Laylak Lebanese Cuisine Toronto

We had such an amazing night! The atmosphere was beautiful, clean, and cozy,everything felt just right. Our waiter, Mayuk, was absolutely wonderful. He was so friendly and really made our night special. He surprised us with a cake for my mom’s birthday, which was such a sweet and thoughtful touch. He kept checking on our table and made sure we had everything we needed. You can tell they really care about their guests and pay attention to every detail. We’ll definitely be coming back!

The food was really good and it's a great halal option. Btata Harrah was amazing and the lamb chops were really nice. Half roast chicken was good but a bit dry, addition of a sauce will make that perfect. Tiger shrimps were also good. Enjoyed the experience!

My first visit to Laylak. Parking was super easy. The restaurant from the exterior is very cute, definitely a good backdrop for a quick pic. Interior is stunning. Every detail of the decor comes together to create a beautiful theme throughout the bar lounge area and flows thru into the dining room. The staff and manager Hovsep were top notch. Hospitality at its finest. As fantastic as the first impression is, the food is the star of the show here. Some of the best Lebanese cuisine in town. So many choices on the menu that you’ll need to visit a few times to enjoy them all. My suggestions would be tenderloin hummus, meat platter, seasoned potato wedges. The complexity of flavours and textures in their Dubai Chocoalte desert cake is brilliant. Meant to share, but you’re probably better off if you don’t

Exceptional service and interior design at Laylak. From the moment you walk in, the staff are here to offer an upscale experience. Very attentive service and gracious host. Food wise, was definitely high quality Lebanese food. As you can imagine for this neighbourhood the price was high. Only complaint I had was the chicken came out a little dry. However, can’t complain about anything else and it’s a great spot for a business dinner or special occasion.

I came here for the first time, and it’s the best food I’ve ever had. Not only was the food amazing, but all the servers were so kind and friendly. It’s the perfect restaurant for a birthday party — I would definitely recommend it! 🤩 Thanks to Moussa for giving us such a wonderful experience

Wonderful food and great service at Laylak! Pro was incredibly helpful with the menu and made excellent recommendations. We loved the dips, the pitas were perfectly soft, and the tawouk was delicious. The specialty cocktails were also fantastic, with a lovely Middle Eastern touch. Highly recommend!

Absolutely loved this place! The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, and the food was fantastic. great quality, beautiful presentation, and full of flavor. What really made the experience stand out was the service. The staff were attentive without being intrusive, checked in a few times to make sure everything was perfect, kept our waters topped up, and even replaced our plates with fresh ones. You truly feel taken care of here. Highly recommend, we’ll definitely be back!

Laylak is a very upscale Lebanese restaurant in Toronto — elegant, refined, and a great spot if you’re looking for a more elevated dining experience. We ordered a variety of dishes, and while everything was solid, the appetizers were the real standouts. The kibbeh was perfectly crisp and flavorful, the hummus with beef was outstanding — the beef was so tender it melted in your mouth — and honestly, I’d recommend just ordering a spread of appetizers to share because they were phenomenal across the board. The desserts were also a highlight: warm, crispy, and kissed with rose water, making them both indulgent and memorable. Easily the best way to end the meal. The mains were good, but for me, the appetizers and desserts carried the experience and are what I’d come back for. Service was okay, nothing bad but not as polished as you’d expect for such an upscale space. Prices are on the higher side, but you’re paying for the quality, execution, and presentation. Overall, Laylak is a spot I’d recommend if you want to enjoy upscale Lebanese dining in Toronto. Stick to the appetizers, don’t skip dessert, and you’ll leave very happy.

Superb dining experience overall - everything hit the mark. The decor, the food, the service were all great. I especially enjoyed how shareable the menu felt, with the Dip Trio ($28) and Mixed Grill ($77) being the items we ordered to share amongst four. The dips were superb, we got the Hummus, Mohamarah and Labneh Bel Toum. We did need some extra pita to finish the generous portions of dip. We each got to try a bit of each skewer that came in the mixed grill, which was good for a first visit. Surprisingly I liked the chicken the most, but I would recommend the platter for any first-timers. The service felt very warm and my fiancé recognized the manager from his last visit only a week prior. We were celebrating our friends' engagement and they gave us a complimentary fig cake as a dessert, which was much appreciated! At times our waitress seemed a bit nowhere to be found but I recognize that the restaurant is new and will only get better. Thanks for a great visit and I hope to be back soon.

Beautiful space with tons of space. The service was excellent and our waiter was very kind. We got the cheese rolls, cold dip trio (hummus, babaganoush, and labneh), kefta kebab, and roasted half chicken. The cheese rolls were delicious and the dips were a great portion. They also brought out fresh and hot extra pita. The kebab and chicken were well seasoned and perfectly cooked. We also got the Laylak Mille feuille, which was just ok. However, I'd go back and try the date cake next time.

We went without a reservation, for lunchon a weekend and sure enough had to settle on barstools. However the slight seating discomfort for a sit down meal was soon compensated by the lovely cocktails and the food. I had the very endearing looking lavender coloured cocktail called a 'Laylac'. We had the. Cauliflower Tajin as an appetizer and Kebabs and Shish Tawouk which were all very delicious. For desert we had Mohlabia and Mille- Feuille. Both did not disappoint. The service at the bar was very friendly and attentive. A re commended Lebanese place if you are downtown.

I'd probably skip this place. We weren't a group of 6 for a birthday. Everything is expensive and the quality is subpar at best. You're pretty much just paying for the experience of feeling like you're in a fancy place when in reality, you're not. The employees are nice but how are you going to put the AC on blast on the back, see my shivering and ask to take my coat? Here's what I got: dip trio for ($22) I mean considering each one is $16 sorta makes sense but for lacklustre dips, still a scam. Tenderloin: I specifically asked for medium and mine came out well done so that was dry. Here is the kicker, they have no hot sauce what so ever. As in not even black pepper to coat my tongue in flavour. Considering it's middle eastern food, I expected hot sauce so go be good there was none wax kinda annoying. Oh, 20% gratuity added for groups of 4+ which is outrageous.

First experience with Lebanese food we set menu for our group very generous and lovely tastes our server Mahsa was the best

Food was amazing! Beautiful interior, very stylish. Mahsa was a super-attentive server, very knowledgeable and helpful. Would come here again in a heartbeat!

Beautiful restaurant with excellent service. I was with a large group and so was fortunate to be able to leave the ordering of the food to someone else. We tried many of the appetizer and main dishes as well as the desserts and everything was delicious! The lavender mocktail beverage was as tasty as it was pretty. Great spot to entertain guests and had an enjoyable time.

If you want to try a new Lebanese GEM, this place is recommended. Beautiful looking ! Pretty. Perfect for girls night or a date night in my mind. Drinks mainly their Laylak drink was super good! Their trio dip is a must. :) Obviously it is on an expensive side and I felt the people inside were pushy to make us order and so on! Service was good but at the same time felt like I was under pressure. .. Go and have a nice time! :)! ... ...

I came here with a big group for my birthday. The resturant is beautiful and the food is very good. The meat platter is a must order. However, I was not a huge fan of the kibbeh neyah

Tasty food | Beautiful ambiance | Decently priced I went to Laylak for a team lunch in early December. Even before getting into the restaurant, I have to say finding parking was crazy. There was filming for something on Toronto Ave, so the whole street was packed. I ended up parking at a random parking garage and walking 2 minutes. Laylak has such a great vibe. At 1pm, the restaurant was packed. You could tell it was business lunches and ladies of leisure. The decor was clean and classic with an expansive feature bar. We were sat near the back at a banquet table. I have to say the table was so small, that the 5 of us could barely fit let alone all of our food. The restaurant is quite narrow fyi. Now for the food. The dips (babaganoush, hummus and lebneh) were beautifully plated and a decent portion. They were tasty and the pita was hot and fresh. I got the spicy beef kabob and it was very flavourful. Surprisingly I loved the veggies. They were cooked perfectly with still some bite and seasoned to perfection. The kabobs were juicy and hot. The pickled onion on the little salad was great to cut through the fatty richness of the kabob. I think everyone at the table was surprised that no entrees came with rice but instead a thinner pita? We really missed the rice lol I got a mocktail that had a fancy name which I can't remember but tamarind and passion fruit were the feature flavours. I was surprised when what looked like watered down coke came out. When you order a cock/mocktail, you expect something pretty - especially based on the decor and edible flowers on the dips. To me it just tasted like a melted popsicle. Lastly we got the mille-feuille for dessert to share. Honestly it was extremely expensive for what it was. I would not order it again for that price, but it was a nice bite.

A lovely high end Lebanese restaurant tucked inside a heritage building. I must have walked by before but never noticed the delicate script in the entrance. Inside is lavishly decorated in plush white coaches and purple accents. Modern techno pumps through the stereo to liven up the intimate and moody atmosphere. We had the Raheb Salad (fire roasted eggplant with walnut and bell pepper), Makanek (beef and house spice sausages) and the Moghrabieh (lamb shank with chickpea and pearl onions). The Raheb was a cold appetizer but it was deliciously smokey and went so well with the hot pitas. I've never had Makanek before so I found the little sausages full of new flavors and texture. The Moghrabieh literally fell off the bone with a poke of a fork. It went so well with the checkpea and pearl onion base. The food was absolutely on point and very much worth it. Two negatives stood out from the experience. The dinner was on a strict timeline. We got only 1.5 hour seating time, and our waiter kept us constantly up to date regarding the timing. Wish we could have lingered over the meal, but fully understand the full booking in this popular place. Also, the hotel bell that they ring for food pickup is super jarring in such a beautiful space. It really detracts from the ambiance.

A special 10-course menu with a welcome cocktail and wine pairings ($173 inclusive of gratuities and taxes), we were treated to reduced portions of their favourite dishes so that we could try a bit of everything. That's perfect as variety is ideal and their extensive menu has so many great sounding dishes that it'd be a shame to miss (the post includes their regular menu prices, which would be for a larger portion than pictured). Maybe my stomach has shrunk, but I just wasn't ready for SO much food! Starting with four generous portions of dips ($17 each or $22 for a trio) served with hot-from-the-oven puffy soft pitas: The nutty mohamarah was the most unique made with smoky roasted red pepper and walnut. Laylak's hummus was thick and rich, perhaps a bit too thick as I would have like it thinned out with a bit of oil. While labneh can sometimes be overly yoghurt like, I loved how they added some garlicky toum into it to create a savourer version of the sauce. Of the four, the baba ghanoug was still my favourite containing enough tahini for flavour and richness without overpowering the roasted eggplant. Normally, I find whole wedge salads to be a pain as you need to cut through the lettuce and the dressing saturated some bites but is non-existent in others. At Laylak, the refreshing apple cider vinaigrette in the fattoush salad ($22) coated the grilled baby romaine evenly and I loved how they ripped mint and tucked it into the layers to give an interesting pop to certain bites. Who would have thought I'd learn to love salads? Since the dried sausage used in the sajuk pâté ($22) is so flavourful, the pot of spread was too much when a couple of bites would do. The spiciness of the sajuk was rich and evident, while the normally dry sausage was blended so it became very smooth. If anything, the dish could use some pickled vegetables to help counteract the heaviness of the paste. As a pet owner, the kibbeh nayah ($26) reminded me of the canned food I feed my cat. The smooth and semi-crumbly texture of the raw lamb also didn't help. I enjoyed the bites where I could spread it on the airy rice cracker and top it with a crisp radish, but once those crispy elements were finished, I just had to stop. Still, if you can get past the texture, the flavours of the nayah was tasty. Give me the traditional fried kibbeh ($22) any day. Laylak's was so good - moist, perfectly seasoned, had a great crispy crust, and an airy centre. The bulger to meat ratio was nicely balanced and the sauce a great pairing. The halloumi ($26) seemed promising, the grilled cheese combined with watermelon and herbs was a great idea. Indeed, the sweet and salty flavours meshed well with the fresh elements, but the actual halloumi had cooled down too much becoming dry and chewy. This is a dish that needs to be served fresh and not to a crowd. This is a long post for the rest please visit Gastro World.

Dinner on a Saturday night, and it was full house! The decor is absolutely gorgeous inside. Food, drinks, and service were very good. The only items we did not enjoy as much were the Tenderloin and the Chicken Tawouk - they were both on a dryer side - would try out the Orfali Kebab and Kefta Kebab next time (server said those are juicer meats) I would highly recommend their PITA BREAD, it comes out hot! Also, their hummus dip, beetroot labneh (salad), cheese rolls, grilled octopus, and grilled whole de-boned branzino harrah. The Arabic Ice Cream was 100% the most unique ice cream texture ever, and you have to eat it frozen! Once it starts to "melt", it doesn't taste as good imo. It is sticky, kinda mochi-like.... it was a very weird feeling in the mouth 20% service fee was already added on the bill. Extra pita bread for the table was charged another $5 (We had 5 people). The cake cutting fee was $1 per person, which was not mentioned by server.

Newest upscale Lebanese cuisine in Toronto. Made reservations online, simple process. Once we arrived, we really took in the aesthetics of the restaurant. The front has these beautiful purple butterflies, vase with real candles on the staircase, inside the interior is mostly white. The chandelier appears to leaves. The bar is lit up and wine cellar along the wall. Different style of seating available. The menu consisted of various meat dishes. We opted in to try the mix grilled. This was 4 skewers of different types of meat paired with garlic. The chicken was juicy while the kefta kabob was a bit dry. We got the date cake slice. It was a warm paired with ice cream, tasty but we couldn't finish it. I would like to note that it was definitely not worth $30 for a slice. Overall, the ambiance was lovely, the service was quick, our server was attentive. The prices are steep but considering it's categorized as upscale, that was expected for most items.

The menu reminded me a lot of Amal offering (though maybe we ordered almost the same combo) the place is nice an interesting space for starters. Lots of wines in the list and priced all over and they do push a lot of them. I stuck to a primitivo with the main. The trio dip was decent I enjoyed the muhammara and Baba ganouj. The labneh was decent as well though I am not a fan but the other person enjoyed it. Three pita bread is nice and dense and brown flour so unusual a bit. The main BBQ grill was decent as well. I enjoyed the kebabs as seasoned well. The filet was a bit over cooked though I think due to the other person on the table wanting it medium. Chicken decent again. We ordered a side of fries and they were quite good piping hot and toum which packed a wallop. I would recommend this spot as one can do a lot worse for a lot more in this area. Oddly it's either I haven't been in the area during weekdays for ages maybe the financial district was eeriely empty

As of January 1, 2024, Laylak will no longer be open for lunch service. This review is based on the lunch service/food options. The restaurant is spacious with slightly comfortable seating and bright lights. I'm never a fan of bench seating cause it's either too low for my height. We got a few dishes to share, including the fattoush salad, spinach fatayer, and cheese rolls. I would order the cheese rolls again, they were crunchy and sweet. Imagine cigarette sized spring rolls with halloumi inside. It was paired with some watermelon and akawi. The fattoush salad was too tart for my likely and the spinach fatayer was just ok. For my main I got the grilled tiger shrimp which came with the hummus, fennel and mint. There were five shrimp and it was just filling enough for lunch. I wish it came with pita or a carb since the bed of hummus was quite flavourful. I finished off with the Arabic icecream. Very interesting texture and worth trying at least once. I applaude them for an extensive mocktail menu!

Mayuk was a very kind server, and service was great! Food was delicious, my favourites were the lamb, grilled octopus and eggplant dip. Shared all of the dishes amongst 5 people and we couldn't finish! Bill came to approximately $80 each with tax and tip...

The chicken was served pink. I asked if it could be cooked a little longer and the waitress was reluctant to send it back. It was clearly undercooked. Overall the desserts very really good.

