Saffron Spice Kitchen

3.5 stars.
The roti are quite good. Classic Sri Lankan spice profile, good combination of flavors, especially with a squeeze of the lemon.
Other food I tried was solidly mediocre. Samosas aren’t great, nor was the sambar.

I’ve been eating the veggie Kothu roti for months. And it was one of the best I’ve had.
But I had to write because I was sorely disappointed!!! No spices were added except the ones that were in the channa and other veggies he added to the Kothu. I went home and had to add some chutney to make it taste better! LOL
I’m hoping the owners will read this and rectify this. It was busy but that’s not an excuse not for not making it well. Be consistent please!

Been travelling North America for a month & been craving some Sri Lankan food. A guy I met in Toronto sid unless you go to Scarborough the best kotthu place in Toronto is spice kitchen & it didn’t disappoint me.
I highly recommend the vegetarian kotthu here

Ordered an extra spicy chicken kothu roti and got the most bland kothu roti I have ever had and the chicken was so hard to find, would never order from here again

Decided to order from this place tonight. Placed my order online then called them and asked them to add two naans to my order which they said no problem.
On the email confirmation it said the order would take 50 minutes. I receive an email after 50 minutes saying that my order is on its way. It’s been now more than 2 hours since I ordered and no delivery showed up and they didn’t contact me. Tried to call them more than 5 times only to find out that they are closed for the day.
So I have no idea what happened to my order. There is no way I’m ordering from them again. 1 star is way too high of a rating for a business like that.

I never stop to make a review for anything, this place has some of the best curry chicken and roti Ive ever had. I love spicy things, in fact I actively hunt for something that will probably kill me, I order the curried chicken roti and I asked for it to be as spicy as they can possibly make it, for once a place actually took my death wish seriously. It was really spicy and really delicious. For you spice heads out there it’s a definite must!
Good luck!

Delicious lamb kothu roti ! Not much quantity though. Will come back if I pass by again

Heard great things about this palce and finally decided to check it out and decided to try the butter chicken kothu roti. I’m Sri Lankan so I’m most familiar with Kothu Roti being prepared in very hot spicy curry chicken/​lamb.
The food tastes fresh, it’s made to order, and it was really delicious. Not as flavourful or as spicy as I prefer my Kothu from my go-​to restaurants in Scarborough such as Gasa or Babu, but it was definitely decent.
One thing I did find disappointing was the lack of chicken in my food, it was very scarce so I never really got to taste the rich tandoori flavours used.
However, the décor was also really clean and nice and so was the employee working that day — he was very helpful with other customers who were unfamiliar with south asian cuisine.

Good cheap food. We had a group of seven Sri Lankan guys visiting from the US and we all had different things but everyone said their food was good.

I heard about this restaurant from the khotu fest I went to earlier this year. They had the longest line and ended up running of meat! So I decided to make note of their location and give them a try…
Fast forward a month or so later, I got an opporjtkty to try them out at their location. There is no dedicated parking, you just need to park where you find a spot on the street.
We got a couple Mutton Rolls and a medium spicy lamb khotu roti. The rolls were a big disappointment… They were more like potato Rolls. Barely any mutton. Thumbs down here.
We had high expectations for the lamb khotu — and were disappointed here as well! There wasn’t enough flavor in my opinion, and the spiciness wasn’t there (even though we got medium). I really want to say I’d give this place another shot sometime, but that is highly unlikely as the food just didn’t leave us wanting more.

