Asian Legend

Waited 45 minutes for a simple noodle dish. asked servers 3 times to check on its status. No one ever came back to let us know what was happening and when the dish finally arrived it was cold noodles slopped on top of a gooey peanut sauce. Other food (soupy noodles, duck tongues and deep fried tofu) was bland and disappointing.

One of my preferred Asian Legend locations. Why? Because it is never crowded or full like the other locations across Toronto. In my opinion, the food quality is similar to the other locations. The service is more attentive (probably bc there are less clients). Also, this location is cleaner than the other locations. They also have private party rooms if you like to eat with your friends and turn it up without affecting the other people in the restuarant!

I’ve been here a couple of times over the last two weeks and have not been happy with the quality at this location.
Food:
It’s okay. I’ve had better northern Chinese cuisine uptown, and it still doesn’t compare to my favourite place, Ningtu, in Vancouver. The portion sizes are small and especially disappointing when we order from a set menu for 10 people and it probably was good for 6 – 8. The two lobsters looked like all the pieces weren’t there. Even the e-​fu noodle dish was small and rice and noodles are usually fairly large in quantity given they’re the «filler».
The worst was that we ordered Peking Duck as a substitute, and when the lettuce wrap part came, they didn’t have enough lettuce wrap for the whole table (i.e. less than 1 leaf per person seated and we were around 8). We ordered more and they CHARGED US for the extra lettuce.
Their red bean pancake was good though, but don’t order the red bean in meringue. They didn’t turn out well (oily and dense vs. fluffy and light).
Service:
Restaurant wasn’t busy and service was still slow and not attentive. It seems they aren’t used to doing «banquet» dinners because they were slow at clearing plates, getting drinks, cutlery, etc.
Needless to say, I will not be coming back here again despite its proximity to me.

The service is absolutely terrible. I do not recommend this place at all. Asian legend has always been a favourite place for my family but this location is the worst.

Not all Asian Legends are the same. This location is one of the better ones on both customer service and food. At least the 15pct gratuity added doesn’t feel too bad here.

I went there late, just before they closed. The service was fine (nothing to rave about, but proper and prompt). I ordered the pan egg/​onion appetizer (forgot actual name of dish) and the rice combo (shrimp and tofu). My two friends ordered a ride combo and noodles respectively.
The delivery of the dishes to our table was strange. After drinks, or combo plates arrived first, then the soups, then our friend’s noodles, and then finally the appetizer. I mean sure, adventure is great, but I was slightly concerned about letting items become cold. But the food was nice and warm; the rice was ok; soup was good (veggie clear soup); shrimp was well cooked and mixture with tofu was not too greasy; the appetizer was missing some salt (but that could be a personal preference).
I may need to try more items before I make my mind up about this place. As of right now, it was alright.

The food was ok but the service is terrible. We had to get up several times to find the severs and then they have the nerve to charge us a mandatory ’15% service charge’.

Normally I won’t go to Asian Legend since I live in Scarb and there are tons of more authentic Chinese restaurants around. However I was in the area and needed to eat. Ordered soup dumplings, Cantonese fried noodles and crispy chicken. Soup dumplings were breaking when we tried to lift them from the plate, so not the best. The noodles were average, as expected. The main star was the crispy chicken, really tasty and beyond what I expected. If i were to dine at Asian Legend again, I would order it again.
Servers were ok, but they mixed up the crispy chicken order as something else (you write your own orders on a piece of paper they give you), and it took longer to come.

I’ve tried out a few of the other Asian Legend locations uptown GTA and decided I should give this one a try. It was my sisters birthday so we decided to go out as a family to a new Chinese restaurant and Asian Legend came up. My parents are very picky with Chinese food, so naturally my sister and I were a bit nervous taking them here for dinner.
First off, the parking lot is awesome! It’s so easy to find a spot unlike the uptown locations and restaurants in Richmond Hill and Markam in general. There are tons of spots even on a weekend, and the spots were nice and huge (I’m a bit picky when it comes to parking my car). Inside the restaurant was pretty fancy, the interior was very detailed and you can tell a lot of money and time was spent on the décor getting this place just right. It looks much better than the other locations and was nice and dimly lit inside. Not too dark though, I still want to see my food!
The service was pretty good as well, I had a lot of custom orders to make since some of my family is particular with food, and they catered to our every need. We ordered lobster, chow mein, stir fried cucumber leaves with musroom, fried tofu and the full peking duck courses. The food was good, but nothing out of the ordinary in terms of presentation or flavours. The highlight was definitely the peking duck though, it was juicy and they served us the duck when it was nice and hot. We ran out of the wraps and lettuce leaf, but the server got us more (on the house) in a flash.
Overall the place looks great and there is plenty of tables and parking if you’re concerned about those things. It’s not the best Chinese food I’ve had in the GTA and probably not even top 5, but definitely worth the money I paid. I would come back here again in the future to try out the other dishes and bring a group of hungry patrons. Oh yeah and my parents, well they really enjoyed the meal, so that’s why I’m giving the review 4 stars instead of 3!

