Riz Restaurant On Bayview

I wish I could give them a better review because of all the GF options here, however service and atmosphere completely ruined the experience. I am taking into consideration that it was a very busy night, Christmas eve, however there were just too many issues to overlook. First impression was pretty bad. We waited in line and nobody checked in with us for so long that despite the fact that we had reservations, I had to telephone the restaurant from the lineup to advise that we were there so that they did not give away our table. The two adults in our party wanted AYCE but the children only each wanted one dish each. However we were told, very abruptly, that the children must order AYCE as well, so we paid $ 20.99 for one of them to eat a few noodles and the other to eat 6 dumplings. I think that rule implies that we plan to cheat the restaurant by ordering for the kids off the regular menu and then feeding them AYCE, which we would never do. We really should have left when the server rudely told us of this rule but it was a busy night and we had not GF backup plan. The place was loud and packed and the dance club music pounding from the speakers behind me exacerbated the noise. We were seated in the front window and beside the door thus we were subject to the folks in line staring at us throughout our entire meal, which added to the overall discomfort. The food, however was quite good. We tried a number of dishes but did not get several of the ones we had ordered. Ironically my 9 year-​old did not get the only thing she wanted: edamame. @$ 20.99 plus tax to not get the one thing she asked for. We did not get the pad thai or the chicken we ordered and the General Tao we had ordered mild so the children (who were forced to pay for AYCE) could taste it came extra spicy; you could see the chili flakes on the chicken. Unfortunately they were too busy for us to successfully flag anyone down to ask for missing dishes, water or milder general tao and we really wanted to get out of there in a hurry. I am judging harshly despite the fact that it was a busy night because crappy service is never ok, and the price was very high for four of us.

I love this restaurant! It’s all you can eat, but the food is actually high quality. The décor, service and atmosphere was great as well. I highly recommend it!

I am all about this place. LOVE LOVE LOVE! Food has always been ¹⁰⁄₁₀ they have a great selection. Everything from a regular diet to gluten free & vegan. Great for a group of people. The atmosphere is casual but really nice. Service is friendly, the food can take a little while to come to the table but it is always hot & fresh. I 100% recommend this place!

I’m celiac and have completely ruled out Chinese food for years, something that has been a complete pain in the butt for my family who are all totally obsessed with it. Finally got to Riz last night for dinner and tried a bunch of really great stuff! I would definitely recommend getting the GF appetizer platter, the sauce on the chicken satay is really delicious and to have a fried spring roll again seriously blew my mind. Then I shared the Vietnamese yellow curry, which was light and really spicy, something is definitely have again, and the coconut peanut chicken, which was a little too sweet but still really tasty! Coming back to do the «All-​You-​Can-​Taste» gluten free menu for sure!

So I have been gluten free for more than half of my life. And Asian food is just one genre that is not gluten free savy. But Riz has done it. We had the tasting menu where we tried almost everything we could fit in our bellies. Our favourites were the fried calamari, the Korean BBQ beef ribs, the crispy beef, the fried rice, and the satay. If you are looking for good fresh Asian food go to Riz. You won’t be let down.

This place is great for celiacs and those that are gluten intolerant. Plates actually have the words ‘gluten free’ so there are no surprises or mixed up. I really wanted to love this place. For being gluten-​free, I’m rounding up my 2.5 stars to 3 stars.
The person I was with felt that the chicken was a bit overcooked (it was sliced so thinly). I just felt that it wasn’t anything special (other than the gluten-​free). I left thinking that I could have made better tasting gluten free asian food at home.
We also got the appetizer platter. It was pretty good, but next time I think we would just get a couple of orders of the cold chicken rolls.
Service was friendly and attentive. I’ll probably be back to try another couple of dishes to give it a second chance.
Side note: using the washroom as a storage spot for your spare furniture and big bottles of soap on the floor under the sink is kinda unsightly.

