I attended a dance event at Maison Tribe and was not pleased by how the staff treated the organizers of the event. They made them wait, they compromised the energy and ambience of the event due to a bad start and it was unfortunate because it was an event many people, including myself, were looking forward to.
Nicolas Oswell
THEY ARE SCAMMERS and VIOLENT TOO!! Please do yourself a favour and stay far, far away from this place. I'm astonished as to how such a lousy establishment exists at a prime Yonge & St. Clair location.
The story: We rented this restaurant for Saturday June 22nd, from 10 pm until 3 am. We were assured the restaurant would be closed (for dine-in) as from 9 pm, reserved for us and the event we were organizing (a social dancing event). We arrived at around 9:05 pm and found no dining chairs and tables had been moved (we were told they would be moved by 9 pm). Instead, we found someone (we would later find to be the owner) cussing at a delivery person, and there were guests that were seated and ordering food. Perhaps they were wrapping up, we thought. Instead, we focused on setting up the DJs. It took about 15 mins to get the owner's attention with regards to where to connect our equipment. Interestingly, even though he had breached the first part of our agreement (have the venue ready, free of chairs/tables and dine-in customers by 9 pm), he was the one upset and annoyed at having to help us. Bad start, but we thought OK - even if he's rude - we get the music started, perhaps the dine-in customers will be gone by 10 pm and the chairs/tables will be moved then.
10:20 pm goes by and our dancing guests start arriving. At that point, the dine-in customers are STILL in the process of ordering food! We grow frustrated and remind the owner and venue manager (who had just arrived) of our agreements, but they fall to deaf ears. Not only that, but the owner decides, on the spot, that we are no longer able to continue our party until 3 am as per our agreement, and that we must instead finish at 2 am. At 10:40 pm, as one of the DJs, I decide I've done enough waiting and I stop playing music. The owner furiously stomps towards me and asks why I've stopped. I said: "we are 40 mins behind and I was paid to cater to my guests, not yours". He warns me not to be rude and threatens to cancel this party (that hasn't even started). At this point, he was up in my face and pointing his finger at me. I told him to get away from me and to not point his finger at me. He had to be restrained by a few guests and finally walked away once the music resumed, muttering either: "I will find you" or "You will find out". I'm glad I decided to de-escalate the matter in this moment, as I otherwise feel I would have had to call law enforcement on this brute.
To summarize: they had double-booked us and another birthday party. And if it wasn't for the birthday girl being gracious enough to 'end' her party earlier, our party (for which we paid for) would have likely never started. To top it all off: they are withholding part of our deposit, fabricating all sorts of excuses, the latest being that we didn't clean the washrooms (it was never stipulated in our agreement, whether in writing or even verbally).
There are some people you just DO NOT do business with - those are some of those people. They don't respect agreements, they scam people and threaten you (physically) when you retaliate. You won't just lose your money there - you will probably be assaulted too!
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Eric Support Adventure
Growing up in the neighbourhood to the east of here, Moore Park, I was starving for anything interesting and authentic. I felt I grew up in the whitest and most sterile place in the universe and even wrote songs and traveled the world singing about how boring Canada is and how brainwashed the culture is. My neighbourhood was filled with boring white people and that's all and I went to live in Serbia and then Thailand to get the spice of life. On a short visit to visit my beloved family in Toronto, I was going home on Saturday night (23.06.2024) at 1AM and I noticed Maison Tribe. It was popping with Latino and African music. I went in and I felt welcome, even though I was the only white person there. I danced for a while and it was super fun. The opposite of the boring place I thought I was from. Thank you Maison Tribe.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
drp nrds
Don’t even know how to run the business. Learn to how to respect people.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jessica Amoako
Amazing customer service and tasty food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
peroski Peroski
Perfect place to catch up with a friend. We enjoyed the food, particularly the jollof rice. I plan to be back soon:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Jeremy Irwin
Food is amazing with a great authentic vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Vishal Rehal
This place is like hell. The staff is very discriminatory and they are so much disrespectful towards the customers. Also, I saw a staff person disparaging a delivery driver one day for no valid reason in front of me just because he was a delivery boy. This is wrong for being so rude to those hardworking people who work during all weather conditions so we can chill and relax at home enjoying our favourite meals being delivered to us.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Douglas Ike
Pretty cool
Parking: Well, we had to park at the back of the building, very close to the kitchen. The car lot there isn't too spacious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Habiba
The food is excellent and the staff is wonderful. I definitely recommend this place!
From the food, to the decor and ambiance, all the way down to the entertainment. Maison Tribe is the perfect place to enjoy a nice meal with great vibes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pierce Owl
Great service and jollof was nice and smokey!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Zaine A
My review is based on the food only. I ordered off UberEats and the food was well packaged; the cling film wrap makes sense. I ordered the peppersoup and ayamase. They both tasted like home, and the peppersoup cleared my sinuses lol! The ayamase looked and tasted exactly like what I had in Nigeria; it took me right back to my childhood. Whoever made the food did an amazing job, and my only gripe is that I wish they were as generous with their proteins as they were with the rice ? Still, I’ll recommend this place based on what I’ve tried so far.
Food: 5
Lucas Nogueira
Food was really good, and staff very friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julie O
I hosted a small birthday gathering with friends and the food, service and vibe were all sensational. Afrobeats playing in the background, rounded out the ambiance and chic decor. Highly recommend this spot. It would be a an ideal place to rent out for a private event. Bravo Maison Tribe!
