Dynasty Chinese Cuisine — Restaurant in Toronto

This was my second time coming here for dimsum. Food was not the most authentic tasting I've had, but the preparation time was acceptable (within 10 minutes for the first dish). The congee was tasteless and needed salt or needed to cook longer with the century egg so it could get more of its flavour, which is disappointing. In contrast, the stir fried rice cakes were too salty, in which case it might have been better off mixing the two together (meant to be a joke, don't mix them together lol). The other dishes we ordered met expectations but nothing outstanding. I'm glad the chicken feet turned out well, however, since it is a staple dish when eating dimsum.

The atmosphere was very nice, especially if you have a table next to the window so you can look down at passersby because the restaurant is on the second floor. Though the energy was lacking compared to other dimsum restaurants, it makes up for it by being a bit more peaceful. Of course, you no longer have the traditional experience of waving down the servers pushing the carts (probably ever since COVID happened), but it is arguably more organized.

Service was a bit disappointing because I remember being impressed by my first visit a few months ago, but today, it felt like we were largely ignored. Slow to take our order, slow to take away dishes, and even slower to bring the bill even when the traffic was slowing down and there were fewer guests in the restaurant.

Overall, I recommend eating here if you're getting together with people you don't often hang out with and want to impress them with your generosity to treat them to slightly overpriced, acceptable...

I should’ve trusted the review and not go here. Do yourself an favour and go to Pearl Harbour Front Dim Sum instead. The food, service, and atmosphere there are much better. Unfortunately, the service at this place was terrible. The staff was rude and seemed to have no regard for customer service. We arrived at our table at 12:50pm and immediately ordered several dishes from the dim sum menu. However, we only received two veggie dishes out of the 14 dishes after waiting for fifty minutes. (see photo, we were only eating veggie for half an hour and nothing else lol) Another dish finally arrived half an hour later. Our server, Ming, was incredibly rude. He would rush to leave whenever I tried to speak to him, never allowing me to finish my sentence and I always had to stop him from leaving so I could finish my sentences. When we asked him why our food was taking so long while the two tables around us, who arrived after us, had already received their food, he simply brushed off the issue and claimed that it might be a different menu, even though they had clearly ordered dim sum as well. We had to ask for water three times, and I noticed that he gave a smaller fork to another toddler without them having to ask for it, but he never offered one to my 3.5-year-old daughter. I couldn't help but wonder if this was because we are not white. The issues didn't stop there. He also tried to overcharge us , I pointed out and he said oh. He also questioned why I left a $10 tip. Frankly, I didn't even feel the need to leave a tip at all after the worst service I’ve ever...

This restaurant has very nice decor and ambience. At first, the food seemed promising like the Peking duck wrap and lettuce meat wrap. However, I can see why the reviews on here are only 3.8 stars. The dishes were quite small and for 8 people, I felt like there was only 1 serving per person which is barely enough. We had to ration the food.

I came home not feeling full and had to eat snacks (which doesn’t usually happen at Chinese restaurants that I go to). But then again, I eat Chinese food mainly in Vancouver where the standard for Chinese food is incomparable to Toronto’s and the portions are much bigger. This restaurant is like a pretty person without trying as the decor was nice and there were many people there on Christmas Day, but the food in general was not memorable and the service was super slow and severely lacking. Paying $83 for an 8-course meal was not worth it. The biggest disappointment was the lobster. I cringed when I had my first bite as there was a distinct frozen taste. As someone who is used to eating fresh and live lobster from Vancouver, I can tell you the lobster was lacklustre, very small, had no lobster taste and was flavourless.

I told the server (manager?) my feedback about the lobster and he said that many people ordered it. But just because many people order it doesn’t mean it’s good. I told him that he should take my feedback for next time.

This restaurant seems to cater more to western people’s taste and isn’t the most authentic. I will not be coming back here. It’s overpriced for the lack of quality, taste...