Magic Oven

I really love this place! The pizzas are delicious and I feel great knowing that they use a lot of organic/​non-​gmo products and produce. The juices could be a bit more creative as they use santa cruze juice products and just make various mixes but they still taste pretty good.
The staff is very friendly and professional. I need to go back soon.

LOVE the pizza; HATE the service.
I always order a veg/​vegan pizza on spelt crust and specify extra crispy (otherwise the crust is a bit flimsy). My husband and I have tried a lot of other varieties as well (prociutto, BBQ chicken, etc.). The pizzas are always amazing, but the delivery service usually takes 90 mins (which to me is excessive for PIZZA). When I call the check on my order the service is less than helpful.
It’s too bad there aren’t other innovative, healthy pizza options in the city because if there was I’d forget M.O.

I am an extremely picky and critical eater and this is one of my fave places to eat. I am not a fan of the pizza’s but the pasta’s and sandwiches are to die for. The staff and atmosphere is always welcoming friendly and down to earth type of feel.

Tried the Euphoria Magic pizza a few months back… I had tried their Downtown Core location about a year prior and it was good, not great. I like the Danforth location the best.
Pizza was great, mine came out a little cold but I didn’t bother to send it back. I like that this place is different, as they offer a variety of pizza choices. Ask for the pizza to be cooked well-​done if you don’t want it to come out practically raw. The reason I gave this joint 4 stars as opposed to the 5 is that I thought the pizza was slightly expensive.

I keep forgetting about this place. There are so many fancy new vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Toronto that Magic Pizza has fallen off the radar. I hadn’t visited in more than 3 years, but a friend invited me out to the Queen East location.
It was a Monday, so other than two tables, it was pretty dead here. The building itself isn’t fancy, there haven’t been any renos since my last visit, but the open patio in the back is a great way to get away from the noise of the city.
Generally, I have low standards with vegan pizza. We ordered the (vegetarian) Phyto-​Nutrient pizza ($ 15) and the Vegan Magic pizza ($ 14) and both were surprisingly awesome! Got the Creamy Feta Dip as well, which was finger-​licking good! I was happy to take home the leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
Lots of options for both the vegan and vegetarian.

The napa salmon salad was excellent.
The vegetable samosa we got was OK except the potatoes inside were still frozen. Returned it and got back a burned samosa instead — at least it wasn’t frozen.
Service was poor. The two waitresses were too busy talking with each other to pay us any attention. Had to walk up to the counter twice to get service.

First, I’ll say that I love how vegan-​friendly this place is. They have vegan-​by-​default pizzas and other items on the menu, but can also veganize most items by making substitutions. I love the veganized version of the Tandoori Magic and the Phytonutrient Magic (though I preferred the latter in its earlier incarnation, which had asparagus and other green veggies on it).
I’m not giving them more stars because the prices are a bit too high for my liking and because on two recent orders, I clearly requested vegan cheese but received a pizza with regular cheese. The first order was take-​out, and one pizza came with regular cheese though the others came with Daiya. The next was a dine-​in order, and when I politely brought it to the waitress’ attention, she didn’t apologize. She took it back to the kitchen and replaced it, but I was a bit annoyed that she didn’t acknowledge the mistake on the restaurant’s behalf. It could have been serious if I had an allergy and hadn’t recognized that the cheese was dairy-​based. I work in customer service, and would have reacted much differently had something similar happened in my workplace.

Pretty good pizza & service was great. I will most definitely return to enjoy some pizza or perhaps indulge in another item on the menu.

Had the edameme and their harmony magic pizza (our waitress’ recommendation btw!). Bloody awesome. Tres delicious. What made it better was that we attended a play, afterwards, in their basement! It is the Coal Mine Theatre. Like our meal, the play was equally awesome! Will be returning soon!

Delicious pizza for sit in lunch or on the go! Tried the veggie, bbq chicken and pepperoni. They’re always flavourful, not greasy and the thin crust is always crispy (not dried out or burned). Happy eating!

