Desi Bar & Grill

My family and I drove into Mississauga pretty late into the evening, and we were looking for something non-​chain non-​fast food (and non-​closed) for dinner. I stumbled upon Desi Bar’s Unilocal page, and was relieved to see that their kitchen is open until 11 pm, so we headed over.
We walked in, and we were all immediately delighted and refreshed by the modern aesthetic and great Urban Punjabi music selections – the Zack Knight, Mickey Singh, and Imran Khan songs were on point and fit the atmosphere perfectly.
The service from our waitress was amazing; despite the modern vibe, there was a warm, family feel as well courtesy of the staff.
As for the food, wow. I was impressed by their wide variety of unique options on their menu, and I was even more impressed by what we ordered. As for drinks we tried a Cheetah beer, which had green mango flavorings and is brewed in Canada, and we also tried a banta lemonade – I would recommend both. For our meal, we ordered an egg + garlic dosa and a spinach dosa, and also the butter chicken poutine.
All in all, Desi Bar is a unique combination of a modern sports bar and a great spot for quality Desi food that has a Canadian twist, but stays true to its roots. I would definitely recommend!

Amazing staff great vibe love the hours and food is phenomenally delicious!!! Love the guys memory…

The food was good but it wasn’t worth the price. The prices are too high and now they included gratuity (tip) in the bill. We always tip very well but after they included the gratuity I didn’t feel like tipping more than I than I did before. The cost of the food is not representative of the price as I could have gone to Red Lobsters and got better quality food for the same price.

I ordered delivery from this place thru Skip The Dishes and was very excited, given their high Unilocal rating. 1 hour and 15 minutes later, my food arrived cold and in a giant mess. The curry spilled inside the bag and was on everything. Granted, I don’t know if the delivery person was responsible for this, but in any case, they should invest in better take out containers. The use of styrofoam should be completely eliminated by the restaurant industry… my humble opinion.
I ordered :
1 Vegetable Samosas
1 Tandoori Chicken (small)
1 Roganjosh (goat)
1 Plain Basmati Rice
1 Plain Naan
The samosas where made with Phyllo dough and the only vegetable I could see was potato. Potato everywhere, as far as the eye can see. The green chutney it came with tasted good, but it was an unnatural shade of neon green, I suspect food colouring was involved .
The chicken was undercooked, who serves undercooked chicken??? It’s the easiest thing to cook, how can you get it so wrong???
The roganjosh was another disappointment, there were only 4 tinny pieces of meat with bone, FOUR! so the meat was swimming in sauce, lots of sauce.
The rice would’ve been nice were it not for the excessive use of anise seeds and all other kinds of spices. I mean you could not take a bite of the rice without chewing something unpleasant. It became a chore, dig and scoop out all the seeds and giant pieces of cinnamon bark.
In the end, the naan was the highlight of the meal.
To the cooks of this joint: get your s@&* together!
To the future guests: don’t expect authentic Indian cuisine, in fact skip the entire Indian food section of the menu.

Great place for a drink and some good Indian food. Was visiting Toronto and came upon this gem through Unilocal.Enjoyed their Goat/​Chicken biryanis and chicken tikka masala. Good service and ambience to complement the food.

Found this place through Unilocal.It’s an amazing place. Awesome food. The people actually care and help you with the food selection. The food tastes amazing had tandoori chicken, reshmi chicken + the manager suggested we should try their signature Butter chicken Nachos, they were just amazing. We were a group of 8 and we order 1 drink per person and 3 – 4 appetizers and 4 veg/​non veg dishes along with Naans and Shrimp Biryani. Our bill came up to $ 220 (with taxes & gratuity included) But we got a 10% discount through Unilocal :-). I would for sure visit again this time for Dosas. In all an amazing place.:-)

Amazing food… Fav was butter chicken nachos… Loved the butter chicken too… Must try

