantha and it was simply exquisite. The curries are probably not that spicy, but still very aromatic and flavourful. Overall, a delightful experience at very reasonable price, especially considering its location in Yorkville. read more

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Super convenient location. Super lovely deco. It is my first time trying Indian cuisine. And it was such an amazing experience. Ordered garlic naan and butter chicken according to the staff's recommendation and they all turn out to be good choice. The chicken itself is tender, but kind of dry. But the sauce is art. I will say it's clean and refresh. After you finish, only the fragrance of spice stay in your mouth, not the curry. The garlic naan is also chewy enough. I ordered butter naan later. And I really really love it. The outer layer is crispy, while the inner layer is chewy. You can smell the wonderful butter. For me, most restaurants are delicious, but nothing impressive. But this one is not only delicious, but "wow"!! read more

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Visited here for a friend's birthday dinner. The restaurant is small without feeling too cramped and decently well-kept. The food was largely agreed upon to be delicious! I had an extra spicy chicken jalfrezi with garlic naan. It was incredibly flavourful and packed a punch with its heat! The naan was an excellent accompaniment. The portions are a little on the smaller side for the price given that this is Indian food, but we are in Yorkville after all. My one qualm is the service, which was inattentive at times and nearly bordered on inept. While I know big groups (we had 8 people) are difficult to deal with, we had reserved ahead, and they took some time once our party had arrived to get to us. Perhaps this is a personal preference, but I expect the provision of water to be generally automatic and that was not the case. They were also hard to flag down throughout our meal: at one point we nearly had to go to them to explain that there was an issue with the appetizer they provided. I also asked to get my bill earlier than the rest of the party as I had to leave and this request went ignored. When we did get a bill, the waitress spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out separate totals, only to give me the wrong one and become vexed when I corrected her. Again, groups can be tough to deal with. In any case, the food is delicious! read more

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Okay Indian place in Yorkville. Decent portioned lunch special with soup, salad and samosa included with one lunch item. I has the butter chicken with that. Everything was pretty decent. read more

This is a really great Indian restaurant in the Yorkville area. Their naan is good and the service is friendly. I've tried the butter chicken and lamb saag. Both dishes are very flavorful. This is definitely my go-to place for Indian food downtown. read more

I found the service here to be adequate although a little bit slow at times. I got the car was decent and I found the space to be fairly clean all the tables could use a bit of work. The food wasn't actually the greatest and I have had Chinese food that is significantly better for lower price. I think that's what it actually comes down to, the fact that it's quite expensive here for what is offered. It would be nice if the quality of the food was higher and the flavors tasted a bit more authentic. I also had to remind my server a few times to bring items that we ordered. read more

Came here for a quick lunch.... lunch specials are great. Had the butter chicken with some extra spice and boy, was it hot! The rice was nice and fluffy. The naan was soft and crispy. The staff are super attentive and the owner is very friendly. read more

I felt compelled to write a review because the food at this place was truly terrible. I got takeout from here because it was the closest Indian place to my hotel with decent reviews. I was really looking forward to the food after a long day. Specially the lachha paratha. I was sadly extremely disappointed. I had gotten the chicken Kashmiri korma, dal makhni, butter naan and lachha paratha. The quantities were more than generous and the food was hot. But the good part ends there. All of it completely lacked flavor. I do not understand how they managed to make the dal super spicy and completely flavorless at the same time. The chicken was just ok, kind of sweet but also completely lacking flavor. The most disappointing were the breads. The butter naan was rubbery. They had either oversized the dough or kept it frozen or both. But the worst thing was the paratha. I don't think whoever runs this restaurant knows what a lachha paratha is. They took that same rubbery naan and fried it with some spices to call it lachha paratha. No layers, no flakiness, not even the right kind of dough. The prices at this place are not cheap. To serve such atrocities in the name of Indian food is a shame. I have a hard time wasting food. So, I put the generous amounts of leftovers in the fridge but I don't think I can bring myself to eat this again. It was that bad. read more

We had the lamb korma and chicken tikka masala with basmati rice. Both dishes tasted great! The ambience was nice, and the service was good as well. We would definitely come back again! read more

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I've always been welcomed here with a warm smile and delicious food! My husband and I are vegetarian and usually order a couple of the veggie entries and the lecha parathas and they never disappoint. The bhindi masala and the achari paneer are my favorite! The parathas are fluffy and flaky. The decor is cozy, bright and clean, and I really enjoy the modern art pieces - very different from the typical kitschy photos at other Indian restaurants. I've found the service to be quick and very welcoming every time I've been here, at least thrice, probably more times now. Thank you for that! read more

