Premium Grill NOT AT ALL!!!! yeah the only thing is that you can get a thick cut Halal steak. WOW I've Never heard of that before it blow my mind (sarcastically). 1st strike: no flavor in any of the food 2nd strike: when you walk in it feels like you walked into an old fish 'n chip shop. 3rd strike: was the service once you sit down they want you to leave talking about well we have a party of # coming in for a certain time BEFORE WE EVEN ORDERED!!! ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS ONE WORD "GARBAGE" read more

Went to eat there last night, a group of 5. Busy place, I had a burger, it was burnt, the cook really did not care about cooking it and I did not complain either. But how can anyone not know to how to cook a burger ... also ordered 14oz new York steaks, meat cut was really good but .. again it was too rare pink but not warm in the middle. They gave very little sauce, gravy, with steak so tasted dry. Chicken fajitas was very nice. Well done steak was good too. Will come again sometime later in the year as there are better steak places in mississauga. Service is terrible as usual. Not a disappointing place to eat. read more

It takes a lifetime to get the food here. Expect to be waiting an hour until you get your plate. I always get the steak that comes with a portobello mushroom and cheese but they've started skimping out on the me mushroom and cheese lately. read more

Juicy steaks, rich gravy, and scrumptious desserts is what I went expecting at Affy's. Having heard a lot of praise I was very excited to go. My parents aren't big fans of steaks and went out for kabobs dropping of my two sisters and myself at the small Pickering strip mall, to what we hoped would be a great evening. When I go to a restaurant there are three things that I look for, that make me want to go there and those three things are atmosphere, service, and above all great food. Let's start with the atmosphere, the name "Premium Grill" makes you picture solid wood tables, family style seating and large chairs right? WRONG. I'm not the skinniest person in the world but this was the first time I had trouble fitting in my seat, well booth anyway. The cramped dark beige booths and particle board tables take me on a flashback to the 50s silent films, the horrid red wallpaper and tacky dim lighting make it feel more like an interrogation room than a family restaurant, definitely not a good place for a party of any sort. Great service is one of the things that can make your food taste better, it really can and at Affy's it definitely doesn't. The waiter came to us before we even opened our menus! When we were ready to order,I politely called him by name and said excuse me . . . three times! Only to see him gathered with the other waiters throwing balls of napkins at each other and laughing!! End all be all of a great night out, the food: Okay, so after the most uncomfortable 25 minutes ever at a restaurants the "waiter" finally took our order. I got the fillet minion (midrare) and a root beer (25+3), my sister got the sirloin steak w/ shrimp (midwell) and a coke (20+2.5) and my youngest sister got the 7 ounce NY strip (midwell) and a chocolate milkshake (16+5). We also got a cream of mushroom soup (soup of the day, 3.5) and a poutine (4.5). The grand total with tax and tip was a single $100 bill. Pretty pricy for only 3 people. Frankly I have no idea why I left a tip any way. So my fillet minion came well done, despite having a mid rare toothpick I sent it back then it come blood raw, with white fat! The waiter refused to take it back saying I got what I ordered, despite telling him I ordered mid not blue rare it still took 5 minutes of arguing from him to get a properly cooked steak. Tired of complaining I ate half of my "midrare" fillet which again came back well done, again. I had to spit out the burnt mushroom and the runny cream. The poutine was not made from fresh potatoes believe you me, insanely salty gravy with fake processed chase. The sides were also disgusting from crunchy rice to mashed potatoes with more garlic than potato and enough salt to de-ice a driveway. Not bad enough for you? How about a chocolate milkshake that barely tastes like chocolate and that nasty gravy smothered over my sisters' steaks, rubbery shrimp and the worst, most vinegary, spicy, disgusting soup I have had in my life. Also the exact same sirloin steak and shrimp combo is available at steakhouse chains (which I will never go to because there chains and not halal, are $9.99-11.99, just to show you how overpriced this crap is). I hate the fact that these people take advantage of good hardworking Muslims who have no other halal western restaurant to turn to. All I know is unless the management changes I am never going there again. One of the worst experiences of my life. Update: I did go again, was invited by unknowing family friends, just as crap, raw chicken, shoe leather steaks, are you people dumb?? This place an expensive Mcdonald's with worse service and prices. The ribs are vinegary enough to a kill a horse an insult to the farmers who raised the meat, the chef should hang his head in shame, think about the innocent plants, animals and overbearing rocks (salt) that their gave their life to nourish us, treat food with respect of close your doors, I serious have nothing but pity for you. read more

