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    King's Café

    4.0 (157 reviews)
    ModerateVegetarian, Cafes
    Closed 11:30 am - 8:00 pm

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    Casual
    Classy
    Quiet
    Good for kids

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    Lunch special
    Goose R.

    We really had a fantastic meal. Large menu. Asian Thai Chinese. Vegetarian but everything can be made vegan. Had the vegan Peking duck for the first time. Outstanding! Very nice polite lady server. Nice atmosphere. Clean. Delicious. Hit the store where a nice lady sold us all kinds of stuffs like vegan snacks and teas and sweets. Definitely a cool place to visit. Near Kingston market. Highly recommended

    From all the Restaurants we've visited, this is one of the best. Clean The prices are less than others, a good Menu. Sooooo Good.!! RECOMMENDED..!

    First time here!
    Anne M.

    This was my first time here and I was absolutely amazing at how large their menu was! In the heart of Kensington, such a cute area with a nice open door/window so you can see what's happening outside. We even had some little birds come in and join us at our table. I have not had mock chicken that was so juicy and REAL in my entire life. I was so happy with everything and very reasonable prices. They have very generous portion sizes for sharing. Our server was this cute old women who had the menu memorized down to a T. Such wonderful service and conversation with her. I will for sure go back!

    Sao mei
    Matt B.

    I tried them out for lunch on a Friday. They have a large menu, including dim sum, noodles and rice dishes, traditional dishes, and not-so-traditional dishes. I ordered their Sao Mei ($4.50) and Five Grain Rice Dumpling ($3.40) to start, and their fried noodles with tom yang sauce ($15) for my main. Dim sum: -The Sao Mei was on the soft side and not particularly flavourful, but was decent. The dumpling was dry and lacked flavour as well; it really should be served with a sauce if they're not going to amplify the flavour depth of the filling. 3/5 for the dim sum Chow mein: -The noodle dish turned out to be reminiscent of the classic beef & tomato chow mein dish. It came with a variety of vegetables, seitan, tofu, crispy noodles, and a tangy, tomatoey, gently spicy sauce. Pretty tasty but nothing all that special. 3.5/5 Service was friendly, with a very soft-spoken and nice man serving me. Overall, tasty veggie Chinese food, but based on my experience, not as good as the nearby Greens or Buddha's veggie Chinese restaurants. Worth a try.

    Na T.

    Tried this place for the first time last weekend. Food wasnt bad for vegetarian and mocked proteins. We got soy mocked bbq pork, mocked duck & mocked chicken. I think im just not a fan of the texture. Ive had some really great vegetarian dishes at temples across the city. I would definately return to try some other dishes on the menu. Theres tons of options and variety here! The hot & soup was on the very bland & underseasoned side. I could do w out the soup next time. Hopefully my next visit will be more stellar! I wanna try the enoki balls everyone is raving about!

    wunagi temaki ($3.50)
    Karmen N.

    Came here for late lunch with a friend on Saturday afternoon. We were starving and quickly decided to drop in because we saw that the restaurant was vegetarian. The restaurant is big but quite dead. I don't know why there were only 2-3 other customers in the restaurant. I was confused with the white decor and tear drop shapes on the wall too. We were quickly served with small glasses of water with a lemon slice. Because there was no menu outside the restaurant (-1 point!), I didn't realize it was a chinese restaurant. I didn't really want anything on the menu, but since I was starving, I settled for sushi. My friend and I shared the mango sushi (8 pcs, 9.99) and the wunagi temaki ($3.50). The food arrive relatively quickly. The wunagi was a small seaweed cone (the menu says it's crispy, but it's actually not anymore) with rice, lettuce and a thin strip of fried bean curd. The menu also says that there is cucumber and crispy bean-curd crumbs inside, but there wasn't... I'm only impressed with the fried bean-curd. I never had anything like it before; it looks like toast on the outside and perhaps the ridges make it look like ham, but inside was like chewing on dry chicken cutlet. I quite like it. It's crispy and not oily. Quite disappointed in the Mango sushi; I was unimpressed with the food presentation. Frankly, I was confused by the way they were stacked (see pic). Anyway, I tried it and it was nothing special, just mango wrapped in rice and seaweed. For 10 bucks, you can get a better deal, same quality sushi at T&T. I was also displeased that some of the pieces were the ends -- you're never supposed to serve customers the ends of anything. (-1 point for not having a menu outside the restaurant) (-2 food presentation and accuracy) (-1 ambiance) Not my kind of place to rave about.

