Avoid, avoid avoid the butter chicken poutine at all costs. If you've got a hankering for butter chicken poutine read this review and weigh the pros and cons should you find yourself at Yorkdale Mall and in desperate need of a poutine fix.
I've had their butter chicken and it's not bad. It's good the first few bites and then it just turns into a chore to finish the rest.
While the place is nestled into a little cafe-like area, the lack of customers should have told me to not order the poutine as the fries would not be fresh. Unable to resist, I asked if the fries were fresh (since they didn't look it). The woman there told me 'yes' and I should have gone with my instinct.
At over $6 it's not bad but not a great deal by any means. When I tried it I knew I had been had, the fries were definately not fresh. They were warm but only because the butter chicken had sat on top of it for quite some time as I waited to pay.
Unlike their butter chicken with rice, the first few bites were not pleasant. The warmness from the butter chicken could not mask the dry and unsavory fries.
Ironically they are right beside NY fries which also has butter chicken poutine available.
Should you find yourself with this dilemma you need to ask yourself what is more important:
Hot fries, or fresh hot butter chicken?
You get fresh fries at NY fries but the butter chicken most likely isn't fresh and hot but if you go with Amaya your fries are most likely going to be sitting there a while before it's served to you.
They get an extra star because I asked the lady if I could get more fries (before I knew they were cold) and she gave me more.