Canbe Foods

Great snacks — mutton rolls, vadais are great. Service is also very quick.

We bought the chicken and mutton rolls. At first bite it’s soooo good and then the heat kicks in and then it explodes in your mouth! But in a good way! Lol
We also ordered the chicken kothu roti. OK. So if you’re going to order something that’s not already made then prepare to wait almost 30 minutes in a hot room. We went during summer when it was almost 30 degrees outside and they don’t have AC. So we were not impressed. The moral of the story is– call in advance! Lol. BTW, if you’re not accustomed to spicy food, then order dishes mild– and then make sure you drink a lassi or yogurt kind do of drink cause that water is not gonna do it!

After coming here for lunch for a few days now, I must say that my favorite thing here are still the veggie samosas! I get some of those every time I come here, they are so good! and Spicy!
What I really like the most about this place is how quick you get your food, the service is as fast if not faster than going to a fast food place. Plus the food is so much better! I have always really liked Indian food, the spicy flavours, the variety of vegetables, its so nice to find a good Indian food place like this one.
I will mostly likely be here for lunch many more times. For the samosas, mutton rolls, nan, rice, veggies… I like it all.

Ordered:
Vegetable samosas, 4 for $ 1.
Chicken samosas, 1 for $ 0.40.
Mutton rolls, 1 for $ 0.75.
Plain roti, 1 for $ 0.70.
If you like spicy food, come here!!!
Fresh and tasty.
Another alternative for Jamaican patties.

Great spot! Went at 6pm on a Saturday. Steady stream of Sri Lankin people — must be good lol. A little intimidating being a tall white girl.
Only take out. Tried the mutton rolls, kuthu chicken roti, samosas and the chicken Biriyani. All good. $ 20 total. Samosas are my new fav but cheap and good. You can see most of the food through the glass. The Kothu roti took a while to make but super fresh. Next time I want to try the idly and vadai and I’d grab a dessert.
Super close to my new place and I’ll likely be back.

A great take out joint! Falls under the «good cheap eats» category! Venture here at least once every 3 – 4 weeks: D
Vegetable samosa (with the tamarind sauce, of course) — ⁴⁄₅
Goat samosa (with the tamarind sauce, of course) — ⁴⁄₅ (and I don’t even like goat)
Chicken Biryani — ⁴⁄₅ (comes with an egg and they really pack in the container of rice… never available after 7pm on the weekdays that I have been there so, call in advance and have them set it aside for you)
Chicken Koftu — ⁵⁄₅ (SOOO GOOD, super packed in container… my go-​to dish at this place…*DROOL*)
Dosa — ¹⁄₅ (Yuk…was burnt and wiry in texture… if I ever ate foam, I would imagine that it would taste and feel like this. I only ate the inside which tasted really good!)
Tandoori chicken — 3.5÷5 (ok in flavour and was a bit dry… pieces were kinda small too)

Mutton rolls and samosas are very good from here. Haven’t tried the kothu roti or biriyani yet. For me, it’s a walking distance from my mechanic on Ellesmere. Pop in for a bite while my car is on the hoist getting work done. Best of all, the price definitely won’t break my wallet so I’ll be able to pay my mechanic after.

Absolutely love this place! The samosa’s are the best in Scarborough! They’re also very cheap which is surprising due to how amazing they taste. I highly recommend coming here & trying their samosa’s!

Canbe was recommended to me by a Sri Lankan Über driver. I was disappointed by the quality of the food. We ordered several dishes, and not a single one met my standards. Overall, the food was sub-​par. The food looked old and tasted old. Also, it was not nearly as spicy as I would have liked. Perhaps that’s a result of catering to the masses, but come on, Sri Lankan food to the masses is marketed as «REALLY SPICY.» So why wasn’t it? It was sad.
I rate it 2 stars because the food is cheap and acceptable in most cases. However, I was expecting much more given the large Sri Lankan population in Toronto, and therefore, a higher quality to meet the standards of the many Sri Lankans. I think the worst dish I had, though, was the watalappan. I can’t believe that their «watalappan» was being sold as watalappan because it did not taste ANYTHING like any of the watalappan I’ve eaten my entire life.
The next time I’m in Toronto, I will try a different establishment.

Its a indian takeout place. The food is tasty, freshly cooked and very affordable prices. I like samosa. I tried beryani, it was bit dry but still tasty. I will recommend lovers of indian food to check this place.

I’ve been here a couple of time now since I came to Toronto a few months back. Food is good and I’ve tried a bunch of them. Beriyani, roti perata, egg curry, chicken curry, tandoori chicken and etc.
The only 2 complains I will have is : —
1) no clear signs on the waiting line, and you can easily see people cutting the line, (they probably didn’t know there was a line) and the staff aren’t doing anything about.
2) love the mutton beriyani, but I have stopped ordering it, as for some reason there’s just too many bones compared to mutton.

Tasty food. Great selection. Large portions. Reasonably priced. Weekends are pretty busy.