The ambience is not really good but if you want good tasty halal food it great option. The steaks are good but the best one is rib eye. I have gone multiple times and some days they make the steak iwell done instead of medium rare. Some days it's just perfect. Generally there aren't many great halal steak places so this is definitely a worthwhile option. read more

In my last visit I got ribs which were full of fat and it was so fatty that I could not eat at all. Plus another disgusting thing which is noticed is on my way to washroom I saw they put these racks of ribs on a steel tray on top of garbage can which is way disgusting. If I saw that before ordering then would not have ordered though I did not eat any so I am safe. Not expecting this kind of service from Affys read more

Came here the second time first being the Pickering location...and again was disappointed with my order for medium rare steak. Was not happy with the service either... read more

One of the better grilled beef steak eaten in a long time, fresh and juicy. Friendly people with formal environment. Family owned. Drove an hour from Toronto for these ... but at the end of the day, its all worth it. Highly recommended, make sure to make a reservation before you go! read more

went here after years again... and still disappointed ... we went for lunch ...ordered a chciken sandwich with ceaser salad , ribs and a kids grilled chciken meal. there was 1 server , and only half of thr restaurant was being used ..so we sat ... 5-7 minutes later the host realizes he didn't give us the menu .. tosses the menu on the table ... fair enough OK! :/ ordered our food .. took 25 minutes ... got the ceaser salad first ... liek literally 2 croutons on it ..few strips of the lettuce lol ... JOKE the chciken burger ... blah... the chciken was dried ..and tasted like old refrigerated chucken that has been left in thr fridge for a week or 2 ... it was the same with the kids menu ..the chciken was dry ..super dry . they missed giving the drink with the kids menu ..lol the ribs ... was ok... I found it too salty ... my partner found it ok... .. Def not worth the price ... I wish it went back to when it first opened ...at that time the food was exxxelllent . I hope they can improve ... I might try them several more years later. but on the other hand ... at least we ate ... $50 later lol read more

Rib eye steak is the best. I went there last week and it was pretty full. Didn't expect that kind of a busy restaurant considering the location. Overall food quality was very good. read more

Horrible customer service. Average food. I strongly recommend against eating here. Extremely noisy because of a huge blender that is placed in the sitting area and not in the kitchen. read more

This place is awful. Service is horrible! After an hour and 15 minutes waiting for our dinner, I asked our waiter and he shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Avoided us the rest of the meal. AVOID THIS PLACE!!! read more

Great food. Tried the stuffed chicken and steak. I got mine medium well and it was fantastic. Poutine and mashed potatoes were good. The gravy they use is good too. read more

The original halal steakhouse. Chef Afzal was one of the first to pioneer the halal steakhouse and introduce it to the Muslim community. Even though the menu has not changed the food is always prepared fresh and it's mouth-watering. I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Halal, no alcohol, awesome!. Excellent food quality. Slow service on busy days (then again, which good restaurant isnt slow on a busy day). Decent waiters (get a hit or miss). Convenient hours. Somewhat uncomfortable seating accommodations for 2 people, can get crowded... But at the end of the day, its all worth it. Highly recommended, make sure to make a reservation before you go! read more

The review is really broken down in 2 sections: 1. The food - Affy is certainly has an amazing menu or good food. Has good flavour in his chicken dishes and steaks. The pasta dishes are lacking however. The taste similar to Boston Pizza/Jackastor - both places horrible in making good pasta. The steaks taste good; however not premium. The basic steaks that do no melt in your mouth. The steaks are too tough than i would like them. The grading of the meat is far from premium. They should look at getting proper aged meat. 2. The staff - I have never seen a horrible array of staff in any restaurant than this one. They are completely lost in terms of what to do. I have worked in the food business and they have no etiquettes in the industry. About taking orders, to presenting food and they have no knowledge of different types of steaks available outside of the restaurant. They are completely rude and just want to argue with you. Also the atmosphere of the furniture is lacking. Brought to you by, Flavours of Talib read more

Affy will be the cause of me switching to a non halal meat while eating out with friends. Forget the food and service of the staff. There is enough reviews on these two topics Let's focus on this owner of the restaurant! The ill mannered person i have ever met at a restaurant. He yells at his customers and pretty much tells them to get out if you don't like the way he cooks his food! Are you serious ? For all the people that go here because it is the only halal place, we need to stop! He takes advantage of the fact that all these people that pack his restaurant are only there because that is the only place to go too. I will not be returning to affys NOT because of the well done steak (when I ordered medium well) and had to fight them to take it back and cut through my steak to prove to them it is well done, and not because I was told by the server it looks well done because of the spice burnt ( I'm not a moron) and because of the wait time of 1 hour till the food came. I will not be returning to this place because of the way I was treated by this owner. He needs to understand how to behave when he is the head of a restaurant. You do not yell at your customers and tell them to pretty much eat it or get out! I will not be returning because I will not give this man another of my hard earned dollar. I rather give this hard earned dollar to other non halal restaurants then feed into his ego. read more

