Butter Chicken Factory

Toronto, Canada

3.2

Closed now

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 416-964-7583
Website:
www.butterchickenfactory.ca
Address:
556 Parliament Street, Toronto, ON, M4X 1P6
Cabbagetown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
490 ftWinchester Street
530 ftWellesley Street East
850 ftOntario Street
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
Yes
Take-out
Yes
Accepted Cards
Credit, Debit
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Toronto) 16:59 Friday, 13 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Sunday 5:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Description

Specialties

Cross the threshold of the Butter Chicken Factory and enter a world of exotic flavours. Our modern dining room complements our traditional menu, which features authentic Indian dishes that will be sure to delight. Our delicious menu includes our signature Butter Chicken, Balti Gosht, Ragonjosh, Aloo Jeera, Seafood Vindaloo, Vegetable samosas, and a variety of unforgettable sweets. Celebrate, indulge, and relax with the memorable flavours of Butter Chicken Factory.

History

Established in 2011.

Originally known as Timothy’s Tikka House, Butter Chicken Factory has now taken over as the best Indian restaurant in the Cabbagetown area.

Meet the Business Owner

Bhuvnesh M.

Business Owner

With experience spanning more than 30 years in the food industry, Bhuvnesh took over the restaurant in 2011 and has since livened up the place with his great attitude and friendly service.

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20 reviews of Butter Chicken Factory

