I just discovered T&T sells fried butterfly basa fish and it's huge for $15 (it's the last linked photo in this review)! I put it in tinfoil when I got home and crisped it up some more in the oven. We bought the last one. It's quite delicious and a really good deal given a single portion of fish and chips is easily $15 alone and this is like 2-3 portions of fried fish. Though it can get a bit greasy. Give it a try. read more

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A nice T&T with great variety and value! Love coming here because hot food always fresh and has a variety of sales on all types of items across the entire store read more

This T&T is part of The Promenade. It's an average sized one that has all the same counters. From the entrance, you are ushered in towards the produce section. There were lots of baskets right by the entrance gate so you didn't have to go looking for them. The first thing I noticed was how fresh and clean all the fruits and vegetables were. I think that T&T is considered premium since they're Loblaws owned so I did notice that my measuring stick bananas were at the $0.79 price point. The bakery had really cute cakes including a Lightning McQueen one from Cars and a Hello Kitty. They also had a book of designs that you could choose from. One other great find was the Candy Pop and Cookie Pop popcorn. They sometimes have the giant bags of these at Costco. These were smaller bags and they were definitely pricey being over $6 a bag for a whopping 150g. I haven't seen them anywhere else though! read more

T&T Supermarket - three bags of cookies on a table - International Grocery Near Me - Thornhill, Ontario

The food inspection agency should really strictly look at this stupid supermarket. In recent two years, they kept selling rotten meat, rotten shrimp, moldy bread, expired bakeries etc. My whole family got food poisoned from their cooked shrimp and we each only ate one shrimp (stopped eating before we realize it was rotten). We kept the shrimp in our freezer all the time for a couple of weeks so there was no storage issue of our own. This food poisoning further triggered my heart attack. The next day I was eating their bread, and noticed that the half bread I ate was moldy (again it was too late before I realize). I would ban this supermarket and strongly recommend any of you to not buy raw products from this supermarket. It can severely affects your health. read more

T&T Supermarket - Moldy bread (before their announced "expiry date") - International Grocery Near Me - Thornhill, Ontario

This T&T location at the corner of Promenade Mall is a one-stop-shop for all your grocery needs. Great location with abundant free parking. Their aisles are a treasure trove of produce, meat, seafood, and more - lots of fully cooked meal options too. There's also a quaint corner for kitchenware and beauty products. Though prices might nudge a bit higher compared to other smaller Chinese supermarkets, T&T's well-stocked shelves and tidiness somewhat helps soften the blow to your wallet. Seeking assistance can be a bit hard though. read more

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What's not to like...from the hot food section to the delicious looking bakery. Fresh produce, meat, poultry and seafood. Very well organized and easy to find what you are looking for. Lots of parking spaces. The place doesn't disappoint :-D read more

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I did not have any staff interaction this time but I noticed that a fellow shopper was asking a staff member a question. The customer asked something and the staff pointed to an item in the freezer. The customer had another question to clarify but by then the staff was answering but also mumbling the answer while walking away. This left the customer dumbfounded and without a clear answer to their question. To me, T&T isn't known for the same type and level of service as you would find in a Caucasian supermarket, especially for non Cantonese and mandarin speakers. When entering the site from the mall there's the prepared food section and there are premade drinks on a bed of ice. I noticed a drink that I haven't seen before, tofu pudding with tapioca pearls. Normally this dessert, minus the pearls, is eaten with a spoon from a bowl. My question is: are you supposed to use a bubble tea straw for this drink or a spoon?? While browsing I noticed that there were packages of boneless chicken feet and baby pork uteruses. I've never seen these before at any other T&T's. read more

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Expect crowds. There was a crowd around the self-serve hot deli, a crowd near the other prepared foods and long lines at the cash registers. I got jostled by a few pushy customers while filling a container to go. But it was worth it because the food is savoury. They have a good selection of freshly made sushi and hot prepared foods. The prices are reasonable too. It's at the Promenade Mall so there's a large parking lot. read more

