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| - About a year ago, I went to NYC for the first time and I was told that I must try the Halal Guy's famous chicken and rice dish. I did and I fell in love. Since then, I've been trying to find a similar dish here in the GTA.
Eventually I heard about a dish called "on the rocks". From the pictures, this looked very similar to the Halal Guy's chicken and rice dish, so I decided I needed to try this dish. From my research, there's three restaurants that sell an on the rocks style dish. On-Z-Rocks is the newest of the three, and I decided to give it a go because I heard the service was faster at this restaurant.
I decided to try On-Z-Rocks on a Friday night and it did not disappoint. Here are the highlights:
- Lots of parking behind the restaurant.
- Establishment is new and clean. Plenty of seating available.
- Food was made relatively quickly. It took about 10 minutes.
- Portions were large.
- Food was great! I ordered the On-z-Rocks and I thought it was really great. Chicken was well seasoned, sauce was good and they did not skim on the sauce as well. Only disappointment was the hot sauce is not very hot at all.
Cons:
- Hot sauce is not very hot.
- Cashiers were a bit new and thus a bit slow at taking orders. Not a big deal though, they'll speed up with time.
On-z-rocks was definitely not the same as the Halal Guy's chicken and rice, but I still found it to be pretty great. Since trying On-z-Rocks, I've tried another one of the 3 restaurants that server an on the rocks style dish. On-Z-Rocks is still my favorite though :).
Also note:
I've read some of the other reviews posted here and I'm pretty surprised. I did not find this place 'disgusting' (as it was a brand new establishment that was pretty clean), I found the chicken to be very flavorful compared to another competitors on the rocks, and I actually like having a lot of sauce on my chicken :).
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