Restaurants
Restaurants in Scarborough
Restaurants
A1 Sweets & Restaurant / Indian
A1 Sweets & Restaurant makes me inevitably think of steak sauce but there's certainly none of that at this vegetarian restaurant. A1 Sweets & Restaurant on McNicoll Avenue in Scarborough...
ACR Hot Roti / Roti
ACR Hot Roti is a doubles and roti restaurant that isn't ambiguous about the severity of its spice. Decently priced, and located on Lawrence East in Scarborough. ...
Ajmir Halal Pizza, Wings and Kebab House / Middle Eastern
Ajmir Halal Pizza, Wings and Kebab House has had quite a bit of turnover with ownership in the past few years, but despite this, they've been fairly consistent in taste...
Al Madina Halal Pizza and Bakery / Pizza
Al Madina Halal Pizza and Bakery serves reasonably priced pizza with "100% halal" toppings and wings, as well as kabuli palau and chicken biryani. They offer delivery on their wide...
Al Tanoor / Middle Eastern
Al Tanoor is an Iraqi restaurant and bakery in Scarborough....
Alara Restaurant (Sheppard East) / Mediterranean
Alara Restaurant (Sheppard East) is a Scarborough Turkish restaurant specializing in pide....
Allan's Pastry Shop / Caribbean
Allan's Pastry Shop kicks up the Jamaican patty game up a notch with its Curry Goat patty. The coco bread sandwich is also a favourite here, equally applied to its...
Armenian Kitchen / Middle Eastern
The Armenian Kitchen is a Middle Eastern restaurant on Victoria Park in Scarborough that makes some of the best hummus in the city. It's great by itself or paired with...
Asian Legend (Scarborough) / Chinese
The Asian Legend on Sheppard Avenue East is one of many Asian Legend's in the GTA. Check out our review of their Chinatown location here....
Babu (Scarborough) / 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...
Barrio Fiesta / Filipino
Barrio Fiesta is a Filipino restaurant in Scarborough....
Bashu Sichuan / Chinese
Bashu Sichuan is located very close to the hulking Asianophile headquarters known as Pacific Mall, and offers quite a bit of non-spicy alternatives in addition to their Szechuan favourites. Most...
Big Moe's Burgers / Burgers
Big Moe's Burgers is serving Scarborough residents gourmet burgers in an unorthodox location. Tucked in the plaza behind the Petro Canada on the southeast corner of Kennedy and Steeles, the...
Buster's Pub / Pub Food
Buster's Pub is a short walk from the Scarborough Bluffs making it a good spot to refuel with some chicken wings, back ribs, burgers, steak or pizza. They also have...
Cafe Michi / Sushi
Sushi fanatics are unlikely to be found in one of the chaotic restaurants along sushi row in the Annex but many will worship at the costly bar of Kaji. As...
Canbe Foods / Indian
Canbe Foods is a spot for Indian cuisine, though from the outside it looks more like a place that prepares boxed lunches. Aesthetics aside, you can count on typical Sri...
Caribbean Wave / Caribbean
Caribbean Wave certainly has square-footage over the other Caribbean spots on this list, occupying an expansive restaurant and lounge on Milner Avenue in Scarborough. While you should expect to wait...
Charley's Caribbean Cuisine / Caribbean
Charley's Caribbean Cuisine is a Caribbean restaurant and take-out spot in Scarborough offering various curries, stews, doubles, and wings....
Chicago Sandwiches / Sandwiches
CHicago Sandwiches is a little sandwich shop in a Scarborough strip mall serving, uh, "Chicago-style" chicken shawarma, souvlaki, and more....
China Cottage / Chinese
China Cottage is more sophisticated and less well-worn then most of its Hakka counterparts in Toronto. Plus, it's hard to resist such popular dishes as the spicy chili chicken and...
Chinese Dumpling House / Chinese
Chinese Dumpling House is a good bet for take-out. This teeny suburban Chinese resto gets high marks for efficiency, even if the customer service could use some work. The interior,...