Probably one of the quieter T&T supermarkets in the city and it is slightly smaller in size compared to the location at steeles/warden. However it serves as an important and extensive Asian grocery store in the area. There is an entrance to the supermarket via the mall and the street. There is a good sized cooked food section and today we grabbed some takeout dim sum. Not the best dim sum in the city, but it satisfies the craving when many dim sum restaurants are closed or operating at limited capacity at the moment. The outside dumpling wrapper was a bit thick. read more

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Live seafood very fresh. Fruit and vegetables expensive but good variety of imported options like dragonfruit from Vietnam and oranges from South Africa. Scored some winter dates from Xinjiang, China! Yum!! Prepared food better at T&T at Warden and Steeles. Extensive S.E. Asian selection mostly from the Philippines and Malaysia. Not too many Vietnamese products on offer. Ok store. Prefer our usual T&T. read more

The T&T Supermarket inside the Promenade Mall is the first T&T location in the GTA area. I also find it is not as nice as the newly opened one. The main problem is the aisle is so narrow. It is so hard to push your shopping carts around without bumming into everything! Aside from that, it is still as good and busy as the other T&T locations! I love to shop here when I am in the area. read more

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There was a sale of the BBQ pork (Char Siu/叉烧肉) last week and I bought a box thinking it was the usual red/sweet BBQ pork Char Siu recipe that I have always bought at T&T supermarket. To my surprise upon buying a box and tasting it at home I realize I was tricked into buying this meat on sale. We opened the box of the BBQ pork (叉烧肉) for dinner and we tasted it and noticed it tasted pretty weird. It tasted like it was marinaded in Lou Mei (滷味). There was a strong five spice aroma and we could not eat this for dinner because of how repulsive the taste was. This is not how Char Siu is supposed to taste and T&T supermarket knew this and decided to sell boxes of it at reduced price tricking people in thinking that this is BBQ pork Char Siu. This is totally an example of misleading sales tactics and fraudulent misrepresentation. I was extremely disappointed that my local T&T supermarket knew about this issue, and decided to sell it reduced price instead of throwing it to the garbage even though this would be considered out of spec and should not be considered eligible for sale. This is the second time where I have bought BBQ pork from this location and was extremely disappointed with the quality of the food. The other time I bought BBQ pork (燒肉) from this location the box was 75% fat and was considered inedible but the chef still sold it to me when I specifically asked for a lean cut. I only discovered when it was time for dinner that I had been sold this poor quality food after noticing piece after piece was literally FAT. I literally had to drive back there in the middle of my dinner to exchange it for another box. And now, I am done with returning to the store to exchange my food and wasting my gas. It's not worth it. They don't have anything remotely close to quality control in their kitchen, especially when it comes to their company trying to minimize cost. I sent a complaint to their customer service department and got a BS response saying they were doing a promotion for their BBQ pork using natural ingredients/food colouring, and antibiotic free pork. Oh really, so this was not some mess up by the kitchen, but you guys intentionally were trying to sell off this crap food without being transparent and upfront to customers. Thanks for letting me know after you pocketted my money by tricking me into thinking this was char siu. read more

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I went here last Saturday night to buy Chinese broccoli, watermelon, and romaine hearts and was assisted by three different staff members. Both of them mentioned they had been on duty since that noon and yet still displayed a cheery disposition and phenomenal level of customer service throughout. I certainly wanted to give a big thumb up to these employees. read more

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One of the first T&T's in Ontario and situated in unique location -- inside the Promenade Shopping Mall. When it first appeared I was sceptical. A few business had leased this location after Eatons but none of them ever survived for very long.. it had been unoccupied for some time until the mall leased T&T the lower. Many years later, the T&T franchise had only grown and established itself as the top Asian supermarket chain in the country. There are several T&T locations in Ontario now. Even Loblaws corporation recognized this ethnic grocery leader reach and acquired T&T July 2009 to expand into this market. This store is well maintained and kept clean, features: vegetable, meats, seafood, dairy, frozen food, snacks, hot foods, bakery departments. It offers most all of the popular ingredients for a home cooked Asian cuisine. From Chinese, Filipino, Thai, Japanese, Korean cultures. Ingredient freshness is the number 1 criteria of any supermarket I frequent. I have had no complaints of anything I had bought from here over the years. The bakery does a pretty good job. The Portuguese tarts and fresh steam buns are some of my favorites. All of their chinese buns and artisan breads are now made using Utane method (derived from Japan). Result is a super soft, moist bread that can kept fresh longer. The checkout is reasonably quick - if you're just grabbing a few things there is an express 1-5 item checkout by the customer service desk. Some of the things I most especially like here are: -Crazy Specials (really some ridiculous deals to drive traffic to the store) -Contests (who doesn't want to win an ipad lol) -Country Theme or Festival Celebration features throughout the year -Organized and Clean read more

