Bali Restaurant

The tea here are very good. The good is very good. And the price is very good. I will come again and again. It’s harder to find but its worth it.

Came here on a Friday afternoon. The place was fairly busy. Small and cozy place run by Chinese.
Lunch comes with option of soup, spring rolls or mango salad. We went with the mango salad. They loaded it with sugar so it tasted really sweet but other than that it was pretty average.
Green curry with beef and rice $ 9.99 — the curry had a nice kick of spiciness to it. The beef was more like beef tendon. The sauce tasted decent with the rice. Nothing spectacular though.
Oxtail in wine sauce with rice $ 14.99 — oxtail was not that tender and was cut really small. Pretty disappointed in the dish. If you want good oxtail dish then try the one at Fav Café.
Overall a pretty average place for a meal.

Authentic Indonesian or not, I am a fan of the Bali Restaurant
Reason #1: Nice and relaxing ambiance. The colours white and dark brown are the theme colours in both the interior decoration and the plate setting (see pictures). The design is clean, bright, contemporary, yet unpretentious. White furniture can be tricky if it is not kept clean. Bali does a fabulous job in keeping the white furniture bright and sparkle. I think Bali can be an inexpensive date restaurant for dinner. This has scored a big plus with my BF.
Reason #2: Reasonably priced lunch combos with reasonable portion. We ordered a beef noodle, a pad thai, and a golden curry dish from the lunch special menu. All the dishes had sufficient portion for lunch. My mom said her beef noodle tasted good. The golden curry dish was spicy. It was my second favourite dish of the meal. It will be our go-​to curry from now on. The pad thai tasted okay/​average. I liked that it didn’t taste like ketchup, and it was not saucy. The best dish, however, was the complimentary tom yam soup. It tasted complex, herbal, and it had heat. Mom totally loved it.
Reason #3: Services was friendly and polite. We arrived early, so the restaurant wasn’t busy. Needless to say, the food arrived quickly.
Pet Peeve: I consider the cuisine here as South East Asian instead of Indonesian. This is because most of the choices in the lunch menu are not Indonesian.

I went with my family (4 ppl) and we all loved it! We ordered the combo for 4 and it was just the right amount, maybe even more than enough.
We all got to choose our own bowl of soup (3 options: tong yum gong, coconut chicken, papaya fish). Had a plate of mango salad, roasted chicken (the skin was so crispy!), pad thai, beef curry w/​rice, pineapple fried rice.
The roasted chicken, pad thai, and fried rice was on point the curry was not that special in comparison
It also came with a small bowl dessert soup at the end and we rly liked that too.
Our final bill was about $ 67

An amazing restaurant with some of the best service around. They are a small restaurant with limited staff but everyone there is warm and welcoming. The food is by fair some of the best south asian cuisine around. The beef brisket curry is out of this world.

3.5
Came with a large group. We didn’t all fit at one table, so we had two tables next to one another. The tables were really close together. It was quite awkward trying to get in and out from between them. Service was spotty — owner was delightful, but some of the servers gave us attitude. One of them also announced very loudly to the entire restaurant (in the middle of our meal) that the restaurant was out of all chicken dishes except Hainanese chicken. Um… not okay.
Had:
Fish soup — fish broth with papaya. Tasted like fish. ’nuff said.
Coconut chicken soup — something like that. Standard stuff.
Mango salad — not as sour as some other mango salads I’ve had. That’s a point in my book. I don’t like sour mangoes. Also slivers of red onions and stuff. And cilantro.
Indonesian chicken — I think that’s what it was called. Super crispy skin. Chicken was tender, but not super tender. A tad too salty. Big pieces of chicken though. Wish they had been cut smaller. Served with peanut sauce.
Grilled pork chops — also served with peanut sauce. Nothing special, but good.
Meatballs in broth — yep. Meatballs floating around in broth. Also some kind of Chinese veggie. I forget what kind.
Pad Thai — good stuff. Wish I had more than one mouthful. Will note on this later.
Pineapple fried rice — not bad. Couldn’t find the pineapple in my two mouthfuls though. There was seafood though.
Pork hock — some kind of gingery, sweet pork hock. Not as strong as the ginger/​vinegar stuff that Chinese people eat after someone has a baby. Probably my favorite dish of the night, and the reason this restaurant isn’t being given a 3 star rating.
Green curry chicken — Didn’t have this. Heard it was spicy.
Some kind of shrimp stew — good sized shrimp. Heads still on. Super shrimpy sauce. Yum.
Yellow curry brisket — either yellow curry or Malaysian curry. Quite enjoyed this one. Have had it better at other places, but not many other places. Also tendon. I like tendon. Also small chunks of potatoes.
Pomfret with thick coconut sauce — coconut sauce wasn’t thick. More like creamy than thick. We ended up drinking the sauce after we ate the fish. Tasted creamy, coconutty, and fishy.
Pomfret with tofu– ubiquitous brown sauce. Good stuff.
Drinks:
Mango coconut drink — lots of fresh mango taste. No coconut. Yeah… not impressed. If I wanted straight up mango, I’d have ordered the mango juice.
Indonesian tea with condensed milk — had a bit of difficulty ordering this one. That’s its actual name on the menu. When ordered in English, it caused a lot of confusion. In Cantonese, which the owner had to clarify with the server, they just called it milk tea. Cuz they only have one kind of milk tea. Yeah. Apparently, the waiter didn’t know it was milk tea. Taste-​wise, it was delightful at the beginning; even a tad sweet. Definitely tasted the condensed milk. Then, as I got to them middle, it just tasted like milk tea. No more condensed milk taste. =(
So we came with 15 people (2 of them were kids). We ordered 2 meals for 5 people, and we ordered 4 other main dishes. We also ordered extra soup. We ate EVERYTHING. Absolutely no leftovers. Portions aren’t very big. I actually left about 55−60% full.
Free dessert was a sweet soup with red bean and other stuff in it. Small dishes, more like saucers than bowls.
I’ll come again to give it another go (my parents are big fans, and we got 10% off VIP cards), but right now, this is where I stand.

