Fishman Wharf Seafood

The food tasted salty without seafood nature. the lobster is not as good as Fishman Lobster Clubhouse. The service is rude and they never smile and just chat. They didn’t clean my plate until I asked them. The restaurant is not busy and so expensive. it is so disappointing and never go again

If you like seafood, you’ll likely enjoy this place very much (probably won’t be a low budget meal though).
I came here with about a table of 9 and we basically ordered all seafood dishes. Highlights of the meal:
Lobster — I can’t tell if it was fresh or not to be honest, all you taste is the seasoning and the fried batter they make it in.
Alaskan crab legs — they stack it in a tower and you can choose how you want it cooked. I believe we tried it in steamed and fried. I personally enjoyed the fried version a lot when it was fresh but the steamed one is very refreshing and on a lighter note in comparison
Lobster fried rice — I thought this was average as they just basically cover it in sauce.
Fried tong yuen — deep fried balls of goodness with black sesame filling. These went super fast at the table and it was overall enjoyable.
Pumpkin sago — I thought this was unique as I’ve never seen pumpkin as the base for sago tong shui. However I quite enjoyed it after a heavy meal of seafood ! It wasn’t overly sweet which was a bonus.
Verdict: As someone who usually dislikes shellfish type seafood because of its fishy taste and textures, I feel that this is worth a try with a big group !

Is everyone crazy, or did I just get a bad chef that night? I really wanted to like this place because so many reviews said it was better than Fisherman Lobster Clubhouse (either in terms of price or quality of food), and since I really enjoyed my meal at FLC, I had very high expectations which just were not met. In terms of the prices, I thought they were actually about the same as FLC. There, my family ordered a 3-​person set meal for $ 138 — here I think a comparable set was about $ 128 so really the difference was minimal. My family actually ended up ordering a 4-​person set which I believe was about $ 148.
The main issue I took with this place was the quality of the lobster. Our lobster was cooked Hong Kong style, and honestly the flavours were quite good… it was a little bit spicy, but bursting with flavour which I really enjoyed. I felt like I was just eating really delicious (but expensive) fried dough though. There was just so much batter on each piece of lobster — to be quite honest I didn’t even feel like I was eating lobster and couldn’t taste any natural lobster flavour at all what with all the heavy seasoning. What I was even more disgruntled about, however, was the fact that the lobster was extremely overcooked. In general, each piece of lobster was just too tough and too dry, and was difficult to remove from the shell to eat.
This restaurant is probably a third of the size of Fisherman Lobster Clubhouse and isn’t as aesthetically pleasing — it doesn’t have the huge tanks or bright lights and other things which make FLC look impressive.
In summary, I was really disappointed with the lobster and wouldn’t come back again. I think my past experiences have taught me that fried lobster is just not really my thing (I prefer it steamed), but even if I was craving fried lobster, this place would not be my first choice.

Best price and best flavors I ever have. Way better than HK. I definitely will return next time I visit Toronto.

All the dishes were well prepared, fresh, tasteful and very nicely put. Would definitely recommend coming here!

Fishman Wharf Seafood is basically a smaller scale version of the bigger lobster establishment Fishman Lobster Clubhouse standards down the road. One of several that has appeared along the Steeles Avenue East strip over the last few years.
There is an a-​la carte options available but the value for this place is found in their set menus as they do give more variety then the bigger fish down the road.
We took a set lobster menu for 2 for $ 98 which includes shark fin soup, 2.5 lb lobster cooked 3 ways, fried oysters, vegetables in fish soup, fried sesame rice balls (bonus!) as well as a steamed papaya with milk and bird’s nest.
The food was really good, but just below Fishman Lobster Clubhouse… sorry for the constant comparison but you really have to judge the restaurant with them down the road as they are directly competing with them. The dessert however with the fried sesame rice balls and steamed papaya was outstanding and really stood out for me:)
Service was quick and abrupt like most Chinese restaurants, but the manager was very outgoing and friendly with all the guests. Restaurant closes late at midnight so good option for a late night meal. Overall depending on what you order you are looking at anywhere between $ 50 to $ 100 per person.
Funny thing is like another Unilocaler mentioned, the washroom design is pretty brutal as you can get slammed in the face when someone opens the door:) Being a small restaurant they didn’t give much room for the washroom design I guess.
Other then that would definitely come again even though one can risk getting a busted face going to the bathroom:)

