Way too busy at lunch time to the point of no waking space. Went to order some lunch at Charcoal Biryani for my team of 4 arriving at around 12:10. They had already run out of the lamb, goat, and tandoori chicken. Our order seemed to have overwhelmed them and took 35 minutes to prepare. I had the chicken kebab meal which came in a large tray but had such little amounts of everything. I would like to return someday to try another steal but hopefully arrive earlier to beat the rush.
Autum R.
The hall itself is filled with so many food options that it could satisfy any heart's desire. I settled for Oswald's pizza after scoping out all of the eateries. Pros: The pizza was made to order with fresh ingredients and tasted delicious when paired with the garlic sauce. The combo came with a salad and a drink for about $30.00 Cons: Although made fresh, the wait for the pizza was far too long because it seemed that staff did not know what they were doing. The pizza sauce lacked flavor so the side of garlic sauce almost felt necessary to elevate the flavors. For a small, personal, pizza and a drink $30.00 was far too pricey.
Justin M.
Interesting place. A simulation of a market with a variety of food vendors under one roof. Pricey and kind of loud, but it could accommodate a few dozen board game creators & publishers. The pos was down so I didn't get the pizza I wanted. I may come back.
Michelle S.
Prawn tempura & zucchini, eggplant, lotus root, tempura were lightly battered & marinated beef was nicely seasoned over rice. Miso soup was nice a balance. $21 was reasonable for lunch
Danielle S.
Chef's Hall is a nice food court with lots of different types of food to choose from, including fried chicken, Greek, Japanese, Indian, American classics, and more. I decided on Iwami for sushi. I only read the small menu posted on one of the walls and ordered one each of the cucumber maki and avocado maki; I wish I had looked at the full menu on the table(s) because they had other small and large plates to choose from. I probably would've gotten only one roll and a Beef Yaki-Udon instead. Regardless of my misunderstanding of the full menu offerings, I really enjoyed my sushi. I went with two veggie rolls because I was hungry but didn't want to feel too weighed down or full, and these were the right choice. Really fresh ingredients and friendly service. It wasn't too crowded when I visited (a Saturday afternoon during the Christmas season) and there were plenty of places to sit. I'm going to make it a point to come back in the future to try other offerings.
Sanford H.
Great variety of foods that are done very well! Informal seating, it's a wonderful surprise find with a great combination of food stalls!
Michelle P.
Cool gathering of different eateries, variety of foods, and all things delicious! The pizza was unique. The disco fries were tasty. The Indian street food was scrumptious. We enjoyed the community seating, weekly specials, and event options such as trivia Tuesdays, etc.
Emanuel M.
Great spot where I also happened to have my first date with my now wife (so holds and extra spot in my heart). Have loved this spot for years. Great variety of food and drink options. Love the concept. Highly recommend.
Alaleh P.
I have been to multiple events at Chef's Hall and have enjoyed all of them. It offers great variety of food stations from drinks, coffee, Indian Cuisine, Chineses Cuisine, Mexican Cuisine, Pizza, Bubble Tea, Fried Chicken, Poke, Grandma Loves You Sandwiches, etc.There's plenty of space between the food stations and on the patio to sit down and enjoy your food or have events that even include dancing.Finding parking is a bit tricky though. Well, isn't that the case in Downtown? LolIf you're lucky, you can find street parking, if not, you need to use underground parking which is expensive. Best option is taking TTC there if you can.
Mary T.
