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Fine Asian Bowl
Categories: Restaurants Vietnamese Restaurants Thai Restaurants Chinese Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese [Edit]
271 Yonge StreetToronto, ON M5B
Neighbourhood: Downtown Core
(416) 368-2695
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
13 reviews for Fine Asian Bowl
13 reviews in English
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Review from Kate S.
Toronto, ON
5/20/2012
My husband and I are always looking for fresh, quality delivery food the odd night we are too lazy to cook. Finally we have found a place we can order from again and again!
The vegetables in all the dishes were fresh and crunchy, portions were good and you can really taste that the food is not scooped from a vat. We are willing to pay the price for properly made food so the price is perfect considering the quality!
Highly recommend to any food snob! -
Review from Christine R.
Scarborough, ON
12/1/2011 5 photos
Located just South of Dundas on Yonge, Asian bowl offers an extensive menu of Pan Asian Cuisine, Exotic Drinks, and Asian Fusion Desserts.
It's a long restaurant with closey spaced tables with banquets running down both lengths of the restaurant, simple decor with wooden tables and beige decor offer a casual relaxed atmosphere.
Our waitress Annie was very friendly and attentive, refilling our drinks and clearing the table. She helped us on deciding by recommending dishes and we were not the least bit disappointed in our meal! Our orders included:
Green Tea - arrives in a glass cup, hot, simple mild flavour, with the teabag attached to the side of the cup.
Spring Roll (2) - Filled with ground chicken, taro, shitake mushrooms and mixed vegetables.
Golden crispy, packed with ingredients piping hot. Simple but Delicious!
Chicken by Kung Po
Sliced chicken breast stir fried with sweet peppers and onions in the chefs's spicy sauce.
Good amount of heat, fresh tasting, good chunks of white meat chicken.
Ginger Beef
Crispy breaded and deep fried beef served in a spicy ginger sauce and sweet peppers and onions.
Flavourful sauce, crispy strips of beef, good balance of heat and sweet.
Sides
Steamed Jasmine Rice
Everything came out piping hot and fast. Food was very fresh tasting, great in portion size, very flavourful, our waitress asked if we wanted extra spicy, we said Yes, and it definitely packed heat. She also brought us a jar of there hot sauce which was very good also! Overall great meal and great service! -
Review from Yuri D.
Toronto, ON
3/1/2012
Great place!
Even during lunch time we haven't seen lineups or the bad service that other reviewers claimed to receive. Would recommend. -
Review from David H.
Mississauga, ON
3/11/2012
Went there for the first time on Friday and enjoyed it. Great asian fusion cuisine. Started with the house mango salad which was better than most mango salads I've had. Then for the main course I had the Thai Basil Chicken. It was done well with just the right amount of spice to give it an interesting taste but not overpower it. It was a nice light dish and absolutely delicious. I'm looking forward to visiting this restaurant again.
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Review from Chris L.
Toronto, ON
11/4/2011 1 Check-in Here
I have been to this place a few times. Mainly as a request/suggestion by other people.
I ordered a krystal shrimp roll and hong kong style beef ho fan noodles. I thourghly enjoyed the krystal shrimp roll. It was fresh and well made. I also enjoyed my noodles and would order it again.
The problem with thisplaces is that every time I have been there, I always have an issue with their service. In previous visits, I felt the wait staff weren't very attentive or inexperienced. However, this time around the staff were much better.
The issue that I has this time is that the 3 main dishes came out one at a time over 5 minutes (as if there was only one cook in the kitchen). My dish arrived first and was cool by the time the last dish arrived. The kitchen needs to time the preparation and plating of food better. -
Review from Melissa G.
Toronto, ON
1/7/2012
Sorry to say it, but don't waste your time with this place. Everything was overcooked and bland. Nothing tasted fresh and I was overall disappointed.
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Review from Linda W.
7/11/2010
My husband's cousin took us on a tour in downtown Toronto. We were starving after our trip to ROM. We were in the mood for Asian fusion. She suggested Asian Bowl which is a fusion of Thai, Viet, and Chinese food. The hostess was very professional and seated us right away. The waiter that served us was really friendly and prompt. He gave us time to look through our menus and brought out water.
We shared an appetizer, the mixed roll platter which consisted of Spring roll, House Shrimp spring roll, Shrimp krystal roll, Vegetable tofu krystal roll, and mini shrimp rolls that came with two dipping sauce- a sweet & sour fish vinaigrette sauce and a peanut satay sauce. The portions were huge & generous. I had the small Hu Tieu Bo Sate (Satay sauce with savory spices, beef, vegetables and flat rice noodles) bowl. My husband had the Pho Dac Biet (rare beef, well done beef brisket, tendon, tripe and beef balls) SUPER BOWL. The size of the bowl was no joke. He struggled to finish it. His cousin had the small Pho Tai Vien (rare beef and beef balls) bowl.
