C’est Bon

Had General Tsao chicken here for the first time. The service wasn’t particularly friendly and it felt like a long time to wait for my food (keep in mind I was one of the only people there). At least my drink was cold?
The food was decent. I’ve certainly had better though. The décor in the building looks cheap and artificial. They really should repaint that roof. It looks ghastly and unkempt.
If I’m ever in the area, I might consider trying this place out one more time but then again, why even bother? I’d be better off with the Subway next door…

The annual Jewish tradition is Chinese food on Christmas. Any half way decent Chinese place should be rammed to the gills with Bubi’s and the collected Mishbuka (sic?), desperate to get their nosh on.
The fact that C’est Bön was a quarter full on Christmas Day should have been our first warning sign. The inclusion of only forks and no chopsticks should have been another. I have nothing against American Chinese food and its important contributions to North American food (see General Taio, Chop Suez, Chicken balls… the list goes on), but it has to be done well, which means an that some things on the menu that aren’t completely bland and «westernized»
I had the large chicken Lo Mein. The meat was meh, the sauce was meh and the portion was huge. Sigh.
This may have passed muster with an older generation but I hope that most younger food inclined people in Toronto have at least been to a few spots in Chinatown or to the great Chinese Cuisine heartlands in Markham and points north, You can also get half decent noodles at all the generic pan-​Asian places uptown. (Hello Spring Roles!)
There is so much more to Chinese food than big portions of badly sauced noodles and boring veggies. Ces’t Bön Bills itself as authentic but its just not done well.

C’est Mauvais is a very disappointing restaurant. The service is very slow and one of our orders were completely forgotten. When we first went in, the server told us to wait while she cleaned our table. Then she left us standing there while she went to go refill drinks and get orders from other tables. It took 5 minutes to just getting seated. We asked for napkins which took another 10 minutes. Then the food took another 35+ minutes. It was tiny portions. We ordered 4 items which totaled to $ 48. I can probably get just as much food for half the price at any other respectable restaurant. The spicy food was just salty and the «top selling» Eggplant was not spicy or salty but merely a bland, hot mess. I recommend this restaurant for first dates that you accepted out of politeness that you want to shrug off.
PS: You can get take out if you want. You won’t have to deal with service. Only the food.

Still a 3 rating (see my previous review).
Rather disappointed with this expensive but average Chinese Food restaurant.
The Breaded Shrimp is still nice — and it’s nice that they let you choose small or large portions of a number of their items — but the other 4 things I ordered tonight were either average or below average.
The 4 other things I ordered tonight I would NOT order again.
The Beef with Broccoli was more expensive than any other place I’ve ordered from — and it was bland and not as nice a texture as elsewhere, and the spicy wings were only OK. Only Average or slightly below. The Manchu noodles were edible — but average. The Pork ribs were fair — slightly dry and hard.
(After reading the other reviews for this restaurant I think I may be done with this place. I’m throwing out the menus. There are too many other choices available.)

Do not eat here! I purchased takeout of the Mixed Veggies, Salt and Pepper Squid, and Shrimp Egg Rolls for me and my friends today for lunch, October 6^th, 2015. The order was supposed to feed 3 people, and it was portioned for 1 person only.
But that wasn’t the only problem with our order, our food was spoiled. The vegetable order was spoiled with black mold growing on the vegetables. The squid was tasting spoiled too. This was my first and last time I’m ordering from C’est Bön ever again. And what really grossed me out about this place was that while I was waiting to speak to management, another customer called in to let them know that their order was spoiled as well. Customers beware! Not worth it, go somewhere else!!!

This place is terrible. I am just writing a quick review to balance the strangely high rating.
The place is called C’est Bön — what kind of Chinese restaurant has a French name?
Anyway, the food is worse than the Chinese food you get at the mall.
It’s particularly bad. Toronto doesn’t have any good places to order Chinese food. If you want good Chinese food, you’ll have to head to Chinatown. Otherwise, order a pizza.

Chinese in a big city. Better than most, but still very predictable. The General Tao was excellent.

