Riz North

This is a strange but appealing place– kind of an upscale dim sum restaurant for the Yonge & Lawrence crowd. It’s much larger than the surrounding restaurants and offers the most ridiculous set of menus. After a long day of work it is disconcerting to be confronted with all the paperwork you must sift through just to order. I’ve posted a photo of what it actually looked like. We ordered the tasting menu. The appetizers were just ok, sushi pretty good, and curries and pad Thai very tasty. For an upscale all-​you-​can eat it’s pretty good and we’ll be back there.

Extremely disappointed. I’ve been coming here with both friends and family for years and always tip generously. Today at lunch I asked for the change back (I gave a $ 20 bill, and the lunch special was $ 14.68) and one of the owners (Terry Wei) came back with the change after about 5 minutes of running back and forth to other tables while ignoring us, and said «you can tip however you want but if you don’t tip good then next time we will turn you away» as someone who always tips this aggravated me to no end. I won’t be coming back, and left no tip this time. The fact that the service was terrible and no one came to ask how the food was, or fill up the water, is enough to warrant no tip anyway — but I still would’ve had it not been for the extremely rude owner. Not the first time he has acted this way either. Steer clear of this restaurant.

this is one of the restaurants i’ve been to ever hands down. whether you need to eat gluten-​free (they have an extensive and authentic menu dedicated just to gluten-​free items) or not, you’ll love this place. the ambiance is absolutely beautiful and all the food tastes fresh. even better, the owner of the restaurant truly cares about your eating experience. 100% try riz if you or a loved one eats gluten-​free or even if not! THE BOMB

Great place to go to for some Asian cuisine — they have a nice sushi menu, pad Thai, Chinese themed dishes, etc. Definitely recommend it!
Service can sometimes be a bit slow, so you need a little patience for that. But the food and especially the tasting menu is worth it!
Ambiance — 4
Food — 4.5
Service — 3
Price to value — 4

We chose the all you can eat menu. It was absolutely great! Wonderful food and plentiful at a very reasonable price.

A group of us had dinner here late on a Friday night. Food was delicious. Great presentation. Dedicated gluten free menu with lots of options. I ordered gluten free and my crispy tao chicken was really well done. Shrimp dumplings excellent. The only thing I found odd was that they had taken used soy sauce jars and put ‘gluten free’ stickers on them. Who knows if it’s actually gluten free or not! Staff a tad inattentive. But overall, nice ambiance and good eats!

Maybe I’m overly critical but my experience was pretty bad. The food quality was food court like. Service staff were brisk and dispassionate. Atmosphere was okay but a little frantic. After two attempts I’m not going to return, which is a shame since I live so close and prefer gluten free Asian foods.

First time here and totally loving it! It had a fantastic selection of gluten free dishes. We had egg rolls, crispy beef, Singapore vermicelli chicken & shrimp, beef & broccoli, thai green curry chicken, sushi rolls, and green onion ginger crab. Every dish was so delicious and beautifully presented. The staff was very friendly and the food came out quickly. Not to mention that all-​white decoration is so chic and contemporary. We would definitely come again soon. Highly recommended if you are a celiac and looking for fine dinning in Toronto.

We went to Riz North last Saturday for dinner and it was awful. The food was tasteless but worse was the service. The staff seemed like they were only interested in how fast they could turn our table. The food, which must have been prepared in advance, arrived at out table immediately after our order was placed. Once we were finished our cheque arrived and we left. Total time for a Saturday night dinner was about 30 minutes. The food should be cooked when ordered and the customers should not be rushed through their meals.

I ate hear last week for a work dinner.
The food is basically a slightly higher end Manchu Wok/​Food Court type of place but in a nicer setting.
None of the dishes were terrible. None were delicious. Not a place I would go myself.
Leaving the restaurant, I would have given it 3 stars.
However, I got food poisoning the next day along with at least 5 others in our group (of 15 total).
So…1 star it is. Wont’ be back.

If you are looking for a place that serves all you can eat Gluten Free Asian cuisine, Riz is for you. They even have dishes marked Gluten Free as well as Gluten Free soy sauce.
The sushi was as good as any other all you can eat place — just more expensive because of all the additional items like Thai Curry and Dim Sum items.
Many items like Tempura, Siu Mai and Har Gow are on both menus, so they make the Gluten Free version for everyone.
Unlike most AYCE, you place your order with the wait staff item by item, not on a form.
Highlights were the Mango salad, Red Curry Sauce and Yam Tempura sushi.
Low points were the rice that came with the Curry — cold and hard Jasmine rice and the Coconut Sticky rice was mushy. Also, General Tso Chicken and Crispy Beef are cloyingly sweet with no spice, but half the tables had little kids so perhaps that’s why.
For the weekend price ($ 32.99 for Gluten Free AYCE and $ 30.99 for regular AYCE), I thought there would at least be green tea ice cream or fruit for dessert and there was no way we were going to pay extra for a scoop of sorbet, would rather go for some fresh gelato.
They also charge extra for tea per person so if you don’t really want it don’t say yes to it.
All in all, if it weren’t for the Gluten Free option, it wouldn’t be worth the trip to Yonge and Lawrence especially for the price.

