聚鲜楼 KL KITCHEN SEAFOOD CUISINE in Toronto

536 Dundas St W Main Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1H3, Canada

★★★★☆
(308 reviews)
Categories: Seafood restaurant Chinese takeaway

About

聚鲜楼 KL Kitchen restaurant offering fresh Chinese style seafood (live lobster, Vancouver crabs, clams, mussels, freshwater fish) dishes.

Address
536 Dundas St W Main Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 1H3, Canada
Plus Code
MJ32+58 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
4 PM–2 AM
Tuesday
4 PM–2 AM
Wednesday
4 PM–2 AM
Thursday
4 PM–2 AM
Friday
4 PM–4 AM
Saturday
12 PM–4 AM
Sunday
12 PM–2 AM

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Coffee Healthy options Late-night food Small plates Vegetarian options Wine
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Family friendly
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
High chairs
Parking
Paid parking lot Paid street parking

Photos

Reviews

4.2
★★★★☆
308 reviews

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5 stars
199
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3 stars
18
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1 stars
33
November 21, 2024

Used to come here with my friends regularly, but found a bug in my food on my most recent visit. Service would be one star, but the one manager was very polite and we are regularly served by him, offered to comp part of the meal. The other manager and his friends were rather aggressive and standoffish, he was having drinks with another table during our visit, then He and his nosey friends felt the need to insert themselves into the issue and they came to tell us “we should just deal with it.” There was no reason for his nosey friends to interfere in the matter. It was very disrespectful and has generally soured my opinion of this establishment. I will probably not be back. Edit: If he is a customer and did not want to be included in my review he should not have acted like an employee and included himself in your business telling me I should just eat the bugs in my food and generally acting like he owned the place. Why am I being harassed by your other customers after finding a bug in my food, and why are you allowing drunk people to harass other customers in your establishment? That makes the experience even worse. Some drunk customer accosted me while I was paying for a dinner that had a bug in it? There was no mention of the gross old cabbage in my initial review because that wasn’t an issue compared to the dead bug I found in my food. We ate some of the cabbage and didn’t complain initially because we frequent this business and wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt. But after the bug we were all disgusted. We were offered a partial comp, but the receipt we were initially provided was entirely in mandarin or Cantonese which I do not speak nor read, I don’t think it is rude to ask for an itemised receipt in English in Canada. Also threatening your customers with legal action for their honest review but not saying anything when one of your drunk patrons approaches another table to tell them they should just eat bugs they are served when they are paying for the meal is wild.

★★★★★
October 28, 2024

Great place. Amazing food. Open late. Everything I had was top notch. Will be back again. Try it out. You’ll see what I mean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

★★★
October 20, 2024

Overall food is good, price is reasonable. The complimentary dessert is nice. However the fried squid is too salty. And beer is room temp warm, quite disappointed.

★★★★★
September 10, 2024

Authentic Cantonese restaurant! Great service, tasty and fresh seafood in downtown Toronto area. Will definitely recommend if you are visiting and want some authentic Chinese/Cantonese food.

★★★★★
September 10, 2024

Great seafood cafe. The subtle flavors and fresh seafood really make the dishes here. We ordered the steamed crab alongside various other seafood dishes and liked them all. The bonus sweet potato dessert at the end was fantastic.

★★★★★
June 21, 2024

The soup was incredibly "清甜" (light and sweet) and "很補" (very nourishing). Although it wasn't the best choice on a hot day, I can imagine it would be truly heartwarming to have it during the winter. The other dishes were delicious as well. The highlight, however, was the complimentary red bean and black glutinous rice dessert. It was so good that I only remembered to take a picture after I had finished it! The broccoli and scallops were amazing, I believe the kids would love broccoli if all cooked this way. Overall, a great spot for authentic Chinese cuisine. I look forward to coming back, especially during the colder months!

