What i like about this restaurant is that instead of ordering beforehand, waitresses / waiters push trolleys of delicious dim sum to you. Most of them understand Cantanese and the service is nice. read more

They took the salt shaker from my table and placed it on someone elses and didnt ask me wtf ??

Fair price and most items taste great. I would have said 4 stars if the restaurant didn't get so chaotic during peak times. Go early or expect to fight for scraps. No joke, the last time I was there patrons were running up to carts and pushing each other to get stuff. Crazy! read more

Dim Sum King - Dim Sum Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Compared to dimsum in Philadelphia, the dimsum here is generous in their seafood/beef ratio per piece. The flavors were on point! It did seem beyond chaotic when we ate there on a Sunday afternoon. There were lines everywhere and the Chinese ladies were cooking on fry pans next to dining tables. Despite the overly hectic environment, the dim sum was delicious! read more

This low end dim sum restaurant gives you exactly that. This time around I only thought the congee and the beef balls were decent. It just seemed like they lost their dim sum chefs. The elevator was not working and it is on the 3rd floor. The entire building needs renovations and a clean up read more

Typical dim sum restaurant in Chinatown. All their dishes are decent with the exception of their grilled octopus. This is one of my favourite items to order at Dim Sum, but for some reason here, the octopus is always chewy and stringy. read more

Get ready for 300% recommended daily serving of sodium with just one sitting at this restaurant. My taste palate was exposed to nothing but salt. It's hard to understand that this busy restaurant has such high ratings with so-so food. Service is standard for restaurants in Chinatown. read more

Horrible. We ordered food to go and it took them over 2 hours to get our food. I understand that restaurants can be busy but 2 hours for a few orders? Unbelievable read more

This place was ok. A lot of people recommended it to me, but I've had better in Richmond Hill. The service was pretty bad, but I guess that's on par for dim sum restaurants. The food didn't seem totally fresh. The chicken feet was pretty good though. I'll try it again maybe. read more

Worst service. They greeted us as if we were a bother. They proceeded to seat us and forget us. When we finally go their attention and they gave us a chance to order they neglected to bring most of what we ordered. We waited and waited and watched as almost the entire staff then took lunch and continued to ignore us. The food they did bring was mostly fatty and dripping in oil. Have had dim sum in Philadelphia and Chicago chinatowns that was fast, fun, good value, delicious and satisfying. This was none of the above. read more

This was more than a restaurant, it was cultural experience! The food was great. We shared an order of large pork dumplings and they were delicious. A server brought an extremely hot pot of green tea to our table that was also very good after it cooled down a little bit. We didn't see a lot of tourists in the restaurant, it seemed to mostly be locals. The staff speaks some english, but not a lot. There were no menus on the tables, you order from the servers who circle the room with carts full of food. When you are done, you pay at the register on the way out. We really enjoyed the experience here, and highly recommend it if you are in Toronto. It's located just down the street from the Art Gallery of Ontario. read more

Food is delicious. Everything tastes amazing. I didn't have one bad thing here. The only reason it's not 5 stars is due to the language barrier. Sometimes it takes abbot to get across what you want to the waiters. Check this place out of you want authentic amazing dim sum read more

Extremely disappointed and to give some background I was born and raised in Vancouver so I know my dim sum. It just seems there is no proper benchmark for dim sum in Toronto's Chinatown. This place came onto my radar with recent blog and Yelp posts and I was excited to hear that there may be once again a decent dim sum place in Chinatown. The moment we walked in and sat down it was just disappointing, the table clothes at our table were stained, the tea cups and plates were sticky, and the same carts of dim sum made its' rounds for almost the entire time we were there. Not much in terms variety and the quality of dim sum really lacks. For example, we ordered the big dumpling that comes in a soup. Usually it has some shrimp, fake shark fin, and some meat in this giant dumpling within a really tasty broth. But all that was in there was a dumpling skin holding a couple of measly shrimps and not much else and it was in this really yellowy broth that didn't look natural. The usual dim sum dishes like har gow and shu mai were ok but nothing spectacular. I will not be back and not sure what the rage was with all the other posts I've seen on this restaurant. read more

Amazing service matched with amazing food. It was very delicious and I highly suggest the pork bun. This is definitely a place to eat at if you go to China Town. read more

Food was decent, but service was awful. My table was repeatedly skipped over and neglected, and ultimately I left angry and hungry still.

