Restaurants
Restaurants in North York
Restaurants
Absinthe Pub (York) / Pub Food
Absinthe is the last of the student-owned and operated. In the basement of Winters College, the Ab (as it is known by local patrons) offers all of the standard pub...
Adel Kabob / Middle Eastern
Adel Kabob brings some delicious meat to the saturated Persian meat market (and the saturated plaza) in Toronto North. When walking into the store, try not to pass...
Agra Fine Indian Cuisine / Indian
Buffets can be scary, depending on the restaurant. I usually opt for ordering from the menu because of this, but a friend recommended the one at Agra Fine Indian Cuisine...
Ajisen Ramen / Asian
In the dying hours of 2006 I found myself 1) in North York, 2) in a car with three drunk friends, one hungry driver and, of course, my camera, and...
Alborz / Middle Eastern
Alborz is a very moderately priced Persian restaurant (in the arena of Persian food). The atmosphere is always joyful and the staff are incredibly accomodating. The Persian specialty...
Altona Kabob / Persian
Altona Kabob in North York is a take-out and eat-in restaurant offering up Iranian and Persian foods, including spicy kebabs and rices. ...
Amulet / Eastern European
Amulet restaurant is a lavish testament to Russian banquet culture, but covers a range of neighbouring regions, including Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgian wines. Try the mamalyga--a blend of cornmeal and...
Anoush / Middle Eastern
Anoush is a Middle Eastern take-out place that is a fusion of Persian and Turkish food. Kofte kebab and doner kebab are variations of our well known (and loved)...
Aragvi Restaurant / Eastern European
Aragvi is one of only a few Toronto restaurants serving authentic Georgian cuisine. I'd managed to recruit a team of five to brave the cold in order to sample the...
Arepiando / Latin American
Arepiando is a Colombian restaurant where owners Juan Carlos Perilla and Sandra Caballero make their arepas from scratch. Don't mind the bright orange walls. The little North York restaurant offers...
Armando's / Italian
Armando's is an Italian restaurant in North York offering a variety of authentic Italian pastas, thin crust pizzas, and main course dishes. ...
Asahi Sushi (Bathurst Street) / Sushi
Asahi Sushi is a sushi restaurant at the corner of Bathurst and Steeles....
Asian King / Asian
Asian King at Steeles and Bathurst offers a variety of Asian cuisine for dine-in and take-out....
Asian Legend (Finch & Leslie) / Chinese
The Asian Legend at Finch and Leslie may or may not be bigger than the Markham and North York locations, but it definitely feels more spacious. The décor is more...
Asian Legend (Yonge St.) / Chinese
Asian Legend on Yonge between Sheppard and Finch is one of a chain of six Chinese restaurants in Toronto. It's known for its juicy steamed dumplings. ...
Auberge du Pommier / French
Auberge du Pommier,one of the early Oliver and Bonacini collaborations, offers refined and modern interpretations of classic French dishes. ...
Babu (North York) / Indian
Babu in Scarborough is one of two Babu restaurants specializing in Eelam and Indian food. The shop is open until 12 a.m. each day for those late-night dosai cravings, and...
Baharan Pizza & Sandwiches / Sandwiches
Baharan Pizza & Sandwiches serves up hot and cold sandwiches including, notably, veal tongue and lamb brain. For the less adventurous, there's also chicken, hotdogs and burgers....
Bamiyan Kabob (Keele St.) / Middle Eastern
Bamiyan Kabob has several locations throughout the GTA, and lucky York students have one right by campus. The prospect of beef tenderloin marinated in spices for 24 hours might motivate...
Bar Burrito (North York) / Burritos
Bar Burrito offers quick service Tex-Mex fare including burritos, tacos, and quesadillas, made with fresh ingredients and homemade guacamole. ...
Berries and Blooms (York Lanes) / Sandwiches
Berries and Blooms is a haven from the over-processed, beige-coloured foods normally found in abundance on campus. The York Lanes restaurant and catering company offers smoothies on the cheap, as...
Best Dragon / Chinese
Best Dragon Seafood Cuisine boasts tanks of gargantuan lobsters, fresh dim sum, an eclectic melange of menu items from all over China and a host of amiable staff. Formerly called...
Boneyard Grill / Barbecue
Boneyard Grill is a semi-upscale burger and rib joint up in the Thornhill area. They feature a large variety of daily lunch specials with delicious burgers, but perhaps my favourite...
Brooklyn Pizza / Pizza
Brooklyn Pizza is a tiny little hole in the wall of a pizza joint across from Haymishe Bagel Shop on Bathurst. ...
Buda Cafe / Middle Eastern
Buda Cafe offers coffee and tea drinks to satisfy your caffeine cravings, and hookah pipes with shisha to satisfy another sort of craving. Also on the menu are desserts and...
Buk Chang Dong Soon ToFu (Yonge & Finch) / Korean
Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu has two locations in Toronto including one near Bloor and Christie in Koreatown as well as this one in North York. The restaurant is an...
Bul Go Gee / Korean
Bul Go Gee is a Korean BBQ house near Yonge and Sheppard....
Cafe Aries / Eclectic
Cafe Aries is a little dessert and coffee spot with hanging decor as sweet as its treats. If offers a variety of teas, including ginger and bubble....
Cafe Le Monde / Eclectic
Cafe Le Monde, appropriately named, offers a variety of international cuisine and hookah pipes on its patio....
Camarra Pizza / Italian
Camarra Pizza has been serving its authentic Italian cuisine to hungry Torontonians for over 50 years. Its menu includes pizza and pasta, of course, as well as grilled lamb chops,...
Caribbean Heat / Caribbean
Caribbean Heat is a small and simple Asian-Caribbean restaurant located close to Keele and Finch. It offers cheap eats for under $10 and has Caribbean favourites like roti mixed with...