★★★★★
May 1, 2024

Had a delicious dinner at KL Kitchen. Their sizzling hot clay pot for eggplant and fish/tofu were especially really good. They even gave us some complimentary shrimps which were huge! Service here was great. Almost all of the staff were super friendly and polite. Unfortunately, the shorter lady with the thick eyebrows who speaks Mandarin was incredibly rude, and pretty much did nothing actually helpful the entire meal but was the first person to rush forward to collect the money. Maybe keep her away from the customers because she was the only negative about our experience 😊

★★★★★
February 11, 2024

My new go-to late night Chinese food spot in Chinatown (close at 4am). Food and service were consistently good after coming here for my second time. This place is also pretty big and I've never experienced issues getting seated. Great portions and fair prices. We ordered the beef fried rice noodles, Cantonese chow mein and sweet and sour pork on rice. Would recommend and always down to come back.

★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2024

Chicken herb soup 5/10 - tasted like Chinese traditional medicine Scallops fried rice 9/10 highly recommend Will come back to try other dishes Food : 3/5

★★★★★
December 21, 2024

free dessert for everyone

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 20, 2024

Delicious, open very late! Traveling from Montreal and was hungry super late.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 19, 2024

Great place to have a sharable meal with a group of people. We ordered the pepper with pork tripe chicken hot pot. It was great! The chicken is very tender and you can order side dishes to add into the hotpot. I also recommend the king mushroom with Japanese beancure in hotpot (I dont think the English name is accurate).

★★★★
Local Guide
December 1, 2024

Follow @bredgyeats for more food posts! E-Fu noodles are typically eaten during birthdays as they signify longevity, and its easy to understand with this noodle pull. It has the oily fragrance and comforting, soft texture of instant noodles but is better, combined with mushrooms and bell peppers for a aromatic bite. My go-to order at Cantonese restaurants is their beef tenderloin, the first time I tried it I was immediately hooked on the tender texture, beefy aromas and savory black pepper sauce. The onions inside also provide a refreshing crisp, being cooked just right. With seafood in its name, I couldnt leave without trying some seafood. Batter and deep fried for a juicy yet fragrant bite, that soaks up the addictingly sweet and savory honey sauce. Served on a bed of broccoli, it makes me feel healthier and provides lots of surface area to clean up the honey. Used to be a malay restaurant.

★★★★★
December 1, 2024

Amazing food 10/10 and very nice people. Had an issue with an accidental surcharge but was able to get it resolved very efficiently.

November 22, 2024

Waiter spilled boiled hot water right onto my hand, didn t even say sorry until I questioned him. I understand busy restaurants may compromise their services sometimes but this is not acceptable

Local Guide
November 22, 2024

rude and nonsense staff I have ever seen

★★
November 22, 2024

The tofu is good, others are meh

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Great food and service. Open late night. Loved the Hong Kong style shrimp.

November 22, 2024

If you order rice in hot pot, youll end up with dark and bitter rice. The first time I didnt get any explanation. Instead, a different person came over and handed me a bill. The waiter also didn t ask if we wanted to split the bill.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Go to place for when the weather is cold or after some casual drinking with friends.

October 22, 2024

watch out for your final bill! its hand written, they purposely jack up the prices, most of the customers do not notice, they have been exposed multiple times on other platforms.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

A must go every time I go back to Toronto Recommend the stir-fried free-range chicken, a must-try Andy is very enthusiastic

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Super cool restaurant! All food is great and delicious!

★★★
September 22, 2024

The taste is very good. I am already a regular customer, but the service is really bad. Last time, the waiter named Annie took the bowl of my plate to hold the oil and took it away without asking. She didnt give it to me until I asked. Taking it back really affects the experience

September 22, 2024

This is the worst restaurant I ve been to in Toronto. The seafood wasn t fresh at all and had a terrible smell, and the waiter didn t seem to care about our feedback.

Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Unreasonable charges for handwritten orders Tamago Tofu 21.99:)

September 22, 2024

They double charge !!

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Dont listen to the other reviewers. This place is reallllly good. My girlfriend and I came here at 2 am and they served us a full bottle of sake and brought our food out within 5 mins. Highly recommend

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Delicious tasty noodles at a late hour. Wish they were thicker but not an impact on my rating.

