Swagruhas Dosa Home

You wouldn’t expect Dosa at a Punjab Business Centre but you’ll be surprised. The Dosas and the Idlys are pretty good. There are better places out there (Grihalakshmi, Sarvanna Bhavan) in Toronto but this one will satisfy your craving for some good Dosa. The pricing is pretty good as compared to some of the other restaurants. The servers are friendly but they did forget my order for the dessert. Try out the Mango Lassi — it’s pretty good. I love the fact they have a open Handwash area. Makes it much more cleaner. Ask for the special of the day. My wife loves Paper Dosa and she found it pretty good. Overall, a good place if you insist on having a Dosa for a bite!

Oh, where do I begin? I went with my husband and two kids. When we went to sit at our seat, the chairs and tables were ripped, dirty, and sticky. We sat anyway, because the waiter was impatiently tapping his foot behind us. He handed us our menus (which were dirty) and water. He quickly left. A few minutes later, I was about to take a sip of water when I noticed that there was something in my cup. I checked all the other cups and there was something in there. The waiter came back, we ordered our food (veg masala dosa, plain dosa, mini tiffin) and my husband told the waiter about our water. The waiter rolled his eyes, and left. RUDE! He also said he would bring more water. Our food came, pretty quick too. The food was so-​so, but we really didn’t want to eat it because of the glasses thing. We paid, and my husband asked again about the glasses. The waiter ignored him, and as soon as he was done with our bill, he ran off. We live in the States, but visit frequently to Canada. Will not go again! :(

Somehow I end up staying at a Toronto airport hotel every few years and I always look forward to coming here when I do. They do great South Indian food and the dosa’s are killer.

The quality of the dosa for the price we pay is awesome… it’s not a big fine dine restaurant so we expect quick service… if they have only 2 to 3 customers, then they are quick… but every time we go there, there are on an average 10 to 15 customers and they take more than 40 mins to bring 2 dosas… that’s awful !! Waiting 40 mins for those 2 dosas are not worth it !!! Expect big waiting times as they have only one cook. !

First Star: This place is lightning quick! I went in, ordered a dosa (from their 153 choices — it’s not really that exact number, but there are a lot of choices), paid, went to the washroom and by the time I got out Kris U was standing there holding my bag of dosa.
I had to get it to go as I was on my way out of the country and my flight was departing in 2 hours, which brings me to the Second Star: it’s proximity to the airport was perfect for my needs.
Third Star: it’s all about legit-​ness. I walked in and was greeted by what I’m pretty sure is a family owned and operated business with lots of folks that appeared to be regulars.
Fourth Star: it was goooooooood. I chose a spicy masala dosa and really enjoyed it. Keep in mind though; Denver doesn’t do dosa so I was happy to have it in any form.
Bonus: Customs allowed me to take my dosa through and eat it while waiting for my plane.
Not-​so-​bonus: the stink eye my fellow travelers waged upon me for my strong-​smelling eats.