Top 5 places to get dosa in Toronto
Published August 1, 2025 at 2:27 pm
Dosa is a very thin rice and lentil flatbread with origins in South India, and it’s widely available around Toronto. It can be crispy and crunchy or more soft and floppy, served plain or with a variety of stuffings or toppings, and range in size and shape, but no matter what it’s usually very pleasantly buttery.
Another commonality is that regardless of what kind of dosa you get, they pretty much always come with a sambar (a kind of veggie stew) and a selection of chutneys, most typically ones like tomato, peanut and coconut. Tear off a piece of delicious dosa from one of these places, and dip away.
Here are some of the top spots for dosa in Toronto.
5 – Saravanaa Bhavan
A Scarborough location of this vegetarian Indian restaurant serves up crispy dosas. Chutneys are very chunky and creamy with bold flavours, and the sambar is loaded with big chunks of vegetables and has a pleasant savoury flavour.
4 – Dosa Twist
Picture perfect dosas get pumped out at the Etobicoke location of this South Indian restaurant. Fun fact: they’re known for offering deals on their dosas for World Dosa Day.
The dosa has a very smooth surface, and a classic masala dosa is filled with a mildly spiced potato mixture. Their sambar is generously loaded up with veggies, and the chutneys are by turns nutty and nicely spicy.
3 – Minerva Tiffins
One of the signature offerings of this restaurant known for its dosa is their pizza dosa, which loads up their deeply browned, buttery dosa with lots of toppings like cheese, corn and onion so that it’s almost like a pizza. Similar to a slice of pizza, it’s easy to eat folded up into a delightful package.
The extra toppings add some more substance to the dish, and dipping into chutney and sambar adds a creamy or spicy kick that nicely complements the bold flavours of the dosa fillings.
2 – Udupi Palace
This Little India restaurant has been in business for decades and serves over 60 varieties of dosas, along with hundreds of other items. If you’re looking for South Indian vegetarian food in Toronto, this is a great place to go.
That said, of course they’ve mastered a huge spread of dosa options ranging from gigantic papery cones to lengthy tubes to flatter stuffed dosas. For a bit of a kick, opt for a classic Mysore masala dosa with a spicy garlic chutney spread on the inside and flavourful filling of seasoned potatoes. Dip into a spicy chutney to bump the heat up another notch.
1 – Dosa Mahal
Roncesvalles is home to this reigning champ of South Indian food named for their excellent dosas. Their known for their golden brown, shatteringly crispy roast dosa that has a tangy, buttery flavour.
You can try lots of different types of dosas here, but you can’t go wrong with one of their roast options, which comes with sambar and a couple chutneys for dipping, a spicier one and a creamier coconut chutney. The sambar is mild and comforting but still very flavourful.