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

My favorite place to drink. The boss and waiters are very warm and friendly. I am very happy every time I go there

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

Chicken pot, beef cubes, tofu, cauliflower, and prawns must be arranged, and the attitude is so good that they deliver desserts every day. Who can resist this?

★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

The food is good here, especially pork belly chicken I would strongly recommend. The price is fair overall. However, the attitude of the boss needs to improve, his face looks like he is not pooping for thousand years.

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

I love it here! The double lobster is my go to. Thank me later.

August 22, 2024

I had an extremely disappointing experience at this restaurant. The food was excessively salty to the point of being inedible. Every dish tasted the same, drowned in salt, with no real flavor or freshness. On top of that, the service was abysmal. I was the one decided to give my family a treat. But staff only talks to my mother-in-law s boyfriend, who is Caucasian, making us feel unwelcome and disrespected. When my son was a bit cranky because of the slow servings, one of the staff came and touched my son s face without none of our consent. And they only accept cash and debit! If they marked that unreasonable request on the front door, I would never go in there! Overall, it was a terrible experience, and I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone. Save your money and find a restaurant that values both good food and good service.

Local Guide
July 22, 2024

Long wait

July 22, 2024

This restaurant arbitary charge! Be sure to check your bill details after eating a meal. I ate a bowl of rice for $25! The service attitude is bad, we seven people and we chose a bowl of rice (big), the boss explained that the rice is according to the number of people, 3 dollars a bowl, but we only seven people, should be charged 21 Canadian dollars! Why is 25$?

★★★
July 22, 2024

Not delicious

July 22, 2024

Charge $25 for rice ridiculous! Shame of you

Local Guide
July 22, 2024

Worth six stars, this is extra

★★★
July 22, 2024

Typhoon shelter shrimp balls are not delicious Note that mango pudding is not free, not free, not free!

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

Great!

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

So impress with the services. All the saffs are friendly and helpful, good food and fun environment. We will tbe back. Thanks!

★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

April 2024 Update: I tried their chicken and pork belly hotpot this time and it is really good and fulfilling, tastes healthy. This would be the staple dish makes me want to revisit with friends. Fried noodles are ordinary though. Nov 2023 The complementary soups are very nice and refreshing. I especially liked the bone soup because it is not like those noodle soups full of MSG in other restaurants. The service is very nice and in fact it is so nice that I think a significant part of the menu prices is attributed to services. However, the food we ordered is quite mediocre and some is even disappointing : the house special fry contains over-fried tofu and very little seafood which is also over-fried; the claypot rice does not have much flavor other than soy sauce and at the bottom instead of crispy rice we got uncooked rice; the chicken is ok but nothing memorable.

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Tasty food and good service!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

I highly recommend the mango prawn balls, they are so big and very enjoyable to eat.

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Super delicious! ! ! The fried chicken with mango shrimp balls is recommended! ! The pork belly and chicken pot is also very fresh! It deserves to be called Juxianlou hahahahaha

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Love it! You must try!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Highly recommend the medicinal chicken pot! Very delicious!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

So healthy and fresh. The chicken soup is absolutely amazing. Definitely will bring friends next time!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

I ve been here three times and discovered the new tofu pot! The fried tofu wrapped in sauce is especially delicious!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Great food and great quality!! Highly recommend