Love this place. Extremely diverse clientele. Their pre-made food area is to die for. Lots of options, and they all taste good for the most part. Great selection of Far East produce and goods. CLEAN!!! I stop at this place every time I'm in Toronto. read more

The cleaner and fresher experience compared to the Hong Tai supermarket chains and a much more elaborate selection of meat and seafood. Fresh white tilapia and the seafood tanks in general are kept very clean without the fishy presence of gills and fish guts lingering in your nose. Service of 'clean and cut' also available, I'm not too sure if they fillet at a cost or not though. They have fresh oysters in plastic containers and precut fish of the day(cheaper and about to get chucked out) and a long selection of imported frozen fish and the more exotic like sea turtle. I come here for the poultry selection as well. So many options with the cut selection of the chicken parts. Chicken breast is at better quality and expect it to be a bit more expensive than the average chinese supermarkets but inline with the quality offered at Costco. It gets a bit pricier with the fresh produce as well, but weekly sales from cooking oil to exotic fruits is worth the visit. This location also houses quite an extensive filipino selection from chips, sweets,condiments, drinks and canned goods. Daily specials are available in their HOT FOOD selection like spicy shrimp, gazillion chicken dishes,fried veggies, the roasted pork and duck section, sushi and dessert section. Smartly placed towards the end of your errand before heading to the cashier as by this time, an appetite has been strategically created by the power of effective marketing. read more

T&T Supermarket - Fresh tiger shrimps T&T - International Grocery Near Me - Thornhill, Ontario

The five stars is for the seafood section, it's incredible. Really clean area, no fishy smell. Mainly because it's almost all live in these huge tanks. Not only would I say this is the best place to buy fresh seafood in the GTA, but it's much cheaper than most seafood markets. Once I got a six pound lobster, that was so lively, I could barely hold onto it. Another time I got a pound of live prawns, cost me six bucks! read more

T&T Supermarket - 6 pound lobster - International Grocery Near Me - Thornhill, Ontario

When I'm in the mood for something different I come here. They always have good fruit and the kind of fruit you can't always get at a regular grocery store. In the bakery department I can't walk away without buying a tray of Portuguese egg tarts. They are so delicious and at $7-8 for the tray you just can't go wrong. They have a big fresh meat and poultry section and their fresh fish is eye popping. The sushi is a great quick grab for a lunch and their hot table selections vary daily. read more

This was the first T&T to open in Ontario. When it initially opened, there were hordes and hordes of people shopping here as it's the first upscale Asian supermarket (as in, without that smell normally associated with Asian supermarkets). Now that there's multiple T&Ts in the GTA, customer traffic has gone down to respectable levels. I purchased a sushi set here for lunch, particularly the one discounted to $9.99 from $14.99, which was easily an awesome deal. The fish and rolls were quite good for supermarket quality, but there was definitely a lot of rice used in the sushi. In addition, I'm not sure if this was a weekday only thing but there were a lot of empty cupboards in the frozen food when I went on a Monday. In particular, the fish ball counter was completely empty, and I couldn't find anywhere to purchase fish balls if I were to purchase them. The produce section was one of the most organized of all the T&Ts in the GTA, and I find the quality to be higher than the T&T I normally go to (Unionville). Overall this T&T is good for the community it serves, and is well connected to the Promenade Shopping Centre. For a larger variety of selections, however, Warden store would have better options. read more

Good selection, good quality and honestly, the neatest produce area I've ever seen. The only drawback to this place is that it's quite pricier than other Asian grocery stores. But, I guess you get what you pay for. read more

