I've had the opportunity to come back a few times and also get takeout. This place is always busy so arrive early or be prepared to wait. Parking in this plaza can also get busy on weekends. Love to get their lunch specials which includes soup (their borscht is delicious with a nice spicy kick) and a drink. Hainanese chicken - delicious smooth and salty chicken. The rice has a great flavor. Can't go wrong 5/5. Chicken steak on rice and spaghetti - I really like the cook on this chicken, it stays moist and flavorful. The half rice and half spaghetti is always great to have two different starches. Tomato sauce is good too. 5/5. Bitter melon with chicken. Lots of rice , the bitter melon is good but felt like it was too little. 4/5. Price: Linch specials are a lot of food for a good price. read more

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The food here is very good and excellent value with regards to the portion so size. The egg sandwich is absolutely a must, I usually do not like eggs like but this blew my mind. It was delicious. The ho fun (noodles) and pork chop rice was also really enjoyable. I come here often when I'm visiting Toronto. read more

Pine House Cafe - Egg Sandwich - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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This place gets packed so easily. We always try to arrive when it opens and have no problem getting a table. Quick to order and quick to eat, this place has a high turn over rate so don't expect to chill and linger around for too long or the aunties will give you the death stare lol. Food ain't bad, most and if not all food on the menu comes with a drink and or soup (ice drinks cost more) we usually get the pork chop with spaghetti in tomato sauce and toast with egg and macaroni soup. Always so filling and good but keep in mind they charge $0.25 for take out containers. read more

Pine House Cafe - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Was looking for a HK cafe in the area and this one was the close. Entrance is inside the small mall with the grocery store and bakery. Staff was nice and attentive to our needs. Hainanese chicken rice - Bone in chicken rice. Came with lots of ginger scallion oil but was heavy on the ginger. Rice was yellow, but lacking chicken flavour. Nice to try, but would not get again. Salted fish and chicken pieces in fried rice - Staple in HK cafes and they made the pretty decently. The plate was huge portions, see pic as the takeout box was only half of the plate. Fried rice was pretty standard, good amounts of both proteins, but missing that nice char flavour. Note to bring take out containers, I was charged an extra fee to get a take out containers! read more

Pine House Cafe - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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We come here often for lunch on weekends. It's always so packed during the weekends so come early! The lunch specials and all day breakfast are such a great deal - comes with a drink as well. The ham and egg sandwich is a must get - tastes just like what you would get in Hong Kong. We will be coming back next weekend! read more

Pine House Cafe - Breakfast combo (ham and egg sandwich) and satay vermicelli, Portuguese chicken rice - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Pine House Cafe appears to have become a neighborhood staple in the few months I've noticed it. Situated in the convenient location right beside Sunny Supermarket, it's a great option on the weekend right before or after grocery shopping. The restaurant opens at 11AM and will normally have a line-up a few minutes beforehand. Once it opens, they seat you strategically so the people near the door are people first in line, and they take your order starting from that side. If you arrive before 11:10 or so, I'd say you have a high chance of getting into the first seating. Our group of three ordered three different lunch combos. The price I noted for everything was between $12 - $18. These combos come with a drink (+$1 for a cold beverage) and soup of the day. When coupled with the generous portion of the entree, this is an extremely good deal in my opinion. You could even share two entrees amongst three people, depending on what you order. I saw many older couples sharing one order of Hainanese chicken. Pictured is the Hainanese Chicken, Black Pepper Beef, and Portuguese Chicken on Rice. As you can see, the portions are big! The taste was also great and what you would typically expect of a HK cafe. The service is very fast, if hurried at times. read more

