Peaktop Cuisine

Overpriced and mediocre food. Hit and miss service.
We went there for dim sum on thanksgiving Monday. Knowing that it was a holiday and were prepared to wait for a table. Upon letting the gentlemen know that we were a table of 6. He asked if we had reservations and as I said no he scoffed and chuckled at me and turned away. How rude and weird at the same time.
We ordered peking duck $ 45 for two courses of wraps among other dim sum dishes. Although food cam out piping hot, tastes was just ok. Doesn’t justify the high prices. There are other much better dim sum restaurant only problem they r not in Vaughan.

I came here for a dinner and hoped for the usual Chinese food fix.
However, the food came out extremely salty. Service on the slower side and servers don’t smile much.
I ordered sweet and sour pork, soft shell crab, beef ho fun, snow pea leaves. All dishes were average and nothing spectacular.
The décor is nice and that are very clean.

Really great food and great service, very comparable to szuechan szuechan except not as expensive. Will visit again.

Went here for a Saturday night dinner with the family, the waiter was attentive but wasn’t sure if he was being overly sarcastic he just kept saying it was up to us and provided no opinion whatsoever.
We started with pei king duck it was ok not as crispy as I wouldn’t have liked but the sauce made it taste good.
We had the lobster with the ginger and garlic and it was also good, but I have had it at other places and this one wasn’t flavourful as the others that I have tried.
The hot and sour soup and the rice noodles were also ok at best. For the prices that they charge you would expect better quality food, but overall the experience was subpar.

I come here pretty regularly, probably once every few months for the last 4 years. It’s not the best dim sum but it is the best one in Vaughan so it’s my go-​to spot when for when I don’t feel like trekking all the way to Markham. My usual order is:
— har gow
— sui mai
— chicken feet
— tripe
— soft shell crab
— deep fried shrimp rolls
— shrimp rice rolls
— turnip cake
— roasted pork/​jellyfish platter
The above listed items are usually pretty consistent in terms of quality and taste. I’ve also ordered pretty extensively from the menu and have had some disappointments such as the spicy noodles (tasted like really bland/​oily instant noodles). The items are on the pricier side so our bill between 2 people is usually around $ 40. My reasoning is that I pay for the convenience of the location — it’s only 15 minutes from my neighbourhood vs. Markaham which can be 30 – 40 minutes PLUS I always have to wait for a table. I would not say this is a place to go for when you are craving quality dim sum but if you live closeby and have a raging hangover that requires a greasy breakfast, then Peak Top is a sure bet!
Parking can easily be found in the plaza parking lot. Service is not the best but let’s be honest, service at these types of places is never the best so be prepared. They will provide you with everything you ask for (ie. ice water, hot sauce etc) but they may not do it with a huge smile on their face so don’t be offended.

I went there recently on 2 separate occasions, once for dinner and another time for dim sum.
I would give 4 stars for dinner: the food was okay, nothing amazing but it was decent, the service was really fast and the charges were fair.
Now for dim sum, it barely gets 1 star. The food was awful, the dough fritters swam in oil — I still feel sick from the two bites I took — and the rest of the platters were mediocre, you can definitely get better food at lower prices elsewhere. The service was quite slow considering there were only 4 tables occupied.
They charged for tea per person — I always say, if a Chinese restaurant charges for basic tea which barely costs them 2 cents in costs, then it’s not a great place to eat…
Overall, dim sum was a bad experience and I certainly won’t be back again.

Absolutely can always count on shit service here. Horrible attitude. Only reason I go here is because it is the only dim sum place in Vaughan. The price is expensive compared to dim sum in markham, sauga and Toronto. Food is decent. The grumpy old male waiters here are absolutely horrendous and are especially rude to females. Probably sexist. I cant wait until there is another dim sum in the area to shut this restaurant down. Not sure what their managers are doing but training staff is not one of them.

I really wish there were more Chinese restaurants within the vicinity. We keep coming here due to convenience, not for quality of food. The service is really mediocre. What really annoys me is that they charge for tea. Really? If you’re at a table with 2 adults they charge for 2 teas even if only ONE person is drinking it. So if you’re planning on drinking tea solo, do you notify the staff that it should be tea for one? Or do they sneak it onto the bill hoping you won’t notice? Well, maybe I should deduct the tea charge off their tip, perhaps that will deter them from charging for some hot water & a sprinkle of super cheap tea leaves. Trust me, a pot of tea wouldn’t even set them back a penny. If anyone can suggest a better place for dim sum that’s not too far from here please let me know fellow Unilocalers!

