Located in the heart of midtown Toronto, Tabule is an emerging hot spot which surpasses expectations. Patrons from all four corners of the city travel to a unique dining experience that features the exotic flavours of the Middle East. The chef's special cultural expertise and interpretation of traditional dishes has created a menu that will delight your senses. Tabule has developed quite a reputa... See Moremore...See more text
Tabülè’s executive chef Rony Goraiche didn’t exactly begin his career in the kitchen. Instead, he found himself working nine to five in an office after studying actuarial science in university. But even then, there were clues that cooking was in Rony’s cards. While studying, he took on part-time work at a restaurant. There, he met his wife Diana Sideris. Also a student at the time, she was working front of house, while Rony prepared meals in the kitchen, an arrangement that would serve them well years later when they took the leap to open Tabülè.
“I realized when we got married that he was more excited about all the kitchen gifts,” Diana laughs. Rony went on to take courses in culinary arts at George Brown College. “But it comes from his roots,” she says. “A lot of the recipes are traditional - from his mom, from his dad, from his grandparents - and then he adds his own twist to it.”
fresh ontario lamb charcoal broiled with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and red onions
$10.95
Beef in a pita
beef charcoal broiled with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and red onions
$10.50
Kefta in a pita
spiced ground lamb and beef with parsley, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onion, garlic and red onions
$9.50
Meshweh - Grill
all mains are served with house salad and rice topped with onions substitute müjaddara [gluten free] or fattüsh for 1.50 add a cup of lentil soup to any of the below for 3.00
Kefta
one juicy skewer of charbroiled ground mixed lamb and beef with onions, tomatoes, parsley, garlic and spices
$9.95
Tawük
one juicy skewer of mennonite farm raised marinated chicken breast
$9.95
Lamb
one skewer of fresh dry aged in house ontario lamb
$10.95
Beef
one skewer of tender beef filets cooked to order
$10.50
Vegetable
one skewer of marinated vegetables (onions, peppers and zucchini) served with müjadarra
$9.50
Chicken breast
marinated chicken breast with middle eastern spices
$9.95
Lamb chops
two pieces of dry aged in house from the rack of ontario lamb, charcoal broiled
$14.95
Grilled shrimp
charcoal-broiled shrimp marinated in middle eastern spices
$13.95
Salmon
atlantic salmon grilled with lemon, garlic and spices
$12.95
Helou − Sweets MENU - Tabülè Middle Eastern Cuisine
greygoose vodka, martini bianco, mist of orange blossom water
$13.00 (2oz)
Ambrosia
malibu mango rum, malibu passion rum, fresh mango juice, fresh passion fruit juice
$11.00 (2oz)
Phoenician
absolute vodka, pomegranate molasses, pineapple juice, pomegranate raspberry juice topped with sparkling wine
$11.00 (2oz)
Beer
Bottled
heineken, stella artois, kronenberg, mill street organic, stella light, steamwhistle pilsner, moroccan brown ale
$7.00 (12oz)
Beverages
Freshly squeezed juices
mint limeade, passion fruit, watermelon lemonade, lemon orange blossom, pomegranate raspberry, mango. [please ask your server for fresh juice of the day]
$4.25
Jallab lemonade
date molasses and rose with lemon, soda, pine nuts and raisins
$4.25
Evian / San pellegrino
$4.00
$6.00
Soft drinks
coca cola, diet coke, ginger ale, sprite, ice tea
$2.25
Glass bottle
coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale
$3.95
Juices
apple, orange, cranberry
$3.00
Teas
moroccan mint, arabian night green herbal: egyptian chamomile, hibiscus, ginger cinnamon, yansoon (anise)
heineken, stella artois, kronenberg, mill street organic, stella light
$7.00 (12oz)
Draught
16oz please ask your server for selection
Beverages
Freshly squeezed juices
mint limeade, passion fruit, watermelon lemonade, lemon orange blossom, pomegranate raspberry, mango. [please ask your server for fresh juice of the day]
$4.25
Jallab lemonade
date molasses and rose with lemon, soda, pine nuts and raisins
$4.25
Evian / san pellegrino
$4.00
$6.00
Soft drinks
coca cola, diet coke, ginger ale, sprite, ice tea
$2.25
Glass bottle
coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale
$3.50
Juices
apple, orange, cranberry
$3.00
Teas
moroccan mint, arabian night green herbal : egyptian chamomile, hibiscus, ginger cinnamon, yansoon (anise)
greygoose vodka, martini bianco, mist of orange blossom water
$13.00 (2oz)
Ambrosia
malibu mango rum, malibu passion rum, fresh mango juice, fresh passion fruit juice
$11.00 (2oz)
Phoenician
absolute vodka, pomegranate molasses, pineapple juice, pomegranate raspberry juice topped with sparkling wine
$11.00 (2oz)
Beer
Bottled
heineken, stella artois, kronenberg, mill street organic, stella light, steamwhistle pilsner, moroccan brown ale
$7.00 (12oz)
Beverages
Freshly squeezed juices
mint limeade, passion fruit, watermelon lemonade, lemon orange blossom, pomegranate raspberry, mango. [please ask your server for fresh juice of the day]
$4.25
Jallab lemonade
date molasses and rose with lemon, soda, pine nuts and raisins
$4.25
Evian / san pellegrino
