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    Legend Chinese Restaurant

    3.5 (139 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open 10:00 am - 9:45 pm

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    Moderate noise
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    Good for groups

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    Ying L.

    Came here for dim sum and tried a few dishes. The best one by far was the chive & shrimp pan-fried dumplings - really tasty and flavorful. Other items were more on the average side. The congee had a bit of a fishy taste, and the marinated beef strips also had a slight aftertaste. One nice thing is that if you place your order before 11am, you get around 13% off. The dining area is fairly spacious, though the interior does feel a little dated. Service was friendly and decent overall.

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    I came here on a whim because we were bead by. I never been here before for dim sum but their is comparable to other dim sum places. For comparison each dim sum is priced at the following: - small: $5.29 - medium: $6.49 - large: $7.59 - xl: $8.69 - so: $9.89 Overall, good place to go for a dim sum craving.

    Egg tarts (one order has 3)
    Clara C.

    (also posted on Google) I was here with a big group, so we had one of the large round tables in the back. There was no wait around 11 AM on a Saturday - score! By the time we left, there were people waiting at the door. Service was good. Food was good. Price came out to be $30 CAD per person. I enjoyed the dishes we ordered - siu mai, har gow, ha cherng (shrimp and beef), chow fun, chicken feet, and others I don't know the names. XD For dessert, the egg tarts and salted egg yolk bread were really good. They have a check list menu, so it may be better to know the names of what you want. Otherwise you have to reference the menu book with photos or look at pictures online. I'd come back!

    Sesame ball 8/10. A bit greasy.
    Mark M.

    Went there for dinsum today. Open at 10 and if you leave by 11:30 and pay cash, no tax. Service good, variety good, price medium, food ok, wash rooms clean. Lots of parking.

    Dim sum
    Daniel C.

    We hadn't been here since the pandemic since it had been closed the whole time. It's located along with other restaurants and a supermarket. Parking is pretty convenient and free. In this occasions we had dim sum. There is early bird before 11ish and it's 13% off. I did find the menu selection is limited so just be aware, they focus on the classic dim sum items. Food: Siu mai - decently meaty with good shrimp. Was quite juicy. 4/5. Vegetable rice roll - good amount of vegetables that were flavorful and the rice roll seemed fresh. 4/5. Pan fried shrimp dumpling - shrimp is huge! Thin won ton skin with the crispy side is amazing. Must try! 5/5 Beef ball - came out piping hot with good beef flavor. 3.5/5. Glutinous rice with country meat and salted egg - I enjoyed this one with the sticky rice and the various meats. The egg adds a nice saltiness and they give you sugar if you want to make it sweeter. 3.5/5. Sticky rice with minced pork in lotus leaf - a bit of a disappointment. Tiny amount of minced pork and lots of rice but there's only 2 pieces per order and they're really small. Don't recommend. 1/5. Chicken feet - decently tender, good flavor. 3/5. Bbq pork bun - another classic that hits the spot. Decent amount of filling to bun ratio 3.5/5. Ginger milk curd - comes out piping hot, has a nice ginger flavor without being overpowering and a subtle milk flavor. 4/5. Pan fried Eggplant and peppers stuffed with shrimp. The shrimp is again huge and delicious. The veges are cooked well too. 4.5/5 Walnut pudding - this one was pretty sweet but is offset with the bitterness of walnut. It does come with a layer of candied walnuts which reminds me of a creme brûlée almost. 3.5/5. Deep fried taro ball - generous layers of smooth taro around a meat center. The deep fried layer is thin and crispy and not overly heavy. Price is comparable to other dim sum places. With early bird, it's pretty good.

    Steamed dumpling
    Eric P.

    As a dim-sum restaurant (can't comment on their regular menu), this place is not bad, but don't visit expecting food comparable to the top notch Markham dim-sum places. Some of the dishes taste like the frozen ones you can get directly from distributors, likely not freshly made (more common than you think). The price is lower than our favorite dim sum places though so they've got that going for them. If you do plan a visit, they have an earlier bird special before 11 as well as a cash discount (though our waitress hesitantly said they do not stack).

    Jessica C.

    It is rare to find a Dim Sum Restaurant in this area of the city. Legend was great. Very good variety of Dim Sum, reasonably priced and everything was delicious. We had a variety of DIM SUM and the XO sauce Ribs. For the price of the ribs I wouldn't purchase again.. they were just okay... the dumplings and shrimp rolls were my favorite.

    Rice noodles were slightly overcooked. The char Siu and BBQ duck were tasty. Bean curd rolls were cooked to the perfect spot. Fried taro dumplings were cut to halves. The meat stuffing was dry and overpowered by garlic chives. And it's hard to get any services. Poor experience overall.

    Beef chow fun, fried flat rice noodles with beef, sprouts and spring onions
    Paul P.

    Good Southern style Chinese food. We go here often for dim sum on the weekends. Tried dinner on a Monday night when it was not busy, and food and service was great.

    Dim sum favorite
    Yen P.

    The best authentic Cantonese restaurant you can find in the GTA. It's our family favorite spot for family gathering. Customer service here is exceptional, we love this place! P/S: First time coming back since Covid and we feel very comfortable and safe dining in!

    Kelly K.

    The dim sum is very tasty. We came for my boyfriend's birthday, in a party of 4 on a Saturday at lunch. The restaurant was very busy and seems to have a good reputation. The food was delicious perhaps a bit expensive. The service was fast however they required multiple requests for drinks, so we had only tea to drink when ice water would have been nice given the salty foods. Be aware that the tea is not complimentary as we were used to most places, but $7.80 for the pot which was a surprise at the end of the meal. We loved the short ribs, turnip cake and shrimp stuffed eggplant most.

    Sunny C.

    They really save on labor here. Patrons fill out a sheet for what items they want and the food gets delivered rather than having dim sum ladies walk around and push trucks. The foods dont look like mass produced items in factories. MSG free! We ordered all the traditional dim sum menu items, and more! We got shrimp ball, siu mai, steamed pork, cow belly, egg rolls, crispy shrimp rolls, shrimp and beef rice noodle wraps, grilled beef, eggplants stuffed with shrimp steamed chicken over rice. For the eggplants stuffed with shrimp, it usually comes with a platter which includes peppers. We asked to only get it with eggplant. It was pretty good. The egg tarts here are amazing. Super fluffy. I could eat 2 plates of it. Everything else here was average, except for price. Lots of parking outside. I expected this place to be packed because my aunt spoke so highly of it. We called in for a reservation, but at 10:30am, it was still empty. We ended up getting a huge table (for 12) on stage where the wedding hosts normally sit. It was hard to get the waiters' attention even from on stage I can't imagine how much of a struggle it must be being at a regular table.

    Fried tofu with enoki mushrooms and broccoli
    Calvin L.

    We came back to Legend restaurant for a big dinner and while both the service and food were good, a HUGE disappointment was not fully honoring the VIP card. The card was supposed to give us 10% off our meal, however they only gave us 10% off select items which is not fine print on the VIP card, in the menu, or explained to us in advance. It ended up only honoring the VIP card for half of the dinner items. Also, who decides what receives 10% off? To nickel and dime customers really speaks to the restaurant's management style and leaves a horrible bitter taste, especially at the end of the meal. There are many other equally good and better Chinese restaurants in Toronto to go to instead.

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    The quality of the dim sum and the service I receive is always amazing! I would highly recommend trying this place.

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    Solid Asian food restaurant. Everything is fresh and good. Especially a chain, this place has consistent quality.

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