Neighbourhoods
Markham
Markham is one of the fastest growing areas in Ontario. Located north east of Toronto, the neighbourhood is packed with some of the city's best Chinese restaurants and Pacific Mall, billed as North American's "largest indoor Asian mall". Like North York and Scarborough, Markham comprises a number of smaller neighbourhoods including Buttonville, Cornell, Markham Village, Milliken, Thornhill, and Unionville.
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Ajisen Ramen (Markham) / Restaurants
Ajisen Ramen is a global Japanese noodle chain restaurant that has locations in Hong Kong, Japan and the US. Their signature "Ajisen Ramen" bowl is filled with BBQ pork, half...
Al Dente Italian Restaurant / Restaurants
Al Dente Italian Restaurant boasts to be "Markham's best kept secret". Situated on the picturesque Main Street in Markham, the restaurant is open for both casual and fine dining, featuring...
All Star Wings and Ribs / Restaurants
All Star Wings and Ribs is the self-proclaimed "hottest spot in Richmond Hill and Markham". They offer an outrageous number of wing flavours to choose from. I'm not sure how...
Andy's Fish and Chips / Restaurants
Andy's Fish and Chips is not your typical fish and chips joint. Located in the new colourful plaza on Markham Road and Steeles Avenue East, this small and rather shabby...
Asian Legend (Markham) / Restaurants
Asian Legend has six locations in the GTA including this one in the Metro Square mall. Compared to other locations, this Asian Legend has solid service and the food quality...
Beard Papa's / Baked Goods
Beard Papa's brings a Japanese favourite to the second floor atrium of the Pacific Mall. The crunchy and gooey cream puffs may come from a food court stall, but this...
Biryani Depot / Restaurants
Biryani Depot is an Indian restaurant located in the new plaza on Markham Road and Steeles Avenue East. Their menu proudly boasts that most of their items are $5 or...
Biryani Hut (Markham Road) / Restaurants
Biryani Hut is a small take-out joint located in the Indian-centric plaza on Markham and Steeles. They offer Indian goodies such as their namesake chicken biryani for only $4.25 and...
Bubble Tea and Me / Cafes
Bubble Tea and Me is a new bubble tea shop that offers bubble tea, juices, and coffee. It also serves up an array of Asian snacks such as fried squid...
Cafe Green Tea / Restaurants
Cafe Green Tea is adjacent to Heisei Mart in the J-Town complex. The cafeteria-style restaurant offering plates of fried noodles ($5.98), chicken rice omelettes ($6.98), and various tempura dishes. Casual...
Canadian Chinese Table Tennis Association / Fitness Clubs
The Canadian Chinese Table Tennis Association is a 15,000 square foot facility for serious ping-pong players. Or else, for anyone off the street with $6 for a Day Pass. The...
Casa Imperial / Restaurants
Casa Imperial is strangely located inside the Devonsleigh Place. It's housed in a converted old mansion, hence the name I guess. An upscale joint, eating here feels like the Chinese...
Casa Victoria / Restaurants
At Highway 7 and Warden, Casa Victoria is the sister restaurant of Casa Imperial. It's a bit farther north than her counterpart but the menu here is basically the same...
Cayne's / Design Stores
Cayne's is for those who want it all - and at a minimum discount of 20%. At last look a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer was on sale for $200, an...
Chung King / Restaurants
Chung King Garden Restaurant is a Mandarian and Szechuan cuisine restaurant that has been around for many years at the Market Village mall. Many customers who come here would argue...
Circles and Squares / Baked Goods
Circles and Squares Bakery has made countless appearances in my life (and the lives of my "colleagues") since it showed up in the Best Cookies in Toronto poll back in...
CJC Music / Services
CJC Music is a tiny strip mall shop with lots of musical offerings, if not totally apparent when first walking in the store. There are hanging rows of acoustic and...
Congee Queen (Markham) / Restaurants
Congee Queen menus can be found in the kitchen drawers of every Chinese family north of the 401. Fact! With must-trys such as their moist turnip cake and crispy fried...