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I come here on occasion when I need the cha chaan teng on HK fix and I'm around the area to do grocery shopping. They have an all day breakfast that's affordable and a large menu of dishes that will meet your palette. Their lunch dish portions are huge and is meant to be shared or taken home as leftovers. Staff seems to be understaffed and a lot of pressure to get work done, so it's best to have a good idea on what you have in mind what you want before sitting down. There also seems to be a bias for them to act more favourable to regular customers, so you may not get the best customer service. I ordered the macaroni ham soup dish and egg sandwich combo. The soup base used a stocking that wasn't too salty, ham is thick, and macaroni was cooked to proper texture. The thick egg and salty beef was great, very generous with portions that fill you up. I would say this is slightly above average. Milk tea was decent, but nothing noteworthy. Seating is limited due to it's popularity, so it may be difficult to have a conversation. Things are very rushed and you may have to call out the waitress for your bill and to order. Overall, it's a decent place to go to, but you'll probably have to wait for a seat. read more

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Very busy place & understandable if you've been here and had the food Service was great Portions are large Fantastic borscht & milk tea Noticed a lot of tables that brought their own glass containers for leftovers, I love that! read more

Between 2-2.5 stars We went around 11:30 am on a holiday Sunday. There was one table empty when we arrived. We checked in with a passing server to let her know how many were in our party. She kept assuring us that a table with a gentleman was leaving soon. Turned out he wasn't leaving because he had paid, but hadn't gotten change back yet. Once we were seated and decided what we wanted to order, it took a while for a server to become available to take our order. This was the theme during our meal. It's like the servers and other staff were running around with their heads cut off in a panic. At the table next to us, the diners attempted to ask a staff member that brought out their food for something, but the staff only replied that it wasn't her responsibility before the diner could ask the question. At the table on the other side of us, those diners ordered a drink, but since it had taken so long they wanted to cancel the order. When they attempted to speak with a staff the staff just said that they were swamped and knew about the drink order. Apparently listening skills are lacking with the staff. The manager should seriously consider putting more staff on during busy times and training them in proper customer service. Parking is another issue. This plaza's parking spots fill up very quickly since most of the businesses are restaurants. TL;DR The food and portions are decent, but service is severely lacking. read more

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I came here for lunch right when they opened and there was already a line up. The restaurant filled up quickly. They offer classic Hk cafe style food. I had the borscht soup macaroni and ham omelette for $13. The portions were huge. The soup was really good but the macaroni was a little soft. It also came with a complimentary drink - I got the cold soy milk. They charge $0.25 for takeout container - I recommend bringing your own because you will probably have leftovers. Service was really good as well - quick and friendly! read more

Average Cantonese cafe in a busy plaza. Our waitress was new, but attentive. The pork chop was the best of what we ordered and was a generous portion. The meals also came with borscht soup, which was tasty. All our dishes arrived very quickly after ordering even though the restaurant was very busy at 6:30pm on a Saturday night. The chicken was a bit bland and had lots of gristle, so I wouldn't recommend this dish. Overall, a good spot for a quick meal but nothing special. read more

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It is a very very local hongkongness restaurant . It has famous baked pork chop with fried rice. It's huge and cost 14.99 with soup. Lunch will also include coffee and tea. The Russian borchst is always make perfectly in Hong Kong style. I tried the Hoi Nam chicken with rice, it is improved and taste very good. It's very busy during lunch and weekend. Service very fast. Since it is family restaurant, the setting is casual and family friendly. read more

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This is becoming one of my favourite HK cafe spot in North York area. They offer a pretty wide range of dishes from noodles, to baked dishes to rice dishes. They even have all day breakfast such as vermicelli soup which comes with egg sandwich. Lunch menu gets you a combo with soup and drink. The lunch dishes are big portions where I couldn't even finish! Everytime I go, it's been very consistent and really enjoyed their food. I love their baked dishes but my favourite is their pork neck with rice. The combination makes this very tasty and I would reorder this again. They serve soup in a mug which I initially thought it was strange but it works! Some things to be aware of before you go: - lunch time gets pretty packed, especially weekends. Expect at least 15-20 min wait - for groups of 2-4, you may be sharing tables with another 2-4 people, but separated by a plexiglass - they do accept credit cards except amex. No discount on cash - there is a charge for take out box, but you're also welcome to bring your own Overall, I enjoy the food and atmosphere, and certainly will be coming back when I'm in the area. read more

