Asian Legend

Food: too greasy
Tried beef boodle soup. Some kinda stir-​fried spicy chicken. Fries rice. All too greasy for me.
Stir fried green beans & kung paw shrimp are ok.
Service is average — nothing amazing.
Tables felt greasy. But at least dishes seemed clean.
I didn’t find any hair or bugs in my food thats always a blessing.
My mom & her friends seem to like this place & some of my friends do too.
Maybe I’m just not too crazy about greasy salty Chinese food.

The same as all asian legends ive been to. Service is good and fast. Food is always delicious-​I always order the general tao chicken, spicy wonton soup, and the chicken dumplings. Always have enough to take home too!

Came here last night for dinner with my boyfriend and we got the set dinner for two which included hot & sour soup, two spring rolls, general tao chicken, chinese brocolli, and chicken fried rice to share. This was a lot for two people so there was a good leftover portion to take home. I would say it easily could have fed four people. He loves hot & sour soup and always gets it when we go to an Asian restaurant and he gave it a ⁶⁄₁₀. I love general tao chicken, it’s my staple for Asian restaurants and I gave it an 8.5÷10. I also really enjoyed the chicken fried rice, which I don’t usually care for at other Chinese restaurants so I never order it. Overall all of the food was good and very tasty. We would definitely come back to explore more of their menu.

I stopped over with my sister for some lunch.
SERVICE
Fairly good. There was server when we needed one and a server checked in with us when we needed to be checked in.
MENU
The menu had mostly Northern Chinese food style. It was spicy and savoury. We had the spicy tofu with pork and rice and some steam buns. The menu also had variety of noodles shanghai style.
PRICES
It was a lunch menu we had and besides the good sized servings there were other inclusions such as a corn soup. Lunch under $ 10 per person.
OVERALL
Good food, good enough to say that I would try their dinner menu soon. This restaurant is a big chain and I would say its consistent to the other ones I have been too.

This place is my favorite place for dumplings, it’s sad that it’s not as busy as the other locations! Love their Peking duck! The food quality is great as well as the service! The egg pancake was bland though other than that they have good food. I love it

We had a very bad takeout meal here. The Hot and Sour soup was neither hot nor sour. Moreover, it was white and unappetizing looking. The cashew chicken was made with what seemed like rubber chicken in a goopy clear sauce with no flavour. The beef with Chinese broccoli was made with strange, spongy mystery meat. Even the Singapore vermicelli (which is usually a tasty, reliable dish) was dry and pasty. I tried hard to find a redeeming quality, but I couldn’t.

I went with a group of people.
The food was alright but the service was absolutely horrible.
Took awhile for food to arrive in random order.
A waiter had knocked over one of the soup dishes and then just threw napkins on the table…

The food here was incredible, full stop. But if you’re going for the dining experience and looking for top-​notch, attentive service, this is not the place for you.
When you go in, you’re seated and given a piece of paper and a pencil, on which you’re expected to write your food/​beverage order. When you’re ready, you hold it out and someone eventually notices and comes by to grab it and take it away. The food will come in random order (I got my main course before my soup dumplings) and no one is going to come back and check to see how your food is.
So, if you go in knowing all this, but knowing you’re going to get an excellent meal from start to finish, with very fresh, very hot food and a dining experience that moves quickly, you’ll be fine. And you won’t be sorry you visited, because really – fantastic food.

I’ve been here twice. Both times were utterly disappointing.
My first time around my sister and I came and were seated in a back corner. After being ignored for 10 mins, we were provided tea and we ordered. An hour passes and no food. We tried desperately to catch the attention of our waiter who just seemed to ignore us. When we finally got his attention, he went in search of our food. 10 mins later, he returns telling us they «misplaced» our order. So we had to order again. Once the food came, 1.5 hours after we arrived, it was really good, but the service was so horrible.
The second time I went, I actually warned my friend about the service, but we decided to give it a try anyway. Again, it was like we were invisible. Our food came in an ok amount of time, but one of our dishes was stone cold, so we asked for it to be heated up. They took it away and it never came back. Neither did our waiter. My friend finally got up and hunted down someone so we could pay (it was like 10:30pm at this point). After paying, we realized they totally charged us for the dish they took away but never brought back.
The food here is delicious. But the horrible service has ensured that I will never go back.

This is a good Asian restaurant for a quick meal. It is not too expensive but just right for what you get. The portions are relatively large and consistently good. I haven’t tried too many of the dishes but others have told me the same.
I like the beef and broccoli as well as the fried rice with shrimp and eggs. We usually start with the steamed shrimp dumplings. The general Tao chicken is average to good. Used to larger pieces of chicken.

