Be sure to make a reservation before hand. Overall, 4⁄5
Kelvin L.
Tu valoración: 4 Toronto, Canada
The good: This was probably the best looking dim sum restaurant I’ve been to. The tea was good, lots of room to move around and be be cramped up. The bad: The server lady gave me a bad cut eye for asking for more time on the menu. Hey maybe it’s the stress of the job, but aside from that, there wasn’t much negative about this place. The neutral: The food. Maybe I’m a picky dim sum eater, but I still very much prefer dragon boat fusion over this place. But to one their own :) it’s still good!
Will T.
Tu valoración: 5 Toronto, Canada
Dinner review The suckling pig and BBQ pork(char siu) are worth 5 stars. They are really the best you could find in town. The suckling pig was very very crispy with only a thin layer of fat attached. I haven’t had better suckling pig but one place that is closed now. The BBQ pork was sweet and juicy, tender, and it melts in your mouth. Dinner menu was on the pricey end but food was well prepared. The soup was served with the scraps if you like the extra chew. The peking duck, lobster, steamed fish were delicious. I also like their ginger egg white fried rice(aka«pregnant women fried rice») because they used a lot of ginger. You can also order the cute pink birthday buns if it’s someone’s birthday! I came here with a group and a couple of times they gave us a room and we had more privacy to ourselves. Service was great and friendly even if we were in a room. They came to check up on us very often and we didn’t feel left out. Overall, higher price but the food was worth it. Highly recommended their suckling pig and BBQ pork.
Nigel A.
Tu valoración: 2 Toronto, Canada
Food was excellent, bus staff were courteous, but food took over 2 hrs from arrival of first dish to last and we only ordered 7 dishes. Expect long waits and spotty customer service from the waiter. At the 2 hour mark our last 2 dishes were obviously rushed out when we asked to recall the remainder of our order. About same experience as Dragon Boat with a price premium. Did I enjoy the food — yes. Will I return? Probably not — food was not compelling enough for the wait.
Bernard H.
Tu valoración: 4 Toronto, Canada
Perfectly situated next to Costco, you can easily grab lunch pre or post a grocery run. However, be prepared to wait. Try to go before or after the rush so you don’t have to wait too long. Fortunately, the lobby is fairly large so you shouldn’t need to wait outside. The BBQ pork(char siu) here is probably the best I’ve had in the city. It reminds me of the char siu you get in Hong Kong where the meat just melts in your mouth. Definitely order this. If you’re short on time, get this for take out! The dim sum is on point. The pineapple bbq pork bun is stuffed with pork and tastes great. The food comes out fast and service is courteous and friendly. This place is a bit pricey, especially dinner. Nonetheless, recommended.
Chris C.
Tu valoración: 4 Markham, Canada
Came here on a Saturday at about 12:30 noon time. There was a huge line up which takes my curiosity up a notch. Why is it so busy even though early bird special is done? So we waited and waited and finally after about an hour we were seated. ($ 3 Small, $ 4 Medium, $ 5 Large, $ 6 Extra Large) early bird special before 11am is still $ 3.20 for S, M, L Most of the wait staff were older women so I can see why there was such a long wait. There were only a few men working to clear the tables so you would see empty tables piled with dirty dishes and no one clearing them off. And meanwhile there is still a large lineup so I can see why the wait was so long. The cook staff is much faster. After about two minutes of placing our order we got our first dish. Everything tasted good and fresh. I would rate the food 3.5 to 4 stars overall. The one dish we ordered that I really liked was the chicken pot pie pastry puff. I would still recommend Casa Imperial Fine Dining as my #1 choice for dim sum in terms of quality of food. This one is not bad though except for the initial long wait.
Schelling Y.
Tu valoración: 4 Markham, Canada
I’m a huge fan of the dim sum here. Even though we come here a lot, there is one complaint that I have with this place. Reservations here mean nothing. You can be booked for 1:00, but when you arrive, you can still be waiting for 30 min to 1 hour depending on the speed at which people eat. ITREALLYDEFEATSTHEPURPOSEOF A RESERVATION. This is exactly what happened to us the last time. Overall, I can say that the food is worth the wait. The food is fresh and tasty. Portions are standard, so you may want to order more for larger parties. Atmosphere wise, it isn’t too loud, but it isn’t quiet either. I know that this review is kinda short, but there really is nothing to say except that the food is good, but the service with reservations suck.
RM J.
