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
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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。
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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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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! 👌🏻
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 😂
The food and services are amazing!!!!! Highly recommend!
The restaurant has a variety of delicious food and is worth a visit
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.
The rice is delicious. I love eating it. I will eat it again next time. I recommend it to everyone.
Awesome food and great service!!! And with great portions
Good food and service!
great authentic spicy chinese food
The food is fantastic! Definitely reccomend eating here :) Everyone from 6 and up loved eating here. Service is also wonderful!!!
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.
Yummy
Here is spacious
good very good very good
Very delicious, nice environment
Wonderful
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.
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
Authentic and delicious
Amazing
The food was really tasty and price is fair. Highly recommended!!
I love the food
Sichuan people like it very much
Amazing
Foods are good! Services are nice! Definitely will have the next time!
Tase so good
tasty! Big portions!
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!
Good portion size and nice flavour.
A free soda for a 5-star review. The food was good. Id give everything a 4.0
Delicious, the food is very appetizing!
Delicious
tasty! Five-star recommendation!
Delicious, 5 stars!
Looks and feels very authentic! Like coming back to Beijing.
Worst experience.bad customer service.
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.
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.
Been here many times, food is always great. Can t say anything bad about it. Really really amazing Sichuan food
fantastic taste
good worth price
Delicious, love to eat, eat more
Love the food here, serving quick
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.
Excellent food and good value!
Plenty of portion and delicious
Very delicious spicy food, great service! Will definitely come back.
The environment is very good
Very delicious, have been here many times
Had a great experience and food was generous:)
Reasonable price with good taste food
Delicious food and amazing atmosphere!
Great food here
Perfect !!!!
Very very good
The waiters attitude was very good.
Clean and delicious! Will come again
delicious yummy yummy
The food is delicious
Delicious food in the world
Really good taste.
So delicious
Big portions
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.
Beijings popular bistro, friendly and familiar taste, great. Next to the parking lot
It tastes good and parking is convenient. Will come back next time.
Amazing. Love the addictive kind of spicy
W! food and W! customer service. Overall it was
such a nice interior and atmosphere! server was very helpful and friendly. food was very tasty and good. exceeded my expectations!
Very good value for money. The pork noodles were very good.
Very good
The food was delicious. Service was excellent, and the placeis clean
delicious food and friendly service
So nice foods!! This is the best Chinese food in Toronto.
Absolutely delicious! So happy to have found this place right in the heart of Chinatown. Can t wait to come back
good
Very good
wonderful
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! ! ! !
This was my first time here, food was phenomenal, pretty much my spice level.
Great restuarant
Delicious Sichuan food recommended
Yummy food!
good food good service love love
There is a lot of quantity
Shrimp dumplings are really good
Exceed my expectation!
Great vibes and very authentic food
good food
Can
food is delicious
Pretty good food
Amazing food, good atmosphere, nice people. Couldn t get a better experience.
Was amazing. Food has great portions and tastes great!
Yummy!
Good Sichuan food experience, looking forward to next meeting with friends!
Nice Food
Very good authentic food
Very good but very spicy
Exquisite dishes.
sooo good yummy
Delicious and good service!
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.
The ambiance is good. The service was nice. The food is really good. We tried Chow mein, stir pork, stir eggplant.
Great Chinese food, highly recommended if you like spicy!
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.
An incredible culinary journey. BBQ chicken, fried rice, cabbage were some of the best Ive had. What a great find. Will certainly be back.
The service is very good and the fried rice noodles are also delicious!
Excellent food. Great portions and stellar heat.
Gaga fragrance
good
nice
Very delicious and authentic food
fresh and high quality!! fish sashimi in a hot soup.
Greatest Sichuan food on Spadina for sure.
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
The beef chow mein had rich, savory flavors, and the egg stew was comforting and delicious as well!
Beef chow mein tasted amazing! Highly recommend! Also it was our first time trying egg stew, and it was so savoury and heart warming!
Good.
yummy :)
Very delicious
Very delicious. The waiter is very enthusiastic.
Nice
Delicious food especially the frog legsand the crab roe fried rice ... highly recommended
Very delicious! The service is also very attentive!
Good location and huge portion. Love the spicy dishes.
Maoxuewang is very delicious!
Super authentic szechuan food! Price was really good
Good taste! My favorite chicken. I will come again.
Good restaurant and best Chinese dishes
Mapo tofu is delicious.
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.
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.
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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.
The ambiance was really good
Very good
It is very nice and very clean
Recommended Chinese restaurant!
really liked the stir fry beef, spicy but still delicious
Great food and good service.
Nice environment, friendly service, decent food
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 !!
Never disappointed every time! True authentic Chinese Sichuan cuisine
Very large quantity
Very fresh and very delicious
Good food and env
Big portion and delicious taste
Delicious and filling, recommended!
I finally came here to eat after being open for so long. It was okay.
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.
Solid sichuan with big portions.
Almost the same as what I ate in China ,I love it!
Very delicious and served quickly!
Very authentic restaurant, delicious
Go home
The portions are very large! Recommend!
Both the quality and portion are really good, we ll be back!
Very good Sichuan food
Very authentic Chinatown Chinese food
This is my first time here. The food is served quickly and tastes great.
Food is a bit spicy but good flavour and aroma