$4.00
$6.00
Soft drinks
coca cola, diet coke, ginger ale, sprite, ice tea
$2.25
Glass bottle
coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale
$3.95
Juices
apple, orange, cranberry
$3.00
Teas
moroccan mint, arabian night green herbal: egyptian chamomile, hibiscus, ginger cinnamon, yansoon (anise)
heineken, stella artois, kronenberg, mill street organic, stella light
$7.00 (12oz)
Draught
16oz please ask your server for selection
Beverages
Freshly squeezed juices
mint limeade, passion fruit, watermelon lemonade, lemon orange blossom, pomegranate raspberry, mango. [please ask your server for fresh juice of the day]
$4.25
Jallab lemonade
date molasses and rose with lemon, soda, pine nuts and raisins
$4.25
Evian / san pellegrino
$4.00
$6.00
Soft drinks
coca cola, diet coke, ginger ale, sprite, ice tea
$2.25
Glass bottle
coke, diet coke, sprite, ginger ale
$3.50
Juices
apple, orange, cranberry
$3.00
Teas
moroccan mint, arabian night green herbal : egyptian chamomile, hibiscus, ginger cinnamon, yansoon (anise)
Really enjoyed Tabule--I'm surprised by all the negative reviews here. The kefta was as well-spiced and delicious as any I've had--and I love a Mediterranean restaurant. The Lebanese-style rice was good. My husband really enjoyed his chicken, and our friend her shrimp. The vegetables were well grilled so as not to be soft and soggy.
The falafel was not the most flavorful I've had but add some hummus and tahini and who notices anyway?
Plus they fit us in on a Saturday night, the staff was attentive, the food came out pretty quickly for how full the place was... Overall, quite pleased with the experience. Are you over-paying when they charge $15 for chicken, rice and veg? Sure. But it's not in a cheap area, for one. Try to find equivocal prices outside fast food around there. For two, you're paying for the nice atmosphere, the good service, the fact you're getting a meal prepped for you. Overall, quite pleased with this experience.
Terrible. The only people who would rate this restaurant highly are those who have no appreciation for Middle Eastern foods and have never tried it before. Only Middle Eastern food virgins would like this place. Included in this group is the owner and staff of this restaurant. They were clearly not from the Middle East. Nice marketing ploy though: charging fine dining prices for bland soggy oily Falafel and chicken kabab which was like any chicken breast anywhere in Toronto.
NOT AUTHENTIC OR DELICIOUS
Appetizers of Falafels and Roasted eggplant were...
Appetizers of Falafels and Roasted eggplant were very good. Mains, kabobs of Ontario lamb and beef were somewhat overdone and uninteresting. The service was friendly but somewhat slow and needed a reminder of forgotten item, Altogether a rather average and uninspired dining experience.
I had patronized this establishment a few times...
I had patronized this establishment a few times previously for lunch, and had enjoyed attentive and warm service and reasonable portions and prices. On this visit, I was disappointed with the value of the dinner menu as well as the conduct of the waiting staff. Post-renovation, the atmosphere retains its original charm, but our server for the evening seemed a bit aggressive in prodding us to order additional items. She forgot about one of our drink orders, and our water glasses remained unreplenished for the last hour or so of our stay. Whilst Tabule offers a nice business lunch menu, its dinner selection is somewhat slim, comprised mostly of appetizers, and is inflated in price. Our entree plates were rice-heavy and light-handed on the kebab and grilled vegetable portions. Food-wise, the rice was well seasoned, the meat tender, but the vegetables a touch over-charred for my liking. Though I would consider returning, it would not likely be for dinner. There is better value to be found at other Middle Eastern restaurants in the city.
... or for those who do not know any better. I decided to celebrate the first day of Ramadan by visiting this place and had made a reservation a day earlier for 8pm. We arrived on time and waited 20 minutes to be seated in the midst of unending chaos. It took forever for the waiter to come and take our orders. He was completely unaware that it was Ramadan. No one at this establishment seemed to care; none of them appeared Middle-Eastern. The menu lacked variety and was so uninspired where main courses were concerned, the selection wouldn't have been different at any grill. The appetizers were a bit better although the kibbe was cased in what seemed more like falafel mix than cracked wheat. Vegetarians had only one main dish they could have (a vegetarian skewer, not very Middle Eastern). The food was bland and did not remind me of the Middle-East at all. It was also terribly over-priced. No self-respecting Syrian would eat at this restaurant.
What a fun evening that was. We found out about...
What a fun evening that was. We found out about this restaurant from Joanne Kates' review in the Globe and Mail. The food was great the service was awsome. We ate everything on the menu. Their appetizers are extensive and delicious. Bring fried with you so that you can try several dishes!!! Try their rosewater martini!!
