I've always passed by this resto driving along 16th. It's located in a tiny plaza right before Warden Ave.My brother really wanted to try this place for his bday so we made a reservation and the waitress on the phone told us they could give us a private room with no minimum spend which was cool.Eggplant w/ minced pork in fish sauce: I still think Congee Wong/Queen makes this dish the best but they did a pretty good job here. I do prefer my eggplants cut into rectangles though. These guys did the traditional thicker, rough chops. The eggplant was still soft and the sauce was great. No complaints with this dish.Maggi sauce lobster: No screwups here. Standard canto cooked lobster style.Peking duck: The duck was cooked well but they definitely skimped us on the wraps. I think this resto might win the award for being the most stingy on wraps.Steamed fish: Broke down well but the soy sauce was either not homemade or store bought. It did not have enough flavour.Stir fried pea shoots w/ dried shrimps and shrooms: The portion size was severely lacking for this dish of veggies. There was a small mound of veggies in the middle of the plate and the rest of the dish was broth. I expected the dish to be full of veggies.Sweet n' sour pork: Ok the sns pork here is above average! It doesn't crack top 3 or anything like that but the pork was crispy and they didn't forget the pickled garlics.Whole crispy chicken: So some of the chicken skin wasn't crisp and some of the accompanying shrimp chips also weren't crispy. The meat WAS cooked perfectly though. Breast was moist and overall the meat had enough flavour.Winter melon soup: It was good but I suspected the winter melon wasn't cooked entirely over the open flame burner. Rather, I think they stewed the soup first and then poured it into the melon. I observed the server trying to hack at the melon to get the inner flesh off. Properly cooked winter melon flesh should just give way with no effort.Our family was making small talk w/ one of the servers and she told us that the whole resto had 2 woks in total and she sounded dead serious. Idk if we should've been shocked or worried LOL. I will say, the service was great though! The 2 biggest positives I can say about this place is their open willingness to give available private rooms to anyone (w/o minimum spend) and the service.If you're spending around $500, I honestly don't think this place can even compete with Starchiva, Kingsfield or The One Fusion in the Richmond Hill/Markham area. Those places are in a higher tier. If you're spending the same amount of coin at those respective places, you will have a far grander dining experience and larger portions to get more bang-out-of-your-buck.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
Sam Ma
The quality of Chew Tong Tian’s food never disappoints me, and the service attitude makes me feel more friendly. Whether it’s the fish noodle soup or curry chicken rice for lunch, or the lamb belly pot or stuffed glutinous rice chicken for dinner, it’s always good. The steamed and baked fish sausage that brought back my childhood memories was really not good enough. I also looked at a restaurant and saw whether it was serious about running it. The restroom is an important indicator. In eight of the ten restaurants, I was yelled at and couldn't hold back my anger when I entered. You can leave as soon as you think about it, but the clean management is worthy of praise again and again.
Zhang Ting ting
Don't order the Gu Lao Pork. It tastes really bad. It looks like it was served overnight. When I asked, I was told that it was their restaurant's signature dish.
Anthony Lo
Very good, the food comes out
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Kat L
Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood strip plaza that offers good value lunch and dinner options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Mark Kwong
The noodle is a rip off 18 bucks and is just noodle with no meat or anything, they can’t charge that.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Henry Lai
The food is average but maintained a good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Esther Fung
Authentic Chinese food. Great place to have family gatherings.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: 魚蛋魚片河, Steamed Fish
Yvonne T
This restaurant deserves the high ratings because their food is so fresh & they bring it out in such a timely manner. The staff's hospitality, especially tonight, was efficient & amazing. Thank you for treating us so kindly with our guests from out of town. Happy Chinese New Year to you again!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D Mina
Had Chinese New Year dinner here. Sweet and sour pork and stuffed chicken were good. Scallop and lobster were disappointing. Service was very good.
The large package is included in the meal. It’s a pity that there is no milk tea at noon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sunny Kwan
Fairly affordable and they give you a good amount of food and of great quality given the economy. I also forgot my retainer in this restaraunt and they put it in an empty takeout box for me to pickup when I promptly re-returned. Very great staff and this place is home to me.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Pork
食到盡勁
The dining table is placed close to the glass window and is surrounded by booths on four sides. The backs of the booths on three sides are blocked by tables and seats. The booths sitting near the window are difficult for diners to enter and exit the restroom. The food quality is not bad and the service is taken care of. The price is mid-range. There is room for improvement in environmental areas.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
1217 Foodie Toronto
The service is very good and very welcoming!The food is light and good.big portion
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yvonne
excellent attentive staff & the food was so fresh. Thank you for a delicious meal, we will be coming back. The owner was so kind!
