Magic Oven

I’ve only had take-​out from here and both times, the food was prepared fresh and quickly (considering I ordered in the restaurant). I tried their vegan hot potato pizza (but they were missing one ingredient, which they allowed me to substitute) and their Tandoori Chicken pasta — which was unique and quite delicious!
Never felt like eating there though — it’s usually empty and doesn’t look very inviting.

Food was okay, but was overpriced. Feels run down and old. Service was acceptable.

Perfectly serviceable food for after work gatherings or with people you don’t know that well. Decent beer and wine specials and a lot of variety on the menu (sandwiches), pizza and pasta. Lots of vegetarian and vegan options.
Service and décor were also serviceable. Not the kind of place to come back to for anything outstanding but a decent place in a pinch.

The pizzas are made with fresh ingredients you can taste the difference, generous toppings but I find the pricing too high

possibly the worst pizza place I’ve ever been to
the vegetables were almost raw — raw zucchini, eek

My vegan sister raved about how awesome this place WAS 6YEARS AGO! I knew that it wasn’t the same but they take it to a whole new level. As soon as we got in a guy sitting down on his phone and asked «table for two»… ON THE PHONE! Later we saw the Waitress who was nice and I don’t blame her for the horrible food. Later I realized that the guy on the phone was the manager, ha! Bad start but we had some hope for the food, boy were we disappointed
Best salad: beets were overcooked. Ordered a bunch of appetizers and the geniuses put them all in one plate and the water from the beets went everywhere. Great!
Samosa was decent, probably frozen
Tofu: no flavour, not seasoned at all
Tofu bbq: same story, but with bbq sauce which wasn’t bad but they barely put any so it was
dry as $$@2!
Lasanna: mixed bowl of shit with some cheese on top for $ 18!
Sad place, I feel bad for the company because these guys did wonders for the vegetarian/​vegan movement but sad to say but I would never go back

I remember going here for a birthday dinner many years ago and having an amazing meal. I was recently vegan and was very excited about their pizza– it didn’t disappoint. Years later, I moved to this area and was excited to take my husband here.
Wow, did it go downhill. The service was slow despite it being almost empty and the food was such a letdown. So many of the vegan options were gone and what remained was terrible. Burnt rosemary potatoes, the rosemary on them a little of crisp burnt specs. the pizza crust tasted frozen and probably was. The desert stale. I don’t think we came near finishing the food and waited for eternity to get our bill. I ended up coming up to the counter to pay my overinflated bill. What a shame, Magic Oven!

We really like this place but the last two times we have been there, 6 months apart, we have been served cheesecake with mould. We didn’t have to pay for the slice with mould but we did have to pay for the others. Suffice it to say this does not inspire confidence.

Healthy pizza and had this chicken pesto with spelt crust. They had a yummy chicken pasta and panini too! It’s a little pricey but it’s definitely a healthier pizza place. And the deliver :)

The food is great but delivery is slow. Pick-​up if you can. When I spoke to a supervisor regarding the delivery issue they were very understanding and offered a discount on my current order.

Our waitress said hi to us and continued to text on her phone. We asked for menus after ten minutes. She told us she spaced out.
Not the best service, we were very much ignored so my best friend and I started to drink from our own booze.
I like their cake.

Vegan pizza was good but it’s too pricey. diaya frozen pizza tastes the same. I’d rather spend $ 10 than 25.
I went to the eglinton one and there was no dining area which I thought there would be. I was disappointed but the food was good. Also the service was good. Cheerful.
Won’t be going back unless someone wants to treat me. Lol.

Review for delivery only.
We ordered:
Pan curry mushrooms
Greek salad
Seafood magic 10″ pizza
Total: $ 37.86
Pizza was fantastic! I didn’t expect to like it but my fiancé insisted on trying it. I ordered a Greek salad as a safe bet and wish I ordered something more adventurous. Salad came with the dressing already mixed on, kind of soggy. Mushrooms were really good too, not too oily.
Overall, we thought the price was a bit expensive for the size of the pizza but felt the salad and mushroom serving size were good. It was enough for two people.
Another downside is delivery time, in their defence it does say 45 – 90 minutes wait but it still took 75 minutes.
Order again: yes, no hesitation! Just order in advance.

Lamb wrap and goat cheese bliss y’all. That’s what I’m eating right now. Ordered Magic Oven via Just Eat for the 3^rd time and THIRD TIME IS A CHARM Y’ALLL! The first time I ordered Magic Oven they where 2 hours late but they gave me free cake and a voucher for another meal. I was pissed but I was also like «I’LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE FINE» and it was okay. This lamb wrap and this goat cheese dip though? They are making my life now. It also only took 30 min instead of an hour so BONUS!
Is the food to expensive? HECK YES but it’s healthy or something? I dunno.
Really this is just the dip talking. God damn. This goat cheese dip is too good.

Nothing really bad about the place. But a kind of lack luster franchise type of place. The food was ok, but I feel like it comes in 5 gallon pails from the same distribution warehouse as all other chain restaurants. I won’t return, but again, no real complaint.

We ordered a pizza from here this weekend. Delivery time was not great, they took an hour from the time we called it in to the time they were at the door.
I actually thought the pizza was okay, but I can’t give it more than 2 stars for the price they charge. It’s better than Pizza Pizza, but come on, that’s faint praise. For the amount they charge they’ve got to do better.

