先启半步颠小酒馆(DT) 多伦多/Banbudian Bistro Restaurant in Toronto

261 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2E3, Canada

★★★★★
(760 reviews)
Categories: Asian restaurant Chinatown Chinese restaurant Chinese takeaway Delivery Chinese restaurant Restaurant Sichuan restaurant

About

Chinese Sichuan Cuisine founded in 2019 with over 100 outlets worldwide. Experience the culture of Kung Fu of China. 尝一桌江湖菜,醉一杯武林酒。

Address
261 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2E3, Canada
Plus Code
MJ23+W2 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Tuesday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Wednesday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Thursday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Friday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Saturday
11 AM–10:30 PM
Sunday
11 AM–10:30 PM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Small plates Wine
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Family friendly Groups LGBTQ+ friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Debit cards Credit cards
Children
Good for kids
Parking
Paid multi-storey car park Paid parking lot Paid street parking Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.9
★★★★★
760 reviews

Most Mentioned

spicy (40) chinese food (36) sichuan food (32) mapo tofu (12) environment (10) bone marrow (8) food and service (7) stir fry (7) portion size (7) traditional (5)
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★★★★★
December 13, 2024

Food was amazing! Unfortunately the photos of the food is AFTER!! Great portions! Very Authentic! Felt like I was back in China. Little hint: They could turn down the lights a bit and would significantly turn up the ambiance! Healthy and very fresh food.

★★★★
November 22, 2024

we ordered crispy chicken and eggplant, some dim sum; very authentic Chinese sichuan flavour, very tasty. Service is great, giving us more napkins! Will comeback again!

★★★★★
November 2, 2024

To start off, the waiters were really good. We ordered in English and it was our first time trying food like these. We got the mayo tofu and braised sliced pork with the amazing LA Zi CHI which we completely devoured. Overall an amazing experience

★★★★★
October 27, 2024

The food was phenomenal. We had a variety of plates and they were all excellent. The service was attentive as well. The beef chow mein was especially tasty. It was so good we ordered a second plate for the table to share.

October 26, 2024

I only gave one star for the sad news that a wonderful waitress was let go by the owner of this restaurant. I have been Banbubian multiple times since I learnt about it last year, I brought my friends and my co workers here. Everyone was impressed by the delicious and well-served food, friendly service and good environment. I really enjoyed my first experience here, a waitress introduced the menu to me and my friend in both Mandarin and English, she responded to our calls promptly and cleaned the mess quickly with a very friendly attitude. She created an excellent eating experience here on top of the tasty food. IT IS VERY UPSET TO KNOW SOMEONE LIKE HER GOT LET GO BY THE OWNER.

October 20, 2024

Please be aware of the spend $50 and receive a $15 dish if you post on social media special. Left extremely disappointed and played at the end of our meal. (Long post so sorry). We discussed the special many times with our server to make sure we were on the same page since there was a language barrier about this deal, with her saying that we had to show her our post prior to getting the check. I posted right before we even eat our meal, with thinking that I can show her right before we get the check. I see her and hold my phone up ready to show her my post, and I say we're ready for the check. She does not come up to our table and immediately goes to print out the receipt somewhere else even though I am clearly ready to show her my phone. I thought it should be fine since we talked about the deal (I'm not going to assume the worst of a situation and think that someone is not going to scam me especially since we clearly talked about the deal before our meal). However, the worst did happen, and the server brought us our check with the $15 dish on it. I showed her my post, and she said because I did not show her prior to the check she cannot take off the meal. We tried to reason with her politely, explaining that it felt like she didn't give us the chance to even show her the post since she did not even come up to the table and darted somewhere else once she saw that I said "check" despite clearly having my phone out to show her my social media. She continued to say that she cannot print another receipt or her boss will question her of why she did so. With having experience with being a server, they were using the Toast system which we knew that they could easily redo the receipt without issues. We did not want to cause a scene with the whole "Can I speak to the manager" because we were coming from the US, were leaving to go back after dinner, and did not want to deal with the situation further since it was a headache. The server while we were leaving tried to offer us to get free drinks for our next meal here and we politely declined since we were from the US. She offered to give it to us while we were leaving and we politely declined because why would giving us 2 cans of coke help with our disappointment with the establishment already? She tried to apologize, and I hope that server is okay especially if she was scared of telling her boss that she had to reprint a receipt. Or if it's a part of the script, we'll never know. Otherwise, really great food though! TL;DR: Don't get the spend $50 to get a $15 dish because they will try to get you for not showing them your social media post before uttering the word "check" and charge you the full amount for everything despite attempting to show them the post. I really hope that they don't do this to everyone.

★★★★★
October 12, 2024

10/10! If you’re looking to experience authentic Chinese cuisine, this place delivers 100%. The seasoning is spot on, the spice level is perfect, portions are generous, and the taste is incredible. Highly recommended! 👌🏻

★★★★★
September 16, 2024

Super authentic Sichuan food! Huge portions (everything is good for 2-3 people) and actually proper mala spice. Air-conditioned and great service. Brought this food back home with me to Vancouver 😂

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

The food and services are amazing!!!!! Highly recommend!