They have a decent lunch menu here, but the biggest beef is that they always seem to run out of their specials. They have a fantastic crispy chicken that is never in stock, and a really delicious coconut curry chicken that also is never available. When you can get it, it’s awesome. When you can’t, you wonder why you keep trying to come back to this place.
The laksa is decent, but they seem to use some pretty fancy looking dishes which immediately makes my meal look smaller than I’d like it to be. A laksa to me is a pretty homey dish, so for the portion to be small makes me sad. Same goes with their soups. The flavour is amazing, but the portions are small :(Their mango salad is pretty spot on though, and it comes with a lot of things as a small side.
Their lunch specials are a good price for what you get, and the service is very friendly here. The place fills up quickly during lunch and dinner, and it seems people call in advance to reserve some crispy chicken, so you best do the same when you stop by!

Hidden gem in the plaza across from World Bowl! Amazing food and friendly service! Ordered the combo for 4, LOVED their Indonesian chicken! The yellow curry beef brisket and pad Thai are really delicious too! Will definitely go back!

Came on a Monday night with my dad and there were a few tables filled. I ordered the dinner combo with Tom yum soup, chicken skewers and the pad Thai with chicken and shrimp. My dad ordered the hainan chicken and rice also with Tom yum soup and beef skewers instead.
The Tom yum soup was nice and hot with a good amount of spicy and sour taste. My dad and I had one of each of the chicken and beef skewers which were delicious along with the peanut sauce that came with it. The pad Thai I got had a good flavour but the noodles were just slightly harder than I would’ve liked. I’m not sure if they can do it spicy as I forgot to ask but I think a little heat would’ve made it even better. I tried the chicken from my dads dish which was juicy and delicious as well. He said the rice was also very aromatic and went along with the chicken great. They also gave complimentary dessert. A little bowl of sago dessert soup with red bean and some other stuff (ja ja in Chinese).
Overall the food was definitely good. The service was also good. The ladies were helpful and friendly although when my dad’s dish came there was a little piece of hair in it. The waitress apologized and was going to change it but my dad said it was fine and just didn’t eat the piece that touched the hair (I think he was hungry…). They gave us a 10% discount on the bill as well which I wasn’t expecting. The total came to about $ 29 which was reasonable for the amount of food. I will def be back to try the curry and Indonesian chicken that other Unilocalers talked about.