The food here was decent. It was enjoyable and tasty and they had a large selection. The server here was very kind and she made our experience wonderful. Our friend was having his birthday and she brought us our cake and even cut and served it for us. She was very quick and we didn’t even notice her clearing our empty plates away. We had the pineapple fried rice, green Curry, and the Singapore vermicelli. All of which were delicious. I didn’t try their buffet but I would love to try it next time. Food was ³⁄₅ but service ⁵⁄₅.
Ps. They should have properly marked washrooms. Both unmarked and doesn’t distinguish between male or female.

Stopped here for a weekday lunch, and ordered from the «All You Can Taste» menu. Great to see they had so many veggie options. Service was standard — attentive and adequate. The food was just «okay» for the price. I don’t think I’ve had a worse pad thai to be honest, but the other items I tried were pretty good. The lemongrass soup was delicious, the spring rolls were crisp and hot, and the green curry was a nice blend of hot and sweet. The veg maki was just maki. Nothing too exciting, but the black rice was a unique touch.
One thing I would recommend, if the «powers that be» are reading, is to perhaps increase the plate size. It’s very difficult to eat any of the entrees out of the tiny serving plates, and the side plate they give you is also too small. I found myself picking at my food to avoid making a mess, rather than just digging in like I wanted.
Overall an «okay» experience at Riz North. I won’t rush back but would probably come again if I’m in the area.

Visited Riz North with high expectations. Maybe the bayview location is better but I did not believe that two blocks would make much of a difference. My husband is gluten intolerant and we went specifically for the Gf menu. Unfortunately, the Gf items were not clear on the main menu. After a short conversation with the server, and going through a few options that couldn’t be made Gf she finally offered the take out menu for GF items. This was mildly annoying but we were reassured that the bayview location has a dedicated GF menu. The take out menu was much better and it was nice to see that GF items did not always cost extra.
We were a table for two and we ordered one appetizer and two entrees. Plates were notated as GF which is a nice touch, similar to what they have at Pf Chang’s. The GF chicken phở was lack lustre and came with two sause containers but no explanation as to whether the sause were GF. The bowl was not marked GF which did not instill 100% confidence but husband had not reaction after dinner. My meal selection was not GF friendly, and while it was delicious. It was expensive. $ 10 Spider roll with four rolls. We will likely visit again as there are not many GF friendly restuarants (Asian cuisine) to try the all you can taste menu for a special occasion.

Not sure why there are so many soso reviews!
The new sampling menu is incredible. Great selection. The food was always hot and fresh.
Their normal dishes are usually too big. This new menu is awesome.
Definitely recommended! Get here before 730 to beat the busy rush on the weekend.

Went here for dinner with my family on Christmas Eve. We had a tremendous amount of food; Mango Salad, Crispy Beef, Tempura, Drunken Shrimp. Everything was decent but with a ton of salt or sugar. My aunt enjoyed it because it was all gluten free. I am leery of «Pan-​Asian» places that try to do too much and end up doing everything mediocre like.
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Me and my family go there at least once a week.
Great service!
The servers always comes with a smile and they were very descriptive and helpful into choosing what to order.
Amazing food!!!
There vegetables are always fresh and there shrimp dumpling and crispy beef are my favorite food in the world!!!
And not that expansive $ 17 every day till 4PM and after $ 27. Worth every penny!
I would recommend everyone try this place!

We were a party of 15, which understandably it does get frustrating and confusing for the waiters. The service at first was good, but after we got our food it was almost like they forgot all about us. We had to reorder a few dishes that were forgotten and they gave us attitude about it.
They charged $ 24 for green tea, so watch out with that and I believe they also charged for hot water and a lemon…
Overall the food was ok, but the experience made me not want to go back. Ever.
Oh and they don’t take debit cards!

Rude, rude, rude service. A group of young women, we spent $ 375 for dinner. They brought us two pots of tea without us asking for it so we thought, like in many Asian restaurants, the tea was complementary. They then kept asking if we wanted more, and we said ‘sure’. Little did we know we would end up being charged $ 50 for the tea!
The food was delicious, but the attitude and demeanor of the staff soured everything.

Our whole family agree that RIZ N is pretty awesome. This is unusual because generally the younguns never agree on anything. Great variety of asian cuisine.
I strongly recommend a reservation as RIZ N seems to be full all the time, even a Monday night.
This of course is a good sign for asian food.