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Great environment good food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Ever since sometime in late 2023, I began going to this gem of a restaurant somewhat frequently whenever Im in downtown Toronto. I must say that theyre one of the better Chinese restaurants in the area as the quality of their food is comparable to those in Markham and Scarborough in regards to the taste and presentation. The restaurant is usually packed on the weekends and you can usually expect a wait time of anywhere between 10 to 30 min. This is why I personally prefer to come here on the weekdays when they are busy but not to the point of bursting at the seams so to speak lol (but of course, if more people start heeding this advice and altering their behaviour, then soon there wont be any advantage to coming here on the weekdays instead lol XD). The space inside the restaurant is pretty tight I would say since all the tables are placed very close to each other with not much room to move around or to go in and out of your table if you wish to use the restroom. You can easily accidentally swipe the neighbouring table or your own when youre going in and out (especially when youre sitting in the booth) so just be mindful of that if you dont want to turn your sweater, t-shirt, jacket, etc into a kitchen towel lol XD! The 2 person table is also pretty small when youre ordering stuff like the hotpot plus some other dishes lol. However, this is the price you have to pay in order to enjoy their delicious food lol XD and I would say that overall, its worth it lol... Just be extra careful =D. Anyway, they offer 3 hotpots there, namely the one with the whole chicken, the one with a whole tilapia, and the one with chicken and pork tripe. All 3 of them have a different soup base and I personally think the one with the whole chicken has a very delicious soup as it has ginseng, red dates, etc in it. However, the tilapia one has the soup with the most pure flavour so its also delicious in its own way in my opinion. The one with the chicken and tripe has a really strong tripe and white pepper flavour so while its not bad, its not my favourite lol. I usually come here with my partner in crime XD so I would say that for 2 people, one of these hotpots plus maybe one other dish is already sufficient, especially if you plan to drink some of the soup too (I see a lot of people piling up their tables with the hotpot plus several other dishes and being unable to finish their food in the end lol). Even if you dont intentionally drink the soup, youre bound to drink some of it as the chicken, tilapia, or tripe are bound to absorb some of the soup so try not to make the mistake of underestimating how full you can get from it lol XD. The whole chicken and the tilipia ones come with napa cabbage but you can always order more vegetables (such as watercress, more napa, etc) to put into the hotpot if youre into eating healthy ;) Other than their signature hotpots, they also serve claypot rice, stir fried dishes, fried noodles/rice, etc. Their claypot rice is tasty though they dont offer as much variety as some of the claypot rice places in Markham and Scarborough. They also serve dessert ( ), such as the red bean dessert ( ) and the mung bean dessert ( ) while some of the other Chinese restaurants in Chinatown dont offer any dessert. Lastly, they open till very late (2 AM from Sunday to Thursday and 4 AM on Fridays and Saturdays), so you know you can rely on them to be there for you when most of the other places are closed for the day. TL;DR - I recommend this gem of a restaurant as they are one of the better Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, with food comparable to those at the Markham/Scarborough Chinese restaurants.

★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Service was amazing, all the staff here were quick to their feet and very attentive. They even packed our leftovers for us. Usually, at Chinese restaurants, we have to do it ourselves. We had the clay pot rice, hot and sour soup, crab and fish maw soup, jellyfish cold dish and ordered a soya milk. Everything tasted great except for the hot and sour soup. It didn t taste like the traditional hot and sour soup we have at other restaurants, it tasted way too sweet. Will be back for their famous hot pot dishes! Con: this restaurant takes cash or debit only.

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Quality Chinese food with good service and great hours!

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

Great place for a family meal, loved their oxtail

★★★★★
April 22, 2024

The boss is so nice. Our friends birthday was today, and the boss helped cut the cake, and the service was extremely attentive. This is my first time to eat in this restaurant, and I will come here often! ! !

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

Best Restaurants Toronto Takeout Ceiling

★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

The food is pretty good, but the waiter and the owner always wanted to rush us out, haha. Also, the dessert they gave us for free, the mung bean porridge, wasnt fresh. Hopefully, they can pay more attention to that next time.

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

So delicious and authentic

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Excellent

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Large flavourful menu dedicated to Southern Chinese Cuisine. Most items are intended to be shared around the table. Usually its super busy, so I recommend reserving in advance.

★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Acclaimed Cantonese restaurant Parking: Hard to park Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

4.5/5, the space in the store is relatively small and there are stairs at the entrance, which may be troublesome for customers with inconvenient legs and feet. The pork belly and chicken pot is very delicious and suitable for keeping warm in winter. The uncle who gave me the tips came to thank me, which was very polite.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Great food easy going, reasonable price for downtown restaurants.