Closes Chinese restaurant in the hood and didn’t feel like driving downtown for it.
Did a take out order of:
1. Pad Thai Chicken & Shrimp
2. Spicy Szechuan Chicken
3. Beef & Broccoli
4. Small Jasmine Rice
$ 43 Total, portions were quite small and the chicken and beef were really nothing special, Pad Thai was good and rice is rice.

This our Tuesday stop on the way to Bridge. Service is fast, and the food is fresh and tasty. The menu is less overwhelming than you would expect from a place offering Chinese, Japanese and Thai dishes.
Favorites? A few. Soft shell crab roll, the lobster special, crispy ginger beef and when we have time, the all you can eat sushi.
Try to get the manager to take your order, the other servers are not always English speaking beyond taking your order and have trouble with complex instructions.

Awesome food! Small portions are perfect for sharing and the soup is beyond amazing! So flavourful.

The Best Gluten free restaurant ever!
Everything on the menu is excellent especially the crispy honey garlic beef strips!
You won’t find a better Gluten Free restaurant in Canada!

I, too, ate from the AYCE menu, though they call it «all you can taste». Does that make it sound classier? less piggish? Hmmm.
Either way, the lemongrass soups were terrific. Pineapple is a refreshing addition, and the corn finishes off really nicely. Had a few.
As for the main dishes, they were also very good, but they were a bit too big, serving wise, which meant that we got to try fewer dishes. I enjoyed the basil halibut tremendously and the bok choy was wonderful. Had the chicken satays for appetizer and those were also tasty.
We ended our meal with some dim sum, freshly made and really good.
As for the service, our server was very coy with us. Sometimes it felt like she was making fun, but we took it in an amusing way. She was on fire all night, cracking jokes. Wouldn’t answer me as to whether she was the owner or a manager. I’d bet on the former.
Next time I’m in Toronto I look forward to trying some different dishes.
Though the price is a bit rich at $ 27.99, I’ll be back.

Amazing all-​you-​can-​eat menu. We ordered dishes for the tabled and shared. Portions were small so we tried out a lot of different dishes. Every single one was delicious.
Will definitely return.

Riz has renovated, so the ambience is a bit different and there have been some changes to the space, including the addition of a few cozy booths.
My DC and I decided to try the made to order all you can eat menu ($ 15.99 per person on weekdays, $ 16.99 on weekends.) The portions were small enough for us to sample many dishes, which was exactly what we were looking for.
The menu included soups, appetizers and wide variety of mains, as well as a few dim sum dishes. I like that the har how and chicken sui mai came in a small steamer of 2, leaving room for other yummy things like shrimp spring rolls and mini Thai shrimp chips served with curry peanut sauce.
The chili cashew chicken was too sweet for my liking, but I did appreciate the reasonable amount of cashews. The Thai curry fried rice had nice subtle flavours, with a good amount of shrimp and not greasy.
Too bad the menu does not include dessert. There is a gluten-​free option, but we ordered from the regular AYCE. The serving staff was friendly, good natured and helpful. Overall, a pleasant experience with good (but not fantastic) food.

Are extremely knowledgeable of gluten free diets. The food is amazing and the staff have amazing memories. They will remember you and what you ordered and are extremely friendly. I can’t recommend this place enough!

We went here for a Sunday lunch and the place was fairly quiet, and I had the crispy beef (as recommended by a friend). It was incredible.
The whole damn lunch was delicious, from the soup to the rice, it was all amazing. I highly recommend you go to Riz right now. Stop reading other reviews or scanning for something else. Close your laptop, put your iPhone back in your pocket, turn off your iPad, or throw your desktop out the window and join the 21^st century, then go to Riz.