Went in on a Sunday night, only one other table was there. Which consisted of 4 people if i remember correctly. Looked like they ordered food and received it. I've heard good things about this place. Since I couldn't get a spot at another restaurant came here. Usually food is a higher importance to me but Customer Service is very important to me as well as I've been in the industry for years now. We sat down (2 of us). Given water promptly and menus. Great. We're ready to order, we put our menus down, close them. International sign for "we're ready to order", few minutes pass. Two guys are chatting at the front counter, occasionally looking at us. 15 minutes pass after putting our menu down. I stare him in the eye, he looked at me twice and looked away. I'm absolutely livid, i've never experienced anything like this. I go up to ask him, at this point being frustrated "How long do you guys wait before taking our order", he just says "Yeah" and just gets back on the phone. I couldn't believe it. Restaurant only had 1 other party. With two servers, and we waited around 20 minutes to get served after menus were given to us. I left immediately and went to Paramount around the corner. Got better service by a "chain" restaurant. Thats how you do things right. I usually don't write yelp reviews, but hopefully the owner sees this and can fix this issue. Then maybe i'll give them a second chance. (This happened on June 18, 2017 @ around 7pmish?) read more

I am so happy that this place delivers! I am pretty picky when it comes to having North Indian food, and this place makes my taste buds happy. I have a few key dishes that I just generally love and this place does them very well- chicken tikka masala ( amazing) and saag paneer. For those of you who have never tried a Latcha Parantha- give it a go. Its basically a roti that has been layered and cooked in a tandoor. It is beautiful. I heart Utsav Ps. the nicest people ever! read more

This place has grown on me. It's a small restaurant downstairs to the Chinese restaurant Dynasty. Small, but quiet. I think the word is quaint! I would say this has become my favorite restaurant in the yorkville area. I think it's a small operation here, probably a family business. I say this because i think the service is really good here. The low noise level is also good for conversation as well. I keep coming back here though for the fish curry. The first time i had it, i found myself thinking, it's good but nothing that would keep me coming back... Little did i know :) it's mild in flavor, not a lot of zip or zings. It's strangely this aspect of it that when i want fish curry, i think of utsav. And i mean this in the nicest way, because i do come back here for it. This last time we also got the sag paneer and veggie pilau. Yum! I thought everything tasted so good. Good food, good atmosphere, good service. Couldn't ask for more! read more

Undoubtedly, Utsav claims the title for favourite Indian restaurant in Toronto. This is also my favourite restaurant by far in Yorkville. This quaint restaurant is tucked under a small flight of stairs right at the mouth of Yorkville avenue. Your typical meal starts out with a delicious complimentary appetizer- Papadum. Papadum is a lentil cracker with black lentil flour and masala spices. This appetizer comes with chutneys of jam and mint to dip in. I really love the ambience of this restaurant. It's cozy and endearing. The restaurant is family run and the owner is extremely courteous and accommodating. My favourite dish is the shrimp malai curry with mild cashew cream sauce. This dish just melts in your mouth: a potpourri of sweetness, umami, delicate seasoning and all things good in life. I never leave the restaurant unhappy after eating this dish. I would also recommend the Sag Paneer (cottage cheese smothered in seasoned and tempered spinach) and Lamb Khorma. The curry is way more than enough for one person, especially if you order Nan and rice with it. The only caveat of this restaurant is that it is small, with seating for only maybe 20-25 people. Make sure to get reservations if you are coming here for weekends. read more

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5 stars for food, 3 for the service. Kind of unfortunate because this restaurant has such huge potential to be a 5 star restaurant. Service is a bit slow so be prepared to wait (even for your bill). Now, let's talk about the food. By far one of the best Indian food I've tried in the city. They have many different options, including vegetarian dishes. And every dish is made with tradition and mouth-watery flavours in mind. The food was a hit! I would definitely recommend this place. Go before 6pm to avoid crowds. And I'm not sure if I'd recommend coming here in larger groups (the place is a bit on the small side). read more

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Not impressed. I ordered takeout: Mulligatawny Soup, Baingan Ka Bhartha and Bhindi Bhaji. First of all, the soup tasted like water crackers. The eggplant was okay but a bit lackluster in flavour. Texture was much to be desired. It was really quite indistinguishable from Iams. Ugh. The okra was just okay. I enjoyed that it was not complete mush on my basmati rice. I might give Utsav another shot. read more

One the best Indian food I've had! It's a hidden gem. Butter chicken - extra spicy and I love how its a good balance of tomato sauce and spices. Paneer - so rich that it's makes you want to order more Biryani - I ordered vegetarian, chicken, lamb(not my favorite) read more