Centre Street Deli / Deli
Centre Street Deli's location (It's in Thornhill) and entirely nondescript exterior renders the chaos inside sudden and miraculous. Centre Street is huge and colourful with a busy and diverse crowd...
Charcoal and Salt / Korean
Charcoal and Salt is situated on the northern tip of Yonge Street's Koreatown just south of Finch. A barbecue joint that does not specialize in a particular breed or cut...
Chattanooga / Italian
Chattanooga is all about its pizzas, though it has been said its lamb shank can hold its own. Also offers salads, coffee, and WiFi....
China Gourmet / Chinese
China Gourmet is a fast food Chinese restaurant located in a York Mills strip mall. ...
Chinese Halal Restaurant (Finch and Leslie) / Chinese
Chinese Halal Restaurant serves unique Chinese Muslim dishes that highlight the flavours of Xinjiang in China. They specialize in cooking delicious lamb and beef kebabs seasoned with an interesting fusion...
Cinque Lire / Italian
Cinque Lire is an Italian restaurant that makes its own fresh gelato. Dessert first? The dinner menu lists thin-crust pizza, homemade pasta, and stuffed panini among its offerings, as well...
Commisso Bros (Eddystone) / Italian
Commisso Bros is a long-standing Italian bakery and deli with two locations in the GTA. This Eddystone location is a bit less-known than its southern counterpart, but that friendly yellow-and-red...
Congee Delight / Chinese
Congee Delight is a hidden culinary gem. Their sliced fish congee is arguably more flavourful than most similar offerings at the more well-known congee establishments, and their small snacks are...
Congee Queen (Steeles Avenue) / Chinese
Congee Queen on Steeles east of Don Mills is one of three Congee Queens in the GTA, offering extremely generous portions at reasonable prices....
Congee Wong (Finch and Leslie) / Chinese
Congee Wong has been around for many years and is a popular chain restarant amongst locals for a quick Canton style meal (i.e. anything with congee, noodles and rice). The...
Crazy Wings / Pub Food
Crazy Wings is a brand-spankin'-new pub and bar right on the corner of Yonge and Finch. The place is very cool and sleek with a built-in fro-yo place right outside...
Cusina Lounge / Filipino
Cusina Lounge is a Filipino restaurant and Karaoke bar with delicious, delicious BBQ stick prepared fresh on the patio in the summertime. The restaurant often hosts live music and karaoke,...
Dalisay / Filipino
Dalisay offers authentic Filipino fare for dine-in or take-out from its restaurant on Steeles at Bathurst....
Dar-B-Dar Pizza / Pizza
Dar-B-Dar Pizza is a small Persian pizza and pasta restaurant located in North York. Their thin crust pizzas are always a hit, with options ranging from all-time favourites like chicken...
Darband Restaurant / Persian
Darband Restaurant might be giving away its secrets online. Well, someone's secrets anyway; who knows if the Persian links it provides on its website actually match up to the recipes...
Dine on 3 (Yorkdale Mall) / Eclectic
Dine on 3 is Yorkdale's new food court which the mall is selling as a new dining experience. Part of a major expansion to the mall, the $35 million project...
Domi Cafe / Korean
Domi Cafe is a small and charming Korean cafe and bakery located on Yonge just south of Finch. Its decorations are not fancy, and everything as a no-frills feel to...
Dora's (Finch Avenue) / Italian
Dora's is a simple Italian-Canadian eatery located in the far back of a retail plaza on Finch, just west of Dufferin. They have lunch special combos such as veal with...
Dr Laffa / Middle Eastern
Dr. Laffa went from an obscure bakery in an industrial plaza to a bustling spot for some of the best Middle Eastern food around in a matter of mere months....
Dr. Laffa (Bathurst) / Middle Eastern
Dr. Laffa, the popular Israeli-Iraqi North York eater opened up its second location just south of Lawrence on Bathurst earlier this year. Offering up the same traditional recipes brought over...
Dragon Pearl Buffet / Asian
Dragon Pearl Buffet is a massive new all your can eat buffet restaurant near York Mills and Leslie. The menu features Thai, Japanese and Chinese cuisine, and the food is...
Dumpling King (North York) / Chinese
Dumpling King makes rave-worthy steamed, fried, or boiled dumplings. It's a mom and pop operation with all the charm of plastic folding chairs....
Earth Indian Restaurant & Wine Bar / Indian
Earth Indian Restaurant is a welcoming new addition to the otherwise Korean-and-Persian oriented restaurant scene at Yonge and Finch. Already famous for its sumptuous $ 9.99 Lunch-Buffet, Earth Indian Restaurant...
Europe Bar and Restaurant / Eastern European
Europe Bar and Restaurant boasts a bountiful array of Hungarian classics on Bathurst just south of Lawrence in an area better known for its Cash for Gold stores than its...
Express Pizza & Grill / Eclectic
Express Pizza & Grill offers a little bit of everything at its restaurant at Bathurst and Finch, from shawarma and falafel to a variety of fresh pizzas....
Falafel Express / Middle Eastern
Falafel Express is a Middle-Eastern restaurant in the Keele and Finch area. Try their delectable baba ganoush or the fried eggplant (which is usually found together in their veggie platter...
Falafel Hut Village (York Lanes) / Falafel
Falafel Hut Village, found Inside York Lanes (York University's own little mini-mall), reigns supreme for all things falafel, shawarma, and Middle Eastern grill. While the consensus may be split on...
Fat Phill's / Burgers
Fat Phill's is an old-school style burger and fries joint located close to the Glencairn TTC stop. Go here for various kinds of delicious, gigantic, and heart-stopping burgers. Try the...