Congee Royal / Restaurants
Congee Royal is a massive restaurant found in the Japan Town complex on Steeles Avenue. ...
Congee Wong / Restaurants
Congee Wong, or quite literally, "King of Congee" in Chinese, has quite a big name to live up to. Nestled in a popular Chinese suburban mall, this local favourite has...
Congee Wong (First Markham Place) / Restaurants
Congee Wong is a very popular chain restarant amongst locals for a quick Canton style meal (i.e. dishes which feature congee, rice and noodles). Their First Markham Place location is...
CrossFit Markham / Fitness Clubs
CrossFit Markham is a humble family-run facility that initially started out of a garage. Take advantage of a free week of unlimited CrossFit classes before joining one of their kettlebell...
Ding Tai Fung Shanghai Dim Sum / Restaurants
Ding Tai Fung Shanghai Dim Sum is located in a busy Markham strip mall 35-minutes drive from downtown Toronto - and it's well worth the trek. It's difficult to find...
Dozo Sushi and Sake Bar / Restaurants
Dozo is a fairly standard Japanese restaurant with an emphasis on drinks. It's located in the restaurant-heavy area of Hwy 7 and Commerce Valley and East Beaver Creek in Markham....
Empire Court / Restaurants
Empire Court is found inside the Hilton Hotel at Warden and Highway 7. Very few people know that this place exists (as I suspect not many plan their weekend dinner...
Est West Korean BBQ / Restaurants
Est West Korean BBQ is located at First Markham Place and serves great quality Korean food at decent prices. Aside from offering Korean BBQ, they have amazing lunch specials such...
Famu / Grocery Stores
Famu totes itself as the only Japanese butcher in Toronto. Technically, it's in the J-Town Japanese mall in Markham, but I suppose the idea still stands. I headed to Famu to...
Fire Fly Seafood and Steak House / Restaurants
Fire Fly Seafood & Steak House is an HK style restaurant located at First Markham Place. They offer a wide range of dishes, such as Satay Beef Noodle Soup and...
Fish Soup Noodles / Restaurants
Fish Soup Noodles is a hot pot and soup noodle restaurant that specializes in making a one-of-a-kind milky fish broth that is brewed from scratch. You can customize your meal...
Fortune Stone Restaurant / Restaurants
Fortune Stone Restaurant is a Hong Kong café style diner located in the T&T plaza on the corner of Warden & Steeles. They have a variety of fast food options...
Frankie Tomatto / Restaurants
Frankie Tomatto can be spotted blocks aways thanks to its pseudo Leaning Tower of Pisa. The restaurant is Italian (no surprise there) and offers an "All You Can Eat Italian...
Fruit Jungle / Cafes
Fruit Jungle in one place only - First Markham Place shopping centre at Woodbine and Highway 7. For those living downtown, it might be a bit far, but their unique,...
Gal's Sushi / Restaurants
Gal's Sushi in Markham serves up fresh sushi, sashimi and other Japanese and Korean favaourites. Photo by JP Sebastian in the blogTO Flickr pool...
George's Tastee Bakery & Deli / Restaurants
Tastee, covered with cartoon caricatures of children eating beef patties, looks very much like the inside of a Coffee Time, though it actually bakes from scratch on the premises and...
Ginga Fitness / Fitness Clubs
Ginga Fitness, the world's first Ginga studio has opened in Toronto, nestled between a tire store and a spa just North of the city. Classes are run by fitness guru...
Ginger and Onion / Restaurants
Ginger and Onion is a pleasant, relaxed dim sum option. It's part of the Market Village Plaza (right across from the Pacific Mall) so one can go shopping after...
Golf Clearance Warehouse / Fashion Stores
Golf Clearance Warehouse is filled with clubs, clothing, and accessories at marked-down prices, bought through overruns, closeouts, and other circumstances that result in great deals for the customer. A complete...
