By coincidence, there seems to be this stalwart of promoting chaat (Indian street food) close to where I live for the second city running. This Bombay Chowpatty serves up all your chaat favorites including paani puri, bhel puri and the like. The vada pav here (also known as the Indian burger) will blow your top off if you're not someone with a tolerance for a high heat level. The chilis are present not just in the rub applied to the toasted bread, but also infused in the masala that the potato patty contains. Dip it in the chutney provided and sweat your way through this snack. The sweet treat options are abundant and satisfactory. You can't go wrong with the ubiquitous gulab jamun syrup coated sugar bombs, or the thick and condensed-milky rabdi that is finished off with a sprinkling of pistachio that not only adds a crunchy texture, but an infusion of flavor. Be sure to grab a royal falooda drink that is a staple of Indian street food places on the streets of Bombay. It is a dessert drink that is quintessentially representative of the city that is displayed in the name of the place - chaotic, busy, flavorful and diverse, but one that will keep you coming back for more. I only hope you enjoy vermicelli as part of your complete dessert experience. read more

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This is also called the Leela's Indian Bar. I have been on a mission to find good pav bhaji. I made a quick dash on my errand and tried it here. Reasonable. I dunked onions into the bhaji and then squeezed the lime into it. Also ate green chill with every other bite. Service is friendly. They have lots of seating space. Interior is nice and clean. read more

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Make Pav-Bhaji at home for yourself if you are craving it. Bombay Chowpatty's pav-bhaji was beyond disappointing. It didn't resemble, remind, or taste anything like pav-bhaji. It lacked cauliflower and Simla mirch (green pepper), but contained paneer! Anyhow, their chaat items are good. Wada pav is good too. I suggest dining in rather than ordering food to your house. Particularly chaat items loose their charm, crunch, etc. by the time they reach you. read more

This spot is great for chats!! I was craving for pani puri from back home and have tried it in several location in Toronto and GTA area but these guys nailed it. We also ordered chole bhature and paav bhaji. Bhatura was a bit too oily for me but all dishes tasted good! I'll definitely keep coming back and recommend to all my friends who crave for some nice and spicy chat while being away from home. read more

Its an Indian street food joint , all stuff on the menu is authentic indian street food, but not the taste.. it's okay when you crave for it and missing home. Nothing is awesome or exceptional or great but nothing is bad either :) when you are in the vicinity, can go for it, as they have good sitting area, particularly patio. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Faluda - the dessert - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Great place to get chaat in the area! We order the samosa chaat and the masala fries. The masala fries was a little out there, but it was still nice as it was flavored fries with ketchup and chutneys. The samosa chaat was tasty and flavorful, especially when you are craving for chaat. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Samosa Chaat - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I was craving Indian street food, so I ended up venturing into Little India and popped in here for a quick bite. Keep in mind, this is really not a fancy sit down place. It's more of your cafeteria style seating with minimal service, BUT the food is great and inexpensive! What more do you want when you're eating chaat? I've only tried the samosa chaat and masala fries here. The samosa chaat is basically a deconstructed samosa with yogurt, chutneys, and other deliciousness. This was so yummy and I still crave it to this day - really not something you can get in a fancy restaurant! Keep in mind, this dish is a little spicy so ask them to tone down the red pepper if spice isn't your thing. As for the masala fries, this was a strange combo of Indian masala fries and Canadian ketchup fries? I'm not sure I would get this again, but it was nice to try once. I'd recommend coming here with a couple other people, ordering a bunch of things on the menu, and sharing! That's the best way to eat chaat so you can try all the different flavors and varieties of Indian street food. read more

Food was authentic and very good, exceptional service provided by Snowy. she is awesome!

Samosas were good but felt like they were frozen then refried, chili chicken was so good! Great service wonderful waiter

My friend wanted to try this place and he was craving some Mumbai food, so we both hopped on a street car and reached there. It's located right around the corner and easy to commute to. They have an outdoor as well as an indoor seating. We ordered dahi puri and Bombay burger. I found dahi puri to be a little over priced and the Bombay burger had a little more ketchup. Over all it was decent taste wise read more

Stopped by for a quick snack with my fam. They have a lot of outdoor and indoor seating along with a pretty large menu but we stuck with Indian snacks. We got bhel puri, chat Papdi & masala fries. Everything was delicious and did not disappoint!! Would definitely visit again. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Masala fries, bhel puri, chat papdi - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