Ferg's / Pub Food
Ferg's is your favourite neighbourhood bar, for a daytime chat with regulars, or a brewski at night with friends on the little patio out front. This bar is a...
Five Guys Burgers and Fries / Burgers
Five Guys Burgers and Fries has finally arrived in the GTA. I have to drive to Woodbridge for this meal, but the chain (sometimes referred to as an East Coast...
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (York Mills) / Burgers
Five Guys Burgers and Fries is part of the Five Guys restaurant group that opened to much fanfare a year or so ago in Scarborough. This North York location is...
Fox and Fiddle (York Mills) / Pub Food
Fox and Fiddle is located in the new retail plaza across the Westin Prince Hotel. It features a nice patio and a large selection of your pub/bar favourites like burgers,...
Free Topping Pizza (Don Mills) / Pizza
Free Topping Pizza is a pizza establishment with several chain locations. Like its name, you choose a pizza and then pay an additional price to get unlimited "free" toppings. They...
Friendly House Restaurant / Chinese
Friendly House Restaurant is a greasy spoon in North York that claims its fame with the "Best Souvlaki" despite being owned by a non-Greek. For a deliciously unhealthy meal,...
Fry Basket / Fish 'n Chips
Fry Basket is more than just fish and chips, with its all-day-breakfast and bottomless coffee winning over the 905 crowd....
Gabby Pub / Pub Food
Gabby Pub is famous for its all-day-breakfast and live music every Friday and Saturday night....
Georgia Restaurant / Eastern European
Georgia Restaurant is a new Georgian (the former Soviet Republic country, not the American southern state where housing is cheap) restaurant located close to Finch and Dufferin. With heavy draperies...
Ginza Sushi (Thornhill) / Sushi
Ginza Sushi in Thornhill is part of the Ginza Sushi family of upscale and modern-chic sushi bar that offers all you can eat options. The service is friendly and the...
Gobo Sushi (Dufferin) / Sushi
Gobo Sushi is a small AYCE sushi restaurant located on Dufferin, just north of Lawrence. It features your normal selection of sushi rolls, along with fried noodles and other staples....
Gol Inc. / Persian
Gol Inc. is a tiny Iranian take-out restaurant in North York (a.k.a. Tehranto) that serves some serious comfort food. I stopped by earlier this week to find a 5 foot...
Golden Chopsticks / Chinese
Golden Chopsticks offers most Chinese food favourites including general tao chicken, egg fried rice, and hot & sour soup, all of which also happens to be certified glatt kosher. So...
Golden Shawarma / Middle Eastern
Golden Shawarma is a restaurant near Yonge and Finch offering shawarma and other Middle Eastern cuisine. ...
Golden Star / Burgers
Golden Star doesn't need a web site, Twitter or Groupon. In business since 1964 near the corner of Yonge and Steeles, this family-owned burger joint can rely on its legions...
Gonoe Sushi (Thornhill) / Sushi
Gonoe Sushi is a modern sushi bar/restaurant located in Thornhill. Featuring a large variety of rolls as well as other Japanese dishes such as kara-age (fried chicken) and tempura, this...
Haida Sandwich / Sandwiches
Haida Sandwich is everything sub and sandwich, offering free drinks with every sandwich purchase....
Hamizrach / Middle Eastern
Hamizrach is a glatt kosher restaurant serving Middle Eastern soups, sandwiches, hot and cold appetizers, and entrees....
Harbour Fish and Chips / Fish 'n Chips
Harbour Fish and Chips is a long-standing fish & chips takeout joint located in Peanut Plaza. While the owners are clearly not the original ones (they're Chinese immigrants who speak...
Helena / Chinese
Helena restaurant and tavern has been around since 1988, offering its classic take on Cantonese, Szechuan, Hakka, Hunan, and Peking cuisine....
Hell's Chicken / Barbecue
Hell's Chicken in North York is definitely one for the carnivores out there. Despite its name, it serves up other types of food besides chicken, including steaks and ribs, with...
Hong Yu / Chinese
Hong Yu is a long-standing Chinese restaurant located in North York, close to Willowdale and Sheppard. Its wonton soup is a sure-fire crowd pleaser, and I've been a long-time fan...
Hooraiya Sushi / Sushi
Hooraiya Sushi is a corner Japanese restaurant on Yonge Street north of Sheppard known for creatively designed rolls and lunch special bento boxes....
Hot Spicy Spicy / Chinese
Hot Spicy Spicy pairs simple decor with very good food and service that is usually quite fast. Highly recommended is the cumin beef and the spicy fish soup, both my...
Ichiban Spring Garden / Japanese
Iciban Spring Garden is an area favourite for fresh sushi and tasty sashimi. It will also prepare rolls made with brown rice on request....
IKEA Restaurant / Eclectic
IKEA is a great brand to play word association games with. The polarizing purveyors of flat-packed furniture generate opinions almost as wide ranging as the company's selection of lamps. For example,...
Imperator / Eastern European
Imperator is a Russian restaurant that emulates the red-and-gold opulence of an elaborate banquet. Fitting up to 150 guests, it's the perfect place to bring your family and friends for...
Inakaya / Sushi
Inakaya in North York bills itself as a Japanese sake bar. It's more drink-oriented than most sushi restaurants in this city but still a casual spot for any day of...
Iryewon / Asian
Iryewon is an Asian fusion restaurant on Steeles west of Yonge with many Korean and Northern Chinese dishes....
Izakaya Arang / Japanese
Izakaya Arang is a new Korean-Japanese sushi and izakaya house located on Finch Avenue, west of Dufferin. Despite its rather bleak industrial surroundings, the place is unexpectedly rather modern and...
