This is our favourite yum-cha place in Toronto. We'd be there every week if it wasn't for the…read moreCALORIEEEEEES! It is a feel-good place which has been around forever. They've retained the same staff for decades who remember their customers. The food: 4.5/5 for the har-gao, generously stuffed with beautiful, fresh shrimps. Extremely delicious. Wrapper was ever so slightly thick, -05 star. 5/5 for the char-sieu cheung fan. Pork was surprisingly lean which added to the deliciousness. 5/5 for the huge "wonton" in soup, stuffed with octopus, conpoy, pork and mussels. A DELICIOUS SURPRISE. 1,000/5 for my favourite menu item the curry cuttlefish. Tender, not over-steamed, light curry flavour. Sublime. How I love Tak Fu. It warm, it's welcoming, it's loud, it's laughter, it's the sound of happiness! Reminds me of the restaurants in Kowloon.

Tak Fu even prices things the old-school way (by dish, no specials) with categories ranging from…read more$5.99 (S) to $9.99 (SP). Tea's a humble $1.50 a person, softening the blow of slightly higher food prices. So, what's so special about Tak Fu? Start with the siu mai or steamed pork dumpling ($7.99). Most places pulverize the pork into springy meatballs. Not here. The pork is hand-chopped, juicy, and tender, breaking apart easily with each bite. Finely diced mushrooms add a hit of umami, while a plump shrimp crowns the top instead of being hidden inside - simple, balanced, and traditional. Then there's the har gow or De fu steamed shrimp dumpling ($8.99). The shrimp are properly cleaned and not over-tenderized, keeping their natural flavour and crunch. They're cooked just right, encased in a slightly thick but satisfyingly elastic wrapper. The steamed bean curd roll with satay sauce ($7.99) is dense and hearty... half a roll will do. Its filling leans pork-and-cabbage heavy, more like a spring roll in taste, so it's not as exciting flavour-wise but still comforting. For a contrast, the steamed rice noodle roll with fried dough in special style ($7.99). The hot, crunchy fritter wrapped in silky rice noodle is spot-on texturally, though the hoisin and sesame sauces could be thicker. Maybe they're thinned out for easier pouring? The steamed rice noodle roll with BBQ pork ($7.99) is stuffed to the gills with big chunks of meat and nothing else. Pair any rice roll with the congee with preserved egg and pork ($8.99) and you've got a hearty solo meal. The pork's properly seasoned, the preserved egg plentiful, and the texture rich and smooth. For something lighter, go for the dried scallop & seafood dumpling in soup ($8.99). It takes time, but arrives piping hot with a massive dumpling stuffed with shrimp, octopus, scallop, mushrooms, and BBQ pork - generous and satisfying. The deep-fried squid ($9.99) might just be the best I've had: crisp, tender, and barely battered. There's also plenty of it to go around. Say what you will, Tak Fu doesn't skimp on portions. Even their fried rice noodle with beef ($13.99) impresses. Sliced beef, bean sprouts, and onions get a good kiss of wok hay, and those caramelized onion bits add a hit of flavour. A solid, classic version. If you can wait half an hour, end with the steamed milk ($7.99) for dessert. Lightly sweet, perfumed with ginger, it's a silky, nostalgic treat you won't find in many places anymore.

Despite a sea of 2-,3-, and 4 star reviews, I'm going to leave a 5-star review here because of my…read moreexperience: The food was delicious (my favorite dish was the lobster seasoned in black bean sauce), the prices are pretty reasonable and my family and I had a wonderful time eating here. The service is efficient and fast, and the table we were seated at was clean and with enough room to accommodate for a walker.

This is THE Perfect 24-hour dim sum restaurant in Toronto... because it's the only one!…read more Having been around since the 1980s this restaurant is almost legendary. Unfortunately it seems stuck in the old ages and has since built itself a reputation of being dingy and serving poorer quality food. With so many other better Chinese restaurants having opened since and Chinese people being notorious for flocking to where better food is, I wonder how much longer this establishment can survive. Nevertheless, it is handy to have this 24-hour option located in the middle of Scarborough and they do have a fairly large selection of dim sum and dinner options served throughout the day. Having been here for dinner and lunch, I would say that the dinner plates are better overall, such as the lobster being decent. In general though, this restaurant is a far cry from perfect, and is more like a cheap and somewhat cheerful cultural legacy that has lots of seating, lots of history, but underwhelming food.

I have been coming to Lily Delights Dim Sum for several years. It is a store that makes and sells…read morefrozen dim sums. It is located in a plaza where there are many stores that sell Chinese food. The place sometimes look closed, but you have to ring the doorbell to get service.