If you are looking at having chaat, please be kind to yourself and don't order from this place. Everything we ordered from here was of very bad quality. We ordered pani puri and did not get any chat water with it so couldn't have it at all. For the Dahi puri, it was a self assemble format and hardly any ingredients were given to even make that happen. The vada pau was stale and the only saving grace for it was the chutney. The pan that we ordered had a sub par taste and was not fresh. When I called the restaurant to talk about this and was angry while talking to them about my experience and told them that you can't serve shit to people for the price you are charging, I was misbehaved with. All in all, a very disappointing experience. There are a lot of restaurants trying to do their best to serve the community with the right quality and taste. Please support them. This place either doesn't care or has a reputation that they think is not worth protecting. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I'm so glad this place isn't by my house because I'd get fat drinking shakes and eating everything on the menu. I wanted a snack and ordered the Ragda Patties topped with chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, tamarind, and chutney. I thought I was in heaven. Spicy, sweet, crispy, and mushy all at the same time! With a mango lassi, it was a perfect snack. I kinda wish I was hungrier, so I could have the masala fries ($3.99) or one of the veggie burgers (which is like the Ragda patties but in burger form for $5.99). This late night place is one of my favorite snack joints. Cheap, cheerful, and if you want, you can get Bollywood DVD's at the same time! I wish I could go back and have fries right now. :( read more

I keep calling this place Bombay COWPATTY by mistake, which ensues immediate fits of giggling. Jokes aside, this place puts the BOMB in Bombay. They serve up typical Indian chaats which are snacks served at street stalls in India. LG and I ordered some snacks for our takeaway picnic - Veg Pakoras, Samosa Chaats and Paneer Kathi Rolls. The first two were fairly average but the Paneer Kathi Rolls were pretty awesome and unique, I'd eat those again! (Described as "Mashed paneer sauteed with onions and tomatoes, rolled inside a flakey plain parantha with chutneys"). Whilst waiting for our takeout order, we also oredered a Dahi Bhalla, which was lentil dumplings* served cold slathered in a yoghurt sauce with cumin and cilantro. These were awesome. I need to go back and try some of the other messier items which the server ensured us would NOT travel well, sigh. Plain set up inside with plastic chairs, etc - it's definitely a takeaway joint but they do have a nice outdoor patio area. It's cheap - no dishes over $5.99 *OMG WTF Indian dumplings?!?!?! read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I was so much missing the indian street food and and chaat pakori. My day visit to gerrar street ended on a high note. Golgappas were simply awesome. Sevooori lived upto its expectation. The best part of this place was the chutney or imli sauce or tamarind sauce whatever you want to call it. To curb your craving for indian chaat papri this is a perfect place. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Honest Review!! I wish I could give 0 rating. I use to go often before, but since the Covid hit, the quality has gone down, to be honest I only liked their Vada Paav and nothing else. Rest of the food I don't know whether they even know what they are making. Not even point 5 percent close to Bombay Chowpatty's Bhel etc. I would like to mention something important here!! They do not care about hygiene at all!! Despite of pandemic situation, the people serving or making food do not wear mask, their mask just keeps hanging by their ear. Moreover, they never even ask their customer to do so...nor do they care at all of social distancing etc...the worst was no cleaning of chairs or tables. The toilet I do not even want to comment on. The new staff is very rude. Please be careful before visiting as no one here knows how the COVID spread works! read more

We checked-in while strolling at Gerrard East and got hungry. We, vegetarians were immediately attracted by their sign promising goodies meant for us. When stepped in we were a bit confused, as the place looked a video store at first glance...on a Sunday afternoon the place was empty, but we noticed that the tables were still dirty and so was the floor. Anyway we had hard time to choose what we wanted, as the prices were good and food was appealing. We ended up getting vegetarian burgers and asked for a cup of water, served thankfully in a jug and plastic cups. Also we asked to clean our table before sitting down. So it is not a place you take your sweetheart to enjoy a private dinner. The food tasted good or rather A-OK, the mock patty was a bit too hot for me (hahhaa, yeah, I am tender like that) and the bread was a bit dry. Since it was a light snack didn't feel very stuffed afterwards, but that is my own problem anyway. But we are thinking of giving this place another chance. While writing this I can't wait to get home and prepare my dahl... read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Vegetarian burger. - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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bad service .average food.looks like both guys didnt wanted to be there a the first place to serve food.they were setting up restaurant for the evening and we looked like a distraction from there regular stuff.i am a food and beverage person what is happening in servers mind.but they were happy with the tip.typical nonsense food $72 just doesnt worth it read more

I came here for pani puri (5.99) earlier tonight at 9PM and this is what I got. Definitely not the best. You're better off with street pani puri for sure! Previously I've had bhel puri from here before which was quite good so I'm hoping today was just a bad night (it was the very end of Eid, which is probably one of the busiest nights of the year) read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Pani Puri - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We live in the neighbourhood so have been going here for a number of years. I think this past year something has happened - new owners, or several new owners perhaps. The women's bathroom had no toilet paper or paper towels, an overflowing trash bin, and no soap - and best of all, on the door to the bathroom, there was a terse handwritten sign saying "KEEP BATHROOM CLEAN". It's somewhat of an open kitchen in the back, but I couldn't quite see how our food was being prepared. We were there on a Saturday afternoon, and they were out of the first three things we tried to order. I am sad that this place seems to have lost their touch, and for my own gastro-intestinal safety, can't rationalize going back. read more