Chefs Hall used to be called Assembly Chef's Hall. I had heard great things about coming to this hall with lots of food stalls to choose food and drinks from. I dig Upper East Food Club and The Annex. Give me quality eateries where I can get a drink from one and a sandwich from another, and I am a happy camper.* start of aside *What confuses me here is the name change. You still see welcome mats in this hall that say Assembly. Yet, the word, Assembly, has formally disappeared in the name, along with the apostrophe.My confusion is the change from having the apostrophe removed from the name. Why? Perhaps it was misleading that it was a hall that belonged to a specific chef? It's kind of the same debate with farmers' market versus farmers market. With the former, multiple farmers run each market, so a plural possessive noun makes sense.Chefs' hall. Do multiple chefs run each hall? I don't know.With the latter, farmers market implies that markets may be supplied by multiple farmers, but they are not necessarily owned by those farmers. Chefs Hall. Chefs may not own the hall. Do they? I don't know, either.Conclusion: The name of this hall needs help. I'd call it Hall of Yumminess.* end of aside * I live under a rock. For years, when I am attending a concert or some event at Scotiabank Arena, or I'm in the vicinity as a tourist, I park at Richmond Adelaide Centre. I didn't realize that I was always a three-minute walk away from Chefs Hall.It's probably because I'm never hungry going to Scotiabank Arena. After the event is over, I want to walk back to fetch my car and head home.It was straightforward walking over to Chefs Hall from this parking lot. There were signs that guided me over.Chefs Hall is divided into three halls:- Beer Hall (it's closest to Adelaide, with a bar and a stage)- Vendor Hall (it's where all the food stalls are)- Main Hall (there's a larger bar and a patio area)I liked how I felt walking through the Beer Hall. It was cozy with plants everywhere. There were lots of places to sit down, have a drink, and eat either with a group or by yourself.I needed the woman's washroom when I got here. I found it almost immediately when I walked up the stairs to the Vendor Hall. I was thrilled. It was clean and nicely maintained.There are steps up to all food stalls. As far as accessibility goes, there are a couple of accessibility lifts in the Beer Hall and Main Hall. They look like cubes.I have been here for an event in the Main Hall. If you have an event, you can rent a hall. It gets blocked off, so others will know that they can't crash your event. This hall was roomy and fabulous.I have also dropped by Oswald's Pizza to grab some Detroit-style pizza. I loved my food.When I was there, I got a glimpse of these food vendors:- Oswald's Pizza- Grandma Loves You- Charcoal Biriyani- Hawaiian Poke Bar- The Red EyeShould I be downtown for a concert and haven't eaten, I'd come here to grab a bite beforehand. Chefs Hall is open Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 am till 9 pm. Wednesdays through Saturdays, hours are from 11 am till 10 pm. It's closed on Sundays.There is free wifi. What was weird was that it prompted for my e-mail address and birthdate, including year of birth. No free wifi needs that personal information to connect, so I declined using it.I look forward to returning to try other food stalls. It's a cool place and concept. (163)
Chefs Hall (previously called Assembly Chef's Hall) is a large food hall located in downtown Toronto, and walking distance from the financial district. I've come here on a couple of different occasions: weekday lunches with teammates, evening drinks and dinner with friends after work, and weekend brunch / lunch as well as dinner. It operates like a food court, where there are different vendors selling different menu items, and you order from each vendor individually. The difference is that the vendors are more up-scale, some with renowned chefs and have actual dine-in restaurants in other locations (e.g. Mira Mira, Pokito, Tachi, Grandma Loves You). Food and drinks selection includes high-end sushi tasting, ramen, Latin American foods (such as tacos and fusion dishes), poke, biryani, gourmet coffee and bar.Over the years, some of the vendors have changed, but the concept and ambience remain the same. It's a nice place to get together with friends or work colleagues, in a very spacious environment with lots of food to choose from.
Tom Z.
Piano Piano review:Accidentally discovered Piano Piano (which mainly offers Neo-style pies) had a stall at Chef's Hall (111 Richmond St. West) and that they offered 18" pies (all their other locations only offered 10"). I also learned that the next day was their last day at this location. Apparently, the Chef's Hall menu lists 16" pies' prices in the late-20s range, but the stall only lists 18" pies in the early-30s range. Impressively for a small stall, they are (were?) open 11 AM until 10 PM every day except Sundays.So I ordered their "Margherita Pizza" pie which came with 3 different cheeses (Mozz', Fior di Latte, Parmesan). And decided to also add Soppressata (note: avoid deli meats on well-done pies). Asked for "quite thin," and "nearly well done." Price was about $32 before taxes and tip.The dough was the best version of the Badiali and Maker style I've had, where the dough almost seems like it is fried. Here, the dough was crispy outside, and almost flaky inside, with minimal char. It could have been more well done, respectfully. The dough also could have been thinner, but was not overwhelmingly "bready" but the thickness was useful in holding the impressively generous amount of toppings they applied.Ordering soppressata was a mistake on my part, as it was too salty and got quite rigid in texture after being cooked at my request of "well done," (it is actually only used with their "hot honey" for their "Raging Hot Pizza.") so I do not reccomend anyone order a "well done" pie with deli-cut meats.Tomato sauce was great and could have been enjoyed on it's own, but could have been thicker in texture. Not too savoury or sweet. Perhaps over-powered by the soppressata (which I requested extra) and cheeses.Cheese was great and was not skimped on. The variety of the 3 cheeses really shone through, as the triple combination created a solid, dense, yet thin, layer of cheese, which added great flavour and savouriness, of varying textures and flavour profiles. The picture has a lot of shiny liquid, which was my generous application of olive oil, and the pictures also show the generous addition of chili flakes I added from the ramiken of chili flakes they included. They also included a free ramiken of their "spicy mayonnaise" dip which I didn't use, but tasted "alright."Overall, I'm hugely disappointed Piano Piano chose to shutter here, as it was a unique addition to the area and this location was the only one offering 18" versions of their pies. Piano Piano did not advertise the location at the bottom of their page amongst all their other locations (instead, the location was listed in the middle of a paragraph in their "take-out" section, which itself is listed amongst a long horizontal list of other sections, namely, between "Frozen Pizza" and "Gift Cards" on the list).Hopefully they will offer 16" (as Libretto once did) or 18" pies at one of their other locations...