Come here on a weekday at 7:30pm. Oops what happens we are the only table in the restaurant. Half an hour later, there is another table. There are only 2 tables throughout the whole night. It is not comparable to the same restaurant in First Markham Place.
The taste of the dishes is average. We ordered chicken, beef, pork, vegetables and seafood. The only thing I recall is the scallop not fresh. It turns pinky in colour and tastes awful.
We are not going back!

My fiancée and I popped in for dim sum here on a Saturday because we had a hard time deciding where to eat and wanted to try something new.
We got the deep fried octopus, fried turnip cake, Shanghai style dumplings, short ribs with black pepper sauce and a small bowl of scallop congee.
The octopus was the only dish I actually liked, the turnip was mushy and undercooked, the dumplings were disappointing but edible, the congee was super plain and the short ribs which are usually my favorite thing were straight up gross. To top it off, this place charged us for water, which I’m pretty sure is against the law.
At the end of the day we paid more than $ 40 for two people which is already too much for dim sum for two, but it was also pretty much the worst dim sum I’ve ever had. Would never come back here, especially with so much great food in the neighborhood.

Came here to celebrate my mom’s birthday and it was so great. I really appreciated that the menu was in chinese and english, i get so annoyed with markham restaurants that only have chinese language menus in this day and age! CoughOMEIcough… Anyway, the service was great, and dinner was great, total bill was $ 260 all in with two fresh lobsters, fresh steamed fish, rice, noodles, soft shell crab and a few other things. Went with six adults and we were all pleasantly full! Oh yeah, the Peking duck was fabulous!!! I loved the way they brought out the food, they started with soup and then the first course of duck, did not rush us and did not charge us for extra wraps, then second course of duck rainbow chop in lettuce wraps and while we finished that up they began bringing out our entire meal. Overall i had a fabulous experience, portions were generous, the crab and fish maw soup is to die for. Although if i can give u a tip, skip the soft shelled crab, ridiculously small portion for almost $ 20, and get the Bass over the Tilapia.

Come for the excellent décor, stay for the average-​quality Dim Sum.
High-​back, plush sofa chairs, linen tablecloth, and gold-​embossed chopsticks make dining here an elevated experience of elegant Chinese Dining! Even the washrooms were clean and nicely decorated. But the Dim Sum was average quality without a memorable taste; 6 items for the two of us + 15% tip came up to $ 32.
We’d come back, but it’s a long drive from Scarborough, so only on occasion…

Dropping by here before vaugh mills on a family day weekend. This place is quite empty consider it’s a Sunday. We ordered half a duck, which is on par with their store in fmp but temperature is a little cold. Then come the big disappointment of preserved meat claypot rice. For my whole life this dish has two kinds of yummy sausages and preserved meat to the least. Now this place only have one kinds of sausages and 2 pieces of preserved meat. And when I asked the waiting he tried to be nice but it is their company policy! Wtf!!!’ The other dishes are average at most. This place want to cater to a more sophisticated clientele with better service and décor, with a price we pay. But food is just average and really not a great lunch experience. My usual spot is the phở place across which is one of my favourite. Needless to say i am done with this place.

On first glance Peak Top looks like a nice high end restaurant but soon I noticed that the restaurant seems to have a cleanliness issue from the floor to the walls (like, why the walls?) to the windows and chair coverings.
We were at the restaurant for dim sum. The food is just ok. They took some short cuts on some of the classic dim sum foods.
The entertaining factor were the staff. There was a good server, but the hostess shuffles around chewing on something. At one point, she had so much food in her mouth she could not greet incoming guests defaulting to hand gestures.
And there is this guy, an older gentleman, looking extremely scruffy in his Chinese outfit, dirty and not buttoned up, and just shuffling around and staring at people eating. Every now and then he would circle the receipt for food received. Then he goes on his merry way humming and cleaning his ears with his fingers, chewing on something.
Peak Top restaurant is a great example of lots of money spent on building the place but non spend on getting quality staff.

Price: around 10-​$ 15/​person
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Food: ⁴⁄₅
overall value: ³⁄₅
I am giving this place ³⁄₅ because of the price, but everything else was great. My girlfriend and I had dim sum (the regular stuff — rice noodle, har-​gow, siu mai, bbq pork buns, etc.)
Likes: they give you 5 har-​gow, their bbq pork was nice and juicy with a dark red colour, the booths (rare for dim sum) and service was okay.
Dislike: Roast duck with rice (it was all bones)
All in all, if I’m at Vaughan Mills or in Wonderland, I’d go again.