I attended a dance event at Maison Tribe and was not pleased by how the staff treated the organizers of the event. They made them wait, they compromised the energy and ambience of the event due to a bad start and it was unfortunate because it was an event many people, including myself, were looking forward to.
THEY ARE SCAMMERS and VIOLENT TOO!! Please do yourself a favour and stay far, far away from this place. I'm astonished as to how such a lousy establishment exists at a prime Yonge & St. Clair location.
The story: We rented this restaurant for Saturday June 22nd, from 10 pm until 3 am. We were assured the restaurant would be closed (for dine-in) as from 9 pm, reserved for us and the event we were organizing (a social dancing event). We arrived at around 9:05 pm and found no dining chairs and tables had been moved (we were told they would be moved by 9 pm). Instead, we found someone (we would later find to be the owner) cussing at a delivery person, and there were guests that were seated and ordering food. Perhaps they were wrapping up, we thought. Instead, we focused on setting up the DJs. It took about 15 mins to get the owner's attention with regards to where to connect our equipment. Interestingly, even though he had breached the first part of our agreement (have the venue ready, free of chairs/tables and dine-in customers by 9 pm), he was the one upset and annoyed at having to help us. Bad start, but we thought OK - even if he's rude - we get the music started, perhaps the dine-in customers will be gone by 10 pm and the chairs/tables will be moved then.
10:20 pm goes by and our dancing guests start arriving. At that point, the dine-in customers are STILL in the process of ordering food! We grow frustrated and remind the owner and venue manager (who had just arrived) of our agreements, but they fall to deaf ears. Not only that, but the owner decides, on the spot, that we are no longer able to continue our party until 3 am as per our agreement, and that we must instead finish at 2 am. At 10:40 pm, as one of the DJs, I decide I've done enough waiting and I stop playing music. The owner furiously stomps towards me and asks why I've stopped. I said: "we are 40 mins behind and I was paid to cater to my guests, not yours". He warns me not to be rude and threatens to cancel this party (that hasn't even started). At this point, he was up in my face and pointing his finger at me. I told him to get away from me and to not point his finger at me. He had to be restrained by a few guests and finally walked away once the music resumed, muttering either: "I will find you" or "You will find out". I'm glad I decided to de-escalate the matter in this moment, as I otherwise feel I would have had to call law enforcement on this brute.
To summarize: they had double-booked us and another birthday party. And if it wasn't for the birthday girl being gracious enough to 'end' her party earlier, our party (for which we paid for) would have likely never started. To top it all off: they are withholding part of our deposit, fabricating all sorts of excuses, the latest being that we didn't clean the washrooms (it was never stipulated in our agreement, whether in writing or even verbally).
There are some people you just DO NOT do business with - those are some of those people. They don't respect agreements, they scam people and threaten you (physically) when you retaliate. You won't just lose your money there - you will probably be assaulted too!
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Growing up in the neighbourhood to the east of here, Moore Park, I was starving for anything interesting and authentic. I felt I grew up in the whitest and most sterile place in the universe and even wrote songs and traveled the world singing about how boring Canada is and how brainwashed the culture is. My neighbourhood was filled with boring white people and that's all and I went to live in Serbia and then Thailand to get the spice of life. On a short visit to visit my beloved family in Toronto, I was going home on Saturday night (23.06.2024) at 1AM and I noticed Maison Tribe. It was popping with Latino and African music. I went in and I felt welcome, even though I was the only white person there. I danced for a while and it was super fun. The opposite of the boring place I thought I was from. Thank you Maison Tribe.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Don’t even know how to run the business.
Learn to how to respect people.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Amazing customer service and tasty food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Perfect place to catch up with a friend. We enjoyed
the food, particularly the jollof rice. I plan to be back soon:)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Food is amazing with a great authentic vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
This place is like hell. The staff is very discriminatory and they are so much disrespectful towards the customers. Also, I saw a staff person disparaging a delivery driver one day for no valid reason in front of me just because he was a delivery boy. This is wrong for being so rude to those hardworking people who work during all weather conditions so we can chill and relax at home enjoying our favourite meals being delivered to us.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Pretty cool
Parking: Well, we had to park at the back of the building, very close to the kitchen. The car lot there isn't too spacious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
The food is excellent and the staff is wonderful. I definitely recommend this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
Restaurantji Recommends
From the food, to the decor and ambiance, all the way down to the entertainment. Maison Tribe is the perfect place to enjoy a nice meal with great vibes.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service and jollof was nice and smokey!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
My review is based on the food only. I ordered off UberEats and the food was well packaged; the cling film wrap makes sense.
I ordered the peppersoup and ayamase. They both tasted like home, and the peppersoup cleared my sinuses lol! The ayamase looked and tasted exactly like what I had in Nigeria; it took me right back to my childhood.
Whoever made the food did an amazing job, and my only gripe is that I wish they were as generous with their proteins as they were with the rice ?
Still, I’ll recommend this place based on what I’ve tried so far.
Food: 5
Food was really good, and staff very friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I hosted a small birthday gathering with friends and the food, service and vibe were all sensational. Afrobeats playing in the background, rounded out the ambiance and chic decor. Highly recommend this spot. It would be a an ideal place to rent out for a private event. Bravo Maison Tribe!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef Suya
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