Graceful Vegetarian / Restaurants
Any enthusiast knows that dim sum is by nature the delicate yet total celebration of meat. It can therefore be drastically limiting when accommodating vegetarians. Not here! The...
Great Khan Mongolian Grill / Restaurants
Great Khan Mongolian Grill is located in the Market Village plaza and is an excellent place to bring visitors to try something different. It is a buffet-style restaurant will you...
Green Grotto Tea Room / Cafes
Green Grotto Tea Room is a great spot for those looking for a cozy atmosphere to catch-up with friends while sipping on authentic bubble tea (that doesn't taste like it's...
Heisei Mart / Grocery Stores
Heisei Mart is a Japanese grocery store in Markham, part of the Japanese J-Town complex. Now, J-Town isn't like other GTA malls with aisles of divided shops and a Fido...
Home of Hot Taste / Restaurants
Home of Hot Taste is one of the few restaurants in the GTA where you can score Korean style fried chicken. With a lighter batter, whole chickens and your choice...
Homestyle Caribbean / Restaurants
Homestyle Caribbean is a Caribbean restaurant located in the new and colourful plaza on Markham Road and Steeles Avenue East. For less than $5, you can have a good-sized portion...
House of Garden / Restaurants
House of Garden is a restaurant located in Markham that serves up Cantonese cuisine. They offer the traditional congee, noodle and rice dishes, and an additional array of Chinese dishes...
I Cook Buffet / Restaurants
I Cook Buffet is an all-you-can-eat hot pot restaurant located in the T&T plaza on the corner of Warden & Steeles. They offer a huge self-serve selection of meats, seafood...
India's Taste / Restaurants
India's Taste is a sprawling Indian restaurant with an all-day buffet and main dishes a la carte. Though its interior colours remind me a little of Swiss Chalet, the chicken...
Izakaya Ju / Restaurants
Izakaya Ju is a popular izakaya tucked away in the J-Town complex in Markham. Open for lunch and dinner, the casual eatery draws hungry diners for its sashimi, yakitori and...
Japanese Express / Restaurants
Japanese Express in where to get your sushi fix in Pacific Mall. They have a little bar to sit and enjoy your spicy salmon or spider roll. Japanese Express seems...
Joe Yee / Restaurants
Joe Yee, with its open sushi bar and a sashimi menu next to photos of giant sushi party trays, at first glance appears to be the typical Japanese restaurant -...
Keung's Delight / Restaurants
Keung's Delight is perhaps the most popular out of the three Keung Kee restaurant chain locations. Known for its big portions and speedy service, locals and out-of-towners love to come...
Le Baron / Fashion Stores
Le Baron is a family owned and operated store that places an emphasis on price and offers a good selection of boots. I have found their staff at the...
Lemon Tree / Restaurants
Lemon Tree is a Malaysian/Southeast Asian restaurant located at First Markham Place. They serve a wide assortment of dishes such as hainese chicken, pho and malaysian style rice noodles. Prices...
Liberty Burgers & Wings / Restaurants
Liberty Burgers & Wings is located in the quiet and quaint neighbourhood of Main Street North in Markham. Opened just under a year ago, the newly renovated interior offers room...
Lingan Cream House / Restaurants
Lingan Cream House (also spelt Lingan Cream House) is a small Indian snack and dessert place in the Markham Road and Steeles Avenue East plaza. They offer vadai fritters and...
Lobster Royale / Restaurants
Lobster Royale on Yonge Street is a bit of a hidden gem. The restaurant specializes in all things lobster and serves up one of the best lobster bisques in town....
Maison du Japon / Restaurants
At Maison du Japon, there are differently sized rooms to accommodate very large (think full-blown banquets and weddings) or smaller numbers. Sophisticated decor, pleasant staff, and reasonably priced AYCE ($11.99...
Manikanda Villas / Restaurants
Manikanda Villas is a new halal Indian takeout place located on Markham and Steeles. They offer a wide array of extremely cheap Indian eats, such as chicken or beef curry...