I occasionally come here for lunch, until yesterday, i have decided i cannot ever come back to eat again.
I asked the server if there was anything with soup and noodles, the lady gave me a choice of pork or chicken.
I chose chicken. The lady then brought me noodles in soup with sliced chicken. After i had a couple of bites, the lady asked how was the food as they have never served this before.
Everything was ok until when i got back to work, i began to get cold sweats, then began to vomit. I got sick from the noodles.
Unfortunately, I don’t think i will risk to come back again.

I have not even finished my meal yet, just the appetizers, and this restaurant is so damn good, I’m writing my review now.
If you seek American-​style Chinese, this is the LAST place in Toronto that does a top notch job. Do yourself a favor, and come and eat the food immediately.

I have ordered from here several times and tonight was my first time coming in person. The food is amazing, we had the spicy peanut tofu, chicken spring rolls, and wonton soup. Everything was delicious and the service was fast and friendly. The prices were very reasonable and the restaurant was incredibly clean and quiet. I would definitely recommend this place to anybody. You won’t be disappointed.

It’s standard Canadian-​style Chinese food, done fairly well but it’s not going to rock your world or anything. Had the Kungpo chicken, mixed veggies, and shrimp-​fried rice, all were good.

Over priced, below average in selection, below average in taste.
Not entirely bad, but u can get much better and at a more reasonable price elsewhere.
If you have to stay in the area, I guess u can do worst, but it’s not somewhere I would recommend.

As the immortal Inigo Montoya said «lemme esplain, no, there is too much, lemme summup». This is a teeny restaurant with a French name that serves Chinese food while playing European classical music. They’ve been around for more than 10 years so clearly they are doing something right. They have about 10 parking spots in a tight lot (shared by the Subway next door) and about 10 tables. The décor is nice but the tables are kind of low-​end, one of ours was wobbly. The restaurant is clean and the atmosphere is pleasant except for the subway rumbling underneath you every so often. The bonus is that they have a patio, but it faces the parking lot and Yonge St. I noticed that they used a tea bag instead of loose tea leaves so for those who are picky about their brew that might be a turn off; on the plus side you don’t get tea leaf build-​up in your little cup. If you have never experienced the joys of deep-​fried chocolate you absolutely must try the fried Mars bar (which apparently was invented in Scotland?) it is ridiculously good. The place was pretty empty for a Saturday night, so we enjoyed unhurried but prompt service. The food was very good and when they say something is spicy they mean it’s spicy. It is traditional Chinese fare where you’d order a couple of different dishes to share. We go mainly for the Mars bar.

I love chinese, and I was frequenting this place regularly. What stopped me was that their customer service is sometimes okay, and sometimes AWFUL. They don’t serve what I like to order on the weekends. And also, I wanted my sweet and sour sauce on the side instead of on my chicken balls and they said IMPOSSIBLE! I asked if I could even just pay extra for more on the side and they still said NO! who runs a business like that??? The real kicker was when a guy came in and bought food for TEN people and the guy told him if he wants more than two packets of hot sauce he has to pay extra! cheap !!!

Before you read this review, I am Korean and my companion is Chinese, and we both have been to many, many Chinese restaurants in Toronto, Markham, Richmond Hill and North York. Compared to those Chinese restaurants, this was quite a disappointment. The only reason we tried the food here is because we live at Yonge and Eglinton. The conclusion we have is there are NO good chinese restaurants around here.
On a Saturday night, we decided to get Chinese take-​out and watch some basketball on TV at our place. We ordered House steamed pork dumplings and Ma-​Po Tofu with Minced Chicken. Please note that we did not taste our order immediately after being cooked, so perhaps that is the reason for how it tasted, but then again, I don’t really think so. First of all, the pork dumplings had some mightly thick wrappers and the filling wasn’t that tasty, compared to other dumplings I’ve tasted at other Chinese restaurants. They did not provide enough sauce. The Ma-​Po tofu is a favourite of mine and this wasn’t a bad rendition but they did not provide any rice. I don’t know how it is at «White-​people style» Chinese restaurants, but anytime you order Ma-​Po tofu at other Chinese restaurants, they always provide rice. What else soaks up all the sauce? It tasted okay, the sauce was well seasoned but they did not give enough. The tofu was cooked nicely and the chicken was a bit dry.
Given the price and SMALL portions, this restaurant does not stand up against any other Chinese restaurants in the GTA area. If you are in desperate need of okay Chinese food, you can come here. Also I wanted to mention, on a Saturday night, this place was completely empty while surrounding restaurants were filled.