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I saw a deal for live lobster for 11.99 per lb. Picked 2 big one. Was gonna weigh it but the guy behind the bar said to go to the cashier. I went to the cashier, and she said I should have weighed it at the live seafood bar. Then she called for help! A man came and took my lobsters to weigh. The bill came as 36.87 for 2 live lobsters. The problem was on the sticker, it said 30.84 per kg. My lobster weighed 1.18kg. So from the deal of 11.99 per lb, my bill should be maximum 27-28 dollars. It was obvious that they took advantage of me not watching them weigh and put the right price on my lobster. It was a big disappointment. I emailed T&T customer service about the problem. Not because I wanted the $10 back, just because I think the head office should know about it. And I must say they have very good customer service. I got the refund of $11.36 back. read more

I came here multiple times during a short vacation stay in the area. 4 stars for the convenience of having a large format Asian supermarket connected to a Western mall - awesome to have one stop shopping! 2.5-3 stars for the prepared food (I tried samples of the shanghai noodles and other noodle dishes - and they were tasteless. Bought a whole order of the free range chicken (would not let me buy a half order) - and it was also so-so. Better choices were the two versions of potsticker (pork and pork/vegetable), the glazed chicken wings, and bbq pork. Relatives also vouch for the dim sum choices being a better choice too (we had the chicken feet which were fine). Enjoyed their bakery as well, with the fresh bread choices (whole wheat and quinoa choices) and usual Cantonese savory style buns and tarts. read more

Everybody here speaks English! A lot of Russian, Polish, Jewish, and other non-Chinese patrons shop here, thus the high proficiency of the English language at this location. I don't really care, but I'm sure that's a nice factor for other people. I don't like this location. It doesn't feel very comfortable to shop here. I hate the parking lot; it...doesn't feel comfortable parking here. I only found myself popping in here for a quick bottle of tea when I am in the area. Something is off about this location; it lacks the feelings of a Chinese supermarket. It's never buzzing with people; it's too damn quiet, Hell..it's maybe even too damn clean! The experience of shopping in a Chinese grocer is not there. Much of the items available for purchase is even altered to fit the needs of the ethnicity of the surrounding area. What's the point? Just open another No Frills or something. The cooked food area is underwhelming, which in my opinion has always been the main event of any T&T. I'm just not feeling the love. It's like the staff here don't remember the good ol' days back on the boat. read more

Dear T & T, you flipped my world upside-down. You took my relatively quiet, calm, ample parking little mall of my youth and turned it into an all-out-Asia-mega-land. Not that I'm complaining. In fact, the day after I moved back from Tokyo I came directly here. And oh, you saved me! You had isles and isles of unknown foods. I had to smell cellophane bags to try to figure out what was in them - and I felt at home. Thank you, T & T, for bringing in a balanced amount of confusion into my grocery shopping experience. Aside from that T&T has an incredible selection of all-foods-Asian. My husband's Texas grannie is obsessed with bubble tea - so all I had to do was mosey on up here to stock up on a complete DIY bubble tea experience - everything down to the fat straws and drink mix! I also love the fact that I can pick up my favourite Japanese drinks here (calpis anyone?) as well as tofu-noodles. They pretty much have it all here - and it's easier to navigate than China Town! read more

It is a decent supermarket with below mediocre food served in the sushi area and dim sum. The convenience is where this supermarket makes up for the adequate quality. read more

They have a self-serve hot bar now! And as such, their prepared foods are immeasurably better and cheaper. I wholeheartedly approve.