The eager beavers me and my friend are… we anxious went here for brunch. Our noses were pressed up against the window wondering why they weren’t open yet and then realized they open at 11am on Sundays and it was 10:50am. So we nonchalantly went back to he car to wait it out. When we finally walked in at 11:03am we were one of the first ones here. This location is pretty big — I am sure it could seat well over 100 people. It has a clean feel to it, with some architectural details on the walls. We ordered a variety of dim sum — chicken pot stickers (ok.nothing to really get excited about) and some onion pancake roll with sliced beef. I really liked the way the flavours all melted to together for this. It was one of my fave dishes of the brunch. Shrimp dumplings — can’t really screw this up and some beef noodle dish rounded out the brunch. As we stuffed ourselves silly we couldn’t help notice how fast the staff would be over to clear up the empty plates. Actually it felt a tiny bit creepy how they would stalk the tables looking at you and just waiting for that empty plate. But I would rather have this over dirty dishes just sitting there so I will let it slide. I wouldn’t say the staff is overly friendly… but how can they been when they have super sonic hand motions to whisk away the plates. they don’t have time to smile! Overall it satisfied our needs and now I am sitting here like a big lump writing this review because I am soooooo full
Lots of parking and this is good location if you have a large group.

I’ve been to several of the other locations of Asian Legend and usually have a pretty good experience.
Choose this one for a birthday/​family dinner because we had a big table, 14 people, and this plaza usually has ample parking.
Made reservations for 5pm but were about 15 min late due to traffic but they accommodated which was appreciated.
When we arrived there were only a handful of tables seated and eating.
We ordered about 13 dishes as everyone was hungry.
During our entire stay our waiter did not crack a single smile. He would’ve made Grumpy Cat proud!
The first 5 dishes came out one at a time and spaced about 10 minutes apart. Not only that but the portions seemed smaller than the other locations. This seemed odd as the restaurant was not busy yet.
Oddly enough when the crowds started coming the rest of the dishes came like a flood, which was a welcome sight as we barely wet our palettes with the first few dishes.
And to top it off we didn’t even get any red bean dessert like we always did at the other locations.
Overall I would not return to this location but will visit the others.

I have been waiting for this place to open.
Ample parking. Nicely decorated and lots of room for larger groups (a couple of private rooms in the back).
Food was good… my wife says there were a few dishes that were not the same as the other locations and she was happy with that.
They were good about my kids peanut allergies but we just ordered the same as we always do to keep it safe (well as safe as it can be).
Overall a nice meal, good service and great location.

I had a terrible experience here tonight.
my girlfriend and I came here for date night. she is allergic to cellantro and we wrote in big letters on the order form and clarified to the staff that we can’t have cellantro on anything.
first dish that arrives, my girlfriend takes a bite and the dumpling is packed with cellantro. we call the waiter over and explains that we can’t have the dish. he apologies and said he’ll bring the dish back.
30 seconds later this other staff name Carol comes over and rudely tells us that there no cellantro in the dish. I tell her sorry we can’t have it because it’ll make my girlfriend sick and the thing is packed with cellantro. she gave us tons of attitude and storms away, goes to the kitchen and tells her friends in a loud voice that the customers are the table are retarded…
I go over to confront her and she said that she didn’t say it. my girlfriend and I leave the restaurant and one of the employees comes out to apologize. I asked him if he heard her call us retarded and he confirms that he heard it also…
this staff Carol definitely needs to be disciplined. that is no way to treat customers. even if we are wrong and there is no cellantro in the dumplings, we should not be referred to as restards.
I am never coming back to this restaurant or any Asian Legend location. I will tell this story to all my friends and coworkers and advise them not to support this restaurant.