I’ve thrice been disappointed by this oven’s purported magic.
The first was a delivered 16″ pizza that, at nearly $ 50 (inc. tax, delivery & tip) underwhelmed as but a snack for four and left us all rather hungry. The pizza itself tasted good, but this was largely due to an unhealthy overcompensation of garlic and olive oil — it was sparse on the other toppings, and the box was quite literally soaked through with oil. I swear they used half a bottle.
It was good olive oil, I confess — I kind of wish I had squeezed the box out and used it to make a vinaigrette. (Ok, so I don’t actually wish that… what I really wish is that they had avoided the excess and used the oil in their own vinaigrette rather than as a moisturizing lotion for our pizza box.)
The second time was at a party, where the pizza was an unappealing sog of white sauce and cheese. Again, it tasted good, honestly, but the texture was NOT pizza… not sure if it was a specialty crust or something, but it was just wet. What’s with the wet pizza, Magic Oven? Seriously! You’re not the Magic Crockpot!
Third up was the worst of the bunch, though admittedly not from this location. I was at Taste of the Danforth and had a slice that was, I surmise, intended to entice me into lifelong patronage…
It was, hands down, the WORST pizza I have ever eaten. Cardboardish spelt crust (spelt’s supposed to be kind of nutty and yummy!), dried up, unsalted/​herbless tomato sauce, spinach, and a scatter of feta flakes. Best way to describe them. I didn’t know feta could be «dusted» — I mean, isn’t it supposed to be chunky? Anyway… it was nasty. I threw it out. I’m a sucker for pizza, virtually any pizza, and have never in my life turned down a slice, even a mediocre one. This one went to the seagulls. Hyperbole? Nope. Just extraordinarily bad.
Anyway, considering the hefty price tag, I don’t think I’ll ever again give this company my money. Y’never know, maybe they’ll wow me in the future at some function or another where their food is on offer. Until then… I’ll get my ‘za elsewhere.

I’ve already wanted to try this place, and now with my dietary restrictions, this seems the perfect time.
After looking at their menu and surprised to see how expensive it was ($ 14 – 18 for a pasta, not including spelt pasta substitutions) and a pizza ($ 12 – 17 for a small). They also have a pizza that starts at $ 10 and you can pick your own toppings, but for a cost.
I was going to get a $ 12 (1 person 4 slice) pizza, but then the guy told me it would take 10 mins. I didn’t feel like waiting, and wish that I had ordered it before going to Shopper’s. He coaxed me into staying and getting something by saying that pasta would be faster.
I chose the spelt pasta for $ 15. Seems a bit steep. The portion was quite big though. It was tasty, but there was a strange after taste. I also felt like the tomato, broccoli spelt pasta I could have made at home.
After I saw that Live Organic Bar also is right beside serving pasta for $ 6.99…
HMMMM.
Food is okay, but pricey.

This Magic Oven location is a nice compromise between fancy restaurant and diner-​feel. The narrow, deep restaurant just across from Dupont subway station is pretty understated with its décor — it’s clean and simple, some nice exposed brick walls and a rotating selection of art/​photography on display. (A word of warning, it can get a little chilly in there — overcompensating in the summer months, at least).
After a recent menu revamp, there’s been a bunch of additions to the menu — but you can still expect to find the great variety of salads, sandwiches, pasta and pizza as always. One fantastic addition for vegans/​dairy-​intolerant is the introduction of Daiya vegan cheese, which is a vegan pizza’s BFF — melty, stretchy, delicious!
Appetisers are a mix of soups and tapas-​style small plates — the garlic bread and potato wedges are terrific, but watch out not to spoil your appetite with too much starchy (ohhh delicious starch) indulgence.
I’m a sucker for anything with olives even remotely involved, so the ‘Mediterranean Magic’ pizza is one of my favourites (the smallest size is definitely enough for one) — and like any of their vegetarian pizzas, it can be made vegan just by asking; Magic Oven are very helpful when it comes to this.
Beers and wine (some local) are available as well as pop — with a few more interesting options like fruity organic spritzers and my favourite pizza companion, Brio. Desserts are kept to a simple selection of cakes — to Magic Oven’s merit they do offer a few vegan and/​or gluten free options, so if you’ve managed to leave enough room after your appetisers and/​or mains, then there should be more than enough choice to keep you happy and sugared up.
Prices are obviously not at the level of grabbing a slice from one of Toronto’s many cheap pizza chains, but I think that the extra cost is worth it for the quality and variety of food, and the ability to satisfy a table that might have a vegan, vegetarian, celiac and a meat-​eater all at the same time.
Service here is always pretty reasonable and friendly, and I’ve not been kept waiting an unreasonably long time even when the restaurant is semi-​full. I can’t speak to the delivery service, I prefer to go out to Magic Oven locations. I have gotten takeaway, and they were pretty prompt.
I used to feel this was 3 stars, but thanks to the more comprehensive menu offerings pizza/​pasta-​wise now, and their use of the Daiya vegan cheese, this slighty upscale pizza joint is worth the 4.

I’m lowering my score on here because service has gone so downhill.
Delivery orders take up to 2 hours now.
TWO HOURS.
The staff are clueless. The pizzas have gone way downhill. We don’t order here anymore unless we get a super craving.