Came here on a Sunday evening for dinner. The good — dumplings, fried rice, noodles, and veggies. The bad — salt and pepper fried pork (too salty) Service is mediocre. Washrooms are confusing (lady entered men’s room accidentally)

I really like Asian Legend and I haven’t gone to one in so long. I decided to come here for dinner one day since I wasn’t up for Korean food. I always avoid the General Tao chicken because I find it’s such a western item to get. My friend ended up getting that and it was surprisingly good! It could’ve had a little bit more heat though! I got the noodle with soy bean paste and it was very satisfying. We also shared a beef pancake which was the best part of the meal. Service here was average but it was a busy day so I don’t blame them for not being on their game.

Great place for dumplings! All types of fried dumplings and soup dumplings. Is our go to place for dumplings until the next best one.
Shanghai noodles we had last time was not fresh. Will give them one more chance in the future.
Paid parking on street, wish there was a better option

One of the better Chinese chain restaurants in Toronto. They specialize in Northern Chinese, but have a pretty diverse menu. I like their soup dumplings (xiao long bao), their beef noodle soup, sauteed green beans and fish fillet with wine essence.
They are pretty consistent and that’s what keeps bringing me back. Other places may have better individual dishes, but overall Asian Legend delivers. I have yet to order something that I disliked. The service is usually efficient, the ambiance is modern and the restaurant is physically clean. All these things make Asian Legend an enjoyable dining experience. It’s one of my Toronto staples.

We originally wanted to go to Izakaya right next door, but they don’t open for lunch on Sundays, just for dinner. So we went into Asian Legend to give it a try. There was a good amount of people in the restaurant when we walked in so that was a good sign. The décor looks pretty new so they have either renovated recently, or haven’t been in this location for long.
We sat down & ordered some dim sum, fried rice & a lamb sizzling plate dish. I have to say I was surprised to see lamb on the menu. It’s not something you normally see at Chinese restaurants. Anyway most of the dim sum was good, except for the vegetarian dumplings. The fried rice & lamb were delicious as well. There were plenty of waitstaff around so service was prompt. They do take out but I think you can only pick it up & not have it delivered. Would consider coming here again.

We were here today, there was a pretty large group of us (15 ppl-​ish). Anyways, as per usual, we ordered a lot of food.
I personally really like the beef and green onion roll. We ordered several plates of dumplings, sadly most of them were pork (my cousin ordered not realizing that my sister doesn’t eat pork or beef). Regardless, it was delicious. The pork dumplings are tastier than the chicken ones in my opinion. After the dumplings were served, they brought out plates of veggies (green beans and spinach), then the rice and noodle dishes.
There was lots of variety, so no one went hungry.
The service was pretty good, considering it was a larger group. Street parking was readily available, but I think there is also a lot right next door.
I think I’d prefer other locations, b/​c this one is semi-​inconvenient, but the food is pretty much the same at each location, so you can’t go wrong.

Solid choice for Chinese food in the North York area. Large menu that includes dim sum and soup dumplings that rivaled Din Tai Fung.
Had a going away lunch for a coworker here and we ordered family style. I left overstuffed and my portion of the bill was $ 15. Not too shabby.
Definitely can’t rival places in Chinatown or Richmond Hill, but for the North York neighborhood it’ll get an A-​OK.

Like another reviewer said, Asian Legend is supposedly Northern Chinese cuisine but they have stuff from all over the map on their menu. The standard noodles in their beef noodle soup tasted very processed so I would definitely pay the extra $ 1 for hand-​pulled noodles. Both the cold shredded chicken noodles and the braised eggplant were just ok. The restaurant is very nice though and service was above average. And also, free parking in the back is a huge plus.

I’m a fan.
Their potstickers «wor tips» are the best! Crispy skin and well-​cooked meat on the inside. Alot of other northern Chinese places leave pink (raw-​ish) meat on the inside, but Asian Legend I believe does it more safe, making it cooked throughout.
Only issue with this location is their limited paid parking lot. It costs $ 5 to park in their lot, they refund about $ 2.

This must be the third Asian Legend I’ve reviewed on Unilocal.For some reason, everyone I know loves this place so I keep coming back. The funny thing is, I now have been to every one of them, even though I haven’t reviewed them. The one thing that all of them have in common are mixed babies… I guess that speaks for their customer-​base too!
The five of us ordered a ton of food including:
1. steamed soup dumplings: typical as expected. Not the best, not the worst.
2. steamed green soup dumplings: loved it! I like the scallop and melon in there!
3. beef and onion roll: surprisingly tasty, which was above my expectations.
4. twice cooked pork with rice cake: AMAZING. I couldn’t stop eating it.
5. long beans: also AMAZING.
6. egg plants: didn’t try
7. pan fried dumplings: didn’t try
I had a really good time here and the place feels very pretty and spacious.