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| - Came across Raby's in an effort of finding some new restaurants within driving distance of Don Mills.
At first, when looking at any menu that has Lebanese, Indian, Thai, Mexican, and Pizza all on the same menu I would be sceptical as it is the opposite of when you can expect good things from a place that has a small but well executed menu. But it was lunch time, and we had people to feed with varying interests so we decided to give it a go.
The building itself is an old Coffee Style location but they actually did a good job renovating the place.
The outside signage is all new and clean. The walls have decorative rock walls, the tables and booths were all pretty nice. Its kind of like they realized the area they were in and realizing that even making the place look marginally nice will make it upscale compared to the local competition. There is a counter area in the one side of the restaurant to order from and then you go have a seat on the other side and they bring the food out to you. The staff were pretty friendly overall and the bathrooms were clean so in the competition of strip mall and fast food places in the neighbourhood, you can't hold this place back for its setup.
Myself and a couple others settled on a daily special that was not on the menu where we got a big plate of a whole lot of options including some chicken tikki masala, butter lentils, some kind of vegetarian red colored sauce thing, a piece of tandoori chicken, a big pile of rice, a piece of naan, and a single gulab jamon ball for dessert. With a Vinto soda, this all only came to $9.59 after tax!!! Once the food came out (which took about 15 minutes), we began to chow down and I gotta say, not one thing was disappointing. It was all actually pretty darn good, and for the size of the plate of food in front of me, couldn't believe it was under $10. The flavours and seasonings all were well executed, and even the naan was fantastic. The only down side was that the tikki masala and curry based dishes weren't the hottest in temperature, and by the time finishing off the plate were reaching a lukewarm state.
Two other dining companions ordered the chicken shawarma, 1 on a rice and salad plate and 1 in a wrap. The salad/rice shawarma came out with a healthy portion of fresh grilled chicken over a good size plate of rice and salad with a side of hummus, it looked quite good and got 2 thumbs up from its eater. The wrapped shawarma also and he was super impressed, to the point of saying one of the best shawarmas that he's ever had. The one thing that this place seems to have going for it is that it cooks the chicken fresh on order and is really moist and not too dry, but at the same time don't expect it in your hands 3 minutes after ordering like some places.
One surprising thing was how empty the place is. It was 12-1pm lunch time on a Friday, and I only saw one other table and two take out order individuals come in while we were there. Hopefully this place drums up some business as Raby's can certainly count on my return in the near future, and I'd hate to see this place have to close up shop leaving us with one less decent lunch place in the area.
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