Orda - Oakville

Located in downtown Oakville, Orda serves delicious Uighur cuisine. The lamb noodle soup we ordered was excellent but the standout dish of our meal was the lamb kebobs, perfectly cooked and very tender. Unfortunately as good as the food was, the service was non-existent. From the time we were seated to the time we paid the cheque, we had zero interaction with the staff, we felt ignored for the entire meal. They use a phone based ordering system, so you're on your own when ordering. There are no descriptions of the food in the ordering system, so unless you're familiar with Uighur cuisine, prepared to be surprised with your meal. The food was dropped off silently at our table, and our water bottle was never refilled. The restaurant wasn't busy at all, so frankly there's no excuse for the sucky service. Too bad.

Everything is super delicious!! We tried lahman stir fry, kabab and dumplings. Great customer experience! ?

Had dinner here the other night and it was great! They bring you some fresh bread and butter to start. The hand pulled noodles were so good and not too spicy. The lamb kabobs were amazing but VERY spicy. Pumpkin mantas so good as well, spicy sauce!! They don’t have many drinks (eg no wine) and they don’t have dessert (although it does say it on the back of their paper menu). You have to scan a QR code to see the menu and order but you can also talk to the servers and they are awesome and explain everything really well! Looking forward to coming back.

The menu is a chit with a QR code, most menu items didn't have pictures. So no real idea about the size of the meal. Pricing is pretty high. Not ideal with solo eating.The presentation is basic, the lemon water on the table looked old, and the jug looked like it was refilled many times without actually being washed.The taste was alright, I had a beef and rice thing, pickled veg and a yogurt sulauce to dip.Over all it was edible, wish I knew about the ..plum?.. Or fruit with a hard pit in the rice before biting in. But the rice was pleasant and sweet filled with raisens and carrots.The beef was meh, there was a lot though.The yogurt had sesame and raisens, it was alright.The pickled veggies were true star, wish there was more or a way to order more.

The food was mediocre, not to say more?. Chicken was unfresh. We returned it. Leg of lamb in pilaf tasted like boiled, plain , and it was cooked much in advance. Beaf in Manti was hard and fatty, from low quality part.Despite of all positive reviews, my experience in this place was 2/5. The atmosphere is good, staff is friendly, even serving bad food ?