One of the best dim sum places in the gta. Better then Ginger and onion at Pacific Mall. Very good and very reasonable. Good is always fresh, service is great, love having carts. This place is always packed. Order the shrimp roll, the egg tarts are great as well. read more

The total was $2 more than what it should have been (hand written receipt). When I asked them to check the sum, the waitress did recalculate on her calculator, and said very sternly that it was correct. I asked her to show me her math, and she said $2 for the tea (which is served complementary at all Chinese restaurants as far as I know). I said I never asked for that tea, and it is always complementary, and it is not written on the bill. So it seems to be a math error. Her response was "well, you drink the tea, no?". I paid (adjusted the $2 to my tip) and asked for the itemized receipt, she denied me that. Upon insisiting the manager wrote the total on their business card. Food was usual, but the poor service, bad behavior and dishonesty left a bitter aftertaste. Never going back. read more

This place was such a nice place to go to have fun while eating and chatting with your family. It was a very well kept up restaurant. With a family friendly environment. The food was wonderful and well done. read more

It was recommended by Chinese masseuse as best Dim Sum in China Town. I agree that they serves authentic dim sum. We tried shrimp dumpling, steamed shrimp rice rolls, radish cake, steamed pork rib, egg tart and porridge with century egg and all of them were very testy. However, only chicken feet was not good. read more

We arrived Sunday at 1 pm; although another reviewer suggested this would be an okay arrival time, it appears to have been too late. We were seated at a rickety table (althuogh the place was only about 1/3 full); when we asked to be moved, we were ignored. When we made a move to move, an employee shooed us back to our table. While this wasn't a great way to start, we had read good things about the restaurant and figured we should give it a whirl. There were very few carts coming around...we ordered some drinks. They never came. Tea was provided. I have no idea what kind it was, but it was good. We started with an order of octopus tentacles. While the flavour was very good, they were cold[ish] with a pool of coagulating grease on the doily. We ate them anyhow as it was about 15 minutes until something we wanted to eat came by (this is when hot sauce comes in handy.) The har gao was filled with decent shrimp (not fresh and flavourful but at least plentiful), but the wrappers were mushy and fell apart as soon as we picked them up. Meh. Nothing else we wanted rolled by, so we asked for a menu and ordered 8 dishes from the dim sum menu. The shrimp and chive dumplings came almost right away. Lukewarm, almost cold. Again with the hot sauce. Now quite hungry, we ate them anyhow (we figured it would be weird for the four of us to send half a dumpling back.) Some really excellent pea shoots/greens made their way to our table. No garlic, but delicious and fairly fresh, albeit a bit watery. This was the high point of the meal. We got two shrimp rice rolls (although we ordered one shrimp and one pork.) Again, hungry, so we ate them. The rice roll was the thickest and doughiest roll I had ever eaten. I don' t consider this to be a good thing, but one of us quite enjoyed it. The other 5 dishes never came. We asked after them once, then gave up, figuring it was time to get out,Our service was unobtrusive, to say the least. It was only when we asked for the bill that anyone bothered to ask us how anything was. When we noted that we were still missing 5 dishes, the waitress apologized, and told us next time she hoped our service would be better. Another person (manager?) came by to ask us how our food was. We reiterated our concern, and she told us the same thing, suggesting that maybe next time we should come earlier. Rest assured there will not be a 'next time'. Dreadful, and very disappointing in light of some of the good reviews I read here and on another food site. But we only spent 35 bucks for the 4 of us, and were kind of full by the end, so at least there was no insult to injury. You can do much better in Chinatown than this (Rol San and Noble both being far more consistant), unless ours was an unusually off day both food and service-wise. Somehow, I doubt it. read more

We went there 2weeks ago for dimsum around 4-5pm. The place was partially booked for party and it was quite busy at that time. Luckily we came on off-peak hour and our order was came almost together. I like their black bean spare ribs and siomay. Too bad that they out of fried dough. We will come again to try our luck when they have lunch promotion ( dim sum $2.80/portion S-L size) read more

Very average. The prices were not as cheap as what I had expected. I thought the Shanghai noodles were very uninspired. The variety was very average, and the building very worn. On my next trip to Toronto I wil try another dim sum house. I like the small town feel, read more

I can't for the life of me figure out why so many people go to this awful restaurant. The food is bland and the service is rude. But worse than all that, it's filthy. I'm not sure how it passes health code inspections. I'm surprised more people do not get sick after eating here. Maybe I just don't understand the Dim Sum experience, but I will not be going back. read more

In an earlier review of another dim sum restaurant in the Spadina, I said "where can you find $2.00 a dish dim sum anymore"? Well it appears we have discovered another one! And this time - it's better than the other restaurant I reviewed before! Quality and quantity is better here. Fried shrimp dumplings - at the other place you get 3 small ones. Here? 4 large ones. Ha gow? Better here. There's also more selection it seems. It's less busy as the other place, but we also arrived a bit later than our normal dim sum time. The place marginally more decorative - with the seat covers and fancy table cloth, but both were stained with old sauces and food. Will visit again. Hopefully the linens are cleaner. read more

I should preface this by saying I'm use to going to Dim Sum in nyc Chinatown. So wanted to try in Toronto. This was suggested to me. It was okay. I've had better. But the food was all hot. The service was good. The place was clean and fast. But, wouldn't go out of my way to do it twice. Also it was fairly pricey for what I ordered. But all in all it was sufficient and fine. read more

Went there last week at 2pm ... The dim sum was unbelievable delicious. Very fresh food. Stuff was very friendly and they spoke English. It wasn't busy at that time. The restaurant was clean. read more

Very disappointed. Read the reviews on yelp and other places. Sounded good, so we went here. Seated promptly but food took forever to come out. We asked for water 4 times and never got it. Asked for chili oil and never got it. The table behind us even cancelled their order and started to leave because the service was so bad. Food was ok. I've had better dim sum. The tendon--which is my favorite--is flavorful but again, I've had better. Overall, service would have been a one star. Food--three stars average. read more

after i saw what they waiters/cart pushers did , i was shocked. and left immiedietly! pouring used soya sauce back in the bottles and re using.. nver again i will come back! read more

Lip stick on my water glass, waited for 30 minutes for a spare ribs so I cancelled it. The worst service ever.

