Oriental Bowl is mainly a takeout place for Chinese food. I used to order from this place from time…read moreto time when I lived several blocks away from it. It is in the southern part of Osborne Village, closer to confusion corner (it's where all the major streets intersect and the map is fun to look at, especially if you're new to the city). I have never stepped foot in this place. I have walked past it countless times. Every order that I have made was over the phone. The folks taking my order were always friendly and did not mess up any of them. The food is okay. It's Cantonese-style that has its westernized moments. I love the Oriental Bowl special fried rice. It has barbequed pork, shrimp, chicken, peas, carrots, and egg. They used to be generous with the fried egg, which I appreciated. I enjoyed the lemon chicken. The chicken was white meat. The sauce was yummy. The batter could have been lighter, though. I still loved it. This place has good chop suey. Can you tell that I ordered here because I love egg dishes? I pretty much tried them all. The barbequed pork, and chicken and mushroom varieties stood out the most. Finally, the mooshi was yummy. I've done the chicken and beef. You get four pancakes. It's fun eating them. The egg roll is okay. It's nothing to write home about. I'd be okay to skip it. It's a solid place for good food when you're hungry and on a budget. This place stays open late (from 10:30 pm till 1:00 am), depending on the evening. (133)

Good chinese food. Great prices. Home delivery in area only 3.50. Fast service. Sweet and sour…read morepork was very good.

food is great, love the ginger beef & the deluxe wonton soup! great to have them so close!…read more Service has always been great!!

The original owner sold the restaurant to another guy, the food and menus going pretty bad. The…read moreprice is over high for the small portion bad flavor. Not worth to come again. Why there is no 0-star option????

I'd heard good things about the Food Tree, an oddly-named restaurant with even odder curb…read moreappearance at the corner of Ellice and Young. I went with two colleagues for lunch and was impressed on the whole, with two caveats. Like most restaurants in the West End, the prices are exceptionally reasonable. Dishes are almost all under $10. When we arrived on a very cold day, the restaurant was empty. We were immediately brought steaming hot cups of roasted rice tea. We placed our orders, and within 10 minutes we were brought a tray full of food, but not what we ordered. No, it was a selection of free appetizers. We each had a small serving of kimchee (good) and a 1/4 dollop of an excellent garlicky cold potato salad. Also, a plate of tempura battered onion strips with dipping sauce to share. Shortly after, our lunch dishes arrived. My dumpling soup had tender strips of pork and scrambled egg as well as pork and noodle filled dumplings. My colleagues' dishes were of saucy, thick udon-style noodles. All this for lunch and the total was $10/person including 20% tip. No, really. Now for the caveats: the place has a strange odor which I blame on what appears to be a commercial kimchee-maker in a corner of the dining room. It's a little off-putting to my nose, at least, which is not used to such aromas. Second, the place is not particularly vegetarian-friendly. The server, while friendly, did not have a high level of proficiency in English, which made it hard to negotiate which dishes had meat, which had "just a little bit" (or, as she put it in one case, "About 20%.") So I would not recommend the place for veggie folks. The decor is extremely Spartan. A hilariously kitschy touch, though, is a display case with what appears to be shellacked examples of some of the restaurant's dishes. Strange in a funny way. I'll be going back!

Seems weird that they got low rating. Ok the place is small and such but they do cook the food and…read morenot just put it in a microwave as described in other reviews -_- . Also the Big flat TV is always on now. So I had good experiences with that place. Most of the dishes I took where very good (but their soup). Ok the place is very small but the food is cheap and the service, while a bit clumsy and not really professional, is very friendly.

Went here based somewhat on the other review, got there to find that happy hour was for 20% off of…read moremaki and not the 50% we were expecting. Decided to give it a try anyways. Average sushi with typical pricing. A few items especially on the appetizer menu seemed a bit pricey to me. Service was a bit on the poor side... Not to say that she didn't try. A bit of a language barrier and inconsistency with knowledge of the menu and some of our requests. But hey, if you stick to mainly maki items during happy hour. There is money to be saved on a decent sushi meal. Plus you get to draw a coupon from a jar for a discount or free item. We ended up getting free dynamite roll on our next visit. That being said, I don't know if we'll be back there anytime too soon. There are enough sushi joints in the city that I haven't been to that I'd rather go try first.

