Chaihana - North York, Ontario

First time ever in a Uzbek restaurant and had a great experience. Traditional soup and Khachapuri was a great introduction to Uzbeki food. Too bad they had run out of Pilaf, another time may be.

Thank you Chaihana staff and the National Venue for the amazing services provided to my staff party. The attention to details such as dietary restrictions from our group was truly commendable. This is the second year receiving Catering and Venue rental and I look forward to the next year for your ... services. Especially thanks to Marjorie, Paul and CJ Read more

Avoid this place: Disgusting food, rude and deceptive service! I just got back from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan recently so I wanted to show Uzbek food to him. Oh it was such a mistake to pick this location. Here is everything that disappointed us: 1. When we went there was only one table ... that was occupied but my friend and I were painted to the corner table where the wall decorations hit your face. 2. The server was pretty rude. 3. The food was disgusting - how can an Uzbek place make such a bad Plov. It was so sticky and mushy and devoid of taste. 4. Not only that we also ordered some Baursaki which was not great and then some Kebab which tastes really bad and dry. The whole Kebab dish had more fries and then anything worth eating. 5. We also got some Mantis which were disgusting too and came without any dips. 6. All the appetizers came after the main food and every dish came 30 mins after the previous one. So by the time the last dish came out our appetite was completely gone. We barely ate half of what we ordered. 7. We asked for water, so the server said we wanted Kampot instead and we said okay. The server never said that it was not free. So we kept refilling our glasses with Kampot instead of water not knowing we were being billed every time. That was very deceptive behavior. 8. Lastly the Google map said it opens at 12pm but they don't open till 1pm. Not sure if the hosts can be blamed for it but ruined the experience as we went there and had to wait around 30 mins. 9. One more thing: I could never imagine an Uzbek place to not have Lagman. Read more

Restaurant is very hidden and quiet, located inside the GoodLife Fitness building. I had the Kutab with Meat and Cheburek ($6.99 each) to start. They were both good and crispy, I enjoyed the Cheburek more. I ordered the Beshbarmak ($18.99) which was interesting and yummy. My only one complaint is that ... the slices of beef were very dry, tough and bland. Read more

I've had such high hopes for this restaurant but once I made the visit I realized it wasn't worth driving for an hour to get there. The food was OK. The soup was great but I'm not a soup guy. The pilav was below expectations as it tasted more like ... fried rice. The zatar bread was amazing. The host was extremely nice but he was the only one there and the food took forever to come. It looked as if they weren't expecting anyone to come. Owners need to pay more attention to this gem. Read more