Not bad for dim sum the prices are a little high compared to what I'm use to paying in NYC but overall not bad. The food is fresh and it's not crowded. Worth checking out if you just feel like eating dim sum and not driving anywhere far. read more

0 stars. it might a language barrier but was very poor service when restaurant was not busy. we asked for water 3 times and finally got them after 30 min. asked for forks for the kids and did not get them. we asked for soy sauce and chili sauce and did not get it. food was ok, but not worth the poor service. i am never coming back. read more

Located on the third floor of a nondescript building/mall, the large dining room looks dated in its decor and ambiance. The dim sum is better than average for Chinatown, with old-style push-cart service between 10 am - 2 pm, and very cheap if you go on weekdays ($2 per S, M, or L item), but avoid weekends when the price is almost doubled ($3.30 M, $3.80 L). Notable items: Har gow, chicken feet, steamed rice with spare ribs, pot stickers, pan-fried turnip cake. Tea is extra @ 80 cents/person. Overall service is adequate but tired. read more

We went shortly after the 9 AM opening and there was ample seating to choose from...but likely because people were still digging themselves out of the snowstorm! Ladies wheel dim sum carts around and we were able to quickly fill our table and bellies with our favourites. Service is quite prompt and pricing decent; dishes are charged based on sizes (have no idea how it works!) but I think we must have ordered 10 dishes for 3 people and the total was about $36! We haven't been here for maybe more than 15 years and glad to see it's still doing well and among the dim sum favourites in TO. read more

If you're looking for a decently priced dim sum place in Chinatown, I'd recommend coming here. It's the type of old school dim sum restaurant you find in China. The old ladies roll around with cart of dim sum and you just order as you see them coming around. We came on a weekday for lunch and it wasn't too crowded. We were able to get a seat right away. Lots of variety of food and everything tasted fine. Great place for authentic Chinese food. read more

Every dish we tried was excellent! However, when the place gets busy at lunch time a lot of the dishes are nowhere to be found however as soon as the restaurant became less busy suddenly many more dishes started to trickle down to our area. It would seem that the key to having a positive experience here is location location location the shrimp dumplings were our favorite read more

This restaurant is suck. Food horrible, serviced suck, no body ever ask for drinks or come to the table. I never see any restaurant like this in mine life. read more

I am often worried about checking out a dim sum place as environment is fast paced and I'm not very familiar with how to order. I visited during dinner time, there were no one pushing carts but instead, we ordered on paper. The staffs were super friendly and helpful. Food was delicious! They price you based on whether food was small, medium, large or extra large. I believe price was $3 for small, $4 for medium, and $5 for large (but don't take this 100% since I only got a glimpse at my hill so not quite sure). Anyways, dim sum was delicious and will be back again! read more

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I managed to come down here during the week when all dishes are $2 each. I had har gow, siu mia, cheun fun and sticky rice. Ample size and filling. The only downside is you don't know how long the ladies have been pushing the cart around as you may get a dish that's cold. The tea isn't free here like at other Chinese restaurants I have been to in the area. read more

Right from the start I have to admit that this review is skewed positively because I was at the restaurant for a big-ish event that was paid for by someone else. With that being said, I really enjoyed the food I had today. I didn't personally order anything so, unfortunately, I don't know the names of the dishes. We started with some steamed shrimp dumplings that were quite tasty followed by fried tofu. The fried tofu had a nice crunchy exterior and a soft gooey interior. The tofu lacked flavour (as tofu often does) but there were multiple sauces available to make things more exciting. Again... I wish I could name the other dishes we had but most of them I didn't know what was ordered and just enjoyed the fare without asking too many questions. The one dish I want to rave about is the steamed BBQ pork buns. They were so light and fluffy but at the same time the meat packed a rich flavour. I think I ate 4 or 5 and probably would have eaten the whole plate if the others at the table allowed me to. I haven't been to many dim sum places but I would certainly return here for a second experience! read more

I found this Dim Sum restaurant pretty ordinary and not very tasty. The dumplings were probably the best dishes, but the shrimp we got was tasteless, the pork was incredibly dry. Beef tips were also quite tasteless. Definitely not my favourite dim sum joint. This place is definitely nothing compared to Noble Seafood Restaurant which I feel has the best dim sum in the city. read more

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