Agra Fine Indian Cuisine

Not really a fine food/​dining restaurant,
Your regular India buffet style place. Not bad if you’re looking to stuff yourself with Indian food with a bunch of co-​workers and then split the bill evenly.

Food was bland. I ordered chicken tikka masala and the chicken was on the raw side. Giving 3 stars for the hospitality.

I ordered the AGRA PALACE DINNER (COMBO)[A superb combination of tandoori chicken, reshmi kabob, jumbo prawn, lamb Kodai Gosht, vegetables of the day-​which was Chana masala, pulao rice and naan bread]-for two. Their website says «You will call this a real feast”-A bold statement! And they didn’t live up to it. I will never be ordering from this place again… Neither will I be going there —-like ever! So, here’s the good, bad and the ugly:
The good: The lady taking the order was courteous, pleasent and nice.(as one must be in the service industry) What I liked though is the she was willing to accommodate my request to change one item from their combo-​I wanted to try their butter chicken instead of the lamb kadai gosht. She informed me of the delivery time and said there maybe delays due to the weather (it was snowing). I liked that– she gave me a heads up so I was prepared-​there were no surprises! The other good part was the way food was packed. They were all packed neatly in aluminium foil containers which kept the food hot when we opened it. I can’t tell you how much it bothers me when restaurants use Styrofoam to pack their hot food.
The bad and the ugly: When I proceeded to inquire of any gluten content in my order, I was faced with the question-​what is gluten?! Seriously? I mean I don’t expect everyone in the world to know about celiac disease/​gluten allergies but I do expect People running a business in the food industry to bloody well be aware of all food related allergies. Next, lets discuss the food: The pulao was good and so was the Chana Masada. But what completely put me off was the tandoori kababs and the butter chicken. The tandoori stuff tasted like they were a day old if not more. The shrimp was disgusting! I had to spit it out of my mouth after taking a bite of it. What was prepared in the name of butter chicken made me want to barf! Have you ever tasted Maggi instant tomato soup? Yes. Im referring to the powder that you get in satches-​the kind that you mix with hot water and let boil. Remember those? How would you feel if that was used as a sauce for your butter chicken? Won’t you be disgusted? Yup! That was my reaction. Need I say more? I think not. You get the point right? Now I’m questioning every item on their menu. Well, don’t be like me. Just don’t eat their food. Find something else.

I ate at Agra with a couple of friends a little while back and although the food was tasty what did me in was a creepy, crawly cockroach that ran across the table when we were about to get up to get dessert. A COCKROACH!!! a gentleman that worked there saw me vigorously shaking my jacket and asked if everything was okay. I told him what happened in a whisper as I didn’t want to embarrass him in front of the other patrons. He apologized profusely and showed me his ORKIN invoice that stated the restaurant had been sprayed the day prior. What did we get in return for our horrible experience? A free bottle of beer that he canceled off of our bill… THAT’S IT! WOW!!! I would never go back again which is really too bad because the food was tasty. Tasty but obviously a dirty establishment!

Indian food from hell
I am a foodie and Agra was neither fine nor authentic Indian food. Terrible customer service, below average food, low on quantity and extremely overpriced. I would HIGHLY recommend you to not eat here. Plenty of better options for Indian food, skip Agra for your own good. I wish I could give it a negative star rating but I unfortunately can’t :(

My favourite Indian restaurant! The butter chicken at this place is the BEST in the city. If Indian foods were low in calories, I’d come here every other day for the lunch buffet. The selection is great and tastes amazing, but I always end up eating the butter chicken and naan only.

Standard Indian lunch buffet.
I only go here because of the location. There are two carts filled with several types of curries, veges, chicken, desserts. Food is OK only because there is selection. I don’t think the flavours are really there and that the oil they use is not the best. I’ve been to better Indian restaurants in London, Ontario unfortunately.
But I’m a sucker for gulab and the ones here are good. Not sure how often I’ll come back just for the gulab and rice pudding!