I wish i could give them No Stars! unprofessional staff/ no proper management...we went there 9:00p.m on a family day off . it was crowded we stood there for at least 10 mins waiting for someone to approach us! four tables got empty in front of us so we decided to approach one of the servers and asked her if we could take this table! her question was if we made any reservations!( apparently earlier when we called to get the closing time we were never told about any reservations and quickly hung up)she told us they were fully booked and refused us the table! i mean WOW you are in a restaurant business and you don't even know how to accommodate your customers! what a shame! First off there's no proper management! No quality service! this is not even a 3 star restaurant! No quality food! The only reason we want to go there is because its Halal, close to our house and we want to support our community! we took our guests there who came from overseas! and we were refused a table because they were booked for a party that didn't show up! A request for the owner AFFY Please take "how to run a restaurant 101"and learn some basic rules about reserving tables for people and how to accommodate walk Ins! As a general rule you should seat the table if there's No Show! we were there for 20 minutes and nobody showed up for those tables! and the server told us she cant do anything!??????! i really want to ask her if she was normal?! I will recommend BAMIYAN KABOB this restaurant has Great Food is always busy, we had to wait couple of times in line but they always accommodate us and never make us leave! My family will NEVER go back to this restaurant! read more

We had a reservation for 9 PM for a party of 12. This was for a birthday. We got to the restaurant at 8:45PM and asked for our table. Host at the front tells us our table is actually for 9 PM. Restaurant was very busy so no room to wait inside, we wait outside. At 9:15 PM we ask for our table. Host tells us it will be another 15 minutes because our current table is occupied. We weren't offered to wait inside, or apologies for our table not being ready (It was a cold night out) and thus we went back outside to wait for our table. At 9:30 PM we went back to ask for our table. Our table is still not ready. Host asks us how many of our party has arrived, we tell her 8. So she gives us a table of 8 to wait at while our table of 12 is being readied. 9:35 PM, more of our party arrives and there is no room at the table of 8 so we occupy the table adjacent while we wait. Host comes back and advises us she will take our order but not punch into the system because we were still short 2 guests at the time, that way when the rest of the party arrives, she can punch in the order all at once so we can all have our food at the same time. We agree. This is where things get really interesting: Member of our party, lets call him Bob, who knows the Owner offers to speak to him about the table situation. Owner arrives and basically asks us "Is this not good enough for you?". Host of our party, lets call her Susan, tells him no it isn't because we made a reservation for a table of 12 and right now, we as a party are split between 2 physical tables, we were told that we would get a table of 12. Owner replies back "We can say whatever we want over the phone, sister. But when you come, we cannot guarantee anything because it is a busy night". I thought the whole point of a RESERVATION was that we get a table DURING A BUSY NIGHT. Susan tells the owner that if that is the case, we should have been told over the phone that this is the case so that she could have made other arrangements. Owner at this point asks us to move to YET ANOTHER table whilst we wait for OUR table because he had a reservation waiting for THE TABLE WE WERE SITTING AT. Susan tells him that is not possible because we are being moved again and again and it is unfair and embarrassing to her and her party. Owner tells us that we have to wait, leaves, comes back in 5 minutes (this is now 9:50PM) and speaks to Bob and basically berated him because he required the table for a reservation that we were sitting at waiting for OUR table, and then proceeds to tell him that had we ordered our food and agreed to move to another table so that another reservation can get the table WE WERE SITTING AT WHILST WAITING FOR OUR ORIGINAL TABLE, we would have gotten our food. And that we were being unfair. He basically shrugged at us and walked off. Never mind the fact that only 5 minutes had passed since he first came to assess the situation, he berates Bob who isn't EVEN THE HOST OF OUR PARTY, he offers NO APOLOGIES, NO VALID EXPLANATION of this situation, his only answer to this fiasco, was "it is a busy night". I am sorry, but as a PAYING CUSTOMER, I know that it is a Saturday, I know that therefore, it will be a busy night. Hence the reason we decided to RESERVE a table. If our reservation cannot be honoured, or is being delayed, COMMON COURTESY and COMMON PRACTICE DICTATES, that you apologize for the wait, or try and find a solution. What do DO NOT DO, IS BERATE YOUR GUESTS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HANDLE RUNNING A RESTAURANT. I have been to a lot of restaurants and this, by far and wide, was THE ABSOLUTE WORST SERVICE I HAVE EVER HAD. McDonalds, has better service than this place. The only reason we stayed back at this point was because it was 10PM and there was no place other than McDonalds that we could go for a meal. We ordered our food, it arrived in about 30 minutes, which was fine. It was, to be fair, delicious. But again, even as we were leaving, we NEVER got an apology or a thank you for waiting 1 WHOLE HOUR for a table that we had reserved. And THAT, sheer lack of service and responsibility, is the reason I will NEVER go to this restaurant again, and I urge everyone reading this NOT TO EVER TAKE GUESTS to this establishment or you may risk being embarrassed or insulted by the very arrogant, ignorant owner, or the clueless, rude, thankless staff. Great food, SAVAGE service. I am sorry, but for my hard earned money, I refuse to eat in a place where I am treated like I am being given a free meal. By the way, restaurant was too cold, and had flies AND fruit flies. Perhaps a visit from the Health Inspector is needed read more

