Grandma Kitchen阿婆私房菜 — Restaurant in Toronto

📍 Grandma Kitchen 416 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2G7

A must-visit for authentic Chinese cuisine that even friends from Ottawa drive 5 hours for! With flavors spanning Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangsu, and Northeast China, every dish is a delightful surprise.

🍖 Grandma’s Twice-Cooked Pork: Perfectly cooked, crispy and tender with a rich aroma, spicy but balanced—a true classic! 🍳 Farmer’s Bowl: A home-style dish combining eggs, pork, wood ear mushrooms, and peppers. Flavor-packed with a spicy kick—be cautious if you can’t handle heat! 🍗 Mouthwatering Chicken: Generous portion, tender chicken, and a tangy, spicy sauce that pairs wonderfully with rice. 🥬 Dry Pot Cabbage: Crisp, fragrant, and cooked to perfection on a simmering flame.

💡 Tips ✔️Portions are HUGE! Two chef’s specials are plenty for two people. ✔️Lunch specials (Mon-Fri) are budget-friendly at ~$15. ✔️Dinner crowds can get intense—go early or call ahead for larger groups. ✔️💰...

So happy that we checked out Grandma Kitchen today. Located near Spadina and College, this is a gem of a restaurant.

The food was delicious! We had the lunch specials, beef noodle soup, and shanghai beef noodle. The noodles are made in house with a beautiful mouth feel, slightly al dente.

What I love is that both dishes aren't too salty and are nicely flavored. The beef noodle soup broth was light and savory. The Shanghai noodles have great wok hay. The portions are generous and prices are very reasonable.

Clean place! Staff disinfect the tables which is so appreciated. Most importantly, staff are polite and professional. This made for a very pleasant experience.

Note: most dishes are spicy but some can be customized to remove if you can't have it. Both dishes we tried are not spicy.

Also have to add, the bathrooms are bright and clean.

Honestly, this is such a gem! Definitely...

Dined here before and it was great, but went back again maybe at least 6 months later and it was not good. Ordered the same dishes and a few new ones. They didn't have the new dishes we ordered, so ended up just getting 3 dishes and not up to same standards as previously. Will not return because I ordered fish maw soup and it had NO fish maw in it. What was worse was that the server was trying to argue with me. My 14 year old said to find the old picture of when we first ordered, which had tons of fish maw in it. I said no, I shouldn't have to. After much back and forth where the server said it's probably a different soup that I ordered before, I had to go back and look for the photo. After I showed the photo, I said I'm not paying more than $8 for the $12 soup, server offered only 15% discount, which is $10.19. I'll never return for this fact and also the General Tao was not good...