The Royal Chinese Restaurant

The food is great, best crab and lobster around, I like the services best of all. They are great to the little ones too. They always get candy at the end of their meals which the little ones look forward to. There’s not that many authentic Chinese restaurants that provides good services.

Not as good this time around. Their specialty lobster (the fried one with bits of fried pork and chili peppers) was a tad too brown, and not fragrant enough. Their deep fried oysters were delicious, though. The oysters were really big and really juicy. The batter was very crispy, but a tad thick. Some of their dishes were a tad small (we ordered a set meal).
My second biggest gripe of the night was that we ordered a steamed fried rice with shrimp in lotus leaf and it wasn’t steamed enough. It tasted like a fried rice they put into lotus leaves and then placed in a steamer. There was no lotus flavor at all, and the rice was too dry to have been steamed for very long. Considering that steaming rice in lotus costs extra, I feel ripped off. I don’t like feeling ripped off.
My biggest gripe of the night was that it was my grandmother’s birthday, and our main server kept sucking up to us. It seemed like he was trying to get the traditional red pocket money that older Chinese generations might give out on their birthday.

Terrible service, very small portions relative to price (and to other Chinese restaurants). However, I must admit that the food was delicious and came extremely quickly even on a busy night. The dishes were quite greasy though, and some of the seafood can be a hit or miss depending on the chef.

Can’t complain about anything. Service was good and so was the food. We were seated right away and the wait staff were very polite and friendly. My daughters who are pretty fussy, liked everything that we ordered and I didn’t have to force them to eat anything. I’m already looking forward to my next visit.

This place is the type of Chinese restaurant that was everywhere in Toronto back in the day, but is fast becoming a novelty.
I am talking about tasty, no BS, great seafood, real deal, no chicken balls, waiters that talk fast, start with a free bowl of soup, Hong Kong style Chinese food. The type of place with great seafood, classic meat and veg dishes, and menu items written vertically on pieces of paper on the wall. It’s not fancy, but it works.
You would expect this place to be dirty, but the funny thing is that it is probably cleaner than most of the restaurants out there. Don’t believe me? Check out their washroom. Probably the cleanest one around (and that includes the more expensive ones out there).
Despite being really authentic Chinese food, you find a cool mixture of all types of people here so don’t be shy.

The fried colon (?) for $ 9 – 10 is great.
Stir fried beef is good.
Clams were standard.
Portion size is generally good as well.

One of my favorites in the city. Order anything you can recognize and it will be good. Beware service is often spotty at best but the food is good and thats the reason to go.

Usually i hate reviewing chinese restaurants because they are more or less usually the same kinda deal wherever you go.
however one thing i will say about this place was that the food here did not feel heavy when eating. i left the restaurant noticeably full, light, but feeling healthier than usual after leaving a chinese place.

This place is nice as it opens late, so if you’re looking for some authentic Chinese cuisine for a late supper (siu yeah), here is the place to go! They have a pretty extensive menu as well. Heard the head chef has 30+ years of Chinese cuisine experience so food quality and taste will not disappoint. Only problem I have with the food though is it’s just a tad bit on the oily side (but as is with many Chinese cuisines). Don’t have too much comments on customer service because they seem to be pretty decent especially to frequent customers, and large groups as I’ve seen.

Good eats overall. Value is really good. went with family and we had a variety of food. tofu eggplant, clams, fish, cold chicken, pork, soup.
Overall this place was alright in the middle range of quality. in the clams you have to watch out for little crabs in the dish (see photo) which is kind of gross.
nonetheless go here if u want cheap decent chinese food.

I’ve never had a waiter scream at us for their own screw ups. We came in waited for our seats, some customers waited in line before us, the waiter led us to sit down right away the people waited for their seats for half an hour before us got upset (they have the right to be upset). The waiter, instead of owning up to their mistake, scream at our family. This is unacceptable behavior. I would have accepted an apology and a simple correction. We ate there many years, but after this incident, we are never coming back. And I’ll make sure none of my friends and family ever eat there. If you like being treated like crap for mediocre food this is your restaurant.

Will somebody please take me back here??? We found it in the middle of a snowstorm, just looking for a place to pull over, and my goodness I didn’t want to leave. I could have sat and ate there all night.
The black bean clams were fantastic. My dining partner doesn’t eat clams. Be wary, its a giant plate of clams. We also shared a noodle dish. The service was attentive and very sweet. They took good care of us.
I wanted to try everything on the menu. Can’t wait to get back and try more.

This place is my all time favourite Chinese food place. The seafood is so fresh and prepared do well. You can see the tanks that they keep there seafood in and see these they take good care of there stuff. I’ve been here multiple times and have tried multiple things but I think the best dishes they have is the house style crab and the house style oysters. Both of them are spicy and fried and oh so delicious.