Discovered this place during Covid when we were all nervous about eating in. Love picking up my…read morefrozen dim sum here. Owner is super nice and food is amazing. Just follow the cooking/heating instructions and you're good to go!

Lots of parking in front of this restaurant/in the plaza. The place looks modern and spacious…read more There is a big dragon statue overlooking the main dining room. There are also private dining rooms for a more intimate experience. We came for dinner and I was pleasantly surprised at the food. Many of the dishes were individually served and presented nicely. The servers were also super friendly and talkative!

While The Queen Seafood Cuisine's website highlights lavish set menus featuring jumbo lobster and…read moreking crab, they also offer less extravagant options. As a guest at a family celebration, I didn't catch the exact price of our menu, but judging from similar ones online, I'd estimate it around $798. Before committing to a $1,000+ spread, it's worth visiting to explore the more accessible offerings. The roasted suckling pig with jellyfish is a dish of contrasts: warm, rich pork paired with cool, crunchy jellyfish. It may have been my portion, but the pork leaned slightly fatty. Still, it was moist with a delicate, crispy skin. Instead of the usual deep-fried crab claw, Queen's serves a scallop with shrimp paste. It's easier to eat with a knife and fork, and while the sauce softens the crisp exterior, it adds a savoury depth without overwhelming the seafood. The crispy salted egg yolk prawns were impressively large and well cooked. I don't usually gravitate towards salted egg yolk, finding it heavy, but here it added a pleasant richness. Since the coating sits on the shell, it's easy to control how much you get. I also appreciated the inclusion of vegetables throughout the meal. The scallops came with gai lan, while the prawns were paired with broccoli, helping balance out the richness. Swapping out the usual shark fin soup, the bird's nest soup with minced chicken and egg white was a welcomed change. The broth was thick and silky, but the minced chicken added some much-needed texture. This is a long review for the rest go to Gastro World.

A dim sum restaurant inside a literal mansion!…read more From the outside, you won't be able to tell that this is a restaurant. It's really a huge mansion that is turned into a Chinese restaurant, so the spacing of the interior is leveled like a house. There's no large open area for you to have bigger parties here as it has many levels when you're inside. The interior is on the older side with a lot of large paintings and gold coloured decor. I came for dim sum at lunch time and was seated prompted after arriving. You order from a sheet and give your order in to the staff (no push cart dim sum here). Food came out pretty quickly and was good. We got the classics like chicken feet, siu mai, pork ribs, rice rolls, turnip cake, taro balls, sticky rice and milk tarts. All were decent but nothing out of this world. I think I'd still prefer other restaurants for dim sum, as the vibe/ lighting/ decor inside this restaurant really threw me off. Still a nice to try place though!

Noticed they reopened when we drove by the other day (they have been closed for major renovations…read morefor nearly a year and a half - suspect also financial and perhaps ownership change) Decor has changed radically. Has a more modern China feel with a tv playing either Karaoke or Cantonese news. Several rooms were named after Chinese or British Universities for some reason. Service was ok. Not as upscale as it was before. Not bad per se. just not quite inline with how it looks. Food was hit or miss: Har how: Solid and big. A good premium version for what is the most important dim sum dish. Siu Mai : medium sized and average. They used to be way bigger. Chicken feet: good portion and whole prices. Nowadays, most Chinese dim sum restaurants will cut these in half and serve you when I announced it only be 2 to 3 pieces in total. This dish had six full chicken feet if not more. Good value. Shanghai soup dumplings: mediocre. I will not get these again. Pan fried turnip cake: nice and thick and delicious. You could definitely tell that there's actual turnip in there. I've noticed that many dim sum restaurants have dramatically reduced the amount of turnip inside of these because the turnip is getting more expensive. This place did not. Chiu Chou dumplings: these were solid. I would get these again. Beef balls with bean curd skin: these tasted decent and I think the quality is there. However they are quite small. Pang fried chives dumplings: two oily and a taste wasn't there. I won't order these again. Feels like this Restaurant change ownership as well as all the chefs. Looking at the dinner menu there's a lot of hot pot and surprisingly karaoke options as well. It looks like they have changed to cater towards chinese rich kids. I used to think this was the best in some restaurant in Toronto. Unless this changes dramatically, I don't think I'll be coming back here anymore. At least not for dim sum.