Chinese Halal Restaurant / Chinese
Chinese Halal Restaurant serves Northwestern China dishes that highlights flavours from the Shaanxi Province and the Uyghurs of Xinjiang. With a bit of a Indian influence, they use an interesting...
Chiu Chow Boy / Chinese
Chiu Chow Boy is a classic Chinese restaurant in Scarborough that has been around for many years, serving up dishes from the Chiu Chow region, which is just east of...
Chuck E Cheese's / Pizza
Chuck E Cheese's is the worst thing for a headache and the best thing for a pocket full of change and a free afternoon. This Scarborough location has all the...
Chung Moi / Chinese
Chung Moi, at the corner of Eglinton and Kennedy, isn't easy to miss with its red and white sign. The family-owned restaurant is one room, and always busy, thanks to...
Crown Pizza / Pizza
Crown Pizza has somewhat shoddy decor, but the pizza on offer is tasty. Be sure to order in advance as wait times are known to be quite lengthy, or check...
Cucina Manila / Filipino
Cucina Manila is a Filipino restaurant in Scarborough serving traditional dishes including kare kare, chicken adobo, and kaldereta beef....
Curry & Roti / Roti
In business since 1973, Curry & Roti cooks up what might be the healthiest roti in Toronto. They make an organic roti, a whole wheat one and even a Spelt...
D & R Wings / Chinese
D & R Wings is a HK-style Chinese restaurant (don't be fooled by its name, it's not a chicken wing and beer place!) located in the Bamburgh Circle plaza. They...
Diana's Seafood Oyster Bar / Seafood
Diana's Seafood Oyster Bar is right next door to Diana's Seafood, arguably the best seafood store in the GTA. Go here for incredibly fresh oysters, grilled fish, mussels, crab cakes...
Dragon Dynasty / Dim Sum
Dragon Dynasty offers a well rounded dim sum menu. Compared to some other places, the atmosphere here is almost calm. And the service is courteous. The restaurant can be found...
Drupati's Roti (Scarborough) / Roti
Drupati's is just north of Ellesmere on Bellamy, one of three Drupati's restaurants in the GTA. The obvious choices here are the roti and doubles, though Drupati's menu also includes...
Dumpling King / Chinese
Dumpling King satisfies my love for dumplings. These precious little flour pockets cater to all different tastes and offer wonderful variety -- there are veggie-filled dumplings, meat-filled dumplings, seafood-filled dumplings,...
Dumpling Village / Chinese
Dumpling Village is a hidden heaven for dumpling fanatics in Scarborough. Tucked in a tiny plaza amongst a plethora of strip malls on Sheppard Avenue, the place is easy to...
Fahmee Bakery / Caribbean
Fahmee Bakery in Scarborough doesn't have much room for loitering, but most customers just want to take their patties (fresh or frozen) home to eat anyway. Fahmee's patties come in...
Farhat / Middle Eastern
After picking up some of my favourite Iranian pastries from NASR Foods, all I need is a little protein to complete my Middle Eastern meal. Luckily, right at the end...
Federick Restaurant / Chinese
Federick has set the bar amongst hakka-lovers over the past 20 years. The hard-to-find place is tiny and carefully disguised amidst brick office buildings, but still always packed with a...
Five Guys Burgers and Fries (Scarborough) / Burgers
Five Guys Burgers has recently opened an outpost on Warden Avenue in Scarborough. Here's our review of the Weston Road location....
Formosa / Chinese
Formosa is guaranteed to be jammed packed with diners at lunch and dinner looking for affordable Chinese eats near Warden and Eglinton Avenue East....
Ghareeb Nawaz / Indian
Ghareeb Nawaz is known for its Biryani. Located on Danforth East, the Halal spot also offers kabobs, boti rolls, and more, at prices that certainly won't break the bank....