Ninki Sushi is a great place if you're looking for some really reasonably priced maki. Every day…read morefrom 5:30 to 7pm they have their happy hour, which is 50% off all maki sushi. The food is totally decent - not the best sushi I've ever had but quite good and enjoyable and they have a really good selection of maki sushi, including a lot of spicy rolls and rolls with mango, which I haven't seen any place else. Their rolls are tasty and a little on the small side compared to other places in town (though probably closer to the proper, traditional size of maki). I'd find them a little over priced for the size if I was paying full price (rolls start at $4.50 and go up to $14 or 15 for fancier stuff), but at 50% off I definitely feel like I'm getting my money's worth. We went tonight and got seven rolls (goma-ae, chopped scallop, Philladelphia, white spider, dynamite, rainbow and mini pizza - all delicious, though I'd probably skip the white spider next time as I'm not a fan of chili sauce), two miso soups and two teas and got out of there for under $40 including tax and tip. On my previous visit I also tried the crazy volcano and Macedonia roll. I haven't tried the appetizers here, as I've pretty much stuck to their happy hour offerings so far, though they look really good. Presentation is nice and I like the atmosphere of the place - it's cozy and plush and dimly lit, with a fireplace. The service was good - both times I've been we had the same server who is a really sweet and friendly lady who was fairly attentive. Overall I've been really satisfied with my visits to Ninki and I'll definitely be returning for their happy hour special in the future.

I got here at 11:03 am, and noticed that their open sign wasn't lit, so I decided to try and open…read morethe door to see whether or not they had opened yet. Their business hours indicated that they opened at 11:00, so I gave them a call. They indicated that they were opening, and I told them that I was outside, and they immediately opened the doors for me. Once inside, I immediately noticed the all blue decor. I was provided a menu, and was given a glass of water. I already knew what I wanted, but decided to have a look at the menu anyway. Another thing I had wanted to try was the"red oil sautéed hands" or wontons in chili oil ($7.99 for 20 wontons), which I also ended up getting. I asked if I was able to get 10 instead, since I was dining alone, but I was informed that it was packaged in 20s. Which indicates to me that they are premade already, but I ended up getting them anyways. The menu indicates that it was in a soup, and I've never had chili oil wontons before in a soup. The wontons were okay, and to be honest, the chili itself wasn't that spicy, since it was mixed in with the soup. The knife-shaved noodles were an additional $1.99 for the slow-cooked spicy beef noodle soup ($8.99). The broth was super red, but don't let it fool you, because it really wasn't that spicy. I should warn you that if you plan on eating these noodles, do not come wearing white, because you'll get it splashed onto your nice white clothes. The knife-shaved noodles were nice and chewy, although somewhat thicker than I would have liked. The bits of beef cubes was really tender and flavourful. However, what I find lacking was the broth itself, which needed more seasoning. Would I order it again? Probably not. I didn't really find anything special about it, nor did it provide me with any wow factor. If you've never had knife-shaved noodles before and you like spicy things, then you could probably give it a try. You might like it, but it didn't really fit with my tastebuds.

Ordered 3 make your own burritos. First burrito had tiny pieces of shrimp. Second and third had…read moreabout the same amount of protein. Food was ok in taste...nothing spectacular and we are still alive. Customer service was decent but if they make mistakes at the register, they should fix the issue and get better training on using the register. It was a headache to figure out why we were overcharged and in the end, we were shortchanged. Having a worker ignoring the issue will never solve a problem.

Poke bowl and the sushi burritos were delicious and filing. Some may say it's a bit expensive but…read morefor those looking or something different than your usual sushi place, I recommend you give this place a try.