‘Asia Food Fest’ is kind of like summerlicious/​winterlicious, runs for 2 weeks, April 29 — May 15. I called in mid 2 weeks prior to book a table STATING CLEARLY that I want to book a table for 4 for the Asia Food Fest. My resrevations was for 6pm on April 30. I called in on the same day in the afternoon to confirm the booking and said that it is for the ‘Asia Food Fest’. The lady who picked up the phone said ‘okok, sure, see you tonight’
travelling all the way from downtown, after 1.5 hours of commuting, I finally arrived at the place. They sat us down and gave us the menu. I told the server I am getting the ‘asia food fest’ menu and she looked at me confused then walked away without saying anything. Then after a good 5 mins another waiter came over and said ‘we are not offering that menu’. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE NOT OFFERING THAT MENU??? I CLEARLY CALLED 3 HOURS PRIOR TO MY BOOKING TO CONFIRM AND THAT PERSON DIDN’T TELL ME ANYTHING. I asked to speak with the manager, the server’s response was ‘doesn’t matter who you speak with, the answer is going to be the same, we are NOT offering that menu’. HOW RUDE CAN YOU BE??? I mean why can’t I speak with your manager, whats the problem with that???
Anyways after a lengthy conversation, I FINALLY get to speak with the manager. I asked him about the asia food fest menu and he said they are not offering it anymore and asked WHERE I saw the menu (I showed him the pic of the menu I took with my phone) I told him I found it online and he said they are not participating in this event anymore. I asked him WHY he didn’t bother calling me to inform me ahead of time so at least I know and I do not have to waste my time going all the way uptown. He said he didn’t know I booked for that menu, that is CLEARLY BS because when I first called in to make the reservation AND when I called to confirm the reservation, I mentioned BOTH TIMES that I am coming for that menu and BOTH TIMES the staff did NOT say anything about not offering it anymore.
The manager isn’t willing to do anything either, he bascially told us to either order from the normal menu or leave. HE WAS STRAIGHT UP RUDE TO CUSTOMERS. anyways me and my other 3 friends decided to leave and just eat at another place.
SUPER RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE, NEVER EVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN.

I had a late dinner with my parents here recently (around 8:00pm on a Friday). We had a huge lobster and we were still talking about it days later!
We had a 4.26 pound lobster Hong Kong Style ($ 16/​lb) and while we ordered the Scallop and Egg White fried rice ($ 13) we actually received the Lobster Tomalley fried rice (which was $ 12 on the menu, but we were charged $ 13 since that was the price of the fried rice that we ordered — more about that later).
So at these types of restaurants if you don’t order their set menus and you order your lobster à la carte you tell them how many pounds you want (we said 4 pounds) and then they get a lobster from the tank, take it to the back and weigh it, then bring the live lobster to your table with the weight sticker stuck onto the body and ask you if you are ok with that lobster (this is how I know the exact weight of our lobster). If you are, they take it to the kitchen and fry it up.
So Hong Kong style is chopped up lobster, battered and deep fried. The batter is slightly spicy and there’s lots of fried garlic and green onions. It’s topped with shredded carrots. It also comes with tiny deep fried fish sprinkled over the lobster. Some places will charge extra for Hong Kong style, but this restaurant didn’t.
The lobster came on a pretty platter and piled up high like a mountain. It was so tasty. The flavouring was great — not too salty and it had a nice spicy kick. The fried garlic and tiny fish were so crispy and crunchy. The lobster was perfect.
When I first started eating the fried rice, I was like «where are the scallops?» It wasn’t until I hit a big chunk of fried tomalley that I realized they had given us the wrong dish. By that time we had already eaten a good amount of it and it was good, so we didn’t say anything. Then when the bill came, it was late and since it was only a dollar that they overcharged us by, we didn’t want to make a fuss, so we just paid it without mentioning it. The fried rice that we received was tasty, but it was a little too oily/​greasy for my liking (but fried rice tends to be that way). It came nicely presented, moulded into a pyramid. It also came with some baby bok choy at the base of the pyramid.
Oh, I forgot to mention that they gave us some complimentary soup at the start of the meal. It was chicken feet in broth (!). It was way too freaky for me, so I didn’t eat it. My parents (who are much more adventurous when it comes to eating more unconventional things than I am) liked it. They said the bones were so soft, it was like eating sardines (something else I don’t like, so that didn’t sell me on it at all, haha).
They also gave us complimentary dessert which was a sweet mung bean soup. It was ok. It wasn’t overly sweet.
The restaurant wasn’t that busy when we arrived and was pretty empty when we left. They asked us if we wanted to sit at the table for 3 at the front of the restaurant right by the door and since it was cold we asked for another table. There were plenty of empty tables so they actually gave us a big round table for 6 – 8 with a Lazy Susan at the centre. The restaurant has a regal feel to it with the décor reminding me of Chinese Emperor kind of things. All chairs have chair coverings that are red with embroidered yellow flowers. It’s not formal though, all patrons (including us) were wearing casual clothing.
Service is competent, but not exactly friendly (no smiles or warmness). Staff also stand around and chat with each other or just stare at you when they have nothing to do. However, they come when you call for them. I really like how they bring boxes to your table and transfer your food into the boxes right in front of you when you ask to take the remainder of your food home.
The washrooms are very clean and modern looking.
There’s lots of free parking.
I would definitely come back for the lobster!