Goody's Diner / Burgers
Goody's Diner is like some sort of surreal, comfort food oasis. It's not in a desert with sand dunes however; it's hidden amidst a labyrinthine enclave of auto repair shops...
Gourmet Malaysia / Chinese
Gourmet Malaysia is run by a Chinese Indonesian and Malaysian couple, and has been a long-time crowd favourite when it operated as a food court stall in an old Chinese...
Great Eastern Hakka Cuisine / Asian
Great Eastern Hakka Cuisine offers a mix of Hakka Chinese and Thai cuisine. The noodle dishes here are generally large enough for two, and the service is typically quick and...
Great Shanghai Szechuan Restaurant / Chinese
Great Shanghai Szechuan Restaurant cooks up a delicious feast of authentic regional comfort food. For more than 14 years, this Scarborough eatery has been serving up specialties from two very...
Gu-Mi Restaurant / Korean
Gu-Mi is a Korean/Japanese restaurant that features a menu combining the best standard fare from both cuisines. Decorated more like a Japanese restaurant with wooden booths and room separators, this...
Halal Pizza Time / Pizza
Halal Pizza Time has good combo specials and are willing to customize it a bit. They're also known for their kebab and naan which is freshly made in a tandoor....
Harry's Drive-In / Burgers
Harry's Drive-In is a Scarborough staple that's been in business since 1954. Located at the northwest corner of Kennedy and Lawrence, the burger and souvlaki shack is a small retro...
Hopper Hut / Indian
The Hopper Hut, a joint serving fantastic Sri Lankan out in Scarborough, inspired me to hop on the next RT. Located at Ellesmere and Kennedy and hidden at the back of...
Hung Fook Tong / Chinese
Hung Fook Tong may be a recognizable brand to some as a producer of bottled beverages and packaged desserts, widely available at grocery stores such as T&T. Additionally though,...
Island Boyz / Caribbean
Island Boyz is a Caribbean restaurant serving cheap authentic eats in a strip mall off Eglinton East in Scarborough....
Jeon Ju Hyang / Korean
Jeon Hu Hyang is an authentic Korean restaurant located in the Bamburgh Circle plaza. Run by a group of lovely "ah-ju-mahs" (Korean aunties), they serve up delicious comfort food dishes,...
Jesse Jr. (Scarborough) / Filipino
Jesse Jr. (Scarborough) is a Filipino restaurant offering traditional dishes such as Pancit Sotanghon, Pork Sisig, and Chicken Adobo. The Scarborough restaurant also has plenty of dessert options including Maja...
Jive Burger / Burgers
Jive Burger is a burger joint in Scarborough offering wraps, burgers, and more....
Joe Maggiano's / Italian
Joe Maggiano's is an Italian restaurant and steakhouse with a menu of antipasti, pizza, pasta, and mains....
Johnny's Charbroiled Hamburgers / Burgers
Johnny's Charbroiled Hamburgers is a Scarborough institution. Check out our full review here. Photo by Jerrold Litwinenko...
Jung Sushi / Sushi
Jung Sushi, a little oasis for Korean and Japanese eats, sits amid a sea of Persian, North African and Indian shops and restaurants on Lawrence Avenue East. The rather extensive...
Kim Kim / Chinese
At Kim Kim, Chinese stir fry and cooking techniques are blended impeccably with Indian spices and masalas. Kim Kim's menu is peppered with heavily flavoured choices, from aromatic hakka noodles...
Krispy Roll / Vietnamese
Krispy Roll is a popular Scarborough eatery that doesn't serve maki (as the name might suggest) but is instead a Vietnamese and Thai restaurant to get pho, fried rice and...
La Sani Grill / Indian
La Sani Grill offers Pakistani cuisine such as butter chicken, naan, and kabobs. A glass wall to the kitchen lets you watch your food as it's being prepared....