Jetsun's Juicyburger (Yonge) / Burgers
Jetsun's Juicyburger does burgers and fries the old fashioned way, made from scratch with fresh ingredients. For just a snack, you can order from its "Mini" menu of mini burgers,...
Joons (North York) / Korean
Joons will cook its signature Korean dishes right in front of you at your table. Its Dak Gal Bee is a customer favourite....
Juicy Hut / Juice Bar
Juicy Hut, in the food court of the Downsview Park Merchant's Market, serves up some seriously fresh, original juice combos. Best is the sour sop with pineapple, strawberries and a...
Kayagum / Korean
Kayagum isn't something you can pick up at the impulse counter of your supermarket's cashier. Rather, it is a 24-hour Korean restaurant on Yonge, just south Finch, in the heart...
Khoraksara / Middle Eastern
Khoraksara is an offshoot of Khorak Supermarket that provides delicious Persian take out food and catering. ...
Kiev Restaurant / Eastern European
Kiev Restaurant offers spreads that are equal in size, quality, and dishes to its competitors, but for a more affordable price. The decor is also less grandiose, and it's typically...
King David / Falafel
Falafels are the ideal fast food. They're quick, cheap and satisfying with a delicious and balanced mix of produce and protein. In theory. I was introduced to them when I moved...
King David (Disera Drive) / Middle Eastern
King David is a kosher pizza and Middle Eastern restaurant located in Thornhill. This family-run establishment also provides delicious focaccia toast bread and possibly one of the best avocado wraps...
King Sushi / Sushi
King Sushi is a little sushi restaurant prepared to tackle late-night rainbow roll cravings. It is open until 2 a.m. each day....
King's Palace / Caribbean
King's Palace if one of 16 fast-food restaurants lining the Downsview Park Merchant's Market's food court. Best is a heaping plate of ackee and saltfish ($5.99) with green banana and...
Kiyomizu / Sushi
Kiyomizu! At least that's what I think they're shouting at us, as we enter this modest Japanese restaurant located on Spring Garden Road, north of Sheppard off Yonge. This quaint...
Kosher Pizza Delight / Pizza
Kosher Pizza Delight is the source for kosher pizza, falafel and a variety of sandwiches and salads. ...
Koto Sushi / Sushi
Koto Sushi at Steeles and Don Mills offers fresh sushi and other Japanese cuisine....
Kung Fu Duck / Chinese
Kung Fu Duck is a Chinese specialty restaurant that really should be winning awards based on its name alone. Look a little deeper though, and you'll find an interesting selection...
La Pasiva / Latin American
La Pasiva offers Uruguayan dishes, which itself draws on the region's European culinary roots in Spain, Italy and other neighbouring areas. Find empandas, faina and chivitos as well as other...
La Traviata / Italian
La Traviata is a traditional Italian restaurant open for lunch and dinner, offering antipasti, soups, salads, and a variety of pasta dishes. Their entrees range from veal, to chicken to...
Lamis Restaurant / Persian
Lamis Restaurant is a newly opened Persian pizza joint located in the retail section of the Triomphe 1 community within the Yonge and Finch area. Its specialty, without a doubt,...
Laterna Family Restaurant / Middle Eastern
Laterna is one of those odd blink and you miss it places. Located in north end of the city, just south of Steeles on the east side of Yonge, Laterna...
Lee Namjang / Korean
Lee Namjang offers all the Korean classics, including Mul Neng Myun, Sootbul Bulgogi, and Kimchi Jjim. Fear not, translations available....
Legend Chinese Restaurant / Chinese
Legend Chinese Restaurant is a Thornhill staple for almost 20 years, featuring one of the area's best dim sum offerings. From classic shao mai to delicious har gow, this place...
Leslie Cafe / Chinese
Leslie Cafe is a very cheap Western-style HK restaurant. They offer a wide variety of combos and specials. Their HK milk tea is one of the better ones that I've...
Lim Ga Ne / Korean
Lim Ga Ne is a quaint and cozy restaurant that features authentic low tables for cross-legged dining (the downtown location at least) and a simple but traditional menu. The ban...
Mainsha Plus / Caribbean
Mainsha Plus is a ray of sunshine in the dreary Jane and Finch Plaza. To step inside is to inhale a deep and instant hunger, as racks of BBQ, fried...
Maki Sushi / Sushi
Maki Sushi rather amusingly calls itself "One of the most famouse japanese resturant in Toronto" on its website. Misspells aside, the "resturant" provides a variety of sushi and maki rolls...
Mama Mia Place / Latin American
Mama Mia Place is home to some of the best Chilean empanadas in Toronto. Deep fried or toasty from the oven, Mama Mia's offerings ($2.50) err on the meatier side....
Man Doo Hyang / Korean
Man Doo Hyang is a traditional Korean restaurant specializing in noodles and dumplings. The vapours streaming past your nose as bowls of noodle soups are hustled by busy servers...
Mandarin Garden / Chinese
Mandarin Garden offers northern Chinese cuisine including deep fried sweet buns, dumplings, and pickled cabbage....
Mangia Mangia Italian Eatery / Italian
Mangia Mangia Italian Eatery in York Lanes doesn't look like much, though it offers the best Italian you'll likely find in or around York University. While I've only had the...
Manisha Express / Caribbean
Manisha Express is a North York Caribbean take-out spot offering roti, jerk chicken, and more....
Maru & Maru Sake Bar / Sushi
Maru & Maru is a new fusion sushi and sake bar located in the Koreatown North neighbourhood of Yonge and Finch. It is a noticeably upscale joint, much more akin...
Max's Restaurant / Filipino
Max's Restaurant offers fried chicken characteristic of the Philippines. Other traditional dishes include Kare-Kare, Sinigang, and Halo Halo, plus everyone's favourite: all-day-breakfast....