    Steamed dumplings, seitan 4 ways ($6.99), and noodles with beef
    Monika W.

    Expensive for what it is and I got food poisoning. There are other vegetarian mock meat restaurants in the area at a better price point with more variety. I've been to many others and never had food poisoning, I was actually really surprised. I got the seitan 4 ways ($6.99) and the chicken in creamy special sauce ($13.99). The dining area is nice and they are attentive with refilling your water but I don't want to risk getting sick again so I'm not coming back.

    PJ K.

    I'm on the fence. We ordered the Enoki mushroom balls (main entrée) and a Udon noodle soup (Soups). The enokie mushroom balls are enoki mushrooms wrapped in a seaweed sheets and stir-fried in a savoury sauce, served on a bed of vegetables. Very delicious but also very expensive for a small mushroom dish. The soup was udon noodle, simmered in an vegetable broth with fried tofu, mushrooms, broccoli, crispy soy fritters, carrots and vegetables. Not very delicious and again a bit expensive for the size of the dish. I've noticed other vegetarian restaurants and establishments have a tendency to be more expensive which is unfortunate. With that said, I think I am still willing to give them one more try. Cheers

    Helen H.

    I have come to this restaurant on several occasions now, especially since it's not a far walk away from the St. George campus for U of T. As a vegan, I absolutely love how their mock meat dishes have the consistency and taste of actual meat. They also have some dim sum dishes that imitate the meat version very well too. They have a part of their store where you can actually buy their vegan meats to take home, which I found extremely wonderful since I can taste test their vegan meat first in the restaurant. Their vegan beef jerky is also amazing. The only little problem I had with the restaurant was that a couple of the staff did not speak English very well. I had to ask three times for a bowl because the employee kept on bringing back the wrong item, such as a spoon instead. Other than that, the service was great too.

    Susan I.

    This is one of my favourite restaurants! I love the variety of dishes and flavours that are available and I could literally eat 100 dumplings. The portion sizing is great for getting a few things and splitting them between people just so you can try things. I love the variety of mock meats, the textures and flavours vary which is a nice change if you're like me and eat a lot of the same things when at home. The price is good for what you get. The environment is really nice and is great for dates or larger get-togethers. I've had a joint birthday dinner here and everyone enjoyed the food. Love coming back here.

    Simon B.

    I enjoyed visiting Kings Cafe. I'd say the food I had was good, not great, but I want to go back and try some more dishes. To be fair, we did it wrong, everyone ordered their own, instead of us ordering a variety of things and mixing and matching (there is a lazy Susan in the middle of every table). The menu is nice in that vegan is the default. Items with egg or dairy are marked. I had: - Hot and sour soup. Very nice. - Spring rolls. Standard tasty. - Crispy soy fritters. Ok. I could eat them again. - Kung po chicken. I don't normally go for the mock meats, but I wanted to try it. I also ordered a steamed rice to go with it. It was ok, but too much chicken for a single meal. It wasn't spicy. Service was good. Pricing is good too. Definitely want to go back to try the dim sum and some of the other dishes. I'd give it 3.5 stars.

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    Steven S.

    Lunch at King's Cafe was a good, quiet stop in the crowded Kensington Market. I had the vegetarian fried protein in a stir-fry. The protein was excellent, but the stir fry was heavy on the overly sweet sauce and light on the produce. The service was fair; we only looked around for our waiter once or twice. I wouldn't recommend coming here in a hurry, though - it's a place where everyone seems to take their time, including the guests. The atmosphere was decent. I liked the floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto the crowded market streets. The little shop inside the restaurant was neat, but the decor was stale. Overall, I'd recommend stopping at King's Cafe if you're looking for a breather from the crowded Kensington Market.

    Coconut vegetable combination set
    Min Min I.

    King's Cafe has been a staple in Kensington Market, and I visited recently after their long-awaited re-opening. The interior is beautifully done, and very chic now. My partner and I shared a lunch combination for $14 which, after you choose the main entree (e.g. coconut curried vegetables and 'meat' ), is complimented with a salad with fruit dressing, two soy nuggets, one spring roll and purple rice. The gluten plate isn't bad either, but I eat enough of it as a vegetarian that I don't see why I should pay so much more at King's. For Asian cuisine, it's considered pricey for the amount of food you get. However, the cooks here take care to craft their food and present it in a mouth-watering manner. Fantastic food but crappy prices.

    Teriyaki cutlet combo and cranberry cheesecake (delivered using DoorDash)

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    Truly the best food in the city!!! I love them so much! Omg I can't say enough good things about the food and people here! The best!!!!!

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