Nowshak Restaurant

I’ve eaten here 5 – 6 times in the last few years and the food is always great. I’ve always been the only table in the place and sometimes have waited a while for service — like they were surprised to have customers! Once I had to knock on the kitchen door and yell «hello?» Mantoo and Boulanee are great appies and be sure to get the Qabali rice side dish with your main. Once they know you’re there you won’t regret it.

Ordered a meal for 4 people for delivery. 40 minutes later I receive a notification that the restaurant cannot deliver because it is too busy. Very disappointing.

Went here for a dinner on Sunday evening. The place was deserted. Someone quickly came in from the back to seat us. Since we had the whole restaurant to ourselves we got the seats of our choice.
We ordered the mantoo which had four steamed beef dumplings with a yogurt sauce. The server got us our drinks and appetizers quickly. The appetizer did not seem freshly made and tasted OK. It would have tasted better if it were hot. The sauce on top was pretty good.
I ordered the Vaziri kabob platter which came with koobideh and tandoori chicken. It took a while for them to get our main course. Being the only ones in the restaurant it felt quite long. At least we were assured that it would be freshly made. When the mains finally came out they looked delicious! The rice was topped with carrots and raisins. Everything tasted amazing. They were quite generous with the portions and there was enough food for another meal.
Overall the food was pretty good. The service however was a bit lacking in terms of the wait time for getting our entrees. There was a TV in the restaurant though which kept us entertained. The vibe is definitely more of a family restaurant than a date night kind of place.

One of the best kabob platter I have had in years. They call it koobideh platter. It’s amazing. Please try it.

Took 1,5 hours for delivery, so 40 minutes late. Cold food, tastes so bland, no cutlery, no napkins. So disappointed !! Worst falafel pita of my life

I got their falafel plate and samosas as take out around lunch time. The falafel was soft and tasty but not crisp on the outside. The rice was perfectly cooked and the spicy sauce brought the plate together. Then why the 2 stars? The samosas were packed in a separate box and the box was leaking oil onto the cover, the samosa were oily and looked like they spooned oil on it before closing the box.
Probably will go again for take out but will check my food before i leave.
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A nice gem in this plaza, along with several others! I agree with the review below, in terms of this plaza not getting the amount of traffic or attention it deserves. It was my first time eating Afghan food and I was impressed by the friendly service and amazing flavours I came across. When we walked in, there wasn’t anyone behind the counter so we weren’t sure if they were ready for costumers. A man popped out from the back door to greet us and invited us to sit down anywhere, as they were still setting up for the day. Before taking our order, the same man from before explained to us some common spices used in Afghan cooking, along with what some of the menu items were. I ended up ordering the tikka platter: lamb, a salad, and long grain brown rice with raisins and carrots. It took some time to prepare our dishes, and we were certain everything was prepared fresh. It came out as a huge portion of food, served with a side of spicy garlic sauce. All of it was sooo good, and the rice — -YUM. I must say, when I first read about raisins and carrots on rice, I was skeptical, but it was an amazing combination of flavours, paired with the lamb and sauce. This place has undoubtedly made me a fan of Afghan cuisine! Very reasonable prices too.

The food is not fresh. The meat doesn’t taste good. I’m only giving 2 stars because I’m a nice guy. But they deserve 0.

It was the best afghani food I have ever had, everything was full of flavour, the meat was juicy and the rice was the delicious. Their spicy tomatoe sauce was excellent.

This place looks unsuspecting and empty from the outside. Walked in, waiter was not very talkative, ordered our food and wow! It was spectacular, fresh and great flavors, I would recommend you try this place and look beyond the façade.

Noticed this place while driving through the plaza that surrounded Vaughan Mills. Checked out their website and decided to order some take out. I had the COMBINATION PLATTER
Which consisted of either One choice of koobideh/​chaplee, then your choice of the second kabob Chaplee. This was my first time trying Afghan food, so I didn’t know what to expect. In addiction to that, I had the Mantoo which were stuffed dumplings steamed with ground beef and onions on the inside. Overall the service was good, the food was tasty, but it also reminded me of middle eastern food. It was extremely quiet there with no customers when I went. I’ve gone there twice so far since its open but my concern is how long it will remain open due to the lack of demographics that are into this type of food.

Located in the plaza to the north of Vaughan Mills and as stated in the previous review this area doesn’t get as much pedestrian traffic as it deserves.
We were the sole table at the time of our visit, which was on a Friday evening. A young girl greeted us as we entered and directed us to sit anywhere we would like. Even with a stroller to block the aisle didn’t seem to bother her. Nor should it have unfortunately no one else entered the establishment while we were there.
She didn’t come right away to take our drink order, but rather waited ten minutes or so to take our full order. We had an appetizer which came out reasonably quick with the drinks as well, and shortly there after came the main course.
Everything was absolutely delicious the portions were huge and the prices were very reasonable. I actually wasn’t expecting so much food for the prices they were charging. I had the combination platter with tika and rice with carrots and raisins, it also comes with a salad with a yoghurt dressing.
This was our first experience with Afghani cuisine and we were very impressed with the food here. The funny thing was that there was no music on and it was so quiet, until we were near done they decided to put on some music. It would have been a nice touch if they had it on when we got there. Other than that it was a nice experience with great food.

It gets pretty QUIET in this Vaughan Mills Plaza for Sunday lunch and due to that fact, half of the restaurants in this strip do not open on Sunday. I guess it’s Nowshak’s lucky day because I chose them for lunch and we were the only table in this contemporary setting with some exotic music.
This was our 2^nd visit this Summer to an Afghani restaurant so we had a clue what we’re looking at on the menu. We skipped the Starters, Vegetarian, Kabob Platters directly to the SPECIAL Dishes. We were still served with Afghani Flat Bread which was nice as we were starving.
My co-​worker had the Tika Platter ($ 9.49) where he choose Beef Tenderloin KABOB served with Salata, Yoghurt Sauce and Qabali.
Qabali reminds me of Jewel Rice during my Persian dinner at Pomegranate. Actually the whole dish reminds me of Persian food, I hope this doesn’t offend anyone as it is just my ROOKIE comparison to this culture I’m still learning. Please feel free to message me if I’m totally off track.
I got the Combination Platter ($ 11.49) choice of Koobideh (Ground Beef) with any other Kabob which I got the Chopan (Lamb) served with Qabali and Salata. The Qabali was YUMMY and large portion. Chopan & Koobideh was good and so was the Salata where the hint of Coriander made the difference.
Our waitress did her work well and the setting is pretty comfy with nice CUSHY seats. I believe this could be a nice date place for a night if you’re bored of the Italian scene in this neighbourhood.