Tough crowd. I go here all the time for dim sum because it’s convenient. It’s a little more expensive than legit dim sum places, but it;s consistently quite good.
I think you can get dim sum all day but they stop making the rice noodle rolls after 4pm.
Oh and I think Mondays and/​or Tuesdays they have a special for Peking Duck that’s a really good deal and they do it quite well.
Service is always top notch — they treat me so good here! I recommend checking them out!

We were excited to find a dim sum restaurant in the area. However, we were quite disappointed with the food, price, and service. Upon entering, we were not greeted by anyone. Granted it was early on Saturday morning, and there were no other diners. However, the host kept looking at us from afar and it took a few minutes for him to come to the front to seat us. The food was not as good as we had hoped. We’ve been to a number of other dim sum restaurants and were not impressed by the quality of food for the price. Don’t bother coming to Peak Top and go to Richmond Hill or Markham instead. We’re not coming back here, given better options elsewhere.

Peak Top is a fancy no-​plastic-​tablecloths type of Chinese restaurant.
We decided to check it out for dim sum due to it’s proximity to the 400N for out of town family that had to hit the road afterwards.
Arriving around 10:30am on a Saturday, it was very quiet. There was only one other occupied table. It started to get busier around 11:30am.
The dim sum is served check-​list style which I prefer anyway as the food usually arrives hotter and fresher. Once we chose our items, it wasn’t a long wait before food arrived.
The quality of dim sum was very good, not too greasy, and fresh tasting.
Service was friendly although the waitress did spill soya sauce on our table, splashing dangerously close to my my head and did not appologize. If this was Hong Kong and I was with my relatives, this woman would have had been cussed out and torn a new one. But as polite North Americans, we only tisked after she walked away.
We ordered 13 items (a variety of S-​M-​L) and the bill came out to $ 60 with tax and tip. They also charge $ 0.60 per person for tea.
Not a bad option for dim sum, and the proximity to the highway and Vaughan Mills Mall is a bonus.

The only quality Chinese restaurant in Vaughan. In a wasteland of Italian restaurants, Asian is nearly impossible to find. I finally had an opportunity to try this establishment right after Labor Day. It was heaven, even if I was a bit desperate. It is not quite up to the level of the Ambassador in Richmond Hill, but it saved me from hating Italian cuisine by offering me an excellent alternative.
I plan on having lunch there at least once per week during the cold months-​the draw?-shrimp wonton noodle soup, a great soul-​warming meal for an insanely cheap $ 4.95.
Of course the real lunchtime feast will be the dim sum. 2 hearty eaters hurt themselves for 20 bucks apiece!

This Peak Top location WOWed us when it first opened near Vaughan Mills. Having been to the one in Markham, what surprised us most is that this location’s DECOR was upscaled as though you think that the Markham spot isn’t a sister location.
Stepping inside it gives off an air of sophistication as you can see the perfect image of East meets West melt together with just enough CONTRAST to still know you’re in a Chinese restaurant.
On one side of the restaurant there’s booths arrangements that make it comfortable for a small FAMILY to chat between themselves in a Modern setting while the other side barely noticeable separated is the Traditional Chinese where you can engage larger groups as well as the Banquets.
First of all it’s almost NONEXISTENT to see Chinese Dim Sum restos in these parts of the woods. Secondly, to have such an ELEGANT place that makes you feel going back to DT or Scarb for Dim Sum is pretty ghetto.
Obviously class comes with a price tag and you will notice it as you won’t see Dim Sum Specials here. It is Lunch Rush pricing throughout the day. It might cost a bit more but there’s definitely VALUE to it as the food always comes out looking GREAT.
The menu is nice too as it resembles a LARGE place mat that gives you a nice photo of the item along with the name. This is not a Pushcart place so you might have to check for missing items with the Wait Staff from time-​to-​time.
In terms of Wait Staff, we do not know if they purposely forget or not but sometimes our condiment request never shows until our 5^th attempt.
There’s an EEL Pastry that I’ve tried and it’s a unique flavour combination that I like one day and not like next day. The Bean Curd Wrap has a good sauce on top. No complains about the Shrimp Dumplings and Sui Mai but the Lotus Sticky Rice tends to be on the small-​serving side as they wrap it in elongated shape.
Anyways, I’m stuck in these parts of the woods and I’m HAPPY this place exists.