Came here as part of the UYE Little India crawl. It was a great choice! They had mostly snacks, but any one of them could have counted as a meal. The veggie pakora was very good and filling, but my favourite was the paneer. Not sure the exact name, but they were like cute little fried paneer squares, and with 8 pieces for only 6 bucks! The Dahi Bhalla was also good...and large. It was served cold though, which surprised me (although this is common for yogurt dishes). Fantastic flavour here for sure. I also ordered the mouth-watering kulfi, which was served in a little rowboat and full of ice cream, noodles, creamy stuff, rose flavour, pistachios, and lots of other tasty things. It was kind of like a rice pudding texture. So sweet, and a perfect end to the crawl. Luckily they have illustrated pamphlets, so you know what you're getting, and you can also specify how hot you'd like it. And if the mood strikes you, they also have hundreds, or perhaps thousands of Bollywood DVD's for sale! Cash or debit only. read more

On my most recent trip to Little India, we stopped in at Bombay Chowpatty for some India street snacks. I was craving some chaat and my friends were curious to what chaat was. Upon entering we were taken back at the fact that this location serves as a DVD rental place as well. The Indian music playing in the background added to the full street snack experience. We ordered chaat, pani puri and pakoras to sample the various street snacks! They came out in phases, which was great because we got eat while we waited for the next dish. Every dish was fresh and well executed. The flavours blended so well. The pakoras were not overtly greasy and were devoured. I want to try the lassis and shakes my next visit! You have to check this place out when you are in the Little India area. They are 100% vegetarian as well! read more

After lunch at 5 Spices http://www.yelp.ca/biz/the-5-spices-restaurant-toronto#hrid:l33exM2UCMUCWjNaMs8taw, my 5 friends and I popped across the street for some nice dessert. We all had versions of lassis or shakes. I believe 3 Pista Thandais were ordered (pistachio, saffron, cardamom), plus a couple of others that I can't recall. I believe one had rose flavour. I had the mango shake. We all LOVED them. read more

Just checked this place out after work today in order to pick up a few treats for an Indian themed UYE at Harbourfront Centre tonight. While Lauren M. and I waited for our take out order we decided to try their Dahi Bhalla as a small snack since it WAS after 5pm and we WERE hungry! It was delicious! So after indulging in the delicious dumplings, we took the remainder of our take out order to the Indian themed UYE. We had purchased vegetables pakoras, samosas and one other item (name escapes me). After trying all of the items, I have to say that their food is pretty good and that this place is definitely one that I will go back to. The prices were extremely reasonable and service was quick. read more

I love the name. CHOWPATTY!! Ventured in as part of the UYE Little India Crawl. They open around 1:30 or 2. Don't go early, :P. The Royal Falooda is Bombay Chowpatty's specialty drink which features a lovely blend of rose syrup, chilled milk, aaand ice-cream garnished with pistachios and almonds but hold up! It's not for everyone. Your drink (?) features vermicelli! Yes, as you slurp up your delicious blend you've got those slippery noodles as well which... gives an entirely different experience. I'd really have to get one (okay, more than one. no holding back, y'all!) of their snacks to make a legit review. From what I could sample from Neil/Zandra's orders, the pakoras were pretty good! And those paneer pieces looked rather appetizing, *__*. read more

I found this place on google maps and decided to visit it. I ubered to this place assuming this place will satisfy my urge of having Indian cuisine chats. The place looks good on visit. Ordered pani puri(no potato masala in puri and pani was just a mix of tamarind and green chilli paste), dahi puri(was soggy) and pav bhaji(tasted like half cooked vegetables mashed without spicies). Had to say, food was not at all tasty, forget about the authenticity of the Indian taste. Each item was over priced and compared to taste its not even worth a try. I regret going to this place and later had to find another restaurant(luckily found Udipi in a walking distance). Hence I would only give this restaurant 1 star. read more

This is now my current favorite location in little India. The atmosphere is fantastic, a bit of a street-food vibe, but a clean and high-end one, like you might find in a chic district of Mumbai or Bangalore. They also usually have retro Bollywood music from the 70s or modern Bhangra playing too which can only add goodness to the experience. The guys that run it are nice too. Food-wise, it is geared toward more snack type foods (chaat), and their Bhel Puri is indeed pretty good. However, what makes this place top of my list is the Chana Bhatura! Amazing. It is addictive, intoxicating, and I can't bear to go there and not order it. Unfortunately, few people know how to pronounce Chowpatty [cho-padi] (named after the famous beach in Bombay which popularized this type of street food) correctly, and my friends keep on calling it Cowpatty, which I am constantly disappointed by. However, they cannot deny the quality of the food. read more

