Almadina Bistro

Awesome pizza spot. The dough is tossed in house and the pizza and ingredients are so fresh its a welcome surprise from the typical pizza chains downtown Toronto. What's a nice pleasant surprise is their cakes, I got to try the honey cake which has a beautiful thick honey layer on top, but apart from that there is red velvet, carrot, cookies n cream, classic and peanut butter cheesecake. These are unique and I am hard pressed to find another pizza place serving this level of dessert!

This family-run restaurant is their second location, in the heart of downtown Toronto, near Yonge and Dundas. Their first location is near Lawrence and Midland. They have been there for 18 years with a very loyal customer based because of the food quality. They were actually profitable during pandemic lockdown. This location opened on 2020-07-01. They are offering a free slice of pizza to everyone so I got mine on 2020-07-04. It chose the pepperoni pizza and it was one of the best pizzas I've ever had! The flavour was amazing and it wasn't greasy. My wife and son also loved the pepperoni. So I also got their vegetarian slice. I usually don't order vegetarian but this one was also extremely flavourful (and colourful)! The pizzas are definitely better than any of the big chain pizza restaurants; worth a try. This restaurant also sells philly cheese steaks, 6oz burgers, chicken wings, bistro wings, desserts ($6.99), and real fruit smoothies ($5.99). If the quality of the pizza is an indication, I definitely want to try their other menu items. The staff member even told me the burger looks better than on their menu! The staff are very enthusiastic about the restaurant. I found out they are treated like family. They are extremely courteous and friendly. The one issue is the person I spoke too has a strong accent so I had to ask him to repeat a few words. I was told their mission statement is: Make customers happy with quality and earn loyalty. Apparently their Scarborough customers are extremely loyal and they are popular. I've never heard of them before because I live downtown. Hopefully they will be able to build a large loyal customer following downtown. This restaurant is on the second floor with a long stair case; kind of like on the third floor! It is not wheelchair accessible because there are no elevators. The space is large with many tables and seats. Unfortunately indoor dining is not available yet in Ontario but they are ready. You can order for takeout, order online for pickup, or use various food delivery services. Because of pandemic times, until 2020-12-31, all food is 20% off. There are also 3 different discounts for Ryerson students (with a student ID). One wall still had a leftover decoration from the previous Taiwanese restaurant. There is currently no WiFi but they plan to add it soon. There are washrooms.

Delicious and well-prepared food. Best to order ahead because the food takes a while to cook so it’s extra good. The meat lover’s dream pizza is a must try. So good!! I also have tried the Philly cheesesteak sandwich which is awesome. Got some extra fries with it which was a pleasant surprise ?

The food was really good. It took a while to get the order but we felt it was worth it. I had pizza and wings and we loved them all.. especially the sucide wings .. recommended only if you can handle and love spicy

Pretty good, got a 16" pizza and it was awesome for like 4 hungry people. Beef pepperoni and bacon were amazing, didn't realize halal stuff could be so good. Their cheese is the bomb, I've had pizza from another location before but this location upkept the standard for sure.

I just came out with my family ordered vegetarian and cheese pizza.we heard one of the customer complaining the guy handled the money and didn't even wash his hands and went straight into kitchen and started making burger for him.it was too late for us because we already paid.when pizzas came to us it was way too much sauce,tasteless cheese was falling off the pizza my kids love cheese pizza but they didn't like it and left the few slices. Crust was very hard not going back again.i dont recommended.anyone to go

Best family owned restaurant in town. Firstly this placed is very clean and tidy, to the person who reviewed that the staff arnt trained when it comes to cleanliness they are dead wrong, I witnessed the staff cleaned the whole restaurant every hour to ensure the place is up to safety standards. Second the food was amazing and it’s halal 5/5, I highly recommend everything on the menu, the pizza is my favourite thing to order. I waited roughly 20 mins for my 5 boxes of pizzas,wings and my burger so they are pretty fast. Third the staff is very proactive and they go above and beyond so another 5/5 especially the management team. Fourth the location is beautiful right above the bmv book store and it’s a 1 min walk from Dundas subway station. I’ve been coming back here every other day and it deserves a positive review.

Amazing place with excellent food which is open till 6am. I had their meat lovers pizza which was full of topping, excellent quality cheese and the crust was cooked just right. The breaded chicken wings were well done, not oily and cooked just right. The BBQ steak fries with cheese were excellent, very wholesome and heavy but very flavorful, dont expect to eat it as a side dish :p. Overall excellent customer service, nice seatings and very pleasant guys on the customer service side. Absolutely coming back here again.