La Zeez (Scarborough) / Middle Eastern
La Zeez (Scarborough) offers all the delicious shawarma, falafel, and other Middle Eastern plates and wraps as its downtown counterpart, without all the hoards of Ryerson students. Chicken shawarma is...
Lahore Taste / Indian
Lahore Taste operates out of a small strip mall in Scarborough, and serves up halal cuisine. Also available for take-out and catering....
Lin Garden / Chinese
Lin Garden, according to the consensus online, is one of the better, if not best, hakka-style spots out there. The tasty, colourful menu, with specialties like oh-so-doughy shrimp pakoras and...
Lucky Chinese Restaurant / Chinese
Lucky's is a Hakka style restaurant on Lawrence Avenue East. Do not leave here without trying the chili chicken. Blending delicious Indian spices with deep fried diced chicken, the dish...
Made in China Hot Pot / Chinese
Made in China Hot Pot is the place to go when it is cold outside and you are hungry and craving something warm and toasty in your belly. For...
Madras Palace / Indian
Madras Palace is an Indian restaurant owned by Santha and Chiral Purushotham. Specializing in south Indian cuisine, the restaurant's menu includes a variety of dosa, six types of biriyani,...
Makkalchon / Korean
Makkalchon is a Korean restaurant in Scarborough that only uses organic ingredients in its bulgogi, pork bone soup, and bibimbap. The restaurant is particularly known for its vegetable wraps. ...
Ming's Noodle Cafe / Chinese
Ming's Noodle Café is a typical Hong Kong tea café ("cha chan tang") close to Pacific Mall that is popular for its daily selection of set lunches and dinners. For...
Momiji Sushi (Sheppard East) / Sushi
Momiji Sushi (Sheppard East) is one of four Momiji Sushi locations in the GTA. The family-owned restaurant has a pretty extensive menu of soups, salads, teriyakis, sushi, maki, and more....
Mona's Roti / Roti
Mona's Roti is the epitome of family Caribbean cooking. There really is a Mona, and she has been preparing her famous roti for over 25 years. Mona's menu also includes...
Mr. Jerk (Scarborough) / Caribbean
Mr. Jerk (Scarborough) is a Caribbean restaurant offering dishes such as jerk pork and chicken, roti, and ox tail....
My Place Fish and Chips / Fish 'n Chips
My Place Fish and Chips is a classic, casual fish 'n chips joint in a strip mall in Scarborough. Count on pretty good bang for your buck....
N. Ichiban Sushi / Sushi
N. Inchiban Sushi is a tiny Japanese restaurant located by the Petro Canada gas station on the corner of Kennedy and Steeles. This is definitely not the place to go...
Naan & Kabob / Middle Eastern
Naan & Kabob offers a Halal menu of wraps and Kabobs including Chaplee, Tikka, and Choppan. All kabobs come with fresh naan (hence the name), a side salad, and dessert...
Naniwa-Taro / Japanese
Take a look at this quick little movie I shot a few weeks ago at a food court in T&T Supermarket. Anyone care to guess what the hell this spread...
Nasib's / Middle Eastern
Nasib's, located in Scarborough, has a reasonably priced menu consisting of shawarmas, falafels and other Middle Eastern cuisine. ...
Ni-Ji Sushi / Sushi
Ni-Ji Sushi looks like one of those monster sushi joints from the outside, but the dining room is actually quite small and intimate. You'll definitely get the most bang for...
Ninja Sushi / Sushi
Ninja Sushi is a small Japanese restaurant on the corner of the Bamburgh Circle plaza. They specialize mainly in take-out orders and party trays. The sushi and sashimi here is...
Noodle Delight (Scarborough) / Chinese
Noodle Delight (Scarborough) is a Chinese restaurant on Victoria Park that has been around (in concept) since 1984. The restaurant's signature dishes include Hong Kong noodles and beef brisket on...
North Beach Bar & Grill / Pub Food
North Beach Bar & Grill isn't easy to find unless you know exactly where to look. Located on Railside Road in Scarborough it's part of the North Beach volleyball complex....