Finally tried the Magic Oven when another restaurant I had planned on going to wasn’t open. I started with the Tofu fingers which were wonderfully spicy. But the pizza arrived too quickly after our appetizers did, so I had to take the rest of the Tofu home with me. The Pizza was tasty– I had the Harmony magic although I found it overpriced. No great selection of beers, unfortunately.

This is a tough review to wright purely based on the fact that I LOVED magic oven! The food was amazing, service was on point, prices where great. There was nothing not to love. The owner has decide to make some changes & unfortunaily they’re not the best ones. To make it simple the prices have good up by a pretty penny & the food has gotten gross. Not everything has gotten bad but I dislike more items on the menu then I enjoy. Undercooked food, hair in the food or ordering a special way (ie. over cooked, light on the peppers) & it not coming the way you order it. Some other the servers are amazing & frankly were the only reason I gave the new magic oven so many chances. I wish I could say the new magic oven is the bee’s knees but it’s not very good. I don’t plan on going back.

Full disclosure: It’s my goal to get this Magic Oven on Danforth up to a solid 4-​Star rating from it’s current 3.5, and tonight’s take-​out experience will illustrate why.
Being short on time preparing for the long weekend and two kids pleading, «I’m hungry!» we doubled-​down on pizza from Magic Oven for the second Friday in a row. Last week’s experience left us remarking a) how much the kid’s loved their Double Hawaiian and b) how much we adults enjoyed the Euphoria Magic on their Gluten-​Free crust (one of the BEST GF pizza’s we’ve ever had). Crisp and thin of a cracker-​like texture with no mealy-​gritty-​aftertaste won us over to order again.
This week we branched out and ordered 1 pound of wings and a «Build Your Own Pizza» on GF crust with proscuitto, figs, walnuts, and mozzarella on a garlic and olive oil base, along with another Hawaiian for our boys.
There was a problem… okay two problems. First, our BYOPizza was a little scant on toppings. Granted we selected premium-​hipster-​toppings which tasted great, but it still left us feeling a little jilted. Second, the «side of fries or greens» (we went fries) were absent from our small wing order which consisted of 7 wings. For those keeping score at home, at $ 13 for 1 lb, with tip & tax that’s about $ 2 per wing. Now these wings were MONSTERS; big and crispy and tasty with no breading done up salt-​n-​pepper style with the garlic-​chili sauce served on the side (just the way we like it).
So why 5-​Stars when the food-portion:food-quality ratio was shouting 4-​Stars? A: Service. When I called to ask about the dainty toppings and missing fries, I received a very polite and very reasonable apology and explanation, topped off with a $ 10 «We’re Sorry» credit on my next visit or order. Nice, nice, very nice.
If you find yourself willing to part with a little more dough for fewer woes topped with a cherry of quality-​first, order from Magic Oven and then join me in raising this under-​rated-​pizza-​place up to the 4-​Stars it truly deserves.

This place is a good chain in my book. It had good deals and combos for pizza and pints. Not out of this world or anything but it is a good place for a quick bite and beer and the deals are well worth it.

Very delicious food. The staff was very attentive. I brought in a coupon that they were not ready to support so they gave me a 10% discount instead. It was a Friday night and it was a little slow. The place was packed and it felt like they were a little understaffed. But overall good experience and I’ll definitely keep this place in mind.

I don’t know why this place doesn’t have at least a four star.
I came here on a Monday night and it was very empty. I took a long time scrolling through the menu because there were a lot of options between the sandwiches, pasta, and pizza. They offer a lot of vegetarian options, gluten-​free, organic, you know, the vegan works. Anyway, I ordered a custom pizza with grilled chicken, spinach, organic mozzarella, portobello mushrooms, and eggplant.
And it was so good! The pizza was not too thin and had a crispy crust. The chicken was tender and don’t get me started on the eggplant: crispy skin and soft centre. The pizza was a good size and I was filled after (although I’m sure some would complain it’s too small but I don’t think so). I was delightfully surprised. Definitely would come back in the future.
P. S. I had no problems with service. Our waitress was nice. She was new and she was being trained.

