Iqbal Kebab

I recently visited Iqbal Kebab and tried their platter along with some other options from the menu. The food was tasty, with well-seasoned meats and flavorful dishes that really hit the spot. The platter was satisfying and gave a nice variety of options, but overall, the meal didn’t blow me away. However, I found the prices to be on the higher side for what you get. While the quality was decent, I felt that the portions didn’t justify the cost, making it a bit too pricey for a regular visit. The service was decent, and the ambiance was comfortable, but I wouldn’t consider it a standout experience given the price point. In conclusion, I’d rate my overall experience as 3/5. The food is good, but it’s hard to ignore the cost. If you're willing to spend a bit more, it’s worth trying, but for the price, I expected a bit more in terms of flavor or portion size.

I had a chicken biryani and chicken tikka from this place which is a dedicated restaurant of its own brand of a superstore! The rice in the biryani was really tasty,had a good flavour,although much milder on its spice-level than expected,but definitely had a good taste,and pretty much value for money for the quantity it gives.20 CAD for a biryani in a container this size,i'd say worth it! Also,the lamb biryani is equally worth having!🙏🏼 Although,there's one disappointment that if you dine in and then choose to take away your leftover food with you,they charge for the takeaway boxes!🙄 No one other restaurant does that! Although,they have good nonvegetarian food ,but they do have weirdness too,the one that I just mentioned above A really very weird policy🙄and for this very reason,I'd like to cut down from 5 to 4 stars😌

We are long time customers... Quality and quantity have both gone down... Gave about 7 fries with fish pakora combo Also, their website is down..showed it to cashier....she didn't seem to care

Terrible Experience – Not Worth the Time or Money I had an extremely disappointing experience at this restaurant. The food was far below average—bland, poorly prepared, and not worth the price. However, what really made the visit unbearable was the customer service. The staff were rude and unhelpful, showing little regard for basic hospitality. To make matters worse, they actually charge customers for takeaway containers, which is completely unreasonable. On top of that, they use plastic bags, showing no concern for the environment. In a time where sustainability matters, this kind of carelessness is unacceptable. Overall, this place is a waste of time, money, and energy. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. There are far better options in the area where your business will actually be appreciated.

I left the store giving them a 2 star but by the time i got home i wanted to give them a 0 star. Other then the fact i had to get up 4 times because service was lacking, the food was also terrible. (Had to get up 4 times because i wasent given my drinks, straw are behind the counter, needed more napkins because i wasent given only 2, and no dine in ketchup available for tables) Only edible item was the cassava fries and thats probably because its literally fried cassava.. the kebab were sizzling as if it was fresh but the actual kebabs were extremely dry, tough, and tasted like there was more daal then meat… we were very hungry and hate to waste food so we tried our best to finish but it just caused us to have really bad indigestion near the end of the night (biggest regret). Im so glad i didnt try anything else like butter chicken and biryani. Naan was just OK. Will not be coming back, sorry.

Great ambiance and service at the Restaurant. The interiors and live Paan counter is the ex factor of this place. I had taken away food several times for lunch. the lunch meals are amazing. However I am a bit disappointed with the dinner I had recently. The taste wasn't good as per the price. I had butter chicken that we requested to be spicy but it tasted like a dessert. The tandoori chicken wings were too salty and it tasted really pathetic.

For the most part everything was good. The food was tasty and the premises were clean. The issue that I had was that management should take note that their POS machine is programmed to ask for tips yet there is no table service that was found. The customer has to go to the counter to collect their food so it does not make sense that the customer should be given options for tipping specific amounts starting from 15%. It would be appropriate to ask first whether the customer wants to leave a tip and then specify the amount if a customer still wants to leave a tip. We went ahead and tipped the 15% thinking that we would be served yet no service. Just left a bad taste no pun intended. The establishment should clearly have posters that there is NO table service so the customer can make an informed decision.

The interior is nice and clean. The food was honestly really good, one of the best briyanis I’ve had from a restaurant. Will be coming here again to satisfy a desi food craving.

$18 for below. Comes with two chicken sausage mixture like skewers. Rice is pretty and tasty. Sauces compliment well and comes with two naan bread that was probably the best item in the combo. The "salad" is just iceberg lettuce and cut tomato and onion so that's disappointing but overall no complaints. It is pricey though.

If I could leave 0 stars I would. The food was absolutely disgusting the butter chicken and biryani were both raw and completely undercooked. When I brought this to their attention, they offered to replace it, but I didn't have time to wait. Instead of simply refunding me, they insisted on bringing a new plate. On top of that, the staff was incredibly rude. I'm truly disappointed and will never be coming back. I do not recommend this place to anyone.

Saw this post on Facebook from a friend of mine that ordered takeout from your restaurant. Shameful. Talk to your staff, apologize to these patrons and lead by example.

Awful experience.The food wasn't good but the customer experience was terrible. Very racist place. Please take a look at our receipt where they named us "CHINKY." Awful.

The prep time is way too slow, food plain, not clean, there's a hair in my beef tail stew (which is only bones no meat ), very pricy $30 per person, small potion. This place should shutdown, no good for the neighborhood.

We have been ordering takeout from this location for some time. I wouldn't recommend dine in as the place doesn't look very clean and you have to get your food as no waiter system once it's ready. My hubby usually gets their chicken biryani and chicken tikka masala. I would say it's spicy (3.5/5 spice level) and keep your tums ready! I have tried their vegetarian food (daal makhani, paneer and vegetarian biryani) and I'm not a big fine. Prices seem comparable to other halal food places. My hubby likes their biryani and will continue to get their takeout (for now!).

Kababs and regular menu items are pretty tasteless, they just look spicy. However, credit where its due, their halwa puri breakfast on weekends is pretty good and best in the area(its very rare anyways). The aalo salan(potato curry) is the best I have had with halwa puris so far in Canada.

Tried the mixed vegetables at Iqbal Parkway Forest Drive. It was very mediocre meal. Less than ordinary. Not worth your money. They just use a frozen veggie package. Told us the mixed veggies included cauliflower but it was just made from a frozen packet but no cauliflower!!

I order from here all the time. The food is a little overpriced but it's nearby so it's convenient. However, today I was eating their food and I bit into my naan and pulled a 4 inch long piece of plastic wrap out of the naan with my teeth........ will not be eating here again.

One of the worst place you will ever eat with no customer care..The tandoori fish was extremely salty and we informed the owner that it was too salty,We ended up eating it bu dipping into water when the waiter went ahead to give us replacement for free..When we saw that we had ate half the food, he gave us no replacement and was rude and said that he will only give us half As replacement.. The half portion never came.. Avoid this place.

Do yourself a favour and stay away.. some of their stuff could ruin your taste buds forever

I should have followed my gut and just gone to subway next door instead...or sushi. There was a group of 5-6 young guys outside who screamed NOOO DON'T GO THERE - IT'S NOT GOOD!! as I was walking into Iqbal Kebab. Went here for lunch - around 12:10pm. I ordered the lunch special which was chicken, rice, desert, naan and salad. It cost me $7.95. You would think that lunch special would be ready to go at....lunch time, right? NOPE! The girl who worked there said, in a not-so-nice tone, that it will be 15min like I was inconveniencing her by ordering the lunch special. I said fine. I WAS IN THERE UNTIL 1:09PM. It took almost an hour to prepare my food. That's where the first two stars went - service and wait time. Third star is knocked off for the fact that my rice tasted like nothing (not even like rice, more like paper), there were 3 pieces of chickens in my whole order and my salad was actually just chopped up onions. Fourth star, and this is a big one ladies and gents, goes bye bye because the same rude girl DROPPED a cup on the floor, PICKED it up and then put it on the table she was serving after checking whether the guys eating noticed :) Amazing. I'm not picky. I usually eat things I drop actually... but cooommmeeeee on! This is a restaurant. I thought it was so gross, the cup was styrofoam and she could have easily just thrown it out. Bad experience, bad food...not to mention the fact that what looked like a half eaten kebab made it into my take-out container....after what happened with the cup I wouldn't be surprised to know that someone dropped it and snuck it into the wrong container.

Not believing in the reviews I've read, and knowing that the Thorncliffe location is owned by the same people. I gave this a try. It's a hidden location near Fairview Mall, but across the street buried in a small Plaza near the Subway. I ordered a Lamb Biryani and a Karahi Gohst (I'm a lamb fan), my orders came with a small Salad with Raita & Tamarand dressing and as well as a fresh naan of my choice. Utterly delicious! There's a fair bit of heat with the dishes(I'm very tolerant), the biryani is rich with flavours with plenty of herbs and spices. The karahi gohst had fall off the bone lamb with tomatoes and other herbs in the sauce which had a rich texture and a a flavour that wil keep you eating until there is nothing left. This is my new indian place, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind a Lamb Biryani right now.

Slow service and really sticky tables?! Food was mediocre for the price. Wanted to try something new since I've been to the other places in the little plaza but definitely not returning.

This is my favourite food stop in that neighbourhood! Reading these bad reviews made me want to write them one that I feel they deserve. The food is exceptionally good. Ive had byriani (all the flavours), tandoori chicken, chana masala, daal, garlic nan, pekoras, and, samosas. The food is always delicious. Generous portions too- the byriani is big enough for two very hungry people! Dining in isnt as pleasant because their food is spicy and their water glasses are tiny (styrofoam cups). I need a huge glass of water with their food, so take out/ delivery solves that issue. The staff is very friendly. One time I ordered and forgot. My food arrived and i was receiving many phone calls. I was ignoring the calls because I didnt know the number and I forgot about the order. After 30 mins, I angrily answered the phone- the food ! I ran out feeling horrible ! I obviously tipped better than normal for my absentmindedness. What surprised me was that the elderly delivery lady wasnt angry. She also didn't give up on delivering my food. The food is always hot and neatly packaged. The price isn't cheap, but isn't expensive either. I highly recommend this place to anyone in the area. Bee coming here since they opened and I just cant get enough. Very clean and spacious restaurant- just bring your own glass if you dine in ;)

Horrible customer experience today! Always have a standard order and man who took order did not properly take the order and accused me of not stating the order correctly. Impossible as the order I place is always the same! Ludicrous

The food is good but is very expensive considering the portion. In a period of less than 3 years, the price increase and the portion decreased. Today we told them about the portion size, and to our surprised it became lesser than the last time we bought...

Though I'm not Pakistani, many of my friends are and I have had the privilege and good fortune of eating home made, restaurant and banquet hall Pakistani food so for a "gori", I consider myself to be a bit of an expert. After living in North York for a year, I was excited to see the sign for Iqbal's from the highway. I usually drive to Brampton when I want Pakistani food. Vegetable biryani- I was most happy with this dish. It had lots of veggies and it was well spiced. The raita that came with it was very watered down, too much so, so the point that it was like pouring water on the rice. The salad that came with it was a container of iceberg lettuce and raw onion. Ha ha Qeema Naan (naan stuffed at ground beef)- this was hot and tasty. The ground beef kept falling in myself as I ate it though bc it wasn't as carefully made as I have had when homemade but overall, it was delicious. My only qualm was that the beef was a bit low quality and had some tough, sinewy pieces in it. Beef Haleem- I love Haleem. Haleem is always served with raw ginger slices, onions, cilantro and lime to squeeze on. Because Pakistani restos always seem to "forget" to give me my lime when I order the dish (which is disappointing when you live a 15 min drive from from the location and only got take out in the first place because you had no food at home (including limes) ). I double checked with both the guy who took my order and the girl who gave me my order and both repeatedly stated that there was lime in my bag of takeout containers. I got home and there was no lime of course (when do I learn?!). The Haleem was about a 3/5 with points removed for small portion with regards to price and lack of lime. Bhindi (lady finger) curry- this was a bit disappointing. I got a nasty stalky/cardboard piece in my mouth the first bite I took. Overall the flavor was just okay. They were generous with the oil (I poured off at least 2 tbls) which is considered a good thing to Pakistanis but not for my waist line. My bill for these 4 items was $35. The staff were very polite. The food came relatively quickly. The food is of course halal. There was a small assortment of mithai (sweets). If I was desperate for South Asian food, I'd go back but overall, I've had much, much better (though not in North York).

This is one of the few Kebab places in the area. I enjoy the Lahori Beef Kebab, my only complaint is the portion is a bit small for the price.

Kind of expensive if I consider other similar options I can have. I had the ground chicken kebob combo which comes with rice, salad, naan, and some sauce. I'd rather go to an Iranian/Turkish/Afghan place for a similar kebob combo. It took 15 mins to cook my ground chicken kebob which imo is a little long for a place with almost no customers. As for the food itself, it was ok. I definitely prefer the afghan/Iranian flavors over this. There are lots of spices though and the taste is alright. The salad is a little disappointing. The naan was excellent. The location is a bit awkward for me. I'm probably not going to have a chance again.

Have lived beside the plaza where this restaurant is, so me and my boyfriend decided to check it out. They have a deal for two, that's 20$ plus tax. It includes 2 naans, 2 beef kebabs, a meat of your choice (we chose butter chicken) and 2 pops. Our total came up to 24$ as we got garlic naan. Quite pricey for all of that, but their garlic naan is 3$ a piece, so no surprise there. The naan was big and filling. The kebabs were very good. The butter chicken came in a small container and the meat had a lot of fatty pieces. I'm very picky when it comes to meat, so this threw me off. The butter chicken sauce was delicious but the meat ruined it for me. Overall, it's a good option to have but its not the cheapest.

Great transformation in terms of service been here after a long time. Previously I had a bad experience .But today the service was really good. The lady at the front desk was very friendly. Takeout package was really good. I am impressed great job guys at iqbal. I guess my only concern now is the washrooms. Would rate you guys 5 on 5 if that was taken care of. Otherwise the lamb biryani is really good.

I got chicken biryani and there was lamb pieces as well when i dont even eat lamb so i didnt eat and the prices are ridiculously high and the service is very poor