Madison H.
This is a review of Grateful Chicken from Chef's Hall. I got the 5 piece Fried Chicken Bucket through Ubereats. The coating on the chicken was too thick, hard, and not particularly flavorful. The dill they use on the coating didn't particularly complement the flavor at all. The chicken meat inside tasted good. I just didn't love this chicken and sad to say I much prefer the chain restaurants - Mary Browns, KFC, and Popeye's.
Tim C.
This is for the Charcoal Biryani and Turkish Kebab restaurant in Chef's Hall. Wow, what delicious biryani. Really impressed by this place. Tried both the lamb and the chicken biryani and both were great as were the samosas. They ever went lit of their way to rectify and issue with another dish. Very highly recommended alongside plenty of other good options.
Jayme H.
This place is pretty rad. I found it on Yelp after looking for coffee shops in the area to work from with a few coworkers. Lost Coffee was what popped up and when I realized it was attached to this hall, I was overjoyed. I'm a s***** for a good market or food hall and love to explore them when I travel, so this was perfect. After working inside Lost Coffee for a few hours, my small group needed lunch. We strolled around and at the time they had everything from sushi, ramen, and tacos to burgers, pasta, and baked goods. All three of us went with ramen (another thing I like to try while traveling). We found seats outside on their giant patio. This place is honestly huge. I'll definitely be back the next time I find myself in Toronto!
Way too busy at lunch time to the point of no waking space. Went to order some lunch at Charcoal Biryani for my team of 4 arriving at around 12:10. They had already run out of the lamb, goat, and tandoori chicken. Our order seemed to have overwhelmed them and took 35 minutes to prepare. I had the chicken kebab meal which came in a large tray but had such little amounts of everything. I would like to return someday to try another steal but hopefully arrive earlier to beat the rush.
The hall itself is filled with so many food options that it could satisfy any heart's desire. I settled for Oswald's pizza after scoping out all of the eateries. Pros: The pizza was made to order with fresh ingredients and tasted delicious when paired with the garlic sauce. The combo came with a salad and a drink for about $30.00 Cons: Although made fresh, the wait for the pizza was far too long because it seemed that staff did not know what they were doing. The pizza sauce lacked flavor so the side of garlic sauce almost felt necessary to elevate the flavors. For a small, personal, pizza and a drink $30.00 was far too pricey.
Interesting place. A simulation of a market with a variety of food vendors under one roof. Pricey and kind of loud, but it could accommodate a few dozen board game creators & publishers. The pos was down so I didn't get the pizza I wanted. I may come back.
Prawn tempura & zucchini, eggplant, lotus root, tempura were lightly battered & marinated beef was nicely seasoned over rice. Miso soup was nice a balance. $21 was reasonable for lunch
Chef's Hall is a nice food court with lots of different types of food to choose from, including fried chicken, Greek, Japanese, Indian, American classics, and more. I decided on Iwami for sushi. I only read the small menu posted on one of the walls and ordered one each of the cucumber maki and avocado maki; I wish I had looked at the full menu on the table(s) because they had other small and large plates to choose from. I probably would've gotten only one roll and a Beef Yaki-Udon instead. Regardless of my misunderstanding of the full menu offerings, I really enjoyed my sushi. I went with two veggie rolls because I was hungry but didn't want to feel too weighed down or full, and these were the right choice. Really fresh ingredients and friendly service. It wasn't too crowded when I visited (a Saturday afternoon during the Christmas season) and there were plenty of places to sit. I'm going to make it a point to come back in the future to try other offerings.