Pine House Cafe - Pork neck with rice and fried egg. Recommend!! - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I was looking for a Hong Kong themed cafe because i wanted simple comfort food that has free parking. Pine House Cafe in North York checked all these categories. When i got there at around 4pm, the restaurant was busy. I think it's because there is a special afternoon menu for fairly cheap that includes a drink for free. I ordered a bowl of luncheon meat with egg rice noodle soup. It took a while for it to get to me. The guy beside me who came later got his order first. The egg was carelessly cracked with shell still on it. And the soupbase was bland. Although cheap, i was disappointed. I would have made a better bowl of soup noodle myself. read more

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Nice modern decor with comfortable booth seating. Good value for your money as their dish portions are large. Their hainanese chicken was a standout, chicken meat was fresh and silky. Tomato pork chop rice was enormous and flavorful. Their breakfast specials with noodle/soup, drink and an egg sandwich was very filling Gaining popularity as evident by the crowds on weekday morning/afternoons read more

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Decent. Portions are fairly sized and price is good too. Nothing to write home about. Pretty standard HK cafe food. It gets pretty busy on a weekend evening and they close relatively early. read more

Pine House Cafe - Beef satay vermicelli & Egg-Ham sandwich - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Newly opened in the Leslie/ Finch plaza. Plenty of parking out front. There are plenty of seating options to accommodate any party size. The service is definitely on the slow side and you have to flag them down for everything ... (not expecting this from an established chain of restaurants// cafes) The meals come with either soup/ or hot drink. Not soup and hot drink like many other HK cafe's. The food is nothing special and will wait for this establishment to iron out the kinks and decide of a return. The door open into the shop and a fire hazard if an evacuation is needed. read more

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Not my favorite plaza to be in as it gets quite busy and is difficult to find parking (the drivers themselves make it a little chaotic), but thankfully, stepping into the restaurant itself, I found the place to be more spacious than I expected. Generally, quite clean as well - including the women's washrooms with two decently sized stalls. Service itself was friendly, but casual. Food wise, we ordered the... 1. BOLOGNESE ON RICE: I loved that there was plenty of sauce over (yellow, not fried though?) rice. The sauce itself was slightly sweet, more on the tomato-side, and quite garlicky. Definitely wish there was more melted cheese on top, but overall, tasty. I'd say it was good but not amazing (and/or not my favorite rendition of this dish). 2. HOMESTYLE STIR-FRY VERMICELLI: I really enjoy this dish. It was flavorful but not overly oily/greasy. There was a good mix of veggies, alongside cut up pieces of BBQ pork but the winner was the shrimp which were good in size and very tender to bite into. For both, portions were good. Both of these meals came with our soup of choice: either between the Chinese soup of the day or borscht soup. I had the borscht which was very flavorful and had lots of other ingredients like potato, cabbage, meat, and even whole cloves of garlic! It seems like their theme is to be heavy on the garlic in every dish that requires it, no complaint from me. No drinks included with the meals, which I was slightly disappointed about. Note: I've attached photos of their most recent menu as of today. read more

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Good value! $10 got me a rich comforting soup with vermicelli noodles, egg ham toast and authentic hong kong milk tea service was a bit slow but they were very busy with only one chef so respects the egg toast was so soft and fluffy as well! Portions are also very big if you order rice or noodles! (Could feed 3-4) LOL. Warning they may be cash only I know the Newmarket is card or cash but here was just cash so come prepared! read more

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North York area has finally opened a NEW Hong Kong Style restaurant AKA 茶餐厅 at finch and Leslie, and im so excited! We came here at right before their last call, so we were lucky enough to squeeze in a seat before the shut down their kitchen. Food came out SUPER FAST which is something I love eating at Chinese Restaurants. Quick and no service, but FAST AND HOT food served I have nothing to complain, everyone was DELISH. From the tomato soup, to spaghetti, to fried noodle to my favourite french toast 西多士. Everything was 5/5 I would highly recommend their HK french toast, a lot of places have it, but this is one of the places that ACTUALLY taste and LOOK like the ones i eat in Hong Kong! THICK AND PERFECT TEXTURE. Only complain is i wish there was more peanut butter in the inside (but its a personal preference) Highly recommend! Would def come back to try out their hotpot~ read more