Me Va Me / Middle Eastern
Me Va Me is, for many North Yorkers, a neighbourhood institution. Situated in the corner of a strip plaza, the restaurant specializes mainly in Israeli/Middle Eastern cuisine and has proven...
Me Va Me Express / Middle Eastern
Me Va Me Express is just like its parent restaurant, only accelerated. You can order all of your familiar favourites, including grilled chicken breast skewers, falafel, or shawarma, or opt...
Memphis Smoke House / Barbecue
Memphis Smoke House got the inspiration for their joint from a month long pilgrimage to the holy land of barbeque. In that time they devoured that inspiration for breakfast, lunch...
Meron Restaurant (Disera Drive) / Middle Eastern
Meron Restaurant is a Middle Eastern restaurant in the heart of Vaughan. Serving up your usual assortment of shawarmas and falafels, you can be sure to enjoy your favourites at...
Mezza Notte / Italian
Mezza Notte is Italian through and through, offering fresh pizzas, pastas, and other generously sized entrees. It also has a fairly large selection of wines, ranging from about $30 to...
Ming Lou / Chinese
Ming Lou is a Chinese restaurant specializing in Chiu Chow cuisine. They have an assorted menu that includes quick-serve dishes such as chiu chow congee, noodles and rices, and also...
Mistaan Catering and Sweets / Indian
Mistaan Catering & Sweets operates predominantly as a catering and takeout business, but it also acts as a restaurant between 11 am to 7 pm on weekdays, giving you enough...
Mivgash / Mediterranean
Mivgash offers its shawarma and other Mediterranean fare for dine-in, delivery, or take-out from its restaurant on Steeles west of Hilda Avenue....
Moda Sushi / Sushi
Moda Sushi has been operating out of King David Pizza on Bathurst since early September. They offer kosher sushi for take-out only....
Moe Pancer's / Deli
Moe Pancer's swells with the pride of three generations of meat love. Fierce waves of locals pour in and out with pounds of meat like second nature. Pancer's moved down...
Moo Kyo Dong Nak Ji / Korean
Moo Kyo Dong Nak Ji (also known as Mookyodong) is a Korean restaurant located in Thornhill. This place specializes in that stereotypical-yet-always-awesome tabletop cooking that is prevalent in a lot...
Mot Na Son / Korean
Mot Na Son is a cozy Korean restaurant offering authentic fare including pork bone soup, bulgogi, and kimchi....
Mr. Jerk (Peanut Plaza) / Caribbean
Mr. Jerk is actually a pretty nice guy. In all seriousness, the restaurant has been providing Jamaican favourites for over 25 years. While there are 6 locations across the GTA,...
Mustafa / Middle Eastern
Mustafa, the original gangsta of Turkish pide, owns Pizza Pide as well as this restaurant on Wilson Avenue. Known by the Turkish community to make the richest, cheesiest, most voluptuous...
My Sushi (North York) / Sushi
My Sushi has been a basement tenant of a North York condo for more than a decade. A modest interior renovation at the hands of new owners about five years...
Nagomi Sushi / Sushi
Nagomi Sushi has many unique and original sushi rolls created by chef Joon. Nagomi is known for great service....
Nak Won / Korean
Nak Won is a Korean restaurant in North York. It takes a while to get a table here on a Saturday night, but it's worth the wait. We suggest the...
Neagohyang / Korean
Neagohyang is a favourite for students in the area, offering authentic Korean cuisine including seafood udong, dolsot bi bim bap, and yuk gae jang. Karaoke is conveniently located right next...
New Greatime Corp / Chinese
New Greatime Corp confusingly goes by the name "Hot World" on its business card. This restaurant serves up a ton of the everyday Szechuan favourites. Fortunately, all of the ones...
Nome Izakaya / Japanese
Nome Izakaya is another entry in what is quickly becoming a crowded izakaya landscape in Toronto. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, it's pretty tough to beat their fresh $1 oyster specials....
Noodle King / Chinese
Noodle King is a Chinese restaurant that, despite its name, offers much more than just noodles. Past the orange brick tile wall and flowers and potted plans by the front...
Noodle on Finch / Chinese
Noodle on Finch is a, well, noodle restaurant on Finch Avenue (no surprises there). This restaurant was formerly a Noodle Delight location, which has since closed. While the menu...
North Restaurant (Shomal) / Persian
North is a large Persian restaurant found in a strip mall near Yonge and Steeles. The restaurant is also known by its other name - Shomal - which means North...
Oh Geul Buh Geul / Korean
Oh Geul Buh Geul offers lots of sides with its authentic Korean dishes. Menu items include seafood and vegetable stir fry, BBQ pork, and Naengmyeon served with watermelon and crushed...
Oishi Sushi / Sushi
Oishi Sushi is close enough to the York campus to serve as a favourite for sit-down Japanese and Chinese cuisine, and it doesn't hurt that York students are offered 10%...
Orfus Wrap & Grill / Middle Eastern
Orfus Wrap & Grill offers Middle Eastern fare in a little space with remarkably high ceilings. The menu includes everything you'd expect including falafel, shawarma, kebobs, and tabbouleh salad, but...
Orly / Middle Eastern
Orly on Sheppard Avenue near Bathurst provides the standard Israeli/Russian menu, complete with shawarma, falafel and borscht....
Owl of Minerva (Yonge St.) / Korean
Owl of Minerva has multiple locations in Toronto including this one on Yonge Street. Although it's on the menu of every other restaurant on this list, when I specifically crave...
Paese Ristorante (Bathurst) / Italian
Paese Ristorante's second location is complete with classic Italian cuisine with a Canadian take. The house-made menu includes, pizzas and pastas as well as an extensive wine list with over...
