The Cottage Cheese

What is The Cottage Cheese? Tucked along Oxford Street just off Augusta Avenue, this 40-seat Kensington Market spot reimagines regional Indian cooking with contemporary polish and playful global cues. Flooded with daytime light through broad front windows, the cheerful dining room pairs warm timber flooring with punchy, colorful accents, flanked by a 12-seat private room upstairs. It earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand by keeping prices grounded while delivering elevated, nuanced technique.

The Cottage Cheese Menu & What to Order Start with the crisp, tangy Pink Samosa Chaat or the velvety Avocado Dahi Kababs before diving into curries that sidestep heavy, predictable gravies. The house butter chicken brings a welcome prickle of real chile heat, while the vegetable biryani arrives dramatically sealed beneath a flaky bread crust that locks in fragrant steam. Pair your spread with blistered, paper-thin garlic naan and Coastal Malai Prawns, then finish with Dubai-inspired Gulab Jamun Churros and a tart Blueberry Basil Bliss mocktail.

Know Before You Go With only 40 seats downstairs, prime dinner slots fill rapidly, making online reservations essential if you want to avoid a wait. Kensington Market street parking is perpetually fraught, so take the 510 Spadina or 506 Carlton streetcar and walk over. Doors stay open seven days a week from noon until 10:30 p.m., with final seatings at 10:00 p.m.