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Upon a friend's recommendation, we visited Pine House Cafe and was pleasantly surprised! It actually got quite busy 6:30pm onwards on a weekday night. When we got seated we were given an all Chinese menu, they do have an English one available so do not worry! Their menu is pretty extensive and have the usual baked rice/spaghetti dishes, curries, sandwiches, snack items, and some hot stone pot rice and chicken hot pot soup dish. The place still feels fairly new and it does take a little longer for drinks to be served and for dishes to come out but nothing too bad. Most of the meal dinner items include a soup and their Chinese daily soup was really good (had lots of ingredients in it). The prices on the menu are fair for the portions but note THEY DO NOT INCLUDE DRINKS in the prices (for dinner service). So do keep that in mind. Overall, the food was really good. I enjoyed my eel and pork neck stone pot rice bowl. It had a lot of crispy rice at the bottom and rice was not soggy or too hard grained. There were lots of slices of pork neck and some were pretty thick cut too. We also got the baked cheese pork chop on rice and the tomato sauce was good. It came with two big slices of pork chop overtop a big bed of rice. The iced lemon tea was a big glass and you can taste the black tea. I would come back but probably stick with the lunch or afternoon tea hours :) Also, can not wait to try their milk tea next time! read more

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Went for afternoon tea today and the menu for happy hour was extensive. There are plenty of options available depending on your preference such as noodles, sandwiches, fried stuff etc. they all come with a hot drink so the value is excellent. My only complaint today would be the fries were cold compared to the chicken which was crazy hot. The service to this HK style restaurant is excellent. While there are booths at this location so seating is comfortable. read more

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Got takeout at pine house cafe. First went to restaurants when I was in Newmarket so glad to see it open here in North York. This plaza has several good asian eats options. I ordered #8 Chu Hot Beef Brisket Rice Noodle Soup. The broth and the beef was good. The noodles were a bit broken (e.g. when it's old or overcooked), but that could've been because I left it in the container too long. Won't knock them on that until I try it again. Otherwise a decent meal and the pricing ($10) is good. read more

Pine House Cafe - #8 Chu Hou Beef Brisket - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Their grand opening was a couple weeks ago and I can already see a ton of people lining up even before the lunch rush. Make sure you flag down a server to get a number if there is a line and they will call your number when it is ready. Service was pretty good overall. The set up of the store is more or less like a standard HK cafe. Therefore you get nice quick meals with set drinks and soup. We ordered the tomato baked pork chop on fried rice and the hainan chicken rice. Hong Kong Borscht Soup - (11/10). This really blew me away how good it was. I generally prefer the cream soup but this vegetable soup had tons of ingredients and packed with flavour and even nice tender pieces of lean and fatty pork inside. Served in a cup and it arrived piping hot. Temperature is what generally separates good food from amazing foods. I can also taste a slight bit of spice inside as well. Baked pork chop (8/10) - pretty standard. The rice is fried well but I just think that the pork chop could use a bit more crisp. The size of this dish was generous and the tomato sauce was good enough. I probably would order this again. Hainan chicken rice (4/10) - I don't know why all the other tables also seemed to have ordered this dish but perhaps we got unlucky with ours because our chicken was very very dry. Also I think the chef cutting the chicken didn't do a good job as I got plenty of shards of small bones in every other bite. Note that this dish does not come with a standard chicken broth. Drinks - Pretty standard. Got a yuenyeung (half hk milktea/coffee) and a cold lemon tea. I remember there was quite a bit of ice in the lemon tea. Can't complain and I'm glad these came included in the meals. Overall I think this place hits the spot. I would probably come again to try the other dishes once things settle down, but I'm looking forward for that vegetable soup again with my meal. read more