A very good experience. I’ve been to Fisherman’s Clubhouse as well but liked this one better. Nicer staff and environment without any commotion unlike Clubhouses.
Although price per a head was about the same I think you get more value here. Side dishes are a good portion unlike Clubhouse. The house fried rice was surprisedly good with little chunks of what I think were minced fried mussels.
We ordered 12 pounds of lobster and 6 side dishes and it was more then enough for 9 people. We had a couple of small take out boxes at the end. Worked out to less the $ 50 a head (tax and tip in).
The only negative (but barely that) was the complimentary soup was chicken stock with ginseng with a ton of chicken feet (approximately 10) with barely any chicken meat. Seems odd to include the feet in the soup for what is a nicer more expensive restaurant. Suggestion: Skip the feet and the soup is still a nice starter.

I went here about a year ago. So this is a late review. As far as i can remember, the food was very good !!! Seafood lovers will enjoy. Everything was tasty.
Price wise, its up there. See photos. I think we had the $ 598 course.
The place was busy back then. Only went here once, but it is memorable. in a good way.
Will go back :)

Tell it like it is, its the cheaper version of Fishman Lobster Clubhouse without the up sell on the lobster. Extremely reasonably priced set meals with a wide range of variety and selection not chinsey at all on the good stuff. Where it falls one star short is the level of service. Not to say its got bad service just not up to the standard the Fishman Wharf is portraying to customers.
The food is grade A and they cook it any way you want it, although they are famous for their set menu styled items. The portion sizes are generous and their set menus have serving indications for ease of selection. I have eaten the 4 course meal with 4 people and I would have to say it was just the right amount if not a little more. For what you are paying sub $ 200 for sharks fin, crab, geoduck, and lobster options available the Fishman Wharf has a set meal that will satisfy your taste buds and your wallet. The geoduck and sharkfin is very premium with thick strands of sharks fin in the sharks fin soup not the tiny bowl you are expecting at regular places spending the same price tag. The thing with Fishman Lobster Clubhouse as Im sure alot have heard of is the up sell; the we are out of 3LB lobster and only have 5LB available, you will have to pay $$ extra line. Its a big turn off/​cash grab feel especially when the meal easily increases by 30 – 50.
Where the place falls short is the overall lack of excellent customer service. Not to say it is non-​existent but the whole luxury feeling and setting just makes it a little out of place. Simple things like changing your plate when its full of shells/​bones are not done until requested. Other than the little quirks this place definitely has FRESH seafood at reasonable prices.