I was brought here by a Lebanese friend who vouched for the authenticity of everything they served. We ordered a bit of everything - dips, salad, entree, Lebanese wine - and everything was delightful, nothing fell short. The decor was thoughtfully put together and the lighting tasteful; the service seemed a bit disorganized but our waitress was kind.

Food was really good, service was a bit off. I can see our waitress was training someone and it took a bit of time for everything. I waited at the bar for my guests and no one told me they arrived. So i was sitting by myself for 20mins until my guest noticed i was at the bar high top chairs. Really nice decor.

Exquisite food, amazing ambiance, and SUCH sweet wait staff and managers!!! I LOVE this place I cannot recommend it enough! I ordered the cheese rolls to start with Tabbouli, their signature drink, and the octopus (best octopus I've ever had). SOOO coming back!!

Laylak invites diners on an unforgettable culinary journey. Stepping into Laylak is like stepping into a piece of Lebanon, with its upscale ambiance that effortlessly combines tradition and modernity. Laylak's menu showcases the rich tapestry of Lebanese cuisine. From the silky smooth hummus drizzled with olive oil to the perfectly grilled chicken tawouk, each dish is a testament to the chef's dedication to preserving the essence of Lebanese cooking, featuring classics like falafel, grape leaves, and labneh and cauliflower tajin. Service could use some polishing.

What a beautiful new Lebanese restaurant in the heart of downtown Toronto! The decor is so glamorous, and the venue is so charming! The staff were attentive, knowledgeable and very accommodating! The menu is a wonderful mix of classic dishes with unique twists, and their cocktails also have wonderful middle eastern flourishes! Put this on your list of places to visit! Featured menu items: Flavourful trio of dips: Hummus,muhammara and labneh Unique halloumi phyllo rolls The octopus was incredible! Ask for the hot sauce! Whole Branzino so beautifully presented Succulent Beef tenderloin skewers Check out their unique cocktails, delicious and gorgeous! .

Excellent ambience, service and Lebanese food! I was in Toronto for 10 days and this was hands down the best meal we had! Beautiful interior and presentation as well.

What an amazing addition to the financial district! I went to Laylak during the soft opening and they did not disappoint. The staff made incredible recommendations from the starters, entrees to the dessert. They weren't set up yet with their liquor license however they pulled out all the stops with their mock tails. Some notable dishes included the Octopus, cooked beautifully, their selection of cold dips and infused salads. Between the four of us we shared the Octopus, mixed grill and the modern take on the Cauliflower Tajin for the main and it was more than enough food. The service was quick, tailored and efficient and they really made you feel like you were having a family meal. It sounded like they were going to have a full list of wines and top shelf liquor for pairings in the future. I'm excited to come back when the restaurant is in full swing!

Food was soooo good Service impeccable Awesome ambience Will definitely go back! Best dinner in a long time. Great place

I went there with my mom, it was 10/10 experience! I absolutely love the food, their kibeh was one of the best I've ever eaten! they have nice and professional staff as well highly recommended

Delicious food and great service. Mayuk was an excellent waiter which added to the experience even more.

They refused to seat me because I was a party of one! I then asked to plaza to-go order & she went then came back and said we aren't doing to-go orders. Avoid this place! Staff is rude. Impossible to get food.

I am Lebanese and tried this place tonight and I absolutely loved it! The owner went above and beyond to make the experience incredible and you could tell he really cares about the people he serves and the food was phenomenal. The mixed grill and trio were really good and we loved the drinks. Especially the watermelon drink and date drink. Both were incredible. You won't regret checking out this hidden gem. Additionally, the setup and atmosphere is gorgeous and it can be a romantic spot or a good girls night out. I would highly recommend.

My family and I liked the place, the service was awesome, however the appetizers were overpriced for such a small portion.

Amazing very nice restaurant with a great warm friendly vibes ,they have a very fancy and upscale atmosphere ,and on the top of that the staff was incredibly nice and responsive, food was fantastic delicious, tasty, and not to forget the Buffy pita bread that was house made every thing was great as unique as the flavour of home , we definitely coming back , I am highly recommend Laylak restaurant