I've always passed by this resto driving along 16th. It's located in a tiny plaza right before Warden Ave.My brother really wanted to try this place for his bday so we made a reservation and the waitress on the phone told us they could give us a private room with no minimum spend which was cool.Eggplant w/ minced pork in fish sauce: I still think Congee Wong/Queen makes this dish the best but they did a pretty good job here. I do prefer my eggplants cut into rectangles though. These guys did the traditional thicker, rough chops. The eggplant was still soft and the sauce was great. No complaints with this dish.Maggi sauce lobster: No screwups here. Standard canto cooked lobster style.Peking duck: The duck was cooked well but they definitely skimped us on the wraps. I think this resto might win the award for being the most stingy on wraps.Steamed fish: Broke down well but the soy sauce was either not homemade or store bought. It did not have enough flavour.Stir fried pea shoots w/ dried shrimps and shrooms: The portion size was severely lacking for this dish of veggies. There was a small mound of veggies in the middle of the plate and the rest of the dish was broth. I expected the dish to be full of veggies.Sweet n' sour pork: Ok the sns pork here is above average! It doesn't crack top 3 or anything like that but the pork was crispy and they didn't forget the pickled garlics.Whole crispy chicken: So some of the chicken skin wasn't crisp and some of the accompanying shrimp chips also weren't crispy. The meat WAS cooked perfectly though. Breast was moist and overall the meat had enough flavour.Winter melon soup: It was good but I suspected the winter melon wasn't cooked entirely over the open flame burner. Rather, I think they stewed the soup first and then poured it into the melon. I observed the server trying to hack at the melon to get the inner flesh off. Properly cooked winter melon flesh should just give way with no effort.Our family was making small talk w/ one of the servers and she told us that the whole resto had 2 woks in total and she sounded dead serious. Idk if we should've been shocked or worried LOL. I will say, the service was great though! The 2 biggest positives I can say about this place is their open willingness to give available private rooms to anyone (w/o minimum spend) and the service.If you're spending around $500, I honestly don't think this place can even compete with Starchiva, Kingsfield or The One Fusion in the Richmond Hill/Markham area. Those places are in a higher tier. If you're spending the same amount of coin at those respective places, you will have a far grander dining experience and larger portions to get more bang-out-of-your-buck.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 3
The quality of Chew Tong Tian’s food never disappoints me, and the service attitude makes me feel more friendly. Whether it’s the fish noodle soup or curry chicken rice for lunch, or the lamb belly pot or stuffed glutinous rice chicken for dinner, it’s always good. The steamed and baked fish sausage that brought back my childhood memories was really not good enough. I also looked at a restaurant and saw whether it was serious about running it. The restroom is an important indicator. In eight of the ten restaurants, I was yelled at and couldn't hold back my anger when I entered. You can leave as soon as you think about it, but the clean management is worthy of praise again and again.
Don't order the Gu Lao Pork. It tastes really bad. It looks like it was served overnight. When I asked, I was told that it was their restaurant's signature dish.
Very good, the food comes out
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood strip plaza that offers good value lunch and dinner options.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
The noodle is a rip off 18 bucks and is just noodle with no meat or anything, they can’t charge that.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
The food is average but maintained a good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Authentic Chinese food. Great place to have family gatherings.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: 魚蛋魚片河, Steamed Fish
This restaurant deserves the high ratings because their food is so fresh & they bring it out in such a timely manner. The staff's hospitality, especially tonight, was efficient & amazing. Thank you for treating us so kindly with our guests from out of town. Happy Chinese New Year to you again!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had Chinese New Year dinner here. Sweet and sour pork and stuffed chicken were good. Scallop and lobster were disappointing. Service was very good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Pork, Beef
Restaurantji Recommends
The large package is included in the meal. It’s a pity that there is no milk tea at noon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Fairly affordable and they give you a good amount of food and of great quality given the economy. I also forgot my retainer in this restaraunt and they put it in an empty takeout box for me to pickup when I promptly re-returned. Very great staff and this place is home to me.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sweet and Sour Pork
The dining table is placed close to the glass window and is surrounded by booths on four sides. The backs of the booths on three sides are blocked by tables and seats. The booths sitting near the window are difficult for diners to enter and exit the restroom. The food quality is not bad and the service is taken care of. The price is mid-range. There is room for improvement in environmental areas.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
The service is very good and very welcoming!The food is light and good.big portion
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
excellent attentive staff & the food was so fresh. Thank you for a delicious meal, we will be coming back. The owner was so kind!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5