★★★★★
February 22, 2024

The flavour of the food was delicious! The fried squid and shrimp fried rice were 10/10. The service was exceptional, the workers were very friendly and treated us like family.

★★★★★
February 22, 2024

The most wonderful cozy place to sit down and relax after a night out. To the people who run this place - I love you for existing

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

I have tried most of their dishes. Very delicious food and fresh. Nice service too! Keep it up!

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

This place was on my list . I have had high expectations for it . It s totally worth it. We ll come back

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Service is quick - the service checked in our soup several times. Food overall was tasty and it gets pretty busy.

★★★★★
January 22, 2024

The food is so tasty and the service is wonderful. It s worth a try!!

★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Food is not bad and price was quite reasonable and comparable to similar restaurants in the neighborhood. I got mixed view on services. We got very good service from one of the servers but got rushed by most other servers. What I meaned rushed was that some servers were determined to help turn the table around by prematurely helping us to take the food from the plates. That took away some enjoyment of the food. The restaurant is a grease spoon type restaurant and was very busy and crowded when we were there. It is a bit too noisy to enjoy company. If you want to have a quite bit for a reasonable price, it is not a bad place to go.

★★★★
January 22, 2024

My regular go to in china town - truly lovely staff who remember you and treat you with graciousness. Very decent food at a fair price.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Food and service was amazing. Thank you Paul for the late night dinner. You must try this place!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Really good service and kind people

★★★★
December 22, 2023

Very warm and cozy place, the lamp hot pot is perfect for winter. They also have very delicious seafood (we got individual lobster). The host is very warm as well. The pumpkin soup desert is delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very tiny restaurant with super fresh seafood, and great customer service. Food here is all fresh and delicious. Plus you also get taro for dessert.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Excellent customer service and the food are cooked to perfection. Highly recommended. Will definitely come back.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

One of the BEST Chinese restaurant in town!!! Hotpot Dishes Service KL Kitchen is the best!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

We had the lamb hotpot. Lots of other menu options, cant wait to try. Great taste at an amazing price. Alcohol prices from the 90s. Staff is very helpful and polite. My new go to place for Chinatown, especially after hours.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

The place ia very clean, nice decore, good atmosphere, The service is good! We have the Lamb hot pot, very tasty, Food

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best Cantonese food in DT.

December 22, 2023

The claypot rice was uncooked and undercooked. I was forced to tip. The service attitude was blunt. I will never go there again.

December 22, 2023

Bad Service attitude

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

It s really good. It s more affordable than Fulai and the taste is not bad at all. It s so underrated. Come and try it

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Not sure about the 1 star reviews but those posters are probably retarded. Cash no tax. Free end of meal dessert. Best thing that happen to this place since the old seafood restaurant closed 5years ago.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Definitely worth checking out the food was delicious also love that they are open till 4am

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Very nice people working here, top notch service and very friendly. Highly recommend!! Try the hot and sour soup AMAZING!! Everything else we ordered from lobster to noodles to veggies was great!! Second time here and will be back lots more

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

This best restaurant in China town

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

We got their sizzling beef, green beans , lobster (ginger and green onions) and the lobster paste fried rice. Overall the food is in large portions , so we had a lot of leftovers for two people. Minus the lobster, everything was good in value. They also give complementary desserts. I would recommend this place, maybe try their hotpot since I see every table ordering a pot.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

I enjoyed my experience. I got the mackerel and the kimchi pancake, everything was good but the pancake had a little too much batter for me. I asked if I could swap the pancake out for rice and gave me a sampler tray instead (just want I originally wanted) 10/10 I had a good time.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Pork belly and chicken soup is so delicious! There are also mango prawns, garlic bones, and tofu pot! The boss is also very nice