Nun Such Jerk / Caribbean
Nun Such Jerk is a Jamaican restaurant with arguably the best name in Scarborough. The restaurant offers a variety of freshly made soups including beef pumpkin, red pea, and gung...
Pak Restaurant / Indian
Pak Restaurant is a Halal restaurant in Scarborough offering Indian and Pakistani cuisine. Pak has a daily (weekday) lunch buffet and a regular menu of kebabs, biryani, masala and more....
Patna Kabab House / Indian
Patna Kabab House offers more than just kababs. Specialty dishes on its menu include biryani, ribs, curry, and more, plus plenty of authentic dessert items....
Patty King (Scarborough) / Caribbean
This is where all the magic happens. This Scarborough location is where all of those delicious Patty King patties are made, with room for seating for hungry passersby. The shop...
Pho 88 / Vietnamese
Pho 88 (Scarborough) is a popular Vietnamese restaurant located in the Bamburgh Circle Plaza. Famed for its fast service, cheap prices and delicious beef broth noodles served in generous portions,...
Pho Saigon / Vietnamese
Pho Saigon is a bright uptown eatery that features the requisite aesthetic of a classic Toronto Vietnamese restaurant. Tile floors, large windows, a single room and as many tables as...
Pho Vietnam / Vietnamese
The tired-looking sign in the parking lot warns of "BEEF N ODLE S" inside, but the crowded tables inside make it clear that the diners value food over exterior decor...
Pizza Depot (Ellesmere) / Pizza
Pizza Depot (Ellesmere) is a casual pizza joint offering pizza and wings. The shop has all the favourite pies, and some specialties including butter chicken, paneer, and tandoori chicken. ...
Pizza Land Halal / Pizza
Pizza Land Halal might be the BEST halal pizza joint in the city. People who travel to Toronto will most likely venture into Pizza Land at some point during their...
Remely's / Filipino
Remely's serves up popular Filipino cuisine in a busy plaza in Scarborough's east end. I've always been interested in the degree to which Filipino cuisine has been influenced by Spanish...
Ruby Chinese Restaurant / Dim Sum
Ruby is a large, old school (really, you will find a lot of seniors dining here) restaurant that has a large variety a la carte dim sum, but with some...
Safa Tikka and Kabab House / Indian
Safa Tikka and Kabab House dishes up spicy, flavourful food at deliciously cheap prices. Despite the abundance of restaurants serving Pakistani/Indian cuisine in the area, this restaurant allows for a...
Sagano Restaurant / Sushi
Sagano Restaurant dubs itself Toronto's best kept secret, and in a way it is. Not clearly visible from the roads due to its location on the top floor of the...
Sam Woo BBQ / Chinese
Sam Woo BBQ has been around for almost 25 years and still remains to be a local favourite for delicious and savoury Chinese barbecued meat (you'll smell it from the...
Sam Woo Seafood / Chinese
Sam Woo Seafood Restaurant is a fine dining Chinese restaurant that opened a few years after Sam Woo BBQ Restaurant was established on the opposite end of the same plaza....
Samosa King / Indian
Samosa King has probably the best-priced samosas around, offering its crispy vegetarian samosas for five for $1.00. And despite what you would think, they're pretty decently sized. The Finch and...
Sashimi House (Sheppard East) / Sushi
Sashimi House (Sheppard East) is a Japanese restaurant with much more than sashimi. The restaurant offers pretty good bang for your buck and a decent selection of sushi, sashimi, teriyaki,...
Scarborough Grand Seafood Restaurant / Dim Sum
For locals who often yum cha (go for tea), Scarborough Grand Seafood Restaurant is one of the timeless spots in Scarborough for an easy brunch with a large variety of...
Shawarma Empire / Falafel
Shawarma Empire serves what is possibly Scarborough's best option for falafel and shawarma. They are located in a Middle Eastern stretch of Lawrence Avenue's east end, on the Scarberian...