Delicious! I came here for lunch with my parents over Easter weekend. The restaurant was sparsely populated which had me worried at first, but I guess there just weren't a lot of people out over Easter. I would be really surprised if this place wasn't packed for regular lunch service on a Saturday. We ordered three dishes to share amongst the three of us with rice, naan and roti on the side. The Matar Paneer and Chana Masala both packed a punch which I really enjoyed. The Chicken Tikka Masala was a bit lighter on the spice, but made up for it with lots of large tender chunks of chicken. Overall it was a fantastic dining experience. read more

I have not been here before my recent visit, despite working a block away. Why? Not sure, but I really enjoyed the food. It is small, so reservations are probably a good idea. I went with a small group so was able to sample the lamb saag, lamb madrasi and chicken masala. I enjoyed all three dishes. These are northern indian style curries, which is my preference. My only complaint is that their menu is quite small. But perhaps they simply like to keep it to the things they do best, which isn't a bad thing. These were all lunch specials - salad, rice, naan and a dish, $10. You get a lot of food considering the price. Service was pleasant. I'm definitely going to go back. read more

Amazing lunch special portions!! Comes with rice, salad and chewy fresh naan. You walk in there and there's tones of Indians sitting down for lunch. That's how you know it's good. Highly recommended. read more

I read good reviews for this place and decided I wanted to order from here since they were so close. I ordered the chicken tikka masala and the Paneer makhani. While the chicken was good, the paneer was awful, to say the least. The Paneer tasted as if it was from the 'Ready to Eat' packets by MTR. The restaurant thinks they can serve their customers readymade dishes and charge ~$12 for it. If you decide to go to this place, I would suggest you to stay away from Paneer dishes. I wouldn't go here again! read more

2 reasons that the 5 stars went to 3 stars - bland food and inexperienced service. I ordered my chicken saag and felt it was on the bland side, no kick to it really. Other thing that really, really, did not make ANY sense to me - FOOD DOES NOT COME WITH RICE. You have to order it! What kind of crap is that? That's like going out for sushi and paying extra to have rice on your sushi roll! Prices were expensive enough for the amount of food/quality/NO RICE, so why charge for the rice? My friend and I were very annoyed with our waitress by the end of dinner. I don't appreciate being asked, "you know that 1 naan is 4 pieces, you ordered 2 naan so that's 8." Yes, I'm aware, I just love naan. She also prematurely picked up our plates, did not ask if we wanted boxes but instead started picking up our food and I said hey, we want boxes! Was annoying with water service (too many interruptions) and did not understand the paying with credit card thing. It seemed to confuse her. The last thing that drove me to write this review is that she packed both my friend and I's dishes in the same to go box. I got chicken, and my friend is vegetarian. Way to go, my friend couldn't even eat her leftovers. Not to mention there was some food missing from the box! Anyway, that was my experience with the place. Food and service are just okay, nothing spectacular for the price you pay. read more

On the most recent Toronto visit, another visit to Utsav was in store. The owner is so nice and accommodating, and of course the food is delicious. Once again, it didn't disappoint. The food was wonderful and the atmosphere in this tiny place is just perfect. Comfortable, quiet and calming...especially after a long day of sightseeing and shopping. read more

Their butter chicken is so so so weird. Its less creamy and buttery than what I'm used to, and very strangely sweet. Almost as if they add honey or some type of sweetener. And the sauce is more of a tomato sauce than cream sauce...It really throws me off and uh, no thanks, wont order ever again. I understand that different regions in the India have their variations on Butter Chicken - but the one at Utsav is not to my preference, too sweet and tomatoey. Their chickpea masala is over salted and unremarkable. I've called ahead multiple times to place pick up orders and nine times out of ten, they always make me wait as if they just begin making the dish when I walk through the door. Meh. Gave it a few chances and wont be returning when there are better Indian joints around the corner. read more

Four of us ventured out on a cold winters night in search of some spicy food to warm our cooling bodies. One of our party had been to Utsav previously and recommended we give it a try. The restaurant itself has a warm feeling to it. Although very small, it's very comfortable and not once did we feel "crammed" into our table. We ordered: Paneer Archari (Cheese pieces in a Masala sauce) Channa Masala (Chick peas in a spicy sauce) Gosht Biryani (Basmati rice with Lamb and Saffron) Basmati Rice (white rice) Chicken Tikka Masala (Chicken in a spicy Masala/Tomato sauce) 3 beers 1 Diet Coke 2 Earl Grey Tea 1 Coffee The food was very tasty, with the Gosht Biryani being the 5 star dish and the Channa Masala being the 1 star dish (while it was good, it was far from spicy). The CTM was good, but I've tasted better at other Indian restaurants. PA was good. One member of our group who claimed to love Indian food, turned beet red from the heat of the dishes and went through 4 fairly large glasses of water (plus a beer). She found the food to be spicy. The other 3 of us thought that it lacked heat and the depth of flavours that Indian Food is known for. So, in summary, a decent little place in Yorkville. If I was in the neighbourhood I would likely dine here again....but I wouldn't drive downtown just to go here. Waitstaff were very friendly and unobtrusive. They raise the standard for smiles that other restaurants seem to be lacking. Only real issues were the tea and coffee. Coffee was instant and the water for the tea was tepid (which competed ruins a decent cupper). Dinner for 4, with drinks and tax came to $92.02 read more

