Arrived at the store, dealt with a great customer service. The cashier was very polite and easy to deal with. I ordered chicken biryani and samosas. The food was ready in almost no time. The quality of the biryani was excellent: freshly topped off with herbs, and chicken was tender. The samosas were hot and fresh, the crust was crispy and the potato filling was delicious. Overall a great experience and will be returning soon.

Bought a tray chicken biryani from them on a Thursday night and placed it in the fridge shortly after to be eaten on Friday. After taking the biryani out in the morning, by Friday late afternoon the biryani smelled horrible and we had to throw out nearly the entire tray. The explanation given was that their biryani is not meant to last more than a day even after we refrigerated it and that it should all be eaten right away.. Refused to give a refund.

Update: we've since gone back and tried a butter chicken along with a platter for 2. The butter chicken was delicious, the chicken looks the same as the chicken in the platter (red colour and large chunks). The naan was a lot better this time, not overly sweet but still flavourful. Perfect! TLDR; Tasty and affordable! This restaurant is definitely a hidden gem! We tried chicken biryani, platter for 2, and a palaak paneer. The chicken biryani was packed full and super spicy, the chicken was cooked to perfection. There was a lot of sauce that settled to the bottom, which I hadn't experienced elsewhere. The palaak paneer was very sweet, and the paneer was a tad crumbly. The platter was amazing, the chicken pieces were moist and flavourful. The naan was quite different from what I'm used to, as it had some sweetness to it like raisin flavour, but I'm not sure. Everything is priced very reasonably, even with the rising cost of ingredients after covid. The platter was definitely my favourite and we will be back for it again!

Fantastic restaurant for take-out. Friendly service, delicious authentic food, large portions. A must try! Loved the sweet lassi. We will definitely be repeat customers!!!

Just wanted make sure this place is recognized for the outstanding food they catered for me. Ordered 2 platters for 10 and a butter chicken tray for a party and food was awesome! Special thanks to the 2 gents who served me. Food was delicious and plentiful. Please don't change! One suggestion would be to keep the salad separately in case people need to reheat food at home. Otherwise A+ food and service. Will tell family and friends about you guys! Thank you!

Great service! Food was good too. Love the samosas, very fresh and not at all oily like most other places. We had the beef samosas which was excellent. Parking is not the best due to several other businesses in the plaza.

Delicious food! Amazing price and great quantity...combo packages are also great. Very friendly owners/staff and always providing top quality foods...dining is available but limited seats.. mostly people to takeout. You can call in and order in advance... definitely recommend to go try for yummy authentic pakistani/indian food in Pickering

Pickering has many great restaurants for takeout, and Mana Salwa is one of them. We ordered the 'Platter for Two', which consists of four pieces of boneless chicken meat, two pieces of bbq chicken, two skewers of beef kebab, two pieces of naan, and rice with cabbage on top. The bonless chicken in the platter were perfectly cooked, pillow soft, and very flavorful. The beef kebab in the platter was also very well made, with the right amount of seasoning and texture. We also ordered a dozen chicken and beef samosas, which were flavorful, perfectly crunchy on the outside, and well cooked on the inside without being dry. The naan was very soft and chewy. One suggestion I have is to make the naan less chewy, so that it is easier to eat, but that is just my opinion. The Kashmiri tea was very aromatic and a nice way to end the meal with something sweet. Mohammad and Daniel provided excellent customer service skills, and they were knowledgeable about the restaurant and food for any questions I asked. I highly recommend the Platter for Two Special for the variations, flavors, and great value. What I like about this restaurant is they take very good care in the way they season and cook their food because you definitely can tell when you take the first bite, and they are sharing Pakistani inspired culture through their food. Thank you to everyone at Mana Salwa, and looking forward to trying more items on the menu!

Great place in Pickering . Nice shamee kabab and Palak. Takeout is fast and staff are nice

Amazing food. Tried their chaat papri, Tandoori burger and paratha rolls! Excellent. However, their Kashmiri chaye was so so but I understand that not everyone can make good Kashmiri chaye

Very good experience! Servers were very friendly and patient and took their time to listen to my order. The dining space was very comfortable. The food itself was extremely aromatic and well worth my money. It truly felt like back home. I will be coming again for sure

I use to love there food but the amount of oil they used in the dish ( Chicken tikka masala) was a disappointment. Even after mentioning on the notes 'use less oil' I still got this (picture attached)

I ordered Chicken Biryani from this place !!! And LET ME TELL YOU you will NOT be disappointed. The owner was very helpful, the biryani tasted really good!! All my guests were happy and enjoyed. Owner had literally called 3 times to confirm and inform about the biryani being ready like i found that really helpful and thoughtful. It helped to know when we should go. I am very happy I chose this location for my catering service!! Thank you.

We just stumbled upon this place and boy did we luck out! The food was fresh and flavorful, the customer service was phenomenal and to top it all of, the price was unbelievable in this day and age of soaring food prices. We got the platter for 2 which had a great variety of chicken and kabab, but also came with naan and spicy Biryani rice. We ate to our fill and came home with leftovers. The Kashmiri chai was also a nice treat on a cold winter's day. If the owners invested in some much needed renovations, this place would be even more phenomenal. But until then, I'm happy to go back there anytime for takeout or a quick bite to eat. Danyaal was so pleasant and helpful. It's a family owned business and they donate their tips to charity. Spread the word! This place is a hidden gem and has the potential to be much more! Highly recommended.