This is the first location of this chain which I had visited. As others have noted, it is very clean, at least the part that is visible. There is a huge variety of Chinese stuff, a smaller Philippine section in one corner, and miscellaneous Korean, Japanese and Southeast Asian goods scattered throughout. Nice selection of live fish and seafood. Some good buys on meat; I think one might be able to better on produce in smaller Asian markets if not buying items on special. The store area includes a number of separate businesses (some reviewed in Yelp) which form a kind of Asian mall-within-a-mall. Checkers seem more considerate and polite than at some other markets. read more

Decent market for Asian staples: veggies, sauces, meat. However, I wish they carried more Indonesian and Dutch-Indonesian foodstuffs (What? No muisjes? Nor spice mixes for rawon from Indofood? Boo!) On the other hand, the prices are pretty good for other basics like eggs. The bakery is also nice, too, and they carry the softest, spongiest fresh sandwich bread plus a goodly selection of moon cakes. Mmm, moon cakes. read more

I waited at the bubble tea line for 10 minutes while I watched the lady work, I assumed she hadn't seen me and said "excuse me, can i get a bubble tea?" she told me i could only get the ones up at the front, so i asked her if she could make me one, because usually i get something that isnt at the front. She told me they were closed. It was 2:14pm. But apparently their open til 10pm on Tuesdays. So i asked her why they were closing at 2 and she called over another lady, who also said were closed. I politely asked her when they closed and she walked away from me. I don't think I'll go back again. read more

T&T was busy yesterday afternoon. I was there to get a snack from my busy work schedule. Arrived at their pastries area. Wide selection of buns and cakes. Looked for my favorite seaweed pork bun, and bought a couple. The line up was a bit long. I placed my buns on the conveyor. The elder man in front of me was rude. He kept pushing my buns back and back because he did not put his items on the conveyor until it's his turn. I was in flames. But being a classy me I kept my cool. The man bought 220 worth of meat, compared to my 3 dollar buns. Of course the cashier didn't say anything. Not saying she was right but she should have told the man don't touch other people's items. Once that man was gone I paid my products and went back to my car to devour the bun. It was on par delicious. read more

If you love oriental cuisine - this is a superstore for everything required to put your meal together. It is always busy.

Really good prices. Surprisingly better than walmart when items are on sale. I bought a prepared sushi/roll platter and it was delicious! Will continue to shop here. read more

T&T is one of the cleanest and well-sort asian chinese supermarket in Toronto. To me, T&T is the best it can get!! althought things can be pricer compare to other asian chinese supermarkets but I would pay extra just because its cleaner and things are fresher. I love the fact that they have loads of chinese snacks, such as chips and candy from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. I absoluetly LOVE this place! read more

I really like this store. I feel every time I am shopping here I am eating healthy. A lot of healthy choices and selections. I go there for the specials. sometimes they have boxes of mangoes for really cheap. I also go there for the fresh noodles which I use in my stir fry. I also like their mushroom selection and fresh vegetables. Their bakery is also very nice. I always come out of this store with a smile. read more

Clean grocery store with Asian staples all around and decent prices. Every time I come here, the Asian in me comes out and I go deal hunting. That being said, I usually come here after 6:30pm because that's when they start to mark down their ready-made food/sushi and continue to mark down until the store closes. My recent visit had me buying 2 sushi kits originally $8.99 down to $4.50. My girl and I ate right then and there at the tables just outside the grocery store and it was delicious as far as fast food sushi goes. I went in again to buy some more cheap stuff for meals for the next day and got a platter of rice with mystery meat in it which ended up being Chinese sausage slices and a few pieces of chicken for $2 and 2 more things of dim sum for $2 each as well (Tripe and dumplings). Can't say it was that great of food but it wasn't bad and for that price, straight up awesome. If you're cheap like me, hit up a T&T after 6:30pm and you'll score big. Some of my friends get freaked at the amount of mystery meat there but I'll be honest, I've not had a thing there that I didn't like. read more

This is one of the better Asian supermarkets I've been to. It's clean and there's take-out! T&T also includes a sushi section and a bakery section. I enjoy the free samples as well (they really work on me). They've recently renovated and the place looks great. Everything is organized and the store is nice and bright...and did I mention CLEAN? read more

One of the largest Grocery store with great variety of asian snacks which i just love to munch on. It has everything you need and a great sushi place that sell half price near the end of the day. Great Take out place also where you can go buy some take out to eat there or to bring home for an meal on the go. read more

This place is awesome. I just moved to the city and was glad there's an asian supermarket that is fully stocked with a variety of food. The only things I am not in love with is the cooked food section--the food looks great, but when I try it the food doesn't taste as great as it looks. But aside from that you can find everything there that you need in an asian market. read more