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

The restaurant has a variety of delicious food and is worth a visit

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2024

This is going to be my second go-to Szechuan restaurant from now on. The food is very authentic and yummy. Just be careful of the spice level, and ask for less spicy if you can t handle it.

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

The rice is delicious. I love eating it. I will eat it again next time. I recommend it to everyone.

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

Awesome food and great service!!! And with great portions

★★★★★
December 20, 2024

Good food and service!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 20, 2024

great authentic spicy chinese food

★★★★★
December 20, 2024

The food is fantastic! Definitely reccomend eating here :) Everyone from 6 and up loved eating here. Service is also wonderful!!!

★★★
Local Guide
December 20, 2024

Went to try this restaurant as the other one in Markham is closed. This time, it s (dine-in) better than the take out quality.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 20, 2024

Yummy

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 20, 2024

Here is spacious

★★★★★
December 16, 2024

good very good very good

★★★★★
December 16, 2024

Very delicious, nice environment

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 15, 2024

Wonderful

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

I ordered the fragrant pot, the portion was huge and less than twenty. The service is very good, the environment is very quiet and you can rest while eating.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 15, 2024

They were sold out of their popular bone marrow mapo tofu :( But the dry mala stir fry we had was really delicious. I love how they incorporated fried potato, which adds another layer to the dish. We added potato noodles, intestines, and beef. The beef rolls were too salty but everything else was perfectly seasoned. The portion is big - enough for another meal

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

Authentic and delicious

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

Amazing

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

The food was really tasty and price is fair. Highly recommended!!

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

I love the food

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

Sichuan people like it very much

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

Amazing

★★★★★
December 15, 2024

Foods are good! Services are nice! Definitely will have the next time!

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Tase so good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 8, 2024

tasty! Big portions!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 8, 2024

Follow me on social media: @manunomenudomundo Exploring the flavors of Chinatown in Toronto! Today I went to Banbudian Bistro Restaurant, located at 261 Spadina Ave, and I can say for sure: its my favorite restaurant in Toronto! I started with the classic pork dumpling 8 pieces for CAD 8.99. The flavor was incredible, super juicy and well seasoned. My grade? 9/10! Then, I tried the soup dumpling 6 pieces for just CAD 6.99. Each bite was an explosion of broth and flavor. It was simply perfect, 10/10! And, to top it all off, the golden lava bun 3 units for CAD 6.99. The combination of soft texture and sweet, creamy filling is out of this world! Rating 10/10 too. If youre in Toronto, Banbudian Bistro is a must-see. Every dish was so worth it!

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Good portion size and nice flavour.

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

A free soda for a 5-star review. The food was good. Id give everything a 4.0

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Delicious, the food is very appetizing!

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Delicious

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

tasty! Five-star recommendation!

★★★★★
December 8, 2024

Delicious, 5 stars!

★★★★★
December 1, 2024

Looks and feels very authentic! Like coming back to Beijing.

December 1, 2024

Worst experience.bad customer service.

★★★★★
December 1, 2024

Really good restaurant! Had the fried rice with minced pork and the pepper pork belly! One of the best I ve had! Would def recommend to anyone looking for good eats in Chinatown.

★★★★★
December 1, 2024

Food was too good, only got pictures in the middle of eating! Very friendly and accommodating waiter and the food came out very fast! Definitely a spot I will frequent more in the future.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 1, 2024

Been here many times, food is always great. Can t say anything bad about it. Really really amazing Sichuan food

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

fantastic taste

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

good worth price

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

Delicious, love to eat, eat more

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

Love the food here, serving quick

★★★★
Local Guide
November 24, 2024

I do really appreciate the consistency of quality and portion here, but I removed a star for not respecting my request for less Szechuan chillis on my uber order - it was PACKED with it, and even with me tediously removing it, my mouth is on fire.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Excellent food and good value!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Plenty of portion and delicious

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very delicious spicy food, great service! Will definitely come back.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

The environment is very good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very delicious, have been here many times

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Had a great experience and food was generous:)

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Reasonable price with good taste food

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Delicious food and amazing atmosphere!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Great food here

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Perfect !!!!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very very good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

The waiters attitude was very good.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Clean and delicious! Will come again

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

delicious yummy yummy

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

The food is delicious

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Delicious food in the world

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Really good taste.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

So delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Big portions

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very tasty, the waiters are friendly, the waiters can use Chinese to communicate with you. Very tasty, the waiters can speak Chinese, the price is reasonable, there is an underground parking lot nearby, and parking is convenient.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Beijings popular bistro, friendly and familiar taste, great. Next to the parking lot

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

It tastes good and parking is convenient. Will come back next time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Amazing. Love the addictive kind of spicy

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

W! food and W! customer service. Overall it was

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

such a nice interior and atmosphere! server was very helpful and friendly. food was very tasty and good. exceeded my expectations!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very good value for money. The pork noodles were very good.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

The food was delicious. Service was excellent, and the placeis clean

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

delicious food and friendly service

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

So nice foods!! This is the best Chinese food in Toronto.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Absolutely delicious! So happy to have found this place right in the heart of Chinatown. Can t wait to come back

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

wonderful

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

The taste is very good and the portion is very large. I recommend the beef tendon pot, tomato fat beef, sour soup fat beef, Tian Boguang fried chicken, and I hope the brown sugar glutinous rice cake will return! ! ! !