Recommended by a friend, so give it a try. I went on a weekday night, it wasn’t that busy, there were three servers throughout the night. Seems they are always busy talking, kinda difficult to draw their attention. Menu are all combo, pretty much they all have the same way to cook the crab n lobster, the price is reflecting the size of the crab n lobster that you are getting. We are party of five and we were planning to order a dinner for four plus an extra dish, when we order, we got notify that they dont have small size of crab anymore and all the crab are 8lbs and up, so either we order a 6−8people combo or we order what we planned to order and pay the size different of the crab which is $ 40/​lb, so kinda disappointed.
Since it wasn’t busy so the food came pretty fast, looks good and taste was alright but no wow factor. In a way is kinda disappointed.
After tax and tips total $ 480 for 5 people. With tons of leftover to take out (remember seafood doesn’t taste good after reheat). Seems this is how they scam people to over order to push up their sells. The food and service doesn’t not deserve at this price range ($ 95/​person), Most likely will not return. If you really want to go, maybe you should call in and check if they have small size crab n lobster, or invite more people to go together.

I’ve been to a couple of these places before, but this is place was the best that I have been.
First off, the food is very fresh. They bring the seafood to your table to see the freshness of the animal. Once you have verified that the food is fresh, it is taken to the back to be cooked. The seafood is very sweet to the taste as it is extremely fresh.
The difference between this location and other locations is that it feels that we get more bang for our buck. For example, with the crab legs, we go two dishes. They explained that it is because the legs are extremely long. They have to split it into two dishes for us. Yet at other places, there is just one dish. The portions are the same size, but at other places, it is just one dish.
Looking at the décor, it is a standard Chinese restaurant. Nothing special. The only difference is that we can see the seafood in the tanks. It is a huge attraction for the kids.
Service can improve. They were not very friendly. Some of the staff had attitude. Thus, they lost a star here.

We had the steamed fish with black bean, the flavour and the texture are very good, highly recommend
We also had the duck& taro noodle soup– the broth is very delish
May come back and try their seafood next time

We come into Toronto to visit my grandma, so we come pretty often. Toronto has a lot of Chinese food that’s for sure, but not a lot of places with THIIIS much seafood. I was a little skeptical because of the 3.5 stars, but I came with the whole family and my brother in law’s parents really recommended this place, and I know they know their Chinese food!
So it was for a table of 7, for lunch on a Friday afternoon. No wait, and a pretty nice restaurant. There’s two giant dried up shark fin on display with various dried up sea food delicacies. The menu has a lot of options of «prefix sets» — 7 dishes for 6 people, 3 dishes for 2 people type of thing, and you just choose that and everything comes out, similar to wedding prefixes. We ordered something for 7 people, cause we had 7, but it seriously could have fed 9 or 10 people. I think the price was about $ 499? I could be wrong.
If you’ve had the Vietnamese 7 course beef, this is VERY SIMILAR, but instead of beef, it is crab and lobster. Be careful if you have high cholesterol, but pescatarians rejoice! I seriously have never had crab and lobster done in soooo many ways — fried in garlic, stir fried in maggie sauce, steamed and buttered, as sashimi!!, and even boiled in soup form! That’s not even all of them. They were all sooo good too, you really can’t stop yourself. Good thing they give you gloves so it protects your hands a little, but I didn’t use gloves, I wanted to savor the flavor, ahhahaah!
And even more than that, every dish that comes out looks like a spectacle! You really want to photograph every dish! Of course, we are Asian and want to photograph every dish anyway, but the chef really plate it so it brings out a «wow» factor. Pyramid shaped fried rice? Crab legs spread across a plate like a spider? lobster sashimi over a plate of ice? It’s all very beautiful. Every dish that came out, my mom wanted another family photo with the new dish. It became annoying that we had to stop eating to take yet another photo. And we didn’t want to keep bothering the waitress. They were bringing out so much food that I had to take a break, a little intermission for my stomach to calm down. MAKE SURE you drink lots of tea/​water to help wash it down.
There really wasn’t a dish I didn’t like, so I recommend pretty much everything — I think my favorite being the garlicy lobster though. We were licking the shell of the lobster to get more of the garlic flavor. Who doesn’t like oil and garlic together?! At the end they give you a small dessert of almond pudding. I think we ate for about a solid hour to hour and a half. There is that much food. My parents were saying how that was a very memorable meal to have had, and yes it was! Just make sure to eat less cholestrol for the rest of the week!

The quality of the food was okay. Some were better than the others.
Service was rushed as the food came in faster than we could eat them. The food that were here but couldnt fit were just left on the table next to us left to be cold.

