Tao Northern Chinese Cuisine

Honestly the food here tastes worse than the food court.

Dumplings are for sure frozen. The sweet and sour soup is pathetic as hell, the mushroom is raw.

Shanghai noodle is just salty... clearly the soy sauce is not cooked well.
The beef noodle is so salty.. like your grandma pissed in it. The vegs within are just too big, didn't even cut it.

Honestly, horrible. Recommend Shanghai360 from the food court.

By the way, the heat coming from the bottom of the seat, feels like a steam deck, eating like a roasted duck.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The food was mostly fine (nothing special; we had a piece of bone in a chicken dumpling, but that’s probably the supplier).
The service was abysmal. We order for delivery 4 hours in advance. The driver informed us that the restaurant was filling other pickup orders for the same items any deliberately delaying ours. I called the restaurant. They were incredibly rude and refused to give a timeline. I called back and someone else answered and assisted us within 5 minutes. Overall, my impression of this place is that they are disorganized, inefficient, and rude. It was a very regrettable experience.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Cringe restaurant and employees as well

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

There customer service is very bad

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

The delivery is too late in the customer service is very bad

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Fruit fly fried rice is decent. They gluten free aware

Dietary restrictions: GF AF

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice place but food was not great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Food was delicious, vibes were amazing, and service was great! Coming back again for sure :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We’d been curious about this restaurant for a while, so we finally decided to give it a try. It seems to cater more to locals, and overall, the experience was mediocre.

Our favorite dishes were the lettuce wraps with chicken and the crispy beef—both well-priced and enjoyable. The garlic shrimp and fried rice were okay; the shrimp had a nice garlic flavor but was a bit under-seasoned, so I had to ask for some salt.

On a positive note, the staff were friendly and welcoming.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Tao Crispy Beef

It was 27C outside, the restaurant was empty on a Thursday afternoon; yet, their AC broke and no fans to cool off the place. Felt like an oven inside. Don't order any deep fried battered food. All batter, dried up and no minimal meat.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Shanghai Braised Beef Noodle Soup

The food here is delicious. Service excellent. Unfortunately they are infested with fruit flies. It makes the dining experience intolerable. One bite food, swat away flies and repeat. This is an easy problem to resolve. This is our third time here but won’t return as the flies are gross. Too bad.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very nice atmosphere easy parking great good at reasonable prices

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum

Sorry, no photos. We tried their offerings for the first time this evening by Take Out. Let me just say that this is a step up from most Chinese restaurants catering to a North American audience. We substituted the shrimp in the Shanghai noodles with chicken and we were quite happy. The spring rolls were crispy and FULL of filling. Highly recommend. The crispy beef is one of the best we have had. Will try their dim sum next time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tao Crispy Beef, Shanghai Noodles, Chicken Spring Rolls

I'm never disappointed!! Always serves good food.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hargao, Shanghai Noodles, Dim Sum

What an adorable restaurant! We went for a quick lunch, because we heard that they serve celiac safe gluten free food. I was impressed by the variety of safe options. The lemon fish was too die for! Something I never get and now will be craving ?
Highly recommend and we will definitely be back on our next trip through Toronto!

Dietary restrictions: Separate fryer for gluten-free dishes. Make sure to tell the server that you have allergies/intolerances. They do a great job of relaying information to the chef and ensuring that your food is safe.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5