Great variety of foods that are done very well! Informal seating, it's a wonderful surprise find with a great combination of food stalls!
Cool gathering of different eateries, variety of foods, and all things delicious! The pizza was unique. The disco fries were tasty. The Indian street food was scrumptious. We enjoyed the community seating, weekly specials, and event options such as trivia Tuesdays, etc.
Great spot where I also happened to have my first date with my now wife (so holds and extra spot in my heart). Have loved this spot for years. Great variety of food and drink options. Love the concept. Highly recommend.
I have been to multiple events at Chef's Hall and have enjoyed all of them. It offers great variety of food stations from drinks, coffee, Indian Cuisine, Chineses Cuisine, Mexican Cuisine, Pizza, Bubble Tea, Fried Chicken, Poke, Grandma Loves You Sandwiches, etc.There's plenty of space between the food stations and on the patio to sit down and enjoy your food or have events that even include dancing.Finding parking is a bit tricky though. Well, isn't that the case in Downtown? LolIf you're lucky, you can find street parking, if not, you need to use underground parking which is expensive. Best option is taking TTC there if you can.
Chefs Hall used to be called Assembly Chef's Hall. I had heard great things about coming to this hall with lots of food stalls to choose food and drinks from. I dig Upper East Food Club and The Annex. Give me quality eateries where I can get a drink from one and a sandwich from another, and I am a happy camper.* start of aside *What confuses me here is the name change. You still see welcome mats in this hall that say Assembly. Yet, the word, Assembly, has formally disappeared in the name, along with the apostrophe.My confusion is the change from having the apostrophe removed from the name. Why? Perhaps it was misleading that it was a hall that belonged to a specific chef? It's kind of the same debate with farmers' market versus farmers market. With the former, multiple farmers run each market, so a plural possessive noun makes sense.Chefs' hall. Do multiple chefs run each hall? I don't know.With the latter, farmers market implies that markets may be supplied by multiple farmers, but they are not necessarily owned by those farmers. Chefs Hall. Chefs may not own the hall. Do they? I don't know, either.Conclusion: The name of this hall needs help. I'd call it Hall of Yumminess.* end of aside * I live under a rock. For years, when I am attending a concert or some event at Scotiabank Arena, or I'm in the vicinity as a tourist, I park at Richmond Adelaide Centre. I didn't realize that I was always a three-minute walk away from Chefs Hall.It's probably because I'm never hungry going to Scotiabank Arena. After the event is over, I want to walk back to fetch my car and head home.It was straightforward walking over to Chefs Hall from this parking lot. There were signs that guided me over.Chefs Hall is divided into three halls:- Beer Hall (it's closest to Adelaide, with a bar and a stage)- Vendor Hall (it's where all the food stalls are)- Main Hall (there's a larger bar and a patio area)I liked how I felt walking through the Beer Hall. It was cozy with plants everywhere. There were lots of places to sit down, have a drink, and eat either with a group or by yourself.I needed the woman's washroom when I got here. I found it almost immediately when I walked up the stairs to the Vendor Hall. I was thrilled. It was clean and nicely maintained.There are steps up to all food stalls. As far as accessibility goes, there are a couple of accessibility lifts in the Beer Hall and Main Hall. They look like cubes.I have been here for an event in the Main Hall. If you have an event, you can rent a hall. It gets blocked off, so others will know that they can't crash your event. This hall was roomy and fabulous.I have also dropped by Oswald's Pizza to grab some Detroit-style pizza. I loved my food.When I was there, I got a glimpse of these food vendors:- Oswald's Pizza- Grandma Loves You- Charcoal Biriyani- Hawaiian Poke Bar- The Red EyeShould I be downtown for a concert and haven't eaten, I'd come here to grab a bite beforehand. Chefs Hall is open Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 am till 9 pm. Wednesdays through Saturdays, hours are from 11 am till 10 pm. It's closed on Sundays.There is free wifi. What was weird was that it prompted for my e-mail address and birthdate, including year of birth. No free wifi needs that personal information to connect, so I declined using it.I look forward to returning to try other food stalls. It's a cool place and concept. (163)
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Chefs Hall (previously called Assembly Chef's Hall) is a large food hall located in downtown Toronto, and walking distance from the financial district. I've come here on a couple of different occasions: weekday lunches with teammates, evening drinks and dinner with friends after work, and weekend brunch / lunch as well as dinner. It operates like a food court, where there are different vendors selling different menu items, and you order from each vendor individually. The difference is that the vendors are more up-scale, some with renowned chefs and have actual dine-in restaurants in other locations (e.g. Mira Mira, Pokito, Tachi, Grandma Loves You). Food and drinks selection includes high-end sushi tasting, ramen, Latin American foods (such as tacos and fusion dishes), poke, biryani, gourmet coffee and bar.Over the years, some of the vendors have changed, but the concept and ambience remain the same. It's a nice place to get together with friends or work colleagues, in a very spacious environment with lots of food to choose from.