Upgrading my review to 5 stars because the food is that good, lol! Came back a second time, this time for dinner, and ordered the same set. We were with visitors and wanted a higher, ‘more impressive’ lobster mountain’ so instead of having the lobster cooked 4 ways, the server suggested we cook it 3 ways, perfect! :D We chose to have the lobster claws cooked with (duck) yolk and it was soooo delicious!
The service was as friendly and fast as when we came for lunch. There’s only 2 seatings for dinner so make sure you make a reservation before coming in.

Yet another Chinese Seafood restaurant. I have tried similar restaurants like, Fishman Lobster Club House, Lobster King, Vince Seafood Restaurant and Omei. I will have to say this one is probably the best out of all the ones mentioned above in terms of food and value. Just by a small margin though.
There is good amount of seating but with a place like this its always busy during dinner. There were seven of us and we decided to get the lobster and King crab combo for $ 398. Both the lobster and Alaskan king crab were 8lbs each.
Started off with soup which had nice flavours and a bit sweet.
Next was fried lobster arms which had a sweet sauce.
Then came the fried crab legs and steamed crab legs. I liked the steamed ones better.
Next came the steamed lobster tail and fried lobster claws.
Then came the deep fried lobster legs and steamed bass. The fish was silky smooth and just melted in your mouth. Also noticed they took out most of the bones from the fish for you.
Next was the crab brain which I like to call it. Tasted and looked like scrambled eggs.
Then came the snow peas and pyramid fried rice with lobster brain.
Finally for dessert we go sweet black sesame balls deep fried I think and a green bean sweet soup.
Overall the food is very comparable to the other restaurants mentioned above in terms of taste and quality.
We also ordered half a chicken for about $ 13. When you add in tax and tip the grand total came to $ 510. They calculate a 10% tip automatically on the bill for you. They only take cash or debit. The best part is that they do not charge you extra if the crab or lobster were a little over the 8lbs.
On the a la cart menu the lobster is $ 16/​lb and the Alaskan King Crab is $ 40/​lb.
Service was excellent. They replaced our plates frequently because of all the crab and lobster shells. Workers speak Mandarin and can understand some Cantonese and English. Reservations is a must.

There were 12 of us and we were seated in a private room (with its own washroom!).
The food was truly delicious — it was my first time eating seafood this way out of the house — piles and piles of mainly seafood (other dishes were meats and veggies) that we were able to chow down on armed with gloved hands (gloves provided).
We came for a birthday dinner (hey, Cindy!) and were treated with a large variety of dishes — crab cooked four ways and lobster cooked four ways. Definitely recommend this set of dishes for a wholesome experience. The seafood came fried, seasoned sweet, seasoned salty, etc. The range of flavours was enough to remind yourself to keep pace with all the food.
Their sweet and sour pork was also quite amazing — presented in a pineapple dish, the pork had a nice strawberry and pineapple sauce drizzled onto it. Reminded me of funnel cakes (in the best of ways).
Service was nice until they noticed that we were eating the heads of the lobsters (which, as a tip, has a lot of meat) — then they stopped bringing the heads the next time around. They also started rushing us to get out so they could clean even though we had the table/​private room booked for another hour.
Overall, it was a lovely experience for a great occasion. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to those who love seafood. I wish service was better but the quality of the food balanced it out.

The first thing I asked myself when I entered this restaurant was the grammatically incorrect restaurant name. I always thought it was called Fisherman’s Wharf, but apparently it’s just Fishman Wharf. Okay.
With that aside… this restaurant was considerably busy even at 9pm on a Sunday, which was definitely a good sign. Seeing how this restaurant specializes in seafood, our table of 3 went for an all-​in order of anything seafood related. We ordered the shark fin soup, clams with sake, a 2.8lb lobster, and fried rice.
Everything tasted very good! The shark fin soup had very thick shark fin; just the way I like it. The clams with sake are plentiful and the sake taste was quite strong too. The 2.8lb lobster was fried and had a lot of meat, despite the fact it was only 2.8lbs. Finally, the fried rice was stacked like a pyramid and tasted very good as well.
The only drawback was the service, as it was very hard to wave someone down to take our order, request service, or even ask for the bill. By the time my table was asking for the bill the place was only 50% full, so I can’t imagine how hard it would be if it was completely full…
Either way, it’s nice to have an excellent restaurant that specializes in Asian seafood. I’ll definitely return for future visits.