Sinopino / Chinese
Sinopino is a Scarborough Chinese restaurant known for its chili chicken and spicy shrimp. While there is a small sit-in area, Sinopino is known by its faithful customers as a...
Spicy Dragon / Chinese
Spicy Dragon, with lunch specials at $4.75 a pop, is regularly packed with deal-hungry foodies. Although not much on the eyes, the sparsely decorated restaurant offers yummy Hakka, Cantonese...
Szechuan Legend (Scarborough) / Dim Sum
Szechuan Legend may not have a storied history, as its name suggests, but my experience there was fit for the books. The introduction was marked by a roundabout search for...
Takara Bune / Sushi
Takara Bune is a Japanese restaurant in Scarborough with daily lunch specials and all the typical sushi, sashimi, and noodle dishes....
Tangerine Asian Cuisine / Chinese
Tangerine Asian Cuisine has a new, bigger location that recently opened up on Ellesmere Road. The food is tasty and the prices are decent, considering the gigantic portion sizes. Try...
Taste of Beirut (Lawrence East) / Middle Eastern
Taste of Beirut (Lawrence East) is a Middle Eastern restaurant in Scarborough offering Halal dishes including chicken shawarma, falafel, and shish tawook. The restaurant is open until 11 p.m. most...
Ten-Ichi Japanese / Japanese
Ten-Ichi Japanese is a huge Japanese restaurant in Scarborough offering both all-you-can-eat and a-la-carte menus. The space also features several teppanyaki tables where you can watch a chef prepare your...
Thai Angels / Thai
Thai Angels offers "heavenly" curry duck, pad thai, various soups and satays. The little Scarborough restaurant also offers free WiFi, which means you can type away as you tackle a...
Thai Breeze / Thai
Thai Breeze serves up noodle soups, curry, rice and noodle dishes as well as their signature dishes like the monsoon steak and grilled rack of lamb....
The Oriental Gourmet / Chinese
The Oriental Gourmet serves really good duck, seriously. For years, my only exposure to Chinese duck dishes were only in the form of bbq duck legs or Peking ducks. I've...
The Queenshead Pub (Scarborough) / Pub Food
The Queenshead Pub (Scarborough) is a typical Scarborough pub with the odd Thai dish thrown into its menu. While opinion is divided on the food, most will vouch for The...
The Real McCoy / Pizza
The Real McCoy is one of those total comfort food pizza and burger places. Diets begone--the pizza is deliciously greasy, the onion rings are huge, and the prices are reasonable...
The Rice Kitchen / Chinese
The Rice Kitchen provides Chinese take-out and delivery from a vast menu, that ranges from an array of rolls, to traditional Chinese soups, to chop suey and rice and noodle...
The Roti Hut / Roti
The Roti Hut offers goat, chicken, veggie roti and more, offered in portions that are probably too big to tackle in one sitting. Doubles here are a huge hit as...
Wexford Restaurant / Brunch
This classic (and rather large) diner has been in the neighbourhood longer than, well, the neighbourhood. Their sign says they've cracked more than 820 million eggs and squeezed 3.3 billion...
Willie Stouts / Pub Food
Willie Stouts is a Sheppard East pub with wings, burgers, and classic comfort food....
Wok With Yu / Chinese
Wok With Yu owners Peter and Sandra, born and raised in Karachi, speak fluent Hindi and Urdu and have a sense of humour that makes eating here a treat. The...
Yogi Noodle / Chinese
Yogi Noodle is a Hong Kong-style Chinese restaurant located in the Bamburgh Circle plaza. They have a wide selection of dishes and set meals to choose from on their menus,...
Zen Japanese Restaurant / Sushi
Zen Japanese Restaurant is probably not paying a lot for rent. Located between a bowling alley and a convenience store in the Eastern recesses of Scarborough, this cozy kitchen is...
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