Tu valoración: 3 Markham, Canada
I had not come back to this restaurant for while! Forget what reason! :) Until yesterday! Friend told me, she want to try the BBQ Roasted Pork(Cha Shiu in Chinese). She said everyone go there for that ! We went for morning dim sum around 10am in the morning! there were many tables available. but the server gave us the table for 2 just right behind the entrance. Compared to others Chinese restaurant, they would give any table available even bigger but won’t close to toilet or entrance! Well that’s their organized then we took it. We tried the dim sum. Those are average that compared with others dim sum restaurant. We ordered Roasted Pork rice after 11am(caused the chef start to work at 11am, It mean the roasted pork is not fresh made. the waitress told us. the roasted pork was made the night before.) The first bite seems ok. because that was hot & look fresh with fatty part of pork ! The roasted pork actually is not that excellent as those comment ! Possibly the gimmick of the restaurant. Or you may say, the food is not good but only the others restaurant made worse. If you are not gimmick followers. I suggest that some food court, take away or supermarket may have some good bbq pork that may surprise you though!
Fefe Y.
Tu valoración: 1 Markham, Canada
I’m really disappointed about the customer service. The server is really rude and gave customer bad attitude. I’m really piss about the customer service and I would NOT recommend anyone come to this restaurant!!! Food ok. Service bad. Waiting time good.
Don Hyun K.
Tu valoración: 2 Toronto, Canada
my experience was for Dim Sum. so i can only speak for that. there was a line up to get in i made it just in time for the early bird dim sum. overall, nothing special and overpriced. i remember the good old days where it was just S, M, L … none of that XL, Special, Jumbo and overpriced dishes. food was so so, did not impress me at all. and for that price, there are far more impressive dim sum joints in the area with more unique dimsum with more importantly delicious.
Minnie L.
Tu valoración: 1 Toronto, Canada
Tried both dim sum and dinner — awful restaurant, will never go back again! Despite of the pricey food and not too many selections on the menu, their service is the worst ever seen in Toronto. Before starting the meal, their dirty dining ware has already ruined my appetite. You can see the food from previous customers left on the bowl and the wet napkin, ugh! The average wait time of each dish is about 15 minutes and up, some are even longer, you have to remind them several times before they bring your dishes The food is actually ok, all typical dim sum or dinner dishes that you can get anywhere in Toronto, no surprise at all and not very big portion Their waiters/waitresses are not very polite, the manager is even terribly rude, very impatient to answer your questions. He came and checked the table couple times during our dining, one is to see whether you are ready to get out and the other is to bring you the bill, we had to wait another 20 minutes to finish check out If you look the price that you pay for their food and services, it is absolute not worth to try
Alina M.
Tu valoración: 3 Markham, Canada
We came here early Saturday morning and there were only 2 members of their staff here, so everything was very slow and disorganized at first. Food was okay, better than your average dim sum place, but their prices are fair bit higher too. After the initial bump of few staff, the service did get better and tea was refilled regularly. When we ended up leaving at around 11am, there was a huge crowd/line up at the door, so I guess it wasn’t that bad coming early on the weekend.
Steph C.
Tu valoración: 4 Richmond Hill, Canada
Love the food. Not a fan of the wait. It’s important to come at the right time if you want to beat the line up as it can get crowded. The dim sum was delicious. Ironically, the BBQ pork(Char siu) rice good only because when you go to dim sum, you do not think of just getting BBQ pork and rice. Other then that, we usually get the typical dim sum food such as siu mai, har gow(shrimp dumpling), congee and they’re all pretty good. Will definitely come back.
Archimedes T.
Tu valoración: 3 Toronto, Canada
My rating for this restaurant was flip-flopping between 4 and 5 stars just soon after I finished eating. However. I ended up giving this place a 3 star rating. As most people have probably noted, you must be prepared to shell out a bit of cash to eat at this place. I decided to do the dinner time run rather than the typical dimsum run tonight after some light shopping at Costco. This place more or less is comparable to the level of Crown Jewel or Casa Imperial in terms of décor, service and price. Service wise, terrible English support. However, I was willing to let go of that fact in my rating tonight. We ordered two crab balls at $ 6.50 each. At a price difference of fifty-cents between here and Crown Jewel, this place was far far better in taste and amount of REAL crab in the crab ball. The paste they used also didn’t taste like the shrimp paste of Crown Jewel, I think they infused it with more of the crab stock so lessen the shrimp paste taste and after taste. Second we ordered their House Premium Home Made Fried Rice at just under $ 21. The rice was correctly done unlike the one I had last night at Mr. Congee. Now the price may throw you off. But the amount of rice they gave was more than normal and it was rich in flavor itself so you don’t really need to eat much if you had some other dish to balance it off. We had to take some home and I ‘gluttonized‘ some of it unnecessarily. The rice was filled with many flavor ingredients including scallops, chicken thighs, shrimp, straw mushrooms and some dried orange thingy that I don’t know what it is. The«premium» flavor does come out. They also provided us with dessert. Note that they have a «tea charge» of $ 1.30. Their Chrysanthemum Tea was slightly odd, in that it had a bitter taste to it, so I wasn’t too keen on it. If I wrote the review just after I finished the meal and paid for $ 44 for two people for a rice-filling dinner. Then this would’ve been a toss-up between 4 and 5 stars. It’s good food and the price matches the food, service and ambiance. However, when I got home their secret ingredient kicked in… MSG. Knocked me out when I got home. So after considering that they had to use a «cheater ingredient», I had demoted their score to a mere 3. If I was in a bad mood or if I was annoyed that their staff didn’t have anyone who can speak English to talk to us about the food like Jyo-san at Solo Sushi Ya or the owners of Casa Manila(both establishments BTW do not use MSG to my knowledge), I would’ve put them as a two.
Jason K.
Tu valoración: 2 Markham, Canada
I was interested in trying a new place out as my parents recommended it. After arriving at 11:30am on Sunday, we waited 2 hours waiting in line with others irritated with not enough waiting space to the point where people were spilling into the dining area. When we finally got our table it was the one everyone would hate, closest to the door. As we were starving by now, we took it even with people standing around surrounding us waiting to be seated still. After we sat down at a dirty table, 5 minutes for them to clear it only to set a fresh set of still dirty dishes. Another half hour before they came to take our order. At least they gave us tea which I guess we should be thankful for. A server kept bringing out food asking if we wanted some at least 3 times. After asking each time what it was he was trying to sell he just walked away. While dropping food off at the table another server slammed her tray into my chair almost dropping everything into the floor. The food quality I would say is average. It’s what I would expect from a place like this for dim sum. The bbq pork rice looked good but a little on the sweet side as it was covered in sugar making it excessively sweet when you expect savoury. From what I can tell from a service stand point. They simply don’t have enough waiting staff. With the size of the establishment i would expect at least twice the amount of staff in order to get orders to customers to quickly turnover tables as fast as possible to generate maximum revenue. Overall I liked the steamed yolk egg bun the most out of all the food we ordered out of a table of 5. Even if the food was above average here, it is greatly over shadowed by the lack of support staff.
Dy M.
Tu valoración: 1 Toronto, Canada
I had really high hopes for this place because my family had it before and it was amazing. This was my first time here and they ordered food they already tried that were amazing. It is a very pretty restaurant that had wine bottles hanging on a wall. The food was horrendous and the rice that we ordered was cold and not fluffy like day old rice. I would not recommend this place especially since it was so expensive. The dishes look great but the food was horrible!
Lynn C.
Tu valoración: 4 Paris, France
According to my friend, the restaurant was shut down for a while and re-opened recently and she said that the dimsum here is really good, and she is not wrong! Of course, as per usual with her, we happily overordered. Between the three of us, we had: — shrimp dumplings(hargow) — Siumai(what’s that in english?) — beef meatballs — beef rice noodle roll(chunfun) — chicken feet — stewed offals — chiuchow style dumplings(funguo) — beef broth with delicious beef, delicious soup, and delicious dipping sauce We probably ordered more but I can’t seem to remember the rest of it. I would come back, if not just for the beef broth alone.
Tracy T.
Tu valoración: 3 Toronto, Canada
My mom was craving early morning yum cha so I pulled my ass out of bed today on a Saturday morning to fulfil her request. We were very disappointed to find out that this place doesn’t offer early morning discounted prices on weekends. Pretty expensive without it in my opinion. But I guess you get what you pay for. the atmosphere is very comfortable and clean. The food didn’t take too long to arrive and was relatively hot(except the running egg yolk bun which had unfortunately already started to coagulate). The only off-putting thing here that’s worth mentioning is the music choice. As we were seated at around 9:30am, they turned on the speakers and it was straight up 99.9 Virgin Radio. So although I had an enjoyable time jamming to some Tay Tay, Ed Sheeran, and Meghan Trainor as I nibbled my egg yolk bun, I have a feeling the other 60yrs old+ Chinese people here didn’t.
Darryl C.
Tu valoración: 4 Toronto, Canada
One of my favourite spots for Chinese food in the GTA. They’re more of a fusion, traditional food with a twist. BBQ anything is really good here. Had the wasabi shrimp this time round which was ok. Not a favourite of mine but I don’t mind trying new stuff. Always come back when I crave Chinese food.
Patricia G.
Tu valoración: 5 Markham, Canada
I’ve been here before it was renovated. Was kinda cheap looking and run down sketchy, but went to dim sum on Saturday and wowza! Renovated. Its clean and fancy! The décor is not the only think that changed. The food is significantly better than it used to be. I think it’s now comparable to other dim sum places in the area *cough*DragonBoatFusion*cough* We got all the typical dim sum fare, buns, rice, rolls tentacles, tripe, congee. Pork buns were super. Also the rice rolls were extra yum! I’ll be coming back. I’m glad I have a new place to go!