Small Indian restaurant, with nice décor. $ 11 buffet any day of the week from 11:30 am– 10:30 pm. I usually don’t like buffets but the items looked very appealing. I’m not too familiar with all the Indian foods, but from my previous experience at other restaurants I’ve learned that Chicken Biryani is mild (my fav) and I usually need to order yogurt with Beef Vindaloo (also a fav), because I’ll be on fire if I don’t.
The vegetable pakora looked very unusual. I guess those pakoras come in different forms, but the Pakora I had tried elsewhere looked something like a falafel. This one looked completely different and didn’t really taste good. Also, the sauce it came with tasted like homemade Ketchup.
The service was fast and the restaurant looks neat. I’ll most likely try the buffet on my next visit, as it seemed like everyone else was enjoying it.
Chicken Biryani (⁴⁄₅) –mild
Beef Vindaloo (3.5÷5) — über spicy
Vegetable Pakora (²⁄₅) — not spicy and quite bland

The lunch buffet is a fantastic deal. Likewise the dinner portions are slightly too small for the price they charge.
The food is always consistently yummy. Sure it’s not the level of tastiness of a high end restauarant but still impressive for a small family run restaurant.
Recommended for lunch.
Less recommended for dinner.

Agra is mainly where I go for Indian basically because it’s across the street. It’s decent but not something to write home about.
Pros:
Butter Chicken is above average
Cons:
Portions are small
Don’t order anything seafood
I don’t crave Indian often, so I’m not a pro when it comes to Indian food. Agra for what it is, is a decent place, but not a place you will be recommending anytime soon.
When I got there, the place was pretty empty. Most of the time when i walk by you can see 1 or 2 tables at most with people. Maybe I’m just passing by at the wrong times? The staff are pretty nice and it basically saves this place from getting a 2 star rating.
I think everyone orders butter chicken when they have Indian now a days. Agra’s butter chicken is actually one of my favourites. The gravy is exceptional. I wish they would give more chicken for the $ 12 price though. Also, nothing comes with rice or naan. You need to order that separately.
I usually get a korma dish of some sort, be it beef or lamb. I can really only call it average at best. Never, under any circumstances order fish or shrimp dishes here. These dishes are usually 13 – 17 dollars and the portions are laughable. We decided to get the fish labrador. It was $ 13 and we got 2 small fillets worth of fish. These pieces were the size of a fish stick you get at the supermarket. Yikes.
Like I said, Agra is an OK place to go. If you want to entertain guests or take a date you’re trying to impress, there will be better options.

I live at Yonge and Sheppard and wanted to try something local. I ordered the butter chicken, rice and naan bread –AMAZING! I never had butter chicken so creamy and rich, and the naan bread was too delicious.
My partner ordered the tandoori chicken. The tandoori chicken was yummy and flavorful, but we agreed the butter chicken was the best.
The service was also great and I like how they bring you an appetizer when you first arrive. We got something similar to a tortilla chip with some veggies in a spicy sauce to dip. (Not sure what it is called but it was good)
I plan on going again to try their lunch buffet!

I had dinner here last week. I’d like to note that I do not eat Indian food often and it is not a cuisine I particularly enjoy.
I dropped by this location as the izakaya next door was full and we were hungry. We ordered the butter chicken and tandoori chicken. The server asked if we weren’t going to order rice or naan, upon which we realized they didnt come with rice or naan. The butter chicken was 11 or 12 dollars, a price I would expect a side would be included. The cheapest rice was 3 dollars and the naan was 2.50 or so. Portions (except the rice) were small but the taste was good, particulalry the butter chicken as it was slightly sweeter than my past experiences with butter chicken.
One other thing I didn’t like was how our server did not ask how the food was but whether we’d like to order more food, which felt like she was pushing us to order more.
All in all, food was good but price and service left something to be desired.

Went for lunch today, the buffet was not refilled at 1pm. Took a bit of time for the nice waitress to get drinks, she was the only one in the restaurant. Not a place to go for a business lunch.
Mutton was not cooked properly.
Will not not go back again.

i came here to meet two of my friends for lunch and it was great. I had to pay for parking by the subway because it was crazy packed and busy in their lot. It was busy but not full in the restaurant and was seated right away. The server was really nice and quickly took our plates after we ate. The fresh naan was good but nothing to brag about. They do have a good option of food for both vegetarians and meat eaters. I really enjoyed their butter chicken and the vindaloo. The pakoras were great too. I always finish my indian meals with my gulab balls and it did not disappoint. It’s definitely a great option if you are in the area fit lunch as it is not expensive. However i probably wouldn’t go out of my way to come here.

