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Lai Wah HeenvsAllen's Restaurant On Danforth
Both restaurants are rated very highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Lai Wah Heen scores slightly better than Allen's Restaurant On Danforth. Lai Wah Heen ranks #4 in Toronto with positive reviews from 8 reviewers including Frommer's, Gayot and Time Out.
Lai Wah Heen
Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
Gayot
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Rough Guide
Frommer's
110 Chestnut St, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1R3, Canada
From $51/night
Fodor's "The service is formal in Lai Wah Heen's elegant dining room topped with a sculpted ceiling and surrounded with etched-glass turntables and silver serving dishes." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Lai Wah Heen, which translates to “luxurious meeting place,” serves an upscale dim sum menu that's often lauded as the best in Toronto." Full review
Zagat4.4
""Deluxe", "carefully prepared" Chinese dishes, including "the best" dim sum "outside of Hong Kong"." Full review
Gayot14.0
"In the mood for Shanghai, Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu or Shandong dishes? No matter what you choose it will be authentic---and likely well-prepared." Full review
DK Eyewitness "With exceptional Cantonese cuisine, this elegant two-level restaurant in the Metropolitan Hotel redefines and updates classic Chinese fare."
Time Out "Dim-sum trolleys are wheeled out all over Chinatown at the weekend in Toronto, but none of the food is as fine as the fare at Lai Wah Heen (though you'll pay for the quality)." Full review
Rough Guide "The name means "elegant meeting place" which this Chinese restaurant most certainly is."
Frommer's "The interior is vintage Art Deco; spare pictograms dominate the walls of the two-level space. The extensive menu is mainly Cantonese, and regulars come for the excellent Peking duck, dim sum" Full review
Allen's Restaurant On Danforth Frommer's Zagat
BlackBook Time Out Fodor's
143 Danforth Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From $0/night
Frommer's "This time-honored pub, burger joint, and casual dining room takes its name and inspiration from the institution in New York City." Full review
Zagat4.2
""Classic pub fare" ("it's all about the burgers") and other Eclectic grub backed by whiskies and a "mega beer list" draw locals to this "warm", "laid-back" Danforther." Full review
BlackBook "This neighbourhood joint has been a long running staple in the east end community for over 20 years."
Time Out "Toronto has no shortage of Irish pubs; this one's classy, polished-oak Manhattan feel is a nod to New York's famous bar of the same name." Full review
Fodor's "Slide into a well-worn wood booth or sit at a blue-and-white-checkered table at this New York–style saloon." Full review