I’ve been here for both the lunch and dinner specials and it has been delicious both times.
The specials are great as they usually come with appetizers, main course and dessert.
I would definitely recommend all of the appetizers.
Tom Yum Soup
–One of the best tom yum soups I’ve had. Quite flavourful and just enough spice.
Beef/​Chicken Skewer
–Great with the peanut sauce they supply
Mango Salad
–Refreshing especially if you’ve ordered a hot meal. I personally found it great right after having the Tom Yum Soup
Everytime I’ve been to this restaurant I’ve ordered the Singapore Laksa and I would recommend it for those who go to the restaurant. It’s the first item on the dinner special menu and there’s seafood, noodles and vegetables mixed in the broth. However, something I was disappointed with was the order the food came in. For some reason my Singapore Laksa came first before our appetizers and my friend’s main dish. My other friend usually orders the curry and that took a while to make.
Something we were not aware of was the different types of curry there was. The first time, my friend ordered the red/​yellow curry which was just enough spice. This time she thought she would try the green curry and it was super spicy! It might be great for those who can really handle super spicy but it was too strong for my taste too. We were not aware the green curry was the «spiciest» of all the curry and wish the server had told us. We had to get a couple of glasses of water after that. Eventually, we told one of the servers it was too spicy and she made it less spicier when we took it to go and offered us dessert.
The staff is friendly, however I’m sure if you speak their native language you will get much better service. My Chinese isn’t that great, and as soon as we spoke Chinese they knew we were «CBCs» and called us «jook sings» (I didn’t know what that meant at first, but I’ve learned it pretty much means CBCs).

Friendly staff — good service.
TOM YUM SOUP ⁴⁄₅
Not too spicy, I think I’d choose this as my favourite thing on the menu.
MANGO SALAD ⁴⁄₅
I want to know what sauce they use to make this! I love this! Makes a great appetizer to start off your meal
BEEF SKEWERS 2.5÷5
The meat is a little too soft — they might have marinated the beef too long?
BEEF BRISKET CURRY RICE ¹⁄₅
I’d prefer if they add more coconut milk broth onto the curry. The curry they had was on the bitter end (for some odd reason.?). It actually reminded me of Chinese herbal medicines. I don’t like this at all: S
JAJA (DESSERT) ³⁄₅
Mmm this was good! It was warm when we got this, would’ve tasted better if it was hot — but the flavour makes up for it!

Laksa, Indonesia rice, hai nan chicken rice… if you have an asian favor, then you should come. My laksa was below average but the Indonesia fried rice was yummy

Not good.
Called for take out. my order is 2x hainanese chicken, 1x laksa, 1x chicken wings, 1x indo fried rice and 1x stir fried veggie. I had to wait for 50 mins for my order and was told last minute that they didn’t hv time to cook my fried rice.
Service was not the only problem. It’s soooo bland, no heat, no salt just flat. And it’s pretty over price consider its location and small portions. Won’t go back.

Walking into to the restaurant, you are welcomed with a clean, nicely designed and friendly staff. Compared to other restaurants at similar price points, this place was quite impressive in décor. In terms of food, I found it to be good. It wasn’t spectacular, but I would come back again. I found that there wasn’t too much msg in their food and it was clean tasting, though others may interpret that as being bland. I liked that the server took the time to wait to bring us our milk teas at the end instead of throwing them on the table like most places immediately. I ordered fhe beef and tomato noodles. The beef was tender and the tomatoes were actually peeled! I wasnt expecting that. Overall, this was a nice quiet place that was very comfortable and good food at a reasonable price.

Bali Restaurant… Being Indonesian, how could I not try a restaurant called Bali? I was hoping to find some familiar foods but it turns out that this place is more of a fusion restaurant with Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian-​inspired dishes.
Since we were a group of 4, we went along with their higher-​priced set course for 4. We tried one of each soup — tom yum and coconut chicken. I liked the tom yum but I found the coconut chicken soup a bit too salty. Unfortunately, the saltiness continues throughout the rest of the meal with the fish, the curry, and the chicken dishes. Saltiness aside, the roast chicken had a nice crispy skin and I enjoyed the whole fish dish with veggies.
Service is actually pretty nice, although some servers were hard to communicate with in English. The Owner came around and spoke to each of the tables and I found out she’s from Macau and the cook is Thai. She asked how everything was and she seemed to genuinely want to know so I told her that the food was on the salty side. She was gracious about the comment and said she would mention it to the chef which I appreciate.
They were quite busy on the Thanksgiving Monday dinner and seemed to have lots of regulars dropping in. Not sure if I would come back often but I wish them well and think they have a good customer base.

Been here multiple times, always on a Sunday afternoon. I’d say generally after coming here for over 3 months that it’s consistent. It’s not spectacular but it’s decent.
Many people say it’s really salty, but I’ve never found that, I must have some high tolerance.
Today I had the beef brisket with noodle soup. Basically this is Vietnamese Phở with beef brisket. You’re gonna get 5 or 6 pieces of brisket on top of Vietnamese noodles with onions and noodles. It was alright for $ 6.99, but I think you get more by going to a Phở restaurant.
I’ve had the fish in tomato soup noodle, it’s not really tomato soup, but tomatoes in soup. I quite like this one actually, it tastes like how you’d imagine tomatoes in soup.
Overall I always found the this place good value, portions aren’t big but neither are the prices.
The milk tea that comes with the noodle soups are very strong and sweet at the same time, strong meaning a lot of tea flavor. And while I think it tastes good, I always feel like it’s a little small.
I keep coming back, so I must be ok with it. There are other items like the laksa and pad thai which all look like decent enough with no complaints.