Paradise Farms Cafe / Burgers
Paradise Farms Cafe recently opened their first of many (at least that's the plan) farm-inspired eateries in the condo-filled Bayview and Sheppard area. Owned by real estate mogul Shane Baghai,...
Paradise Fine Chinese Dining / Chinese
Paradise Fine Chinese Dining is a dim sum and fine dining Chinese restaurant. It is a nice place to enjoy a more lavish family-style meal such as Peking Duck and...
Paramount Fine Foods (Thornhill) / Middle Eastern
Paramount Fine Foods is a halal Middle Eastern restaurant located on Yonge Street in Thornhill. They serve a large variety of pitas, shawarmas, and other favourites in a spacious and...
Patough / Middle Eastern
Patough (or Tanoor, a style of bread) is a Persian multi-purpose restaurant where you can find belly-dancing, live music, traditional art and delicious authentic Persian food on any given night....
Peacock Express / Indian
Peacock Express is an Indian restaurant serving thali dishes, curry combos, and apps....
Pepper's West Indian Takeout / Caribbean
Found in North Toronto, Pepper's is a great destination for Caribbean food but you have to know it to find it. Once you make it to Pepper's, order the Jerk...
Pho Bistro / Asian
Pho Bistro is an Asian fusion restaurant serving Vietnamese and Thai cuisine....
Pho Mi Asia / Vietnamese
Pho Mi Asia is a casual eatery consistently buzzing with both local Vietnamese patrons and overspill from nearby Yorkdale mall. Bowls of pho come with enough meat to host a...
Pho Spring Garden / Vietnamese
Has pho replaced sushi and tapas as Toronto's 'it' food? Lately everyone is talking about pho, debating where to get the best, most authentic Vietnamese rice-noodle soup. While the...
Piggy's Restaurant / Korean
Piggys Restaurant, while it may not sound like one, is a Korean restaurant located just off of Yonge Street in Thornhill. Stepping into the bright and modern restaurant, you will...
Pita Paradise / Middle Eastern
Pita Paradise is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Finch Avenue in North York. They specialize in shawarmas and sandwiches, a particular noteworthy one being their baba ganoush sandwich. You can...
Radiance Restaurant / Middle Eastern
Radiance Restaurant is a banquet hall and Afghan restaurant in the North York area of Toronto. Specializing in kabobs and ashaks (stuffed Afghan scallion dumplings), it is definitely a place...
Red Square / Eastern European
Red Square Restaurant is a Russian restaurant located close to Finch and Dufferin. Situated in a strip plaza, the restaurant's location belies its noticeably fancy interior and ambience. For their...
Regino's Pizza / Pizza
Regino's Pizza at Finch and Keele is part a little-known local chain of pizza restaurants. Featuring combo specials such as an extra large pizza with 5 toppings for under $13,...
Retro Room / Eastern European
Retro Room features decor meant to embody a Soviet apartment in the early '80s, from the wallpaper to the background music. The food is also authentic, from the cold cuts,...
Reyhan Kebab / Middle Eastern
Reyhan Kebab is a restaurant on Yonge south of Finch offering kebabs and other Middle Eastern cuisine....
Roll.com / Asian
Roll.com is an Asian fusion restaurant offering Korean and Japanese cuisine. The URL "www.roll.com" is actually that of a privately held, $2 billion U.S. corporation....
Rose's New York / Pizza
Rose's New York food doesn't stray from it's rather straightforward name - Persian meals and American grub can both be found here in an unexpected (apolitical) food union. For...
Sababa / Middle Eastern
Sababa is a popular Israeli grocer and restaurant found in a strip mall on Steeles Avenue. They have both a dine-in restaurant as well as a grocery store but most...
Sakura / Asian
Sakura offers Korean and Japanese cuisine, including kimchi, sushi, tempura, and green tea ice cream....
Sam Jung Sushi / Sushi
Sam Jung Sushi is an unassuming little restaurant on the east side of Leslie, sandwiched between a Shoppers Drug Mart and a Macs variety store. ...
Sampaguita Village / Filipino
Sampaguita Village is a fusion restaurant offering a mix of Chinese and Filipino dishes--something a little different from the typical Asian fusion. Don't let the word "village" fool you; this...
San Francesco Foods (Finch) / Sandwiches
San Francesco Foods has many locations in the GTA including this one near Finch and Keele. For as low as $4, you can get an order of gnocchi or ravioli...
San Gennaro / Italian
San Gennaro is a casual Italian restaurant that does a brisk take-out and delivery business. On the menu is a variety of pizza, pasta and Panini....
Sapporo Sushi / Sushi
Sapporo Sushi has some of the cheapest a la carte sushi along Yonge Street. $3 can get you 3 pieces of sashimi (some types of fish, not all) or...
Sardab Express / Middle Eastern
Sardab Express is where to get Middle Eastern food quickly in North York at a reasonable price. The dishes, such as falafel and shawarma, are available for take-out....
Sariwon / Korean
Sariwon is technically located in Thornhill, but folks in Toronto seem more than willing to hike a few blocks north of Steeles for this premium table top grilling spot. Quality...
Sea Salt Fish & Chips / Fish 'n Chips
Sea Salt Fish & Chips is a good local option for greasy fried goodness on Lawrence West near the Fortinos....
Sea-Hi Chop Suey Tavern / Chinese
Sea-Hi Chop Suey Tavern is considered by many as the absolute stalwart of mid-20th century Canadian Chinese restaurant (just look at its official name!), so much so that its kitschy...
Seneca Pub / Pub Food
Seneca Pub is, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, a pub that is not within the walls Seneca College campus. Rather, it is located in the Peanut Plaza on Don Mills Road. The...