4.5.
I liked this location better than the other two I’ve visited. Our friends arrived early and we were stuck in traffic. Despite being 6:30 in a Friday, there wasn’t a huge wait and we sat at a really nice round booth that was conducive to conversation and sharing.
We began with the soup and pork filled dumplings with the green onion pancake. Both were good. For our mains we had the shredded beef with chilies, Cantonese chow mein, shrimp with noodles and the meatballs with mushrooms.
Everything was good, with the exception of the meatballs. The sauce was really gloppy and the meatballs were flavourless.
Service was excellent! There was always someone refilling our water and clearing empty plates.
Bathrooms could use attention as the floors were flooded with water and paper towels.

Asian Legend is known to specialize in Northern food so I made sure to get those kind of dishes. There is no surprise as to why they don’t have the best Cantonese food. I think that is fair. I would give around 3 stars to their non-​Northern dishes and 4 stars for what they specialize in. However, their dim sum section is great! Considering how North York doesn’t have too many restaurants with dim sum, I was happy to find an Asian Legend. The dumplings are more expensive than the ones from Markham. However, each one is made more carefully and I think it is worth it. I rather spend an extra buck for satisfying dumplings. I wasn’t a fan of the green ones though — just personal preference.
I enjoyed getting their spicy dishes and I think that their lunch specials are a great deal, if you are feeling especially hungry. It was around $ 7.50 and it came with soup and then a full meal. There was lots of rice so it ended up being really filling.
I wasn’t wow-​ed by everything, but I didn’t find anything wrong with the place. Service was attentive and I think it is overall a descent place :)

I’ve been here a couple of times. The food isn’t that good. The only thing I go there for is the shanghai soup pork dumplings, along with the pan fried pork dumplings. Fried rice was horrible. Squid calamari with peppers = TOO salty. I don’t recommend this place unless you’re looking for the dumplings. I only come for the dinner menu, and haven’t tried the lunch one. The setting is very modern and nice for an asian restaurant.

It’s a pretty standard Asian Legend location. Some of the usual dishes that we ordered was pretty similar to other locations (soup dumplings) though some of the other dishes were a bit different, for better or for worse. For example, the appetizer dish — sliced pork with spicy chili sauce — features thicker slices than the one in Chinatown.
Service we had was fantastic though.

Though I’m not usually a booster of chain restaurants, I’m a big fan of Asian Legend. But this location is sub-​par. The service is not great, but it’s the environment that really sucks. Despite some dramatic design elements, it’s an incredibly unpleasant place to be. There is something about the ventilation in this place that makes you feel like you are eating in an airplane hanger. The sound of loud, gusting wind is omnipresent. Occasionally, the cheesy music cuts through and you find yourself wondering whether you were better off with just the wind sound. Conversations echo throughout the place, adding to the din. The result is constant discomfort.
And the food itself also seems lower quality than at most Asian Legends. Hot and Sour Soup is just not quite as good here. Most of the dim sum are on par with other locations, but it’s the soup that I like best, so disappointed in this location. I was hoping for an Asian Legend in this part of Toronto, but after a number of disappointing visits, I won’t be visiting this Asian Legend again.

So first off — we love «the Legend», have been to many locations and love their crab+pork soup dumplings, beef roll ups and noodle dishes.
For the most part — this place was spot on – the food was the same wonderful dumplings that we are used to. So folks, this is Shanghai dim sum — not like a lot of the other trad Cantonese style. No — you won’t find carts –YES, the dumplings will come hot and fresh to the table.
Quite a large space and lots of different rooms including a number that would allow for private parties (up to 14 people).
We had some crab/​pork soup dumplings, pan fried pork dumplings, cantonese chow mein and Moo Shu Pork as well.
Everything hit the spot for me except for the Moo Shu Pork and the service.
I found the pancakes a bit hard and there didn’t seem to be much pork in the dish.
Also, it was not exactly busy, but we had a real challenge (twice) trying to get a waitress to help us, and candidly, well she was not too friendly.
We are used to the friendly, bustle of the other «Legends», so we hope this was a one off.
We were so excited to see one open up close to us – so we will give them another chance — and we still love those dumplings!

I wanted to check out this Asian Legend because I’ve heard good things about their other locations from friends. The sign says ‘northern Chinese cuisine,’ but this restaurant is owned by Taiwanese. In a strip mall, there is a lot of parking on site. The décor is modern with black and red as the theme. Anyway, my father and I ordered a few dishes — we probably ordered 5 dishes, which was way too much food for the two of us. The portions here are quite large so Asian Legend is perfect when going out with a group of people. The price point is quite reasonable and the menu is extensive (there’s something for everyone).
Good for: Chinese