This place is a hidden gem. With the way things are these days this place feels like its almost free. I was surprised at the amount of food we got in the platter for two. And at the end to find out that it even included drinks, two whole naans. All for $25.99 My wife and I stuffed ourselves. There was so much meat. My wife doesnt have a great appetite but I can eat like a monster. And there was so much food left over. It came with a lot of rice, salad and Yogurt dip. By far in January of 2024 this is the lowest price I have paid for so much food. Also, the Kashmiri Tea was only $2.99. The food was very enjoyable. The meat was tender and juicy. I am not usually a big fan of Chicken Seekh Kababs. But these were some of the best I've ever had. These guys should get more business. My wife happened to stumble across this place on the internet, and we took a chance. But we will definitely be coming back and spreading the word.

Delicious food introduced to me by a friend. This is the Chana Bhatura, the bread is very soft that we tear apart and eat with the curried chickpeas along with the other stuff. Very delicious and big portions, I couldn't finish all of mine so I had to get it to go. The young man behind the counter is very kind and provides good service.

It's really amazing restaurants. Neat and Clean. Well organized. Specially washrooms are Really well organized too. They have everything in the washroom.

Incredibly tasty food! Since first discovering this place we’ve been hooked to ordering it weekly and we keep exploring/trying new things… we’ve enjoyed it all! Good quality, generous portions, and like other reviews mentioned the platters are a great value!

I ordered a chicken tikka masala, butter chicken and boneless chicken biryani with the butter naan. The food was very flavorful and the portions were very generous. My one small complaint was that the curries did have a little too much oil. The naan was soft and flavorful. Overall, it was a very positive experience. I will definitely be coming back to this place to try out their other dishes.

We found this place by accident and glad we did. Service was excellent. The gent at the front was super helpful and friendly. We had the tandoori wraps and they were delicious. We made the mistake of eating them in the car as they were quite messy but it was worth wearing some of the food while getting to eat the rest.

very small meat to rice portions. ordered the large nehari boneless ($17) and was only given two small pieces of beef. ordered the mutton biryani ($18) and only received 4 small pieces of mutton, 1 of which was just a piece of bone. overall no complaints with the taste of both. just very small portions for what i paid for and expected based on the labeled size.

Ordered over the phone just one mutton biryani and one chicken biryani. Order taker even didn’t care to ask if it is boneless or with bone and just told me half an hour. I should have been alerted by this time but the reviews i saw were great, i don't know if these people have even tasted plain basmati steamed rice in their lives. This biryani is not biryani i have 20 years of experience in hotel industry and i know they used tandoori chicken leftover pieces, sela rice and some sort of gravy. But the way the guy told me that it will take another 7 mins when i came to pick up and other talks with other customers seems like professional. But i have to steam those biryanis for freakin more than half an hour even then they were not up-to the mark but at least edible. I will not suggest this place for anything, coz if u cannot cook rice properly then u cannot cook anything. Very bad that people in durham region don't know what is biryani and start selling it.

Just ordered from here an hour ago. Ordered my several dishes with their Naan. It's clearly evident that they had reheated an old Naan and charged $1.75 for something inedible. Pathetic to even try and get away with that.

I usually donot write reviews, but I had to write one for this place. I usually stick to one Pakistani/Indian restaurant due to convenience and also due not being sure about how the food would taste. I ordered Chana chaat and bun kabob from Mana Salwa..and OH MY GOD......the flavors were just AMAZING!!!! The were both soo delicious and fresh!! just like how they make it backhome. Even the other place I go to the flavors aren't that great, I regret not trying this place before. Can't wait to try their briyani 🤤 Thank you for making such amazing food ❤

My husband and I have lived in Pickering for 10 years and I have to say, I wish we had discovered this place years ago. We just recently ordered from Mana Salwa about a week ago and the food that we ordered was DELICIOUS! The amount that we got was very much worth the price and we will 100% be ordering from them again.

We did takeout for samosas, Kashmiri chai and Mithai. The samosas were fried freshly and flavourful great spice and they give good sauces. Kashmiri chai was also great piping hot really recommend. We came back the next day for the same order. Don’t get the Mithai was really bad not fresh at all (kalakand, pista burfi and plain burfi).

Food was very fresh and delicious. I totally enjoyed my meal tandoori chicken and chicken samosas were tasty. Definitely recommend this restaurant.

Prices are very reasonable and food quality and taste is good. A typical mom n pop desi restaurant, they carry good variety of items including breakfast and mithaie( indian dessert).

Food was phenomenal! You can taste the fresh quality ingredients in the dishes especially the oils they use, that’s what usually gives it away if a restaurant is just reheating old supply. This place makes they’re curries made to order which is really nice! Naan was amazing so soft, mutton curry was exceptional went soo well with both the briyani rice and naan. Butter chicken was also very flavourful perfect blend of creamy buttery and spice! Highly recommend!