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Its a good store, the taste is more suitable for popular tastes, and the price is affordable. The ingredients are fresh, such as shrimp, squid, beef and pork, etc. are relatively fresh, and the processing is relatively good, without any fishy smell. The taste is just right, not salty nor bland, suitable for everyones taste, and relatively durable. The dishes that need to be fried are well cooked, re-fried, very crispy, and not greasy. The attitude of the waiter was very good. The pineapple sweet and sour pork I ordered today was broken. After telling the waiter, the manager dealt with it quickly. He came over after a while and said it was indeed broken. He apologized and brought a new plate. , and also bought us drinks for free, which was pretty good. In addition, free desserts are provided, which is okay, but a little too sweet. Overall, its very good, beyond expectations, recommended! You can also order hot pot, and I will come again next time!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The medicinal chicken is a little bitter, but the other side dishes are delicious. Recommend the pork belly chicken.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Dim sum is always great but nothing stood out and wowed me. For 8 of us that ate our bill was about $300 with tip so fairly reasonable.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

This place I went w my friends from US and we were very satisfied w the chicken pork stomach hot pot. We loved how original was the soup as well as the customer service (we got free green bean sweet soup). The restaurant seems to be run by a tight-knit group of people, and I honestly love how chill and good this place is.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Server pushed me to order. Food so so. Wont come again

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Soooo authentic! Loved the fish, lamb stew and the green vegetables. We took our international friends here and they also enjoyed it! Make sure that you make reservations as they are very popular

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Food is very tasty and service is great.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

My go to restaurant for some authentic Chinese food. The service is always perfect and very thoughtful. It s a great place if you want to have some good food with friends. My favorite dishes are: chicken hot pot, pork taro rice and tofu vegetables. It comes with portions it would be nice if you enjoy with some companies.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I went to eat three times and the food was delicious. The first time I did not add a tip and I checked out normally. The second time I added a tip and did not mention it. Many of us gave a double tip. The third time I gave the bill and I did not add a tip when I brought it over the first time. Then we After the order was divided, the tip was automatically added without telling us. Two of the four of us paid a double tip without knowing it. This looks so ugly.

★★★★
December 22, 2023

No longer serves Malaysian cuisine but now serves Cantonese cuisine. Ordered the jellyfish appetizer, it was fresh and good. Sweet and sour pork was not that great. The plastic table cloth is unpleasant to use.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food was delicious.. I think this is the best Chinese food in Chinatown. Swatow used to be my favorite, not anymore. I have tried most of their chefs recommendations, and their fried dishes are soooo good. Will definitely try their hotpot some day.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I ordered sweet and sour pork rice. They gave me a box of sweet and sour pork with no rice. Thanks.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very authentic, very authentic, very satisfying, especially the pork belly and chicken pot! !

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Service is 10/10! Very accomendating and nice!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

This restaurant is well known and has been around for years, the name has changed over said years, but the food is equally tasty, well made and good sized portions. Lots on the menu, served by folks who care. Ive always had good eats here. You wont be disappointed. Parking: Well, its smack between Kensington and Chinatown. Street parking is tough, but lots of paid parking across the street and a couple of short blocks away. Kid-friendliness: Staff accommodates. Menu selections may be substituted for more plain variations that kids like.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Such a nice place, hope this restaurant is here for a long time. Great food, great service. Black bean chicken was 10/10

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Pork belly chicken + mango prawns Claypot rice Roasted squab so so Restaurants that would be recommended

December 22, 2023

Truly AWFUL experience in here! Service was abysmal from start to finish. Throughout the entire meal, we were IGNORED and had to repeatedly call for attention to place our orders and get water refills. The staff seemed aloof and uninterested in serving customers. The worst part was when we went to pay. The server arrogantly chose the tip option on the card machine WITHOUT OUR CONSENT, making it feel like a forced and inappropriate move. This attitude was simply UNACCEPTABLE. I am appalled by the lack of respect and professionalism displayed by the restaurants staff. Won t come ever again. There are many other great dining options in Toronto that value their customers and treat them with dignity.