Only the second time I have been to an Indian restaurant in my time in Canada so again left disappointed.
Started with a lentil soup, my friend loved it, for me it was not so tasty. Maybe I compare everything to my mom’s cooking but this soup was slightly bland and rushed.
For mains I had a Prawn Jalfrezi, the prawns had absolutely no flavour so the dish was dependent on the mixture of peppers and onions for flavour and the sauce. Did not work and I did not even bother finishing the dish.
I had just finished watching Interstellar before this meal so got me thinking about whether I could go back in time and not go here for dinner.

The service is very friendly. The best items on the menu are butter chicken, lamb vindaloo, and shrimp biryani. For dessert try their mango lassi and fried sweet balls (gulab jamun). Quaint location friendly atmosphere and reasonable prices!

One of the best Indian food I’ve ever tried. We ordered samosa, butter chicken, eggplant Rogan Josh Palak Panner. So delicious not too spicy. The rice and nan were also amazing. Fast delivery. Really happy definitely will order again.

It doesn’t look like much from the outside and its simple décor inside isn’t much to write home about… but the food is amazing! I went with a party 8 people on a Friday evening and it was really quite busy and only 2 servers and they did tremendously well.
We all had a mixtures of dishes, butter chicken, vindaloo, tikka masala, naan breads and they even did a special of bombay potatoes (it wasn’t on the menu!) the food was just divine! I will go back for sure.

Got the butter chicken for takeout. I think price was $ 11.99 but then a 10% discount for takeout. When he asked me if I wanted naan or rice, I asked for naan and then realized I had to pay extra for that. Can’t believe it doesn’t even come with rice.
There wasn’t much chicken or sauce for the price I paid in my opinion.
The naan was delicious though.
I do want to try their lunch buffet.

Unilocal brought me here to do a pre-​diwali dinner for my friend.
It was maaaaad empty when we got here, aka we were the only table. We almost thought about getting up and going to Tandoori House next door, as it was a toss up between these two places.
So obviously the server was super nice to us. Though I think he saw me checking in to Unilocal,so that could’ve been why too. But we were the only table here.
We ordered the :
1. Non Veg App Platter —
Reshmi Kabob, Chicken Pakoras, Veggie Pakoras, Samosa, and a touch of salad.
I can’t comment on the first two, because it arrived while I was washing my hands, and my friends devoured it, but they said it was amazing. The Veggie Pakoras were pretty awesome, and the Samosa was my favourite. it wasn’t the typical punjabi style *thick crust* but more of what my mom makes, with a thin shell. It was awesome.
2. Prawn Tandoori — one word. YUM. So good. Portion was too small though. BUT YUM. Perfectly griller prawns (shrimps really. you don’t get for real real prawns in Canada) on a bed of sizzling onions. They were perfectly juicy and amazing.
3. The Butter Chicken — so delicious. only white meat chunks. the gravy was thick and beautiful. Only complaint — the portion was too small :(
4. The Mutter Paneer — It wasn’t just your standard Peas + Paneer. It was amped up with the beautiful addition of… Cashews! My 2^nd favourite dish of the night. Seriously.
5. Raita + Cucumber Salad — Standard fare. When I read Cucumber Salad, I was hoping for Cachumber (sp?) salad, but it was still awesome anyways. I was the only one who ate it at the table because my friends are all carnivores.
6. Rice + Naan — awesome. You can’t really ever go wrong.
Deserts:
1. Gulab Jamun — pretty good.
2. Kheer (Rice Pudding) — pretty good.
3. THE STAR OF THE WHOLE EVENING — HOMEFREAKINGMADE Kulfi. So FREAKING AMAZING. Non of that shit on a stick. This was the real real stuff the owner’s wife made at home. The traditional kind, that you have to scrape with your spoon to eat. It was so good, that I took the container with me when errone was done eating and I ate it while walking around the street. For real real. This kulfi defo wasn’t for play play.
The only reason I didn’t give it 5 was the portion sizes. Otherwise, defo going back!
Maybe I wanna do their lunch buffet!
Oh, and super +++++++++++++++++
They comped my Kulfi and the RIce for us :)
No reason, the server just let us know with a smile!