This place has REALLY high quality ingredients. from the fish to the chicken to the shrimp. everything is cooked in a healthy way. prices are very fair. waiters are VERY nice and welcoming.
I come here every 2 weeks I love it very much.

Pretty rare to see Wayne give a place 4 stars, so I thought I ought to give the place a go. The restaurant is located on Sheppard in this plaza with the crappiest of parking. The place outside is so plain, but is decent inside. They have kind of the Chinese banquet look except they’ve got the specials plastered on construction paper lined along the walls. Specials menu is in Chinese so bring someone who can read Chinese. Grab your token Asian.
Our ordering method was basically looking at other tables and pointing at their dishes shamelessly. Had the Steamed Shrimp atop Fried Rice, Beef with ginger and onion, Clams with Minced Pork, as well as green beans.
The Fried Rice with Steamed Shrimp ($ 15) dish was good. I like how they cook it in a bamboo steamer atop a lotus leaf and there is no issue with portion at all. There was so much rice and the shrimp portion wasnt too bad either. They sort of butterfly the shrimp and some garlic bits are tossed in. Not enough flavor on the shrimp though.
The Clams with Minced Pork were OK. I enjoyed how large and meaty the clams were, but found the dish to be pretty dry overall. The minced pork was dry and in turn, kind of made the whole dish a bit dry. I like that they shuck the clams for you though. Less work for my lazy bum.
Beef with ginger and onion were on par with most places. The meat was good and there was plenty of it. The green beans were also tossed with minced pork but this one was better. The grease actually works a bit and makes for a flavorful overall plate.
If you’re thinking about coming, get here early. This place gets packed and they have a bunch of larger tables so if you’re a small party of 3 like mine, you might even have to wait longer. Prices are good as they have lots of dishes for $ 6.45 which is real good. It’s supposed to be a seafood restaurant, but many of the dishes didn’t look so good and seemed overpriced so I never did try it.

This is a go-​to Chinese restaurant for our family and we drive from Whitby to get here. The service is great with steamy dishes that always taste great. Their hot plates, rice noodles and lobster are very delicious. The wait tends to be long around 6 – 7 so go after 8-​ish. The only unfortunate part is that they tend to provide better service to loyal customers and those that order more expensive items on the menu. Nevertheless, highly recommended for belly filling Chinese food ;)

The food is so so, nothing special to write about. The worst thing is the crowded, noisy condition.
The hostess always tries to push the guests out, to have faster turn over on the limited number of tables.
The washrooms are dirty, located in the basement, they got that musky smell.

Even though I was with a bunch of Asians, because we were chatting in English, we got the Western treatment!
They didn’t give us the lai tong (comp soup), weren’t the friendliest and the service took forever.
We switched it up and only talked to the staff in english, but then would talk to each other in Chinese.
Food itself was acceptable, but ain’t going back.

This restaurant is in a small plaza and apparently, I have driven by here several times. How do people find these places?!? It’s a small restaurant, and NOT FANCY! Cutlery can be bordering dirty (our family saw three dirty tea cups). I haven’t tried the bathroom, but one can probably imagine the state that it is in, especially after a busy night.
Service, at the start, was absolutely horrible. My parents and I arrived first (we had a family of 14), and we didn’t know if my uncle had made reservations. My mom asked if there were reservations made under the name of Kua, and the man said no. No problem… we would need a table for 14 anyways, so we asked for one. The man again said no, and for my mom to call my uncle to make sure if there were reservations or not. So, if there were no reservations, than we wouldn’t get the table? *rant*
Food was greasy and uninspiring, in my opinion. Service — mediocre. But, again, I guess this is okay for many people because!!! By 6:30 the place was packed and the line extended outside the restaurant!
The only good thing I remembered about this place were there juicy oranges which they served for dessert. Everyone loved them so much we actually asked the waiters where they got their oranges! No need to come for their food!
In the end, the food was not that great, but it was actually quite expensive! My dad footed the bill for 14 people and it came to around $ 300 and change! For cheap, greasy, seafood. Ugh.
Not impressed and not going back anytime soon!

Dinner was so good. Excellent quality, freshness, and flavour that hit every spot. Check out my photos and «taste» it for yourself. Too bad I manged to take only a few shots… too busy eating! :D We were happy and satisfied with some take-​outs.
We were a group of 2 large tables and we ordered a bunch of seafood and meat items and served to us before we noticed our hunger. Service was friendly, nice & efficient.
Its a very casual place with a huge dining area. Got very busy later in the dinner hours. Seems to be a very popular place!