Seoul House / Korean
Seoul House is a popular Korean restaurant located in a strip mall south of Yorkdale Mall. There's plenty of seating here and the food is mostly cheap, filling and delicious....
Seoul House (Steeles) / Korean
Seoul House has two uptown locations. This BBQ restaurant eschews the all-you-can-eat mentality of its competitors to focus on a la carte portions of high-grade kalbi, bulgogi, pork belly and...
Shanghai Chinese / Chinese
Shanghai Chinese Restaurant is a simple Chinese restaurant serving a variety of interesting dishes like Julienned Bamboo Shoots with Beef and Shrimp and Jelly Fish, Cucumber and Garlic Sauce. ...
Shawarma Max / Middle Eastern
Shawarma Max is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Yonge north of Sheppard offering its signature shawarma sandwich late into the night....
Smokey Joe's / Eclectic
Smokey Joe's is a pub and restaurant offering everything from linguini agilo olio to tequila poppers. Karaoke is held every Sunday during its "Sangria and Songs" night....
So Great Thai / Thai
So Great Thai tries to live up to its name with an extensive menu Thai dishes including of pad thai, curry, spring rolls, and soup....
Song Cook's / Korean
Song Cook's is an amazing, authentic Korean restaurant that is virtually hidden at the back of a strip mall off Steeles Avenue near Yonge Street. The restaurant is separated into two...
Steeles Deli Restaurant / Deli
Steeles feels like a diner my mum or dad would have taken me in the eighties when we were in need of some comfort food. It is full of elderly...
Steve's Restaurant / Diner
Steve's Restaurant, just north of Wilson on Bathurst, is one of those inexplicably popular greasy spoon-ish restaurants that's packed with families on Sunday nights. Perhaps its esteem is due to...
Sugar Marmalade (Yonge St.) / Chinese
Sugar Marmalade isn't the name of a burlesque club, but rather an Asian fusion and dessert restaurant. This new location is the chain's third location, with the other two being...
Sunny Dragon / Asian
Sunny Dragon is a family-run restaurant serving a fusion of Korean and Chinese cuisine....
Sunrise Caribbean (Jane St.) / Caribbean
Sunrise Caribbean restaurants dot the city of Toronto but this one on Jane just north of the 401 might be the largest of the bunch. They even have a drive-through,...
Sunshine Spot / Diner
Sunshine Spot is a breakfast and lunch joint, most notable for their extensive sandwiches/wraps and egg inspired breakfasts. From their chicken club to their eggs Benny, they're stacked with all...
Sushi Bong / Sushi
Sushi Bong is one of 8 Asian food restos in a tiny traffic circle strip mall with only 20 shops. It's mostly a take-out deal with only 3 tables and...
Sushi House (Sheppard Avenue) / Sushi
Sushi House is a small family-run sushi restaurant located on the intersection of Willowdale and Sheppard. They offer the usual selection of Korean and Japanese dishes, with some of the...
Sushi Legend / Sushi
Sushi Legend is an AYCE sushi establishment located in that cluster of Asian restaurants right off of Finch and Leslie in North York. Apart from the usual assortment of AYCE...
Sushi Moto / Japanese
Sushi Moto is a Japanese restaurant and sake bar offering a full menu of authentic cuisine, including meals for kids and eight flavours of ice cream....
Sushi One / Sushi
Sushi One is a Japanese restaurant near Yonge and Sheppard serving sushi, curry, and teriyaki dishes....
Sushi Seoul / Sushi
Sushi Seoul is a restaurant near Yonge and Steeles that serves a mix of Chinese and Korean staples as well as sushi....
Taftan Kebab / Middle Eastern
Taftan Kebab is a Persian take-out and catering restaurant that boasts its' "low calorie" healthy food. Persian cooking by nature is very greasy (and delicious), so a healthy option...
Tah Deeg / Persian
Tah Deeg is a Persian buffet restaurant at Yonge and Finch, also offering take-out....
Talise / Sandwiches
Talise is a boutique sandwich and pasta restaurant located at the Yonge and Finch area. Among many others, they offer extensive sub selections, such as the delicious veal pomodoro and...
Tandoori House / Indian
Tandoori House has a long history in North York. Opened in 1986, this small Indian restaurant has a popular lunch buffet that attracts a steady flow of Yonge and Sheppard...
Tekka Sushi / Sushi
Tekka Sushi is located in an awkwardly shaped plaza directly across from Fairview Mall and offers AYCE sushi as well as a regular menu. Their a la carte items include...
Thai Basil Garden / Thai
Thai Basil Garden is a Thai and Chinese restaurant located close to Garthdale Park on Finch Avenue. The restaurant has a rather kitschy bamboo decor permeating its interior, but with...
Thai Bistro / Thai
Thai Bistro is a tiny North York Thai restaurant, but don't let the size fool you. It offers big satisfaction with its authentic soups, curry dishes, and of course, pad...
The Burger Hut / Burgers
The Burger Hut - despite the fact it is not, in fact, a hut - is otherwise one of the most honestly named restaurants I know. This is because unlike...
The Chicken Place / Churrasquiera
The Chicken Place is, unsurprisingly, a pretty good place to get your chicken fix. Located in North York, this small family-run restaurant is a favourite with locals, many of whom...
The Copper Chimney / Indian
The Copper Chimney is nearly empty as we walk through its homely glass paned door. Decorated with the modest trappings of a 70's era family restaurant, the place likely won't...
The Indian Kitchen (Thornhill) / Indian
The Indian Kitchen is an Indian restaurant located in Thornhill, on Yonge just north of Steeles. The restaurant isn't very noticeable from the main road due to it being buried...
Tian Xin Place / Chinese
Tian Xin Place is a Shanghainese Chinese restaurant located on Glen Cameron Road, just off of Yonge Street in Thornhill. The place isn't fancy, but they serve one of the...
