Amaya Express

I would call Amaya Express the McDonalds of Indian food in Toronto. It’s not the best, but it’s also not the worst.
Pros:
Clean
Tidy store front
Seating
Friendly staff
Fast take-​out cuisine
Inexpensive
Nice takeout containers (I’m definitely going to reuse mine!)
Cons:
Add ons are pricey (watch out ~$ 2.50+tax for naan)
Simple food
While the food wasn’t overly flavorful, it was very quick and reasonably priced. I don’t think it’s fair to expect sit down quality food at what is basically the drive-​thru of Indian food.
I would go back again if I were in a hurry and in the area.

The food was bland and one-​dimensional. It was either over or under salted. The curries are skimpy on the paneer and the corn side dish tasted like it was 2 days old.
We’ve tried this place twice now and both times the same.

Had a WagJag deal to try this place out. I love Indian and was looking forward to it. I ordered a butter chicken plate and a spinach veggie plate off the menu. As soon as they saw the WagJag — the person began complaining that I should have shown him the voucher before ordering. He said the WagJag offer has its own menu (which it does not and he could not show it to me), and he basically charged me some random prices for the food I just ordered that was roughly 80−90% more than menu prices.
The food: portions are small, butter chicken had only 2 small chunks of chicken, and I was overall disappointed with the taste. The only thing I liked was the naan (for which I paid $ 2 for one piece).
Service: not friendly, awkward.
Not going back there again, which is unfortunate since I live across the street.

I asked them for their most flavorful meal because, in the past, all I’ve ever had was bland, soupy chicken, rice and fries. For 8.95, i thought I’d be getting a meal, not something that was the size of a side dish for a baby!
When I first saw the portion size I said, That’s WAY too small of a meal for a price like that… (the manager or whoever he was) then offered to add naan bread for an additional $ 1. WOW thanks! I didn’t know I could get more food for MORE MONEY! What a goofball!
Rather than humor me and put in a tad more rice or a chunk of chicken, he went into some lame schpeal about how its REAL CHICKEN, like that was something I didn’t expect «I can’t give more, this is real chicken! unlike the aardvark meat and sloth milk we use to use!» I told him, I couldn’t eat that for lunch… but that wasn’t the end of it.
He then went on a rampage of interrogation and intimidation. He said, «you should have told me before, now its going to be waste!» He was trembling with anger. I stood there in disbelief and asked, «What are you doing right now? Are you trying to force me to buy this? Are you ACTUALLY trying to intimidate me here?» «If you had told me before, then it would be okay for you to leave.» he responded. Folks, Is this guy kidding me? How the fudge could I have known what the portion size was before I got to see the portion size? I told him I would never buy food there again, then I went to Pita Land across the street and got twice as much food with beverage for $ 8. Up his!