Just like today is going to be "review day" (shooting for 5, on the heels of the bunch I wrote last…read morenight), Saturday, Feb.22nd '20 was the unofficial "Parent nostalgia day" in Toronto, where, for lunch, we went to Very Fair - a place my wife's father used to frequent so much, they knew him by name - and for dinner we went to a place my parents favored when they were living. Very Fair is ostensibly a "seafood restaurant", as are many of the Chinese restaurants that want to appear respectable: fresh, swimming, seafood is highly favored by snobbish Chinese foodies, especially those hailing from Hong Kong. As such, this "hole-in-the-ground" restaurant (literally, since you have to go down to the basement) boasts tanks of live fish, lobsters, crabs... right in the dining area. There are a few private dining rooms, ideal for majong players, but the dining area is small for a "regular" Chinese restaurant - I'd guess the open area seats maybe 120. They have been around for a long, long time: Agnes' dad passed away in 2005, and back then Very Fair was considered an "old establishment"! And it feels old. Not sure if they've actually refurbished the place in the recent decade or longer, but if you have to guess... Well anyway. Our late lunch found a very empty place. We were going to go with dim sum and skedaddle, but their special of lobster with noodles caught our eye - who can resist a lobster dish for less than $15 USD? It came OK, definitely on the greasy side. While it didn't taste bad or anything, it may or may not have been swimming right up till the time it drew its last breath. But it was a whole lobster (or close to it - we did not try putting the chopped up pieces together, forensics-like), and I'd guess pound-and-a-quarter. We tried a few dim sum too. The har gau LOOKED very presentable, but upon sampling, we discovered it to be quite un-Trump-like (meaning, it was not thin-skinned). The tea was decent.

Before covid, this is one of the classic Chinese restaurants we used to visit for dimsum and family…read moredinners as their restaurant is big and spacious. Currently, they have some set dinner combos available for takeout at a special price. My parents decided to try out this combo they are offering which includes a lobster, abalone, shark fin, mushroom with beef, goose feet and roast pig. Overall, the food was great and the portion is pretty generous. I personally am not familiar with the difference between canned abalone and dried abalone, but my mom said the abalone in this meal is the dried ones which is supposed to be better quality than the canned ones and more effort to prepare. We had a party of 6 and had plenty of leftover. To be honest, it turned out well for a take out meal!

Came here on a weekend around 11:00 AM and had no trouble getting a table. We only found out after…read morearriving that they offer special pricing for orders placed before 11:00 AM, so unfortunately we just missed it. Overall, the food was good and comparable to other dim sum restaurants in the area. Nothing particularly stood out, but everything was solid. The restaurant was comfortable and not overly crowded, so a convenient place to have a conversation with friends.

After a hiatus several years long, we've finally returned for dimsum! It was excellent!…read more They have a few unique offerings like the beef rice noodle roll with truffle and shrimp dumplings with sea cucumber. The menu didn't seem as extensive as other restaurants but there's enough to choose from. Keep in mind there are more options after 11am. Regular shrimp dumplings (har gow) were massive. We were quite satisfied after our meal. We definitely over-ordered. The tofu dessert was silky smooth topped with the ginger infused syrup. What a delicious dessert. Service wasn't as abrupt as other places. I might've seen a smile or two. The decor is opulent, if not excessive. It was reminiscent of French Renaissance. But hey, if this is what they're going for then they've achieved it. There are no special prices here. Be prepared to pay up.

I came here for dimsum. The quality was top tier…read more We ordered the fried shrimp rice noodle roll, fried shrimp dumpling, Siu Mai, steamed bean curd roll, and pork and preserved egg congee. The service was adequate. The prices are moderate. There's an early bird special if you come in between 9:00am-11:00am. The restaurant is clean and modern. The tea is in a nice pot with its own warmer. Overall we enjoyed our dim sum dining experience and plan to visit again for early bird special.

Came here for the early dim sum special, where all small, medium, and large dishes are priced at…read morethe small size ($5.20) until 11am. A great deal if you order wisely. We started with the classics: siu mai and har gow. Both were impressively large and generously stuffed with meat. The beef rice roll was solid, the taro spring roll was perfectly crispy, and the beef balls were oversized and satisfying. We also tried the durian spring roll, which was delicious -- real durian inside, creamy and fragrant without being overpowering. I added a chicken rice claypot to take home since the price was good. The chicken was juicy and well‑cooked, but the rice lacked the signature crispy bottom. It felt like they assembled the rice and toppings and gave it a quick steam rather than cooking it traditionally. A word of caution: Only the small/medium/large dim sum items are included in the special pricing. Anything marked MP is charged at regular price and those prices jump significantly. I learned this the hard way when I ordered the dragon shrimp crispy balls (3 pieces) and was charged $11.80.It was meh, and definitely not worth that price, and I felt a bit ripped off since I assumed it would be included in the special. Overall, the food was enjoyable and the early‑bird pricing can be a great value. Just make sure to double‑check which items qualify so you don't get surprised at the end.