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Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
This place is in the corner and I drive by here all the time on the way home as I come off the DVP. My girlfriends and I decided to give this place a try on Wednesday after work when we missed the meeting time for the ROM Walk that was available in the area that day. This place is a very small restaurant. They only have one big round table to accommodate a bigger party. I think that this place if you plan on coming with your friends, 4 people would be a max.
I ordered the Chicken Saag and an order of the garlic naan. My girlfriends each ordered an order of the garlic naan too with their meal. One of my friend ordered the lamb chops and my other friend ordered a vegetarian curry dish. I really enjoyed my dish, the chicken saag had spinach in it. The flavors were really good, it had just the right amount of spices for my taste buds. The garlic naan was good too — I could of kept eating my chicken saag with naan, if my stomach was able to house more food in one seating.
The service at this restaurant was good. The server (there is only one) was friendly and attentive. The menu prices, I thought was reasonable for the portion size and the quality of the food. Overall, I enjoyed my experience here. I think next time I am here, I am going to try their butter chicken dish.
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
It is a small place… Prices are not too highly not too low … I don’t eat Indian a lot so I can’t judge much… I had butter chicken and i didn’t like it a lot. Customer service was good … In general it OK
Place rating: 5
Toronto, Canada
I have ordered several times since my last review and the food and service is consistently excellent.
The butter chicken is excellent. The lamb/​goat is great quality meat but the reason I continue to order is because the curries/​sauces are amazing and so flavourful, and there are many to choose from
I am trying to taste everything on the menu which is hard because I keep ordering my favourite dishes
Service and delivery have always been excellent, friendly and on time
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
This is such a cozy restaurant that has side street parking which makes it a great location to for date night. We usually opt for little India or Lahore tikka which is around the neighbourhood. We were pleasantly surprised with a nice warm atmosphere the restaurant was!
We started off with the vegetable samosas that were very nicely plated and cut in half for easy eating. It was very good, fresh, hot and crispy. Then our mains arrived which was the a lamb biryani and a sizzling hot platter of assorted meats. They were very accommodating when we wanted to change the regular naan to garlic naan. The garlic naan really brings an extra layer of flavour to the dish!
It’s a shame that we didn’t have room for dessert because by far this was the first restaurants that showed a variety of Indian cuisine desserts that looked very appetizing!
I think this is a great place to eat and we would consider it for another date night! Definitely will try the dessert next time!
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
I want to give BCF a higher rating because their food has no issues at all and you are always guaranteed a delicious meal.
Their service on the other hand is sub-​par and average at best with their customer service. My first time ordering, I called in a fairly large order only to be criticized over the phone that I had ‘ordered it in the wrong order’ which I was not aware of.
Upon arriving slightly early to pick my order up, I walked in to pay and then ask how much time is remaining only to be told that ‘I was told it would be 20 minutes’ even before I could take my money out.
If they would just ease up on their attitude and realize people are just trying to 1. order and 2. pay them — both of which require no bad attitude from the restaurant.
Food’s great though…
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
My friends and I walked past this restaurant and there was no one eating at that time (2pm and they closed at 3pm). I checked Unilocal,the reviews were not great but we decided to try it anyway, I mean why not? We ordered Butter Goat, Vindaloo Goat, Roganjosh Goat, roti and naan. The Butter and Roganjosh were delicious but we weren’t a huge fan of Vindaloo (not that it’s bad it’s just not our cup of tea — it has a strong kick and if someone likes it, go ahead). I personally like the naan better than the roti but one like the roti better than the naan. The server was friendly and I would totally come back for some curry!
Place rating: 1
St. Lawrence, Toronto, Canada
Not happy with Butter Factory Chicken. Ordered at 8:07pm and the order didn’t arrive until 10:07pm The drivers excuse was I didn’t come down at the ground floor and the buzzer wasn’t working. I gave him a look and my husband pointed my cell phone on the bill and asked why he didn’t call. We specifically instructed our buzzer is broken and to call us. The driver just handed my order and I didn’t bother giving him a tip. As he walked away with an glare, he instead responded back by giving me a middle finger.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Nobody else in the place for an early dinner. Took a while to get the tea that we ordered and the naan came well after the main dishes arrived. The food itself, however, was excellent.
Place rating: 1
Toronto, Canada
Where do I start…
BUTTER CHICKEN. For a place named after this item it is absolutely HORRIBLE. it is so sweet it’s almost inedible. 8 pieces of chicken swimming in tomato sugar sauce.
DELIVERY. Took 45 min longer than promised delivery time; even after two calls.
SAAG PANEER. bad.
What does $ 1.99 but you? 1 piece of naan.
Waste of time and money. Second time with them, never again. Save yourself the time and money
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Ordered from
. Food arrived within 40 minutes of order. Made our own rice and ordered two apps and three mains. Everything was to die for. Rich, just the right amount of spice, perfect temperature. Everything was just what the doctor ordered. Even swayed a sceptic who was weary of Indian food. Will for sure order again. (a bit on the pricey side though).
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
Loved their butter chicken! fantastic sauce, juicy white meat, just perfect with their delicious rice, it was really fantastic. Sadly I have not tried anything else here so all I can comment on is the butter chicken, which again was delicious! Naan was also good but small, and if I was to complain about anything, it would be that there could have been more chicken, there was easily 3x more sauce than the chicken…
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
A bit disappointed in the variety of choices for the lunch buffet. There was only 4 choices. 2 were vegetarian. As hungry as we were… we had no choice. I was really looking forward in trying their lunch buffet. I wish there was more options. But service was amazing and the Naan bread was nice and warm!
Place rating: 2
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Canada
Timothy’s Tikka House was better. These guys would not even deliver a single meal order around the corner. Even after adding an app and maybe naan I was a dollar or two shy of their minimum, and they still would not. TTH I could order a dish and rice and get a delivery. Speaking of the rice, the portion is so tiny they serve, you need two to accompany a meal. The food was ok, but that’s about it. In a competitive city like Toronto, they need to step up their game.
Place rating: 1
Toronto, Canada
I can only assume from the blandness of the food that anyone giving this restaurant a high rating has been on a steady diet of over-​cooked meat and boiled potatoes for the entirety of their lives. Also, I dare you to tell the difference between their butter chicken sauce and luke warm ketchup. The Sang Paneer was fine, but only after a liberal application of hot sauce.
Place rating: 2
Toronto, Canada
Ordered online for 5 of us, took 45 minutes MORE than the estimated time. The butter chicken was far too sweet compared to anything else I’ve had. For a place that has butter chicken in their name I found that very disappointing. I tried the chicken vindaloo and that was way better. The garlic naan was ok. The rice was not bad.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
This is my go-​to delivery in the area. The chicken tikka masala is great. I also like some of their paneer dishes. The rice and naan are good as well.
(no charge for delivery, and 10% off if you order online. which is great)
Place rating: 3
Toronto, Canada
We had dinner here. My sister ordered Butter Chicken and find the taste too sweet. I had a Chicken Tikka Masala with Naan and it was good and portions are large.
The place is a little small. Staff is friendly and checked on us often.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
#TORONTO #CABBAGETOWN #BUTTERCHICKEN # Unilocal #INDIAN
Given their name, I always thought they’d have more than one type of butter chicken (Bombay’s orangish butter chicken, Delhi’s reddish butter chicken, Whitewashed butter chicken, etc.). Sadly, they only have one type, of a deep orange color, not quite red. As mentioned in my reviews about Indian places, butter chicken (the right kind) needs to be red.
That said, however, Butter Chicken Factory did not disappoint. Their butter chicken was better than most places I’ve tried. The portions were bigger than the usual — can easily feed three-​four people. So guess what happened when each got ordered our own bowl of butter chicken? I ate mine over three days.
Ankie Tip: It tastes YUMMY the day after, and cold, right out of the fridge.
We ordered in, so I can’t write much about the restaurant. The delivery was a few minutes late. No biggie.
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
Have come here twice now and enjoyed both times. Neither time was busy which is a nice change from other restaurants downtown. I especially love the aloo papri chaat!
Place rating: 4
Toronto, Canada
I’ve given this place a few more shots after my first negative experience, and I’ll eat (some) of my words… along with my vindaloo… from BCF.
They are «factory”-like with some of their more *main-​stream dishes (butter chicken a bit bland, mutter paneer is a bit too greasy), but I’ve delved into their goat and eggplant dishes and I must say they also have some authentic and unique things going on.
Warm cozy atmosphere, and the service has figured out its jive. They are still VERY slow if you get delivery. They also have a take-​out window.
*I understand I am a tiny, pale Nova Scotian, but I have loved me enough Indian food in my day to feel I understand the difference between westernized and authentic. I think. Maybe not fully, but I’ve eaten buckets of it. So, take my judgement for what you will. :)