This was my first go at Sri Lankan food in the downtown core, and I’m very impressed! I’m a little surprised as they don’t seem to advertise the fact that kothu is a Sri Lankan dish, but it’s basically like the poutine of Sri Lanka… but more people actually eat it for a meal than we devour poutine as a meal here. And like poutine, it is also the perfect post-​2am food to have, being incredibly flavourful and filling.
The price point of around $ 10 for 1 kothu is higher than I would have expected, but not too surprising given it’s location of Queen and Spadina. But service was friendly and quick for something made on the spot.
I had 2 kouthu’s (chicken and lamb) to go for a friend’s house party and it was very well received by all present. I personally preferred the lamb since the chicken one was made using Chicken Tikka, I guess trying to appear familiar to the crowds here? And they seem to have super cheap samosa’s too (but some reviews here make me a little hesitant of checking those out).
But if you’re looking for something you’ve likely not had before (or maybe even heard of) I highly recommend checking out Saffron and ordering their kothu.
Pro tip: it’s much better spicy than bland.

The pluses
The portions of the dishes with roti really are big! Yay! It’s refreshing to see bigger portions for less than $ 10 CAD still available at downtown take aways. There seems to be a good variety of dishes. The roti really is good value for money.
The cons
Unfortunately, Saffron spice kitchen is one of those places where *mild ≠ no hot spice*:
The curry dishes are all spicy :(I asked the guy whether the butter chicken was spicy and he said no, it was mild. For me, anything with «hot» spice is spicy. I don’t like hotsauce at all in general, or any «hot spices» in my food as it kills all the natural subtle flavours. The butter chicken flavour was kind of killed by the spicyness for me. If you’re someone that doesn’t like spicy dishes, you’re probably best to avoid this place. Or at least all the curry dishes, as well as the roti dishes that get «mild» curry sauce poured over them.

Food was ok, not great. Delivery took over an hour and a half (we live about 10 blocks away), and was warm but not hot when it arrived. Delivery guy apologized and made excuses and offered a 10% off coupon that is already available online to anyone.

I was stealing wifi from a nearby friend’s office when we decided it was lunch time. Luuunch time. Time for lunch. Out of our way.
We called in a take out order to Saffron Spice Kitchen, a place he was familiar with but I had passed without noticing many times. I had the butter chicken roti bowl (I forget what they actually call it) and a soup. The mulligatawny was delicious, and my box of deconstructed roti was also good. It wasn’t as cheap of a lunch as I’d hoped, but there were tons of leftovers and the flavours were fresh and spicy.
Lastly, I leave you with this ol’ gem:

Just ordered from these guys and I must say the service is horrible!
First off, I tried ordering through their website but at checkout the status said invalid. So I decided to call in my order but when my food came the price was $ 10 more than what was stated online. I call to ask why the price difference and he had no explanation. I told him the website had a different price and his reply was that the site wasn’t working properly and needed updating… That’s nice to know after we placed the order. I tried to ask him if they can honour the prices they listed and he proceeds to tell me that he’s «busy» and then hangs up. Not to mention they added the wrong veggie and overall the serving was small for the «new» cost. First and last time I’ll be ordering from these guys.

Picked up the Lamb Kothu roti to go for dinner which I really enjoyed. It came to $ 10 and change and it’s more than enough food for two meals. They have a pretty good selection of veg and meat curries to choose from, all served with rice and they also have specials available. You also get to choose your spice from mild, medium or hot. It’s a small joint, there’s a couple seats available if you’re staying for a quick bite, otherwise it’s mostly a take out joint. The service is quick and friendly. I’ll be stopping by again to check out their curry and roti dishes.

I’m not even sure what I was eating but it was delicious. Ordered the tandoori chicken kothu roti. Amazing value, friendly service and tasty food. I got two full meals out of it! Only downside was I asked for really spicy, and I was given an extra spicy sauce and I didn’t even detect a hint of spice. But I will be back for more.

Try the Kothu Roti with lamb or butter chicken it’s delicious. Or go for any of the lunch combos with a mango lassi!

This isn’t entirely fair, I just popped in for a samosa today over lunch. Worst samosa I’ve ever had, should have taken a picture. I actually didn’t mind that it was baked not fried, but it was under baked, mangled, luke warm, not spicy, and the veggies inside were sad.

Cheap and delicious, conveniently located on queen street. Food was made to order but I wish there was more seating as only about 6 stools present.