We were there a little early on a Monday night, so not a lot of people there.
I was a little worried about that.
However, I could not have been more wrong…
I have been to many Indian restaurants, and India many times.
This was definitely in the top 5 Indian meals I’ve ever had… anywhere.
My wife ordered tikka masala (not Indian, I know… but she loves it).
I ordered the goat biryani.
We also ordered some naan.
Both dishes were absolutely perfectly prepared.
The spice content was just what I hoped for.
I know a good biryani when I’m picking out whole cloves and cardamom pods.
The goat was very mild and falling-​off-​the-​bone tender.
A subtle heat that gave me just the slightest nasal drip by the end.
I’m not sure if I’ll make it back to the area again, but if I do, I’ll definitely stop in again.
By far one of my favorite meals in a long time.

Wow. not only is the food Impeccable but the customer service over the phone is good. I find indian restaurants over the phone, when they speak to non Indians they come across as uninterested or dull, it’s either simple or they just don’t care. sometimes even oddly rude. Not with these people. they really know what they are doing. I called after 10pm and the lady said because it is late, I have to do a minimum order of $ 50. I said okay, why not? I Love Indian food and that gives me a chance to try more items, and I’ll have Left Overs! Even though I hate left overs. (I don’t find it fresh, I prefer fresh food). Indian food sometimes taste way better the next day then other dish. So I said I’m in! She was extremely kind, I was indecisive because I Love both butter chicken and Tikka Chicken Masala. she recommended I go with the Tikka because more flavorful, I took it, I also got Lamb Briyani and garlic Naan with Extra Ghee and Chili Fish! Omg. Everything was soooo soooo good and it was my first time trying them. Best believe I am going to be Loyal to this one. Oh yeah. I had a party in my mouth, I was in Foodie Heaven. If you like indian food give this place a try. I highly highly recommend. Imagine. if they can make all those items taste so good, I’m definitely interested to take the risk and try other things off the menu, the delivery came fast too. I forgot to mention I also got a Mango Lassie and it was very tasty and sweet and mangoey! Just how I like it. they have a Mango Smoothie on the menu, next time I order I will get that one instead. yes I know I stated the Mango Lassi was good but I can tell they use A lot of yogurt because it was very thick. I’m sure the Smoothie will taste the same, just more like a drink/​Smoothie which I do prefer, besides that, they deserve 5 stars. Smiley face.

Was recommended this spot by a coworker. So glad that we gave it a try. Grabbed take out from here — butter chicken, rogan gosth and lamb biryani. Loved the butter chicken and lamb biryani. Did not enjoy the rogan gosth. We’ll definitely go back to try some more dishes. Ps they are halal too

I am so glad that I found this restaurant/​bar. It is an excellent combination of East meets West. I was craving some good Indian food but also wanted to have a nice cocktail and that’s not something g you can find at most Indian restaurants, but here they have a lot of selection and the drinks were really well made. The food was amazing and left me wanting more. I swear I’d try everything if I could. Also the service was great and our server made us feel welcome and relaxed I’m excited to return and maybe even check out one of the dj or live music events.

Food was excellent and the service is El rapido! Great place for a late dinner amd drinks.

I want to go back ASAP! This place went beyond my expectations.
Most indian restaurants that from their appearance seem pretty pretentious and try to attract the upscale crowd tend to fail in their food quantity and taste, as they try to please those that cannot handle spicy indian flavors. But this place, despite being a tad on the pricey side, did not compromise on the food portions and flavors at all.
The service was good and attentive, although that could have been because the restaurant was not very busy at that time.
This restaurant is very unique as it’s a hybrid of an indian restaurant and a Canadian bar and grill, as they also serve non-​indian appetizers such as nachos and poutine.
I liked that their menu was quite limited, with just a few options for each category. This ensures me that the chefs would focus on each recipe rather than mixing any pre-​made sauces together to make a curry.
They also had a small dosa section with unique options such as butter chicken dosa.
We started off with ordering the paneer tikka as an appetizer, which was surprisingly quite expensive but I had the craving so couldn’t pass on it. For the mains we got the garlic masala dosa and the shahi paneer with garlic naan.
The food did take time to arrive, which shows that it was being made fresh, so I had no problem (as long as they don’t take more than 20 minutes).
My one complaint was that the mains came before the appetizer. The server did apologize for that.
But damn… that paneer tikka was the bomb! My brother and I went kind of speechless for a minute after our first bite.
Then I nervously took my first bite into my (gigantic) dosa, since I haven’t had good luck with dosas recently except for when I’m at guru Lukshmi. To my surprise the dosa was as good as Guru Lukshmi’s!
The shahi paneer was amazing too and the portion size was large enough that we had to pack some of it up.
I’m not sure how the service would be if the place is filled up, but the taste of the food would definitely compensate for it if it were bad.
This is for sure now on my list of one of my favorite indian restaurants, and fortunately for me it’s not too far from me.
I really hope they keep this up.