Mei Nung Beef Noodle House / Restaurants
Mei Nung Beef Noodle House is one of the many offerings in the incredibly busy First Markham Place plaza. Many people familiar with the establishment identify Mei Nung by its...
Mi Hyang / Restaurants
Mi Hyang is a small, cozy restaurant located at First Markham Place that serves up traditional "family-style" Korean cuisine. They offer all-day specials for only $4.99, and every meal comes...
Michidean Limited / Baked Goods
Michidean Limited in Markham does mostly wholesale, which means if you're in the mood for a patty, you'll likely end up with 12. Of course, that's not really a bad...
Milano Foodworks / Restaurants
Milano Foodworks, on Woodbine Avenue just south of Denison, is a popular lunch time option for big plates of pasta, souvlaki, gyros, veal and chicken sandwiches....
Nak Won (Markham) / Restaurants
Nak Won is a restaurant chain that is well-known for its large variety of Korean and Korean- Chinese dishes. This particular location feels a lot brighter and more spacious than...
Nakamura Bakery / Baked Goods
Nakamura is a Japanese bakery located inside the J-Town complex near Steeles and the 404. Cakes, pastries, donuts and more are made here including a beef curry donut, sadly, a...
New SpiceLand Restaurant / Restaurants
New SpiceLand Restaurant is a takeout Indian restaurant located right beside the large SpiceLand supermarket in the Indian-centric plaza on Markham and Steeles. This place offers a large cornucopia of...
Niwatei / Restaurants
Niwatei, which means "Castle of the Feather Boat" in Japanese, is a month old Ramen restaurant found in the J-Town complex in Markham. I heard good things about Niwatei from...
Octagon / Restaurants
The Octagon is not trendy, exciting or new by any means. It is, however, a purveyor of well executed cuts of meat and seafood, and a place where you'll find...
Oshio Japanese Restaurant / Restaurants
Oshio Japanese Restaurant has been a long-time resident in the bus terminal of a mall at Don Mills and Steeles. Taken over two years ago by new owners, little has...
Owl of Minerva (Markham) / Restaurants
Owl of Minerva in Markham is part of a larger Korean restaurant chain, and is located in the First Markham Place strip plaza. Locals love to come here for a...
Patisserie Gateau / Baked Goods
Patisserie Gateau is a Chinese bakery located in First Markham Place. They are best known for their white sugar cakes and "boot jai gohs" which are chewy pudding cakes. You...
Peach Garden (Markham) / Restaurants
Peach Garden is a Vietnamese restaurant located in the small plaza across from Pacific Mall and Market Village. While most pho noodle places have three sizes of bowls to choose...
Peaktop Restaurant / Restaurants
Peaktop Restaurant is a mainstay of First Markham Place. The Cantonese restaurant opened its doors in 1997 and has had several renovations to keep the interior fresh and current, even...
Pho Viet / Restaurants
Pho Viet is a popular Vietnamese restaurant that is most well-known for its friendly-service and delicious food. People love to come here for a casual yet authentic "Pho" noodle experience....
Phoenix Restaurant / Restaurants
Phoenix restaurant is where my family congregates for a Hong Kong café food fix and a cool glass of their signature milk tea. Whenever we head out for a...
Pizza 786 / Restaurants
Pizza 786 offers a blend of Italian and Middle Eastern foods, such as pizza, panzerotti and shawarma, as well as chicken wings. Also available for take-out and delivery....
Pizza Drive / Restaurants
Pizza Drive is a halal pizza joint located in the Indian-centric plaza on Markham and Steeles. Their menu has offerings as diverse as pasta, gyros, and Singaporean noodles from under...
Rolling Pot / Restaurants
Rolling Pot is another popular all-you-can eat Chinese hot pot restaurant located in the Market Village / Pacfic Mall plaza. With dinner pricing starting from $18, you can cook all...
Running Free / Fashion Stores
Running Free strikes me as Running Room's kid sister, if only because it doesn't boast countless locations throughout the country. With just five stores including this one in Markham, Running...
