The Best Chinese Food in Toronto
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The best Chinese food in Toronto, according to the experts: Air Canada, Canada's 100 Best, and AAA have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Sunnys Chinese comes out on top.
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Yan Dining Room and MIMI Chinese hold the next two places. Chinese Restaurant Awards shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Air Canada next.
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Rank 1. Sunnys Chinese
Chinese
Down a Kensington Market hallway that looks like it leads nowhere, a door opens onto a loud, packed room doing serious Sichuan-inflected Chinese cooking. Chili oil, cumin smoke, and the char on silver needle noodles do most of the talking. The Hong Kong French toast with black sesame jam and oolong condensed milk is the kind of dessert that makes you forget you had a plan. Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards
- Air Canada Air Canada: 2021 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best Canada's 100 Best: #94 · Best Restaurants
- AAA AAA: Approved
- Air Canada 2021 · Finalist · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best #94 · Best Restaurants
- AAA Approved
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Rank 1. Yan Dining Room
Chinese
Tucked behind Hong Shing on Dundas, Yan is a micro-restaurant running three nights a week for 28 guests at a time. Chef Eva Chin strikes a gong before each course, then narrates the food with warmth and disarming candour, connecting Cantonese tradition, Singaporean memory, and Hawai'ian upbringing into what she calls neo-Chinese cooking. The monthly tasting menu ends with guests leaving clutching bags of leftovers, which tells you something about the spirit of the host.
The awards
- Air Canada Air Canada: 2025 · Best Concept · Best New Restaurants
- Air Canada Air Canada: 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best Canada's 100 Best: Recommends
- Air Canada 2025 · Best Concept · Best New Restaurants
- Air Canada 2025 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Canada's 100 Best Recommends
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Rank 3. MIMI Chinese
Regional Chinese
Lipstick-red banquettes and white tablecloths in Yorkville signal a Chinese restaurant with more polish than your usual regional spot. MIMI is the fancier sibling in its family of restaurants, leaning into refined technique and good ingredients rather than homestyle comfort. The menu moves across regional Chinese classics, and the four-foot belt noodles have a way of commanding the table. Groups do well here; portions are built for sharing.
The awards
- Air Canada Air Canada: 2022 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #12 · Elite 30 Canada
- Canada's 100 Best Canada's 100 Best: Recommends
- Air Canada 2022 · Top 10 · Best New Restaurants
- Chinese Restaurant Awards #12 · Elite 30 Canada
- Canada's 100 Best Recommends
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Rank 4. Lai Wah Heen
Modern Cantonese
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 5. Alma
Chinese
Red lanterns and a ceramic lucky cat set the tone, but scallion bao filled with stracciatella cheese does the explaining. This tiny Bloordale Village restaurant lands a Michelin Bib Gourmand for cooking that defies easy labeling, pairing pan-fried radish cakes and pork wonton noodles with miso cheesecake and Parmesan tapioca fritters. Servers pour natural wines throughout, cheerfully, as if the bottle might run out.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- AAA AAA: Approved
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 6. Flavourful House
Cantonese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #3 · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 6. Mott 32
Modern Chinese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #5 · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 8. Nian Yi Kuai Zi
Yibin Chinese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #23 · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 8. Nian Yi Kuai Zi
Chinese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: #23 · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 10. Casa Victoria
Cantonese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 10. Gol’s Lanzhou Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 10. May Yan Seafood Restaurant
Cantonese Seafood
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 10. Sang-Ji Fried Bao
Chinese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 10. Sang-Ji Fried Bao
Chinese
The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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The awards
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Chinese Restaurant Awards: Top 50 Honourees · Elite 30 Canada
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Rank 16. Mother's Dumplings
Chinese
A team visible through the back folds dumplings by hand all day at this Chinatown institution, and the room fills accordingly. It's a casual dumpling shop with a full Chinese menu, though most regulars ignore the latter. The boiled pork and dill are the ones to know. Bags of frozen dumplings sit near the door for when you want the same thing at home at midnight, which, fair enough.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant