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Dynasty Chinese Cuisine

Rating: 2.6/5 (28 votes)

Posted by Staff / Reviewed on February 20, 2011

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Dynasty TorontoDynasty Chinese Cuisine has moved from its perch overlooking Bloor Street to an equally light-infused space on Yorkville Avenue.

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Rob / April 9, 2008 at 01:06 pm
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Those pictures look great! Mmmm... fried rice-noodle dumpling.
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jack / April 9, 2008 at 04:46 pm
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way overpriced at Dynasty
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Andrew la Fleur / April 12, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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Expensive, but oh so very delicious.
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kit / April 12, 2008 at 07:23 pm
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there are so many more places that are better and cheaper in markham and richmond hill. whenever i'm downtown, i would never have dim sum considering there are so many other choices of cuisine to eat. the competition up north drive the prices lower. you know a place is good when you have to wait min 30 minutes to get a table on a saturday/sunday morning. i was actually at dynasty today, and to be honest, from a chinese perspective, dynasty is only 75% authentic, while the other 25% is still catering to westerner taste. and totally overpriced...even if i didn't have the pay for the meal.
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clothdeal.com / April 13, 2008 at 07:26 am
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Look very delicious temptation
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Maggie / August 8, 2008 at 12:33 am
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Uh, I really don't understand the overpriced complain... Yes you can get Dim Sum cheaper and the same comparable quality up at Markham, but I think you can easily say that for anything. Bay & Bloor caters to a certain group of clienteles (you know, the ones that can afford the Channels across the street? or the LV next door? They probably put their takeouts in them :) and it's pretty evident. As for the authenticity... I'm Chinese and I don't see what is not authentic about them. The quality of their Ha Gows alone is a good indication. What are the criteria for a Chinese restaurant to be 100% authentic anyway? Push carts? No Chop Suey on menu? Maybe just not serve Westerners at all? Hmm well here's a news flash, you don't have to order the egg rolls on the menu, it's not mandatory and I'm sure no one would hold it against you if you don't eat there because you can't afford it.
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rainier_zed replying to a comment from Maggie / January 16, 2009 at 02:27 am
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maggie, great comment! any dim sum junkie can taste good dim sum just from one har gow.
dynasty is high quality and 100% authentic. yes if you drive go to markham but if not, this is a great choice.

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Jon / February 21, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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I agree....if you have to option, you should go up to Markham and you can get better dim sum for a better price but that is 30-50mins extra drive time. Dynasty is a reasonable quality, the Ha Gow are adequate, and you are dining on Bloor, so they pay higher rent, so you pay higher prices.
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Kristen / August 24, 2009 at 01:49 pm
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I'm new to the TO area and I tried Dynasty yesterday based on the good recommendations from this page. I was sorely disappointed. After tasting amazing dim sum while living in LA and having a couple of really good dim sum experiences in Scarborough lately, I found Dynasty's food to be very bland and disgustingly overpriced. Yes, I read the info and comments from this page and understood what Dynasty's prices would be, and I was prepared to pay that much for spectacular food. Dynasty is not spectacular in any way.
My husband and I first ordered our usual staples (har gow, siu mai, char siu bao, char siu pork in rice noodles, and sesame balls with bean paste) to see how Dynasty would compare. The har gow and siu mai were good but not great, the bao was a bit sweet for our tastes but the bun was nice and fluffy, and the sesame balls were actually pretty wonderful; however, the char siu pork in noodles was tasteless, the noodles were rubbery, and the sauce that came with it (usually a nice oyster sauce) was instead a gross vinegar-based watery variety.
After having a mostly-good experience with our staples we ordered a few more dishes as a kind of "tasting menu", with mixed results. The fried taro and tofu dishes were pretty good and the baked char siu pork buns were tasty, but everything else we ordered was definitely not: the fried shrimp & crab dish (the only XXL we ordered) was utterly tasteless and bordered on inedible; the shrimp & chive dumplings were average; the pork dumplings tasted like the bland frozen dim sum you buy from a supermarket, with a tough rubbery dough; and the baked sesame shrimp rolls were weird, tasted okay but not something I'd order again.
In total, we paid almost $80 for a dim sum meal that had some good points but was mostly either average or bland. In all of our previous dim sum experiences we've never paid more than $60 for excellent meals, even with 4 people at the table. To pay $80 at Dynasty for sub-par dim sum for 2 was ridiculous, and we're definitely never going there again. I'd advise you to do the same.
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Tania / November 26, 2009 at 12:42 am
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Their food maybe great but don't ever deal with them if you want to host a function there! They switched my wedding last minute to some other restaurant they owned, making some story up about their "renovation" during a date I booked a year in advance. Absolutely no renovations going on what-so-ever when I passed by. Did not end up a total disaster, but definitely left a bad taste in my mouth.
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mj / December 30, 2009 at 03:43 pm
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I question most of the comments above. I had the absolutely worst experience at Dynasty. I was asked to provide identification when I provided a credit card for payment. It was strange since there were 4 women at my table and it seemed that the two women of colour (aka black) were asked to provide identification.

I plan on never revisiting Dynasty again and would strongly recommend they review their customer service policies. Also, the food was average. Way better eats at Spadina or Lee Gardens!
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taylor / April 9, 2010 at 10:56 pm
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I tried Dynasty with three friends because we were looking for a good peking duck. The duck was good and came after about twenty minutes, but the service was rushed and rude. For a $150 meal including dessert, I'd hope for courteousness and maybe a refilled water glass. Really disappointing.
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YOu suck replying to a comment from kit / October 17, 2010 at 10:55 am
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Oh yes I'm sure I'd miss that 25% Chinese part...dirty tables...staff who no speak English...pushy rude Chinese staff and patrons.

I'd gladly pay more to avoid all that
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Mike / October 24, 2010 at 04:53 pm
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I was at this restaurant just on Saturday for Dim Sum because it was near my work area in Yorkville, I originally was going to go to LWH for dim sum but it was a bit out of the way. My dim sum experience is that I usually go for it only on the hwy 7 area because they usually serve decent quality food for a fair enough price. However upon hearing mixed reviews about dynasty i decided to go and see how it really was, the result was pretty shameful. Not to be a snob or anything but upon arrival the greeters were dressed very unprofessional and had no actual work uniform. However the servers I will say were very attentive in doing the necessary things such as clearing the table, refilling tea. On the contrary though the tea is a key indication to understand what expectation the restaurant is trying to signal. My guest and I both ordered a tea and it was to say very bland in flavor, I had asked them to resteeped the tea as this was unacceptable. They did resteep the tea but it was still very bland meaning that the restaurant reuses tea leaves which in my books is just terrible. I order the usual har gao and siu mai, and both were very bland and poorly made, and to add also it was about 7 dollars a dish which got me really angry because I'm literally paying for crap. I didn't bother with anything else in the restaurant, service was really good but food was just a big dissapointment for the price, might as well have dim sum at TNT supermarket. Anyways i think in terms of downtown I'm going to stick with just LWH for dim sum and hwy 7 if I want a legit dim sum. Overall big thumbs down for dynasty.
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131 Bloor Street West, 2nd Fl (Get Directions)
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