Amazing dosa place in GTA. Better than other popular dosa restaurants in town. Highly recommend this place

Best Indian food in Mississauga. Their veggie samosas and their butter chicken is to die for. Plus, I love how late they’re opened so if you’re craving Indian at those guilty/​late hours, this is the go-​to.

I order my food here (delivery/​takeout) most of the time but let me tell you that their food is amazing! I am in love with their Tikka masala and their Kadai Beef! So good! It just puts me in a good mood afterwards and my family likes it as well!
Highly recommend!

Fantastic place for Dosa! Enjoyed afternoon lunch and was very surprised to find this place. One of the best Sambors, home made chutneys and desserts. Recommend u try the plCe if ur in the area.

Amazing food and atmosphere. Must try the butter chicken nachos! Mississauga definitely needed a pace like this.
And you can watch the cricket world cup here too.

This is the first Indian restaurant that I have been to that wasn’t a buffet, so it already has that going for it.
The food tasted great. I had the naan and vindaloo goat curry. Both of which were fresh and delicious.
There were only two things that bothered me during my visit here: The menu and the music.
The menu is all over the place. So many fonts and themes are happening in that thing to where I just sat there not knowing what I was looking at. There’s nothing wrong with the music, it’s just extremely loud. So loud that you have a hard time thinking.
These complaints may be valid, or they may be just be because I’m from little old Oklahoma, where everything is uncomplicated and quiet.

This place has been on my radar for a couple of months; however, I had been waiting for a day when my cousin was available to try it out with me. What initially intrigued me about this place was that they had pictures displaying lots of flavoured vodkas (it took me a couple of weeks to put two and two together that the ‘Absolut’ in their name referred to ‘absolut vodka’ (duh!)).
The warm blue glow of the bar makes you feel like your in a trendy downtown nightclub, not a strip mall in suburbia. They also have a seating area adjacent to the bar. Initially, service was lacking. They don’t give you any indication whether or not you need to wait to be seated and after not seeing any servers for a five minutes got a dirty look from the bartender when we decided to seat ourselves.
Both my cousin and I tried their ‘signature cocktail’ being a cucumber cooler. I found it on the stronger side but after a sip or two had no trouble finishing it.
Both my cousin and I also ordered the butter chicken, a bowl of rice and two servings of garlic naan. I found this butter chicken creamy but spicier than I usually enjoy. The portions are big enough for two meals and I had enough left over to cover my dinner the next day.
The bar is covered with televisions and on this particular night we had the option of watching either the hockey game or the food network’s «you gotta eat here». I must say watching mouth-​watering food while in a restaurant sends your mouth mixed messages and in this case had me wanting to dessert my meal in Mississauga and head to Hamilton to try the restaurant being showcased.
All in all: food was a-​ok, service was prompt and fast, atmosphere encouraged you to sit and relax (except for wanting to try the restaurants advertised on tv), price point higher than I expected but reasonable considering the amount of food provided in a portion. I would recommend this place to individuals living in the area who are looking for a relaxing night of drinks and dinner; however, if I returned in the future I definitely think I would stick to their Canadian fare.