Piano Piano review:Accidentally discovered Piano Piano (which mainly offers Neo-style pies) had a stall at Chef's Hall (111 Richmond St. West) and that they offered 18" pies (all their other locations only offered 10"). I also learned that the next day was their last day at this location. Apparently, the Chef's Hall menu lists 16" pies' prices in the late-20s range, but the stall only lists 18" pies in the early-30s range. Impressively for a small stall, they are (were?) open 11 AM until 10 PM every day except Sundays.So I ordered their "Margherita Pizza" pie which came with 3 different cheeses (Mozz', Fior di Latte, Parmesan). And decided to also add Soppressata (note: avoid deli meats on well-done pies). Asked for "quite thin," and "nearly well done." Price was about $32 before taxes and tip.The dough was the best version of the Badiali and Maker style I've had, where the dough almost seems like it is fried. Here, the dough was crispy outside, and almost flaky inside, with minimal char. It could have been more well done, respectfully. The dough also could have been thinner, but was not overwhelmingly "bready" but the thickness was useful in holding the impressively generous amount of toppings they applied.Ordering soppressata was a mistake on my part, as it was too salty and got quite rigid in texture after being cooked at my request of "well done," (it is actually only used with their "hot honey" for their "Raging Hot Pizza.") so I do not reccomend anyone order a "well done" pie with deli-cut meats.Tomato sauce was great and could have been enjoyed on it's own, but could have been thicker in texture. Not too savoury or sweet. Perhaps over-powered by the soppressata (which I requested extra) and cheeses.Cheese was great and was not skimped on. The variety of the 3 cheeses really shone through, as the triple combination created a solid, dense, yet thin, layer of cheese, which added great flavour and savouriness, of varying textures and flavour profiles. The picture has a lot of shiny liquid, which was my generous application of olive oil, and the pictures also show the generous addition of chili flakes I added from the ramiken of chili flakes they included. They also included a free ramiken of their "spicy mayonnaise" dip which I didn't use, but tasted "alright."Overall, I'm hugely disappointed Piano Piano chose to shutter here, as it was a unique addition to the area and this location was the only one offering 18" versions of their pies. Piano Piano did not advertise the location at the bottom of their page amongst all their other locations (instead, the location was listed in the middle of a paragraph in their "take-out" section, which itself is listed amongst a long horizontal list of other sections, namely, between "Frozen Pizza" and "Gift Cards" on the list).Hopefully they will offer 16" (as Libretto once did) or 18" pies at one of their other locations...
This is a review of Grateful Chicken from Chef's Hall. I got the 5 piece Fried Chicken Bucket through Ubereats. The coating on the chicken was too thick, hard, and not particularly flavorful. The dill they use on the coating didn't particularly complement the flavor at all. The chicken meat inside tasted good. I just didn't love this chicken and sad to say I much prefer the chain restaurants - Mary Browns, KFC, and Popeye's.
This is for the Charcoal Biryani and Turkish Kebab restaurant in Chef's Hall. Wow, what delicious biryani. Really impressed by this place. Tried both the lamb and the chicken biryani and both were great as were the samosas. They ever went lit of their way to rectify and issue with another dish. Very highly recommended alongside plenty of other good options.
This place is pretty rad. I found it on Yelp after looking for coffee shops in the area to work from with a few coworkers. Lost Coffee was what popped up and when I realized it was attached to this hall, I was overjoyed. I'm a s***** for a good market or food hall and love to explore them when I travel, so this was perfect. After working inside Lost Coffee for a few hours, my small group needed lunch. We strolled around and at the time they had everything from sushi, ramen, and tacos to burgers, pasta, and baked goods. All three of us went with ramen (another thing I like to try while traveling). We found seats outside on their giant patio. This place is honestly huge. I'll definitely be back the next time I find myself in Toronto!