{"id":659307,"date":"2026-05-10T01:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659307\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:45:13","slug":"scarboroughs-monas-roti-treats-their-customers-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659307\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarborough&#8217;s Mona&#8217;s Roti treats their customers right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Editor\u2019s note: CP24\u2019s Bill Coulter has been visiting some of Toronto\u2019s most notable restaurants as part of our recurring \u2018On the Menu\u2019 series. Stay tuned for more features on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CP24.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">CTVNewsToronto.ca<\/a> taking a look inside some of these hidden gems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For Mona Khan, the name behind Mona\u2019s Roti in Scarborough, the key to her success is treating the customer right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For the past 25 years, the Trinidadian restaurant has garnered a passionate clientele, thanks to it its rotis and doubles. The savoury meals are packed with different kinds of curried meats, like goat, beef and shrimp. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Khan said that everyone who comes through the door gets treated the same way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe service is very, very nice,\u201d she said. \u201cI tell all my workers: \u2018You\u2019ve got to feed everybody, no matter who comes in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Another big part of the restaurant\u2019s appeal is the open-concept kitchen, where customers can see their meals being made to order. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ll come in and see all the ladies drilling away, making all the rotis for you fresh, all the curries, all the doubles, being made right before your eyes,\u201d said Reesa Khan, Mona\u2019s daughter. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HOQ6M6EQAFAIVO4M76SHWZ6Q74.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"483\"\/>Roti A roti is prepared at Mona&#8217;s Roti. (CP24) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mona\u2019s Roti has a lot of repeat customers, who not only value the delicious food, but also the welcoming service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSince we\u2019re opened, we have been getting these steady customers, steady coming in all the time,\u201d said Khan. \u201cThey went and tried it all over, right? And they said, \u2018Nope, we\u2019re coming back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Reesa added that her mother\u2019s dedication is a big part of their success, and their excellent product. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe flavours are always there, every day, because she\u2019s in there every day,\u201d Reesa said. \u201cShe\u2019s taste-testing everything because she needs it to be up to a certain standard. I think that\u2019s what people like. They come in and know what to expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mona\u2019s Roti is located at 4810 Sheppard Avenue East<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: CP24\u2019s Bill Coulter has been visiting some of Toronto\u2019s most notable restaurants as part of our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-659307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}