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📍 Best Food in Mississauga
Toronto Foodiee’s home turf — the burgers, shawarma and Desi spots worth the drive.
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★ marks the spots Toronto Foodiee has eaten at and reviewed. The rest are pulled from local food coverage.
Karahi Boys
Desi • Heartland & Ridgeway
Lahori-style karahi and charcoal BBQ, halal, across two Mississauga locations.
Firefly Burger
Burgers • Platinum Dr., Ridgeway
Halal smash burgers from the Jordanian chain — the Firefly and the Backfire are the ones to get.
★ REVIEWED BY TORONTO FOODIEE
Lezzet Shawarma Falafel House
Shawarma • Dixie Rd.
Family-run since 2007. The Ali J — shawarma meat over rice and fries — is the order.
★ REVIEWED BY TORONTO FOODIEE
Nawab’s Legendary BBQ
BBQ • Platinum Dr., Ridgeway
Mughlai BBQ open around the clock — kebabs, rolls, momos and tikka pizza.
★ REVIEWED BY TORONTO FOODIEE
Original Mandi
Mandi • Burnhamthorpe Rd. W.
Chicken and lamb mandi over saffron-spiced rice, plus saj wraps. Halal.
Haidilao Hot Pot
Hot Pot • Square One
The global chain’s City Centre branch — build-your-own broths and a full sauce bar.
The Apricot Tree Cafe
Brunch • Dundas St. W.
A Sherwood Forrest Village fixture since 1993, with cakes and ice cream made on site.
Crown Pastries
Desserts • Dixie Rd. & Ridgeway
Syrian sweets from the Salha brothers — baklava, kunafa, maamoul and Dubai chocolate.
★ REVIEWED BY TORONTO FOODIEE
Kunafa’s
Desserts • Hurontario St.
Kunafa Nabulsi made with real Nabulsi cheese, crispy or soft, plus the viral Dubai chocolate.
⭐ MICHELIN in Mississauga
Recognition awarded by the MICHELIN Guide Toronto & Region — not by Toronto Foodiee.
🍽️ BIB GOURMAND
Guru Lukshmi
7070 St. Barbara Blvd., up at Derry and McLaughlin. The first Mississauga restaurant ever to take a Bib Gourmand — Michelin’s award for serious food at a fair price. Purely vegetarian South Indian, and the inspectors called it the “undisputed champion of dosas”. It sprawls across several bays of a plaza and still fills up. Start with the Mysore bhaji dosa; the idli, vada and uttapam come out fresh with hot sambar.
⭐ RECOMMENDED
Tamarind Modern Indian Bistro
33 City Centre Dr., by Square One. Modern Indian in a loud, colourful room that gets rowdy on weekends with live music. Chettinad chicken tacos and panipuri shots sit next to a properly rich lamb roganjosh and paneer in a heavy onion-tomato gravy. Recommended in the guide rather than awarded — Michelin’s way of saying the kitchen is doing real work.
📖 IN THE GUIDE
Mama Fatma
A Turkish grill house that appears under Mississauga on the MICHELIN Guide’s own listing page for the city, alongside the two entries above.
No Mississauga restaurant holds a star. That says more about what the star list looks for than it does about the food out here — the Bib Gourmand is the category that actually reaches our plazas.
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