I’ve been here twice — and it’s my new fav place for that chinese food craving.
The staff here are friendly, especially the manager. He takes extra care when serving you.
Restaurant is clean and modern.
I’ve been here for the lunch specials.
Both times I ordered the General Tao Chicken. It comes with rice and some veggies.
I have a feeling that chinese tradition the veggies are served cold which is new to me. I find it odd since this is the second chinese place that has done this to me. Not a fan of my broccoli being cold but I just leave that to the side.
The portion is generous and just enough to stuff you for the rest of the day.
Most specials come with a spring roll OR soup.
And to top it all off you get a fortune cookie in the end…
Hope your fortune is a good one! :)

Cheap, big portions, huge selection of items, and quick take out. What more could you want in a Chinese restaurant?
They have the typical non-​authentic combo plates: fried rice, chicken balls, chicken chop suey, and an egg roll, all comes in a huge take out container than feels like it weighs about 10 pounds, for $ 7. There is also a mix of more authentic dishes, and a dozen or so vegetarian dishes, if you’re in to that.
Dessert choices are a fried mars bar or fried banana, according to their online menu. Ok, sure. Just roll with it.

Doesn’t seem to matter much what you order; consistently good Chinese with items that can be hard to find in a neighborhood spot.
Moo Shu, fried pork dumplings, Crispy Ginger Beef, and a decent mango salad all hearty recommendations. Service is good too… compared to the passive aggressive sullen pusses you get too often.

Not fancy, not fine dining, not exclusive, but tasty and simple. I go there often since it is steps away from my workplace at Yonge and Eglinton. The lunch specials are good (soup + choice of dish + spring roll for around $ 9). The pad thai is good — not unique but tastes good. I really enjoyed the spicy basil thai fried rice.
Good service too. They delayed my companion’s meal by a few minutes so mine was waiting. They were extremely apologetic and took my food to reheat it in the microwave.
Nice place if you want a casual chinese meal.

C’est Bön means «It’s good» in French. Personally, I think this place is more than good, it’s awesome!
C’est Bön is a Chinese restaurant that offers not only Chinese food but Thai and some Japanese cuisine as well. The restaurant is small, cozy, warm looking, very clean and has very friendly staff who provide excellent service. I love the look of their dark furniture, beautiful Asian décor and calm atmosphere.
The menu consists of: appetizers, dim sum (steamed & pan-​fried), soup that include spicy Thai soup & chicken wonton. They also have fish, crispy duck, a variety of rice and noodle dishes, sweet & sour, chop suey, vegetarian meals, manchu & szechuan dishes, C’est Bön ‘all time favourite’ options that include General Tsao chicken & shrimps in lobster sauce etc. This is just to give you an idea; there are tons of other dishes.
I’ve tried plenty of their dishes and I’ve been happy with all of them. My personal favourites have to be the general tsao tofu ($ 9.95), orange chicken ($ 10.50) and szechuan chicken noodles ($ 10.50). The food here is not oily or salty like you may find in other Chinese restaurants. Everything is cooked perfectly, the food quality is great and the dishes are presented very nicely. The portions are good and the prices here are very reasonable too. Besides the gigantic dinner menu, they also have a great inexpensive lunch menu.
Overall, C’est Bön is a great pan-​Asian restaurant. I would recommend making reservations if you’re planning to go in the evening since this place is small and can fill up pretty fast. Don’t forget to order the ice-​cream for dessert; they take it too the next level here. I ordered vanilla ice-​cream and it was presented to me in a cocktail glass goblet full of ice-​cream drizzled with gooey caramel and strawberry sauce and dusted with cinnamon! This is a perfect way to end any meal.