I definitely recommend stopping here for lunch if you're looking for a good and affordable meal. The decor and layout of the restaurant looked very chic and trendy for an inexpensive meal. Even the bathrooms were super clean and neat. Reminds me of the Chelsea scene except w/o the pricey food and service. There was also a mini-bar at the end of the restaurant. I would stop by again for lunch when I return to Toronto! -
Review from Laura C.
Toronto, ON
4/18/2010 3 photos
2.5 review.
First impressions: modern, trendy decorn clean, good variety and seemed like food would be good. Food is good but....
But service was terrible.
In a nutshell, we were there for over an hour, and sooo many things went wrong.
Pros:
- good clean atmosphere
- friendly staff
- seems to have very good takeout and delivery business (I tried it before, and it was good)
- recommended dishes based on our order (I wanted crispy beef and my boyfriend wanted general tao chicken, but he recommeded the pad thai as they were similar flavours)
- large portions and food was pretty good
- lots of variety on menu
Cons:
- very disorganized (we got served by three different people, including the manager)
- lots of walking back and forth empty handed
- when we asked our server what a certain dish meant, he didn't know and had to ask
- the server was holding onto the back of this chair where my bf hung his leather jacket (I.e touching it with greasy hands)
- we ordered tea, an appetizer and main dishes. after waiting 20 mins Apps and Mains came together, and Tea came later only after I said something
- asked for hot water in the teapot, and they forgot
- server came over to ask us how things are only after 20 mins and when we pretty much finished our meal
- benches need cushions, and hurt my bum
They had 2 main servers, and 1 busboy type who seemed not to be busy enough, but made it look like it by straightening chairs and placing napkins on each table. It's a bit awkward; at the same time there's nothing wrong with bringing cutlery to the table after patrons have ordered that's appropriate for what their eating.
The servers spent too much time dealing with delivery and takeout orders, and they need to have a designated person to do that.
The more I'm unhappy,the more I notice things that was going wrong. They need more training on their staff. To be more aware of each patron, and maybe it would help if they didn't space out the tables so much (i.e. one table all the way at the end, and one table all the way at the back). It's disappointing because I think this yonge and dundas location really caters to a good niche crowd of after shopping groups who are looking for a casual quick lunch/dinner that's not as fancy as spring rolls, but unfortunately, if they don't step up their service game, most first timers won't come back.
And this isn't specific to this location, friends who have gone to the yonge/wellsely location have said the same thing.
They need to pick up some speed to get the lunch time crowd, or this franchaise will be short lived.
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Review from Joe L.
Vancouver, BC
1/12/2011 1 Check-in Here
The restaurant provides a good alternative to food court offerings if you want to take a break from shopping for a light meal. The menu offers a variety of mosly Chinese and Vietnamese noodole and rice dishes / bowls and several snack choices. I had the Pho Dac Biet with rare beef, well done beef brisket, tendon, tripe and beef balls and a glass of iced Vietnamese coffee with condensed milk. The soup was not stellar in terms of flavour but they don't skim on the ingredients and prices are reasonable.
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Review from rennie w.
5/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
Had take out of the beef hor fun and a pho set, both were reasonable and watch out for offers they display on the board outside. The beef balls were really nice in the pho too, crunchy and delicious. But they were halved alas! Good service at the time we went (9pm) as it was quiet. Also accepts credit card.
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Review from Keeley-Ann H.
Mississauga, ON
2/5/2011
Me and my boyfriend have come here often. The food can take a long time during lunch sometimes but the service is good. We had this one server a couple times and every time we come in she remember us which i like. Its a small place but its busy and comfortable. The food never fails to impress me, then again i only get pad thia there cause i really like it. It really convenient because its right on queen st for if you need a quick bite of asian flavour lol.
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Review from Margaret C.
9/14/2011
Please be very careful when you eat here and use your credit card. This is one of the restaurants I ate in while visiting Toronto. I'm not sure where the "skimming" occurred but this place is suspect. Credit card charges of over $20,000 appeared on my account about three weeks after my visit there. There might be a credit card scam going on here. BUYERS BEWARE.
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Review from Vivek A.
Toronto, ON
7/18/2011
Delivery review only!! The Chicken fried rice is awesome and so is the Chow Mein in Black Bean sauce. Awesone food. Good Quantity.