The food and service were decent/​good.
Tom Yum Goong Soup:
It had a good balance of sweet, spicy and tartness with sliced mushrooms and decent size shrimps.
Mango Salad:
It had julienne red peppers, red onions, mango and cilantro — quite refreshing
Hainanese Chicken with Rice:
The chicken were decent and boneless which was great. The sauce however was lacking salt and spice. The chicken oil rice was decent, not the best I’ve had.
Chicken Green Curry:
If you’re a coconut fan and love your spice, then this is your dish. This dish has a lot of chickens, peppers and bamboo shoots that can be shared amongst 2 people.
Overall, I will definitely come back and try their Indonesian Fried Rice, for I saw the table next to me ordering it and it looked great with the shrimp chips and a fried egg!

30 for 30:
I’m surprised by all the low reviews for this place.
Let’s start with what we ate. The 7 of us ordered a set meal that included:
–Tom yum soup with shrimp– decent
–Mango salad– great start! One of the best dishes. Very fresh
–Indonesian style chicken– didn’t try it
–Pepper shrimp– ok
–Chicken curry– didn’t try
–Pork neck– didn’t try
–Vietnamese rice noodles– these were ok but my aunt had raved about them (from a previous visit here) so they didn’t quite live up to those expectations
–Chinese broccoli
–Red bean dessert soup– passed on this. Never been a fan
We paid extra for the skewer platter which was attractive and delicious.
We also ordered a laksa. Unfortunetely, it came with chicken but I just picked it out.
The set meal is a great deal and was suggested to be for 6. With the laksa and skewer platter, we had more than enough food.
The main problem is that there’s not much of a kick to the spice factor considering its Southeast Asian food.
Also, I would have given this 4 stars, but my aunt found a piece of metal netting in her soup. Fail. MAJOR fail.
I understand this doesn’t always happen but I suggest the restaurant work on their safety regulations and add a little more kick to their food. If those things could be fixed, we might have ourselves a winner.

Bali has steadily become better (if that is even possible) because I CAN confirm the (very) occasional presence of an English-​speaking waitress! Jokes aside, as I slowly become a regular, I find the service level goes up and the mistakes go down drastically. The owner apparently also does a part-​time job working at Fairchild TV and when she finishes there for the day she goes here to open her restaurant. Hats off to her for that!
I’ve come back many times since my initial reviews, steadily bringing family and friends, and as we’ve become regulars, we are treated as old friends. This is a very positive trait because restaurants often take their older customers for granted.
New things to tell you:
— Wasn’t able to take pictures of the menu that were good quality but could share that they also have a combo for 4 for $ 48 that includes four soups (choice of TomYum or coconut chicken… BOTH ARE VERY GOOD), green mango salad, grilled chicken, choice of curry, pad thai, and choice of fried rice (I recommend the salted fish fried rice)
— Restaurant has gotten steadily busier, I guess word is starting to spread
— They also have a combo for 6 for $ 72, and when we ordered that once (there was 6 of us), the owner threw in an extra dish on the house. APPROVE.
Yep, Bali’s gotten better in my books :)
Now if I could actually find a real Indonesian restaurant in Toronto before I become a middle-​aged man…

Lunch Specials at Bali Restaurant are good value from $ 4.99 includes a drink or from $ 6.99 includes a appetizer.
Singapore Laksa with milk tea ($ 6.99)
— Dear friends, that is the real colour of the soup based. without me photoshopped it!
— Lack the spiciness and really really lame. does have a rich taste of coconut milk without much curry taste
— I know, you said I should have request more spicy. but this Laksa is definitely a modified versions that fit the Chinese palate
— portion wise a little small… really small in fact!
— Milk tea was served lukewarm… and presweetened
Pad Thai with Mango Salad ($ 7.50)
— Mango Salad nicely done, great use of coriander. and the mango being in season makes this a great dish
— Pad Thai is sizable. and served pipping hot! I really enjoyed that… but as usual it was the food I ordered today. someone else food tasted so much better!
I would suggest for Lunch Specials, stick with the rice dishes and fried noodles dishes. the soup noodle will leave you feeling hungry and you might have to go for a second lunch!