Friends often tell me how much they love the pizza here, but I find it to be pretty average. The sandwiches are OK, too.
My main gripe about this place is the service. I find it to be slow and almost non-​existent on some occasions.
On my last visit (it was an early Sunday afternoon, we were the only table), the waitress brought us water and menus but then for the next 10 – 15 minutes sat behind the bar (messing around on a computer and/​or her phone) and didn’t bother to ask us if we were ready to order (even though we had closed our menus and placed them aside.
We told her we were ready, and she came over. After she brought us our food, she disappeared and didn’t come back until we were finished eating (by then, our glasses had been empty for awhile).
I’ve had problems with the service at the Queen Street location, too. It seems like every time I go I’m served by someone who has little experience.

Came here last night with family (big group about 20 of us) b/​c of the organic pizza. I ordered the Edamame $ 5, big portion for five dollars. The salads here are huge, which is great! I had the Summer Sweet Salad (Baby greens in grapefruit vinaigrette with avocado, mango and walnuts $ 13) I asked to add on goat cheese which they did. There was prob 2 pieces of avocado on it when I got it and I asked for some more, the waitress was like «they’re probably on the bottom» but I mixed it and there was nothing. She did bring out some more though. A number of people in the group ordered the Grilled chicken & portobello mushroom penne in asiago cream sauce $ 16 and said it was really good. The pasta and salad options are large portions, the pizza looked normal sized for single servings. The restaurant was casual, and only 2 other tables seated while we were there, however it was Dec 23^rd.
Overall, it was okay, probably wouldn’t go back with all the options in Toronto.

Had a Salmon + Spinach regular sized pizza + a fettucine w/​pesto + walnuts. Both delicious meals. I love the thin crust on their pizzas, probably the best pizza I’ve had in many years.
The pasta was a little too oily, but delicious. Came with garlic bread, too. Kinda wish they put in some more veggies with this, but oh well.
Prices are great for the quality that they put in. The service was pretty good, a little on the slow side though.
Overall, I highly recommend this place if you are looking to have some genuine quality pizza or pasta. Definitely coming back :)

Hubby was feeling like staying-​in to eat tonite as Taste of the Danforth had taken over our neighbourhood eateries and rendered them null & void in terms of competent service ability. Not so at Magic Oven though! We ordered delivery from their bountiful online menu which offers fantastic and healthy renderings of pizza and other deliciousness.
Hubby ordered the Summer sweet salad with baby greens and grapefruit viniagrette, avocados and mango and Tandoori chicken magic pizza, while I got the Avocado chicken ciabatta sandwich with lime cumin.
We were hesitant at first to order as the phone rang, and rang and when the friendly order taker had our order she advised that delivery would be about an hour wait due to the Taste of the Danforth, but we didn’t mind, especially since hubby had a serious chubby for exotic/​organic pizza tonite! Well we were in for a surprise as the order came to our door in like 20 minutes! Talk about FAST! Wait was that a broomstick the delivery guy/​warlock rode away on???
My Avocado chicken ciabatta was real good and I loved the sweetness of the cumin lime marinated avocados. Hubby as always wolfs his food down like a castaway who was just re-​introduced into civilization and decent food, but his repeated nodding and chewing tells me his Tandoori pizza and summer sweet salad are tastefully worthy, well they smelled and looked great anyway.
I know people gripe about Magic Oven’s $$$ but really, I’d rather spend $ 36 on the meal we had and be healthfully satisfied then spend the same amount on «joe blow’s pizza» and risk either food poisoning or heartburn so I’d say we got our money’s worth.
So if your craving a change from the usual run of the mill delivery joints, let Magic Oven conjure up some deliciously spellbinding yet enchantingly healthy meals fit to nourish your inner dragonslayer.