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I walked in by myself and the waitress saw me didn't even ask me to seat. Then when other waitresses ask me to seat they want me to seat a table that is half a feet away from the other table. I just walked out. Seriously uncomfortable seating beside someone that you don't know half a feet away!!!! read more

From their soft opening to grand opening, I visited 3 times already. I tried their Satay beef and egg's sandwich set meal, fresh bread and soft scrambled eggs satay beef vermicelli nicely done. Hai Nam chicken rice, they use free run chicken and chicken texture are so good. Soft meat and jello between the skin and meat, tasty!! The oil rice is yummy too! The deep fried chicken and fried egg with rice are just right, crunchy skin and juicy inside, added ginger and green onions oil to make it so yummy. Lots of people said their 羅宋湯borscht is very good. I ordered a 羅宋湯borscht with bread meal. The bread 餐包 is very good but the soup is a bit too sweet for me, but good it have lots of vegetables. I also try their chinese soup, it's very yummy. I will pick Chinese soup over borscht. Last but not least, their spicy oil sauce is good! Friendly service and comfy interior. Be prepared it's quite busy during lunch peak hours! Recommended read more

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Didn't realize they opened another location, the original restaurant is at Steele and Middlefield. Dropped in to the plaza because of the snow storm, and happen to see this new restaurant. The food is a bit pricy, but they do make it up by serving better quality ingredients. Taste is not bad, and pretty standard. It's the HK style borscht soup I need to praise! It's very well done. Too bad you can only choose between the soup or a hot drink. The rating should really be a 3.5 star. HK restaurant that make you choose between soup or drink, not a pleasant decision. But rounding up because I really enjoyed the borscht soup. read more

Pine House Cafe - Snow storm out, drop by somewhere local for a quick dinner. - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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We placed an order for take out today and requested to reduce the amount of oil used for our order. Unfortunately, our request went on deaf ears because when we got home and started eating, we noticed the amount of oil saturated to the bottom. It's so unhealthy to be eating with so much grease in the foods that no wonder people are getting sick and obese. I never did like going out to Chinese restaurants, but my husband wanted food after church, so I agreed to do take out. In terms of the portion size, I would say it's pretty decent, but that's not going to incentivize me to return to the restaurant. Disappointed patron read more

This is your typical Hong Kong cafe feel; casual, loud and fast service. The food is good and at a decent price point. No frills

Had a terrible experience at this cafe house today. The service was disgusting even though a lot of people were lined up there. The food was ok but the people there were so rude. When we tried to leave to get our bill, the food came late and the drinks hadn't come yet. The waitress standing next to us looked so mean and look how much she got for a tip. Bad experience. read more

Pine House Cafe - Hong Kong Style Cafe Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

New HK style cafe at Finch and Leslie mall. It wasn't too busy when we arrived around noon on a Saturday and we got a seat after a couple of minutes. However as we left, there was a line up. We had the Portuguese sauce chicken rice, chicken with tomato sauce on rice and spaghetti with meat sauce, and baked pork chop on rice with tomato sauce. This came with soup and a drink. Dishes were very large and taste was pretty good. Interior was much cleaner and more efficiently set up. read more

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Fast Chinese Food was very good. Well worth the price. Dishes were very big. I think it's cheaper than McDonald's and tastes better. They have all day breakfast. Lots of choices. Their bread is amazingly soft. Get the egg sandwich. The place is very packed on weekends but lineups are fast. Their milk tea is very good and it comes with most meals at lunch. They have all booths so it's very comfortable. Love their food. Will come again. read more

Quality and quantity of most dishes are good, not pricey & the service is satisfactory.

Extremely Terrible Service! They have waitress yelling at customers for no reason. Totally not a safe place to enjoy your meal!

restaurant at good location with delicious food and great customer service. Love there is one cantonese cafe in the neighborhood.