★★★
December 22, 2023

The food is authentic Cantonese. However, the stew/hotpot gets saltier the more you eat it. A lot of items are overpriced the waiters will nudge you to finish eating if there s a line

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

We enjoyed the food there, as in top quality southern Chinese style cooking. Friendly staff.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

It s rare to eat spicy green vegetables, minced pork and green beans in Toronto. The food is worth the price. The service is also very friendly. recommend.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Very fresh and delicious

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The food and service was good.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best pork belly chicken in town. Love it

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Excellent service, and amazing food, The owner (Andy) was very involved with everyone. So nice to see. Ive been here 4 times in the past two months and Im always amazed at the quality of service and food. Service sizes are perfect. Price is very very reasonable. And yes we are it all :)

★★★
December 22, 2023

Wish they d bring back their Malaysian food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

good food

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Manager Paul and co-owner Patrick run a tight ship with excellent service and food. Very popular place.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

tasty! Recommend the pork belly chicken pot and garlic pork ribs. The dry-fried beef river is also very delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good food and nice servers!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Mango Prawns Highly Recommended

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

There is a wide range of delicious food. The boss and staff are very enthusiastic. They sang with us all the time on our birthday Shou Tao is so happy!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Nice

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Must try dishes 1. Chicken pot 2. Beef stir fry with Meiji sauce 3. Giant prawn with mango sauce The reason with no photo posted is all dishes gone within a minute before I could take photo. Everything is yum. If you are looking for authentic dishes with Cantonese vibe, please visit

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The pork belly chicken hotpot and mango shrimp are great. I love them so much. I ve been there almost ten times.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good service, great food, closes late, has parking space, comes often, don t be fooled

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Delicious and beautifully presented food, great service over the decades. Vegetarian options as well. Street parking not too bad.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Pretty good for something open so late.

December 22, 2023

The service was extremely disappointing. The individual managing the reservations was rude and lacked patience. Despite numerous empty tables, we were asked to wait for 30 minutes because he claimed a reservation was pending, even though it was already 6:45 pm (6:30pm reservation). He refused for further negotiations and behaved quite rude. It was a frustrating experience.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Quite authentic Malay foods.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Ordered curry and nasi lemak, food was very quick and very fresh! very generous portions and great tasting too i enjoy this place a lot

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Malaysian Style Curry with Roti is delicious! - Roti is crispy, flaky - Curry has lots of flavour, lots of meat 9/10 Pad Thai, Pad Sew and Iced Coffee was not good. - Bland, no flavour 2/10

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The Curry Laksa (-5/5) was a complete atrocity and brings shame to this dish. The broth was basically yellow soup with loads of msg. Upon taking the first sip, we had to fix this broth by adding more herbs and ingredients to even make it palatable. Thank goodness the noodles (mihun + mee) are nice. The Nasi Lemak (2/5) was essentially 3/4 rice and 1/4 everything else. Onion sambal had a good sweet/spicy balance but the curry chicken was sweeter than it should be. Fried peanuts and ikan bilis (fried anchovies) were thrown in like they were gold, most likely the chef counted each anchovy. The price on is also higher than other restaurants that actually serve significantly better Malaysian food. Not sure what other reviewers regard as authentic Malaysian food as these 2 dishes are definitely a blasphemy to Malaysian Cuisine.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I was craving Malaysian and this spot came up. We had the Laksa and Curry chicken and they were both amazing! The roti was warm and crispy. Also the server was very helpful and gave great suggestions. He even told us when we over ordered so we reduced our number of dishes. And he was right! We will definitely be back.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

decent malaysian food with fair price

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

YUM! This is a nice quiet place to get some beautiful food in big portions. Everything was made with care at a great price point. They even have some fun packaged snacks from Malaysia if you want to take something home. I walked away full and happy!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Was thinking about trying Malaysian, this was the closest location to us, but boy they didnt disappoint. I tried their Malaysian Chicken Curry with Roti and my partner had Laksa. It was so close to the real deal. Absolutely the best place to be, especially if youre around Downtown Toronto.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Love this place. It s one of my go tos for Chinese seafood dishes in China town. Portions are generous and food is delicious!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very good foods and reasonably priced.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Clean place, good food. Staff were really nice. We got a combo/set and the soup and fried fish were really delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Walked by and found this gem that has now become a go-to spot for authentic Chinese food. The service is excellent, with kind and prompt servers checking in enough without being overbearing. The dishes had great flavour and portion sizes were generous. Ill definitely be back again!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I came here for good Indo-Malay cuisine. All I got was good Chinese food. Note they just changed their menu to chinese. Still very good food. Very nice service and great owner. I got bamboozled with the restaurant name lol.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Clean newly renovated restaurant. Good service and very reasonable price. We got 6 course meal for $68.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

