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Lai Wah HeenvsLe Select Bistro
Le Select Bistro and Lai Wah Heen are both praised by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Lai Wah Heen scores slightly higher than Le Select Bistro. Lai Wah Heen comes in at #4 in Toronto with praise from 8 reviews including Time Out, Zagat and DK Eyewitness.
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
Le Select Bistro Frommer's Zagat Gayot DK Eyewitness Time Out
On the Grid Fodor's
432 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From $22/night
Frommer's "The patio is small but pretty in good weather, the esteemed wine cellar is a draw, and the favorites... are all nicely done." Full review
Zagat4.3
""You feel as if you've set foot in Paris" at this "long-established" King West bistro turning out "authentic" dishes "served by real professionals" in a "super-French" space." Full review
Gayot13.0
"Croque monsieur, tarte nicoise, bavette with caramelized shallots and steak frites are just what you might expect." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Classic French bistro dishes such as onion soup and cassoulet, and reasonable prix fixe meals. Diners help themselves to bread from the baskets hanging above the tables."
Time Out "This quintessentially Paris-style bistro, long a haunt of the Queen West set, packed up in the summer of 2006 and headed to a new, discreet location." Full review
On the Grid "Gorgeous Parisian bistro with excellent food, service, and atmosphere. Reservations advised for dinner and weekend brunch." Full review
Fodor's "Le Sélect occupies a special place in the heart of Toronto's Parisian cuisine aficionados. The sprawling plush booths, zinc bar, and mosaic flooring create the ideal ambience " Full review