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

This was my first time here, food was phenomenal, pretty much my spice level.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Great restuarant

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Delicious Sichuan food recommended

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Yummy food!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

good food good service love love

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

There is a lot of quantity

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Shrimp dumplings are really good

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Exceed my expectation!

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Great vibes and very authentic food

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

good food

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Can

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

food is delicious

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Pretty good food

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Amazing food, good atmosphere, nice people. Couldn t get a better experience.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Was amazing. Food has great portions and tastes great!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Yummy!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Good Sichuan food experience, looking forward to next meeting with friends!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Nice Food

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very good authentic food

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very good but very spicy

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Exquisite dishes.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

sooo good yummy

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Delicious and good service!

★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Not bad but from someone that is from chengdu the flavor is lacking and lackluster. It s definitely not bad but nothing special. I can make better mapotofu tbh.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

The ambiance is good. The service was nice. The food is really good. We tried Chow mein, stir pork, stir eggplant.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Great Chinese food, highly recommended if you like spicy!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The service is very good, and the environment in the store is also very comfortable. The stir-fried beef is very tender and full of flavor; the fat intestine chicken is also very soft and glutinous, and the intestines are cleaned very well; Xinjiang fried rice noodles are as delicious as ever! Will review again with friends.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

An incredible culinary journey. BBQ chicken, fried rice, cabbage were some of the best Ive had. What a great find. Will certainly be back.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The service is very good and the fried rice noodles are also delicious!

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Excellent food. Great portions and stellar heat.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Gaga fragrance

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

good

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

nice

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very delicious and authentic food

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

fresh and high quality!! fish sashimi in a hot soup.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Greatest Sichuan food on Spadina for sure.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

I tried the stir-fried tofu and it was delicious! Portions are generous and the service was excellent! Vegetarian options: Stir-fried tofu, vegetable chow mein, vegetable spring rolls

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The beef chow mein had rich, savory flavors, and the egg stew was comforting and delicious as well!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Beef chow mein tasted amazing! Highly recommend! Also it was our first time trying egg stew, and it was so savoury and heart warming!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Good.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

yummy :)

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very delicious

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very delicious. The waiter is very enthusiastic.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Nice

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Delicious food especially the frog legsand the crab roe fried rice ... highly recommended

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Very delicious! The service is also very attentive!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Good location and huge portion. Love the spicy dishes.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Maoxuewang is very delicious!

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Super authentic szechuan food! Price was really good

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Good taste! My favorite chicken. I will come again.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Good restaurant and best Chinese dishes

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Mapo tofu is delicious.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

I ate frog and xiao long bao. It was delivered quickly and very spicy just as desired. Love this place and its quality. Professional service and very kind.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The food had great quantity and flavor, though the spicy frog dish we ordered was salty. The food came out quickly and with rice on the side. I enjoyed my experience and would come again. Vegetarian options: They have vegetarian dishes.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

NB

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

The reviews seemed too good to be true. The food and service, however, more than warranted the high marks! This is a great place for traditional Cantonese dumplings and dim sum, not to mention many other dishes that I didn t try today. The restaurant is also inexpensive and very conveniently located! I had the beef dumplings and pork-shrimp shumai upon the sever s recommendation.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The ambiance was really good

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very good

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

It is very nice and very clean

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Recommended Chinese restaurant!

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

really liked the stir fry beef, spicy but still delicious

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Great food and good service.

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Nice environment, friendly service, decent food

★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very Nice place , but take care , dishes are very spicy !! The quantity is huge ! You have a lot of food for a good price ! You may order 2 plates for 3 peoples ! Maybe the advice for the spicy is too low !!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Never disappointed every time! True authentic Chinese Sichuan cuisine

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very large quantity

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very fresh and very delicious

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Good food and env

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Big portion and delicious taste

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Delicious and filling, recommended!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

I finally came here to eat after being open for so long. It was okay.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

The service, is fantastic. And in spite of stereotypes its apparently very possible to have great friendly staff at a Chinese joint and have incredible food. This place is amazing. In fact if you dont eat here you likely lack the level of intelligence required to safely operate a motor vehicle and should just stay home. Ive been searching for the perfect mapotofu all of my life. I dont think Ill find better and I dont think you will either. The other food is pretty damn good too. Stop reading. Start eating. Tip well.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Solid sichuan with big portions.

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Almost the same as what I ate in China ,I love it!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very delicious and served quickly!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very authentic restaurant, delicious

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Go home

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

The portions are very large! Recommend!

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Both the quality and portion are really good, we ll be back!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very good Sichuan food

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Very authentic Chinatown Chinese food

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

This is my first time here. The food is served quickly and tastes great.

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Food is a bit spicy but good flavour and aroma