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Chiado RestaurantvsLai Wah Heen
Both Chiado Restaurant and Lai Wah Heen are rated very highly by writers. Overall, Lai Wah Heen ranks slightly higher than Chiado Restaurant. Lai Wah Heen ranks #4 in Toronto with praise from 8 sources like Zagat, Frommer's and DK Eyewitness.
Chiado Restaurant
Fodor's
Frommer's
Gayot
DK Eyewitness
Time Out
Zagat
National Geographic
864 College St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From $51/night
Fodor's "It's all relaxed elegance here, beginning with the fine selection of appetizers at Senhor Antonio Tapas and Wine Bar and continuing through the French doors to the dining room." Full review
Frommer's "Local Portuguese families flock here for special occasions; the atmosphere is an old-world balance of sophistication and warmth." Full review
Gayot14.0
"Elegantly European, this cozy restaurant on a busy, multicultural street serves what has often rightly been called the best Portuguese cuisine outside of Lisbon." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Dine on the freshest fish and seafood to be had in the city, flown in from the world’s wharfs daily and transformed into the most luxurious of Portuguese fare."
Time Out "Some people forget that College Street is as Iberian as it is Italian. And this elegant, formal restaurant is devoted exclusively to Portuguese cuisine." Full review
Zagat4.6
""Every fish lover deserves a visit" to this "high-class" Little Italy Portuguese where the "selection of plates is intoxicating."" Full review
National Geographic "Eminently civilized, old-world Portuguese dining room serves city’s finest fish and seafood; meals come with memorable prologues...winsome mains; infallible, polished service." Full review
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