As a gluten-​free vegan with gluten-​free friends, I end up having conversations about food and food places that other people would likely never have. Like about the fact that many restaurants that claim to cater to gluten-​free people actually serve them gluten causing them to become violently ill! I’ve had «the talk» with a number of restaurants and chefs and stores personally about how spelt is NOT gluten-​free — don’t places do ANY research before selling or marketing a product??? Few things bug me more than restaurants and food vendors NOT knowing what’s in their food!
Well, Riz definitely has done its research! When they say they cater to gluten-​free peeps, they are SERIOUS about it! They have a separate FULL gluten-​free menu (with SPRING ROLLS ON IT — YUM!), gluten-​free plates to ensure no accidental contamination and they don’t even make items like tempura because, as the manager explained to me, the process in making it necessitates contamination of surrounding items.
On top of that, they have great tasting food, the service is friendly and knowledgeable, and the prices are pretty standard for asian food (i.e. they’re not more expensive despite being considerably more awesome). I went with a friend who is neither gluten-​free nor vegan and we both found lots of great choices and both enjoyed our meals.
We went on a weekday evening, so it was not busy or loud as some of the other reviews have mentioned.
The décor was very nice — somewhere I’d go with my parents for a nice dinner. The only thing I didn’t like was that it was dimly lit. I HATE dimly lit places! I get it — ambiance etc etc but sooo not for me. I want to feel like I’m in full daylight ALWAYS. I would love to go again and will bring my OWN lighting next time for a full 5-​star worthy appreciation.

I chose this restaurant for a dinner out with family and visiting relatives, one of whom is a celiac. Riz caters to gluten-​free diets and making it easy for the group to enjoy a variety of asian cuisines and without limiting the celiac to a small selection. They have a dedicated gluten-​free menu but can also make a lot of the dishes on the extensive menu gluten-​free.
I had a zen platter appetizer to start which is more ideal for two because it was a lot of food. There were taro spring rolls, a mango salad, mini veggie spring rolls and some rice noodles in the centre. It was missing the tofu satay that was listed on the menu and the mango salad was more lettuce than mango but it was all so tasty I barely noticed.
I decided to try to Vegetarian Pad Thai after scouring the huge vegetarian section. Usually I’m not a fan of Pad Thai but the Riz version was really enjoyable even though it was a bit scant on the tofu and veggies. I’d go back and try a green or yellow curry.
The service was a bit intense and the ceiling is low in the restaurant making it very noisy. We had a big group so at times it was hard to hear each other, this would be the main draw back of this restaurant.

I don’t get the hype on this place. Décor — yep, it is nice, but there are too many tables in this place.
For such a great, friendly neighbourhood, I find that a lot of the clientele are snooty and uptight. The staff seem to be overworked and have one foot at your table, and another foot ready to run while they take your order.
Don’t go here if you are expecting a relaxed dinner.
Go here if you want a huge menu to choose from with food that is meh, ok.

SERVICE FROM HELL
The worst dining experience I’ve ever had in my life. I went out of my way to dine here as the gluten-​free menu options looked good on the website. Unfortunately, the reality was a rude awakening. The owner acts like a lunatic — she yelled in my face when I asked about the dirty cutlery and refused to apologize for her complete disregard for any professional courtesy. After I dared to request a replacement for a filthy knife set on the table, she slammed down plates of food (got the order wrong as well) and stormed away (not bothering to leave me with a new utensils to eat with). Apparently she has a reputation as an unruly server?! Wish I’d known before I went out of my way. The food was awful — overly salted and the ingredients looked questionable. The shrimp in my stir fry was rubbery and the mango slices were unripe and bitter. Disgusted and disappointed, I left the remains of the awful meal and trudged down the street in desperate hope of a last-​minute replacement. Verdi offered us a welcoming atmosphere and gluten-​free risotto. What a difference REAL service makes!

Riz is a great pan-​asian restaurant. On top of a great selection of asian food, they have an entire gluten free section. What puts this place above most other restaurants is that they nail all their dishes — all of the thai, vietnamese, korean and chinese entrees that I have tried are really good. So a great place if you want to order a mix of food. A little pricey — but you get what you pay for.
Although they don’t deliver, they are part of Restaurants on the Go (
) — which will deliver for you at around $ 7.