I love Utsav. Well-spiced food. What more could I want? Their butter chicken is flavourful. It tastes great and they are able to do a sweet and spicy version. mmm! The veggie pakoras are yummy. Love the garlic naan. Bland dishes don't exist here. They keep our usual order on file so it's quick & easy. They have only ever let me down once. I headed there with some colleagues for lunch. When we asked for some takeaway containers the waitress brought dirty containers. It looked as though someone had spilled some food on the lids. Sigh. Sooo embarrassing. If the food wasn't so yummy that would have been it for me, but yummmm so good! read more

The restaurant itself was small (seats ~30) and a bit cramped, but everything was and bright and clean. I got the butter chicken lunch special for $9.95, which included: - a small salad (disliked the dressing) - 8 pieces of warm, chewy naan - butter chicken with 7 pieces of chicken - rice Not the best butter chicken I've ever had, but still very good, especially once the value is taken into account. read more

Excellent butter chicken & lamb vindaloo. Naan bread is always served hot and fresh! Friendly staff & casual atmosphere. One of the best Indian restaurants in Toronto :) read more

Popped in here with friends after a visit to the ROM. Had naan bread and app share plate. Everything was delicious. Fresh tasting and full of flavour. The Raita was a hit. Hard to pick which sauce was best, but I'm pretty sure the chutney was made in house. Spectacular nonetheless. Definitely recommend. read more

The food is actually good. I am pretty surprised as I know my Indian food and usually it is hard to find good Indian restaurants downtown. They have some good lunch specials. The only thing is that place is tiny. Reservations are recommended for lunch or dinner. I had the lamb saag and it was very good. You get a very small side salad, naan and rice with the dish. The portion is pretty good and not small at all. read more

We can't express how delighted we are after great great dinner. The food is fantastic taste, fantastic quality.Great ambiance and good music. Not like typical Indian music which even they don't listen back in India. Atmosphere was like Toronto with Indian food. It is must go place. We are visiting Toronto from US and we want something similar back home at Dallas.: -) Me and wife are super foodie and we eat almost anyplace. Believe me, for Indian food, this is the place. We walked 30 mins in search for this place but it was worth coming here. Worth every penny and efforts!! Must go !!! read more

Very good Indian food. The staff is friendly and explains the dishes well. They have good recommendation according to what you're looking for and in terms of quantity or spicyness. A good address with decent prices given the area. read more

Really good Indian. Got the Chicken Tikka and it was awesome. Great naan too. read more

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Good place for lunch at bloor. Their lunch specials are very filling and value for money

This little place has some of the best indian food I've ever had. I'm not an expert by any means so don't think I'm qualified to pronounce on such things, but I know what I like, and this was great. The restaurant itself is tiny and we had to be squeezed into a little two seater that should have been reserved as a coat rack, but it was busy and we were hungry. The service is very friendly and I got the impression this is a family-run business from the kitchen to the waitstaff. I'd probably eat here again out of all the places in Yorkville if I was ever in the neighbourhood again. read more

had a great relaxng time here Saturday evening. Very friendly staff. We had the Jhinga tandoori, Baigan ka bartha, Bhindi bhaji, channa masala and garlic naan. I love Indian... and this place gets an A+ in my book because it was full of flavor and spice... minus all the salt and extra oil. the healthiest/cleaniest Indian I've had in a while! read more

Cozy, intimate restaurant in Yorkville. My spice tolerance is pretty bad so for people like me, I would recommend the shrimp malai curry. It was creamy and delicious with just a hint of spiciness. Our meal came with complimentary papadam along with a couple chutneys which were pretty tasty. For dessert I got the Gulab jamun which was a tad too sweet for my taste. From what I remember, the dishes were fairly priced too. read more

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Amazing food and great service!!! They have good quality prepared from fresh ingredients. And also staffs are friendly. Thanks

We had the mattar paneer, spiced okra, naan and achar. The food was all excellent (very spicy!), but the service, while friendly, was very slow, because they only had one server to handle service & bussing for the whole place (9 tables). They need at least one more person. We had to wait about 45 minutes after finishing our meal to have our food boxed up and to check out. Highly recommend the lentil soup, which is some of the best I've ever had. read more