Service was what ever, food was OK, very small portion, price point OK. Washrooms smell and are very dirty read more

FOOD: PRO: Finally some spicy Indian food! Most of the Indian food here in Toronto, even if they tell you it's spicy, once you taste it, it is not really spicy. That's why I appreciated that they serve REAL spicy and tasty food here. They also have Kulfi here and it's also good. PRICE: PRO: Inexpensive, and you will get the value of your money coz the food tastes good. AMBIANCE: PRO: They sell Bollywood movies here. Very casual vibe, no need to worry about what you're wearing when you come in here. CON: Probably best to do bring and eat your food at home. This restaurant is more of a take-out food stop. read more

Delicious Mumbai style food. The waiters are friendly. Their vada-pav & kulfi falooda are the best I've had outside of India. The place is bare basic and the metal tables & chairs are awfully cold. The washrooms could be a lot cleaner. Other than this if you are hankering for chaat this is the place to go. They definitely need to update their freezing cold metallic furniture. It is very uncomfortable to go here when it's cold. Everyone sits here wearing jackets!! Afded to this, they probably keep their thermostats very low. Does not make for a comfortable eating experience. The saada paan was $1:50 - smallest paan I've ever eaten! read more

I usually bring my friends from out of town to this spot anytime I'm in the neighborhood. I personally really enjoy their Paneer Burger... it always hits the spot. read more

Bombay Chowpatty - Indian Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Was craving chaat and we had a bit of time before our stand up show so went to this place for some ragada chaat. it was delicious! Could have reduced on the chutney so the tikki would have been less soaked but it still was pretty good. Would come back for another plate! read more

Wow! What amazing food! The interior isn't the most nicely decorates, and we sat down to some dirty tables, but this isn't a fancy restaurant, it's a popular place for chaat and savoury snacks. We stayed away from the masala fries, because we had been eating a lot of potatoes lately. The staff is really friendly and they make an effort to help any newbies with the menu. I ordered a mango lassi and the clerk began to give me a Wikipedia explanation of what a lassi is. I found it to be a lot less thick than other lassis and while it tasted good, the flakes of almond were kind of annoying. Will definitely come back. read more

Worst food , we tried dahi puri, Papari chaat , sev batata puri all had same taste . Mostly potato . I would not go again

Fantastic authentic chat place !!! I am born and brought up in Delhi and have had authentic chat items to enjoy . This place did an amazing job and customer service was very good as well. Kudos to this place ... read more

HONEST REVIEW!!! Pathetic food...I have ordered a pav bhaji which turns out to be a nightmare...first of all it was completely cold...the WORST pav bhaji I have ever had in my life...no taste and watery...no cleanliness....no hygiene...anyone reading my review I would suggest plsssss don't waste your money coming here!!!! read more

Yummy food, specifically chana bhattura and also very good customer service. I loved the welcoming ambience. The price is also very affordable as compared to the food quality and quantity. Definetly going back. read more

My boyfriend and I had been craving chhole bhature since we've come back from our trip to India. In the past Bombay Chowpatty was the only place that had the best chhole bhature, it actually felt like you were eating in India. We live on the West end of the city so we decided to make the trek to this restaurant. We ordered 4 orders of chhole bhature, two to stay and two to go because...well, why not! As soon as we got our food we were immediately disappointed just by looking at the food, I'm not sure what has happened in the past few months (the last time we went was in summer 2019) but the food was not up to par. It was lacking in flavor big time!! Indian food is all about masalas and flavour but this dish tasted like boiled chickpeas with a dab of turmeric...it was so disappointing. We had already paid for all four orders of the dish and they had prepared them, otherwise I would've cancelled the orders. Maybe there is change in management, as the faces in the kitchen and counter looked new but this was the most disappointed food experience since we've ALWAYS left this place beaming with satisfaction. This makes us very sad as we were really hoping to take care of our cravings. read more

It's a good place to eat Indian street food snacks. Very tasty food and not too expensive. Must try Bombay burger, vada pav.

Im not sure how alot of people are rating this place good, but this place was terrible. Service, food, interior decore, everything was bad. The lady there was quite rude and over charged us telling us that the price was the old price.... Which means you need to update your god damn menu. Nothing there satisfied my cravings for some delicious vegetarian indian food with my boyfriend. Definitely not coming back there... And I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT. Do yourself a favour.... Save your money and cravings somewhere more worthy..... I swear to you. read more