Sahebi Kabob Toronto / Restaurants
Sahebi Kabob is a halal Afghani restaurant located on Markham and Steeles. They offer a large variety of kabob combos, such as the tender chaamp kabob (lamb chops) which is...
Sakura Sushi (Markham) / Restaurants
Sakura Sushi is a small Japanese restaurant hidden in the T&T Supermarket plaza on the corner of Warden & Steeles. The sushi and sashimi here is done fresh and they...
Seoul Garden / Restaurants
Seoul Garden has had its fair share of identity crises over the years. Originally marketed as a gourmet grill option along the lines of Sariwon (before Sariwon existed, natch), it...
Serissa Cate / Cafes
Serissa Cate is the latest incarnation of the many tea houses that have occupied this spot at Metro Square mall in Markham. Modern and sleek, this new Asian café chain...
Shark's Fin City / Restaurants
The Shark's Fin City stall in Pacific Mall offers shark fin in a variety of forms, including soup with mushrooms ($21.99) and stewed with egg ($5.50). It also offers BBQ...
Shirin Mahal (Steeles) / Baked Goods
Shirin Mahal is a sweet shop that offers an assortment of foods from cream cakes, to lemon tarts, to chicken patties. All of their food is made with traditional Pakistani...
Shiso Tree Cafe / Restaurants
Shiso Tree Cafe specializes in Japanese-style pasta. Internationally, there are chains that serve this food, most notably Pasta de Waraku which is insanely popular in Asia, but since none of...
So-Gong Dong Tofu House / Restaurants
So-Gong Dong Tofu House is a Korean restaurant located at First Markham Place. It is the perfect place to grab a quick, casual meal if you are craving some bubbling...
Spellbound Hair Design / Fashion Stores
Spellbound Hair Design is where to go if you ever wanted to get your hair to look like those quirky J-Pop or Cantopop artists with their anime-gravity-defying looks and multicoloured...
Spring Villa Chinese Cuisine / Restaurants
Spring Villa Chinese Cuisine is a restaurant tucked away in an inconspicuous plaza close to Woodbine and Steeles. Despite its awkward location, tons of people flock here on weekends for...
Star King / Restaurants
Star King is a Vietnamese and Thai cuisine restaurant located in what used to be a Kelsey's on the corner of Warden and Steeles. The place is spacious with plenty...
Star Music / Bars
Star Music is a karaoke lounge on the upper floor of Pacific Mall. This is a decent option if looking to share a private room among friends. Prices are reasonable....
Suite 22 / Design Stores
Suite 22 is a Markham design shop offering modern Italian furniture and decor. Exclusively. While the trend in furniture shops nowadays seems to be offering a bit from here and...
Sun's Kitchen / Restaurants
Sun's Kitchen is the place to head to in Pacific Mall when in the mood for noodles or dumplings. The chefs pull and prepare the dough right in front of...
Sushi Fun / Restaurants
Sushi Fun sounds like a fun place, and it is if you like stuffing your face with lots of sushi and other assorted Japanese dishes as this is an all-you-can-eat...
Szechuan Garden / Restaurants
Szechuan Garden is one of four (I think?) restaurants which share an interesting quirk: their Chinese names are the same (Ban Mu Yuan), but their English names are all different,...
T&T Supermarket (Markham) / Grocery Stores
T&T Supermarket is a chain of grocery stores that not only stocks massive amounts of (relatively cheap) Asian groceries, but they also have a bustling dim sum and sushi counter...
Taipei Chin Yuan Pai Ku / Restaurants
Taipei Chin Yuan Pai Ku is located in the food court of Metro Square Mall on Steeles Ave. This fast food stall only offers around half a dozen or so...
Tasty House / Cafes
Tasty House not only specializes in bubble tea, but also savoury and sweet crepes, fruit slushies, and milkshakes. Some of the more unique bubble tea flavours they list include Japanese...
Tavazo Dried Nuts and Fruit / Grocery Stores
Tavazo Dried Nuts and Fruit specializes in its eponymous items, although they're particularly well-known for their selection of pistachios. You'll also find an array of chocolate-covered fruit, as well as...
