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Shandra's Roti Shop
Category: Restaurants Caribbean Caribbean [Edit]
5030 Maingate DrMississauga, ON L4W 1N5
(905) 625-7775
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 11 am - 7 pm
Sat 12 pm - 5 pm
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
7 reviews for Shandra's Roti Shop
7 reviews in English
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Review from G K.
Mississauga, ON
8/28/2010
Visited this popular roti shop a few days ago. A word of warning, there are some crazy line ups during lunch time as this in an industrial area. Be prepared to get to know your table mate!
The service is extremely efficient with us getting our orders in a couple of minutes. We ordered chicken roti which comes wrapped in a pita like shell. The roti was excellent and the curry was not over powering even for a novice curry eater such as myself. The sauce they give you with the roti is a bit spicy so don't just dollop it on!
One issue I have is ordering and the menu.. There is no visible menu until you get to the cash and with 10 people behind you the last thing I want to do is rush through reading a menu. Something so easy..
Anyway this place is a must try for the west Indian foodie in you! -
Review from Kent P.
2/23/2011
Crowded lunch spot.
Big line + poor operations management leave more to be desired.
Had the boneless chicken jerk roti. There were plenty of bones in it.
The roti itself was made from cornmeal or something- def. less enjoyable than Mother India or Ghandi.
They keep all the reciepts on the counter and try to coordinate with the kitchen by walking back and yelling something every few orders. Mine ended up lost in the frey and took 15 minutes. Unhappy Kent.
For about $8 you can be pretty full after one of these. Since most of the orders are take out and people are taking their rotis back to work - they should be wrapping them in tinfoil rather than paper. It's cold within a few minutes.
TOO BAD, SHANDRA.
ttyn,
-PAT -
Review from John C.
Mississauga, ON
6/29/2011
They are okay.
The Service is SLOW . I Had a Large bones goat Dinner it was all right a
bit dry the size of the meal was fair for $12.00 but charging for hot sauce .25 cent is not.
I will not go back. I have had better Caribbean. -
Review from Jonathan C.
Oakville, ON
2/23/2011
Good Roti and long lines pretty much sums up Shandra's.
If you come during lunch, it's always busy. Good roti and limited seating makes for long lines and lots of take out orders. The first time I went I actually had to wait 15 minutes in line, and I was thinking "this better be the best d@mn roti I've ever had". Alas, it wasn't, but it's good and hits the spot when you're in the mood for some Caribbean cuisine.
The roti is good but compared to other Roti restaurants around the GTA it's not special. It is a great option if you want roti, as there aren't many places to grab roti in the immediate area and you won't be disappointed with the quality of the food.
The cost is about $8-10 for a roti, depending on what you get. I think the best roti they have there is the goat. They also have a jerk chicken roti which is interesting and it's also popular. As something else mentioned, the "boneless" chicken may have one or two straggling bones left behind, but I've only found one bone in the two times I've had it. Being roti, it's heavy and one roti will fill you up, unless you an abnormally large eater.
One thing to note, they do close relatively early, I think around 7 pm so don't try this spot for dinner (on weekdays at least).Listed in: Dixie and Eg Lunch Spots
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Review from Marie F.
6/10/2009 1 photo
Tucked away in a sketchy strip mall on Eglington in Mississauga is the best Roti Shop in the West end! (I can personally attest to having full out 3am cravings for this place).
The rotis are huge and made fresh to order in Chicken, Goat, Beef, etc.. for about $7 each.
Although they don't deliver you can call ahead for pickup or drop by and wait (literally) 3 minutes for your order.
I highly recommend it...be prepared for a total food coma!!! -
Review from Joe H.
3/24/2010 9 Check-ins Here
On any lunch hour expect to be waiting in line at shandra's. This place doesn't mess around. With a variety of rotis, rice dishes and carribean appetizers, you can't leave without being satisfied.
Shandra's menu has your basic chicken, goat and beef, but on certain occasions they'll have different treats like kingfish, snapper and stews.
In my opinion the jerk chicken dinners at shandra's are the best I've ever had. The only complaint is that sometimes the chicken is kind of dry depending on the time of day you order.
The rotis here are humungous. They're about the same size as half of a cinder brick. Fill that up with potato filling and your choice of meat (or no meat) and you've got the single best tasting 2 pound lunch you've ever had.
Unfortunately shandra's is only open for lunch so be sure to get there before 12 to beat the rush. -
Review from Dave O.
Toronto, ON
8/16/2010
Shandra's serves me up the best rotis I've ever had!
The jerk chicken roti is awesome, big peppercorns and a rich, dark jerk sauce. It's jerk heaven; which sounds more contradictory than the explosion of taste in your mouth with every bite that it is.
The goat roti is amazing, the curry chicken roti is stuffed. Try them all, oxtail is a big seller if you dare. These are big meal rotis, be careful people!
The rotis themselves are soft and stretchy and it's really good bread, I'm drooling here just thinking about them.
The hot sauce is hands down the best I've ever had from a restaurant. Scotch bonnet and habanero puree with lime cutting through the extreme heat. So blisteringly good, and not for the faint of heart. I literally drown my roti in it.
The beef and chicken patties are spicy and delicious, and the shell is so perfectly soft. But good luck eating one if you are going to tackle the full roti.
Everyone there is really sweet, and the place is always full at lunch, but it wanes by 1. Bonus points for spotting Rikki Jai, the Chutney Soca Monarch! (notwithstanding the syntactical contradiction of him being a male monarch.)
I...I think I'll have to go get one tomorrow.
