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| - My lunch buddy, Raj, had a craving for Indian food, buffet style. We like trying different restaurants, so a search through Yelp, Google, and other social media produced a short list within a reasonable proximity. We decided on Mayur Fine Indian Cuisine at Ellesmere and Pharmacy, in Scarborough.
Mayur is located in an older plaza with several other restaurants, including Hakka Chinese, Sushi, and Pizza. The parking lot is pretty tight, with very few spots, compared to the potential seating in all the restaurants. The buffet is located near the entrance, making it easy to decide if it's appealing enough to stay for lunch.
The steam table had fifteen items, including the always popular butter chicken, tandoori chicken, curry goat, chickpeas, saag paneer, and more. There was a handwritten sign at one end of the buffet that said something about "love food", "don't waste it", or something like that. That explains the size of the small plates. I have no problems with the message. I hate to see food go to waste. I would have preferred a larger plate.
The food tasted good. I particularly liked the butter chicken, curry goat, and saag paneer (spinach and cheese). The veggie pakora and onion bhaji were just slightly on the dry side. I imagine they would have been much better if they had just come out of the kitchen. The rest of the food was very good. My grumpy friend wasn't so enthusiastic. Did I mention he was grumpy?
For the second day in a row, a server spilled something on me and all over the table. This time, it was a bottle of beer. At least she was genuinely apologetic, a bit embarrassed, and made a good effort to clean up the mess, unlike last night. She did bring a new bottle of beer but she forgot a water glass.
As we became more aware of our environment, we realized none of the lights in the restaurant were turned on. There was a lot of light coming in through the front windows but the back of the room was kinda dark. It made table-side photography a little bit more challenging. I think they also forgot to turn on the air conditioning. I was sweating a lot! The heat from the steam table didn't help. Maybe they turned off the lights to lower the heat. Their debit/credit terminal wasn't working, making cash the only payment they could accept.
The food deserves a higher rating but the issues mentioned above were too much to ignore.
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