Toong / Korean
Toong is a watering hole that may be fairly run-of-the-mill, but it does have an ace up its sleeve with its proximity to several Karaoke establishments, some located in the...
Top Saigon Restaurant / Vietnamese
Top Saigon Restaurant has barely been open a month, but it already has one thing going for it -- impeccable location. Tucked inside a bustling plaza at the corner of...
TOV-LI / Falafel
TOV-LI is popular amongst the Bathurst Jewish community, but also a victim of its popularity. Wait times are long, employees seem bewildered and in the end their $8 deluxe...
Traditional Korean Restaurant (Wonjo) / Korean
Traditional Korean Restaurant (aka Wonjo), is a gem in the midst of a multitude of self-proclaimed best Pork Bone Soups, Bibimbops and Soon Tofu restaurants in North York. Though the...
Tsuki Izakaya / Japanese
Tsuki Izakaya is a Japanese restaurant serving its authentic dishes with exquisite attention to presentation....
Tuyen / Asian
Tuyen is an Asian fusion restaurant offers everything from lobster to rolls, curry and lamb. It also has an extensive martini menu, from which you can order a nice n'...
Umami Sushi / Sushi
A fully kosher Japanese restaurant (I love Toronto's multiculturalism!) offers a full array of sushi options, as well as udon and rice noodles....
Underground Restaurant (York U) / Sandwiches
The Underground Restaurant is found in the lower level of the Student Centre at York University. It's a full sit-down restaurant serving salads, sandwiches and rotisserie specials....
United Bakers Dairy / Deli
The United Bakers Dairy was once a pillar of Jewish Spadina but it moved uptown years ago with its clientele, into this big, buzzing space where you can get a...
Urraca Resto Lounge / Korean
Urraca Resto Lounge is a chic Asian restaurant and lounge located within the confines of Koreatown North, close to the Finch TTC station. They offer fusion takes on various Korean...
Vernisage / Eastern European
Vernisage is an event space and restaurant serving cabbage rolls, potato dumplings and more to crowds of up to 120 people....
Viet Huong (Finch Avenue) / Vietnamese
Viet Huong is a simple Vietnamese restaurant located in a rather old business/retail plaza in the corner of Finch and Keele. It offers a large variety of Vietnamese-Thai dishes for...
Vietnamese Delight / Vietnamese
Vietnamese Delight is a restaurant and take-out spot offering authentic Vietnamese cuisine. Just look for the cartoon cow....
Wakame Sushi / Sushi
Wakame Sushi in North York offers both all-you-can-eat and set dinner options of Japanese cuisine, including noodles, soups and, of course, sushi. ...
Wako Sushi & Sake Bar / Sushi
Wako is a sushi restaurant and sake bar on Yonge St. near Sheppard Avenue. Despite its name resembling a character from the Animaniacs, this place is decidedly (and fortunately) less...
Wolfie's Deli / Deli
The owner of Wolfie's Deli is incredible, talking electronics and cracking open tiny glass bottles of coke from his 1954 pop dispenser. He is ecstatic to serve up massive sandwiches...
Wonderpho / Vietnamese
Wonderpho has recently opened their slick Vietnamese restaurant on York Mills. As the name suggests, there is pho on the menu alongside crowd favourites like spring rolls, skewers and curry...
Xe Lua (Steeles) / Vietnamese
Xe Lua is a Vietnamese restaurant on Steeles between Yonge and Hilda....
Yakamoz Grill / Middle Eastern
Yakamoz Grill is Wilson Avenue's resident shawarma joint. Yakamoz's menu includes typical Middle Eastern fare such as falafels, shawarma, and kebabs, but also includes a couple of out-of-the-box items including...
Yama Sushi / Sushi
Yama Sushi is a cozy Japanese restaurant with reasonable prices and an all-you-can-eat option....
Yi Tea Shop / Asian
Yi Tea Shop is a small bubble tea shop that takes the place of what was formerly Tea Shop 168. Despite the fact that it looks small from the outside,...
Yogoberri / Frozen Yogurt
Yogoberri in North York offers Korean-style desserts, with its specialty being frozen yogurt AKA "frogurt." Patrons pick their flavour of yogurt and then garnish it with their choice of toppings....
Yoko Japanese Restaurant / Sushi
Yoko Japanese Restaurant offers fresh sushi and exquisitely presented rolls. Enjoy the quiet, relaxing atmosphere at dinnertime and be sure to try the beautifully decorated Green Dragon Roll (around $15)....
Yoo Ga Ne / Korean
Yoo Ga Ne is a little cave of a restaurant serving Korean and Japanese cuisine - but no sushi! A blasphemy to all North Americans that have grown to...
Yoo Ga Ne Ichiban / Sushi
Yoo Ga Ne Ichiban Japanese Cuisine is one of the most convenient sushi joints on the subway line. Open from 12 pm to 5 am (aka. All night!) its'...
Yorkyaki Restaurant / Sushi
Yorkyaki Restaurant is a newly-opened Japanese restaurant located in Peanut Plaza, right outside the Tone Tai Supermarket. With a memorable name (which I assume is a portmanteau of "North York"...
Yu Ki Japanese Restaurant / Sushi
Yu Ki Japanese Restaurant is a serviceable sushi joint near Orfus Road and Dufferin....
Yuzu Izakaya / Japanese
Yuzu Izakaya is a newly opened izakaya joint at Yonge and Finch, in the heart of Koreatown North. Its's quite a nice place to enjoy freshly grilled skewers and a...
Zaffron / Middle Eastern
Zaffron is a creative medley of Italian and Persian cuisine in Thornhill. There aren't many places where one can order risotto and fesenjoon in one sitting but Zaffron does it...
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