9 editor picks in Toronto.
Food tour in Chinatown (Spadina)
Toronto’s Multicultural Heart: Kensington Market & Chinatown Walk
8 of these places are in Chinatown (Spadina)
Spadina Avenue's Chinatown is the historic heart of Cantonese eating in Toronto, from dim sum carts to late-night barbecue. Rol San and Swatow Restaurant on Spadina are the everyday standbys, House of Gourmet on Dundas Street West keeps a vast menu going late, and Lai Wah Heen near Chestnut Street holds up the refined banquet end.
9 cantonese places in Toronto we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Toronto · Cantonese across every city.
Order The har gow, siu mai and BBQ pork buns from the order-sheet menu.
Rol San on Spadina has run Cantonese dim sum since 1994, founded by Paul and Paulie Li, reopened at 388 Spadina in 2024 after redevelopment.
Order The shrimp dumplings, BBQ pork buns and a half Peking duck.
Pearl Harbourfront on Queens Quay runs Cantonese dim sum overlooking Lake Ontario from the Queen's Quay Terminal, the city's waterfront dim sum room.
Order The dim sum tasting; the kitchen still presses every dumpling to order.
Lai Wah Heen reopened on the second floor of the DoubleTree Hilton in July 2025 after a two-year hiatus, chefs Heyden Sin and Huang Zhenqing.
Order BBQ pork over rice or a plate of late-night siu mai.
Rol San on Spadina runs Cantonese dim sum and roast meat until 05:00 weekends since 1994, the late-night post-bar dim sum the city's reference.
Order BBQ pork over rice or a plate of late-night siu mai.
House of Gourmet on Dundas West in Chinatown runs Cantonese roast meat and dim sum until 04:00 daily since 2000, a 30-page menu for the post-bar crowd.
Order Salted-fish chicken fried rice and a clay-pot eggplant.
Swatow on Spadina runs Chiu Chow Cantonese until 02:00 since 1979, the salted-fish chicken fried rice and clay-pot eggplant the late-night order.
Order BBQ pork over rice or a plate of late-night siu mai.
House of Gourmet on Dundas in Chinatown runs Cantonese roast meat and dim sum until 04:00 since 2000, a 30-page menu with BBQ pork rice the staple.
Order Salted-fish chicken fried rice and a clay-pot eggplant.
Swatow on Spadina has run Chiu Chow Cantonese since 1979, the salted-fish fried rice and a 200-item menu including clay pots and seafood, late-night kitchen.
Order Three dumpling plates plus a BBQ pork bun and a steamed rice plate.
Rol San on Spadina runs Cantonese dim sum from $5 per plate since 1994, no carts but a tick-the-box paper menu, late-night service until 05:00 on weekends.