New place! Very nice chicken pot! I think it s better than Fulai Chef s chicken pot! Because I like pork belly, I think this recipe is delicious

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great service and the food is amazing.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

I like this place.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very delicious! Will come again

December 22, 2022

The fried rice was horrible it s common logic to use overnight rice to give fried rice the good firm texture expected. Also the beef noodle soup was bland unbelievable worst restaurant in Chinatown

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

It s delicious and the boss is very nice! The food is very fresh

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Absolutely amazing experience! The owner is warm and welcoming offering mesmerizing service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great people, great food! An experience to be remembered!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very modern clean atmosphere food are well cooked delicious seafood.

December 22, 2022

I don t know how it tastes. The service is very, very poor and the management is chaotic. I called to ask if we could take a reservation. The waitress on the phone said we didnt need to come directly and didnt take our phone number. After we arrived, a man arranged seats. He heard that we left without leaving our phone numbers. First, he didn t give any explanation, and second, he didn t tell us what to do next (the tables in front of us, can we arrange seats now? If so, leave our phone numbers, etc.). It s hard to say anything to this man, even if the customers are not gods or licking dogs, haha, maybe the business of the new store is really too good, it takes itself too seriously, but the reviews are not as good as the food, it s a big holiday If you are exhausted by this, dont come, you will become sad.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Love the chicken

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good food, good services

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Strong contender alert! Best in chinatown at this point! Almost as good as many old and famous restaurants north up in Scarborough and Markham! Very friendly service, fast serve speed and decently priced! Wait time is also long at dinner time (30min+), but definitely worth the wait! The pork belly chicken is delicious, fresher than Heshuns. The service is warm and considerate, but you have to wait a long time for food. Claypot rice is also very fragrant, but the rice used is average

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great food and great service. Would highly recommend checking this place out.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Note: This restaurant NO LONGER serves MALAYSIAN FOOD. They do however have decent Chinese food. Portion sizes and the quality of the food was good. The gentleman serving me even offered me some free dessert (not sure of the name but it had green mung beans in it and was very tasty).

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great Chinese dishes

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

had a great late night dinner here tonight. The brisket noodle soup was flavourful, generous and spot on. The hot pot rice dishes were fantastic. Price is also on point as well as quality.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Amazing food and reasonable price, you cant go wrong for a late night supper in here.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food, wonderful service

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Amazing food would definitely come again. You have to try the beef and bitter melon rice platter.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The food is good, the service is friendly, and the boss will come out to chat with you. But the best thing about it is that its open until two in the morning. Its basically the only Cantonese food you can find in the city center and you can still eat it after 10 oclock. So it is definitely worth adding full points. The price is very affordable. A herbal chicken pot costs $39, and all the ingredients are gone for $20. Adding tank gas and lamp oil and fire wax are actually not very profitable. Keep up the good work, boss. repeat customer

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The Yangnan clay pot here is okay. There are many foreign students, both male and female, during dinner time.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Awesome service. Food was great also. Had the lobster, pork ribs, hot pot. Would come back! Parking: Street paid parking $3-4/hour

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

First time here, and service was the best I ve ever had! Even some high end restaurants did not top this. With that said, the food was amazing i ve never had lobster where i the shell was so crispy i could even eat it. Definitely would recommend this place, more value than what you pay for

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Had a great experience here, food was amazing and service was great. Very clean and nice environment to dine in!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Our first time visiting this restaurant and we are so happy with the food quality and service provided. The lobster is amazing! We also ordered pork ribs, sizzling blackpepper beef, and the hotpot. Would love to visit again.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

It s delicious. I ll be a repeat customer.