Amazing food. And it's halal!! Best steak. I recommend getting medium well. Also the taramasui is to die for

The food is sooo good and the waiters are amazing. Best service ever! Can't wait to go again with my whole family. I am just so amazed. Super flavourful food. To die for. read more

I have been to this resteraunt many times and my favourite are ribs, streaks and stuffed chicken. Me and my kids love their poutine and their brownie is best in toronto... I am a brownie lover and i have atleast tried 20 different spots in toronto and no one can beat their brownie... If any one of you reading this can tell me a better place to get brownie let me know!! OfCourse there is a wait and ambience is not bad but not perfect... but patience is virtue and its worth it at the end!! Keep up the good work!!! read more

Food came out right on time for our group! Service needs a bit of work as there was no check backs for our table and we had to ask for condiments. Other then that the food is great especially the stuffed chicken and the fried chicken burger! read more

Steaks- Good Sides- Okay Service- Crap Mr. Affy should hire a manager to overlook the service (waiters and scheduling tables). His kids can't wait tables. Their service is crap. I never feel like tipping but do it anyways. I'm sure Mr. Affy has read the reviews here and he knows the service sucks. He should work on fixing the service by hiring a manager and he should also make the sides better (Mashed potatoes taste like they came out of a can and the veggies quality is crap too. They taste like they came out of a freezer in No Frills). If someone opens another Halal steakhouse with better service and management - BOOM. It's game over for Affy's. This review applies to both Pickering and Mississauga locations. i have been to both multiple times. read more

Absolutely great food (with an equally great serving size). Good environment. Service can be a little too slow when the restaurant's packed though. read more

This is by far the most amazing halal American food restaurant ever! Very clean, always packed with busy, but always amazing service. I recommend; the jalepeno penne! I was eating it and sweating a bit, but it was soo good. The steaks are great as long as the chef follows the instructions and makes it to your liking. I have had both good and bad experiences with the steak. Lastly, the rack of ribs is HUGEEEEEE! Literally, like bigger than your plate and always tastes amazing. TRY IT!! Even if you do not live in Pickering, it is definitely worth the travel. read more

Food is pretty much standard, steaks are ok nothing to special in taste. Poor and slow service, cold food, overpriced, didn't enjoy going there. read more

I have been to this place over 10 times and I just love it. They have the best ribs I've tasted anywhere. Resturaunt is clean waiters are professionals at what they do. I recommend it to everyone. If any issue it would be the wait time for the food to be served. But I dont mind it. read more

Affy's Premium Grill - Very organized ! - Halal Near Me - Pickering, Ontario

Food is good but the service here sucks. This place could easily get better ratings if they got together as a team and worked on improving service. I hope the owner reads this and thinks had about improving customer service. Staff act like they don't care about anything and don't bother to come check up on you. I came in and they asked me if I had reservations, I said no and I received attitude even though the place was not that busy. Server took forever to come to our table. Steak was good and I enjoyed my food. Please improve your service and care about people walking in your door. read more

We have come here a few times. The first time we came we weren't too happy with the food. But we decided to come back with friends and loved it. Their steaks and seasoned perfectly. Their chicken plates were really good as well The servers we got were all very nice and pleasant. read more

I was here the day it opened and have been coming monthly since my kids and wife love the food more than any other establishment in the city. I personally find it MEH and cant stand the service. The argument is 'I cant get a Halal steak anywhere in the city' so we come to Affys. Stickey tables, smelly washrooms and sub par service, no thanks. read more

