The Best Vietnamese Food in Toronto
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The best Vietnamese food in Toronto, according to the experts: AAA, the Michelin Guide, and Canada's 100 Best have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Senla Vietnamese comes out on top.
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Pho Tien Thanh and Lunch Lady hold the next two places.
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Rank 1. Senla Vietnamese
Vietnamese
Directly across from the Four Seasons Centre, this polished Vietnamese restaurant fills its large dining room with booths, bar stools, and enough greenery to suggest someone actually tends it. The menu leans on traditional recipes, and the coconut curry, available with duck, chicken, or shrimp, gets most of the attention. The timing is convenient if you're catching a ballet and want something more interesting than a pre-show martini.
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Rank 2. Pho Tien Thanh
Vietnamese
The line forms before the door opens, which tells you most of what you need to know about this cash-only-on-weekends pho shop just off Queen Street. Big steaming bowls arrive fast and stay steaming, the rare beef version drawing regulars back in a way that menus with fifty options rarely manage. It's a no-frills room where the broth does the decorating. The Michelin Guide has it on their list.
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- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. Lunch Lady
Street Food Vietnamese
The awards
- Canada's 100 Best Canada's 100 Best: Recommends
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Rank 4. Que Ling Restaurant
Vietnamese
A slow-cooked beef broth that takes days to build is the reason chefs have been quietly directing people here for years. This tiny Vietnamese spot sits just off Leslieville's Old Chinatown, the kind of room where the pho does the talking. The broth runs earthy and aromatic, almost medicinal in the best sense, and the bowl arrives ready to customize with chiles, sprouts, and fresh lime.
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