Star King Viet Thai Cuisine

Tried Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Peanut Sauce and Thai Curry Laksa. I wouldn’t order the skewers again. Shrimps were small, bland and dry. On the other hand, Thai Curry Laksa was delicious. Rich and creamy flavour yummy goodness. They also accommodated our request to have rice noodles instead of transparent noodles for Seafood Phở. Forget the atmosphere and service, in terms of food, this restaurant is one of better places for Vietnamese cuisine in the area.

I’ve only had the phở here and what can I say? Phở is phở just about anywhere you go. Overall, the service was what you would expect for a little informal place like this. Just very casual and not over the top at all. Atmosphere was kind of eclectic and interesting. Overall, I’d say it’s a good place to go to grab a good bowl of phở after a long day. No complaints.

When Star King first opened, I thought to myself: «Yes, finally a vietnamese place in midtown that’s not „asian fusion“!».
I have been to Star King at Warden and Steeles, and my chat with the management affirmed they are the same owners.
Yes, pricing is a bit higher than viet in scarborough, west north york, or downtown, but prime Yonge street rent is not cheap. I reviewed their menu with Pho88 of Yonge/​Sheppard and their prices are almost exactly the same. They are also about 25−30% cheaper than Phở King Fabulous across the street.
Do not eat in, if you expect good service (this is not Riz). The service is similar to any fast-​paced viet place in the burbs and downtown.
Phở — decent, broth is not as spiced and aromatic as I like, but clean tasting, toppings very well prepared (tendon meltingly soft, brisket soft, rare is served rare, tripe clean), only herb offered is basil
Rice platters — ok, typical
Spring Rolls — very overpriced at 5.50 for two.
Bun — my favorite here, I prefer the chicken over the pork
Combination Vermicelli — LARGE portion of bun, with additional veg
Salted fish and chicken fried rice — surprisingly good and the ONLY place I can get it in 15 KM radius.
Pad Thai/​Curry — more fast food tomato pad thai, and not traditional, curries overly salty, stick with the viet food here
Takeout is efficient. Items extremely well-​packed.

Very friendly staff, fast service, and great food! We come here often and they never disappoint.
They are very accommodating to bigger groups and the server remember our orders when we go!

I would say it’s more of an 3.5 rating.
The place is small and quaint.
Food was better than expected.
I had …
Mango salad — yummy!
Tom Young soup — yum!
Pai Thai — too sweet but good
Prices were fair considering the location.
Location is a five minute walk from Eglinton Station.
An update in the restaurant would be helpful.
Satisfied my craving.

I do really enjoy this restaurant. They have amazing beef phở! 110 is always my order. I do highly recommend to order their Thai ice tea. I could have 10 glass in one sitting! Literally

A solid 3.5 stars. The food here is awesome! The service could however improve and it’s not the servers, they are all very nice but I don’t think they have enough to take care of busy lunch hours. Nevertheless, it’s a great place in town: recommended for lunch.
Food: 3/​5, the pad Thai is good! The laksa was just ok.
Service: 2/​5, just slow and you need to often get their attention.
Ambience: 3/​5, great overall, some deco here and there and comfortable seating (cushions)
Price 4/​5, about $ 10 per person

The food tasted pretty bland and crappy to be honest.
A lot of their menu is overpriced from the many Viet places I’ve tried.
I felt sick afterwards too (I got BBQ Beef-​Vermecelli-​Spring Roll plate).
The guy working there kept watching me as I ate too, which was awkward as hell.

Another very average North American based Vietnamese restaurant that serves mediocre tasting Vietnamese food. Their noodle based options are just to oily, not fresh enough, and at times one can feel it’s simply either overlooked or reheated more than once :-(

I don’t know how someone can give a 4 star? The beef is so rough and noodle are little. The soup quality is under average. The service was good for my 2 stars. Not a place for good soup.

I’ve been here a few times and enjoyed the rare beef phở. The broth is free of impurities, like quality phở should be, and is quite flavourful. Friendly and attentive staff made it a pleasant experience. I’ll be back for sure.

Overpriced, bland food. You would be better suited to subway down to Spadina and have phở and Thai cuisine there. Service here was the redeeming factor though, fast and efficient.

We go here pretty often because it’s cheap, tasty and filling. Service is pretty quick and they are always friendly. My only beef with them is the beef! I’ve ordered beef and rice dishes a few times and it always tastes really different each time. Sometimes it’s grilled perfectly and other times it has been really dry, like it had been sitting in a fridge for a couple of days and reheated. The chicken and pork with rice is good, and so is their phở. I quite like their broth. It doesn’t make me feel bloated the next day after eating it.
We tried a Thai curry dish once and it wasn’t good. I think their Vietnamese dishes are what should be eaten.

As usual, I walked around this area trying to find a place for lunch (I work in this area) and bumped into Star King. It was on a hot, sunny day but I decided to give it a try.
Phở was decent. The broth was actually good and flavourful compare to some other Vietnamese restaurant I’ve been to. However, the amount of beef and tripe were so little! And they only gave me one piece of tendon! I guess that’s all I could get for a small size.
I also tried many other dishes. The vermicelli wasn’t right. They used the noodle which us Vietnamese mostly put in soup like Bun Bo Hue (Spicy Beef Noodle Soup — Hue Style). For vermicelli dishes, they should use the skinny rice noodle.
Their bbq chicken is good but their pork chop is meh. I ordered pork chop and it was super dry. I also tried the yellow curry before and the broth was too sweet for me. The chicken satay and pork satay I had today were both dry. But their peanut sauce was the bomb. I love the sauce.
The decoration is pretty much random. It’s like a mixed of Vietnamese and Thai in such a small restaurant. Their dim lights give me a dizzy and it’s a bit suffocated. However, the restaurant is very clean.
The staffs are friendly and fast. But the food takes forever to come even when the restaurant isn’t that busy.
Good thing, they just renew their menu and the pricing is reasonable now for some items. Thai Iced Tea with Condense Milk is $ 3 now, instead of $ 3.5 and they also reduce the price for milkshake.
I will always come here when I want Phở while working in this area. Not the best authentic Phở but the best Yonge & Eglinton can offer.

Happy that a good Vietnamese place opened at Yonge and Eg! Phở and vermicelli are both decent — good quantity, moderately priced. Restaurant is clean, good service. Have been there many times.
They also deliver — free of charge!

Typical phở place but with way nicer décor than the others. I got a small phở, which probably wont make you too full for a meal but rather a large sized mid-​afternoon snack size. I also ordered the thai iced tea with milk — not bad but just a little pricey for $ 3.50. My friend got the thai iced tea with lime which was the same price but not as worth it imo since it really is just typical iced tea with a wedge of lime (nothing too special).

I work in the area and was craving pad thai for lunch few weeks ago. So I walked over during my lunch and picked up food to go. I ordered the regular pad thai with a side of the Vietnamese Fresh Shrimp Rolls.
I’ve never been so disappointed in something that I’ve ordered before. The pad thai was super oily and wasn’t warm (my work is a 5 minute walk). The rolls smelled pretty bad. I took a small bite from one and threw the rest out, same with the pad thai. What a waste of food! If I wasn’t so busy with work, I would’ve walked over and asked to speak with the manager about this.
I don’t see myself visiting again after my bad experience.

Recently opened up in the neighborhood, it’s a tasty addition for the fast lunch crowd to be able to have ok viet food, in a nice enough environment. Prices are great and worth the food. Is it the best? Definitely not — but they do a pretty good job.

Great tasting Vietnamese food. Phở was very good. Large menu with great selection. Neighborhood has lacked this type of cuisine until now. Very quick for take out.
Small restaurant makes it difficult to get a table for groups of 6 or more.

Glad to have a Vietnamese place in the neighborhood to satisfy my husbands cravings. The décor is pretty nice and it’s a nice clean place for fast food.
My husband says the phở is pretty good, he being the phở-​lover. Although the first time we came he made the mistake of ordering the small size. If you order the phở please order the regular or extra large size for a few bucks more, you will get at least 2−3x more noodles. The small was so small it seemed like a child’s meal.
The deal seems to be the chicken and pork rice for only 8 dollars. Had sufficient meat and rice to fill me at least but might not be enough for the big appetites. I also tried the pad Thai and I thought it tasted too much like ketchup and had too little chicken. Overall I thought the service was good and the prices were reasonable. We will definitely be back when we are too lazy too cook!