My husband and I just went to affys with our 1 year old son and were there for 20 minutes before we received ANY service or even the highchair which we called about before we even got there. We understand that restaurants get busy and service isn't always the best but the worst part was that the waiter didn't even bother to apologize, he simply did not care. COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. read more

Will never go to this place. I was there with my family on Sunday night (Thanks giving weekend) Ordered three dishes with extra rice and fries. The food was served after approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes and it turned out that the food was not even warmed properly let alone if it was freshly made. I will never recommend this place to anyone. Just avoid them. I had a pathetic experience. read more

Went to affeys and wasn't even that busy and it took a while for myself and friends to get seated....to add on top of that we waited almost HALF AN HOUR to get service and more than half an hour to get the food. If anyone asked me to recommend this restaurant, I would tell them that it is not worth it at all. read more

First of all, you walk in and there is no sign to let you know someone will seat you! Second, we waited at the counter to confirm if we should just sit or someone would show us a table. We were told to sit at the middle table, however, I asked the waitress if my family could be seated at the side table next to us. "no problem" she says, she cleans the table and directs another family to sit!!!! (but I just asked for that table!!!!!) after she apologies for her mistake, she seats us at another table. ok. so menus come, we order right away. I had to have the napkins changed twice because they stank of rottenness, as if they were washed and left in the washer and forgotten about, finally I asked the waiter to bring paper napkins. so the complimentary chips and salsa comes with the chips being fried in some nasty old oil! the chips had the remains of other burnt fried bits on them. (what). at this point its probably been 50 mins and we are debating if we should just leave! anyways thanks to my husband we stayed. the kids two steaks came with McCain french fries, they swallowed the food because they were starving!!!! so, our steaks have not arrived yet, we call the waiter and he apologies and then our food comes after 20 mins. (what a looong wait) BUT the FOOD WAS GREAT!!!!! The sauce they use is awesome, really awesome! I will not be going here again for a long time. I'm sure i can find another steak place with fresh food, clean tableware and linens, and good service!!!! Sorry Affy's, your food is really great, but not worth my money!!!!!!! read more

I've had a very mixed experience with Affys, it is completely dependent on your luck if you will see be good or bad side of Affy's. Firstly when you walk in it's a very sad atmosphere with employees though very polite seem uninterested and sad. I understand everyone has their problems but it just brings down the entire restaurant environment and customer experience. The food is overpriced for the quantity they give which is not a lot sometimes. Which brings me to my next issue the food you get is very unpredictable maybe you'll get a large quantity one day the other you will get very little quantity wise. One day the food will be delicious like the cheese stuffed chicken I got and the next day it'll be like the horrible like when I got the cheese stuffed chicken again and the cheese was still sold as ice. Which brings me to my last point of how if you will defrost your food and serve people overpriced frozen food then at least try to make an effort to defrost it properly. I ordered a tiramisu which was so frozen I was basically chewing and crunching on the ice cubes while tasting a watered down tiramisu yes watered down was the exact taste I'm assuming cause of the ice melting. If I wanna we frozen foods I'd go to Walmart and buy it for $5 not $50 that Affy's Charged. Overall polite employees, and the food is really all dependent on luck. Management/Organization needs major changes read more

The worst service I have seen in a long time at any established restaurant. Brought my order 40 mins after everyone at my table was done eating. On enquiring I find out they forgot. When it finally comes out it was dead cold. Sent it back again.. Just microwaved it and brought it back. To top it all off, when I was paying at the end n complained, the owner comes out n has the audacity to tell me.. "But sir we heated your food again..." Like really !? Even though the girl at the cash seemed embarrassed, the owner had no qualms about being unabashedly unapologetic. Rudest guy I have had the misfortune of meeting. If you are running such a big restaurant, at least have the shame to man up n accept a screw up. Never eating here again. You guys would be well advised to eat at a McDonalds instead. read more

Horrible Service!! This was my first time going there and although the food looked good for the few tables who were lucky enough to be served, the atmosphere and service awful. They seem to seat people right beside each other even though half the restaurant remains empty. We waited 30 minutes without a waiter even coming by with water, and decided to leave when we realized customers had been waiting longer than us. All around horrible experience - but the food really did look good, so I may think of going back, but only if they do take out. read more

Worst service .Hair in our food .chicken too hard to swallow. Going to afys for 5 years now but its not worth it after this experience Rehman read more

Ribs were dry, but their burgers and milkshakes are great. Great interior decor along with friendly staff. However, the wait for food is quite long and the prices are a bit steep. read more