Delicious and inexpensive good quality food. I also bought some frozen foods off there which were good. Biryani was 6 bucks but easily feeds 2 or 3 people/

I’ve been going here almost weekly for the past 4 months. Since my last review I’ve also tried the following:
— egg roti ($ 2) which I love (spicy as it has fresh green chilies) & get whenever they have them prepared
— 5 idli, sambar & coconut chutney ($ 3.50) which I also love. The idli get dry if not eaten same day but add some water before you microwave them and they’ll taste as fresh as first day. Very reasonably priced but not enough sambar for 5 idlis
–mix string hopper (seafood, chicken, and vegetable) also very good but greasy. The seafood one has a Sri Lankan dried fish called Mali that has a strong flavor and if you’ve never had it before — ask to sample it before you buy it — it’s an acquired taste.
— the prawn are delicious and spicy and have the head and shell on
I recommend this place for price and convenience. I went on a Friday after work and the line up was almost out the door. But I felt it was worth the wait.

Amazing. Super cheap. Super good quality. These guys could make a killing even if they doubled their prices. (But don’t do that …)

Delicious food at great affordable prices! I always get the chicken briyani (a super packed large take out box for under $ 10!) or the chicken koththu roti. If you can’t eat that spicy (like me) ask for no spice for the kothu; it still made my tongue burn but certainly not as much if the chef didn’t hold back on the spices! Sometimes I add in 4 samosas for only $ 1 extra, and they’re not the fried kind which is a bonus as I find these baked (?) ones much yummier.
It’s a take out place, no seats for dining in but for the price and quality of food I’m more than willing to make the drive over and drive home.

Lunch, snacks, dinner
Overall: 3.75÷5
Ambience: ⁴⁄₅ (clean and functional)
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Food: 3.5÷5 (Babu Catering, Ceylon Flavors, Hopper Hut, Amma Catering, Gasa, Quality Bread Bakery, Rajaram Catering are better. All of them are located in Scarborough as well. But this place is still quite good.)
Value: 3.5÷5
Repeat: Yes
Notes: They primarily serve Sri Lankan food. Only take out is available. For the uninitiated recommend the (mild) chicken/​seafood kothu rotti or lamprais (pronounced as «lump rice»)

Sri Lankan food here is delicious and I think it’s pretty authentic. Prices are really reasonable.
We had:
–couple of different short eats
–chicken kothu roti
Both were really good. Kothu Roti was almost half the price of what I’m used to paying
No wonder this place was so packed at 4pm on a Sunday!
–parking lot
–takes credit card
Will definitely be back!

I’d give this place 2.5−3 stars.
I think this place is a little hidden away on Ellesmere Rd. between McCowan and Bellamy. I passed by this place countless times but never noticed it was a restaurant.
After reading the reviews on Unilocal I decided to visit them during a busy period (Sat. at 6:30 — 7:00 p.m.) to see how the staff performed under pressure and the quality of food.
When I walked in my initial impression was, «wow, it’s pretty busy.» There seemed to be a dozen people waiting near the cash registers (more were entering the parking lot), and my interpretation was that it was a line of people waiting to order food.
After a few minutes in the line I noticed that there were two things happening. (1) There didn’t really seem to be a line of people at the registers rather than people just waiting there, and (2) many others were being immediately helped in front of the takeout food for their orders. I asked the cashier about this as she said that if you wanted to order food you need to stand over in front of the food instead on the registers. As someone new to the store, I would have appreciated at least a sign differentiating between the two cues so I wouldn’t be ambling about without a clear picture of what was happening.
When I was ordering I indicated my interest in vegetarian food, and asked about veggie options. The lady behind the counter said they had veggie samosas and 2 – 3 other dishes. I did a quick scan of all the prepared food they had out, which impressively seemed to number around 30, and asked why they has so few veggie options at an Indian restaurant during dinner rush. The lady said they were all out. I specifically asked about veggie biryani, and the lady said they ran out of it around 3 p.m.
How could there only be 1 main vegetarian dish and 3 vegetarian sides at 7pm on Saturday night? Clearly this place has a set amount of food that’s prepared each day and when it’s gone it isn’t replaced.
So, I ordered veggie samosas (side dish) and another dish (veggie main dish: small thin noodles) and left.
The veggie samosas are 4 for $ 1, and I honestly have to say that the pricing is fair for this product ($ 0.25 each). The filling was heavy on potatoes with a hint of ginger but there wasn’t much else in there. I had expected some peas, carrots, or other veggies. The noodle dish was tasty, but it lacked dimension as there wasn’t much more to it than spiced noodles and bay leaves (I think I got 10 small Bay leaves with my order of noodles).
I don’t know if I’d come back here, however, I am certain it wasn’t worth the 20 minute walk to get there. For me, there just doesn’t seem to be anything special about the dishes, location, or service that would warrant a trip back there.

Samosas. Roti Paratha. That’s all you need to know.
Sooo good. They’ve got plenty of fried and baked snacks. As well as, rice dishes and curries. Make yourself a cup of Masala Chai and enjoy your Parathas and Samosas. Perfect on a cold winters day. There is no seating here, it’s primarily a take out place.
Employees are quick, not the friendliest though. Just grab your goodies and go. Love the prices. Parking available.