Tehran Supermarket (Thornhill) / Grocery Stores
Tehran Supermarket (Thornhill) is a Middle Eastern grocery store that offers packaged pantry items, prepared products and produce, as well as take-out and bakery options....
Ten Ten's Dumplings / Grocery Stores
Ten Ten's Dumplings is where to go if you've ever wanted to cook your own dumplings and hold a little dim sum party. Offering frozen pre-made dumplings ranging from pork...
TEN23 / Bars
TEN23 might be the only place in the GTA that offers private karaoke rooms and a menu complete with ox tongue and spaghetti Bolognese. But know this: Decent weekday rates...
The Low Carb Grocery / Grocery Stores
The Low Carb Grocery offers low carb pastas, breads, bagels, and snacks. They also offer information regarding low carb diets and recipes from their Markham retail location. The Low Carb...
The Markham Station / Restaurants
The Markham Station has a $4.99 all day breakfast that might get you in the door but this restaurant is popular with night crawlers and the hungover alike. It's...
Thee Asian Kitchen / Restaurants
Thee Asian Kitchen offers a fusion of Thai, Japanese, and Chinese cuisine. Their cleanly designed, modern interior hosts extra-long tables for big groups of more than 12. They also have...
Tiny Tom Donuts / Baked Goods
Tiny Tom Donuts is a CNE favourite of mine, but never before have I encountered the deep-fried magic off Exhibition grounds. But here at Denison and Woodbine they're made just...
Tracy Dessert / Baked Goods
Tracy Dessert is a cozy and traditionally-decorated Chinese dessert shop located in First Markham Place. There is an extensive menu with everything you can think of, from mango pudding to...
Tucker's Express / Restaurants
Tucker's Express lives up to its names by serving take-out and ready prepared meals including salads, sandwiches and roast beef....
VIP Vietnamese Cuisine / Restaurants
VIP Vietnamese Cuisine has good pho. The beef slices in each of their pho dishes are by far some of the freshest in the GTA. In addition, their lemongrass chicken/porkchops...
Wei's Kitchen / Restaurants
Wei's Kitchen is a casual Chinese restaurant located in First Markham Place. They offer lunch specials that come with a drink from 11:30am to 5:30pm, with a variety of soup...
Woodstone Restaurant / Restaurants
Woodstone Restaurant calls itself a Vietnamese and Thai restaurant, but it's completely run and operated by Chinese people, as evidenced from the din of Cantonese conversations between the wait staff....
Yang's Kitchen / Restaurants
Yang's Kitchen on Highway 7 is a forerunner in the AYCE sushi scene, and their expertise certainly shows in their service and quality food. If you aren't convinced, just walk...
YuTopia / Restaurants
Yutopia is the resident self-serve frozen yogurt joint in the Pacific Mall in Markham. It occupies unit A25, which, as anyone who has visited Pacific Mall knows, means absolutely nothing....
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- Baldwin Village
- Bayview and Leaside
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- Bloor West Village
- Bloorcourt
- Bloordale Village
- Cabbagetown
- Chinatown
- Church Wellesley Village
- Corktown
- Corso Italia
- Danforth
- Distillery District
- Dundas West
- East Chinatown
- Eglinton West
- Etobicoke
- Financial District
- Forest Hill Village
- Harbourfront
- Junction
- Junction Triangle
- Kensington Market
- King East
- King West
- Koreatown
- Leslieville
- Liberty Village
- Little India
- Little Italy
- Markham
- Mount Pleasant
- North York
- Ossington
- Pape Village
- Parkdale
- Port Lands
- Queen West
- Richmond Hill
- Riverside
- Roncesvalles Village
- Rosedale
- Scarborough
- St. Clair West
- St. Lawrence Market
- Upper Beaches
- West Queen West
- Yonge & Bloor
- Yonge & College
- Yonge & Dundas
- Yonge & Eglinton
- Yonge & St. Clair
- Yonge & Wellesley
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